What have you done?

Cicily sent this to me the other day and I thought it was kind off fun.  The orange ones are what I've done.  How about you?

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain 
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables 
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept overnight on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you were not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden a gondola in Switzerland
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen Amish country
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing 
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job 
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone 
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club 
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit 
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Has had only one cavity or less

Advent Calendar Class @ Blissful Living Studios

I've been working on another version of my original Advent Calendar for my Class @ Blissful Living.  I am actually a much bigger fan of this one then of the original.

What do you think?  Wanna make one?  Sign up soon, it's this Saturday!!  Go HERE to register.

How insanely cute is this?  I seriously need money for new clothes right now.  Just hearing Christmas music makes me want to go shopping, how sad is that?

Anyway, what are you doing today?  I've got Gigantor over playing with Toms.  There's lots of Toms screaming "MINE" going on.  That little stinker.   This new baby sister is really going to throw a wrench into his plans, and mine.  I've been thinking about how crazy 2 kids is gonna be and I don't think I'm ready.  Now, I know that MANY of you out there have even more then that, but for me I'm still a little scared that I won't be able to handle it all.  Maybe if I had a maid or a nanny a few days a week, but who can afford that?  Anyway, she's kicking a ton right now, it's so fun to feel her moving around, it really makes it so real to me.  I am dying to start on her room!!!  Once I get that in order I'll feel a lot more prepared.

Have a great Monday!!!  I am also SO looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner!!!  YUM!!!!  I'm gonna make a royal pig of myself!

Advent Calendar Class @ Blissful Living Studios

I'm working a few different ones too, but if you want to take this class I will be teaching it on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  You can pick out your own colors to match your Holiday decor and what a fun tradition to start with your little ones.

I'll even do a special order if you don't actually want to make one in the class but want one anyway.  Just let me know, orders must be received by next Friday, the 21st to ensure delivery by December 1st.

Let me know and hope to see you at the class!!!  Go HERE for more info!

New LO's, Finally!

I finally found some time to do a little, er, a lot of Scrapbooking last night. 

Enjoy!

Go HERE for credits!  I'll be uploading them sometime later today.  Thanks!

Disneyland: A Photo Journal

One last picture at the Castle before leaving Disneyland. The next day after checking out of the hotels we drove into Newport Beach to hit our favorite spots there. We played in the little park and took some fun pictures of the kids.

Taking some photos of Toms playing in the grass. It was SO windy it was crazy. But the kids loved it! All the kiddos posing for a picture. Thanks Grandma!!! I just want to give a BIG thanks you to my Mom for making this trip possible for all of us. The hopper passes were our Christmas presents and what a great trip it was. Lots of fun memories to share with each other for years to come. Thanks Mom, we love you and missed that you & Trina weren't with us.

Free 2 Year Old

Any takers?  He's really cute and not at all annoying today!

Why do they have to have this terrible two stage?  I really don't have the patience for this!!!!!  and the scariest thing is that I've got another little terror on the way.  What was I thinking?  Wish me luck in not killing my child today!

We've Created A Devil...

...Literally!  The other night while Toms was fast asleep and Tyler was just making it into the bedroom, Toms stirred a bit, but while still sleeping he started to talk.  At first I didn't understand what he said {Tyler knew right away}, then I realized he said "Go Devils".  While he was sleeping!  So funny!  It was like 2:30 in the morning or something and he never opened his eye's or anything, just yelled out "Devils......Go Devils" and went right back to lying asleep next to us.  I tell ya, you just can't get enough of these little kids.  The things they say.

So, Happy dreaming about Sparky to all!!! {Even though they don't have the best record this year, we are still BIG fans!}

Go DEVILS!

Twilight Premiere

Alright, so I know there are MANY of you out there who are obsessed with this movie, and are counting down the days till it opens.  

