Miscommunication!

While in Houston we went to dinner with my family. While driving around deciding where to eat, Sierra suggested that we eat at Silverfish. My Mom explained to Sierra that the store ( that we thought she was talking about) was not a restaurant but a seafood store.

Later...after we ate dinner and we're driving home Sierra exclaimed,

" Look there's Silverfish!"

So funny!

* Writers Note: When telling my sister Erin about this story the next day, and thinking I was going to crack her up, I didn't get past the..."and then Sierra said, let's go to Silverfish,"...before Erin said, " Oh, Long John Silvers!"

I swear I had my Sister's baby!

See I Told Ya!

It is 7:44 p.m. on Thanksgiving night! The turkey has been comsumed, it was DELICIOUS, the dishes are done, and I can offically welcome the Christmas season with open arms. We had a great Thnaksgiving! I hope you all did as well! I can't wait to see everyone's pictures of the day! Or- maybe most of you are like me and forgot to take your camera!

Seriously, what kind of blogger am I?

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so GRATEFUL for all of our Family,

our "Friend Family", and our Savior!

We love you all!

Have a Happy and Safe Turkey Day!!!

Hats!

For the longest time Logan has HATED hats.

You put one on...he rips it off...gives you the evil death ray stare....and marches off...

with authority!

This all changed the other day when he saw this:

A Ka-Chow hat!

He walked around the store with it permenantly glued to his head. I was sure I was going to have to fork out the $7.99 for it too, and I woulda', but then he found something better!

THIS!That's right a blue, glittered, boiler hat!

Does he have great taste or what!?!

Washing Blues!

This is where I would wash Paul's golfing hats:

Option #1 The Washing Machine

Option #2 The Bathroom Sink

Option #3 The Tub

This is where Paul DID wash his golfing hat!

As I see him pull his hat out of the dishwasher, I am fine, I can push aside the sweaty grimy germs I am envisioning now lining the walls of my dishwasher.

I'm good up until I open the dishwasher and see the silverware and the dishes on the top rack.

My sweet, sweet hubby insists that the silverware and dishes are clean. I insist they need to be washed again, in a a new load. Preferably AFTER the dishwasher as been disinfected.

You be the tie-breaker!

Are the dishes clean,

or dirty?

Proud to Be....

A MORMEN?

My daughter and her friend Ashley decided that it was important to create a Hobo village on the side of my home and declare their love of being a MORMEN! Complete with blankets, an umbrella for shelter, a hanging dolly angel, and a Greg Olsen picture of Jesus!

If this is not promoting the Gospel, I don't know what it is!

Love ya girls!

"SUPER" Thursday!

This last Thursday I was able to go to my ward's Super Thursday

(aka. Super Saturday!)

I was lucky enough that they asked me to do another craft for this years event. Sooo....I decided to do a Family Home Evening Board. My friend hooked me up with her friend who does vinyl, and I was able to pick out the font and she cranked it out for me! She also did a great job doing everyone else's as well. Thanks Kristi!

Our Relief Society also taught us how to make bows out of paper.....for FREE!

That is a price that can not be beat, and they are cute too!

I also signed up to take a class from a Stampin' Up demonstrator in our area. She is amazing, designed everything we did, and charged us $5 for everything you see here. If you want to check out her website for cute ideas it is...http://www.cateredcrop.typepad.com/. She is AMAZING and so NICE and LOVELY!! I loved her!

I did more stuff, but that is all I will post!

I also wanted to write down my favorite things of the evening. Some will make sense to some and others to others, but for fun here they are: ( P.S. these are in no particular order)

1. WipeyGate

2. Mindy covering all her bases!

3. Where is the RED INK?!!!?

4. Table Faries!

5. The Buffet of Soup

6.Denny's Sampler

and last but not least.... All of you ladies!

Seriously, I can not tell you all how much I adore you all! You truly are my Sister's in Zion!

I LOVE YA!

Blessed!

My daughter, Sierra, amazes me! There are days and moments when I truly think that she could not possibly be mine. There is NO WAY that my genetics could be involved in the creation of something as wonderful as her. She is a gift!

