October is a busy month!

We have alot that goes on in the last week of the month. Asher's birthday is on the 26th and then his twin cousins were born two days after him. Then there is the holiday. Needless to say, today I feel spent! We had so much fun though! Asher's birthday we celebrated at Pirate Island in Orem. If you have never been I suggest you go! So much better than Chuckie Cheese! The place has a great decor and I wish I would of gotten more pics of the place but once people started showing up I didnt have much time to do it. I wished I had gotten more pics than I did! Asher had a great time and had so much fun playing with his cousins. I just can't get over the fact that he is 5. The exact day he turned it he grew up so much! He has started answering me with a correct instead of yeah and has so much more to say than he ever has! I miss my baby but I love seeing what a big boy he is turning into! Happy Birthday Ash! I love you so much!


Being sang to from the "wenches"

The birthday cake that I stressed about to much! It turned out ok but by no means professional!

Pretty intense game!

The birthday Boy!

A couple days after we went to Grandma Marlas to do pumpkin carving, which is a tradition every year. We celebrated the twins birthday then also so it was a busy night!


The finished product!

Tabitha and Tannon



Fun light brights for the pumpkins...so much safer!

Then there was finally Halloween. It is like any holiday for us we can't just chill at one spot. We have a least 3 grandparents that we have to visit. We started at papa Steves and Grandma Corliss's for trunk or treat at their ward and dinner there. Then we headed to American Fork to visit Grandma Kris, and then PG to visit Grandma Marla and Grandpa Kim. There we let the kids hit a few houses before we had to head back home. Glad it wasn't as cold as it has been the past couple of days and I love seeing all the inventive costumes people come up with! Asher was a cop and was absoulutly adorable! I'm glad I can still have a small control on what he wears, otherwise he would probably be a Transformer for the rest of his life!


Officer Asher!

Scary Uncle Nick!

Grandma Corliss with some of the grandkids. Her costume was epic! She even had the Ruby Red slippers!

Lagoon 2009

I decided that since we are having Asher's birthday party tomorrow that I better get up my pictures from Lagoon...from last month! We went with Ashers grandparents from Idaho as well as his half brother Chance, who he rarely sees, and his cousins Serenity and Harmony. They had such a great time and it was nice to catch up with them. I hope that we can enjoy days like this again soon.



riding the cars with dad


Grrr!! Why did they have to put that huge water display in! I couldn't get him out of it once he was in there!




Asher and his brother Chance


Cousins Serenity and Harmony


Grandpa Ed







Worn out! We were there from opening til almost closing! Long fun day!

There was so many more fun pictures from this day! Asher had so much fun and wanted to ride the scary rides...too bad he was to short!

We are Back!

Sooo.....I can't technically blame my two months of no blogs on my computer being broken, since it has only been broken for two weeks. But, I'm going to blame it being broken just a little. All the fun we have had recently has been in that time frame! So, when I can actually sit down and update I will. Just thought I would write a quick blog to let everyone know that we are still around and updates will come soon!

24th Fun!

I can't believe that July is almost over. This year has gone by so fast! I can still feel the chills from winter and here it is around the bend again! Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! We had a good holdiay weekend. I took Friday off so was able to FINALLY have a 3 day weekend! Thursday night we went and ate dinner at one of the vendors in the park at Fiesta day...delish! Then we met up with Nick and Amera and their kids and braved the carnival! We had a good time the boys enjoyed themselves and were able to ride a few rides together. Asher was all in favor of riding the big rides. He said he wanted to ride the Zipper "and SCREAM"! I was able to get him on the Ferris Wheel since, unfortunatly, he is too short for the others.



Cute cousins!


This was as brave as he could get!



The next day we got up early and went down to the park again and had breakfast for the Booster Club. After that we went to the other end of town for the parade. Asher was more interested in the karate and the slide next to us than the parade. The kids were able to karate chop a board but he went too fast so I wasn't able to show off his Karate skills!! Then we were able to stop back by the carnival for a couple more rides from the tickets the night before. So he rode the boats again! :)


Here was the slide that had to be done over and over!



