Trick or Treat

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! The boys had a great time trick or treating. Even Bry was saying :trick or treat and thank you:) I have already sorted out the candy for when they get up tomorrow. There's the: trash pile, the lollipop pile, the back in the pumpkin piles and of course the for mommy pile :) This will help save them wanting the candy I don't want them to have and to scale down the huge pile of sugar we have! They came home with a huge bag just from school before we even went out tonight. Thanks to mom for dinner and the company while trick or treating.

Here are the pics of my SUPER HEROES!!

Susan, I haven't forgotten that i was tagged and plan to do it for my next post:) I also want to post two great recipes...but I'll be back with that. Good evening to all.

Total fun

Check out my pics of the boys with toys. The boys talked my dad into getting his own truck too! Click RC fun with the boys to see the pics!
Also here are some pics of Bry's 2 yr. birthday party: See my pics
I have been tagged, I will get to it soon I promise!

Don't take anything for granted

If you have a few moments and you didn't see this on Oprah or anywhere else you must take the time to click here and watch this video! Be sure to click the link that says watch Randy's last lecture. It will take about 10 minutes or so of your time and the message he has to give is one of inspiration and motivation at the same time. Don't take one minute of your life for granted....live each day to it's fullest and don't focus on the negative; instead redirect that energy and make it positive to live the best life you can! This speech by Randy Pausch really touched me and I hope it does the same for you!

Busy, but fun weekend!

We had a busy fun weekend. Fri was Dev's fall festival at school. It was alot of fun. There were quite a few parents their to help. I was in charge of the bowling. They had made bowling pins out of 2 liter bottles with some beans in them for stability. They rolled a BBall to knock them down. It was neat, but I didn't think about how many times I was going to have to pick up the pins...... The kids had a great time and were sugared up by the time I left. Not sure if they really took naps that day or not:)

Sat am. me and D headed out to a water bday party. It was at an aquatic center that had an indoor water park of sorts. It was great, it had sprayers, and water dumping buckets and the water was only 2ft deep at the most. D like it and his friend Harris was so glad that he came. I might have to find out what the winter hours are. It is open to the public and 4 and under are free!! It would be a great winter fun activity!!

Later we had Bry's 2 yr bday party. It's a week early but that way my inlaws could help Tim and Amanda move and be here for the party. B had such a great time! He was really shy though when everyone sang Happy birthday to him. He caught on quickly to opening the gifts with D's help of course. I told B to show everyone what he got and then after every gift he held it up for all to see:) How cute! I don't know anyone was fast enough to catch a pic of him blowing out his 2 candles:) He blew them out so quickly like a pro, I don't think anyone even had their camera ready, hee hee.Thanks to everyone that came to his party. We really enjoyed it and it was wonderul having so much family around to help celebrate! The weather was wonderful too. Just in time, because is has been raining everyday since then!

Congrats to Tim and Amanda who are officially moved into their new house. I even let the boys ride their big wheels over there the other day. They loved it, the trail is a little rocky so I had to push a little, but on the way back they did much better! I am so happy that they are so close. Amanda made green chili and we went to pick some up and dropped them off some leftover bday cake. We are glad they are here. Also a BIG CONGRATS on the baby news. They found out the sex of the baby. I won't spill the beans incase everyone doesn't know yet....but Congrats to them!!!

Last night I had such a great one on one time with my baby B! Mike took D to Taekwondo and B and I just sat on the floor and hugged and played and laughed without interuption. It was so wonderful, we have been saying we wanted to plan more one on one with the boys and it was so wonderful. I really think B enjoyed it because he just hugged me about a million times. Of course he is my cuddler of the two but it was still so very nice! It's just the simple things that you sometimes have to slow down and absorb what's around you. The days get so busy with routine and feedings, and baths, dressing and off to school so quickly. I am a little(alot really) stressed with my new hours because they are so long and I am missing my purely play time with the boys. I am sad when I think about how we have to rush them out in the mornings and have little time to play in the evening. I am trying to give myself time to adjust but I don't think this is going to last very long. I know kids are only small once and the little things and the bonding time will pass so quickly, as it already is day by day. I have been going over all the options in my head and all the alternatives... I will let you know when I decide what to do. I have a feeling it won't be long because I am already feeling such sadness with each long day that passes.

And......my wonderful hubby knows how I've been feeling and sent me such beautiful flowers to work today. It was such a suprise and so very touching to me! He is so wonderful and just sent them to "brighten my day" Of course it worked!! Thank you so much for thinking of me and truly brightening up such a gloomy day! I love you baby!! I have made a slideshow with pics from the weekend but I'm having trouble getting on my page. I will post it as soon as I get it to work right. Meanwhile, here's a pic of my beautiful flowers!

fun weekend

Oh yeah, my tribute to Walter

This is my tribute to Tim and Amanda's dog Walter................

Twins right??!!!!! :) :)

My attempt at creativity...

