I AM SO THANKFUL....

We had a great Thanksgiving at my dad's we got some great pictures that were long over due! Now if I can just get my family to sit still and have one of us all together. We played cards and laughed a lot..for the first time in a long time we were together Gus,Ben , My dad and I it felt so good!! My Uncle Dave made an amazing feast as always!! Brendon spent most of his time on my dad's lap playing with his mustache looking at his whiskers snapping and unsnapping his buttons looking in his shirt pockets (for anyone who know Brendon you know he can not sit still long AT ALL) and helping him play cards.. We had some great laughs and headed home at 7:30 stuffed and ready to sleep.

AND your never going to guess what got done this weekend ~~~

THE BATHROOM well almost I painted it this morning with Hayden And my wonderful Husband textured and finished drywalling got the new flooring done I am so So SO happy I will post some pics soon! well I am gong to get ready now to go to my lovely Heather's house I will close with my Thanksgiving pics ENJOY!

$10 later.......

Well my friend Heather and I are in the process of finding every little way that we can save money. I really wanted and needed a hair cut and color but was really battling myself about spending $65 + on my hair...so my wonderful Heather had just gotten her hair cut and colored it herself at home so what the heck I went for it I met my hair consultant Heather in our local Albertson's picked a color and I think it turned out pretty good. it will lighten up a bit and then I uped it one by having my neighbor Kaitlyn cut it as well HA HA so I got my new look for only $10 and you can't beat that! feels great to save every penny! Oh yeah and there are my cupboards I painted with Kaitlyn's help also what would I do without my friends!

My beautiful Sara

Wanted to share some pictures of my beautiful best friend Sara trying on wedding dresses! what a princess!



the dress
Sara and her mommy! AWWW
Me Sara and Kristeen (sara's other bridesmaid)

the dress!!!
the dress
the dress again
and again (hey can't have to many pictures

Well I have lots to do today but wanted to bring this up to date. I am painting the kitchen !!!! HURRAYY and having fun doing it except when I have to freak out every few minutes reminding 2 very hyper boys to get out and don't hit my drawers. Other than that is went smooth. We had our first 4-H meeting last night it went well after a few meeting place mishaps... we seem to have a great little group of kids and I think it will be a fun year.

When we got home I got the boys to bed and had to take a moment to lay down by my little
Brendon and watch him fall to sleep he is slipping out of my hands and growing into a big boy and it makes you think about what is important I really only have a few little years with my boys and they are such a precious gift that I far to often take for granted. I want nothing more in life than to be a mom. As I watched Brendon fall asleep with his duck that sings wrapped in his arms singing him to sleep I couldn't help but see my little baby laying there and just get wrapped in the moment carrying me back to having my little babies. I miss that and wish I could have more. Maybe some day but I'm not counting on it. They truly are little miracles and precious gifts that come into our life. And I'm grateful for the moments you catch a glimpse of that baby inside that growing and changing little person you love so much! Life gets far to busy sometimes. As I finally peeled myself away from my sleeping angel I peeked up at my other one crashed out from a full day of fun. I can't believe he can read and write and count and do all this

things that just amaze me. At the same time I am so Proud of the person he is becoming. LOL I have a good character test for Hayden the other day that happened on accident. hayden came into the kitchen to inform me and show me teeth marks in his arm and that Brendon had bit him. After thinking for a moment I said well go bite him back so he said okay and ran in there and I hear them wrestling and Brendon scream and then Hayden is back crying I said what's the matter he said I can't do it mom I just can't hurt my little brother I love him to much. I was so proud of him we had to have a group hug and a firm talk with Brendon about not biting and how lucky he is to have a great big brother. I sure love those boys!

