My Life with Five Kids (and what a life it is!)

I want someone to make me one of these.

2012-01-23T13:07:00.000-08:00

Go here and think about making me one...thanks No time for fun...I'm working 4 days a week and running errands the other day. Thanks

Random shots

2012-01-22T06:40:00.000-08:00

Favorite Legos

Can't get comfortable

Basketball Zeke kept walking away from the camera.

Cenneidigh's new coat

2012-01-21T06:37:00.000-08:00

I made her give one up to get one. So cute!! 9.98 at Target.

Spray Paint disaster

2012-01-20T06:33:00.000-08:00

Qatar threw down a can of spray paint and it exploded, he was smart enough to get it to the garbage and then outside. It took him awhile to get it off of everything. He had quite a bit clean before I found the camera. He will be more careful next time around.

The dishwasher with the paint, more on the counters and the sink, and the duct tape a favorite around here.

Poppers for Christmas Dinner

2012-01-19T06:31:00.000-08:00

Zeke the chef

2012-01-18T06:29:00.000-08:00

cooking his famous blackened salmon. It was tasty, especially the second time around.

Christmas at the Peters

2012-01-17T06:29:00.000-08:00

Taser in pink.

He got what he wanted now he is never far from that phone.

He got what he wanted.

Baton to hurt those criminal...I mean innocents until proven guilty.

Sardines from Dad...he will not eat Beef but these sure?

We all had a great Christmas and it was fun to have Paige visit. We all look crazy and tried from all the fried food the night before. I forgot to take pictures of all that brown goodness. The house and all of us smelled deep fried for weeks.

Funny stuff skip the ad

2012-01-16T17:28:00.003-08:00

The dog hopped the fence and got stuck. The owner of the house called the police. He cut him out and the dog took off. He wanted to find him and make sure he was ok and get him back where he belonged. He looked and looked and then found him....

Blog Hop going on at Book Him Danno over 190 blogs participating

2012-01-14T14:59:00.001-08:00

Every blog hop I enter many of the ones that look interesting and I always win at least one. I won a 15 dollar GC to Amazon last week. You should give it a try. http://bookhimdanno.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-hop-january-13th-18th-three-books.html you don't have to enter mine, but you can go down the post and find the other blogs. Thanks lisa

Books 3-11 read in 2012

2012-01-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

I'm reading and reading to keep up with the blog and all the review requests coming in everyday. I enjoyed a few of these more than others.

Enjoy the time.......I hate this......

2012-01-11T03:09:00.000-08:00

When you are in the midst of things it is hard to enjoy them. You are busy living the experience and only after do you really appreciate what you did. Think about college...I had a great time...the time of my life when I look back at it....and yet would I want to go back to eating Ramen and pbj's on a regular basis? Staying up all night cramming for a test? Having roommates that don't care about my privacy or my clothes? Well I wouldn't and yet I always look back fondly at that time.

I think that is what older mothers are talking about when they see you in a shop and tell a young mom to enjoy every moment because it will be over so soon. Well for some of us not soon enough. I look back at my baby years and I loved them, the coos and the right after a bath cuddles, nursing at 3 AM in a quiet still house. I loved all those moments looking back, but when I really think about it ....I never would ever do it again....there is not enough money in the world for me to go back to those insane days of sleep deprivation and eating only cold food. No way......So please stop telling me to enjoy it...it is such a short time...thank heaven for that. Any longer and any mother would take her own life.

Looking back at what we have done colors those events in a more pleasant color and tone....we forget the unpleasant aspects of what we did awhile ago. Think about how when something happens that seems like a tragedy, that in a few years it becomes funny to remember..'tragedy plus time equals comedy'.

This summer David and the boys went to climb Mt Timp and I was cheering them on saying how much fun I had when I climbed and everyone should do it at least once. Well the truth is...when I really look back....that I fell five feet on to a ledge and my knee swelled up like a soft-ball, the glacier made it possible for me to get down because it iced all of my bruises and made it possible to walk back down. Once down my body swelled and I could hardly move for a week...not to mention my sunburned nose that peeled a week later. It was a good experience looking back...but at the time it was anything but.

