Merry Christmas from Our Home to Yours

Happy Birhtday, Emilee

8 is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

fun photos

Opening Birthday gifts from PA -- thanks Samantha and family
Foamy gingerbread house, much easier than the real thing

Decorating the tree

Loved this Coke bottle I found at Wal-mart

I drank it soon after photo was taken.

So cute!!!

Friday Five

1. This crazy week has come to an end and I am looking forward to a restful weekend.
2. My flu like symptoms are still hanging on. Maybe when I am healthy again I should get the flu shot.......anyone out there had one?? Will it help me or just get me sick?
3. Our house officially looks like Christmas inside and out.
4. I have not exercised in a week and I am missing it. My body just needs rest now.
5. Did I mention that I lost five pounds over Thanksgiving? I suggest that if you want to lose weight over the holidays have a root canal.

5 reasons why I have't blogged lately

1. Way too tired to even sign in to my own blog.
2. Too busy breaking up all the cat fights that my girls have been in lately. yes, there has been hair pulling and scratching!!!!
3. Not too much to say. I am even too tired to talk these days.
4. I have been Christmas shopping and card addressing.
5. I think that I have been at the denist more than I have been at home. Finally, tooth pain is gone.

I will try my best to post more often and post some new pictures too!!

the latest and greatest at our house

This was my calendar last week and this week is already looking to be a bit slower. Although I do have to work Tuesday and make a thanksgiving dinner for 5 maybe 6. Did I mention that I will probably need to have a root canal this week some time too. Back to the dentist this morning. Maybe this week won't be so slow after all.

I finally got around to creating some creative memories. I will be changing it again soon for December which is just around the corner.






The tree out front is supplying us with plenty of red leaves to rake and jump in. While raking the other day I got the old familiar smell of childhood days in Pa. Sweet memories!!

Look who learned to tie her own shoes in just 15 Min's!!!! She is so proud of her new talent and new sneakers. They are a size 13...yikes, she was wearing an 11. She is growing up.

these were taken with natural light....I am still learning to use the new camera.

5 things to do with Costco TP

Stack it watch it fall

measuring

make a letter

Air hockey

Thank you Kirkland brand toilet tissue for the fun that you provided my children with today!

Words on Wednesday

OK, so I missed Ten on Tuesday and it is still awhile until Friday so here are some thoughts from me today.

• Has it been 6 months since my last dental check up? Yes, so back to the nice Dr. B I went and he is going to rescue another one of my food traps. Good news, I have been flossing more and my gums are looking good!! Hope that was not too much info.
• I feel like I have been so out of touch with friends and I am really struggling with that right now. I guess that I am still trying to figure out how to juggle everything since I am working now. My days off still are so full of things to get done that the time just seems to go so fast. So to all of my friends out there who I have not been in touch with lately I love you and am thinking about you.
• I started Christmas shopping today and I pray that I can stay on budget and keep the true meaning of Christmas as the focus!
• It is time for new jeans and I am dreading all the trying on that it takes to find a good pair.
• Loving the change in weather here and I hope it stays around awhile. It feels like fall, how about that?!?!
• I am glad that the election is now over and all the signs can come down. I got to take the YES for Prop 8 sticker off my car and the sign out of our yard .... and I think it passed? I think that they still may be counting those votes...anyone know ?

Happy Wednesday to you all!

Happy Harvest

Happy Halloween one and all

ooey, gooey..pumpkin slim



3 pumpkins sitting in a row...off to the Harvest Festival we go

We went for a slide

We played games for candy

Next year we will soar to great heights on the tethered hot air balloon ride

Friday Five

For me the Friday five is much easier than the 10 on Tuesday so here we go...

1. I am enjoying my second cup of coffee as I write this, the house is quiet except for the sound of the washing machine and my fingers on the keyboard.
2. My struggles with Emilee in the morning has reached an all time high and I am going crazy. It is so hard to deal with so early in the morning. She is for sure a strong willed spirited child and I only pray for some relief when the teenage years come.
3. Ashley on the other hand is so accommodating and easy going. Don't get me wrong she has her moments of stubbornness but she is so much easier to handle.
4. One thing sad about me working is that I miss out on some of the things at school. Yesterday was the Jog-a-thon and I was not able to be there to run and watch my girls run/walk the track. A friend took photos for me and I am so thankful for that. Today is family lunch so I will be there for that one.
5. This weekend I am going to see HSM3. A few moms from school are going to see the third High School Musical movie, we are so excited! If it passes the "clean test" I will take the girls back to see it. Yes, I am a HSM fan can you tell?!?!

Bate's Nut Farm

Ashley had her first field trip in a school bus last week. My only wish as a chaperon was that we would have had some fall weather that day. It was so HOT!!

She had a blast finding her pumpkin and searching for all the stamps in the corn maze with her friends.

Nana's Visit

Miramar Air Show



Wow are the blue angels loud when they fly right over your head
We had to take Nana to our favorite beach



We love you, Nana!!
See you in December

Too Tired

I am still here and promise to post the fun we had with mom soon, but this now working mommy and wife is so tired. Who would have thought that just working 2 days would be so exhausting??

Friday Five

1. Wow is it HOT!!!!!!!!!
2. My mom arrives in 5 days, the girls and I are so excited to see her.
3. It is 3:00 and the house is still quiet, the girls should be home any minute to add some noise to the house.
4. Can anyone tell me what the HOV stands for in HOV lanes on the freeway...it has been bugging me and I am too lazy to Google it.
5. I am ready to sleep in this weekend hopefully the girls are as well.

Happy weekend to you all, stay cool if you live in San Diego and stay dry if you are in PA!

Good -Bye Summer, Hello Autumn

We spent the last day of summer at our Favorite beach, Del Mar. Ashley enjoyed covering up with the sand...

Emilee enjoyed the water
Can you guess whose toes these are?
One final jump to say farewell to summer.

Signs of Fall

Our tree has begun to drop its leaves

Fall wreath of door (sorry it is out of focus)

My new look

I had to have quite a bit cut off because I had so many split ends.
I am getting used to it. It feels so healthy!

Football Season is back

In honor of my favorite sport and team I changed my layout to show my support. Can you guess who my team is?

Ten on Tuesday

1. Well after my third day working with the preschoolers I now have a new found appreciation for all the hard work that goes into running an amazing program.
2. Not to mention that I am exhausted after the day is through and then I come home to my beautiful and demanding girls.
3. Thank God that I have tomorrow off to rest.
4. My mom is visiting in 2 weeks and Tomorrow is her birthday....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM, we love you and are looking forward to seeing you.
5. Last time my mom came in October we had a fire and had to evacuate so hopefully that will not happen this time.
6. Thank you Chris for putting the girls to bed tonight, did I mention that I am exhausted?
7. I had my dollar scoop tonight because I ate very well today and I deserved a treat.
8. Chocolate chip mint in a cup, if you are wondering.
9. I am getting a hair cut on Friday...it has been at least 5 months since my last cut and style and my hair is heavy.
10. I am tempted to chop the hair but for those of you who know me know that I won't

Fun and Games

What do we do for fun around here?

Emilee likes to relax in front of the computer and play games.

Our new pets love to annoy me and I like to poison them. Terro works!!!! Buy it if you have ants. It is a liquid that is applied to little pieces of cardboard and the ants drink it and take it back to their family and it wipes them out after a few days. But I am having many different families visiting so I have to reapply once a week for the ants that found a new way to get into my kitchen and just search around and make me angry. OK enough of the ants
I also enjoy a little game I call pot stacking.

The girls have been playing some tennis.