Sunday, September 28

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

The birthday continues...added at the bottom...
I'm 27!!!
My Bday so far...First I got a wonderful Twilight package on Thursday from Ape and Steph, thank you girls couldn't wait for today to open so I opened it as soon as I got it!...Then on Friday I got a cute little cube flower arrangement from mom and dad delivered to my door, so nice!...Friday and Saturday was crazy cause we had the Malcom kids overnight so we had a total of 7 kids at McDonalds, Dollar Tree and to the park...crazy but the kids had a blast, they really do get along so well...Now it's Sunday and Josh is really taking me out this Friday to celebrate so I didn't think much about today as far as being treated like a princess cause it's Sunday and mommy has to do A LOT! but then there's Josh...so today Tami calls me at 7:20ish am and I answer... "Sarah is sick can u do singing time?"...sure...so I tell Josh, you have Noah today at church cause I'll be running back and forth from Primary and YW's...but I'm up for it cause I get a break from Noah at church-he's not the best baby at church...anyways, after another crazy Sunday morning of just getting dressed, teeth brushed? hair combed? breakfast? 'no we haven't had breakfst yet?" "oh well, grab a piece of toast then" I'm so mean, but seriously we are 2-3 minutes late every Sunday...So church was church but we come home and I walk in to what I expect to be the same mess from the weekend, not too bad but we did have a housefull and my hair bow crafts were scattered all across the kitchen table...but what I saw when walked was clean counters, table top, vacuumed carpets clean family room and the sound of a sishwasher and laundry going...I ask Josh did the maid come??? Nope, Josh ditched Church with Noah in tow (since you don't get much out of church w/ Noah around anyway) and he cleaned up the downstairs for me, we then made lunch together which I like best and then me and Lexi took an afternoon nap, love taking naps with the cutest girl ever...Now it's after my nap and the house is still clean and the boys are folding their own laundry so mommy doesn't have to and so I decide to check Blogs and I read my mom's cute little story of when I came down to Earth...Mom's story so sweet...So our plan this Friday is to go to Cheescake Factory, redeem my gymbucks, buy my purse after I decide and get my new cell phone...then maybe to urban outfitters and the mall shopping...my favorite all with out kids...thank you Teresa for offering to watch them for the evening...
Updated...
So now it's dinner and dessert...we had left over pizza, pasta and a fresh salad...then we sit down and the family let's me choose the movie...Enchanted...while we were watching I had two visitors...first some of the YW, and leaders singing Happy Birthday and cotton candy that Avery made for me and my family...then a little later my friend Brooke stops by with a bag of spa goodies and home made cookies, then Josh made us all banana sundaes...thank you all for making my birthday so great, I truly have great friends and family...so blessed!

Wednesday, September 24

You only have 'Ocean Friends'

So here is the story behind our little ocean friends...

So Grandma Lang got us our babies their first excersaucer which had cute little ocean toys on it...Josh and I started calling the huge entrapment toy 'ocean friends', which then turned into "they only have ocean friends" which still lives on even though our 'ocean friends' is long gone...we still let it live on as we tease our children with how they only have 'ocean friends'...Josh says that's why he had kids, to tease, why else! Love it...so there you go...now you can be our ocean friends too!

Dalen chomping on his ocean friends...

Deveon hangin' with his only ocean friends

Who remembers 'Ocean Friends' Leave a thought if you do...

Tuesday, September 23

"Why, where'm I going?"

Lexi: "Mommy that looks like Marble"
she points out as we pass an at&t store

(Marble Ultra XBOX demo game that Dalen and Deveon play ...the Marble ball looks like the at&t ball...)

Mommy: "oh yeah, Lexi, it does, you're right..."(laughing) "your'e so cute Lex, I'm gonna miss you when you grow up"

Lexi:"why mommy, where'm I going?"

Mommy:(laughing again,) "well nowhere Lexi, but I'm just gonna miss the things you say when your all big and grown up"

Lexi:"But I'm already big"

Mommy:"Well when you're a mommy like me"

Lexi:"when I can drive and your'e a little girl in the car seat?"

Mommy:"well I won't be little, we'll both be mommies and we'll be friends..."

Lexi:"Best Friends!"

So Sweet...