I believe that is what makes life possible to live...if we remembered all the bad times we would never do anything....including having that second child. Just my thoughts.

Happy Birthday Mom - Hope you're having a fun trip - Love you!

2012-01-10T04:02:00.000-08:00

This is so Parker and it drives me crazy.

2012-01-07T16:56:00.000-08:00

2012-01-06T19:13:00.001-08:00

The book and the movie The Help told readers that if you are

cutting onions hold a match stick in your teeth and you

won't cry. I have now tried it three times and it has worked every time.

No more tears while chopping onions. Yeah!!!

First World Problems

2012-01-05T01:07:00.000-08:00

Today we were making chicken noodle soup and only had spaghetti noodles.

David asked about the egg noodles on the top shelf...

well I said 'OK, but I wasn't planning on eating those."

David, 'Why not?'

Me, 'I only bought them because I liked the packaging.'

Yes I don't only buy food to eat, I buy it for the packaging also.

Like this package, but in blue. Really cute, but it is in the garbage now and they tasted pretty good.

Who knew you could have good flavor and cute packaging.

Gunnar is back to school

2012-01-04T04:40:00.000-08:00

We dropped Gunnar off yesterday at the MSP airport, he is back to Provo and happy to be. I find living without a schedule for too long difficult so I'm sure he's happy to be back to school. Randy thanks for picking him up and dropping him off...I'm glad he is getting the hang of the bus and the light rail that will help on his mission. He can do it, don't let him talk you into driving him further than necessary, I don't know about your kids...but mine are as lazy as I let them be.

We had a good visit and this summer will be fun....but with lots more rules. JT went with us to pick him up and drop him off, he finishes school earlier than the rest and so he gets to go along. I will hopefully post photos from Christmas soon. (He is wearing his new suit, its a bit big they didn't have his size. Long story)

A new page we added

2012-01-03T05:18:00.000-08:00

Great Deal Sites We Love!!!! Free - what do you have to lose?

Groupon We love this site for coupon and great travel and food deals. We even have three cities coming in right now since we are planning a vacation and want some fun places to eat on the cheap and to play on the cheap. Check it out.....I love it!

Moolala another great coupon site I use. I have ordered several 16x20 canvas art prints for my home for under $40 and they are look incredible. I can not say enough about this site. Check it out...its free to join and only costs money if you choose to buy. Great deals....I check this place everyday.

LivingSocial A site where I purchased a gift card to Amazon for half off...no strings...just half off...waiting for another one like that. Join its free and who knows what great deals you can find there. Want to go Dog Sledding? You can and its cheaper on this site.

SaveMore another great deal site...at the time of this writing they are selling 10 dollar GC for 5 to Burger King and 25 dollar GC to Cabela's for 15. Check it out.

I will add more sites when I find them...these three are fabulous and we have lots of experiences to prove it. Fun arcade experiences in Utah, delicious meals in Minneapolis, amazing tours in Atlanta. Sign-up you have nothing to lose and only adventure to gain.

Books 143-146 and books 1 and 2 for 2012.

2012-01-02T05:52:00.000-08:00

I slowed down a bit at the end of the year...too much going on to read. My goodreads says I read 170 books during 2011...two of these are on my 2012 reading list. I read a few little books and a few others I forgot to mention on this blog.

Funny Stuff for the new year

2012-01-01T01:24:00.000-08:00

I have been forced to conclude that the reason kids have so much energy is because they siphon it out of their parents like midget gasoline thieves.

25 confessions of a mom. Funny Stuff

Busy with everything

2011-12-31T08:22:00.001-08:00

Like usual....Happy New Year to you all.

We took the whole family out the Steve's Pizza for our anniversary....we think they added to our 21 years together. We couldn't get there until 8 PM due to Gunnar working....it was hard for me to eat at 8...when I want to go to bed at 9...This vacation is messing with my schedule....I love routine.

Happy New Year!

