Christmas Cards

I can't send a Christmas card to EVERYONE...so here it is!



*Christmas Card by Megan Holdsworth Photography

I did it!

I ate chocolate on purpose! I couldn't take it anymore! I had a chocolate-dipped Strawberry Waffle Sundae from Dairy Queen! It was good, but way too rich. I didn't finish it, but it was GOOD!!!!

But other than that I have been really good! I ate ONE slice of pie at thanksgiving. I ate half a churro at disneyland, and part of an ice cream bar (it was WAY to rich) (Ay, que dulce!) And I drank some Coke on the way home to keep me awake...it WAS 1:30am!

And then the other night at a Party i did eat a few sweets! And then all the leftovers that I had are now gone too...so I'm gonna take it easy now until Christmas eve!

But I gotta tell you....it was good, but not the "gotta have it" feelings that I normally would have! My month went by fast and I just felt good. I hate to admit it, but I did! Maybe I'm finally liking this no sugar thing, because the scale is going down (as i mentioned in my 100th). It's not moving fast, but after not moving the first two week...I'm happy now! Now I just need to lay off the constant snacking. I may not eat breakfast or lunch, but all the other snacking makes up for it!

Hunter

Hunter at his school Christmas program

Hunter: Nana can you make me an egg burrito? (He always asks nana for one of these)

Nana: Just a minute Hunter. (my dad ran to the store to get eggs. In the meantime, my mom is helping me sew something, so when my dad gets back with eggs I start to make eggs.)

Me: Hunter I'm gonna make you your egg burrito now!

Hunter: Do you even know how to make an egg burrito?

Me: YES!

Hunter: Ok...just making sure!





Another one he said a while back was this....



Nana: Hunter do you want a bean burrito?

Hunter: Yes, please. Nana do you know how to make a bean burrito?

Nana: Of Course Hunter!

Hunter: My mom just orders them from Chile Pepper!







Gotta love him!

My 100th

Ok since this is my 100th post..I am dedicating this post to numbers.

Some numbers I like...Some numbers I don't like.

The scale is one of those love/hate relationships. Right now I'm starting to like it because it's been going down! (not as fast as I'd like) Maybe this no chocolate eating thing is FINALLY paying off!!

You know what else is going down....GAS!!!

I filled up by Suburban for $49.25!! Considering at one point I paid $125.00 I was SOOO excited!

I also love 104 and 129. Edna knows why. The other night we were heading home and it was 1:04! Edna called me to tell me!

Ok that's enough of numbers!

A few more videos of Fireworks

Gabby....this is for you!

I'm Thankful for...DISNEYLAND!

I'm thankful for more things, but first our Disneyland Trip!

It was really really fun! We left on Tuesday, a little later than I wanted to, but that's normal right? And came home on Thursday at 2am, also a little later than I wanted to. It was great that Paul could come and also my parents. They were a huge help. It was nice to walk around and see all of the beautiful Christmas Decorations! AND it wasn't too busy! The Christmas Fireworks were AWESOME and at one point Hunter turned around and said "mom, why are you crying?" with a total 'you're a dork' look on his face! I told him it was so beautiful! (Lisa those tears were for you!!!) It rained on Tuesday night while we were there, so my hair was loverly. Why couldn't I have just had curly hair? or straight hair? not half/curly/half/straight/mostly frizzy hair??????? (like my fractions right there?)

We had a great time, ate a lot, walked a lot, sat a lot, and laughed and smiled a lot! Can't wait for our January trip! Any takers?

Now on to Thanksgiving!

It was good! Ok that's enough!

Back to Disneyland!

Ok Just kidding!

Thanksgiving was very nice. We slept in a little because we got home at 2am, so that I am thankful for! Paul deep-fried the turkey and it was DE-LISH! Chris brined it for us and it was gooooood! We went to the Nelson's for Dinner and enjoyed company of aunts/uncles/cousins we hadn't seen for a little bit. I am happy to say I didn't eat a lot, only because I stuffed my face with rolls BEFORE dinner started! But they were good rolls. AND of course being the wonderful mother that I am did NOT take pictures, even though the camera was there. Which is really to bad because it had been a while since we had ALL been in the same room together, well I'll try harder at Christmas!

