Round 2, Strike 2

Well Ryan has pretty much completely covered from chicken pox. He went back to school and all is well...Until Ben got his turn. Now, this proves my theory that immunizations are a waste of time, money, and harmful to kids...ok don't get me started on that subject...anyways, Ben got the chicken pox shot and he STILL got chicken pox. He actually got a worse case of them than Ryan. Poor kid. He even has them in his eyes...yuck! So I guess now I just need to wait to see if Lizzie gets 'em, which at this point Im almost positive she will...its just a waiting game at this point.

My first sale

Some of you may not know, but I've started my own Cloth Diapering business. (you can check it out at www.hyenacart.com/cuddlebugcloth).

Anyways, I had my first sale today! Woo Hoo! Actually I sold 4 diapers today. I really did not expect this type of response this fast! Sooo looks like Im going to be sewing my little fingers off tomorrow :)

For all you dieters out there...

After starting a new diet I altered my drive to work to avoid passing my favorite bakery. I accidentally drove by the bakery this morning and as I approached, there in the window were a host of goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed ... "Lord, it's up to You, if You want me to have any of those delicious goodies, create a parking place for me directly in front of the bakery." And sure enough, on the eighth time around the block, there it was! "God is so Good!"

Kinda like being snowed in...but not really..

Thanks to this...I am completely stuck at home...canNOT go anywhere..at. all. not even grocery shopping...




YUP, that would be CHICKEN POX. Ryan started about 8 days ago. Needless to say he is driving me a little nutty being home and bored. Im expecting Lizzie to start any day now. I did not have any intention of immunizing my kids against CP simply because they were claiming it was only 70-80% effective. Somehow Ben managed to get that immunization...so for his sake, hopefully the immunization works.

I will probably be off blogger for a little while until this clears out of my house !! :)

Here Comes The Bride...

Yup, the day finally arrived that my littlest and yet biggest brother Josiah got married to his highschool sweetheart, Chelsea. It was, of course, a beautiful ceremony.





On a side note, my sister and I did our neices hair since she was the flower girl. We managed to get this little 3 1/2 year old to sit still for 2 1/2 hours while we curled, crimped, banded and glued her hair...yup you read right...we GLUED her hair. See those cute adorable little ribbon rosettes in her hair? We couldn't get them to stay on, so we used my handy dandy hot glue gun and glued 'em to her head (with her moms permission of course) I guess they got them out just fine because when I saw her yesterday, she didn't have them in her hair anymore *giggle*





The happily married couple along with my neice Ashley aka the flower girl and my nephew Corban aka ring bearer.



I will post some of their professional pictures at a later date after my brother gets them from their photographer. We took one large family photo that Im hoping turned out great :)

Public Announcement

I haven't had the opportunity to publicly announce this...but...

Im going to be an Aunt. Again. x2.

My sister Anna is due for her first baby in June and my sister-in-law (anthonys sister) is due for her first baby in or around September.

Yay...babies, babies, and more babies.

I can't wait to find out whether they are having boys or girls so I can start buying STUFF ~ yay for shopping!

Let it snow...

Ahh yes, then there was the snow storm we had...ugh! The boys loved it though. It was exciting to them to have snow for Christmas, and it definitely kept them all busy while home on school break.

At least we got only "just enough" snow. We are lucky we live in an area that doesn't get slammed like Denver.

Anyways, heres some pictures of the kids playing in the snow along with their very first "made by themselves" snowman. Lizzie didn't get to go outside to play with them, so she just watched them from the window.

Once again...

Its catch-up time. Weve had tons of stuff going on here, just no time to blog about it.

First let me start with a funny story of something that happened to me today...

I was out running my list of long errands, one of which included stopping at the post office to mail off some packages. Lizzie was with me and was carrying around her pooh bear sticker she got from the bank. As I finished paying for my postage I picked Lizzie up to leave. A lady who was in line a few people behind me said "Excuse me miss, you dropped something". I realized LIzzie had dropped her sticker so I set Lizzie down to pick up her sticker and the same lady remarked at how cute she was. She told me to have Lizzie pick out a stuffed animal that was hanging on the chain next to the register. (Do all post offices have these or just mine??) Anyways, I nicely told her "thanks, but no thanks". She insisted so I thought, what harm could it do, right?

So Lizzie picks this one out...



we get out to the car and as Im buckling Lizzie in her carseat I decide to remove the tag off the bear so she doesnt eat it. Thats when I noticed this....


I wonder if this nice lady knew she was buying my drooling, slobering daughter an $11 (plus tax) very small stuffed animal??