Exciting Christmas

2011-12-29T05:48:00.000-08:00

2 of these came from to our house this year. Qatar a white one and David a black one. I don't think they have been put down yet. Zeke got a phone also not put down yet and Cenny got lots of stuff along with JT. Lisa got a great tool box full of wonderful tools for her and only her. Gunnar got a new suit that isn't to short and money for tuition.
Thanks to all those who contributed to these gifts and more. Happy New Year!!! I will post photos soon.

Happy Anniversary to the two of us!

2011-12-28T05:44:00.000-08:00

21 years....where does the time go?

Fried Christmas Eve .... Good... Yes and No!

2011-12-26T06:37:00.000-08:00

Well we cleaned up after eating and eating fried everything we could fry and during the middle of midnight mass I got the feeling that maybe that was not a good idea for my digestive tract. I made it...thank heaven....but I was in pain and sick until about 4 AM and thank heaven the kids needed sleep...they didn't get up until about 7AM and we were opening presents until 9:57 AM. I will never eat that much fried foods again....never and please if I say 'Oh it wasn't that bad...lets try it again' hit me. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and for the other side of the family....Happy Boxing Day.

Fried Christmas Eve .... Good... Yes and No!

2011-12-25T18:37:00.000-08:00

After frying a turkey I had the brilliant idea of frying things for Christmas Eve. We borrowed a turkey fryer and three fry daddy's. Never can I own one of those I would die...too much oil...We fried Pickles several kinds in a beer batter we made ourselves(you can buy one can of beer.) We fried onion rings, green beans (my favorite), mushrooms, kalamata olives, potatoes, pieroges(yummy), cookie dough in a won ton wrapper and snickers. We never got to the brussel sprouts, bananas, peppers, broccoli, apples and oreos. Boy was it all good also we fried party wings, two whole chickens and many many chicken pieces. Delicious, but I could feel my arteries crying out for me to stop.

Fried Christmas Eve was good in theory, more tomorrow.

Happy Christmas EVE to all

2011-12-24T15:59:00.000-08:00

The birth of Christ is why we celebrate the season and the giving of gifts comes from the wise men.

Merry Christmas to All!

Excited about Christmas and yet the kids are fighting

2011-12-23T03:53:00.000-08:00

Excited about Christmas and yet the kids are fighting and whinny makes me want to take it all back. I think I my have surprised a few of them and that is getting harder and harder to do. We will see I guess. I hope I have some of them surprised. We pick Paige up today in Rochester and then home to get the food purchased for Christmas Eve. We are making it a fried Christmas we have a turkey fryer and a fry daddy, fried chicken, twinkies, snickers, oreos, onions, potatoes, shrimp, mushrooms, green beans. actually anything we can think we will try to fry it. Yummy!!!

Christmas day dinner is prime rib. My clothes will not be fitting in the New Year 2012.

Saltine Toffee Yummy and easy

2011-12-22T07:57:00.001-08:00

http://candy.about.com/od/toffeerecipes/r/saltine_toffee.htm Recipe for Saltine Toffee....may sound weird but wow it is really easy and delicious. Gunnar likes to call it white trash candy, but you really need to try this candy....Yummy....I know saltines....believe me it is good and so easy....I'm off to make some more right now.

Fun snowflakes

2011-12-21T08:12:00.001-08:00

http://anthonyherreradesigns.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56%3Astar-wars-snowflakes&catid=34%3Aanthonydesign-blog

On-line Christmas Shopping

2011-12-18T06:39:00.000-08:00

Well I've bought almost everything on-line this year and now that the boxes are arriving I think I bought more then I meant to. I promised the kids a small Christmas - they are going to call me a liar again....darn....darn.....darn.....I did a bit of shopping in the store when I could get a coupon on-line or a great deal posted on-line for brick and mortar stores. Dad had to help me with one of these purchases...thanks. I hope all of you have a great holiday and stay warm....we have snow again...darn....darn.....darn.....