And now it's Christmas time! yay! Oh and I'll post about Black Friday Shopping next....and my chocolate-free update!

Have I mentioned.....

that I'm going to Disneyland!!! Yay! It's gonna be all decked out for Christmas! I can't wait! The only thing I'm sad about is it might rain, which means they won't do the fireworks show! So let's hope that they do.

The exciting thing about this trip is that.....drumroll, please.....PAUL IS COMING TOO!!!!

I'll post pictures when we get back!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Christmas Cans

Last year my friend Tia made these Christmas Cans. I thought they were soooo cool! So this year Linsey and I decided to make our own Christmas cans. It only took me a week to finish them, but they are finally done! Actually the only reason it took me a week, was because I only had two nights when I could work on them. The first night we did all of the cans. And then tonight I did the names and ribbon. So I'm glad they are done! (Actually I need to add the tag and the key.) I plan on using mine as a special treat for my kiddos. For Christmas, their christmas PJ's will be in there. For the rest of the year I will use them when I feel like it! I hope it will turn into something like "Hey...my can is out...I wonder what's in it...." You get the picture! Check out Linsey's Blog to see pictures of hers. (she may not have posted it, but she will soon)

Riley Roos

*Edit to my last post

Just so everyone doesn't think I always ignore Riley, I did take some pictures of her too! I didn't ignore her the whole time, just while I was trying to get Taylor to blow me a kiss!!!

She wanted me to take one of her in back of her umbrella

Taylor Boos

Taylor has become a whole new person these last two months! She is actually quite fun and not as much HARD work! Her new thing is she blows kisses, which of course is adorable. The other thing she started doing is smiling, which is hilarious! I finally got a picture of her smile. I have yet to get her blowing a kiss (i'm working on it.)

I videotaped her as I was asking her to smile at me and to blow me a kiss. I just thought it was hilarious the face she gives me. As if I didn't know she was to busy trying to put on a shoe! I wonder who she gets that from. I also like the way I completely disregard Riley as she tries to talk to me!! Way to go MOM!

Kiss who?

We were sitting in Sacrament meeting today and this is what Hunter asked me:

Hunter: Do you have to kiss Dad on the mouth?
Me: (stifled laugh) I can if I want to because we're married.
Hunter: So will I have to kiss a girl? (makes a fasce)
Me: You can kiss her when you're married (hunter keeps making face) but only after you serve a mission so that will be when you are older!
Hunter: OK

8 days...that's right!

I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself (yeah yeah, I know we shouldn't be proud) because I have gone 8...yes 8 days without desserts, sodas, excessive sugars!



And for those of you who know me...know that's really really impressive!



So...here's to the next 8 days! BLAH!

Chocolate Free!

Starting November 7, 2008 I will avoid Sugars and Sodas! I will allow myself November 26 & 27 to eat what I want, and also December 24 - 26!



So far.....5 great days filled with headaches from chocolate withdrawals.....



**Note: this is not for the rest of my life, it's just to try and create some new habits, and since I have NO self-control, I need to quit cold turkey and then slowly realize that I don't NEED chocolate/sugar/ice cream to survive and that it actually is a special occasion when we have sugar!



* I moved this into a post because I know someone wants to comment on this!

VOTE!!!

Make sure you vote today! Especially yes on 102 or California yes on prop 8!!!!!

It probably wouldn't hurt to vote for McCain/Palin either......

I just pray our wonderful nation will be ok!

Halloween....whatever

I hate Halloween. Ok hate is a strong word. I guess it was never huge in our family. Yes we would dress up and go trick-or-treating. We would hand out candy and also occasionally carve the pumpkin; although I think it was mainly because my parents wanted to roast the pumpkin seeds. But as far as the whole dressing up part....I was a witch for about 5 years and a watermelon the other 5 years. That's it! Edna was a clown and then a strawberry. So I just have a hard time with wanting to decorate and going all out for Halloween.

So this year I gave into my kids and we put up some "spiderwebs" in our doorway and some jack-o-lanterns, but no more.

