HaPpY BiRtHDaY.........

JaMeS!!

So I just wanted to let my hubby know how much I love him & appreciate all he does for us. He is amazing and my life wouldn't be complete with out him. I hope you have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!

side note: pecan pie is James' fav. so we have pie & ice cream instead of cake:) and once again my kids are in their jammies:)

Cents of Style

Kati (my sister) & I are having a Cents of Style open house, this Thursday Nov. 12th from 6 to 8 p.m. @ my house.

It's an accessories party: boots, shoes, hats, jewelry, and purses. It's really cute stuff & the best part is it's all $15 or less. Come see what they have!!

You can check it out @: www.mycentsofstyle.com


If you are reading this you are invited, so bring a friend and come on over!!

sugar cookies

Yesterday we kinda just had a lazy day here @ our house. James had to work and I was just getting caught up on sleep, and a few other odds & ends. Maddi had stayed Friday night @ Hayden's and Kobe had stayed @ Kati's w/ Payton. So I had all morning to sleep & not feel guilty, and it was nice:)

After James got home we all went grocery shopping and while we were @ the store Kobe says I know what we can do! I said what? He said we can make turkey's cause it's almost Thanksgiving and then he said do you know how? I said sure do! He said you just put your hand on a paper & trace it & you don't draw any legs mom! & I said oh ok and you use your fingers for the feathers. He says can we do it when we get home, I said sure! Well why we were making dinner Kobe went down & got some paper & traced his hand & then he says now all we need is some frosting & a candy corn for it's nose. I'm like frosting? He says yeah I saw it on TV @ Payton's. I said well I don't have any candy corns & I don't know if we have frosting. He says well you can make it!! I said your right I can but I'll just run to the store & get some & I don't know about candy corns cause it's not really the season for candy corns (me thinking candy corns are a Halloween treat) and then James says this might be a project to do for FHE on Monday. Kobe was pretty upset:( but then he goes on to say we have to cut out his hand that he traced & put it on cookie dough. I'm like WHAT? He says yeah mom it's a turkey cookie. So now I'm thinking ok this makes a lil more sense to frost a cookie rather than a piece of paper:) Then he wants to know if we have cookie cutters, and I said NOPE!! And then he & Maddi wanted to know if I knew how to make cookies like grandma, I said yeah I have the recipe some where and by this time it is 7 pm and I am think we are going to be up all night making damn sugar cookies!! OMH!
Of course I was smiling on the inside:) ha ha ha

James & Kobe have both been sick and I thought what ever I can do to make my lil man happy! He was pretty excited about his lil project so I ran to the store & got candy corns, frosting and a cookie mix. And James helped them get their hands traced & cut out and we made sugar cookies and it turned out to be a fun night here @ home:)

Kobe wanted to make blue frosting and he said it was gonna be blue just like his daddy's snowmobile:) So here is James enjoying his "Ski-Doo" blue frosted cookie!

So now I need to clarify a few things....... The reason I look so lovely is do to a lazy day here @ home, no make-up, no bra, and no contacts or hair do.... gotta love it!! And then the kids had both just bathed and put on their pj's and pj's @ our house are old t-shirts of dads, so that is why they look so nicely dressed. Then I do know how to make sugar cookies and frosting from scratch, I've made them once or twice and they never turn out. I used to have cookie cutters, but ya see I have the most wonderful in-laws, and Delorise always has my kids down to make really yummy sugar cookies for almost every holiday. So I figure why bother! So I got rid of my cookies cutters and that is why w/ the left over dough we are using a cup to make circles:) But it all turned out and everyone was HAPPY!!

Both my kids wanted me to make it just like grandma.......Well I informed them that their dad learned many years ago that I can cook & bake but it's not "just like grandma" but it serves the same purpose:) I think they are a lil spoiled @ grandma's and James says she still does everything "old fashion" meaning from scratch and I said Yep!! and I do everything "new fashion" right out of a box! :) :)

LIfe.....

I just feel like everything happens so fast & things never slow down!! My work has been so super crazy & I think these night shifts are getting the best of me. I got sent home tonight cause we didn't have any work, which was nice. But I told my boss I wanna know we don't have work before I get there. I don't like getting all ready and getting my hair all washed and my make-up all on & then going to work & getting sent home. HELLO do they not realize I have better things to do & I don't like wasting my make-up!! And then I've slept all day......thus being the reason I am blogging/venting @ 1:00 A.M. and then to top it off we will have PLENTY of work come the weekend, thus giving me NO days off when my kiddies are home!! For the love that place drives me crazy!! But I am grateful to have a job and I like the extra hours this time of year, but they just don't get that I have a schedule & I don't like them jackin it up all the time. I never know if I'm comin or goin if I have work or no work.......you get the idea, I'm so bugged!!!