Monday, September 22

Vote for handbags

Note: I have replaced handbag B since no one voted for it anyway and I didn't really like it after a while, I have also replaced handbag E, I like this one better, thanks Steph...I have also extended the voting til next Thursday, since that's when I will get to buy it...



A





B


Macys.com - Mark ecko (comes in purple too.)







C




JCP.com - Hype










D




JCP.com - Nicole Miller





E







E has changed, thanks to Steph for finding lulu.com

Sunday, September 21

Fold your arms...

Dressed for Church




Today was our Primary Program and the boys had been practicing their parts for the last two weeks everytime we were in the car...Here they are saying their lines before church this morning:

Dalen CTR 6

"I want to serve a mission too, but first I need to prepare myself. I will show my faith in Jesus Christ by being baptized and confirmed. In Doctrine and Covenants it says: and their children shall be baptized for the remission of their sins when eight yrs old and receive the laying on of the hands."

Deveon CTR 5

"I love our Prophet, President Monson, He teaches me to read and pray"

In front of Church in Sunday Best...sooo cute...


Deveon For President

Primary Room



Noah won't go to sleep for Mommy or Daddy during Sunday School but always falls asleep for any of the YW who hold him during third hour...Here he is with babysitter MissKenzie and Bailee during YW's...

Noah's new tricks

Crawl Noah Crawl

Noah's Army Crawl

Noah crawls around upstairs when I'm up here, won't go near the stairs...he looked so cute today in his overalls that both boys wore before him...


Noah up from his nap on Sunday, getting ready to play with some toys here in the office...Such a cute lil grin...

mini BFF's

Lexi and Noah have already made friends before school has even begun...Lexi calls Sarah, Ella and Natalie (below)her best friends...
At the park with Sarah and Ella...Mini BFF's



XOXO for her best friend Ella...Lexi loves playing with her friend Natalie, they love getting into lotion and make-up...girlie-girls...




Waiting for Dalen and Deveon to get out of school...
Noah BFF is Adam (Sarah's lil bro-or should I say big bro)...they are two months apart and love hangin together...








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Saturday, September 20

Got Gymbucks?

So I got Lexi some cute stuff for Fall at Gymboree from their Fall Forest line during their baby sale see here
and of course got a gymbuck...here is the new line for the gymbuck redemption...it's their Holiday line, already...

Gymboree's new line

Tuesday, September 16

Family Night/FHE

I bought this book at TOFW and I am so glad I did, I have used it every Monday Night since...super easy...it seriously has a page and half of a simple summary of the principle or lesson being taught, a scripture and song to go along and that's it...It takes us like 10 minutes to get thru the lesson, song and scripture and for the activity I givethe kids each a Friend magazine and they look thru it to find a picture of what our lesson was about and they all take turns to share...Then Daddy is in charge of dessert...Last night we had ice cream and oreos...the week before we had an ice cream shake...super easy...
Keepin' it Simple!

Sunday, September 14

Baby Books

I have updated my scrapbook site...Over the next few months I hope to have all my scrapbooks online for all to see...
Click here to see my pages...

Friday, September 12

Summer of Deveon

So Deveon has enjoyed his time off from school since he's been off track...but all good things must u know what...Today, he layed around all morning in his jammies and when I told him to take a shower and get dressed he looked at me and said "Why do I have to do all these things" "my belly hurts" so he took a little nap and then finally got dressed at around 11:45 am...Seriously Deveon's days have consisted of playing Marble for hours, doing one chore, training for his race in July, and punching Daddy...What a life...Monday will be a shock...

Thursday, September 11

The Human Face

Dig Noah Dig

This was too cute

Noah exploring Deveon's face

"I won a cheeseburger"

Don't mean to brag, but... So I pick up Dalen up from school and during my drilling of questions, Dalen mentions he got a 'reward' today... puzzled, I ask "oh, what kind?" "Well I didn't get the attendance one like some kids got cause I've missed some school, but it has an in-n-out paper on the back and I won a cheeseburger..." So after doing some mom fishing, I realize his school had their first awards assembly for the year and Dalen received some kind of 'reward'...we get home and I open up his backpack and there's nothing in there, Dalen has forgotten his folder at school (second time this year) we drive back to school, get it, talk to Ms. H...realize I must've not gotten her postcard reminder in the mail (cause I seriously check the mail like once a week)...Dalen received the Citizenship Award for his class...I am very proud, his teacher says he is very kind and helpful to his classmates and is a great follower of the school rules...Love him...So tomorrow were going to in-n-out to get his cheeseburger since it's minimum day... yummo!