I was finding myself feeling this way tonight. I started to remember all the little things she has done over the past week that are just drop-mouth stunning!

Last week she brought home her first "official" report card. I say "official" because it is the first report card that she has received a number grade. She was on the A/B honor roll! YEAH!!!

Last week she also told me that she wanted to invite her friend from school to Activity Days. I said fine and thought nothing of it. Tuesday rolled around and Sierra came home and informed me that she had invited her friend, and that she would call her friend a little later to make sure that she could come. A few hours later, she got up, went to the phone and called her friend! All by herself! I was so impressed. Her friend was able to come and they both had a really fun time at Activity Days that night! Jaw-Dropping, I know!

Saturday, while driving home Sierra turned to me and said out of the blue, "Mom, when we were in Utah I really LOVED going to visit Grandma in the home." I looked at her and said, " Your Great-Great Grandma VanBuren?" And she said," Yeah! It was so much fun to walk down there with Erica ( her cousin) and visit all the people there. They were all smiling when we came in, it was fun to talk to them and make them smile!" OH! My heart about BURST!!

Then tonight she was so helpful with her brother! He ADORES her! I think in all honesty he might love her more than Paul and I! She has a beautiful way with him. They still fight, and she occasionally teases, but she is really wonderful with him. Tonight was no exception! She makes up the best games for him. Tonight she was helping him pretend to be Buzz Light year and "fly" around the house. She then helped me straighten up the house before she went to bed with no complaints!

It was a great night, and as I was tucking her in, and rocking Logan to sleep, I was thinking how immensely blessed I am! I am blessed to be a parent of these amazing spirits. I am honestly at times overwhelmed by the significance of that statement. Good news is, I am not walking this path alone, and with great kids this journey is going to be sweet!

Double Take!

Eddie Munster?

Or......

Logan Munster?

You Decide!

Tolerance?

Definition: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.

I don't like to discuss politics. I don't feel like it is any one's business whom I vote for, but for the purposes of this post I am going to disclose. However, for future reference, I am not one to walk around and wear my political agenda on my sleeve. But, because I am so stunned at how things have played out post-election I am disclosing. So here goes....

After much debate in my head and in my heart, and I mean ALOT of debate, this was the man I voted for...
This is the man who is now our President Elect....

To be honest I think all of us knew that this would be the outcome. I am fine with that. I am nervous, I am unsure as to what this Presidency will bring, but I am okay with the outcome. The people spoke, in record numbers, and this is the people's choice.

But this post is not about politics as much as it is about tolerance.

I have always been taught that tolerance is being able to look someone in the eye that you disagree with and lovingly say.." We can agree to disagree."

This one little phrase does not admit defeat, it does not admit rightness or wrongness. It is a loving and gentle way of saying, " I disagree with you, but we can still love each other and work together." I do not yet feel this sentiment from those that supported and voted for Obama.

As a McCain Voter ( can not use the word supporter), I am frustrated with what the media and Obama supporters are saying right now.

For Example:

Elizabeth Hasselbeck on the view Wednesday, after they ask her about how she feels, says that she is excited that we have a black president and that she recognizes the significance of this moment in American History.

Media's Response later that night, and this is as much of a quote as I can remember ," Welcome Elizabeth, you finally have come to the RIGHT side."

WHAT!!!!

When did there become a RIGHT SIDE in an election!!!! There is your beliefs and my beliefs. Last I checked, we have debates, and candidates and parties let people know what the sides are....and then voters get to go in and vote for the man, or women, that lines up with their beliefs.

There is NO RIGHT SIDE!!!!

Tuesday night most people voted for Obama...it doesn't make it the right choice. Just as if McCain won it would not have been the RIGHT CHOICE.

AN ELECTION IS ABOUT THE POPULAR CHOICE!!!

We are all ready to jump aboard intolerance towards religion, or sex, or race. But where is the outrage for intolerance towards those that have different political views?