Then I just have to say I must be getting old! Last week I was talking w/ a kid @ work & I said Michael how old are you? He says 29, I said oh I thought you were my brother Caleb's age & he says ya I am and I said well he just turned 30. And he says well my b-day must be later than his and then he's like well how old are you? I said I'm 31 and he goes your NOT 31!! I was like yes I am, he says there's NO way!! I was totally offended!! I'm still so bugged....if you can't tell:) So I told him to go ask KC (my boss/family friend) and so he does, then he comes back and I said SO?? He says yep he says your 30 or 31, but he's not sure! I said SEE MICHAEL I am 31 what did you think I was 40!! He's like oh no, no, I just thought you were a lil older than that!! WHATEVER!! I'm sitting there thinking, what can I do to make myself look younger, I better call & check into BOTOX!! lol:) But then I'm thinking is it Botox that makes you look younger & smooths out the wrinkles???? I dunno, but I need something!

I know James will be reading this, so don't worry honey I haven't called to check on Botox. I'll just work my booty a lil harder @ the gym, and hope it has some kind of affect:)

Well now back to the reason I thought I started this post.....I told you above that I felt a lil crazy & I guess you'd say I am getting old! I can't remember anything & I told James my give a damn is busted!! I just don't care like I use too, I don't know why but I have really let things go! Thank goodness my hubby is here to pick up my slack & do our laundry!! And don't worry it's not as bad as I make it sound, I'd still eat off my floor if I had too:) And I have definitely saw a few houses that were a lot worse off than mine!

Maybe it's age...maybe it's working nights....maybe it's the cold/dark weather....

I just don't know!!

But any how other than a CRAZY mother running or should I say living @ this household life is GREAT!! and I'm so grateful for all my friends & family!! And I think the main reason for this post was just for me.... I just needed to vent!

Then I just wanted to say..... Lately I've been really wishing my grandma was here. Today I needed a few things in Logan, and kept thinking if only my lil gram was here. She would be running to Logan sometime this week just to see what was on sale:) & she would be able to pick up the few things I need. I love & miss her so much and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about her:)

And one more thing, I still plan on making our blog private. But I'm not sure how to do that and I need to set up an appointment w/ Jacki:) lol And I also need a few extra minutes in my life/day to do this cause I think I have to hand type in every one's email addresses and for the time being I do not have time to do so:) So please hold.......and check back soon private or not!

TRICK-OR-TREAT

or should I say HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!

Well we did things a lil different this year, our friends invited us over to a Halloween party. But the kids still wanted to go trunk-or-treating w/ our ward, so we got started a lil early & headed to Fielding first. We went to grandma Kent's first, so we could get one of her famous homemade sugar cookies. Then up to my mom & dad's & Newlin & Connor's houses, but due to time we didn't make it to Aunt B's or to Uncle Calebs and Kati's kids were w/ their dad and things just didn't really go as I thought they would.......well wait I really hadn't planned things out like I should have, and I didn't get to see any of my nieces or nephews all dressed up, I was kinda bummed. But there's always next year & we had fun changing things up a bit:]

Just a side note.....we usually all meet @ mom's so we can see everyone all dressed up & get a picture of all the "cousin friends" :)

So any how I guess you could say I'm just a lil crazy these days, I didn't even take a picture of my kids til we were @ my parent's house. This is so not me! I usually have a million pictures taken before we even get out the door. But any how here we have..........

Maddi as a doctor/nurse (which ever you'd prefer)

and Kobe Man as BUMBLE BEE the Transformer

Now for the party.......Jody & Amy planned and had the BEST Halloween party! They went all out and had it decorated so cute!! The kids thought it was awesome!! We had homemade soup & root beer & it was ExCeLlEnT!!





They had a pinata and a doughnut eating contest (idk if that's what you call it) and it was lots of fun!!

Here's Kobers going for his big bite!

and of course then the "moms" had to try, and I must say it's not as easy as it looks:]



Kobe, Zeb and Kaylee

Then after the party we made it back to the church & the kids had fun trunk-or-treating. Then we headed south to Gp. Udy & Ann's and then came back to Gp. & Gm. Hales. WOW!! what a busy day, we got home pretty early and were in bed by nine. We had to be up bright & early cause baby Emry was blessed Sunday morning.

P.S. I failed to mention the kids spent Friday night over @ gp. & gm. Hales' and on Saturday morning before they came home they made sugar cookies w/ gp. & gm.

It was the cutest thing ever we were driving over to Wellsville and Maddi & Kobe were talking about making the cookies & frosting them. And they were saying what colors they used & I asked if Eric came & they said no just grandma & us. Kobe says and Grandpa did a lil too, and he did a good job! He didn't even sake that much...huh Sis (asking for Maddi's approval) So cute! I love both my kids so much, they always bring a smile to my face:)

Carving Pumpkins

Last week on Thursday the kids had a pumpkin walk @ school, so nothing like leaving things til the last minute! Well we actually could of carved them on Monday but I thought they needed to be fresh so we carved them on Wednesday night. And I know this is going to sound really lame, but I guess I was to busy cooking dinner & helping w/ the final touches that I didn't even get a picture of the finished product! So here are a few pics of James & the kids getting things started!! :]

They really did turn out pretty good, if I do say so myself!! And I guess you'll just have to take my word for it, cause there are no pictures.

The kids & I took them to the school Thursday morning, and then we went to the pumpkin walk & school carnival that night. It was fun seeing all the different class themes and the things people came up with. I'd tell ya what we carved the kids as and what their class themes were, but YEP you guessed it.......I can't remember & everyone else is in bed:] lol

I'll try & do better next year!