This one is for Katie

That is right my dear friend Katie has tagged me. So here it goes. The song I picked was just to remind us of our fun trip to the cabin :)

8 Shows I Like to Watch:

• Bones
• House
• Prison Break
• Law and order SVU
• The Office
• Desperate Housewives
• Rob and Big
• So you think you can dance

8 Places I Like to Eat:

• Cafe Rio
• Jason's Deli
• Lucille's
• Outback
• In and Out
• Red Robin
• El Pollo Loco
• Pizza Factory

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

• I got my family Pics back
• I went to look at some couches I found on craig's list
• I ate at In and Out
• I made hair bows for my neighbor
• I went frame shopping
• I went to the mall
• Watched cops and Americas most wanted with Rob
• I was up all night with Hallie, she was not feeling so great

8 Things That I am Looking Forward To:

• My whole family feeling well again
• A vacation with just Rob and I
• A family vacation
• My sister-in-law Jaime coming to visit
• Christmas
• Tax returns next year :)
• Halloween (Jonsey's birthday)
• Going to Disneyland with my fam in Dec

8 Things on my wish list

• a maid
• a vacation with Rob
• Rob to have a job that he loved
• My house be done ( finishing base boards painting etc.)
• New carpet ( my carpet sucks it is the contractors grade and it stains)
• a want a boat
• Not to have to worry about money (dang economy and gas prices:)
• some one to do my clothes shopping for me (I swear I have no style. I am just a plain jane)

8 People That I am Tagging

• Pam
• Tricia
• Sophia
• Jaime
• Mindy
• Ang
• Steph
• Summer

Lake Mead Fun

The Boys ready for some fun
The boys having a blast
Rob surfingme

Hallie tuckered out

Last weekend we went to the lake with the Gifford family on their new boat. We had an absolute blast. The kids rode the tube and loved it. Mackay our dare devil kept yelling faster! faster! Robert and I tried scurfing (surfing behind the boat). Hallie enjoyed playing in the water. her life jacket was so big she would tip over as she walked around in the water. The jacket did it's job though it would lay her straight on her back. All and all it made for a great weekend of fun.

Camp Out!

Making home made ice cream
Dirty girl
Dirty Joe
Rob and Jonah
Mackay




Last weekend for Labor day we took the kids camping with grammie and papa. We went up on Cedar Mountain. We all had so much fun. We went 4 wheeling, hiking in caves and did a lot of good eating of course. Mackay loves to ride his dirt bike and he mastered the art of kick starting it while we were camping. He was giving everyone in the camp rides. He especially loved giving my brothers girl friend Kaylee rides ( I think he was trying to steal her from you Jeremy). Jonah and Hallie my mess monsters got down and dirty playing in the mud. Everything went smoothly until it was time to load up. Then my mom had to go and brake her finger. We were half way down the mountain and we got a call to come and get my mom because she needed to go to the hospital. She got her finger caught in the trailer hitch when they were trying to get it on the truck. She had to get a few stitches and now we just have to wait for the break to heal.

Mackay's First Day Of Kindergarten

My handsome Kindergartner
Mackay and Mrs. Helseth

Oh my gosh I have a kid in school! It is amazing how fast they grow up. Last night Mackay was very anxious to go to school. He laid out a new pair of clothes and his new shoes. This morning he woke up a little nervous about school. He gave himself a little bit of an upset stomach. We got to school and he was a little unsure. We went into his classroom and the teacher had a little paper out for them to start working on. I showed Mackay where to write his name and as he did I could see his little hand just shaking. Then Rob pointed out that his little upper lip was sweating. He warned me this morning that he did not want to see a "cry show" and so I had to hold back the tears in front of him. Once we got to the car I began to cry. I did not think it would be this hard to let him go to school. However it is only half day and when it came time to pick him up it was like, already. He said that he had a lot of fun and made new friends. He said that he got to help the teacher pick up papers today and he enjoyed that. He is so excited to go back tomorrow. Rob stayed home from work today so we took Mackay to lunch after school. Jonah and Hallie missed Bubba man, so they are going to have to adjust as well.


Brotherly Love
Hallie cleaning her mess at Fazzoli's

SOOO EMBARRASSING!!!!!

So today I took Mackay to meet his teacher. There were so many people there we had to fark (in Katie and Mandi language this means to park far away from your destination) like a block away in the dirt and on a slope. Anyways I took him in and we found his desk and said hello to his teacher. So anyways I was feeling a little weepy at the thought that my baby is starting kindergarten already. I was good though I was able to hold back the tears, come Monday I may not be able to. We go back out to the van and I try to pull out and it wouldn't move. I was putting the pedal to the metal and it was just spinning out dirt. Then I tried to reverse same thing. I panic and called Rob. He asked me if the dirt was to the axle. I got down on my knees to look and it wasn't. He said " I do not understand how you were stuck?" Well I did not either. Kayleen was parked right next to me and I saw her coming back towards her car. I yelled "Kayleen I am stuck!" A man and his wife heard me yell this and so they came over. The man said, "I will push you while you reverse and then you can go forward." So I again put the pedal to the metal in reverse while this man is pushing my van. Again it will not budge. Then his wife says, "Maybe you should release your emergency brake." "What a brilliant idea", I said. I was so embarrassed! So I guess I was not really stuck. I wanted to cry again for the second time today. This day has been an emotional roller coaster.

Bubba's South Carolina Adventure

And they were off!

Auntie Doda and Hunter Oops

Mackay and Layla were best buds when it came to catching frogs.

This is Mackay and his Uncle Jay playing in the ocean.

They went to Ripley's Aquarium and had a blast.

Fun at the baseball game.

He will try anything

Shopping with Nana

We missed him so much!

I've Been Tagged!

Robert's Aunt Pam has tagged me. So I guess you will all suffer because I am it for the moment.

Joys (my top 3)

1. My Family. I have been very blessed. I have awesome husband and 3 wonderful children. I also have loving parents and a wonderful extended family.

2. My husbands days off. Whether it be just staying at home or a vacation. Things are just always easier and less stressful and all around funner when he is around.

3. Being able to stay home with my kids. It is a lot of work and can be very stressful however I feel very blessed to be a stay at home mom.

Fears

1. Dieing before my kids are all grown and raised (I saw I share this one with Jaime, it truly bothers me to think about that happening)

2. Driving. I feel as if everyone is coming at me. I especially fear driving anywhere near semi trucks.

3. My kids being harmed in any way, shape or form.

Current Obsessions/Collections

1. My Tile Floors. I am obsessed with cleaning them. I hate anything to get on them. I hate sticky floors.

2. I am obsessed with Coca Cola. I guess it is more of an addiction. I have tried to stop drinking it, but I just can't seem to kick it.

3. I collect Kim Anderson Figurines (Rob started me in high school)

Surprising Facts

1. I AM HALF MEXICAN (no one ever believes me because I am so pasty white but my daddy is full Mexican and people tell me he does not look it either. I tell everyone that my sister Tricia got the nice dark skin, thanks a lot Tricia for taking it all.)

2. Growing up I had some strange desire to be a astronaut.

3. I was born in Ajo Arizona (a very small mining town)

I Am Tagging

1. Katie Z.

2. Tricia H.

3. Mindy T.

4. Stephanie S.

5. Sophie M.