JT and the car

2011-12-17T04:57:00.000-08:00

JT has this little pull back car that when you run its wheels backwards it will take off on its own for a few feet. He had been playing with it everywhere for a few days. He wanted my attention the other day and I was on the phone so he kept pulling the car back and holding it while it went ruuuuummmm ruuuummm and then because I kept telling him to wait he pulled it back and stuck it on my head.....YES you guessed it the car and a huge hunk of my hair are now in the garbage.
That car sucked my hair in so quick and I could only get some of it out. I'm glad to have curly hair, it makes it easier to hide the nice blunt cut piece that sticks out otherwise. Sometimes I wonder why I had kids in the first place.

From the Austin Post Bulletin Paper

2011-12-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

Cenny is a cow, Zeke is in the mass of men and so is Qatar, opposite sides from each other.

Zeke Fainted on stage

2011-12-14T15:21:00.000-08:00

Poor Zeke had enough of the hot lights and standing for over an hour and he slowly went down. St. Lucia Fest was long and warm. He did great singing as did Qatar, but thank heaven a nice man standing next to him helped him to the floor. Now we have fodder for years to use. Hahahah....poor Zeke. He didn't look good when he returned to the stage to finish the rest of the program.

Busy....

2011-12-13T18:46:00.001-08:00

More later....Merry Christmas Gunnar gets home Thursday!

This will be David's Tattoo-From Bits and Pieces

2011-12-12T15:08:00.000-08:00

Books Read 132- 142

2011-12-11T14:43:00.000-08:00

I liked most of these, some of them fell flat. What are you reading?

From Amy.oops Funny

2011-12-09T05:41:00.000-08:00

Love this and may try it if any one is breaking curfew

2011-12-08T05:40:00.000-08:00

We sold......

2011-12-07T15:30:00.000-08:00

The Bow Flex 175
The Wii 150
The sewing Machine 25 a friend
The many movies and games we don't play 10
The skates David wore maybe twice 40
Yeah!!!!!

I have cash and space what a concept. David is on to something with this......400 so far and I have space. Where once stood things we didn't use... now nothing stands there. Hurrah!!!!

We are broke so off to work we go!!!

2011-12-06T01:17:00.000-08:00

The new substitute system is not a favorite of the staff at Austin Public School, but it is easier to say 'No' to.

We used to get a call in the early AM from Jane, I miss her by the way, then she retired and they hired an on-line system. It works OK but with no flexibility that stinks. I check on-line whenever I am on the computer and check for available jobs. There are not many it seems and yet I'm working as much if not more then last year. It must be working even though I hate the fact that it is a free for all now and the personality is gone from having Jane pick and choose subs for different jobs. Here is the link to the site if interested. I'm working at the HS today as Health sub...hopefully it will be a great day.

Hoarders - David is cleaning out our house of everything that sits still

2011-12-05T01:59:00.000-08:00

Show Link
Don't watch this show if you aren't ready to clean out anything that is sitting on a surface. He has piles to go and is starting to freak me out a bit. At least we have less piles of books...Yeah!!!!

The Black Angel of Iowa City

2011-12-04T01:37:00.000-08:00

We detoured on out way home from Thanksgiving through Iowa City and located the Black Angel from a book we read and reviewed earlier this year. Killing Kate, by Julie Kramer. It was a cold day!

Great Canvas deal for those who want to hang memories.

2011-12-03T06:15:00.001-08:00

Here is the link to a great deal...check it out.

Funny

2011-12-02T02:08:00.000-08:00

Thankful for........

2011-12-01T13:50:00.000-08:00

Well that is a huge amount of things and so I am only going to put down a few here.