Christmas Program

Every year the boys schools, like most schools do a christmas program. Heres a little video clip of my future stars in their Christmas debuts. (The girl zoomed in on during Ryans program is my neice, Kaley, the blonde in the back row.) Ryan is the one standing next to the redheaded girl (also zoomed in on).

The video takes a few minutes to load, but its worth it to see the goof my son Ben has become :)

Boys Christmas Programs
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the reason why...

...you don't have a drink when you are already tired and still have christmas presents to make for your 3, 4, and 6 year old neices...



yeah those are supposed to be a MATCHING set...crap..

Merry Christmas!

I got this from hubs today and just laughed too hard to not share it with all of you :)

Tbwa_xmas_wmv
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Perfect Angle

Some of these just make me say..."what the...heck..???!!!!"

more this 'n that

Ok so I LOVE this Wii. My favorite has got to be the tennis. However, the golf absolutely irritates me because I can't do it right, thus, I tend to play that one more often. I feel like Happy Gilmore...."Go To Your Home!!....just taaaapppp it in..just taaaappity taaap taap it in". I really could throw my "golf club" through a window right now. Ugh! I will beat that game if its the last thing I do...

Anyways, on to other things...

Abqchunk mentioned the other day about looking for a gift for her brother and his fiance for their wedding. Which got me thinkin...she had a pretty good idea with the plush frivolous bathrobe idea...So I decided to check my brothers registry...Get this...theres only one bathrobe on there. Not just one available, but only one (under quantity) selected... so my question.. who is the one who will be walking around neked? Not that I really want to know...just saying.. abqchunk...ya really got me thinkin there..

Ok other things in life...wait, lets go back to the whole wedding thing...

I absolutely D.R.E.A.D. having to find a dress for my brothers wedding. I hate spending the $$ on a dress I will probably only wear once. (The last dress I bought for my other brothers wedding is still sitting in my closet) Needless to say, the afore mentioned dress no longer fits, nor is in style. Thank God I only have one other wedding after this one that is mandatory to attend. (That would be my little sister).

So in order to make it a little easier finding a dress, I've decided its back to the diet time..ick...and lucky me, just in time for all the holiday goodies...oh well, guess I will just have the upper hand on those who have the new year's resolution of dieting and losing weight...

Calm after the storm

So last night, after staying up fairly late playing Wii Tennis, I took a long hot shower and headed to bed. Only to be disturbed from that "almost asleep" state by my crying baby girl. I coaxed Anthony to get up and go check on her. After a few short minutes I hear him yelling "honey you'd better come up here, I need help NOW". I get upstairs to see Anthony holding Elizabeth by the back of her PJs (Mission Impossible style) over the lanolium floor in the bathroom. She is completely covered in puke, as well as her bed, her favorite bunny (that she can't go to sleep without) and all her blankets. Let me tell you it S.T.U.N.K.!!!!!

After getting her into the bathtub, washed, dried and redressed, she threw up again. We repeated this process most of the night, at least til around 1:00 a.m when we all dropped into bed from exhaustion. (Big kudos to Anthony for enduring the puke with me - thanks babe!!)

Thank God this morning she was back to her normal cheery self. Now I just pray the rest of our family doesnt get whatever it was she had.

boxing

Wii ben
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Heres a little preview of my 4 year old playing Wii sports boxing. This truly is a system for all ages. Of course, you dont have to stand that close to the tv to play. I will post a more detailed review in a few days (along with some more pics or video)

Yet another...

Here is a Meme my friend Cindy emailed to me. It had some good questions, so I thought I would blog it instead of emailing it to all of you :)

If you want to repost it to your site...feel free!!


1. What is your occupation? SAHM & Daycare Provider
2. What color are your socks right now? White
3. What are you listening to right now? The fan next to my woodstove and my windchimes outside
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Im drinking a peppermint mocha right now, otherwise, cheerios
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? um, i think i would be pink
7 Last person you spoke to on the phone? Anthony
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? of course!
9. How old are you today? eeekkk...never ask a woman her age...okay fine, 30
10. Favorite drink: homemade peppermint mocha
11. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yup, too many to count
13. Pets? none
14. What was the last movie you watched? Memoires of a Geisha - I HIGHLY recommend this movie if you haven't seen it!!
15. Favorite day of the year? I would have to say christmas. I love the cozy feeling of waking up and having that special family time.
16. What do you do to vent anger? Clean the house
17. What was your favorite toy as a child? hmmm i dont know that I had a favorite toy, but I did like the good ol fashioned sit 'n spin.
18. What is your favorite fall or spring? fall
19. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
20. Cherries or Blueberry? Blueberry
21. Living arrangements? Own my home, well technically the bank still owns it
22. When was the last time you cried? a few weeks ago...got in a fight with hubby
23. What is on the floor of your closet? pillows
24. What did you do last night? babysat my neices and nephews and played on my Wiiiiiiiiii :)
25. Favorite smells? christmas tree (evergreen) scented candles
26. What is your dream car? don't really have one
27. What are you afraid of? being in a car accident, losing my husband and/or my family.
28. Plain, cheese or spicy: spicy
29. Favorite dog breed? don't have one
30. Number of keys on your key ring? 1
31. How many years at your current job? 6+
32. Favorite day of the week? Saturdays
33. How many states have you lived in ? 4
34. Favorite holiday? Christmas
35. Ever driven a Motorcycle or heavy machinery? nope
36. Who's your favorite NFL team? toss up between broncos and giants
37. Do you have a house phone that is NOT cordless? no house phone - only cell phones
38. 10 inches of snow or 100 degree weather? let it snow, let it snow, let it snow :)

