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Pictures, Pictures & More Pictures....

2009-05-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

Yes it is know it's been longer than I said it would be before I came back and added pictures, so this blog will be ALL the pictures that we have taken since EASTER. Yikes can you believe it's been that long...SO NOT GOOD! SORRY!!! OK so let the pictures BEGIN.....

EASTER 2009
We had such a GREAT day on Easter, the weather was BEAUTIFUL, and it was so nice to spend the day with the kids and my parents!

The Code Man lost his first tooth

Me and the kids went to an Angels Game. A friend from work gave me 4 tickets, poor Bryan didn't get to go this time! :( It's OK the Angels lost 14 -1

Mothers Day 2009

We went over to my parents house for Mother's Day. My brother, Kelly and Jimmy were there. We had a really nice day!

Then later in the afternoon we went to the pool and BBQ dinner at the pool. It was a WONDERFUL Mother's Day!

Bryan and the kids bought me these beautiful Roses. I wish you could smell them, they smelled so good! The picture doesn't do them justice!!!

OK well there are all the pictures that I have been wanting to add, but hadn't gotten around to it. Are you still there?? HELLO IS ANYONE OUT THERE??? LOL

I hope you all had great Easters, and Mother's Day. The next even to come up is Amanda graduating from Junior High. YIKES I can't believe she is going to be in High School!! I hope to not take so long on those pictures!!! LOL

I've Been Thinking....

2009-05-15T11:41:00.000-07:00

I think about doing my blog just about every day. I take TONS of pictures for the blog, and think about what I want to say about each picture. I think about it while I'm at work, get all excited to go home and download all my pictures and type my heart out. Then I get home and completely die! But I do think about it, even while I am sitting there vegging in front of the TV, I think... I should pull my lap top out and do my blog. The next thing I know my eyes are closing, and now I'm laying down in bed, all comfy. The next thing I know my alarm clock is going off, and it's time to start the whole process over again! I swear I don't forget about you my blogging friends. I so admire all the woman who work either out of the house or in the home ( and YES I completely believe a Stay At Home Mom is a FULL time job, and I so wish I was still doing that job) and at the end of the day can come on and blog. Can someone PLEASE tell me where you find energy to do this? PLEASE any advice would be appreciated! Anyways, I just wanted to tell everyone I do think about my blog every day, and I do think about updating it. I HOPE to come on this weekend with LOTS of pictures! I just didn't want you to think I forgot about all my blogging friends....like I really have any, but it makes me happy to think I might!!!! LOL

Finally....

2009-04-11T20:52:00.000-07:00

I know I know it's been longer than I said it would be for me to get back on here. I don't know what my problem is. I think about things that I want to post, take all the pictures and then NOTHING!!! LOL

I have so much to show you; I don't even know where to begin. I think I'll start with showing you some of the crafting I've been doing. So sit back and get comfy because this is going to be one LONG blog with lots and lots of pictures....HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Here is the chalk board that I told you I would be making. LOVE IT!!!!!! I was so happy the way it turned out. I couldn't believe that I made this...lol

Then I bought these great..... I don't know what they are called...wall thingies...lol... from goodwill.org. Goodwill.org is great, it's a little like Ebay, you bid on things that you want to buy. Anyways, I bought these and LOVE THEM! Then I bought the plates and candles. I think that the plate might be alittle to high, but...

This is what it looks like with both of them in our dinning room (sorry about the pull cord for the fan)

Then I had bought this CAFE sign it was originally white; I bought it from TJMax. I think it was under $5, LOVE IT!!!! I have it hanging over my pantry door. It's a little close to the ceiling I know, but Bryan tried so hard in getting the shelf centered and just perfect, I didn't have the heart to tell him that I actually wanted to lower.

Then I started decorating for Spring/Easter. I had seen these adorable bunnies, that look like they are chocolate. They were showing up all over blogland. I HAD TO HAVE ONE! LOL So off to TJMax I went...and lookie what I found, I almost let my squeal out when I saw it...lol
Can you say LOVE IT!!!! YES I DO!!!!

Then I found this cute Spring sign at Home Goods...LOVE that store too!!!!