TIME SURLY GOES TO FAST FOR A MOTHER'S HEART

A great weekend

We had a wonderful weekend. We have been working on finisihing the bathroom and had planned on finishing it this weekend at least to primer but instead I had my brother Gus over and we played, dug up some trees and did yard work. Stevan's mom and brother Richie came over Saturday to watch Hayden's basketball game. They also brought the boys a new basketball hoop so now they have one of there own, a new basketball, and two new outfits which are really cute. Brendon informed us after trying his on that he looks awesome! LOL We went and watched the game then went out to eat at La Costa. YUM!! Then came home and watched the BSU Game which they kicked BUTT in !!! whoohoo go BSU!! We had a quiet night and it was nice I went to bed very early which was amazing!!

The next day marked 7 years of us being together I don't know where the time went it still seems like yesterday! I sure love that man! He watched the boys while I went and had a wonderful long over due lunch with my best friend Sara! We went to smoky mountain pizza and had a great time we had 1 1/2 nice big beers to wash down our salad, appetizer of these little breads with spinach and artichoke dip which we both agreed we have to figure out how to make, followed by an amazing shrimp penne pasta dish that we split and of course a piece of mile high cheesecake. Nothing like a great food with a great friend!

When I got home we were playing basketball when I got slammed in the face right on the nose with the ball from Stevan OWWW!! and was immediately crying and he is holding me saying i'm so sorry I'm so sorry!! oh my GOSHH!! needless to say I got babied all night it was great and I was pretty certain I was going to wake up to two very black eyes but I didn't thank goodness. Gosh why do boys have to play so rough GEEZE! other than that I am going to go try to get paint to start repainting my kitchen cabinets because the paint is peeling. I'm very excited!

BARGAINS!!!

I love bargains and found a great one today. I had to run to the family dollar store to get craft sticks for the little things I'm making for my Music and Movement class. Well as we approched they had 6 carts full of Halloween stuff marked down 75% (that's just exciting in itself) I could feel the bargain hunter taking over as I started rumaging crazily through them and found costumes for my boys who love to play dress up all year long. They were only $1.25 WHOO HOOO The boys have not taken them off sense we got home. Best $2.50 I've ever spent.

SOCCER

Soccer was very fun this year...Hayden really came out of his shell and I was so proud of him. He had a great coach and we will miss her a lot. Hayden was a great goaly this year. He has informed us all that he wants to try any sport he can.
Basketball started saturday. I was worried for him because he didn't really understand the game yet. But instead of giving up he went home and practiced and practiced and practiced some more. Our neighbor Lisa let us borrow there basaketball hoop which was great! Hayden practied for hours making 99 baskets he finally came in when he's arms were shaking. I am so glad as a mom to see that determination in my son. Basketball is a sport that is not coming easily and nautrally to him like soccer did. He is making sure though that he will do just as good. He is an amazing boy I couldn't ask for more from him. GO GET 'EM TIGER!

THE THINGS KIDS THINK OF!

Lately my little Brendon has just been full of laughs. It seems everything that comes out of his mouth I can't help but roll on the ground laughing and thinking I have to write this stuff down !! So I decided a good way to do this is my blog that way I can share the laughs and remeber later on down the road.

Here we go........

1. MOM I need to watch my movie you know The Bob......The Bob....The BOB you know the guy that works all the time. (Bob the Builder for anyone who didn't guess that)

2. As I am cleaning there room I asked Brendon to help me clean his closet he looks at me with all seriousness and says mom I promise I'm not going to help you. I promise.

3. The boys were fighting yesterday so I told them to be nice and stop it...Brendon precedes to then push Hayden aas he yells as politley as he can EXCUSE ME!!!!! ( sorry buddy manners do not make pushing okay)

4. This morning he wakes up and says mom my stomache is hurting I'm thinking oh no here comes the flu or something then he says it needs pancakes as he looks up at me and begins to smile....by the way he's fine! little stinker.

5. Yesterday the boys got in trouble for splashing in the bath so I told them they couldn't take a bath today...so Brendon comes in cryiing a little and syaing mommy mommy i'm thinking uh oh did he get hurt...NO he says I'm so cold I think I'm gonna have to take a bath...I'm beginning to think this kid runs the show around here!! LOL

Well hope you enjoyed my Brendon stories he's always there for you when you need cheering up!