...it's over.

This weekend was exactly what I said it would be, one to remember! After the Friday movie (loved it) (no pictures, dangit) with ten of my favorite people, I had a LAME Saturday. The worst thing that happened was Carter lost his soccer game. I think there was another game but I can't really remember what happened. I do know, that I did not see my friend Corbie at church, and I have a date with her some time next week! But whatever.

I had soooooo much fun this year trash talking with all you Ute fans! I love BYU football, I really do. It's not because of the Prophet graduation count, or the fact that it is a LDS college. It's because they are MY team. We all have teams that we love and have always loved from the time we can remember. I am a fan of LaVell Edwards and Bronco Mendenhall. I'm a sports loving girl who grew up with a dad who watched BYU football and 49ers playing on Sunday was more important than Sacrament Meeting. It has since changed at my Dad's house, (he has DVR) but I will always love BYU football. One year when I was 18 my Dad and I went in on a pair of season tickets. Blue is a part of me, and luckily husband loves them even more than me! So cheers to all of you who stood up for the Cougs and cheers to all of you who were on the opposing side and cheers to you (two doors down) who brought me U of U cookies, they were so dang delicious, but dumb.

You finished on top this year, we will have to wait an entire year for this much fun! (you do have A LOT of seniors, yeah for us) Thanks for the money Utes and I still think you smell funny!

This was obviously BEFORE the game.

I can not pass up sugar. We made our kids taste them first so that we knew they weren't going to kill us!

This was obviously after the game.

There was a story from an Indian Chief Alec found preparing for a talk in church today. It talks about the group of pioneers that Brigham Young was leading. They had almost reached the rocky mountains . A group of Indians and their chief hated the “palefaces” and brought 1,000 Indians to shoot Brigham Young and everyone dead. The pioneers camped and started singing Come, Come ye Saints. The chief gave the signal to shoot, but their fingers were like stone, not one shot was fired, the Indians left and knew the great spirit was watching them.


You're telling me all we had to do was sing Come, Come Ye Saints to save us from the Indians?

Friday - a Twilight viewing...

Saturday - a Cougar victory...

This Weekend - One to Remember!



(I'm so excited)

TAG...

This is actually really crazy that I am doing this. I think I have been blog tagged maybe 3 or 4 times. I always plan on gettin' crazy and actually doing it. I think about it for a couple of days and then life happens. I forget. Or I remember weeks later and then feel like a bad blogging friend and think if I just don't do it maybe they won't remember they tagged me. I actually know that those who tagged me probably did not even notice, and I am just flattering myself to think they cared. Anyway, I thought today I would give it a try... (here we go Marti!)
Here are the rules: you need to type 7 things about yourself that you don’t think anyone knows and then choose 7 people to tag at the end and leave their link.

1- I hate the number 7. One reason I should have never done this post is because the number 7 is in the rules. The number 7 is ugly. It makes my insides feel weird and I can't stand that so many people have it as their lucky number! The number 8 is sooooo much easier on the eyes, and on the heart. Two circles connected together, what a beautiful thing.

2- Little House on the Prairie is a part of me. It has childhood memories written all over it. When ever Ma runs out to meet Pa crying, I cry. Every time. I can't not cry. Just this morning it was the one where Charles and Caroline meet when they are little, and I kept getting the chills over and over. Ask my brothers how much I loved Little House.

3- I am a shower decision maker/thinker/planner. I come up with all the best ideas for ANYTHING in the shower. I can plan a lesson, party, activity, tradition in the shower. The commercial where the office goes into the shower for good ideas...I totally relate!

4- I had a crush on Handy Smurf. (Maybe that is why I fell in love with my hubby)

5- You know how most mom's can't sleep until all the lights are off, the kitchen is clean, and the doors are locked and double checked that they are locked? I am NOT one of those mom's. I can totally sleep if there are dishes in the sink. I usually don't check the doors or the lights. You may think I am a bad mom because of it, but I have a husband who does the checklist before bed. He will check it even if I have already done it 8 times. So why should I? I hear women talk about this all the time and I just can't relate. If he goes out of town, he usually calls me at night to remind me, but Of COURSE I am on it when he isn't around!

6- My favorite snack is a piece of white bread rolled into a ball, and nacho cheese Doritos. Take a bite of the round bread then eat a Dorito. Wash it down with a Diet Coke. Don't knock it til' you try it!

7- When I grow up I want to write children's books. I have already started my little dream, and maybe one day it will happen. For now a notebook with lots of idea's, but you never know! A work in progress for sure.

8- And because I can't end on an ugly number, I have to leave one last bit of information. I love the violin. A violin solo in any song makes it better in my opinion. The best part of the symphony is the violin. My fingers are crossed for little Savvy!

The end.
I think I deserve 8 years of good luck for that!

Now I tag Tawny, Janet, Natalie, Lisa, Nancy, Jolee, and Danielle + #8 Dawn!
(if you don't have a blog, just leave it in my comments. ha ha ha, love you all)

a little service project...

If you haven't already, please take a minute to look at our new little blog dedicated to my kids fundraiser
"For the Warmth of the Children."

forthewarmthofthechildren.blogspot.com (there is a link on my list)

This is something we look forward to every year, it definitely makes our Thanksgiving especially meaningful. Any help or passing the word along, would be much appreciated.
Thank you!

one more thing...

Ok, I know I said goodbye to October, but I hadn't put up pictures of Lukey's birthday! Silly mom. My baby turned 3, and I don't know what to do about it! I love two year olds. I love that they are still chubby, that they still hug you, that they still climb into your bed, that you can still carry them and that their little hands and feet are still so small and round. I have said before that I always want a two year old, forever, and now it's over. He's three. The only way to have another two year old is to have another child and that's just crazy! Good thing we have siblings still working on their families so they can share. They're good sharers!

Happy Birthday Luke. Please stay chubby forever.

The kids got Luke a couple of fish. He woke up to a new tank along with "Tiger" and "Froggy". One had died the night before. So I ran back to Pet Smart first thing in the morning to get a new one. These too have both since died along with "Antonio" AND "Tony the Tiger". We literally can not keep a fish alive. The last one was a Beta, we heard they lived forever, and yet the Johnson family killed it quickly. I have no answers. I only know that we have kept the tank running with the fake sharks! He still loves it.

He already looks thinner.

Before his birthday he told everyone he wanted ORANGE cowboy boots! I was not looking forward to ORANGE boots, however when I saw these I knew they were it! Now he doesn't have to wear Savvy's pink cowgirl boots!


This was the hit of the party! Mimi and Papa gave him this huge remote control dinosaur! At first he was a little nervous, but now he can't get enough. You may have seen it at Target in a huge case. It is just as cool at home! It was also a huge hit on our porch for Halloween! I don't know who likes it more, him, or us!

Well he is three now, we are pretty much done raising our kids. As my friend Kelly says, "After they are potty trained, the rest they can do themselves."

Bring on the dentist!

Halloween...good times! A happy goodbye to October!

Alec enjoyed his last trick-or-treating, we decided it was it! We may change our minds next year, but for now, he was just too huge! Carter totally won in the candy contest anyway, so Alec should just graciously retire!

Happy November!