See what you're missing?

This is what you miss when you don't have children who wake you up before 5am in the morning. We are going for our 2nd morning of early rising and I am afraid I am going to hit a wall about 3pm today...we'll be turning on a movie. We even tried taking Sunday naps/book time in your room yesterday..it didn't work! And at 6:30pm they were still going strong, we finally reverted to the strap them in the car so they can't move and they go to sleep method! Too bad I still had to go to a Presidency meeting at 8pm. Luckily the SUNRISE out my kitchen window made it worth it.

Happy Halloween...almost a week later!

So somehow the past month has just passed us by. May be it's been more like the last 2 or 3. I really can't believe that it is November. The girls all planned on being witches but with all the parties we went to...4 in total! They decided to change costumes for each new occasion. Lyndie even wore the clown costume I wore as a little girl to the soccer game on Halloween day. Halloween night she insisted on wearing a pull-up which she really doesn't need, and hasn't worn since last february, and I told her only babies wear them and so she went and put on her pajamas and said she was going as "pajama girl" she wore her cowboy boots with her pajamas, unfortunately I didn't get a photo of that one but by the time we went trick-or-treating she changed back into the piglet costume.

Our last few months have been filled with school....Lainey now stays for lunch, they just started this week, and constantly wants to have a friend over to play! Malia goes to school two days a week, she loves it but always shed a few fake tears and a don't leave me...it's just a control thing! Her class just hatched eggs and they now have 11 baby chicks in their classroom. Lyndie and I go to a mommy and me class twice a week although with her very runny nose and cough she has battled the last few weeks we've missed several days. She was very excited to go to her school today.

The 2 big girls are playing soccer. This week is their last game. Lainey is really into it and we think could turn out to be a really good player. She loves to get the ball and unfortunately often takes out her own teammates to take the ball down the field. Malia is a bit more timid on the field but keeps on running and smiling. The last few weeks she has really improved and almost made a goal this last week! Malia did learn to ride her bike last week. It's still a work in progress but she is coming along.

Lyndie keeps us laughing with the things she says. The other day while we were driving she says to me, "I don't like boys, cause they pee outside." Then the next day she says, "Boys have licorice bums. They pee outside. Hannah doesn't have a licorice bum" And then she proceeds to go through all the little girls she knows and says that they don't have licorice bums. I have no idea where she came up with "licorice bum" concept.

Our house is finally under real construction! The outside shell went up in less than a week. It was amazing to see it happen! I keep thinking if we didn't have to give part of it up for a garage I could have one of those big houses like in UTAH. But I am really grateful for the space that will be ours and especially my new bathtub...Justin knows how I love to read and soak and got me this sweet tub!

We've taken a few trips to Disneyland in the last few months...got to use those passes while we have them. Luckily none of them have been repeats of the trip in August when Lainey had a febrile seizure as we were leaving and she and I had to leave in an ambulance....that was one expensive trip...we're still paying for it, the joys of being self-employed.

It's finally starting to feel a bit like fall, although we did go to the outdoor pool just last week. The nights and mornings are chilly now and the girls frequently ask for hot chocolate.

I have stayed up way too late...we're still all adjusting to the time change. The waking hour is now before 6am at our house. Aahhhhh! And NO, no one takes naps!

Headache...

I was just complaining to my sister that I had a headache that won't go away and she says,

"I have been having them too."

And then she continued with, "You would too if you had my life!"

I told her I just had to blog that one.

With which she responded, "I don't even have time to blog anymore...I am all for making my kids smart but the whole homework thing is just way too much. May be I can blog on Fridays...there is no homework on Fridays."


Okay may be you didn't think it was funny...but I sure did.

General Conference

So I am really excited for conference this weekend...the girls are getting bigger and able to understand so much more. I really want to make it meaningful for them so I have been scouring the internet for ideas...just thought I would share some that I have found.


A conference wall...I am definitely going to do this one, I plan on having the girls help me cut some pictures out of our old Ensigns tomorrow to make our pages.

This is the apostle song, we watched it for FHE the other night.

I just found this one tonight ...so many ideas! I love the idea about sleeping in a tent...right now our backyard is all dirt and totally torn apart in preparation for the addition but we are definitely going to do this one in April!

Somewhere I also read the idea of taking the center spread out of the last conference issue of the Ensign..in this case the May 09 one and posting it on the wall, then when a new person comes up to speak you find them on the poster and put a sticker on their photo. I think that we will do this one as well.

I'm off to bed....opps almost forgot one of my other favorite sites that lists all sorts of conference ideas.

Wishing you the best!

The things they say...

today Lyndie decided to announce to one of my RS counselors that one of the rooms in our house was for our baby. Amy got this huge smile on her face and I quickly had to assure her that I was NOT pregnant. Lyndie so wants to be a big sister she is constantly asking when I am going to have her baby.

Someday...

I think I may get my life in order, come down with a good routine, have all my wash done, dishes put away, counters clean, RS stuff taken care of, but I don't think it's going to happen any time soon...especially with a house "readdition" (as Malia puts it) happening anyday now and just may be someday I'll update you on all that is happening in our lives in a more timely manner but don't count on it!

So until then enjoy a few photos of our Sunday evening walk!
BTW...did you know we are now a family of EIGHT...just kidding!