R.I.P.

This actually makes me kinda sad, Josh and I are selling his old ride and we just listed it on Craigs...He bought this car right off his mission and we've got some good memories of this car...RIP little Mits...hope you find a good home...:(...I learned to drive stick and Dalen and Deveon came home in this car from the hospital...We dated in this car and drove down many times and had the trunk full of Christmas presents and even spun out on the grapevine in the rain...while preggo w/ Deveon...scary...Good times and bad...I don't why I am getting all sappy about this...I just feel sad...
See Josh's new ride:) click here

Monday, September 8

TOFW

Tami and I went to TOFW (Time Out for Women put on by Deseret book) this past Friday and Saturday and had a great time...just wanted to share a snippet of one of the artists that we heard from...Kenneth Cope...kind of a goofball but what a great voice...My favorite speaker was Mary Ellen Edmunds...very funny lady...refers to Satan as 'What's his no face' since he is bodyless...just one of her many quirky observations on life...After it was over on Saturday late afternoon, Erick and Josh took us out to dinner with all six bambinos to On the Border and then we let them have there 'Time Out for Men' which was a long game of uninterrupted Warcraft...we are sooo nice...I guess we had been spiritually fed all weekend...Does that count for Church?



Saturday, September 6

Hello Cool September

Goodbye Hot August
Hello Cool September
We had lots and lots of fun in August but it's time to say so long, see you next year! These Pix were taken last fall (2007) outside Daddy's work so I thought they were appropriate for our Goodbye to Hot August and Hello to Cool September.
Things we are looking forward to this Fall:
Costumes and Candy
Apples and Pumpkins
Wind and Leaves
Sweaters and Boots
Yummy Holiday Food
Happy Fall (Soon)

Frezzzz-noooo

So Josh took a business hop for three days to Fresno and we all came with...Hotel, meals and Gas covered, free vacay! for me and the kids neway...but Josh was off everyday at 2:30 so he at least got to enjoy some of the day...We went and visited the Fresno Temple which is a small temple so it was right there behind a local LDS church bldg...We love visitng different Temples when we can...they are truly a gift from God...





I don't know why Fresno exists cause it had nothing as far as outdoorsy stuff or cool landmarks but we think it's cause it's halfway between Sacramento and LA...but what Fresno does have is great Shopping and great Restaurants...I finally got to go to a Crazy 8 store and also visited Anthro, a Super Walmart, Target and both malls...We ate at Famous Dave's and BJ's and went swimming at the luxurious day spa Hamption Inn and Sweets!

Love this store...almost as much as Gymboree but more than Children's Place...
Click on pic to visit...

Hey, we've been busy...

Our end of August Journal:

Monday August 25th
California State Fair, It was hot and hot and did I mention Hot?
My batteries went out on me as uszzz...so this was the only picture I got from the event...but it was the cutest picture ever!!! Noah drinkin a Capri Sun, Did I tell u it was Hot???The kids had a great time ridin' the rides and pettin the animals, they even had a kangaroo...weird...we had a good day...Moving on...

Wed August 27th

Since Noah will be turning 1 this December he decided he'd better practice diving into some cak so he will be ready come December 4th...His friend Kyle turned a year and they had a cake for anyone 2 and under to chow down on... That day was also hot! beginning to hate August...Kyle the bday boy...cake...feet...nice...



I am proud to say I have been in the kitchen again a little more these days...One night I made fajitas with some yummy peppers from our friends The Malcoms garden...They were yummy...Thank you Doug and Teresa for sharing your garden with us...

Greeds:
Chicken
Black beans
spanish style rice (from a box)
bell peppers and onions sauted and tortillas of course...


Friday August 29th

We also found a new park here in EG that has water sprays all day long and it's free!!! Kids liked it, here's Dev our mountain climber...and Lexi our lil' fish!


Monday Sept 1st Happy Labor Day to Josh...and Infinity...

G35...need I say more...