Happy Halloween!!!!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. My kids were so excited to be Indians~here's the whole tribe.



My friends the Massey's were in charge of the ward party this year and did a great job! They had this area set up to take pictures. We should have posed a little better but oh well!

We can't wait until next year the big kids already have their costumes picked out! I better start getting busy! haha


Happy Halloween!!!!

Trick or Treat....

I'm so proud of myself for not waiting until Tuesday to start on the kids Halloween costumes! They are finished except for the wigs and the headbands, but I have to go to walmart and hobby lobby for that.

here they are~Caroline's I didn't make but it's one that has been passed down through our family. Heather wore it when she was about Caroline's age and I think my cousin's wore it before then.






I need to add something to the top of Heather's b/c I think it's kind of plain. I might add some trim & maybe a belt. And Yes, the kids have bedhead!

Another Tag You're IT!!!

Here's another from my cousin, LaNan~

Best thing you cooked last week
Hum, Probably chicken quesidillas

-If money, time and babysitting were no object, where would you go and with who?
probably somewhere in Europe with my mom b/c tyson doesn't like to travel too much. my mom and i could just go and do our own thing.

-When was the last time you cried
Can't remember!

-Five things you were doing ten years ago
1. Just married
2. in my 2nd year of teaching
3. learning how to live with my husband! haha
4. hum, how sad is that? I can't think of anymore!
5.

-Five things on your to do list today
1. Laundry
2. Load the dishwasher
3. lay out clothes for tomorrow
4. get stuff for halloween costumes
5. watch grey's

- Five favorite snacks
1. doritos and bean dip
2. oreos and milk
3. reese cups
4. sonic vanilla dr pepper
5. strawberries and fruit dip

-Five bad habits

1. Not flossing regularly.
2. Over Commiting
3. Procastating
4. staying on the computer too long
5. Not exercising regularing

-Five favorite foods

1. Fajaitas
2. hamburgers from cheddar's
3. Shish-kabobs
4. kickin' chicken salad from logan's
5. steak


-Top Five places I've been
1. Crystal Beach~galveston (I know, I don't get out much)
2. Utah (skiing)
3. Washington D.C.
4. Oklahoma ( I know~I don't get out much~sad huh?)
5. Nauvoo

- Five favorite memories
1. Being sealed to my family for eternity (and yes, even to my husband! HAHA)
2. Seeing my babies for the first time
3. 4th of July at my parents
4. Beach this summer~It was so relaxing!
5. Vacations!


I know I have a pathetic live huh?

So now I tag~hum, my friend Caryn & my friend Jenn!

TAG~You're IT!!!!

I was tagged by my cousin, LaNan, to do this~I don't think I've ever done one.

Here goes:

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Pongo Suburban
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (favorite ice cream and favorite cookie) Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Oreo
3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) AMcd
4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Pink Dog
5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Heather Oklahoma City~although Heather OKC sounds better huh?
6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) - McDAu
7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) Black Dr. Pepper
8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)- Jess Jimmie
9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy)
Tommy Girl Reese's
10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Jane Ray

Good Times~I tag Rachella & Sunshine!

Cute Stuff!!!!

my friend Sunshine brought over this cute candle (with a goodie plate)the other day.

Yesterday at school I was "Boo"ed by someone so I needed to come up with a quick & easy (& cheap) something to "boo" someone back. I thought of these candles! They turned out ok but not as cute as Sunshine's~thanks for the idea girl!






oh and mine aren't coming with goodie plates! haha

I'm so SHOCKED....

everyone knows about the quilt I've been working on~and yes it's almost finished. Tonight I was checking out blogs and saw this post...
http://splendid-chaos.blogspot.com/
I'm so shocked (and honored) that she mentioned me.

Fall Festival & Scout Camp

We had a great time at the fall festival last night. There were a ton of people and I'm sure the PTA had a great fundraiser. I have a few pictures from it but tyson ran off with my camera. Here's a picture of Caroline & her sweet friend Weston.