One thing I have always enjoyed though is carving pumpkins, and yes I also roast the pumpkin seeds. For about 3 years we carve pumpkins and make all sorts of interesting things. I have carved Sleeping Beauty castle, lightning McQueen, The Incredibles Logo, a witch brewing, a wicked diva, cinderella, ariel, tinker bell, NY Yankee logo, and a montage of jack-o-lanterns. Edna and Chris also have joined us in this tradition and Chris has done an AWESOME job of doing some pretty good ones, including Napoleon Dynamite, Superman, and this year he did Carolanne and the TV from Poltergeist!!! It was cool!

The only reason I have these pictures is because Hunter took them!

This year we got to celebrate Halloween twice (all with a smile). On Wednesday we had our Trunk-Or-Treat at church. Paul is the Activity Chairman in our ward, so that automatically puts me on the committee as well. So we had to help with the set up and happenings that night...which means I took no pictures! way to go mom!

Then on Friday we went to Chris and Edna's and had a Driveway Tailgate party, a la mexican style, complete with movie projected on the garage! It was great! My kiddos had a blast doing a little bit of everything...trick-or-treating, eating healthy chips and soda and hot dogs, movie watching and more trick-or-treating followed by more healthy candy eating!




I did manage to get a few shots....

Here are Dean and Paul....they will be old men and still look like this!

The Taylor's as Cinderella!!!

This is what the driveway looked like!

Riley's Classic Face!

One Crazy Trick-or-Treating Night!!!

Glad it's over! And now I can focus on Christmas....oh wait...first Thanksgiving. That means DEEP FRIED TURKEY!!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Brenda's Christmas Blog


My frienda Brenda started a Christmas Blog! I told her that I just want to go hang out with her and make all of this cute stuff! So, I figured since i enjoyed looking at her Blog EVERYDAY to see if she posted new ideas, I would share them with you too!!!!!

Have fun! and try not to want to "deck her later!"

!!!!

I was looking over my posts and I realized that I use a lot of exclamation points.

Ok last one I promise!!!

Ok another shameless plug for The Treehouse Kids Club.


You can have your birthday parties there!!! Check the website for more info or give Edna a call!

Weird Things? I'm not weird!

HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Ok so Meredith tagged me to post 6 weird things about myself. So I'm finally getting around to doing it. But I'm really having a hard time coming up with things...... :-)

1. I can eat ice cream for breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, before bedtime. It doesn't matter. I NEVER get tired of ice cream. And cereal too! LOVE IT!

2. I hate tomatoes, but like ketchup.

3. I hate wearing socks and shoes. (oposite of meredith! i love to be barefoot!, but my heels pay the price!) But I especially hate socks!!! yuck!

4. I love to stay in my pjs' all day! Of course my pjs are just workout pants (i don't really work out in them) and a t-shirt, but if I go out and come home and have nothing else going on for the day...I immediately change into my pjs! Some days I never change out of them! (Never fear...I do wash them, and have several different "outfits" that I use as said pjs!!!) A bad trait I have passed on to my kids! WE LOVE PJS and I love buying them pjs!

5. I don't like to do yardwork because I get dirt in my fingernails....gives me the heebidy bejeebidies! But I do love to clean my kids fingernails when they have been playing out in the dirt!

6. Ok I know this is wrong and I probably shouldn't be admitting this.....but I love a good ZIT! Especially a blackhead! Wait, before you judge me....growing up I had acne (yeah I know, I still have acne!) And instead of hiding in a closet it I embraced it! (yeah right! Two treatments of accutane and I still have issues!) But there is some gross, twisted, disturbed pleasure I get out of popping a good zit or a blackhead! I always tell Paul that it is wrong for one person to have so many blackheads!!!!! On my face, on my back, on my chest, on my Earlobes!!! I mean really!?!?!?!? Come on! Now I know the next time you see me you will all be searching for my blackheads....trust me they are there! But at least try not to to make is so obvious that you're looking! The only reason I find them is because I have a 16x magnifying mirror! And I do try to get rid of them with all kinds of stuff...Biore' strips, face scrubs.....but they keep coming back! So what the h***, I might as well have some fun!! Right!?!?!? or NO? One day I'll talk about how hairy I am....another thing that is weird but not fair!!!!