I put some eggs and Easter grass in this little glass thingy (GAWD I don't know the names of everything how sad is that!?!?! LMAO)

And in the middle of all this crafting and decorating, we have a beautiful amazing daughter who just turned 14! Where in the world did the time go? Amanda is such a wonderful daughter! She is so caring, loving, funny, just an all around GREAT girl! So Bryan and I took her and some friends (well we physically took them but Nana paid for them....thanks mom) to Knott's Berry Farm.

We had a great time!

Then it had been awhile since I had gone to the Goodwill so off to the Goodwill I went. We had a day off on Friday for Easter. I walked into the the store and......OMGoodness I felt like I hit the mother load of good things! I was so excited, I usually never get that lucky when I go to Goodwill. Here's all my loot that I got....all this for less than $25 dollars

As soon as I saw this rabbit I grabbed it. I fell in love with it. I have seen so many blogs that have bunnies out there in blogland, I was so excited...

I put Mr. Bunny right into my Easter decoration...Mr. Bunny is all snuggled up in the eggs!

Then I saw these plates, I have never been a real big fan of Rosters, but they started growing on me. I saw the plates and thought of Bryan because he isn't real fond of them either. He said that when he was growing up his mom had them all over here house...lol. I would pick them up, walk around a little bit, but them down, walk away from them, went back, they would still be there so I thought they must want to come home with me, how could I ever let them down??? LOL I knew Bryan was an animal lover so I knew they would grow on him...lol I put them up over my sliding glass door to my back yard. LOVE THEM!!!!!!! I love the checker border on them. I found some ribbon and put some ribbon on this canister that I already had.

Then I found this urn, still not sure what I am going to do with it but for .99 cents I had to have it! LOL

I found this great platter that I am going to spray paint and make look real cute too, and this canister. I'm going to spray paint it white and hang it on our front door with some flowers in it. Can't wait!
And this basket...a little white paint, and a fake plant....I can see it already

Well there you have it. This is what I have been up to for the last few weeks. Next weekend our boys and girls club is having a HUGE rummage sale. I of course MUST support this since Jacob goes there! LOL I can't WAIT! I'm so excited.

I'll be back soon I hope to post some pictures of all the things I have done with my Goodwill loot!

I hope you all have an very BLESSED Easter!!!

Hugs....

Kim

I'm STILL ALIVE I PROMISE!!!!

2009-03-24T16:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I'm still alive and kicking, sorry for going SO long without posting anything. We have been so busy and so sick that I kind of put blogging on the back burner! :(

It started a few weeks ago with the Codeman getting sick EARLY Monday morning, then Tuesday Bryan and I got, then Thursday morning Jacob got it, then Friday morning my poor dad got it, then Saturday my mom, then Sunday I went for round two with it (the second time around was WORSE then the first). The only one who didn't get it was Amanda. But I think we are FINALLY ALL better!

I've been doing a few projects, I still need to take pictures and post those, boy have I gotten bad with all this blogging stuff haven't I? LOL I can't believe that I am going to put this online with NO pictures!!!! I promise I'll take some pictures this weekend and get them on here. I just wanted to write a quick note and let you all know I'm still alive, still doing crafts, just haven't been real good about publishing them! I'll get back to y'all this weekend with the pictures!! I hope you all have been doing well, and keeping busy!

Be back soon I promise!!!

XOXOX

It's been awhile....sorry!

2009-01-25T19:24:00.000-08:00

Phew, I knows it been awhile since I wrote last, sorry! We've been busy the last few weeks. Bryan's mom and step dad have been out visiting from COLD Indiana. Last weekend we went and saw them, I'll post pictures as soon as we get them....O I'm still waiting!!! :) This weekend we went back over to Bryan's uncle's house and had a great time. I didn't get a lot of family pictures, but I did get these of Amanda and Jacob with Bryan's uncles Chihuahuas. Amanda is IN love with Chihuahuas, I don't know why, but if that's what she likes....lol. Well she was SO excited when she found out that we were going over to Bryan's uncle's house. The dog she has in her arms LOVED her! This is how Amanda spent the whole time we were there! LOL Amanda was in seventh heaven! Amanda had to use the restroom and asked me to hold her. This little dog was NOT very happy that Amanda put her in my arms. She started growling at me, and snapping at me. It's amazing how even when dogs are this small, when they start to growl and snap at you, they seem big and it scared the you know what out of me! LOL The male dog took a liking to Jacob. He was SO excited, because the dog would let him hold and play with him. We had a great time visiting with them. Oh and with Bryan's family too...lol

Then after we left Bryan's uncle Gordon's house, we went and picked up Jacob's friend Matt to spend the night. They had a great time playing the Wii. Amanda and I got to sneak out for a bit and go shopping.