After that we headed up to my stepsisters for a bbq. Here Asher really got to be brave and was able to swim in their pool! Now this kid has no fear and once that life jacket was on he was off! First thing he did was run to the diving board and jump off! It took a couple times for mom to calm down but he did great! A natural fish!


Seriously! He is not even 5 yet!




He was all over that pool!

Then after that it was off to Libery Park! We go up there every year to people watch, visit, watch fireworks...did I mention people watch? There are some interesting people up there! The kids had a great time. Grandma Marla bought them all glowing swords and they played Uno and Farkle. It's just a nice way to visit with family and enjoy some killer fireworks! They are amazing up there! Anyway it was a great, tiring holiday and I loved it! The 24th is quite possibly my favorite holiday!



Great Uno game with a bunch of 5 year olds! Kim is such a trooper!


Winner Winner!!



Wiped out! It was a great day!

A little bit 5!

Asher had a birthday party at school the other day and said that Mackayla turned 4! I asked him how old he was and he said 5. I said no, not until October and he says to me "well I'm a little bit 5!" Yes handsome man, yes you are! Love him!!

4th of July Bruhaha!!

Here are a few pics from our great holiday. We had a BBQ at Jeromy's brothers house and all the family was there! It is a good thing that his backyard is big cuz there is ALOT of us! We had a good time though and was nice catching up with people you don't get to see often. His house is down the road from the PG Junior High so we all walked down there at dusk and watched the fireworks! Really great show this year! Weather was nice and warm and it was a great day to celebrate with family! Hope everyones 4th was fantastic!!

New blogs to follow

I have been checking out other blogs that are helpful tools in my search to save money. My fav is http://sheshopssmart.blogspot.com. She is really helpful at showing you ways to save money and where to find the best deals. Another helpful blog I came across was http://www.goddessinthehouse.com/. This one I found when I was buying a product online. She can get promotional codes to use for online purchases! Saved me 15% percent from my order! She also has alot of other helpful resources to save money and does a TON of giveaways! If any of you are interested on saving money, these are the blogs to check out. And no, I am not getting anything out of blogging these two sites, I just feel really strong about saving money and want to help others find tools for it as well! If anyone else has other sites or ideas on how to save money, let me know! Hope everyones Father's Day was a safe and fun day!

Not meaning to brag but....

So, the past couple of months I have been working on cutting coupons and making a food storage. I never thought I would say that grocery shopping is fun, but I have really been enjoying it! I'm not as good (yet) as some women I know are but to see the savings and see my food storage grow is amazing! Take for instance, Sat. night I went to Albertson's, (wild child aren't I!!) and did my shopping. I had spent a good part of the night before planning what I was going to shop for. I walked out spending $75.26!! Not to bad for someone who used to think she was doing well walking out spending $300! Now alot of the stuff that I shopped for wasn't things I would necessarily use this week, but that is what is nice is now I have storage growing and can try and plan as much of my meals as I can with what I have stored! My savings that night were $196.25!! How great is that! Plus, I got a free Redbox rental code on my reciept, and had another $1.00 off coupon to use next time I shop. I am also now at $0.90 off for gas the next time I fill up there! There was some things that were gone already when I got there, but I just went the next day and price matched at Walmart! For instance I was able to price match the Edge Shaving Gel for men for $1.50. Was regularly like 2.32 at Walmart, then I had a $0.75 coupon, Was able to pick up 3 cans for $0.75 a piece! There are so many amazing deals to find there if you can be patient and wait for the items to go on sale! I know I have felt a huge difference! Being the big dork that I am, I took pictures of my shopping trip, how weird am I staging food at midnight for a pic?? LOL! Oh well I wanted others to see my small, but big, success!!

"Not" going private!

Well i never got around to setting my blog up private and decided since I'm not able to do it as much as I want to, I'm not going to go private. I can see your point Jamey about people not reading it as much. So "JK" I'm not going to do it after all!