-Heat. it is getting cold and I'm so thankful for the heater that makes my house comfortable to live in all winter.
- The big tree in the back yard this is taller then the house. I hope it never falls, it keeps the house cool all summer with us hardly ever running the A/C.
- Windows that let the sun in and when open the fresh air. I love looking out on the world and even do without curtains on the north side because of all the bushes surrounding the house. The north side is the dark side of most homes.
-Kids. I wonder about this as they yell and scream at each other about every little thing they don't like about one another.
- David because he goes to work everyday to provide what we all need and only wants some pocket change in exchange.
-Health because without it you have nothing.
-Family even though I get frustrated and tired of them some days, I'm almost sure I never make anyone tired of me.
-Books, I love to escape and live another life, if even only for a few minutes here and there.
So there are a few and many others I have in my head. Thank you to my Heavenly Father for all of these and the all the rest.
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Fried Turkey

2011-11-30T04:13:00.001-08:00

YUMMY and so FAST....I will post our photos later. THIS WAS FABULOUS!!!!

Goofy JT

2011-11-29T01:21:00.000-08:00

7th Grade tour of the U of M

2011-11-28T01:09:00.000-08:00

Zeke found Jordan and Cory in the same cafeteria we had lunch in during our tour, this campus has over 52,000 students so I thought this was huge, we also ran into 3 other Austin students.

I spent a Friday watching 7th graders on a tour of the University of Minnesota, we walked over 2 miles while there, it is a huge campus with a bridge that spans the Mississippi, that is a walk on its own. Fun trip, I'm glad I was able to go as a chaperon. I has a fun talk with two of Zeke's teachers on the way up and back, both also had Gunnar. That was an interesting talk and then we talked about Eagle Bluff coming up in February and I want to go...please...3 days in the snow and ice....what could be better? This year they are adding archery...

Sleeping Beauty

2011-11-27T01:02:00.000-08:00

JT and Halloween

2011-11-26T07:52:00.000-08:00

His mask was hot so he kept taking it off and then putting it on, sometimes upside down. Zeke and Cenny had after school activities and so they missed the fun at Hormel. We then headed to Comforcare to see Toby and trick or treat there. The night wasn't really cold or warm for that matter. We hit the Anderson's house for dinner and then a few houses and still ended up with way too much candy.

Qatar is scary

2011-11-25T07:50:00.000-08:00

Qatar scared several children with this look at the Hormel Trick or Treating. Their poor little faces were dropping when he walked in the door and then the tears and screaming. He took it off and still gathered candy.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T01:49:00.000-08:00

Carrots

2011-11-23T01:46:00.000-08:00

The boys went to their garden after the first freeze and hacked these out of the ground with a hammer. We did not eat them. We also grew a pumpkin, lots of tomatoes and some onions, next year we are growing more especially butternut squash...love that...yummy.

Fall Fun with pumpkins, trimming and gutter cleaning

2011-11-22T07:46:00.000-08:00

We were not able to reach the gutter on the back of the house, the ladder barely touched the top, at its full length and it was scary so we will hire someone for that one next year. We hired someone last year and that is why we tried to do it ourselves this year. We got the rest of the gutters cleaned out and running. Trimming the trees and bushes away from the house and pulling all the plants that were dead was a fun weekend activity. We hauled 10 truck loads of leaves away and still need to do a few more, but the weather is turning cold and it will wait for spring. We did have snow last week for a few minutes.

Zeke in a play

2011-11-19T09:03:00.000-08:00

Here is the link to an article, no photos. I will post photos when I get my camera back from Qatar. Here is a link to the photos

Good Day

2011-11-17T01:57:00.000-08:00

Today went so much better then yesterday. Kindergarten was a blast. A new class I had never met and they were so sweet and listened when I spoke or anyone else did. A very well run room that was a pleasure to sub in. This is the kind of experience I love to have and the reason I'm not ready to quit subbing yet.

Bad Day

2011-11-16T02:14:00.000-08:00

I subbed in a 1st grade room today and WOW, I've been so lucky with great classrooms for so long that I forgot what its like to have a disruptive group of kids all feeding off of each other. This type of class makes me want to run and get a job some place else. It was a Zoo, there is not other word for it. I asked the kids if they were always this noisy and they all agreed they were, it was a conspiracy I'm positive.

Interesting factoid: Penguins only live in the Southern Hemisphere. Had to go to 1st grade to learn that little tidbit.

