Come here my little pretties!!!!!

Trick or Treat!

 

 

 

 

 

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Fun Picture

 

I just thought this is a cool picture. Its just of a bunch of bowls. :-) I think my hub wonders if I've gone nutty..

Happy Birthday ~ Happy Day

I celebrated my 28th birthday yesterday.. It was a great day. I was treated like royalty by my family & friends. Thanks everyone!

This is me at me desk that my co-workers/friends so nicely decorated for me!

 

These are the beautiful flowers my wonderful friend Kelly gave me. I.heart.daisies.

 

This is the superb homemade chicken noodle soup my momma made for me.

 

And this is the yummy, and I mean yummy my friends, Blackberry cobbler for dessert.

 

I think I want it to be my birthday tomorrow too.. :-)

For the love of Fall

Oh, the pumpkin patch..

Yummy homemade applesauce


Making pumpkin creations!

The Sunday afternoon drive..




Those are some of my favorite things.

Mommy Daughter Day!

I took the afternoon off work today and had a fun filled day with my big girls! I picked Alex up from pre-school (which by the way... she was GOOD today!!)And took her out to lunch. I let her choose where, and of course we went to get "spicy chicken" from Panda Express. The girl loves Chinese food! After lunch we made a quick trip to JcPenny's to pick up a couple new outfits for Peyton who has grown out of all her clothes so I needed to pick up a couple cute fally type things for her. Gotta love Carters. I got a couple outfits and a new cozy sleeper for her for about $10. After a $10 off coupon that is. Which is why I went there in the 1st place. After the quick shopping trip we went to the ceramic painting studio in Mac for an "actibity" as Alex calls it. She made a cute little cat and I made a spoon holder thing-a-majig. When we finished up there we detoured through Mommy's work just to say howdy, then we were off to get Gwama Cindy and to pick Miss Maddy up from school so that we could go see High School Musical 3. Whoopee. My girls enjoyed it and we ended up having a really fun afternoon together.

 

 

 

LOOK AT WHAT THIS LADY CAN DO!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!




Oh, I want this for my girls. So badly. This lady is AMAZING. She makes all sorts of these wonderful little girls costumes. And proceeds to GIVE THEM AWAY! So yes, I have to post a link to her blog for me to even attempt to win the thing. But look at it! I know you ladies with little girls will be doing the exact same thing. If only I could sew...

Peyton Cut her 1st tooth!

OK, so you can't see it in this picture, but Peyton cut her 1st tooth we think, yesterday. She was extra fussy in the car and this morning when we were getting ready for church Trav says to me, "STACE! SHE HAS A TOOTH!" I am sure this means the begining of the end of our nursing days. Which I am really ok with. We'll see!

 

2 cute witches, one Elvis and an OSU Cheerleader!

We went to our friends Maya and Declans 2nd and 1st costume birthday party yesterday for some pre-Halloween costumy fun. The big girls were witches, and Peyton was an absolutly adorable little cheerleader! Our buddy Declan was a very belivable mini Elvis. So cute.
My Cute witches..

 

Again

 

Peytons boyfriend Elvis, uh, I mean Declan

 

Go O S U. YAY PEYTON!

 

It was a way fun afternoon. Thanks guys for inviting us!

Um?

Need I say more?

 

Some skate boardin fun!

We went to my in-laws to celebrate my bro Austin's 22nd b-day on Friday and had the pleasure of playin on the new long board he got in Huntington Beach, CA the prior weekend. Um, ya, I tried it, but sorry folks no pictures to document that wonderfully embarrassing moment. Whew.

Maddy & Alex tryin it out together. So cute.

 

Maddy looked like she could actually do it, if she were to get some good instruction.

 

Yes, that is Travis with a leaf blower on the long board. And yes, he looks like he just tooted and is laughing at him self. Ya never know.

 

Alex was so cute on it. She really just wanted to do it by her self!

 

Happy birthday brotha man!

OLIVIA

 

I was playin around with my photo software the other day and this is what I made up of my sweet niece Olivia. What do you think?

Success!

Alex made it through the day, do dah do dah, Alex made it through the day, do do dah day.

Ok, so not the entire day yet, but she made it through her school day with OUT going to the principals office! Yay! My goal for the weekend is to keep the happy momentum going. Wish us luck!

The Vote

Here is a little replay of a conversation Alex & I had this morning.

Alex: "Hey Momma, who are you gonna vote for?"
Me: A little dumbstruck... "Uh, not sure yet Alex. Why?"
Alex: "Dunno, are you gonna vote for Bawack Obama?"
Me: Floored. "How do you know who Barack Obama is Al?"
Alex: "Well, he's wunning for Pwesident wight? Him and John McCain?"
Me: "Yup. Thats right kiddo."
Alex: "Yeah, that's what I thought. So who are you gonna vote for?"
Me: "Al..Don't worry about it baby, you just need to worry about acting like a good girl at school."
Alex: "Oh, ok."

