Still like it and Happy Thanksgiving

I saw Twlight again last night in Showlow with my mom, Aunt Kristi, Savannah, and Michelle Johnson. I liked it better the 2nd time. I think because I wasn't watching for things that they left out I was able to just watch the movie and enjoy what they did include. And Edward, though still not who I would have picked, won me over even more. So if you saw it once and didn't really like it, I say give it a second chance.

On another note, we are so excited to be in SJ for this week!! Yeah for Holidays that bring families together, even if there are going to be 40 people to feed on Thursday!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

LOVED IT

Just incase anyone was wondering....I loved the movie. Totally worth staying up till 3am. I can't wait to see it again on Monday. I went into it not expecting much and came away pleasantly pleased and wanting to see it again.

3 more hours....................

This will be the first time I have seen a midnight movie and I am so excited!!! I'm sure I will not be so excited when I have to get up early to get the kids to school, but it's worth it. I already can't wait to see it again on Monday in Arizona with my family!! Yeah for having something to be excited about!

SHARK TEETH!!!

I am almost a month late in letting you all know that Cameron has finally lost his first two teeth!! He lost the first one back on October 26th and just lost the 2nd one 6 days ago.  With Colby telling us pretty much everyday that he has already lost 9 teeth, and with Hayden already growing in 8 teeth, Cam was feeling a little left out in the tooth department.  Finally one day he says he has two loose teeth, so I look in his mouth and not only are they loose, but the new teeth were growing up behind the baby teeth. Luckily he had a dentist appt in a couple of days so I didn't worry about it and it didn't seem to bother Cam at all.  The dentist looked and said, yep, you have Shark Teeth. Cameron ended up having a little cavity so the dentist gave him a week to get the baby teeth out before we came back to fix the cavity.  By the time we went back he ended up getting one baby tooth out so the dentist didn't have to pull them! And Cam did GREAT getting his filling, even after all the horror stories Colby had told him!  He didn't have a melt down until after and we were in the grocery store, oh man did he loose it, I was so embarrased!  He was mad because his mouth felt funny and he didn't think he could eat anything!  This story is getting a little long so I think I will end it.  Both baby teeth are out now and the new teeth have moved up to where they should be.  For now all is ok on the tooth front in our house, except for the gallons of slobber and the bite marks on everything from Hayders!  

If I could chose a talent...

I would chose to be able to make amazing cakes. 

First I would make this flip-flop cake just because it is fun.

Then I would make this cake for Hayden's first birthday.

Ten days later I would make this cake for Mark's birthday

and on the same day make this cake for Mark's dad's 60th birthday. (yes, they share a b-day)

For Christmas I would make this pretty cake.

In January for Colby's 8th birthday I would make this Lego cake, he would love it!

On the same day as Colby's I would make this Strawberry Shortcake cake for me because it is my birthday too and because I had a cake just like this one when I was a kid.

Or I could make this newer fancier version?

Or, I could go with this fun cake?  Either way it wouldn't matter just as long as I get a cake too! and a pink one to boot, we are lacking in anything pink around here.

So now you know what one of the talents on my wish list is. 

R-E-D-S-K-I-N-S

REDSKINS STATE CHAMPS 3rd year in a row 1994

After all of the negative press that St. Johns has gotten over the last 2 weeks it was nice to see that someone in the BIG TIME media is willing to see St. Johns for what it is, and let others see what it is we all love about our little "po-dunk, redneck" town. I started off reading the article with a little bid of SJ pride welling up, then when I read KJ's name the emotions took over and I finished reading in tears. (for those of you who don't know, KJ is my cousin, my boys love him!)

Good Luck to the boys this weekend. We really hope they win so we can watch them play in the Championship game the day after Thanksgiving!!!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/11/16/20081116stjohns1116.html

Thanks to Lindy for posting this article on her blog first!

11 months old

I don't think I am able to convey in words just how much we all love this baby boy. He is so STINKING CUTE & FUN!!!!! He's into everything, and has started throwing fits when he doesn't get his way! Seriously, we all look forward to seeing him every morning and wish you all could see him too, you would love him! And yes, he still has Red hair.

What I want for Christmas...

Just a few things on my Christmas list...
I can smell the yummy bread I will make when I have this Wheat Grinder!

I love this Pottery Barn Bench, I need it, like, last Christmas!!

This Shark Steam Mop...when your house has hardwood floors in every single room sweeping and mopping become a huge burden, but this little find would make my life so much easier!

No words....

