Game on!

Here are some cute pics of Bostyn bowling on our Wii. She actually did really good, with a little help from Chris. Noah slept through the game but woke up early this morning and him and Chris played Mario Kart for almost an hour. I, of course, was sleeping so I didn't get any pictures but I will next time. There are also a few pics of the kids that are just super cute and I couldn't resist posting them.

Here's a picture of Noah's foot on Bostyn's car seat and Bostyn was holding his foot.

Black Friday MADNESS!!!

Chris woke up at 3:30 this morning to go stand in line at Target. Crazy man. I slept in (but I also went to bed a lot later too) and got up at 5 am. I met Chris, Amber & Matich in line at 5:40, so I didn't have to wait long before we got inside. Poor Chris was soaked from all of the rain earlier however. I guess he had sent me a text at 4 am saying I might need to bring an umbrella. I don't remember getting that message, but my phone was in my hands when I woke up an hour later! Here's how our day mapped out:

Target
Wal-mart
Game Crazy
Einsteins
Home. I took a nap. Chris couldn't because his phone kept going off.
Back to Target to use coupon we forgot earlier
World Market
CostCo
Home. Kids came home!!
Pizza Hut
Home

When Margie & Wade dropped off the kids, Noah was sound asleep in his car seat. Chris had to carry him inside, where he fell back asleep on the couch while Bostyn ran around screaming and played Wii. I took Noah into our bed so he could sleep and Bostyn could play in his room. 2 hours later, Noah was still zonked out and it was time to put a very cranky little girl to bed (not me, Bostyn) so I put Noah in his bed. At midnight I checked on Noah, who was still asleep but soaking wet from wetting the bed (it had been at least 6 hours, he held out a long time!). So I woke him up to change his clothes, give him a Huggies wipe bath and make him go to the bathroom. For being woken up and being moved around so much earlier, he was in a really good mood. When I took his shirt off he told me, good job! Of course he was hungry & he told me he wanted Mac & Cheese. He settled for a bowl of cereal instead and I let him watch some cartoons & we talked about his trip. He told me he had lots of fun & played with toys only a little bit. And he didn't eat a lot and uncle Trav got mad at him. That's how a 3 year old sums up a 3 day trip! Chris would like it if I only talked that much ;)

To sum it all up, it was really nice to have alone time with my husband, but we missed our kids so much and a few times it felt like we had no idea what to do without our children running around the house. We were truly lost without them. We got a lot of shopping done but we didn't finish all of it like we've done the last couple of years, so that means a few crazy weeks lie ahead, but if it means finding great gifts, its worth it.

Happy Turkey Day!

I know its a day late, but better late than never is my motto! Chris & I had a fairly uneventful Thanksgiving, but we caught some movies & spent the day together, and that's always nice. Wednesday night we stayed up until 2 am playing Wii. Chris was a good husband and let me sleep in until 10:30. When he was unsuccessful getting me out of bed, he shut the bedroom door and left to run errands. Frenchie did not like being shut in and managed to get me out of bed half an hour later with her whiny meowing. After Chris got home, we went to Jordan Landing to see some movies. While standing in line to buy our tickets, I managed to spill about half of my drink into my purse and it was dripping out of the bottom! I spent the previews and the first 10-15 minutes of Role Models in the bathroom washing my leather purse in the sink and trying to dry it with the hand dryer that shut off every 5 seconds even with my hands under it the entire time. After Role Models we snuck in to Four Christmases during the previews. We ate a lot of popcorn and no lunch, so I was starving and ready to grub by the time we got home but we cleaned up our house instead. When Chris helps it gets done so much faster! My mom dropped off sweet potatoes and fruit salad and Honeybaked Ham provided our delicious pre-cooked oven roasted turkey breast and rolls. The only thing I had to do was open a can of cranberry sauce, make honey butter and heat corn. It was strange not having our babies, but we knew they were having a good time with the rest of the family. Apparantly Noah decided that because it was a holiday, he could wear his pj's all day and not dress up. Whatever! I think its really cute that he thinks that. We'll see if tries it again for Christmas.

And away they go...

It took a lot of hard thinking and decision-making, but Chris and I let Margie & Wade take the kids to St. George for Thanksgiving. We will miss them terribly, but it will give Chris and I chance to spend time together and do some things around the house for a few days.

