Better Watch What We Say

In the last few weeks Abby has been quoting some little gems that she has picked up around the house. I guess this happens when you have older kids. I don't remember Tiffany and Nicole ever talking like this. Here are a few of my favorites:

"Mind you own business"

"You psycho"

"You annoying"

"Shut you mouth"

"Chew with you mouth closed"

"You a pain in the butt"

And my personal favorite, which she said to me this morning,

"You ruin my life"

(Nicole is always saying that to Tiff.)

I guess we better be more careful about what we say around here.

Say Cheese

Last night we had our ward Christmas party, good times. A member/friend introduced his new company. I'd explain what it is but I'm sure I wouldn't get it right. So, check it out here http://www.hdphotobooth.com/.

It was SOOO fun!! I think the adults may have had more fun with it than the kids did (Sarah). You see your pictures instantly and they print out on the spot. It's such a great idea for parties, weddings, ect. Anyway that's my plug, check it out for yourself.

Praise To The Man...

This is all about "the (only) man" of the house. I'm finally getting around to putting up a few pics of Andrew's trip to China and one of him at Halloween.

We were invited to a "dress up" Halloween party. We have never been to one before so this was a new experience for us. I didn't think Andrew would get into it and I was right up until about 5 hours till party time. Then he decides that he wants to go as the Joker. His friend told him earlier in the week that he had good "joker hair", nuff said! So, me being amazing, threw this little number together in just a few short hours. After a quick trip to the thrift store, craft store, and Halloween store, I rushed home to dye his shirt purple and his vest green. Then came make up and hair. Wa La........





Here are a few pictures at the Water Cube and The Birds Nest with some random Chinese people who wanted their pictures taken with Andrew. They must have thought, with those killer looks, he's got to be "somebody".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!

Today Nicole is 9!! Were does the time go? We celebrated with family in San Diego on Saturday at "The Club" (county club which grandma and grandpa Nash belong to) which was what Nicole had requested. She's a funny girl.

I remember when she was born, she was such a pretty newborn. She wasn't all squished or cone headed. She is a sweet, intense, serious, little girl and we love her very much! She's got her mom's looks and her dad's brains. What more could a girl ask for?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLE!

Awesome!

This picture is courtesy of the Cooke's. It was in the skies of Burbank yesterday afternoon. Try to vandalize THAT sign all you "no on 8 haters"!!

P.S. Halloween pics coming soon!

Trunk or Treat

Last night was our ward trunk or treat. I have spent the last month slaving away at costumes for the girls. That's right folks, these babies are hand made (mostly) by yours truly.

I was afraid Abby wouldn't want to wear her costume. She cried during her "fittings" but as soon as I put her little black doggy nose (which she almost immediately rubbed off by touching and saying, "yook at my nose") she loved it. I'm not quite done putting the black spots on the skirt.


Nicole, my little politician, was Betsy Ross. She's not showing her bag which looks like the original American Flag and kind of makes the whole outfit make sense. She was pleased that people at church knew who she was since no at school had even heard of Betsy Ross (sad).

Tiff, who was originally supposed to be Lola from Hannah Montana, decided it was easier just to tell everyone she was a punk. It took way to long to try and explain exactly WHO Lola was.

And then there was me....I wasn't going to dress up originally but, when I came across an awesome dress Friday afternoon (thanks Michelle) for $15, I couldn't pass it up. Just see for yourself....

I was Miss Utah 1985 and my friend Naomi was Miss Hawaii 1985. We even won a prize. I mean, OF COURSE we won a prize. We looked goooood!! My hair just poofed so naturally. I think I may have missed my true purpose in life.

A few more pictures of some of my friends. Naomi, Lisa (Galaxy fan), me, Sarah (the garden gnome).

Here are the Heders. Jon , Kirsten, and Evan ( big bad wolf, grandma, and little red) and Dan, Sarah, Josie, and Tallulah (the garden gnome family). I put this up specifically to give props to Sarah who made these costumes. You rock Sarah!

Here we are with those groovy Cookes. I wish I would have taken more pictures. There were so many good costumes. Hopefully I can get more on Halloween. Oh, in case you were wondering, Andrew is in New York and missed all the fun.

Cute Abba-girl

Abby loves to sing and one of her favorites is "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". For a long time, she would interrupt anyone who was singing it, and yell "boobies". Seriously, I have no idea why. Now, she will actually sing it (or attempt to sing). You can make out "Take me out, crackerjacks, one, two, game, and route, route, Dodgers". Everything else is a little unclear. So, here she is doing the "boobies" version and the real version.

FYI- about 35 seconds in, there are 2 VERY loud horn honks.