There are no words to adequately express the emotions associated with what happened to this good man in St. Johns last week. I have known Vince for his whole life, my Uncle married his Aunt and so in a way, joined our family to the Romero family. This story consumes my thoughts as it does for everyone in St. Johns and from St. Johns. You can't have lived there and not know a Romero or two, they are a great family. Trying to make sense of what happened is hard and I am not sure if it will ever make sense. I pray for Vince's family and the Roman family to be able to someday soon find peace of mind and happiness in life. And for the people of St. Johns to also be able to find that peace. Parents, hug your kids and love them more than ever. I am so glad that my kids don't have to know about this. (until we go to SJ for Thanksgiving at least, I'm sure they will find out somehow when we are there.)
If you haven't seen this story on the news or the Today show, you can find more info here and here.

I VOTED. DID YOU?

The cookie smudges and the roughed up edges of the sticker are thanks to my sweet little baby boy! I know it's shameful, but this was the first Presidentail Election I have voted in. We moved around so much that I never took the time to register to vote, but this time I was not going to let the responsibility pass us by.

Dangers of Blogging

Tonight KSL 5 tv up here in Utah is going to do a report on the dangers of blogging. After watching the preview of the report, I decided that it is just better to be safe then sorry and am going to permanently make my blog private. When the report comes out I will post a link for those of you interested in seeing it, or you can just go to KSL.com and find it there.

A Fighting NINJA - A SCARY VAMPIRE - And one SUPER CUTE FROG

When Colby was 2 he was a Ninja and this year he wanted to be a Ninja again. He decided that every 5 years he would be a Ninja!  He was by far, the best bike riding Ninja I have ever seen!

Cameron decided on a Vampire and didn't change his mind once!  He loved the makeup but would not wear the teeth for more than 5 minutes. 

Hayders got to wear the FROG costume that Colby wore, and I have to say he was so stinking CUTE.  I could have squeezed him and kissed him all night.  I couldn't decide on just three pictures...

We had a fun night with friends and Gma and Gpa coming over for dinner.  There were so many trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood that we ran out of candy!  

I give Mark the credit...

he found this funny cartoon and couldn't wait to show me!!  I wonder if he is trying to tell me something??? It's not like I don't already know that there is always someone WRONG on the internet!!!  He couldn't be trying to tell me that I spend/waste to much time on the internet could he?!

Carving Pumpkins 2005

Trick-or-Treaters of 2005

Neither one of these cute little boys would sitck their hands in the pumpkin to clean it out!  Cameron was only 2 yrs old and Colby was 4, I forget how darn cute they were!

Cameron the caterpillar!  This was the last year that I got to decide what he would be for Halloween.

Colby wanted to be Batman because the year before he was Robin, so he has both costumes!  He wore the thing for months, and still likes to wear it sometimes!

Look at the two suckers that Cam has, I'm sure he had

at least 10 that night!

We were living in Utah for Halloween of 2005.  Unlike Tempe, it really felt like Halloween.

Watch out bad guys.....Halloween 2004

Since 2004 was the first Halloween that we had a digital camera I will start here. I would really like to start with Colby's first Halloween but that would require finding the pictures and scanning them and I just don't have the time right now. gees that was a long sentence....


In 2004 Colby was 3 and Cam was 18 months. We were living in Tempe at the time so of course we went to St. Johns for Halloween. In my opinion there is no better place to be. What with cousins galore to Trick-or-treat with and Grandma's, Aunts & friends all waiting to spoil the little monsters where else would we want to be. As I type this I am making myself extremely homesick, maybe and impromptu trip next Friday is what I need!

Colby was totally into the cartoon Teen Titans and knew 6 months before Halloween that he wanted to be. The day that the Party Store had costumes out we were there buying Robin and Colby wore the thing everyday! I still miss my little Super Hero, he was so adorable and strong out to rid the world of bad guys!
Cameron was still at the mercy of mom as to what he got to be for Halloween. I saw this cute Pumpkin at the second hand store and knew that my Cameron would be so stinking cute in it, and warm to, that I had to have it. He did not disappoint, he was a doll and I could not get enough of him.

This year I can't wait for Hayders to were his costume, poor guy will be so sick of my squeezes and kisses, but he looks so freakin' cute! Ya'l will have to wait until Halloween to see him in it!

In the next few days leading up to Halloween, my goal is to post the following years and the previous years as well. Wish me luck!! Life seems to have gotten busier in the last couple of weeks, I hate it.!

HaPpY hALLoWeeN

The Crew all ready to rid the neighbors of all their candy. I can not believe how much they have all grown up since then.