Remember When

As I mentioned, I'll be putting an older picture of us up every month. This month, in honor of it being the birthday of the Marine Corps (November 10th) I decided to post this picture of us at the last Marine Corps Ball we went to. Every year they have a ball to celebrate. Each battalion has their own and it is so great. This was in November of 2006. We wanted to go in 2007 but I was over eight months pregnant so this was our last one. Semper Fi!!

Halloween

We had such a great day on Halloween. Weston was absolutely adorable. He didn't even mess with his costume. I didn't take a picture before we left the house so this was as good as it got. We saw Sarah and Lynn and their girls who were adorable. Hallee was a queen and Hannah was Hannah Montana. Since it was also Dad's birthday we went to my parent's house for dinner and then went trick-or-treating with Amy and her kids and Miss and Makoy. 

We took this picture in front of a giant pumpkin/scarecrow guy. And yes...Kaden did drop Weston right after this picture. He's tough though! Makoy was a dinosaur and got hoarse from screaming "roar!" so much. It was cute. Kaden was a power ranger and took his role very seriously. Emma was Mulan. At one of the houses the guy who gave them candy said, "oh look, a Japanese girl" and Emma goes, "No, I'm Mulan". It was cute. =) 

Earlier in the day we watched all FIVE of Jakob's boys for two hours while he went grocery shopping and we had SO much fun. Lunch time was a bit hectic but after that we went to the park and then walked to a park in a neighborhood by us. They climbed trees (Tyrel made it to the VERY top of one that was huge), played on the swings and monkey bars, and rolled down a huge hill. All the while they were doing this Weston was pushing his stroller everywhere, crying every time he came to a bump and couldn't get past it. They were all so adorable and it was fun to watch them. Mark and I think maybe we could handle six! Well...maybe just for a few hours at a time. =)

Carving Pumpkins and Cupcakes

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

(and happy birthday Dad!)

We carved a pumpkin yesterday and had lots of fun. Weston didn't like the goop though and started crying after we put his hand in. You can see it in this picture.

He kept trying to figure out how to get the goop off his hands.

Mark made me do the face because he knew he wouldn't do it "good enough" for me. =) I was concentrating pretty hard but still ended up giving our guy a loose tooth!

The finished product!

I made eyeball cupcakes this morning for all the nieces and nephews. Hopefully they'll like them. I love the end of the year with all the fun holidays!

Mmm...sour cream

On Sunday Weston managed to get a hold of the spoon I had used to put sour cream on my baked potato for dinner before I cleared the table. By the time I noticed, this was what we were left with. He was going to town on the spoon. Apparently he doesn't have the same aversion to sour cream that his dad does! I guess I'm going to have to remember that he's tall enough to reach even MORE places now!

If you look closely you can see he managed to get it on his hand too.

My little rascals

Last week when Weston destroyed the contents of his dresser he wasn't quite finished. A couple days later I went to check on him while he was playing with toys in his room (so I thought) and found this. He was so happy to be in the bottom drawer! He was pulling on the one above him, trying to make a ladder or something I suppose.

On Saturday morning Mark somehow managed to get Weston to just sit with him and watch a show together for a little bit. It was so cute. Weston never sits still so it was a rare treat for Mark. He was resting his head on Mark's shoulder but of course, as soon as I break out the camera he's always striking a pose so it didn't last long after I took this picture.

Another tag - but better

I'm supposed to tell seven random/weird things about myself and be creative. So here goes:

1. When I was little and rode my bike around our driveway I obsessively had to go right the same exact number of times that I went left. Do you see why I'm always mentioning my OCD?

2. I used to work for a business real estate company in California. I've sent things to Bill Gates and have seen paychecks for over a million dollars!

3. I almost drowned when I was three years old. My sister Becky jumped into the creek and saved me before I got washed down stream.

4. I used to be really good at impersonations. Some of my personal favs include: Ross Perot, Mrs. Butikofer (8th grade teacher), and of course Chris Farley. I live in a van down by the river!

5. My biggest fear is that someone will be standing behind me in the mirror when I'm washing my face. Miss and I used to keep watch for each other. It still freaks me out...especially since my husband and brother-in-law have taken advantage of their knowledge of this fear. Meanies.

6. I only had to push for ten minutes when I had Weston. And they say your first is the hardest!

7. This year was the first time in two years I got to enjoy a primary program and not stress about having to put it together! It was great. Being primary president is just about as stressful as it gets!

So I'm supposed to tag seven people but I don't wanna...if you read this and want to do it, I tag you. =)

I got tagged...twice

8 Things

8 things I'm obsessed with right now:

1. Family

2. Teaching Weston to stand/walk

3. Blogging

4. Cleaning 

5. Reading

6. Spending time with old friends

7. Finishing my "book" - more like a big journal of my life story so far

8. Did I say blogging already?

8 words or phrases I use often:

1. No

2. Mommy said no

3. No, no, no!

4. I love you so much

5. I know, right?

6. Seriously

7. Are you stinky?

8. Are you hungry?

8 shows I love to watch: (we actually don't have TV but these are some of the shows I watch online or used to watch)

1. House

2. Life

3. The Office

4. American Idol

5. So You Think You Can Dance

6. Next Food Network Star

7. Friends

8. The Mole

8 things I did yesterday:

1. Laundry

2. Made dinner (spaghetti)

3. Changed diapers

4. Fed Weston

5. Worked on my "book"

6. Went to dinner and a movie

7. Cleaned my house

8. Played with Fussy

8 Favorite Places to Eat

1. Home

2. Anyone else's house 

3. Sizzler

4. California Pizza Kitchen =( We need one in ID!

5. We really don't eat out much

6. So this is hard for me

7. To come up with 8 places

8. That I like to eat at

8 things I'm looking forward to

1. Owning a home

2. Weston walking

3. Having another baby (not an announcement folks)

4. Our trip to Brazil in December

5. Halloween

6. Thanksgiving

7. Christmas

8. Weston and Mark's birthday

8 things on my wish list

1. House

2. New wardrobe

3. New car (or at least one with power locks!)

4. Cruise

5. More room in my apartment

6. To be free of school debt

7. To go back to school

8. A better job for Mark

8 people I tagged:

1. Sarah

2. Becky

3. Mom

4. Alise

5. Danielle

6. Amanda

7. Jill

8. Natalie

Mischevious with a capital "M"

I know I've been posting like crazy this month but I had to share this. This morning I was preparing my sunday school lesson in the living room and Weston was playing in his room. I must have been really focusing because as I was almost done I realized it was WAY too quite. Any mom knows that quiet is the best sound in the world...but only when your kid is asleep. So I go back in his room and this is what I found.

Let's assess the situation here: In the upper right hand corner you can see patches of baby powder, the bottle is on it side in the chair, which also has patches of powder. (And yes, I know it's my fault for leaving it open.)

He's playing with a DVD which he slid from the living room into his room. He seems to prefer Iron Man. He gets it out all the time. Good taste in movies already. You can vaguely see the other one behind him. He takes two and slides on them as he crawls to go faster.

His entire pants drawer is emptied, as you can see. There was nothing on the floor before he went in there. So yes, he created all this mayhem single handedly. 

And last but not least, the look on his face of complete satisfaction on his face. It's like I walked in his room and he wanted to say, "Look Mom, I made this for you today." In the future, I just hope it's a drawing or something.