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Ok so, once again, it has been a few weeks since I posted. Sorry. I guess its a good thing I didn't opt to do that blog every day for a whole month thing.

Anyways, there hasn't been a whole lot going on here. We survived the holidays and some how I didn't get any pictures from Thanksgiving. Oh well.

So the reason I am posting today is because my husband (and I) have been on a ravenous hunt for a Nintendo Wii. We bought a Nintendo 64 when they first came out and had a ton of fun with it. Since then we haven't had a gaming system. ( I remember my friend Heidi having the original nintendo when it first came out [back in the day] ...I was soooo jealous!!! I would go to her house just to play duck hunt LOL).

Okay, getting side-tracked here...So today I am sitting in my chair giving my neice her bottle when my husband rushes in the door, all out of breath hollering something about me not answering my cell phone. I quizically gave the "whats going on" look. He yells...Walmart has THREE Wiis in stock right NOW.....gimme all your money!!!!

Needless to say, I surrendered my checkbook and he came home with this...




Please ignore the folded laundry in the background. I intended to finish laundry today, however, now my plan is shot. I believe I will be spending the next 12 hours (at least) playing :)

Meme

Randomness

1. Explain what ended your last relationship?
Moving out of state

2. When was the last time you shaved?
This morning.

3. What were you doing this morning at 8 a.m.?
Feeding the kids before church.

4. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Checking email.

6. Your prom night?
Don't really remember....too long ago.

7. Do you have any famous ancestors?
Yes but I cant remember who...go figure.

8. Have you had to take a loan out for school?
No.

9. Do you know the words to the song on your myspace profile?
Most of them.

10. Last thing received in the mail?
Junk mail.

11. How many different beverages have you had today?
3 - water, coffee, limade

12. Do you ever leave messages on peoples answering machines?
Depends on whether i was calling just to say hi or if i actually needed them to call me back.

13. Who did you lose your CONCERT virginity to?
Hmmm. I think Jars of Clay, but im not sure.

14. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
No.

15. What was the most painful dental procedure you have had?
Well my first thought is a root canal I had done when I was 18, but I think I would have to say having my wisdom tooth pulled a few months ago.

16. What is out your back door?
The deck where our hot tub used to be.

17. Any plans for Friday night?
Yup!!! Girls night out!!

18. Do you like what the ocean does to your hair?
Ewwww NO!!!!!

19. Have you ever received one of those big tins of 3 different popcorns?
yup...won it in a white elephant gift exchange

20. Have you ever been to a planetarium?
Not that i remember.

21. Do you re-use towels after you shower?
Of course - do you really think Im going to wash 5 towels every day...that would mean I would be washing 35 towels a week for a family of 5. Eek thats a lot of laundry.

22. Some things you are excited about?
My new computer (yay!), girls night out

23. What is your favorite flavor of JELLO?
Not a big jell-o fan. Ick!

24. Describe your keychain(s)?
um...keys on a ring along with the keyless entry for my van?

25. How many times a day do you check your email?
Way too many :)

26. Where do you keep your change?
In a jar...but im not telling you where, just in case you come to my house :)

27. What kind of winter coat do you own?
A yellow one that is nice and toasty warm. I bought it at an outlet in Silverthorne 2 years ago.


28. What was the weather like on your graduation day?
Oh gosh...that was a loooonnnngggg time ago...like 12 years ago. I think it was warm and sunny.

29. Do you sleep with the door to your room open or closed?
Open. If the kiddos cry in the middle of the night, I need to be able to hear them.

30. Did U read this far?
Nope, sorry becci - got excited about this meme and had to give it a try before I lost all ambition to blog.

Sign seen at my local coffee shop....

"Children left unattended will be given a free puppy and an espresso"

if I ever own a shop of some sort I will HAVE to get a sign like that!!