Pedometer

2011-11-15T03:33:00.000-08:00

I read this book called The Great Fat Fraud that mentioned that if you walk 10,000 steps each day you can keep your weight at the current level, you may lose a few pounds when you start, but not much and then you will just stay steady as you age. Well I am aging and I want to keep extra pounds from sneaking up on me so I decided to try it.
The dollar tree pedometer was worth what I paid and kept turning itself off. I bought a Omron GoSmart that counts steps(not slow one), calories, miles and aerobic steps. 10,000 steps I thought would be easy. Wrong!!! It is about 5 miles and it takes work, my normal day only gets me about 2000 steps so I have to add lots more walking to make my 10,000.We will see how it all goes, but if you want to give it a try get a nice pedometer. I found this one on Pedometer reviews for the best. 20 dollars and it works great. I was shocked to find out how little I move during a normal day, winter weight is easy to put on when you only make 2000 steps a day.

Kids

2011-11-14T03:30:00.000-08:00

JT is getting himself tossed out of Primary each Sunday for behavior problems, a few weeks ago I gave him half a granola bar right after Sacrament and sent him to Primary and he did great. Well fast Sunday came up and the next week I forgot the bar and he got tossed out again. This week I remembered and the teacher said he was a different child. Who knew...he was just hungry. I don't know why they just don't feed all the kids when they get there? It is 11:15AM and they most likely had breakfast at 7, he is not the only one with behavior problems. Just an idea.
No time for a bog breakfast because the kids eat at the normal time like everyday about 7AM and also we like to get to church on time so that means done with everything by 9:25AM teeth brushed, shoes, socks, etc. So breakfast would need to be done by 9AM and they would be starving by then. Keeping the schedule is important maybe we should have church at 8AM like school. Then lunch at home at 11:15 solves all the problems.
I think the church as a whole should do this, if Primary is between 11-2 hungry kids grumpy kids, full kids happy kids. If the mice are a problem then food should be banned from the whole church, we have more food on the floor after Sacrament then the primary room ever did and they at least vacuum the primary room.

Fun Date

2011-11-13T01:26:00.000-08:00

I was teaching Kindergarten when I realized the date as I wrote it on the board. The other teacher in the room announced that she had heard on the news that already 40 plus babies had been born. A fun date to remember, Cenny and I went shopping after school and picked up flowers for Harlen and took them to the cemetery before returning home. We didn't want to forget him on Veterans Day. I hope you had a happy 11/11/11.

Books Read 127 - 131

2011-11-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed all of these books and found something I really liked in each.

Thank You All

2011-11-11T05:10:00.001-08:00

CC banquet at the end of the season

2011-11-11T03:55:00.000-08:00

Last night was Qatar's cross country banquet and we were assigned to bring a side dish, I made butter potatoes and I forgot how good those are, but as Kristi has said, "Anything with a stick of butter in it has to taste good." Well they did, I also made a cherry dump cake and off we went at 6 PM, we got home after 10PM. The coach loves the kids and talked at least 5 minutes about each one and then did a photo montage of each senior for over that time and then talked. I thought I was going to fall asleep at the table. I love that my kids like to be involved, but sometimes I don't. I was still 1500 steps behind 10,000(another post soon)when we got home so I walked on the treadmill and then finally got to go to bed. I worked kindergarten and will again today, they can tire you out pretty quickly. This morning should be fun with JT and Cenneidigh being grouchy from a lack of sleep.

Love this and I have to agree, Darcy is every literary woman's dream man. Love this book, love this movie.

2011-11-09T04:40:00.000-08:00

Six and four are nice round numbers

2011-11-09T03:40:00.000-08:00

I'm surprised how much I like 6 and 4, things come in groups of both these numbers or at least in amount divisible by these numbers. Not much comes in 7's or 5's or divisions of those. 4 muffins or 1/2 a dozen...4 tickets for an event...etc. Having an odd number of kids really made that difficult, but with Gunnar gone for a bit I really enjoy the numbers 4 and 6 more then ever before. We do miss number 7 or 5...but oh well everything changes, and he will be back.