This morning we were excited because it wasn't raining and we promised the kids that if it didn't rain we would go to Knott's Berry Farm. Jacob COMPLETELY surprised us this time, he wanted to go on a lot of the big rides. As long as Matt was going on them he wanted to go...lol. This was Jacob's first time on Montezooma's revenge, Matt didn't go with him on this ride and Jacob was freaking out! LOL But he ended up loving it.

This is what Cody and I do while everyone is on the rides...go looking at all the funny hats and taking pictures of ourselves! LOL Cody actually went on a few of the big rides too! I couldn't believe that my baby was tall enough to get on most of them! :(

This was Bryan's first time to Knott's in YEARS! So he was excited to see how much it had grown, and to go on all the rides. Him and Amanda had a great time going on just about every ride. Thank goodness for Bryan since I don't like most of those scary rides! LOL

Jacob and Matt on the Side Winder, I wish you could have seen the video on this that is taken while the ride was going, Jacob was so funny and cracking us up! We should have bought it!!!Bryan and Amanda on Boomerang...no thank you!!!! LOLCody finally got to go on a few that he wanted to go on...lol

Cody LOVED the bummer cars! He loved that he was able to drive them and bump into everyone! LOL

We had a great weekend, now I am exhausted and ready to go to bed!! Hope you all a wonderful weekend as well. I have a few projects that I am working on. I will make sure to take pictures and post them soon!!

Trip To The Snow!

2009-01-14T17:09:00.000-08:00

I know it's been awhile since I have written, sorry, we have been battling that awful cold/flu in our house. Bryan had it a few weeks ago, and last Friday I felt like I was coming down with it, so I have been going to bed early when I can.

We went for a trip to Crestline. A friend of mine has a cabin up there, it is so adorable, and such an easy drive (this coming from someone who always has gotten car sick her whole life while going up to Big Bear). If you ever want to rent it, get in touch with me and I will give you her phone number. Anyhoo, we had such a great time. When we got there, there was still a lot of snow. So we had (and when I say we, you know I mean Bryan and the kids)...lol....some snow to shovel so we could walk up to the door.
The kids had such a great time shoveling and playing in the snow. It was so nice because we didn't really have to go anywhere for the kids to sled, they could sled right next to the house. it was just PERFECT!

While we were there, these two beautiful Golden retrievers came and wanted to play. They were the best dogs! I guess they live up there and their owners just let them out during the day and let them roam around. The kids fell in love with them. If the kids would sled down the hills, the dogs would run beside them, and when the kids would stop and if they would lay down, the dogs would go over and lick them and sit next to them. I mean seriously, they were the best dogs EVER. Bryan wanted to take them home with us! LOL We all did, they were such GREAT dogs!

Lake Gregory is just down aways from the Cabin, so we went down there and walked around. It was COLD!!!!!! The wind was whipping like crazy, but it was just so beautiful and peaceful there!

We can't wait to go back up there again. We all had such a great time, thanks Laurie for letting us stay at your cabin!!! We had an absolutely awesome time!!!!

TADA!!!! I did IT!!!

2009-01-04T19:17:00.000-08:00

OK so remember yesterday I showed you pictures of the great chair I bought...let me refresh your memory....lol....
So today I sanded it......

Then primed....Then Painted

Lookin good so far isn't it...nope not going to give you a complete close up because there may be 1 or 2 drip marks...lol

While I was waiting for the paint to dry, I went inside and recovered the cushion (Bryan helped me with this, trying to get ALL those staples out of the cushion almost killed me! LOL It had been recovered 2 times), for my first time at recovering something I'm pretty proud of myself. Right before I started, Nicole called, THANK GOODNESS she did, she gave me a very helpful hint, when it came it to the corners, wrap it like you're wrapping a gift. I tried my best Nicole! LOL

The left side could use a little help...lol, but for my first time, OMG I was so happy with myself!!!

Then came the complete package....are you ready????? Drumroll please......

