Quote of the Day

This one is from my sweet Alli girl! She said this last night. The kids were tucked in tight (or so we thought) and Alli comes walking downstairs...This what she said to us...

"Mom, Dad, I am trying to sleep but my mind is just keeping me awake!"

Dad said "Well you tell that mind to shape up or I will put it in the corner!!!!"

Alli: "Well if you put it in the corner you will put me in the corner too!

Needless to say Shane and I had fun with this one!

She gave up on trying and returned to her bed without any further discussion! (on her side!)

5 Reasons why I should not post...

1. I have plenty more things to do!

2. Nobody reads my posts.

3. Bobby has had his fill of Football and now we can do something else. Like watch a movie & relax.

4. My kids are escaping from their beds and I happen to be the Warden!

5. It is late and I just don't wanna!

Halloween... CHECK

Fabulous costumes... CHECK
Lots of candy...CHECK
Hyper kids (candy rush)...CHECK
Nice weather for Trick or Treat...CHECK
Fun had by all...CHECK

It is now over...DOUBLE CHECK!!!!!

Headem' up and move it on outta here...Halloweenie is d-u-n dun!

One word...

ORGANIZED!

That is what I have to be. I am not sure that I can accomplish this task especially with my track record. For 31 years now I have not been organized. I like to be organized but I have never quite attained that status. For 31 years I have:

Been late to most functions.

Had a case of the "dropsies"

Made lists to never finish them.

Failed at time management.

Put my priorities in the wrong order.

Failed to accomplish many a project.

Forgotten many a thing.

Lost many a things!

Procrastinated!

The list goes on but I think I have hit the wall of "un-organization & company" and I am now faced with a decision. Do I crawl back to the hole I was in or do I put on my rock climbing shoes and start scaling the wall.

Well...

if I had a choice I would choose the hole...

You know it is going to be a bad day when...

You check a diaper for poop and your finger comes out with...poop! So gross I know!

Your 2.5 year old refuses to nap...cranky here we come!!

You burn dinner to a crisp...yes we had charcoal with a side of spaghetti sauce.

Okay those are really the only "bad" things that happened to me today! But it was just enough to throw my morning, afternoon, and evening off!

Halloween...

I don't really like the holiday. Well I guess I have a love/hate relationship with this holiday. I love the candy and the decorations but I hate the costume junk! I think it stems from my childhood years. I don't think my mother was inspired in the costume department. I don't think I have one picture of me as a kid dressed up for Halloween. Maybe I do? Mom-let me know huh?!

This year there is one thing about Halloween I just love. It has to do with my third child...Ty. He has an incredible monster roar. And what I love is that he roars at anything and everything. We can be outside and he is giving roars to bugs, plants, birds, etc. Or we can be walking the aisles at Target and he gives a ferocious roar to the people as they pass us! Every time I laugh and I think of what a great blessing this funny little 2 year old is!

I hate to re-post this picture but as you can see Ty is right in the middle of his monster ROARRRRRR!

Pumpkin Patch 2008

I love going to the pumpkin patch! It is fun to see the kids run around and enjoy seeing all the sights of fall and harvest. So here are a few pictures from our experience. Maybe some of you might recall that my picture taking was so rudely interrupted by a faulty memory card but I think I got some good shots!

Andrew surveying the sea of pumpkins.

I think that is the Pumpkin Princess!

Ty found his!


The hay maze is a favorite of all the kids! It is very small but so much fun! Ty had fun chasing the big kids around.