Orphan

Has anyone seen this movie? Anth and I watched it last night, and I was seriously creeped out!!! Anth started to fall asleep at first, but then this creepy little girl did something so off the wall that he ended up sitting straight up. It was one of those jump out of your seat, cover your mouth in disgust kind of creepy shows. To top it off it had a crazy, don't know how someone could think of that kind of twist at the end. If you watch it, or already have let me know what you think. Maybe I am just a sissy, but I really don't think that is the case with this. I had to watch something funny when it was over to get out of the dark mood it put me in!

On a brighter note...I hope everyone has a great Halloween! We are going to my sister's to paint pumpkins with the kids, do a few games and then go trick-or-treating. Can't wait to see everyone's pictures once they update their blogs with their fesitive nights events :)

Goofy kids

After playing outside for a little bit, and getting wet and cold Syd, Dom and Gabe came in to drink hot chocolate and warm up. This is how the little goofballs drank it....

LOL you would think it would be easier to just pick up the cup, but apparently not!

Are you kidding me???

I can't stand snow, so I am definitely not thrilled that it snowed the last 2 days. The first day it didn't stick out here in Stansbury, but last night it did. I love Christmas and all the other great holidays during winter, but I would prefer to still be looking at the green grass during those holidays. I know I am in the wrong state to complain about winter, and I would do something about that but there's one tiny problem...I won't leave my mom! Yes I am a mommy's girl. I won't even move to Salt Lake, because as far as I'm concerned it would be too far from my mom. Nope, Stansbury is plenty far for me. So needless to say I am stuck in this disgusting, cold weather that I can't stand. I think snow is pretty before it turns all brown and slushy and gross, but I could admire all that prettiness in a picture and be perfectly happy!

Raking leaves = fun for kids

Saturday morning we went to my parents house to drop off some glasses that Anth had picked up for my dad. While we were there my mom offered us breakfast, and my dad somehow convinced the kids it would be really fun to rake leaves lol He made a contest out of it, and rewarded them with money, treats and a new big glitter bouncy ball each. In the end my dad had 4 bags less of leaves to rake, and in their yard they have some many leaves that EVERY bag counts (My mom said they do at least 50 bags a year). It was a win/win situation for them all! Dom keeps asking when they can go back and rake more leaves, so they can get more prizes from Papa.

What a rip off!!!!!

Last night there was a little bit of an incident....Dom was at my sister's house playing with my nephew and apparently SOMEONE threw rocks at her back window in her car, and it was shattered. The frustrating part is that neither of them have the same story, so we are both having to pay for it. While we were there helping her clean up she called a company called Safelite about fixing it for her, and the original quote they gave her was $409!!! She put him on hold for a few to talk to us about it, and when she got back to him she said that was a lot of money and we were going to check around a few other places. So what does the guy say..."Well I can give it to you for $370" Um excuse me if it's that easy to lower the price why don't they just start off with that! They think that they can just screw people out of an extra $40 basically, and that nobody is going to question it. Unfortunately this crooked company happens to be the least expensive, so we are going to go with them but I think it's BS that companies can screw people like that! Maybe we should all start saying things cost too much, and we can get a lower price that easily.

Looks like someone is getting smarter

I heard today that the government is considering having sex ed classes available that the parents can choose whether they want their kids to learn abstinence or safe sex. It's a definitely a good compromise since everyone has their own opinions on the matter, so I really hope they follow through with it.

Pumpkin Walk

Me, Anth and my sister took the kids to the Pumpkin Walk out here this past weekend. They all had tons of fun, and loved getting dressed up. We also went with Anth's Aunt Tammy, Nikki and her 2 girls. The only part I didn't like was when someone stole Dom's candy bag :( It had his candy the booths were handing out, the stuff he won paying games and a few extra little treats we bought him. Some people are just rude!!! The kids were all nice and shared their candy with him, and Anth went and bought him a new whoopie cushion so he wouldn't be sad though. Afterwards we went to La Frontera to eat. YUMMY!!! Here's a pic of all the kids dressed up. Syd is a honeybee, Dom is the Demon of War (his eyes light up red), Gabe is Jason and we decided to dress Tasia and Havyn up together this year so they are both pirates. Tasia says she is a princess pirate. We got tons of compliments on how cute they all looked :)

Proud mama!!!