Why is it that I feel like I have to hang my head in shame and take vocal ridicule today? Why do I feel like even though I am holding out my hand and saying,"Let's agree to disagree," I am first having to have my hand slapped away and have someone say, "now you will see, you will see what we were all so RIGHT about!" All I'm asking is Where is the tolerance in that? Where is the symbolic hand across the aisle gesture I have heard so much about?

The country is already so divided...do we really think that this will help?

Have I got a deal for you!

Have you ever wanted to see the cutest 2 year old and pregnant woman on the planet?

Well, I have just the blog for you!

My sister, Erin, has finally stopped punking us all and has posted her first post!

YEAH!!!

Let's all visit her and welcome her to our amazing blogging community!

Click on http://www.thesexyshepards.blogspot.com to check it out!

Welcome Erin! I love ya!

Soapbox!

Excuse me while I stride over, and stand upon my soapbox...

Theme: Christmas Crap in stores in November!

The past two days I have frequented both Target and Wal-Mart. Both stores are already set up and decorated for Christmas. Christmas Trees, Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, Candy Canes, and Glass Balls all shoved in my face! This is just like everyother year, but this morning what really sent me off was that they had already started pipping Christmas Music throughout the store. REALLY!!! Are they that hard up for their quarterly quota!?!

So instead of being calm, cool, and collected while shopping, I was wanting to heave a Singing Frosty the Snowman at whomever thought that "Santa Baby" on NOVEMBER 4th was a good idea! I was calming down when I hopped in my car and discovered that TWO channels on my radio were already playing Christmas music 24 hours a day! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!

I don't mean to offend anyone but I hate the trend to just jump over Thanksgiving all together. It is the one and only holiday left, in my opinion, where we as Christians are allowed to say that we are thankful for our Savior without someone yelling, " I'M OFFENDED!!!" It is the last holiday where we just slow down, get together with loved ones, and laugh, eat, and watch football! It is the last holiday where I truly feel permission to relax, to think about that which I am truly thankful for and not feel the pressure of doing anything super extravagant! In other words store bought Pumpkin Pie rolls in my house!

I love Christmas, don't get me wrong, but the years that my Mom forced us to truly celebrate Thanksgiving first, were the years that Christmas was just better! Being forced to think of that which I am most grateful for has always helped put into perspective that which I should be focused on come Christmas time!

I am sorely disappointed in how Christmas has become so commercialized. As my Mom once said to a women about to punch another ladies face in for the last pack of Pokemon cards," I bet Jesus just loves us behaving like this for his birthday! Happy Birthday Jesus!"

Now, I don't want anyone mistaking this rant for a statement on After Thanksgiving day Shopping. For me.. as soon as the last morsel of pie is eaten... it is Christmas Season. I am all set to start shopping for Christmas come 4 a.m. November 28th! I just despise the complete and utter rejection that Thanksgiving is given year to year! It is truly my favorite holiday!

There...that's it....Soapbox done!

Monster Mash!

We had a very fun and festive Halloween!

We started the day, while Sierra was at school, at a community Halloween Celebration geared toward the wee one's. We met up with some of Logan's buddies to take part in some Halloween festivities!

Logan with his pals. From left to right: Baby Skeleton Issac, Princess Snow White Anna, I will not put on my costume, no way, no how Logan, Dee- Dee Doodlebob Maddie, and her brother, Doodlebob Moe Lyndon. What a cute bunch!

While there Logan was also able to sit in, and on front of a real firetruck! He thought that was pretty cool!

Later in the afternoon we took the kids trick or treating at the Outlet Mall up the road from my home! It was blast, but no pictures!

We also went back to Gina's and crashed her block party. Nothing like a bunch of Mormon's showing up at your non-denominational church sponsored block party. Am I RIIIIIIGHT!!!

After all that rigger-ra-mo, we got down to the real nitty gritty! The night time trick or treating!

Sierra went as a Orange and Purple Witch!

Logan went as a 1920's Golfer!

But, In the end we all accomplished what we were really after....

THE CANDY!!!

I think we are set....until next year!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!