OMG do you just love it??? I do! I am so excited about it! But not only that, I was just crafty Kim today...lol....I have been seeing on blogs about taking old frames and turning them into chalk boards. So I decided I'm on such a roll let me try that...lol. Here is the before...

I don't have the completed project on this one yet. I need to go tomorrow and get some wood, and hopefully tomorrow night after I come home from work I will be able to finish it! But wait, that's not all....lol...I made this cute family picture frame...

I was unstoppable so I paint another frame

Phew I'm exhausted...lol...all that in one day! But I am LOVING what I have done so far!!!!! I have been working on redo my dinning area, our computer hutch is in there so today while I was out and about, I bought this GREAT hat box....(Courtesy of my brother and his family, they gave me a gift card to Joann's for Christmas...THANKS GUYS!!!

It needs some flowers to go into the pot, and maybe a little something else, but it's getting there.

For Christmas Bryan's mom bought me this cute fruit bowl...thanks O!!

This is the way it looks on our dinning room table.....

Well that's about it for today....lol...sorry I know that was a VERY long post!!! I was just so excited about all that I had done I just had to show you everything! LOL Thanks for looking! :)

SO EXCITED

2009-01-03T21:39:00.000-08:00

I am SOOOOO excited!!! I went shopping today with my mom and my cousin Lani, she came up for the weekend. We went to the circle in Orange. I haven't been there in YEARS and OH MY GOODNESS how I have missed that place! LOL My mom bought me this great pot....

so shabby chic!!! LOVE IT! Thanks mom!!!!

Then we went to another store, I saw this AWESOME chair! Isn't it great, I am sooooo excited about it. I'm going to sand it and paint it white and get some really cute shabby chic material for our bedroom! OMG OMG OMG I am SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!! See all the great detail on the chair (OMG i sound like you Nicole! LOL). Guess how much I paid for it?!?!?! Come on guess.......

Ready for this.....$10.00!!! Can you believe that..... $10.00...... that was it!!! What a score! I am NEVER this lucky! This is going to be my year!! LOL Tomorrow I am going to sand and paint, and go to JoAnn Fabrics and get the material. Yippee...see you tomorrow with pictures of this great chair!!!

Happy 2009!!!

2009-01-01T17:13:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a wonderful New Year Eve. We didn't do much at all. Amanda spent the night at a friends, and Bryan was sick, so the boys and I watched Speed Racer, then they were in bed by 10pm! I didn't even stay up until 12:00am! LOL

Today we went with my friend Lynn and her boys Sam and Matt to Knott's Berry Farm. My parents bought all of us annual passes. We had a great time! We started off in Camp Snoop for my boys (Lynn's boys are 11 and 13).
Then we went on to the bigger rides. Lynn's son Matt (the 11 year old) and Jacob REALLY hit it off, so Matt was able to get Jacob to go on some of the bigger rides, which Jacob LOVED I might add! He's still not on all the rides, but he did go on a few and really liked them.

This was Cody's first time on the Log Ride...

As a matter of fact, I think it was Jacob's first time too, I tried to get Jacob's picture but as you can see he was holding on pretty tight to the rails and wouldn't move, so Matt turned around and gave me a smile...lol

I was trying to get a picture of Cody and I on the ride, but he was a little scared lol Then we went on the rapids ride, Cody was lucky enough to ride with Lynn and I! We all got SOAKED!!!! LOL Cody was drenched from head to toe! Luckily we were on our way out, but before we left we stopped in Ghost Town and found all these zombies standing around! LOL

We had a great time, it was a GREAT way to ring in the New Year!!!! We let Bryan stay home and try and get better and watch his football games in peace!!LOL

We hope you all have a WONDERFUL 2009! We are blessed to have all of you in our life!!!

Christmas take 2

2008-12-28T19:36:00.000-08:00

We had our Christmas with my brother and sister in law and nephew yesterday. We had such a nice time, my parents came over and we did our traditional Subway sandwich and my moms homemade macaroni salad (YUMMY!!!). We had a great time, and now I can official say CHRISTMAS IS OVER! Phew, I'm pooped and ready for all the Christmas stuff to come down, I'll be doing that tomorrow after I get home from work.

Auntie and Uncle got the boys some awesome clothes

They got Amanda some great painting supplies, I don't have a picture of Amanda with her painting supplies because she was always holding her baby cousin Jimmy!