I got a phone call from the kids principal yesterday, and apparently she asked all the teachers to nominate someone in their class to receive a special call home from her and Dominic was nominated by his teacher!!! She said she loves having Dominic in her class. He follows all the rules, and reminds his peers to do the same. He is always on task, and does what he's asked as soon as he's asked. There was a bunch of other positive stuff, and she is going to send the note home for me to have. I am so proud of my little man for doing so good! When he first started school I was a little worried, because Dominic has a bit of a temper but I guess I don't need to worry anymore. Anth and I must be doing something right in raising these kids. Keep up the good work buddy! Mom and Dad are very proud of you :)

It's going to be one of THOSE days!

Tasia woke up at 630 this morning, and she's my sleep in until 10 child. She has done nothing but cry and whine. She doesn't want to do anything for herself when she is perfectly capable, and usually doesn't want anyone to do anything for her. It just so happens that all of this has been going on while I am trying to get the house cleaned up. I've done quite a bit already, but I think the rest is going to have to wait because my baby wants me to cuddle with her and that is definitely more important. I just hope the whining stops. I don't care very much for whining and crying when kids are old enough to communicate without it. Hopefully she will take a nap after lunch, and she will be my happy little sweetheart again.

Just me rambling again

Going to the haunted house this past weekend has really put me into the Halloween spirit. I loved it! Of course I was freaked out (especially when my husband left me in the maze!), but it was a lot of fun. I decided to keep up the spirit a little and make some Halloween cupcakes. We did them last year too, and the kids had a lot of fun so I'm thinking it's a tradition I am going to keep up. Just like last year though my eyes were bigger than my stomach, and I made WAY too many. I wanted chocolate and vanilla ones, so I now I have 35 cupcakes sitting on my counter waiting to be decorated. Anybody want some lol Hayley and Melissa I know neither of you are very far away, so come on over and take a few off my hands!

Now for the interesting haunted house story. I guess it's not that interesting, but some parts were pretty funny. Like when we pulled into the parking lot and my sister tells us all "I am NOT going in there! I will wait for you guys in the car, but I refuse to go in there!" Obviously we weren't going to let that happen. It felt like we were never going to get in there, because there was like 3 different areas that were lines waiting to get in. There were probably 4 mazes which I hate. One of them happened to be in the area with clowns, and my poor sister is scared of clowns so since she was acting freaked out of course they targeted her. Then there was the maze in the insane asylum where Anth left me!!! It was this really close closed in maze that was just a bunch of white walls with white sheets hanging down and people hiding in corners, and Anth turned off from our group and went another way so I lost him. I attached myself to his friend until we found him, because I wasn't about to wander through that thing alone. We had lost my sister and a few others from our group in there too. When we finally met up with Anth again Kass's girlfriend got scared by one of the people and shoved all of us backwards. My hand was being ground into the corner of the wall with the weight of 3 people on it. I seriously thought it was going to break! It hurt really bad, and still does. They had the infamous chainsaw, and those freak me out the worst. I don't know why, but just something about that thing coming at you is creepy! Oh and lets not forget about the very end where they walls were like squishy balloon type things that you had to push through, and you felt like everything was closing in around you. I am claustrophobic, so I didn't do so well with that. If there had been any other way out I would have taken it, because I didn't think I was ever going to get out of it and I couldn't breathe! Kass's girlfriend actually got so scared she took him down in one of the rooms. It was a room that was suppose to be based on the exorcist. Reagan was hiding in the corner, and she jumped out at Ginger. When Ginger grabbed Kass they both fell to the ground and she was freaked out so bad it took them a minute to get up LOL I could probably go on forever about it since it took 45 minutes to get through, but I am sure you've heard enough already.

Oh and I did get my extensions on Friday, and I love them! They are a little more high maintenance than I thought, but it's worth it. They are long!!! They are almost to the small of my back when they are straight. I have to curl them though to blend them in with my hair since my hair is so short. I will post pictures soon. I just suck at taking pictures of myself :(

Random thoughts about the next few days, and a little about crazy toddlers

Oh to be a toddler again lol At the moment I am watching Tasia and Havyn play with my skeleton hand towel. They are pretending it's biting them, screaming and then laughing their little butts off. How would it be to be so easily entertained! I think these 2 have a love/hate relationship with each other. They play together really well until (like just now) 1 of them gets mad then they beat each other up for a minute until 1 of them decides they've had enough. Then they cry it out, tell each other sorry, give each other loves and continue playing. Yes I refree them so neither 1 really gets hurt, but if I jumped into every fight they had I would be doing nothing but breaking up fights. Plus I am one of those parents who thinks kids need to be able to solve their own problems without me jumping in every time. Like I said I don't let it get to the point where they really hurt each other or anything, but I don't jump into every little tiny issue.