"Punkin" Time

In the words of Abby, its Punkin time. Translation, pumpkin time. Abby and I spent a couple hours this morning with friends at the local pumpkin patch. She had a great time playing with her little friends as did I .

So, if your sick of all the pumpkin patch blogs that seem to surface this time of year, tough! You see, I'm not your typical "take your kid on an outing for fun" kind of mom. So, the fact that we went, and I remembered my camera, deserves to be documented.




Playing in the big wagon ( I just realized that this is a pretty good
picture of what Abby would look like with her ears pinned back)

She's so stinkin' cute
Abby and Josie's cup of food
Abby, Josie, and Chloe
Me and my baby.

No pumpkins were purchased. Tiffany and Nicole would go into cardiac arrest if I had picked out their pumpkins for them! Looks like we'll be back.

Tiffagail

I was going through some old photos the other day and came across some old pictures of Tiff that resembled Abigail just a tad. I don't know, perhaps more than a tad. See if you can tell who is who. They are both around the same age in these pictures, both LOVE/LOVED Barney, both still like to run around in diapers/panties and a t-shirt, and both HATE to have their hair combed!

ACCESS GRANTED!

It's here. The moment we have all been waiting for. Drum roll............Yes, I have been given permission to speak of the "oh so private one" on my blog. Very exciting, I know!

Andrew had an amazing opportunity to spend a week in China (yes I was invited. no, I was dumb and didn't go). He saw many amazing things like The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Water Cube, Birds Nest and much more (we still need to go through the pictures).

One of the things he was most excited to see was this guy........



He was working out in the Hotel gym and this guy was the only other person there. They swapped plates, spotted each other, you know, guy stuff. Let's also keep in mind that Andrew is 6'4" and he looks like a midget here!

** Ladies, if you don't know who this guy is, ask your husbands, boyfriends, whatever. Maybe they'll be impressed.

Since I have been granted access to speak of Andrew, I'm going to take advantage of it. I just want to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow (24th) and tell the whole world how wonderful...blah,blah,blah...how lucky I am....blah,blah,blah....must stop now, making myself nauseous. You complete me (sniff,sniff). Love you Angelbabe!!

Senior Moments...

You know you're getting older when either one of the following happens to you.....

1. You take a shower, and as you are squirting conditioner in your hand you can't remember (FOR THE LIFE OF YOU!) if you shampooed 30 seconds earlier.

2. You have a conversation with you 10 year old that goes a little something like this;

child- mom, those lines around your mouth show really bad (pointing to her own smile lines).

mom- thanks (sarcastically)

child- WHAT? I just thought you might want to get some cream or somethin' to fix it!

mom- hmmm

child- (mumbling to herself) they look like parentheses.

Yes, these both happened to me today. Looks like its time for some Ginkgo biloba and Botox!

Hooray for Headphones!

Abigail will finally (sometimes) use the headphones! She finds a position where they fall off and then she holds totally still. I seriously don't know how we survived without t.v. in the car (okay, maybe I do). I know, it's probably not a good thing blah,blah,blah......

Back to School

School started Wednesday and Tiffany and Nicole went back in style! So cute....

Tiffany is officially "ruler of the school" (fifth grader). I can't believe she's going to be in middle school next year!
Nicole is in fourth grade and it's always HIGH DRAMA with her! Every day I get a very detailed report on pretty much everyone in her class.

So Funny, Seriously!

Thanks Amy for introducing me to this... Seriously, So Blessed. I laughed so hard I was almost in tears. So funny, so true, so totally made up.  

Self Portrait

Last week Nicole lost a tooth and decided to take some self portraits. Don't they know that when I come across these funny things I'm going to share them with everyone? Maybe someday they'll learn!

New DO!

Drama Queen Tiff

I know, 2 posts in 1 day, crazy!  This is totally blog worthy. I was freeing up some memory on my phone and came across this...

Catchin' Some Rays

Abigail is working on her life jacket/ swim diaper tan. 

The 4th

This year, we were able to spend the 4th of July in Utah with my family. I was able to do all the fun things with the girls that I used to do as a kid. We saw the hot air balloons take off one morning, went to the parade, and the highlight of course (this year anyway), Stadium of Fire. Abigail enjoyed the balloons especially the pig and the strawberry but her festivities ended there.



While my dad stayed home to babysit Abby (thanks dad), my mom treated us all to The Stadium of Fire (thanks mom). Usually, in my own humble opinion, Stadium of Fire is kind lame. However, this year, a girl named Miley Cyrus (maybe you've heard of her) performed. If you were wondering if my girls were excited, take a look.....

Nicole was having a good time until I started dancing and singing along.

She told me I was embarrassing her and to sit down. I told her that's what are parents are for, to embarrass their kids! I wouldn't be embarrassed of me, I think I'm pretty dang awesome!!