Kelly and Bryan were bonding...lol

While Amanda, Cody and I were bonding...lol

Christmas Day was my mom's 70Th birthday, so we celebrated it last night...Happy Birthday Nana! We love you!!!!

And if after everything my brother and sister in law bought the kids wasn't enough, my brother just had to go out and buy the kids Nerf helicopters...he's trying to show Amanda how to control them...he is still such a kid! Nothing wrong with that!

Then he was trying to teach my kids some wrestling tips...LOL When we were growing up we used to LOVE to watch wrestling!

We had such a great day with them, but to be honest, I'm glad that the holidays are over so things can start to get back to normal! I LOVE Christmas, it's my favorite holiday, but when it's all said and done, I'm glad it's over! We had a WONDERFUL holiday with all our family and friends. For those of you that we weren't able to be with, we missed you and hope that next year we can be together! Here is to a great 2008 and an even better 2009!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

2008-12-25T19:50:00.001-08:00

I hope you had as good of a Christmas as we did! I warn you now, there is going to be A LOT of pictures, if you're ready.....here we go!!! LOL

Here is what our house looked like BEFORE the kids got home and they started opening gifts ...
This was Jacob's nice neat pile of gifts from Santa

This was Amanda's (now I know what you are thinking OMG it looks like Amanda has WAY more than Jacob, but behind her presents is a HUGE gift basket that one of my agents gave us! So it's making it look like she got a lot more, but I PROMISE you they ALL got equal amounts!!!

Then we have Cody's presents from Santa...

Then Bryan's main gift...It was driving him CRAZY not knowing what it was. We picked up his gift last night at my parents house and he couldn't even begin to imagine what it was....lol

Then the fun began with them opening all their presents...

Amanda got a lot of makeup, a ton of clothes and a lot of art supplies

Jacob and Cody got a skateboard ramp, tech decks, and a ton of other toys

My Parents were so great to us (like always) and bought each of us an annual pass to Knotts Berry Farm! We can't wait to go!

I think/hope Bryan was excited about his Telescope that we got him!

And then my sweetheart completely spoiled me, he bought me this beautiful diamond necklace and a beautiful diamond bracelet this picture doesn't do the necklace justice!

There was a lot of kissing and smiling going on throughout the day in this house!

Seriously how much cuter can Cody get, his spider man costume and cowboy boots on, oh plus his skateboard gloves my parents gave him! LOL

I just went to check and see what everyone was up to....

Amanda was painting in her bedroom

Cody and Jacob were already in there new jammies, Cody said he was being a soldier in this picture...lol

And then I found my loving man....looking and trying to figure out Star Wars Legos he had started with Jacob....

LMAO he's still out there trying to figure it all out!

Well I sure hope you and your family had as nice of a Christmas as we did here! Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday Mom! We love you all!

From My Family To Yours....

2008-12-24T17:02:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve already! Where has the time gone? I am loving the weather this year, it actually feels like Christmas with it being rainy and cold, it's GREAT! Tonight we are off to have dinner with my parents (Bryan and I), we are going to Claim Jumpers. This is a VERY different year for us. My kids are with their dad tonight and will be coming home tomorrow around 1:00pm. Usually my brother and sister in law come over tonight, but they are going to my sister in laws families. Please say a prayer for my sister in laws dad, he's been battling cancer, so they decided to go and spend this Christmas with her family! Kelly we love you and wish you and your family the most blessed Christmas ever, we'll see you Saturday! So tomorrow is when our Christmas will begin, and I CAN'T WAIT! I am so excited to watch my kids tear into all their gifts and watching the joy on their faces when they see their presents! There is nothing better then seeing all their smiles!!! I LOVE IT!

Well I just wanted to pop on real quick and wish all of you a VERY Merry Christmas, I hope Santa brings all of you everything you want! Are you on his Naughty or Nice list??? LOL Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy your family and friends!!!

Ho Ho Ho

2008-12-20T21:19:00.000-08:00

We have 3 of the most adorable Santa's helpers that live with us...lol

Amanda told me to tell everyone....milk.... it does a body good...lol Isn't she adorable with her milk mustache!! LOL

Jacob looking adorable like always

Then Cody, how can you not smile when you look at him, he's always smiling and making everyone laugh!!!

