Gathering my thoughts.

I am just returning from a trip to Costa Rica, and I'm anxious to share the photos and the stories of what we did and saw...but there's other things like kids and housework and laundry and bills and groceries, okay you get the idea. So, check back in a while and I'll try to get the trip stuff posted soon.

Costa Rica
Pura Vida!

Took me by surprise.

Yesterday I was running around trying to get so many things done, I barely had a moment to breathe. So the kids came home from school and started on their homework and I was thinking about dinner. My mom walked in and said "Come here." Her voice sounded odd, something was up. When I came around the corner to see what or who was at the door, I saw my sister and her husband (that don't live in this state). I was in shock. She had kept it a secret that she was coming to visit, she had kept it from everyone. She had been surprising people all day. And it worked on me...I was taken completely by surprise! So, we went out to dinner and had a great time.


Here's my sister, Mom, me & my honey.

Last night when I was looking at the pictures that had been taken with the camera I also looked at the camera my kids had taken along (we got a new camera and so the kids got our older one). I knew they had taken pictures and I was excited to find this one.


It's a lille blurry, but it sure captured the moment of us having a great time. I don't even remember what was so funny, but it makes me laugh just looking at the picture.

How are feeling about the election?

So, the results are in. Mr Obama.
Are you jumping up for joy or do you feel like you just got socked in the gut? Well I happen to think that Obama is not going to do much with this crazy, twisted country that's starting to circle the drain. So does my husband. He feels even more strongly about the political scene. If you are interested in what he has to say or you're just curious, then check out his new blog middleamericanparty.blogspot.com/. Perhaps making the new Mister accountable for the things he has promised will help others to open their eyes. Anyway, just take a looksy and see.

Jedi, terrorist, McCain...oh my!

We had the power of the force with us as we went trick or treating with both of my kids representing the Star Wars genre. Hayden is dressed up as Anakin Skywalker and Sidney is playing Ashoka. She is a new Star Wars character from "The Clone Wars" series. I thought I did a pretty good job doing Sidney's makeup, especially since I didn't want to use the face paint. I found some extra blush and eyeshadow to help.
We had an eventful night of trick or treating. Usually we get plenty of candy from our trunk or treat, but since it was cancelled we decided to make a real go of trick or treating. The kids made out like bandits! Just once around the block filled up their containers. So we stopped at the house to empty out their containers and then headed over to another nearby neighborhood to see how well we could do there and to stop at a ward member's house for homemade doughnuts and rootbeer.

Who knew that we would run into so many famous faces? We saw Achmed the Dead Terrorist (a Jeff Dunham favorite).
Then just as we arrived at our friends' home for doughnuts and rootbeer, I was so surprised to meet Sarah Palin
...AND John McCain!

It was an awesome night! The kids had a blast going trick or treating and sorting out there "booty". And we had fun watching them light up at each new addition to their treat bucket...and meeting presidential candidates.

Just for fun

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

So if I was really Bella, would I have become a vampire...probably not. Anyway, just for fun.

I got squat.

Ok, so for once I have remembered something funny that my kids have said so that I can blog about it...you let me know if you think it's funny or not (actually, only tell me if you think it's funny).

So, I had emptied the dishwasher earlier and I noticed a bunch of dirty dishes in the sink. So, I said to my kids, "Hey, I've emptied the dishwasher, so there's squat in the dishwasher. You can put your dishes in there because it's empty."

Without skipping a beat, my daughter says, "Squat in the dishwasher, got it!"

We all laughed for a good five minutes.

A Camping we did go..

So, camping is not a past-time yet in our household. We have been as a family a total of 2 times, including our trip this last weekend. Our great friends invited us to come join in their fun on the Rim. We agreed. We brought all the right camping gear and enough food to last a few more days longer. The first days weather could not have been better. Warm and sunny and cool at night once the sun went down. We made the traditional tin foil dinners and smores and everyone was having a blast. We slept the first night in our tent and the wind blew and howled something fierce. John had kind of a rough night, but the rest of us slept great! (Sorry, sweetie.) Our friends have a trailer, so of course they were just fine. The wind never seemed to let up for the whole day. We were determined not to let that stop us, so we pack up some fishing gear and headed for the lake. The fishing was only slightly successful with the catch being a crawdad (sp?) and a small trout. The kids rode bikes, played sardines (backwards hide & seek), and even shot a BB gun. Once the sun set on our second night, we scrambled for the indoors of the trailer. We enjoyed some fantastic food, some great games and then we manuevered the sleeping arrangements to fit our family of 4 into our friend's trailer. We are so grateful for the toasty night's sleep because it was around 19 degrees in the morning! Anyhow, fun was had by all and we might even consider going again!