So I thought I'd be brave like the lion...hee hee. D has his fall festival tomorrow and I've volunteered to bring cupcakes. I wanted to make something fun, so I checked on one of my fav sites Awesome cupcakes to check for some ideas. I found this adorable lion

Looks pretty easy right???!!!! Ha... after multiple attempts, mishaps with the icing tool (it wouldn't work well *****$#%@!#%@!) I tried to use a plastic bag to put the icing on.. well it exploded and luckily landed on a cupcake. Thus, I have one pumpkin cupcake! :) Verdict is that I half way succeeded! I think the kids will like them anyway. I had fun! I can't wait for D to wake up in the morning and see them!This is my 1st attempt:

My 2nd attempt:
My 3rd attempt:
The finished product:
At first my new job wasn't going to allow me to take a few hours off to go to D's festival. I wasn't happy at all. then they suggested that I could trade days with the other girl, therefore I worked Mon. and am off tomorrow so that I can help at the school. Thank goodness. They are having multiple activities for the kids and food of course! I am looking forward to it. I just hope my job doesn't stay so strict with out any flexibility....that won't work for me at all!! We'll just have to wait and see.

Tim and Amanda are closing on their house here tomorrow also. We are very excited for them. We will actually be able to walk to their house! They plan to get a pool so that's even better that we'll be able to just pack a bag and walk on over! Even a few drinks on a summer night and we won't have to worry about drinking and driving......just drinking and walking! My in laws are due to arrive in town tomorrow to help with the moving in. I have decided to move Bry's bday party up one week so that they won't have to drive up again next weekend. I am doing the Barney theme! I have bought a few decorations, and I was going to order a cake but I've decided to stretch my creativity again and make my own cake. I'll post pics. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, should be interesting!

Bry tagged along to a bday party with Dev and I to Chuck E Cheese for one of Dev's classmates. B was pretty scared at first and didn't know what to think. Of course after some observations of big bro putting money in machines and tickets popping out he caught on fast. He just liked to put money in and collect tickets even though he had no idea what they were for :) gotta love it! I was a little nervous about taking both boys there by myself(Hubby had a meeting). But they did excellent and I was very proud of them. It was easier than I thought it would be keeping up with them in the commotion of all the other kids running around. They are such good boys!!!!!!They both had a wonderful time and were exhausted when we got home from the sugar rush, dancing with Chuck E and playing all the games.

My husband and brother convinced my dad into getting an RC car. Very cool! He needed a hobby, right Dee?! I can't wait to see him driving it! They'll probably have him into the helicopters and boats soon! Watch out Dad!:)

Amanda is doing good with the preggo. She goes to the Dr. next week ( my OB here) I think they will be sheduling her an ultrasound. I can't wait to find out if we are going to have a boy or girl cousin for the boys! Very exciting. She'll prob have a baby half the size mine were. She's tiny! Almost 5 months along and just barely a pooch going on.......yes I'm a hater!!! hee hee

Got my little piggy today that I ordered for a cousin and his wife that just had a baby girl. A friend of mine gave me one when I had B, then I just gave one to some friends that had a baby boy. This was the first girl piggy I've ordered from her and I must say it's simply adorable. The woman that hand paints these piggies is in her 70's!! She does an amazing job! I love the personalized gifts... here are a few pics....the detail is amazing.... I know they'll love it!

That's all for now.... more this weekend! Happy Friday to all!!

bah humbug!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so I just typed a huge long blog and it wouldn't post, saying blogger was down. I though it saved it automatically everyminute right??????WRONG!!!!!!!!! Can't find it anywhere and I am quite furious at the moment....... I might be back tomorrow to vent again and hopefully this time it will post!!! Growl!!!!!!! Growl!!!! Hiss, hiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time flies

Boy how time flies! Things have been pretty busy around here. My new job for one and Tim and Amanda are staying with us while house hunting, which by the way they found one and are closing next Friday. Planning for D's fall festival at school, planning B's Barney bday party and who can remember what else has had me so busy. Life itself.
I am liking my new job but still adjusting to the new hours. I go in earlier and work later. Not to mention my first week my hubby was out of town and the daycare called saying Bry was sick and I had to leave early, Dad and Dee helped out but it was still stressful, since new job is come to find out very strict during the 90 probation, oh well. I had to do it.
The boys have had a great time playing with uncle tim and aunt amanda. She goes soon to her first dr. appt here and they will be scheduling her ultrasound. How fun! Will it be a niece or nephew for us? Either is fine, but i'm excited to find out!
The boys are already excited about Halloween. We are going to have a little Superman and Batman! Super heroes, how appropriate:)
It's time to make my to do list again. We have so many projects we want to do around the house and so little time as many of you can relate to. But we have done better in the past by simply making a list to cross off as we go. So my plan is to get the list started this weekend.
Well it seems like I've had so much going on but can't think of much at the moment. I'm still here for those of you who might of been wondering. That's all for now.