COULD THIS REALLY BE MY KID?????




















OH YAH!! He is my kid all right. He is not even 2 yet and is the biggest Yuk mouth like his mom. I went into the kitchen the other day and found this little boogar had gotten into the freezer, pulled out a spoon and started mackin down on my ice cream. He does this all of the time. I finally had to put a little kiddie-lock on the freezer to keep his paws off of the hard stuff. Now if only they made an adult-proof refridgerator lock for me!!

Another way I know this child is mine is because he is a Diet Coke monster also. I know you are all cringing and ready to call CPS on me for this. Dont worry, I never put it in his bottles-----YET. He is still young. There is still time to corrupt him. He can hear my Diet Coke can or bottle opening from a mile away and come running. If I get one from the Drive-thru, I have to hear "mom, mom, mom-----GINK GINK"! In the most annoying, nails on a chalkboard scratching voice-ever heard.

He can also tell when I am opening a fresh bag of my precious M&Ms or any other chocolate delectable that I am shoving in my pie-hole. Good thing I have now turned to the "special" new M&Ms in a box. I think I have tricked him--for now.

Good thing I love this kid!

17 YEARS OF PURE BLISS

Can you believe that these 2 lovebirds are Chris and I???? I know, I know, I still look the same blah blah blah! Just kidding. Tomorrow, September 20th, Chris and I will celebrate our 17th anniversary. I cant believe how fast it has flown by.

I think that I have told the story about how Chris and I met, but I will tell it again so I can relive those fun days again..... ;0

It was may 1991. I was feeling like I was never going to get married. I was an old maid at 21 years old!!! Isnt that funny??? I really thought that. I would joke around that I would be so old and single that I was going to be going to the dances with Berlynn who was only 3 at the time!!!! What a dummy I was.

My mom told me one day that Ron (my BIL) had hired this new kids just fresh off his mission and that he was really cute. I rolled my eyes and said " Mom, I know everyone in Vegas and there are NO CUTE guys here" So caulky, I know. My mom would tell Ron that he needed to hook us up. (Ron didnt think that Chris was my type). Who knew I had a type? I was just willing to go out with anyone that had a pulse! :)

He finally did. He played city-league baseball and told Chris to go and he could "check me out" . Same thing for me, and boy did I check him out! He sat in front of me on the bleachers and I remember thinking to myself "he has such a sexy neck" I am such a perv! He still has a sexy neck by the way...... We all went out to eat afterwards and when we were leaving, he asked me out for later that week. We went out and had such a great time. He was so nice and fun to be with. Long story short, he asked me to marry him 2 weeks later and we were married 3 months after that!!! Good times, Good times!

It has been an awesome 17 years. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this man so much. He is a great father and husband. At the risk of giving out TMI, even after all these years and 6 kids later, we still have the fire!!! This man is HOT!

Hopefully I didnt bore you too much with all of the details, but it was fun thinking about it again.

Happy Anniversary Chris! I love you!

What to blog about?????????

I have been racking my itty-bitty brain, trying to think of something to blog about. Nothing exciting comes to mind. I have been so busy reading everyone elses blogs lately. So many people have had some trying things happen in their lives, I should be very grateful that I am having such a hard time thinking of things to blog about. I have been so uplifted and blessed by so many people out there, it is amazing. So many sweet, kind and generous people out there, it inspires me everyday to be a better person. Thank you!

I guess one thing that has been on my mind is the many different emotions that I have been experiencing lately. I am one big pile of stress. This whole house selling and moving thing is going to send me on a one way trip to the nut-barn for sure!! We are so in limbo-land at the moment. We know we are moving, we just dont know when, or where? We have had to list our house at lower then what we paid for it--sucky! At least we are not upside-down on it, that is a blessing for sure, but it still stinks. Another big think that is hard for me is having to keep this house clean all the time! It is hard!!!!! On one hand it is nice that it is clean, but trying to keep up with a 22 month old is what is going to drive me insane. He is into everything. I have a lock on my refridgerator, locks on the cabinets, table moved out of the way so he doesnt use it as a step stool to the counter top. Today he managed to climb on the counter , and turned on the garbage disposal! Talk about a Heart-attack! Good thing he is a sweet little cuddle bug! That saves me from wanting to sell him on Ebay!! :)

I have to say that life in general is good. I have a great hubby and sweet boys. I have had to grow in many ways also this past few months, and not just size wise from eating too much chocolate either!! I have been the sole parent sometimes and it has been so stressful. 6 kids pulling at me in all different directions. Do I look like Gumby? I dont do well in those situations. I do know that having our family prayer faithfully at night has really helped me out. I am so thankful for that.

Ok! I am sorry to have rambled on and on. I bet you are thinking" dang, for a girl who had nothing to blog about, she sure has rambled on and on" ! Sorry

Here are some of the beach pictures from our Labor Day trip a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time!

MY NEW BFF

Who ever said that Diamonds are a girls best friend was so wrong. I must say that diamonds are fabulous, but this is my new best friend lately.

I love it. It is the Eureka Quick up and it is cordless!! With having to keep this house clean 24/7 it comes in so handy. If I dont want to whip out my honkin vacuum (which just bit the dust as I am typing this) I can just grab this little sucker and BAM it picks up the cereal off my kitchen floor and it also does carpet. Yes, you heard me, carpet! Now I am not saying you can vacuum your whole house with this, but if the kids spill crackers crumbs all over the carpet, it sucks them right up. It is wonderful.

Thanks Jenny for telling my mom about it, so she could rave to me about it, so I could then buy it and rave to all of you about it!!!!!!!