These were the hats that Nana bought them so they could wear them to school before Winter Break. They all had party's in their class, so they were excited to wear them! Well Amanda didn't have a party, her and the choir were singing for the teachers breakfast.

While our helpers were at their dads this weekend Bryan and I decided to START the wrapping of ALL the gifts from Santa!!! YES I know....I know..... I over did it..... AGAIN!!! But you have to remember I have 3 kids, so YES it looks like a lot and it is, but still it's for 3 kids (did you believe me on that one???!!! LOL )!!! Growing up my family ALWAYS over did it at Christmas, I'm just keeping with the tradition! LOL Just wait until you see the pictures that I will take before the kids open all their gifts!! LOL

Well here is what the living room STILL looks like since we still have a TON of wrapping to do tomorrow!!! LOL LOVE YOU BRYAN!!!!!

Well I'm off to get some sleep so I have some energy to wrap and wrap some more! LOL

Sweet dreams

Fah La La La La

2008-12-16T20:55:00.000-08:00

Well today was a day of singing. Cody started the day with his adorable singing program. They were so cute! Sorry for the blurry pictures I don't know what is wrong with my camera, but I couldn't get any clear pictures today! I know it wasn't just the operator of the camera...lol...Bryan tried to take pictures for me at Amanda's singing program and as you will see they are still blurry! UH I need a new camera, but I guess we'll start first with a new battery. Anyways, here's a picture of my handsome little guy singing his lungs out! LOL

Then tonight we had Amanda's singing program. I know I have told you before but I am SO amazed at how good they are! Amanda is in the advance choir! They sound so beautiful. I love listening to them sing, even Bryan was surprised at how good they were! LOL

Well I wish I had better pictures for you, I'm going tomorrow to get a new battery. In time I want to get a nice camera, not just a point and shoot one, then maybe I can get some really good pictures!! All in time! :)

Christmas in San Diego

2008-12-15T18:22:00.000-08:00

We had a great weekend in San Diego. My cousins live there(Lani, Dick, Alisa, Cam and Bryn), and we went down there to celebrate our Christmas with them. I can't believe Christmas is next week?!?!? How did that happen?? The tree is my cousin Lani's Christmas tree, she always has such a beautiful and big tree. Of course she has the room in her house for this tree too! LOL You would never think that we would be able to fill up all that space under the tree with all of our gifts but we sure do! :) (and that's just Christmas in San Diego, that's not including all the presents from my parents, brother and sister in law and especially from Santa! No my kids aren't SPOILED!!!!! LOL

My parents went down with us, this is my dad aka Papa, bundled up like always, although it was pretty cold down there. They live in Alpine which is up in the mountains for San Diego. It was cold and rainy. So much nicer for this time of year instead of the 90 degree weather we usually have. Just makes it feel so much more like the holidays!

This is Jacob with his Nana aka Kim's mom

We had such a YUMMY dinner, this is our traditional Christmas dinner. Nicole, stop reading for awhile, you don't want to see how BAD I was while I was down there!! LOL Alisa made the most WONDERFUL garlic bread, oh it was so good! I can still taste it!!!

Lani makes the BEST lasagna...MM GOOD!!!!!!!The only kid we were missing in this shot was of my adorable nephew Jimmy. I can't wait to see him and love him up! The little girl is my cousins daughter Bryn. Cody and Bryn always pretend that they are going to get married, and my mom pretends to marry them all the time! LOL

You are NEVER going to believe what my cousins got all of us for Christmas...

OMG I am so excited!!! I couldn't believe that they bought each of us a ticket to Disneyland! YIPPEE I can't wait to go!!!! I seriously think I am more excited then the kids. Cody has never been to Disneyland (I know ....what a bad mom am I???!!!) Thanks again Lani, Dick, Alisa, Cam and Bryn, you will never know just how special of a gift that was to us!

