I cut my Hair

Yesterday I decided I needed some me time and so I sent the kids off to a babysitter and decided to go get my hair cut! I love the new look! I think maybe I will actually do my hair almost every day now!
Brandon wanted to help me take a pic of my self so he gets to be in it!

Cute Boy

Andrew is such a cheese in front of the camera, I am starting to love his ramblings, he loves praying and telling us what needs to happen.

My Cute Boys

I kept meaning to get the pictures off my camera I just hadn't done it yet. So I wanted to post these pics because they are so fun and cute!

We found you

Just to let you all know, He has been found for now! We will see what random places we find him in the future!

Dog Dog where are you

The day I dreaded finally happened, we can't find dog dog anywhere, I know every parent has to go through this at least once in their life but why did it have to happen to me? So in my desperate attenpt to find "Dog Dog" I need your help!! Do any of you have ideas or stories as to where I can begin my desperate search for the long lost missing friend!

October at it's finest

I forgot to take pics so google supplied this one

My favorite month for making sugar cookies is October so I can make Halloween ones, so this year I knew I wanted to make them and so I decided that it would be something that I could do to give the Kids in Primary an incentive to sing. I brought all the ingredients for the cookies and told them that they had to earn them and that I would make sugar cookies for them only if they earned them. They sang their hearts out but a couple of the songs for the primary program needed a little work still so I gave them another chance. They did such a good job that of course they deserved their sugar cookies, I made 50 Orange pumpkins with frosting and eyes and everything else, It was fun to see the surprised look on their faces,

This month if you haven't gathered that and for those of you not in my ward, was the primary program, I don't know why i was so stressed out about it because the kids were absolutely awesome, It was so fun to hear them sing so well and to feel the spirit, Anthony even commented on the spirit he felt after hearing those young voices.

I am really excited because I decided we are going to have the kids sing for christmas this year which I don't think they have ever done before, I wanted them to really learn some of the Christmas songs.

Also this month Anthony got called as Elders Quorum President so he has been a little stressed about it and I know he will do a really good Job, I am so proud of all the hard work he does and I love him so very much.

My Favorite part of Halloween is being able to see all the kids in their costumes, I am so excited about our ward Halloween party and I am just sad that I am not dressing up. I love dressing up for Halloween. I bought candy for the Trunk or Treat and then decided that I wanted to do something else so I made ricecrispy treat suckers. I hope the primary kids like them! : )

My Birthday

Every body gave me a hard time about not posting about my birthday so here it is.
I had a wonderful birthday this year It was so much fun, In the morning we went to the Zoo with some friends, the kids loved it and it was fun to get out of the house, I had decided I didn't want to be home all day so we went out, It was supposed to rain but it didn't lucky for me, it really was so much fun.








After the Zoo we went to visit Anthony's grandmother and she was even pleasant to visit with her which made it fun, She has the onset of dementia, and so it is usually difficult to visit her. And then to culminate the evening Anthony took me on a date and we went out to dinner. I had a great time which was wonderful.

Happy Birthday

Anthony recently had is birthday, The boys thought it was a grand event, Andrew went around saying it was his birthday for a week before and after, and Brandon wanted to pop every balloon in sight. But overall we had a fun visit from Anthony's mom and sister, I think the favorite gift were 4 Styrofoam swords, The boys and Anthony got really excited about them and went around playing swords all night long.


When I asked Anthony what he wanted for his birthday cake he said, Carrot Cake and Brownies, I had plans to make him a really cool two tired cake but having dealt with a broken car all week those plans went out the window, he was lucky enough to just get a cake and because I love him so much he got 2, Andrew thought they were his and he was right there in the middle of all the action.


I have been inspired by some friends to take pics of the food we love, We had Cafe Rio pulled pork salads for a birthday dinner, They were fabulous.

Canning

I canned so much this year I am not sure what I am going to do with all of it, But it is really fun to be able to go out to the garage and grab whatever we want off the shelf and eat it to our hearts content here is what we have,
Ranier Cherries
Lupin Cherries
Peaches
Apples
Pears
6 different kinds of Jam
Tomatoes
Spaghetti Sauce
and our favorite Salsa

The biggest problem with canning is what happens to the house while you are busy in the kitchen and so I took a picture, I am sure everyone can relate

Visit to Family

About a month after we had visitors we decided to make the trek to the middle of no where and return the visit, Anthony was working in Roseburg and so we had a whole week to spend with family, It was wonderful, the last day there we were able to go out and see the lighthouse, I like lighthouses, So we walked down to the coast to spend time on the beach, It was cold and Andrew was being Stubborn and so we had a difficult time getting him to walk, I guess we just wore him out with all the soccer games and everything else. So anywho, It was awesome.