Well, my friend Molly and her Sister Tangie are toying with the idea of renting out a Theatre for the premiere on Thursday night's midnight showing at the Mesa AMC off of Stapley.  You in?  They are trying to see how many peeps they can get to go in on it with them to make it easier for all of us to see the movie and NOT have to wait in lines.  Plus you'll get to see the movie in a theatre full of fun friends.  So go HERE and leave Molly a comment letting her know if you are interested and how many tickets you want and let's make this happen.

I myself am looking forward to seeing a movie period.  It's been SO long since I've gone to the movie's, I don't really care what I see, just as long as I get to get out of the house and escape into a movie for two hours.  Even if it is at midnight.  Hey, I'm just getting started at that time of night anyway.

Hope to see you there!!!

Power Blogging

Alright, so I've come to the decision that I am a total POWER BLOGGER, Not a daily blogger!  So I hope you can all bear with me as you read on to the next posts.  I've updated like the past two weeks in one night.  So hold on and get comfy, you're in for a lot of new information and pictures!  Hope you all enjoy.

At least it all gets posted eventually, right!?  Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!!!

What a fun day!  I just love Halloween, all the candy and fun!  After cleaning up Toms room and then getting ourselves ready for the fun evening we headed out to Phoenix to meet up with my family for a photo shoot at Duke Photography.  We go there every year on Halloween because they offer a free picture to all the little kiddos that are dressed in their spookiest best.  Anyway, that's always a treat trying to get all the little ones to smile at the same time.  But it actually wasn't that bad.  After that we all headed back to Mom's house for a yummy cornbread and chili dinner as tradition goes.  We sat around talking for a bit letting the kids play and have some fun in their costumes.  They went trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood a little bit and the Mom's stayed back to rest up a bit.  Then once they returned from a few house in her hood, we all drove over to my grandparents house to do a little trick or treating in their neck of the woods.  They are always so excited to see all the kids dressed up and visit with the adults for a bit.  So we sat and once again let the dad's take the kids up & down their street for some treats.  The best is that there is one house that gives out FULL size candy bars and we went to that one twice!  A Butterfinger & a Payday! yum!

Then it was time to head back to our side of town.  We stopped off at Tyler's Grandpa's house to say hello and show off Toms fun little costume.  We sat and visited with him for awhile and had some yummy donuts and cookies.  Then Tyler's Parents stopped by as well as Hope, Spence, Tiff, Dan & Lissa while we were there.  It was a fun party.  Everyone else had already stopped by earlier in the evening {All the other siblings}.  Anyway, after that...  we headed over to the Barneys house to see what was going on over there.  they were actually just leaving to go and round up all their kids from the neighborhood so we said hello for a moment then stopped by the DeCrows house after that.  They were just returning from their trick or treating so it was perfect timing to stop in and take some cute pics and chat for a few minutes.  Then finally it was time to head home!

WOW, what a day!  Toms was having so much fun seeing all his cousins and friends and driving all over the place.  We thought he would crash right away but instead I guess he got interested in the movie we started to watch and ended up watching the whole thing with us.  It was The DaVinci Code.  Great flick!  We had only seen it once when it first came out so we decided to turn it on and before you know it your totally into it.  We were up until 12:30, Toms too!  Crazy kid!  Anyway, Hope everyone had a great Halloween.  And honestly, I'm ready for it to be over!  Now, I'm ready for Christmas!!!!  When can I start to put all those decorations up???

 

A BIG Project!

Toms room has been so unorganized for so long, so on Friday during the day I decided to take on this challenge.  I have no idea why, but I just wanted to get something accomplished in the way of organizing/cleaning.  So I took EVERY single piece of toy that Toms has and dumped them all on the floor of his bedroom.  WOW!!!  He has a lot of crap!

See!

Anyway, it all got cleaned up and organized into all the correct bins and proper spaces.  It felt so good at the end of the day.  And he has actually has kept it clean since.  YEAH!  Mission accomplished, at least until the cousins come over again.  Doesn't it feel good to have things clean though, that's one of my favorite feelings is knowing that my house is in order.  ahh, now just for the rest of this place!