We also have another traditions at Lani and Dick's house when we go down there. On Sunday mornings Lani makes us yummy waffles. Although I don't have a picture of waffles, I do have a picture of my beautiful daughter taking her own picture of herself drinking some yummy hot coco!!! LOL

We had such a GREAT time down there. We always do! Thanks again my buttercups for a wonderful Christmas! We love you

Tomorrow it's off to Cody's singing program at school (hopefully it won't rain on us!) and then tomorrow night Amanda has another singing program! Pictures to come! :) Have a great night!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

2008-12-12T22:00:00.001-08:00

Wow two posts in one night, and it's 10:00pm and I am still awake! LOL Don't anyone fall over, that's a big deal for me these day's...to be up past 9:00 is amazing anymore! LOL

Well tonight we decorated our Christmas tree. The kids were SO excited to decorate it. I was really surprised how excited they got! They LOVED decorating it.....

I think the boys actually enjoyed it more than Amanda did this year. I have always LOVED to decorate my tree with all the ornaments my mom has made us, or the ones that my parents have given my kids, but I think next year we are going to try decorating the tree with bows and balls. I have really started liking the way that kind of tree looks. Bryan is REALLY excited because that's what he's used to. Last year he said something about maybe every other year switching the way we decorated. I almost had a heart attack, I couldn't change my ways.....I guess I love the guy so much that I'm ready to try it his way. Dang now that's in writing and I can't take it back! LOL I told him we needed a HUGE house so that we could have a few trees in the house and decorate them all different ways! LOL I know I'm funny what can I say! LOL

Well we are off to San Diego tomorrow to go have our Christmas with our family down there. It's supposed to be really cold down there, and maybe even a little snow. HOW EXCITING! I hope to have lots of pictures when I come home! Don't miss me too much!!! Off to bed...sweet dreams

FINALLY

2008-12-12T21:11:00.001-08:00

Finally Back....

OK... OK.... Nicole, just for you I am FINALLY going to write something! yikes I didn't know the pressure that I was going to be under when it came to this blog and keeping it up! LOL just kidding. I feel like I haven't even had time to breath this week, it's been a very busy week. On Tuesday December 9, I went with Amanda and her schools choir to Knotts Berry Farm for a singing program. They did such an amazing job, I was so proud! We had a great time.

Aren't there costume/uniforms really nice looking! They are so sparkly, although when the sun was shinning on them it was blinding the poor girls! LOL

Amanda made me go on one of the roller coasters.....

Look really hard at the picture below, you can see Amanda SCREAMING!!! LOL

OOOOH NO she did NOT get me on Boomarang!! Did that once and I will NEVER do it again! LOL I don't know about you, but it seems the older I get the less and less I enjoy roller coasters. Well she finally got me to go on one, and I didn't take a picture of the ride, I just took this one of Amanda and I before I thought I was going to DIE and the ride took off!!!

I was screaming so loud, and I thought for sure that I was going to fall out, even with all the belts they have around you I still felt like I was going to fall out! When we got off the ride one of Amanda's friends said wow I could hear you all the way over here! LOL All in all we had a AWESOME day, and it was so nice to see Amanda hanging out with her friends, and spending some time with all of them! It's a day I will remember forever, and I hope Amanda will do the same!

Hey Look At ME....I did it!!!!

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OMGoodness I finally have my own blog!! I can't believe that I finally did it! I have been stalking (don't be scared of me...I'm friendly... I promise) so many AWESOME blogs for so long, that I thought it was about time I gave it a shot. Well let me tell you a little about myself. I have 3 amazing kids. My daughter Amanda is 13, but she's thankfully not a "normal" 13 year old teenager. She is still a sweet, loving caring funny girl (I reserve the right to change the above statement at anytime! LOL) I have 2 boys, Jacob is my 8 year old. Jacob has so much energy, and is so sweet and funny. Cody is my youngest, he's 6. He has such a mixture of both Amanda and Jacob. He's got a lot of energy, but his also so helpful and loving. He will probably be my attorney! I am a single mom, I have been separated/divorced for 4 years now. It was a long separation/divorce procedure. Thankfully it's over, and now I have this wonderful loving man Bryan in my life. He has never been married, and has no kids ( I have no idea how I found him, but he's all mine!!!). He's GREAT with my kids, they adore him and he's pretty crazy about them as well.

I work as an Office Admin at Prudential California Realty. I was a stay at home mom for 10 years, I miss being a SAHM, especially during the summer, but I am also glad to be working. I get a chance to talk with grown up people!! LOL I hope you will enjoy this blog. Please leave me a comment, I can't wait to get comments!!!! Happy reading.....