I couldn't wait!

It's still a week before Thanksgiving, but I HAD to decorate for Christmas! I'm glad I did:) Let's see what Mike thinks when he gets back from San Diego...

Got $15?

Here's how my 8 year-old decided to spend $15 that she has been saving for months! Not exactly what I would imagine, but apparently everyone has them (I mean, I know everyone MY age has one, but in 3rd grade?). I guess I shouldn't be surprised...she has a "thermos" on her Christmas List! Also, is there a way to brush your child's hair through photoshop (hee, hee)?!

How did we EVER manage?

Last week I realized our home phone wasn't working. I called AT&T and surprisingly enough, they weren't too helpful. I could pay $55 for someone to come look at it or...figure it out myself. So after trying every phone jack in the house Mike suggested we try a different phone. What a brilliant idea:)

I went to Target in search of the cheapest phone I could find...perfect--a $7 phone. Did you know they still make phones that have cords?! Sure enough, the phone worked!

Now came the funny part...living with a corded phone! My kids looked at it like it was from the "olden days". Jordan picked it up to use it and said "how do you turn this on?", Tyson just left it laying on the floor thinking it was hung up, and Kya had no idea how to talk on the phone without walking all over the house. For me it's just impractical...when do I have time to sit in one place and do nothing but talk on the phone?! It makes me think back to the "olden days" and my LONG phone conversations (mostly from my youth).

A cordless phone is just one of the very small luxuries we have today, which makes me think "how did we ever manage?"

(Me on the phone at college--notice the red cord?)

My Beach Wall

I've been envisioning this project for a while and finally got it all put together. I did end up getting REALLY cheap frames (to save money) and spray painted them to match my dining room, but they turned out great! They are right above our table, so we can eat and enjoy scenes of our family at one of our very favorite places....the beach:)

Happy Birthday Grandma Cindy!

If you need a good cry....

...watch The Locator!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G8zIIHQKqo

What a Halloween!!

I'm not sure if it's because the kids are getting older or what, but Halloween seems to get busier and busier every year. This year we were: a Doctor, an 80's girl, Hermione, a Bride, and Darth Vader.

Here we are at one of the Halloween parties (where Tyson had an "accident" in his pants so we had to leave a little earlier than planned).

It still was a lot of fun!

Kya had a parade at school on Friday, so I brought Tyson. They had fun showing off their costumes and getting sunburned in the HOT sun!

They all got a lot of yummy candy. Tyson and Kya were done after two streets...Jordan kept going!
Here's Kya and her friend Brielle at the ward party. We later found them on the stage swinging from the curtains!

Jordan and Mia with their vampire fangs at the ward party. These girls can't get enough of each other!

Tyson and Jackson stood still for two seconds so I could snap a picture...seriously they were running around the entire activity!

We also found time to carve our pumpkin--oh, and roast the seeds YUM (excuse my nudist).

Jordan was brave enough to enter a "find the gummy worm in the pie plate full of whip cream" contest. She didn't win, but she sure got messy:)

Kya and some friends from school after the parade.

Mike and I...you can't see our costumes much but awesome make-up right?!

I don't think this was in the job description...

If "Mom" were a job in the bussiness world, the list of responsiblities/duties would be endless. Here's another to add to my own personal list of "duties" as the Mom in my home: Fish Protector!

Can you see her tougue in this one?