I am currently sitting here waiting for the mail to come, because I am anxious for my extensions to get here. My sister said if they come she will do them tomorrow for me! The last 2 packs we ordered were here on the 3rd day from when they were shipped which for this order would be today. I can hope right! It's going to be a long process to put them in. We have to dye my hair to match the extensions (we went with a dark brown), and after that's done we have to attach 200 little things of hair to sections of my hair. From what I have heard it takes like 4 or 5 hours. So that will be my whole Friday night if we do. Anth gets the exciting task of keeping track of kids while we do it. He's thrilled lol

Saturday night we are going out to dinner with my sister, her friend Stephanie and Stephanie's friend Jeremy and then heading to the haunted house. I think we have decided to go with Nightmare on 13th. It's suppose to be ranked 1 of the best in the nation, so it better be good! To be honest with you though I am such a chicken that it could probably some ridiculously cheesy haunted house and I would get freaked out. Wish me luck!

On another note we have an extra day this weekend to relax, and I am excited. Anth gets Monday off for Columbus Day. I love his days off! I love just relaxing and spending time with him doing absolutely nothing. It doesn't happen very often, so I like to take advantage of it when it does.

October is...

...one of my favorite months, because I LOVE Halloween and fall. That's not what this post is about though. October is also Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence awareness month. My mom recently had a scare with breast cancer, so it made me realize even more than before the importance of getting your mammograms religiously. I'm not at that age quite yet, but I will definitely make sure I do what I need to so I can make sure I am safe. I hope all of you do the same. Don't gamble with your life by not having your checkups.

I know there isn't any checkup you can do to be aware of domestic violence, but you can watch for signs that people you know might be being abused. You can also step in if you see something happening in public. I can't tell you how grateful I was when people would stop and ask if I was ok when "neighbor boy" was threatening me in public. It always scared him off enough that at least for the rest of the day I was safe from whatever he was doing to me. Some signs of domestic violence are...

*Becoming withdrawn from the people you used to be close to
*A major change in personality
*Only spending time with the "abuser"
*Withdrawing yourself from family
*Wearing clothes that hide bruises (long sleeve shirts in the summer for example)
*A change in confidence
*Giving up activities that are important to you

....I'm sure you can probably think of more, but that's good for now. Please don't hesitate to confront someone if you feel they are being abused. They might not tell you the truth, but at least they know you care and that if they do ever want to talk to someone about it they know you are there. Don't ever give up on someone who is being abused either. All that will do is make them feel more isolated and worthless. I want everyone who stuck by my side, even though I wasn't such a good friend through all those years, to know that I love and appreciate every single one of them. The fact that they were there for me no matter what is what gave me the strength to finally get out of such a horrible situtation.

Extensions!!!

That's right I am getting extensions! I love long hair, but unfortunately my hair is way too thin to be able to wear it long. My sister needs to pratice some different kind of extensions they have that are held in with micro links, and I have been her guinea pig with new hair styles and stuff for as long as I can remember so I am going to be again! I'm pretty excited. We ordered the hair at an outlet online, so it didn't cost me very much at all. The 1st 2 packs I ordered came yesterday, but they didn't seem like very much so we had to order some more. They should be here by the end of the week, and then we are going to schedule a time to put them in. It'll definitely be a big change, because I have had short hair for a few years now. The only time I can stand change is when it's with my hair, so it'll be good lol I will post a picture once we get them put in :)

Haunted Houses

This coming Saturday Anth, myself and some friends are all getting together to go to a haunted house. The dang things freak me out, but I think they are fun and since I haven't been since Syd was probably a year old I figured I can suck it up and go. I don't even know what ones they have anymore, or where they are. Has anyone been to any good ones that they can suggest??? All I can say is that I will definitely be making Anth walk in front of me, because I really am a big chicken. I don't want to be at the back of the group though lol I am very picky about it. It should be interesting! My sister is freaked out by them too, so we should be lots of fun to go with :)