Another week of work and a broken washer

2011-11-07T05:12:00.000-08:00

The washing machine won't agitate and yet when the repair guy was here it did everything it was suppose to. It was like a sick child at the doctors office running around. Well hopefully they can come again today and have another look so we can go back to doing laundry here at home. I spent most of Saturday at my parents doing a few loads of absolutely needed laundry for the week coming. Problem is I'm working and so we need to schedule after work for them and then it is usually around 5....ughhh. I just want it to work that all...not much to ask.

wow

2011-11-07T02:08:00.000-08:00

2011-11-06T03:54:00.000-08:00

funny

2011-11-05T03:52:00.000-07:00

I'm that kind of Mom

2011-11-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

JT wore one flip flop and one tennis shoe to school on Tuesday. I was yelling down the stairs as I was getting ready for work to be sure they were getting ready. I got downstairs and Cenny and JT were making candy piles. I freaked and told them to get in the car. Cenny missed the bus so I chased it a few blocks to the next stop and let her out. The I dropped JT at the crossing guard so I could just turn on the main road. He said he didn't have two of the same shoe on. I checked and freaked out again and told him too bad get out and go to school we will discuss this later and you are grounded.
He came home telling me everything went fine and his shoes were not a problem. I told him there were with me and to go to his room until dinner. He is a pain in the neck some days. He and Cenny had to dump all their candy together and not get any until after dinner and Cenny was grounded for missing the bus. If it had been a good reason I would have been understanding...this was because of candy. I hate the day after Halloween...the kids think it is a holiday and don't get that school and work are still going to happen the next day. JT told me he would be sick on Tuesday I told him he would be grounded next Halloween and I would write it on the calender so I wouldn't forget. He doesn't like it when I write things on the calender to remember....grounding...doctors appts...etc.

A good friend of mine from college...we just saw them in August

2011-11-02T01:04:00.000-07:00

Halloween Scary Movie

2011-11-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween

2011-10-31T06:29:00.000-07:00

Hair foiling and children

2011-10-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

At preschool the other day an adorable, sweet, little blonde said she liked that my hair was the same color as hers except mine was going black and she wanted to know why? I laughed and she smiled and then her Mom who was standing in the doorway laughed. Kids are so darn cute some-days. She would have said gray if it wasn't for the fake blonde.

So true

2011-10-29T02:54:00.000-07:00

Love this guy

2011-10-28T01:08:00.000-07:00

Parker does this with the couch back and arm.

2011-10-27T03:15:00.000-07:00

Just loved this one.

Cute Sheets and so fun

2011-10-26T03:14:00.000-07:00

119-126 Book Read in 2011

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A few graphic novels also thrown in there for good measure that I didn't count. Read Book Him Danno for details on any of these books, but since I just read them it may take a few weeks for all the posts to post. Thanks for looking.

Love those Chemistry Jokes

2011-10-24T03:02:00.000-07:00

Take a look at Gunnar's blog

2011-10-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

Post on the side bar. Great kids

Cenneidigh the cook and Zeke growing up to help.

2011-10-22T04:22:00.000-07:00

This week Zeke has made dinner twice and once it was a hit and the other was a miss. Cenneidigh made pumpkin pie and only added 2 teaspoons of sugar instead of the 2/3 cup. Well it was smooth, but like eating squash. I love to see them try to cook it really helps me.

Another great thought item

2011-10-21T01:33:00.000-07:00

Great quote

2011-10-20T01:32:00.000-07:00

ELF Deal

2011-10-19T02:36:00.000-07:00

https://livingsocial.com/deals/158693?ref=conf-jp&rpi=32422745 I like their make-up it is cheap, but it works well try it 15 dollars for 30 worth of mineral make-up...they have an acne kit for absorbing oil and other great products. Thanks

Saw and liked this!! Maybe I shouldn't oh well I'm an imperfect person for sure

2011-10-17T08:27:00.000-07:00

2011-10-16T00:46:00.000-07:00

Proper Computer posture...taken from another site

Books 115-118

2011-10-15T01:20:00.000-07:00

Also a few graphic novels for Sea Lion Books. More everyday and then David went to the library sale.

