MY NEW NEPHEW!

My sister finally had her baby last night after being turned away 3 times this week! After a very painful delivery (no drugs! not by choice!) Brock was born at 11:30pm Thursday night weighing in at 6.2. I dropped by today in between all the crazy Halloween activity's

and took some pictures. (Her camera died after 4 pictures right after he was born!)

Photo Shoot Gone Bad

I took the kids up to the canyon for one last attempt for a Christmas card picture. Lets just say Austin is going through a naked phase. I put a sweatshirt on him because it was chilly and he threw a fit. So I gave up and took it off. Then he wanted his shirt off. Usually that makes him happy, but no. He wanted EVERYTHING off! I wouldn't give in to the pants.

Any naked 2 year old stories? Once I checked on him before I went to bed and he was asleep on his bed completely in the buff and another time he was sitting there watching TV sucking on his finger as if it were nothing completely nude.

Benson Grist Mill Pumpkin Walk

So we played hookey today and went to the Benson Grist Mill for the annual pumpkin walk which is 5 minutes from my house. The kids had a ball riding the hay ride, running through the hay maze, and playing with their cousins. The highlight of their trip was the girls got a frog! They are so excited for their new pets and so is mommy!....ewe

OUR NEW PETS

So here's the girls with their new pets. We will see how long they last...

AS OF YESTERDAY I AM DONE WITH CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FOR MY KIDS AND I WAS $20 UNDER BUDGET! YEAHHHHHH!

Sugar House Park

I love Sugar House in the fall! I took Aubree's baptism pictures today and then we went to Sugar House Park to play. She was still in her posing mood.

Tagged By Anjella

8 Things I’m passionate about
Keeping my house clean
My kids doing well in school
Clothes (I know that sounds superficial. Thats a different tag to explain that one)
Baking/Cooking
Scrapbooking
getting me time
blogging
Vacation

8 Things I want to do before I die
Visit Rome
Take a cooking class in Italy
Go to Hawaii
Swim with Dolphins
Go to Ireland
Get a piano
Get organized
Make a difference in the world


8 Things I do now
Live in my car because I signed my kids up for too many activities!
Laundry Laundry Laundry
Blog
Scrapbook
Shop (I'm try to quit, its a weekness)
Try to keep my kids from killing them selves or each other, or at least keep them from seriously injuring them selves or each other
Did I mention laundry?
I take lots of pictures & try to find a place for those pictures to go
Make a decent dinner and dessert

Things I can not do
Talk in front of a large crowd (More than 4)
Keep my house clean for more than 15 minutes
Pretend that I like to watch sports
Apologize
Pray in public (sacrament meeting, exc.)
Be satisfied with how I look
stop yelling at my kids
do math

8 Things I often say
"Whatever."
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"Not in the mood!"
"I love you."
"Are you serious?!"
"Hurry up we're late!" (We usually aren't but if I say that then they hurry)
"&^&$%$#&*((&!)
"@#%$T^)

8 Favorite foods
Chocolate
ice cream
anything from PF Changs
Clam Chowder from Market Street Grill
Peanut Butter Pie
Grasshopper cookies
Costa Vida Pork Barbacoa Burrito
Authentic mexican (it doesn't exist in Utah!)



8 Things you may not have know about me
I cook standing on one foot (my sister does the same thing so if we're both cooking we fight for leg room)
I love to sleep in (every Saturday morning my kids have to eat whatever is in the pantry until I can drag myself out of bed. As soon as they get up they go and shut my door)
I love TV
I can only sleep if its REALLY cold in my room with lots of blankets
I'm a clothes hoarder (I have 11 bins of childrens clothing & shoes that I just can't give up. Even if I do have another one I will still by new clothes)
My favorite part of the day is when Aubree & Addie are picking out outfits for the next day.
I got my appendix out when I was 6 months old
I'm allergic to milk




8 People I think should do Crazy 8s
Jessica, Andrea F. ,Charity, Shanna, Mindy,Candice, & Heidi

Gardner Village

Took the kids to our annual visit to Gardner Village. I was stressed out the whole entire time cuz I was trying to get THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS CARD PICTURE! I could not get Austin to even sit and Addie was pouting most of the time. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! But the kids had fun and thats all that counts.

HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND ON GROCEREIS

In Sept. I spent over $700 in groceries which is just making me sick!$125 was at Albertson's when they were having their sale on campbells soup so that of course will last me a year. We budget for $600 and the cheapest I've been able to do it is $550. Groceries includes Schwans, Winder Dairy, Diapers, Wal-Mart, and Costco. I have a friend with a family of 6 that can do it for $400. So how much do you spend?

TAGGED BY SUZZY

1. Kitchen Sink
2. Toilet (Why I had to take a picture of this I don't know!)
3.Laundry Room (If this was laundry day this picture would've been scarey
4. Fridge
5.Spouse & Kids
6. Favorite Shoes
7. Fav. Room
8. Dream vacation (I love California, but I have always wanted to visit Rome)
9. Closet(You will never see my closet!)
10. Self portrait (Umm no)

So this is a tag where you take pictures of things that are happening right now and what they look like right now. This one is kind of hard to post because I can't see what pictures I download until after I publish the post. The last picture is just to show that nobody is perfect! I tag Jessica, Mindy Y ,Charity, & Rahndi

Lemonade Anyone?

So Aubree decides to do a lemonade stand in front of our house. I didn't think anyone would come but every time I peeked out the window their was a new car out front. She even got her friends to come over and help. She's definetly not shy! For a whole hour I could hear her screaming at the top of her lungs: LEMONADE FOR SALE! She made $12 in one hour! Of course this had to be the night when I'm watching Lauren (the little girl I watch everyday)I have to make 2 dinners for VTeaching, and we also have dance.
Then here's a pic. of Addie who wanted pigtails like her cousin Andee and she put the bow in herself.