TALENT and a GIVE-A-WAY

So my neighbor Becca is so very craft and talented. She comes up with the CUTEST things and has now started a little boutique blog. You can go and see her stuff at

http://www.polkadotsngiggles.blogspot.com/

AND if you leave her a comment you are in a drawing to win a very cute set of Christmas block that, yes, she came up with herself. AND if you mention my name in you comment she will put an extra one in for me. Good luck and check back to her boutique often for more chances to win.
If you don't live in AZ, which is most of you, don't worry, she will ship it to you!

TAGGED

1. Where is your cell phone? charging
2. Where is your significant other? Alaska
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? Montana
5. Your father? um...
6. Your favorite thing? bedtime
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/goal? School
9. The room your in? computer
10. Your hobby? no time (scrapbooking/sewing)
11. Your fear? loosing loved one
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? closer to home
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What your not? flexible
15. One of your wish-list items? dyson
16. Where you grew up? Montana
17. The last thing you ate? apple
18. What are you wearing? slippers
19. Your TV? off
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? slow
22. Your mood? tired
23. Missing someone? Family
24. Your car? Jetta
25. Something your not wearing? bra
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? over
28. Love someone? kiddos
29. Your favorite color? sage
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday

I award the following people with the "I love your blog award" and in doing so tag them to complete the above questions with one word answers. Riki, Tanya, Jaime, Holly

Halloween Fun

This year we took the kids to a little town carnival. They got to go around to different booths, play a game and win a prize (always a winner). It was so fun to have our friends, The Littles, come with us since they were packing up and moving back to the valley the next morning don't want to talk about it). We had a Transformer, sorry, "Optimus Prime", Fireman, Cowboy and a Beautiful Bumble Bee.

FEED ME!

Jessica is now eating baby food and loving it. I can hardly get her to nurse during the day. And it is so sad but cute to watch her when we are eating because she wants our food so bad. Then only thing she had made a "what the heck is this face at" is bananas. Other than that she like it all: rice cereal, sweet potatoes, pears, apple sauce and squash (that I pureed myself) Yummy Yummy!

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

The pumpkin patch was nice this year...not so dang windy. Justin looked and looked until he found his perfect pumpkin (just a little one).

Our family night of carving the pumpkins pretty much ended up just being Chad. He did a good job though. Justin wanted nothing to do with it. I believe his words were something like "No! it's stinky, I don't like that, I just like food."

(He pretends to sleep in most all pics now)

This morning I had a few little Halloween things set out on the table for him. He ask who got me these and although he isn't a real character the first thing I thought of was the 'Halloween Pumpkin man' (dumb, I know). So then I was putting Jess down for a nap and I hear him say

"Halloween pumpkin patch man, Where are you, I need to give you a kiss" :)

p.s. Yes, it is the end of October and we are still wearing short sleeves (mid 70's) I think I even had to turn the AC on in my car today.

OH THE PLACES WE GO

Since living down here in Arizona we always have a dilemma when it comes to traveling. We seem close enough to drive but far enough away to fly...we ALWAYS choose to drive. This trip was to California for my sister Ryanne's wedding. Although we fit in the VW Jetta it is a little snug so we decided to get a rental for the trip.

The Rental: a very nice 2009 Dodge Journey. It had plenty of room and storage

The Problem: Yes, that is right ANTS, in our rental rig, and a lot of them. Who knows where them came from but the were coming out of window seals, vents, etc. Little tiny ones small enough to squish with one finger but very annoying!

The Trip:

Destination - California

Miles - 1306
Hours in Car - 23 (including stops. 1 in undies 1 nursing. So Fun!)

Total Days - 4


Even with all of that we had a good time. My sister was beautiful (*note to self* take picture at next sisters wedding) We definitely want to go back before we leave AZ for a family vacation. There is a lot to do even if my husband doesn't like CA.


Pictures:

Jessica at her first Zoo.
Justin and Daddy eating a balboa bar.
Uncle Josh and Jess (it had been almost a year since I had seen my bro)


The kids would completely crash every night...I did not complain.