Ok enough of that!


I tag...Rupa, Stephenie S., Debbie, Amber, Kira, Linsey...and my sisters!

One More Treehouse Plug

Check out the write-up in The Sun!

Let's Go Fly A Kite

It was windy on Monday and Tuesday here. And on Monday Riley asked me if we could fly a kite. I, being the great mother that I am, responded "no." I was getting ready for lessons and I just couldn't. So on Tuesday it was still windy so I thought I better be nice and take advantage and go out and fly the kite that we've had since AUGUST!


It was nice and fun! We didn't last very long, only cause it was noon and the sun was in our eyes. But the kids had a great time! and I guess everyone says that that's what counts!

Riley was content to just play with the tail of the kite!

Fall Break...now I need a break!

This last week Hunter, Riley, Taylor, and I and my parents went to Disneyland for two days! It was fun but busy! I tell you it's nice to go with help! Everyone did great and we can't wait to go back in November!

And I bought this way cute bag!!!

After that we went and stayed with Gabby's boys so that Gabby and Dan could go and have a good time and not wake up at 7:15!!! Hunter and Riley and Taylor had a great time playing with their cousins!!! It was fun, except for the whole waking up too early, which most of you know, I do not handle well!!! But I'm sure glad to be home now!!!!! Cause we have a dishwasher!! and no I'm not talking about Paul!!!

Treehouse Kids Club!

I know Edna has posted about it on her blog, but just as a plug for her..... The Grand Open House is on Saturday September 27 from 10am - 6pm. With the actual Opening day of Tuesday September 30!!!

Everyone pass on the info!

Treehouse Kids Club - Check out the website!

If you come and register your kids TOMORROW (Saturday) the annual registration fee will be waived! AND you can enter to win some cool prizes! Go check it out!!! Z93 will also be there doing hot dogs and stuff and live radio stuff from 10am - 1pm. (I'm pretty sure that's the time)

AND if you are reading this on Friday before 5:00pm on KYMA they are doing a story on the Treehouse (I'm sure they will show a portion of the story at 10:00pm) AND they will be putting a link on their website KYMA with the story so everyone else can see it! (I'm sure Edna will be happy about that)!

Congrats Edna and Renelle!!!

Hunter Lost another Tooth!

One of Hunter's top front teeth has been loose since about the end of July. He informed me then that it was getting loose. It has (of course) gotten more and more loose everyday. OF COURSE....duh! That's what happens to loose teeth.

So did I mention today is picture day at school? Did I mention Hunter lost his tooth YESTERDAY!?!?!?!?!? Paul and I were hoping it would stay on one more day, but No! It came out at school yesterday. Oh well!!

My dad told him he had 3 windows in his mouth because of his 3 missing teeth! Hunter thought he was cool!!!

Happy Birthday Hunter!

Hunter turned 7 on Friday! I don't have any pictures because they are on Chris' camera. So I will get them from him and then add them to the post!

Chris and my Father-in-law were both very shocked to hear that Hunter was 7 and not 6!! Where has the time gone!?!??!?! Seven years ago I was telling the anesthesiologist how much I loved him for my epidural!!! Just a few hours later, Hunter was born!

We love him so much and are grateful for all of his energy and his smiles and his enthusiasm for learning!
Happy Birthday Hunter Nelson Pablo Jedi New York Yankees Jeter #2

John Deere...OH DEAR!!

This was part of Paul's day at work. The tractors have cruise control and all this GPS crap in there, so the driver sets it on cruise and then hops off and helps with the planting or whatever else needs to be done. Then when it gets close to the end of the field, he hops back in and turns tje tractor around, resets the cruise and does this again. Again it's not like it's going 30MPH. So, the driver sets the cruise, hops off, gets to close to the end of the field, hops on and OH CRAP! the DOOR ESTA LOCKED! So the tractor kept going and going and going. And this is where it ended up! I actually don't know the end of the story....but I thought it was funny!

I LOVE MY GIRLS!

Just some pictures of my girls! Cause I love them!