What the heck? How does my FOUR year old know who the presidential candidates are? Seriously. Told ya she was smart.

Oh and by the way. I have to make a little correction in reference to a prior post. I said Maddy was the model student.. WRONG. She proved that to me today when she came home from school with, oh, about 6 inches of hair cut from around the front of her face. YES, 6 INCHES! I about cried.

Alex update.

No luck. No stickers for pumpkin chart. No good behavior. But she had a reason. She wanted to be line leader. It wasn't her turn. She didn't care. She ran to the head of the line anyways, then when the teacher told her to get back to her spot, she stuck her tongue out at the teacher. Screams and yells ensue. Proceeds to get sent back to the "office". Sigh.

To be continued...

Mental or Emotional?

Maddy to Alex: "Excuse Me Alex"
Alex to Maddy: "NO MADDY! You EXCUSE YOURSELF!"

Ahh.. The joy of using our words. Loud words mind you, but words none the less. Not typical of Miss Alex. AT ALL. She is, lets say, a more, um, physical being. We are working on that, so no worries to you other mommies out there whose kids "play" with Alex. Really. Promise.

We have been having some Alex issues the last month or so. Since she has started school she has been sent to the principals office almost everyday. Crap. She's going to be one of THOSE kids. You know, the ones that each teacher in school know about. The ones I am sure they fight over NOT having in their classes. The ones who get there own "special helper".. Now, I am wondering if teachers really like to take the siblings of their "good" students when they come through. If so, well, they are in for a rude, and I mean rude awakening. Maddy is the model student. She shows up with a happy attitude, doesn't complain, doesn't yell at or hit the teacher or her "friends". Alex, well, she does all of those things.

The other day we had to have a conference with her teacher at St James. Now, I know my kid is smart. Too smart for her own good most of the time. But having her teacher tell me that, made me feel oddly proud. I got all puffed up and smirky looking. And Yes, I was at a conference to talk about her behavior. Weird I know. We have figured out that Alex is still 4 emotionally, but mentally she is quite a bit more advanced. So there is the conflict between the two things that is part of the reason she has been acting so disruptively. But still, I was proud. Why? Who doesn't want to know their kid is smart? Even if its the root of all evil in their kid.

Maybe I should re-evaluate something. Maybe Me.

Anyway.. Alex has school tomorrow, we have been talking to her and praising her for using words, and what not. Guess we'll see how it goes. Fingers crossed..

A reminder from Maddy....

"I love my familey. How abat you? Af you hav a familey I think you should love your family because I love my family to!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Maddy Johnson age 6

note to self: count your blessings everyday for your 3 wonderful, sweet natured, good hearted daughters.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!

We were able to go to the Oregon Ducks Football game last night. It was SO MUCH FUN! I have never been to Autzen Stadium, and I can say is WOW. Its big, loud, and well, freakin great. I think it goes with out saying that I am not much of a sports fan. It's different when you're there. Big time. I might just have to start watching football on tv now. Seriously. Its nothing but Drama! Real, live, honest, DRAMA! I mean come on, where else do you get to see 2, yes 2, people get wheeled off the field (or sidelines in one case last night) at the SAME TIME? Yeah, so this UCLA Football player, Austin (not sure of his 1st name) got PLOWED into, and ended up really hurt. He is ok.. Promise. Just thought I would throw that in there.. And at the exact same time, two dumb butts in the crowd decided to get into a fight and one guy fell off the risers. Not sure how he is, but they had him strapped up to a back board with a neck brace on. I really hope he is ok. I don't want to sound insensitive or anything, but come on. Don't get into fist fights on or near stairs. DUH. So, like I said, drama, major drama. The Ducks won the game, even though the refs called a really bad call against the ducks. Ok, so if I can tell that it was a bad call.. Well that should say enough. And the recievers kept on dropping the passes. Its like they had butterfingers. Sheesh! (like I could do better..riiight.)I couldn't get past the fact that Trav & I are 10 years OLDER then some of the players. 10 years! Makes me feel old. REALLY REALLY old. Anyways, it was a great night, and we had a fantastic date night. Thanks for a great night out Trav.

This is my guy.. I love you..

 

He really was excited..REALLY!

 

Ok Trav.. Lets focus on the camera.

 

Thats better!

 

Thought this was a cool shot. Gosh, I think I took like 200!

 

Final score, Ducks 31, UCLA 24.