looking forward to THANKSGIVING.

I love Thanksgiving.
I love food.
I love family.
I love laughing.
I love football and yelling at the TV.
I love building crafts.
I love food.
I love the weather.
I love that I just get to eat with no sight of stopping.
I love the bargains of Black Friday.
I just really LOVE Thanksgiving.

What's even better is that I get to go to Arizona for Thanksgiving.
I've had a lot on my plate these past couple of weeks and it will be nice to get away for a while and enjoy a mini-vacation.

I'm looking forward to relaxation, food, fun, family, and all the festivities.

I'm just dreading the drive...

BUT- it will be worth my Aunt Molly's *famous sugar cookies!

*deemed famous by me and my brother, Rustin.

i just have to say...

Sunday:

Woke up with and intense MIGRAINE. The kind of migraine where all you want (or should I say CAN) do is sit in a dark room and try to sleep it off.

Monday:

Woke up on the recovery of a bad migraine. Felt pretty good. Got dressed for school. Packed mine and Brody's backpack. Hauled everything out to the car. Started the car. Loaded Brody up. Put him in his carseat...only to realize 2 seconds later that it was FREEZING and he needed a jacket. Run back inside to get a jacket. Come back outside to find Brody in the front seat "driving" AND with the doors LOCKED. First thought: Where's the spare key??? Second thought: I hope he doesn't know how to put it in drive. Third thought: *&%!%^*%#
So after 30 minutes of trying to point, explain, playing peek-a-b00, and trying to remain calm he finally figured out which button UN-locked the doors.

Tuesday:

I'm on time. Dropped Brody off at the sitters. Things are going good. I'm on the freeway. Cruizing. Not in a huge hurry. Just mindin my business. THEN all of the sudden, traffic is stopped....and I'm not. Screeching hault with a big BOOM at the end of it. The "big BOOM" happened to be my poor little carolla (that I've loved for a long time) smashed against another car. It pretty much sounded and looked like the front end of my car exploded all over the road. First thought: I sure wish I could just rewind time. Second thought: Am I ok? Is the other driver ok? Third thought: *&%^!#$*&@
We have insurance. Everything will be ok. I will miss my car....and going "rollin' in the ROLLA."

Needless to say, my week is off to a pretty good start. (sarcasm people, SAR-CAS-M)

cute stuff & good deals

My mom and little sister put on their creativity hats and have made A LOT of cute stuff.
They have many good deals and GREAT gifts for Christmas.
Take a look HERE: MY MOM'S BLOG

Take advantage of some great holiday bargains!

Halloween 2009

Meet my little caveman.
He sure LOVED Halloween...or should I say the candy.
He LOVED the candy. This is the caveman war cry...He would get right up on the edge of the door step and wait patiently for more candy.He was VERY successful at getting candy.
Fun fact: Whenever he would get a Reese's he would hold it up high and say, "YEAH!! POPPI'S CANDY!" Trace was proud.Halloween was great. It was fun, candy filled, and time spent with loved ones.

Until next year...

gooses and ducks

When my mom & dad came up to visit we took Brody to feed the ducks and geese.

They were as big as him.

They nipped at his fingers and he didn't even flinch.

He threw the bread right in their face...and then he let out an evil laugh.

Oh to have the mind of a little boy...