Noah had school today, where he made an Indian hat with a feather. Chris left work for a long lunch to pick Noah up from school and spend some time with Noah and Bostyn before they got picked up. When Chris came home from work we went to Five Guys Burgers for dinner. Not bad. Then we went to Honeybaked Ham Co and picked up our turkey for tomorrow just minutes before they closed (we're last minute, I know I know).

We will spend our first night together playing our new Wii game system that Chris bought really cheap from his friend, and then tomorrow we will spend our day catching up on movies in the theaters. I'll let you know tomorrow which ones we make it to. Then we will enjoy a special Thanksgiving dinner for two, and then up before the crack of dawn on Black Friday to get in (hopefully) the rest of our shopping, like we have done the last few years.

I give it a week, tops

The neighbors didn't take the kitten to the vet today. Now they will probably have to wait at least until Monday, not many vet offices are open on Saturdays. Margie said they took the kitten inside but set out food & water bowls outside. That seems like a weird place to put them after they told Margie it would be an indoor cat....

We just feel so awful that this poor kitten is not being taken care of. We don't want it to end up like the other cats that sit outside Margie's door, begging for food or sleeping in her car to escape the freezing temps. None of the cats are fixed either, so any one of them can have kittens of their own & they will go through the same thing.

Sooooo....

So we gave the kitten back. The previous owners promised to take it to a vet (which they told Margie they would do first thing this morning but as of noon she hadn't even been home to pick up the kitten to take it to the vet...) and we hope they will take good care of this kitten. Margie has given them 2 other cats and they already had a cat, and all 3 of them run around in the wild and guess who feeds them? Margie. So I'm sure that Banjo (Noah named the kitten) will be outside running around, getting knocked up with the rest of them. Margie said that if she ends up taking care of that cat more than her neighbors do, then she will just bring it over. It's bound to happen, what makes this cat different than the other 3 that the neighbors claim to have? So she'll be home in the next week or so, still sick with worms I bet. Poor little thing.

Pajama day

Noah's preschool did a pajama party today. Noah got to bring 1 stuffed animal (his monkey, of course) and they watched a movie and ate popcorn. *sigh* I miss being a kid.

Thanks guys...

So apparantly people haven't been able to read my postings for a while due to the font color fading into the background. Thank you Steph for telling me! I've changed my background so I have a more holiday-appropriate blog anyway. There a few things that are hard to read still but I will try to figure out how to change that font color soon!

A new member of the family?

Monday night Chris picked the kids up from Margie's after work. As he was there, he found one of the freaking cutest little kittens we've ever seen wandering around outside in the freezing cold. He didn't tell me, but he decided to bring it home for just the night so we could play with it & love it. I think something might be wrong with it's stomach because the cat is like a furry balloon with 4 legs attached to it, its belly is swollen to about twice the size it should be. The kitten is really super cute & playful with both of the kids, which is great because Frenchie can barely stand to even be in the same room as anyone but me. She usually only likes to coming out when she can have me all to herself. Or when she needs to beg for food. She doesn't like having another cat in the house, but she was the same way with Gucci, and they quickly became best friends & slept together every night. When Chris came home he announced that he wanted to keep the kitten, but apparantly Margie's neighbor came over today & asked if she had seen the baby cat anywhere, it was their's. We honestly don't feel like they deserve to have the cat back after they left it outside in freezing temps & there is obviously something wrong with it & needs to be looked at by a vet. Pretty much the rest of the family agreed but we haven't decided what to do yet. What do you think?

New 'do

after months & months since Noah's last haircut, I finally put my foot down & took him in to get it cut yesterday. He ended up with a mini mohawk & steps in the back. It's awesome! I asked him if his head felt smaller afterwards & he said yes. That's pretty sad but I'm glad to see that poof ball off of his head!

family movie night!

Hopefully everyone knows that Wall*e came out on DVD today! I went all out & bought the special 3-disc edition with tons of bonus features & a digital copy to download onto our computer. Chris & I decided to have the family over for make-your-own bagel pizzas and movie night! It was a lot of fun seeing wall*e on our new HD tv too. Who knew we were missing out on so much on our almost 7 year old tv! I can't wait for when all the stations switch to digital. They should've done that a long time ago.