Another article on Mormons and politics

2011-10-13T04:39:00.001-07:00

Are Mormons to Weird for Politics check it out.

Library sale....like we need any more books

2011-10-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

We now have at least 30 more, hard to resist when they are going for $5 a bag. We are still swapping books and have sent off at least three so far this week. We will be donating the read ones back to the library for their next sale when we are done with them. Re-selling is a great way to earn money for them. I got the newest Dirk Pitt and a newest Tami Hoag, a few paperback and a few other newer hardbacked books...quite a few...If it is ever really cold and we have to warm ourselves I guess we can burn the books first and then the furniture...haha

Busy week again

2011-10-12T10:37:00.001-07:00

More later

A sad announcement for the family...he will be greatly missed

2011-10-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

Collin Wright Bremner died September 24, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. A Celebration Of His Life will be held at Mountain Park Church, 40 McNary Parkway in Lake Oswego, Oregon, Friday, October 14, 2011 at 3:00 PM. Inurnment will be at 5:00 pm at Riverview Abbey, 319 SW Taylors Ferry Rd., Portland. Enter through the Trillium entrance, continue to the Marigold Room to niche 12 E1.

Collin was born December 25, 1967 in Portland, Oregon the son of Fred and Gloria Ann (Edwards) Bremner. He was raised in Lake Oswego where he graduated from Uplands Grade School, Lake Oswego Junior High and Lake Oswego High School. He obtained a double degree, one in Bio-Chemistry and the other in Bio-Physics from Oregon State University in Corvallis. He was a self taught software engineer and worked in the computers field for many years.

Collin's two dogs, Solan and Lucy, were his companions. He loved them dearly A quiet person, he was particularly fond of virtual reality computer on line games. He also liked roller coasters, cooking, family and Christmas.

Survivors include his parents, Fred and Gloria Bremner; sisters, Alyssa Omdahl and Beth Simon; grandmother, Mary Bremner.

Collin is my cousin on my fathers side. He was a character.

Crazy world we live in.....

2011-10-10T07:04:00.000-07:00

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/06/39000-olsen-twins-backpack-sells-out/ crazy world we live in.
39,000 and they sold out.

Sock Sale in Osage

2011-10-09T08:22:00.000-07:00

Osage Ia has an annual sock sale and we finally went...wow lots of super great socks...merino wool, The North Face, wicking athletic socks...1 -3 dollars a pair...I got two pairs of knee high wool Cabela socks for $3 together. Great deals and tons of people. Fun and then pizza with the gang that came along. Fun time in the city.

Books 109 - 114

2011-10-08T04:26:00.000-07:00

sent for review except Deeper then the Dead, That is from Bonnie.

Silly Photos of the month

2011-10-07T04:20:00.000-07:00

My gypsy

Battle of the Connects Homecoming Week Fun

2011-10-06T04:17:00.000-07:00

He later picked up his connects t-shirt with the year, teacher and his last name on the back. It was late back from the printers. A whole week of fun days and activities for the HS and each year wears a different color.

Homecoming week on Friday Red and White Day

2011-10-05T04:14:00.000-07:00

Cenneidigh just wanted to add her photo because she likes the vest and scarf she is wearing.

David wants a sports star...oh well

2011-10-04T01:53:00.000-07:00

Ezekiel is going to play Prince Philip in the Ellis production of Sleeping Beauty. He is very excited and I think Cenny is also in the play as a side character. The director facebooked me with the comment..."Your son has a gorgeous voice." I responded... "Thanks..he thinks so also."

Go Ezekiel great job can't wait to see it.

1st day of school I'm a bit behind here

2011-10-03T02:31:00.000-07:00

Homecoming Twins Day

2011-10-02T02:38:00.000-07:00

A friend the other kids mom got these old uniforms at a garage sale. Fun Home Coming Twins Day Qatar and Cole.