Sawyer's 2nd Birthday!

Trick or Treat!!

Fire dog (name courtesy of Cali)

Have you ever heard of this game? It is great fun. All you do is buy a pack of 15 glow sticks at Target ($1!), then you wait for dusk. After cracking the glow sticks you shove them under your dogs collar and then YELL "GO ENZO GO!!!!! and watch as your dog tears around the yard dropping the sticks one by one, then you say "On your mark, Get set...GO" and watch as your children run around and pick up the sticks. The person with the most sticks wins.
All this fun can be yours.... for only $1!!!!!

By a pricking of my thumbs....

October is here! that means that the long hot summer has gone (mostly) and it is time to start the holiday season!
I never realized how much I enjoyed Halloween until I had children. On September 30th I was told that it was time to decorate for Halloween . I dragged all the bins (6!) down and the kids and I spent the next 2 hours putting up the decorations. They had so much fun decorating. As a mother, I was so happy for their enthusiasm....as someone with a little bit of taste I was cringing as they decorated their way. There were place mats placed on the ground "Look, a perfect path!", and pumpkins spread willy nilly throughout the house. I bit my tongue and just told them how excellent it all looked. Then as they rested their weary bones I went and made it look a little more conventional....oh and I washed the place mats!

Deep Thoughts

When you park your car, facing down the driveway so you can hook up the trailer. After you ask your wife if the kids are all inside, you may want to check the front of your car. You never know when your Great Dane will decide that a great place to take a nap is in between the front tires of your car.

Sorry Enzo!

PS~ He is okay, just a little greasy from being on the bottom of the car.

Girls Getaway

I went to California with 6 of my friends last weekend. We had so much fun. the ocean was beautiful and the waves were great! We stayed up late talking and then slept in, we ate our way through San Diego and Orange County, yummy, yummy food.

It was really nice to reconnect to my female friends. It was also wonderful to miss my family and have them miss me and be able to come back all excited to be a wife and mom. Thanks Derek for taking such good care of our kids!

We had so much fun that I forgot to take a lot of pictures. But here are a few.

LOVED IT!!!!!!!!

Funny Blog

I know that I am probably the last person to see this blog, but I thought that it was pretty funny. This level of commitment to sarcasm is something that I admire.

http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/

Last of the summer photos

The Dark Knight

Derek and I went and saw the Dark Knight last night. It was a good movie but it did run a little long. Derek was so excited to see this movie, so off we went.
I don't know if this is just an AZ & UT thing, but I get so annoyed when Parents bring their young children to either really late shows in their pajamas, or to shows that are OBVIOUSLY not children shows. Last night a lady comes in with her 3 young children, I am guessing 6, 4 & 2. and of course they sit right in front of us.
So the movie starts and the children are really well behaved and then comes an objectionable part of the movie for young children (hence the rating) so this lady starts SNAPPING her fingers at her children to close their eyes. I am not even talking about a soft snap. this lady was wildly waving her arms and had the loudest SNAP! So this went on the entire show (2 hours and 37 min) Scary part... SNAP! Scary part... SNAP! REALLY!!?!?

Fun in Midway

4th Of July