Also, Scout camp was a lot of fun! Jed & I had a great time. I'll have to post pictures when tyson gets home! Here's a couple pics of Jed at scout camp.

I have the FUNNIEST story to tell...

Yesterday when I was at a workshop and I thought to myself "I don't have any kids~I think I'll go get my eyebrows waxed"

So when lunchtime came around I opted for eyebrows instead of eating! haha I know something must be wrong with me. So I get to the place that waxes them and the girl takes me to the waxing room. She waxes the eyebrows, then she proceeds to wax my forehead~I'm not kidding! I thought dang what is she doing~then she proceeds to clip and trim and comb it took forever! I just knew when I got up I wasn't going to have any left. But it was a miracle~when I got up I still had eyebrows! YAY!!!

My friend Rachella...

RAWKS!!!!

She made this cute coupon holder

http://www.justussyessam.blogspot.com/

then she called and asked if I wanted one & of course I said yes, then she made me one too! It brightened my day!

Thanks Rachella!!!!

Yes~I'm ALIVE...

barely!!!!! We have a ton of stuff going on at school for the rest of the month so we have been swamped. By the time I get home and get supper cooked, baths, homework, etc. there hasn't been much time to blog.

This weekend is going to be crazy, but hopefully I'll have tons of pictures to show for it. Tomorrow we have school pictures, I have a workshop, & then tomorrow night is fall festival at the school. This will be my first fall festival since I've been working in Lufkin & I'm actually excited! I feel so blessed to be working at this campus. Every one is just so great to work with & I've made some really great friends.

Then Saturday Jed & I will be going to the Mom & me Cub scout campout all day.

Then the weekend will be over.

I want to finish my quilt b/c I got this in an email.

I just found out that CNN will be filming the solders
receiving the quilts on Veterans day and doing a story
about how women from all over the country have been
making and donating these quilts.

I know that some of you have already mailed your
quilts but if you are still working on it, try to get
it mailed by November 1st so she will receive it in
time for Veteran's Day.

So time's a ticking for me. Somewhere in there I need to make Halloween costumes. HUM, wonder if it will get done! haha

I NEVER thought I would have to say this...

but I have a brother from another mother!

My mom has lost her mind & I'm going to need counseling pretty soon. She didn't even tell me. I had to find out from my sister who thinks he's sooooo cute.

First she only cares to see the grandkids & now this! I don't know how I'll ever get over this






My new brother's name is Max~ugh! See he doesn't even fit in~we all have 'A' names~Autumn, Annie, Alison, Max?

Whatever~I'm off to call a therapist.

Happy Birthday~Aunt Franci!!!!

Today is my Aunt Franci's birthday!

She is a great woman! Here's a picture of her with our family at the temple (she's 2 people over from me)




Happy Birthday Aunt Franci~we love you!!!!

Thank goodness for INTERNET

Hopefully you didn't miss the season premiere of Friday Night Lights, BUT if you did miss it you can watch it online (thanks Al Gore~didn't he claim to invent the internet?)

This is one of my all time favorite shows & even Tyson enjoys it.

It comes on Friday nights at 8pm central~

Not much else going on around here.

Congratulations Bubba!!!!

We had some excitement at our house tonight~Jed has had his 2 permanent bottom teeth coming in for about 6 months. We've been to the dentist & they pretty much said if they weren't out by the time we came back they would have to pull them. His perm. teeth are pretty much all the way in~Today he said "my teeth were hurting & I wasn't even eating. I told him it was because he needed to wiggle his baby teeth. So tonight Jed & tyson came in with some string & I asked what was going on~I'm sure you can guess.

They tried to tie string to the first tooth and it wouldn't work~Jed touched it and it fell out in his hand. Tyson talked him into letting him tie string around the 2nd one & he yanked it out. Here's the proof.


minus one tooth



again minus one tooth


minus 2 teeth~that's a little bloody~sorry!