Disney On Ice

Disney on Ice was this past Friday! Most of the girls from my work went, along with Lindsey's, Soraya's and Hilda's daughters. We all met up at Applebee's for lunch before but I couldn't resist buying a gigantic bucket of the saltiest popcorn I've ever eaten in my life... but it was SO good. Well worth 5.75. Noah kept yelling out, asking me questions and wanting to sit next to Rosy. He spent a good amount of time sitting on Chelsea's lap, and Bostyn couldn't keep her eyes off of the show when it was Beauty and the Beast. She also loved the guy sitting in front of us and his daughter that was dressed as a princess. She kept pulling on his shoulder and "talking" to him and his little girl loved playing with Bostyn. It was cute. Noah got Mickey Mouse binoculars and Bostyn got a Belle doll that is covered in glitter, which means that everything else got covered in glitter too. She loved it so much that she carried it around everywhere with her and even gave it a kiss or two. As we were leaving, we got to say hi to Cassie, Brandon and Norah for a second. Poor Norah looked like she didn't even know who I was! I grabbed my camera but of course the battery was out of it. So I did the best I could with my phone's camera and Chelsea's going to email me some of her pics, so I can post some later. Today Noah asked if we could go to Disney On Ice again with daddy. It was cute.

Christmas in November

Tomorrow Chris and I are driving out to the wonderful town of Wendover for Capitol Building Material's annual Christmas party. We actually really look forward to it every year since it's our one big getaway from the children to spend time with each other for 1 whole night and 2 days. Chris's work pays for everyone's room and a buffet dinner for 2, so it's free for us except gas to drive & $13 movies to rent in our room, gambling and breakfast in the morning. Oh and not to mention all of the Starbucks and RockStar to keep us up past 2 am!

That last paragraph was written before we left for Wendover but it didn't post. So I'm adding on to it to say that even though we did lose money (!) we had a great time and it was a lot of fun. Usually we want to go back almost right away to try and win our money back but I think it's pretty safe to say that we have no desire to go back until next year, and we won't take quite as much money with us this time!

Happy Birthday my man!

So this post is after midnight, so it's going to say that today is Chris's birthday, when in fact, it was yesterday! I can't believe I didn't think to post this birthday wish earlier...

To my wonderful husband:
You're getting old!!! Just kidding, I'm only 6 months younger than you, so if you are getting old, then that means that I am getting old too. You are a fantastic husband and incredible father to our two most beautiful children in the world. Everything you do is for the three of us and you always just give and give of yourself and work yourself silly to give us the things that we need and want. You don't take any time for yourself and are even reluctant to accept a present from me and the kids. But you deserve the world and you could rule it too. You are so incredibly smart and funny and although you are always a jerk, usually, (wink wink) you are the best at making me smile and laugh, even after 7 (!) years. You deserve a great day and I know that for the first half of your day you didn't get one, but I hope that your entire family was able to make up for the crappy part of your day and make it an incredible one.

I love you!
The kids love you!
Frenchie loves you too!

Halloween days

Halloween has been a bold;">blast this year! Having kids is a really good excuse to partake in Halloween-related festivities without seeming creepy. But having kids also lets you do a lot more things that you normally wouldn't do, like make tutus or try to plan a central theme to all of our costumes (I didn't think of the theme until last minute, so we ended up all doing our own thing, but there is always next year!). All of the activities that we did this year are as follows:

Buy lots of Halloween merch, such as towels, skeleton shower curtain, skeleton bath rug and doormat, wicked cool skull candy bowl that we didn't even get to use yet, shoes to turn into Dorothy's sparkly red heels, skull & crossbones table runner, witch's hats lights, and skull candle holders. I don't think that was even half of what we bought!
Spent a day with the witches at Gardner Village
Made Bostyn's tutu
Searched frantically for an under shirt to match Bostyn's costume, with no luck
Went Trunk-or-Treating
Halloween party at Dr. Boyack's house
Dressed as a hippie
Dressed as Dorothy
Almost got Chris to dress up
Carved pumpkins at Ron & Mo's
Had pictures taken of the kids in their costumes
Walked around our condos to check out decorations
Ate lots of candy
Noah's party at his school
Made cupcakes and spiders

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