Going Private

Sooo, I have been noticing lately that alot of people have been taking their blogs private and couldn't understand why. Lately, there have been some personal reasons why I have decided that it is time for me to do the same. My blog is pretty random, I don't update it very often, but I would love for everyone who has been reading, as well as new people, to continue to read. I am going to go private on the 25th, after hopefully a wonderful, relaxing camping trip. So if you still want to read, please send me your email so I can add you to the list! Thanks so much to all my supporters, loved ones, and friends. I enjoy keeping up with everyone, especially all my old Delta friends and cousins that I haven't been in touch with in years! It has been awesome!

Lessons in fashion

Here is what ya get when you let daddy dress ya!

All Man!!

My little one cracks me up! I finally am having some progress with the potty issues, we have been having less accidents (please dont be jinxing yourself Court!). But, this is how I found him yesterday. Yes, ladies and gentleman, he is a total man! Had to share this it was just too cute! I hope I just don't scar him later in life for the sake of my humor!!

No news

Just wanted to update my life on here....thats it, thats all there is! A whole lotta nothing! I am glad to see the weather is finally getting nice although sounds like we may have one more hurrah of crap tomorrow. Hope all is well with everyone and I love everyone in my life and miss the ones that aren't.

Calling all moms!! I NEED HELP!

Moms out there....I need help! Asher is 4 years old now and we still are having major accidents! Not only does he wet the bed every night, which I can't get to upset about I realize alot of kids do, but he will just have random accidents just because! #2 not excluded! I ask him why and now is response is because I'm being mean. I don't want him to think that it is being mean when he does this but I don't know how to get through to him. I know they say to not get mad when they do but it is so stinking hard not to. He will just do it in random places, at random times. Now I am being told from his teacher that on occasions if he gets mad at her he does it just to upset her more!He wont even where the overnight pullups because they are so much like diapers and he freaks out when I talk to him about wearing diapers again so I know he doesn't want that. I NEED HELP!!! Is there any advice up there before I lose it???

8 Things!!!

8 Things about me......

Here are the Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six '8' items
3) Let each person know they're tagged by leaving them a comment

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. Lost
2. CSI
3. Fringe
4. Lie to Me
5. NCIS
6. American Idol
7. Two and a half men
8. Big Bang Theory

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. Went to work
2. Did my order for work
3. Worked some more
4. Talked to Asher on the phone on the way home from work
5. Took Asher to my moms
6. Went to Olive Garden
7. Watched American Idol
8. Fell asleep watching American Idol (good thing I record!)

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. No more snow
2. Summer
3. Sleeping in
4. Spending time with Asher
5. Camping
6. Weekends
7. Being able to walk outside again without it being cold
8. Time to myself

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Cafe Rio
2. Olive Garden
3. Joe Bandidos
4. McGraths
5. La Casita
6. Training Table
7. Applebees
8. Sizzler

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Getting out of debt
2. Winter gone!
3. Being able to go wherever I want
4. To be able to be crafty
3. To not have to work
5. Go to Washington DC again
6. Happiness
7. To be able to remodel my home
8. For Asher to have a great life

8 People I Tag: Please note: if I don't tag you I either....
a) don't think you'll do it or
b) think you've already been tagged by someone else... don't be offended!

1. Amera
2. Bethany
3. Cassie
4. Sarah
5. Jamey
6. mom
7. I dont know!
8.

Valentines fun

Well this year I decided to attempt the unthinkable and make cookies...from scratch! I was in the kitchen today for about 4 hours. Who wants to spend that much time in there!?! It was alot of work but had some fun times also. Asher kept wanting to help and even though I want him to be independent and feel included and helpful there were some moments where he wasn't any help at all! I had flour spread around when I was rolling out the dough and he came up and stuck his finger in the flour and said "Ummm sugar!" I said no it is flour and he stuck it in his mouth anyway. I'm not sure if he just wanted to show me that he would like it even when I told him he wouldn't or if he actually did but he said "yummy!" and made a face like it was to die for! Funny kid. Here is some pics to show the good times of baking with a four year old