2nd tooth on a string


the 2nd tooth was just as lose as the first one so tyson didn't have to yank too hard.

Do WHAT?

so tonight we went to the cub scout sign up at school. Jed was so excited to sign up for scouts. They had a meeting this afternoon & all I heard from the time he came into my room after school was "Mom, please can I?"

So we went to check it out & signed him up. I was outside on the phone & missed the first part of the meeting so when I go in Tyson tells me the details & then tells me~"There's a Mom & me campout coming up."

HELLO? I thought scouting was for the boys & their dads? No one said I was going to have to go to a scouting campout. HAHA I really don't mind camping (and I'm not sure if it's overnight or not)~Jed would be heartbroken if we don't go so I'm sure we'll go.

He was so glad to be signed up.

His first meeting is next Tuesday. We'll see how it goes.

What's your Favorite?

We have been eating out entirely too much~we've all gained weight except maybe Jed. HAHA Not to mention the hit our bank account takes every single time we eat out. Those of you who know me~know I HATE the thought of cooking, but I'm going to try to be better. So what I need from you is your favorite recipe~either post it in your comment or shoot it to me in an email.

This past week I fixed Chicken Quesadillas & the whole family ate without complain!~it was an amazing experience~probably one we'll never experience again.

So let me hear your favorite~(& easy is good too!)

Our house is decorated for

FALL!!!

I hung my sweet Halloween calendar that my mom bought me for my birthday in the dining room & the kids are soo excited. Just a few more days and the Great Pumpkin will be delivering the goodies in the calendar.



I also found this decorative platter when I was looking for something the other day. My mom bought this for me last year~




So I guess even though she spells my name wrong~she still RAWKS!!!!

Thanks mom!


Here's the front porch/front yard decorations

Last year I made this topiary, so I put it out again. I added some fall ribbon on it and a bow and it made it look better.




Here's my favorite pumpkin hanging beside the front door.



Here's the kids section of the front yard! haha




We still haven't decided on Halloween costumes yet. Heather wants to be a skeleton bride~um, yeah whatever!

Cute Halloween Gift

In case you are looking for something & I know you are! haha Here's something cute that Caroline got from a little boy at daycare. I came across it when I was pulling stuff out to decorate for fall around here. I was just going to do a little something for the kids teachers, so this is what they are getting.

It's a small witch's cauldron with a tag attached to it that has this little poem

Witch Brew

Start with lots of owl’s eyes.
Sprinkle in some colorful flies.
Toss in pointy toes of lizards.
And a bunch of chicken gizzards.

Add blood drops in small doses.
And some little cute ghost noses.
Stir in fine bones of a bat
Along with fat claws from a cat.

That’s one cup of each in a black pot.
And don’t forget ants…they add a lot.
The following substitutions are allowed,
But only for the VERY wimpy crowd!

Owl’s eyes: Peanuts
Colorful flies: M&M’s
Toes of Lizards: Candy Corn
Chicken Gizzards: Chex Mix
Ghost Noses: Miniature Marshmallows
Bones of a Bat: Potato Sticks
Claws from a Cat: Sunflower Seeds
Ants: Raisins



The girl who made it made the really big tags, but I don't think I'll make mine quite as big~of course she might have had to get all the words on it.

anyways, there's my treat to you!

have you seen these shoes?

Tyson's aunt Deby told me about these shoes & I'm thinking about going to get some today. They are kind of "spendy" (thanks sunshine for a new word) but look how many pairs of shoes you get with one sole! when you buy the first pair you get 2 free toppers & I think a solid black one, so you already save money! And everyone that is wearing them says they are really comfy.

onesoles

My name

in Flickr pics



of course, it's my name that my mom gave me 33 1/2 years ago & the other day when she mailed me my birthday present she spelled it wrong~go figure? what do you have to say for yourself MOM? :) he he thanks for the awesome present though!