Christmas Excitement!

I LOVE Christmas and I am so excited for it this year! I found this great blog (curtosy of Emily's blog). It has fun recipes, ideas, Christmas music & plus, it's just "Christmasy". Enjoy!

Making Christmas

Quirky Little Me ...

Candace tagged me so, here goes:
(All I ask is that you try not to think badly of me and judge me too much!)


The rules:

A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I HATE vegetables. I think they are absolutely disgusting. I won't even eat something if it has veggies in it (ESPECIALLY onions ... *gag*) I do like corn on the cob, spinach and romaine lettuce though (NOT iceberg, that stuff is so nasty).

2. I don't like opening the refrigerated tubes of rolls (you know the Pillsbury ones??). It scares me every time! You never know when it's going to open or how loud it's going to be. I avoid it if at all possible and have Kameron do it.

3. I am pretty OCD about things. If a picture isn't hanging straight, it drives me crazy and I have to fix it!! Or, if someone's clothes don't match, I feel like taking a picture of them and sending it to 'What Not To Wear'. And, I can't stand it when people don't match up the tops and bottoms of bottles. And I am OCD and overly critical of other people houses (ie: how they decorate, the layout of the rooms, if it's clean or not ... I know I'm a horrible person I always want to rearrange their rooms or re-do their pictures if I don't like how it looks). I'm especially OCD about scrapbooking, everything has to look perfect. That's why I don't scrapbook very often because it takes me too long to do my pages and I get really frustrated with myself.

4. I don't like the sound of people popping their gum (or chewing it loud!), eating chips (i know it can't be controled), eating sunflower seeds or any other clicking sound. I have no idea why, it just drives me crazy. I don't hate you if you do it, I just ask that you try not to do it front of me :o)

5. I love gossip. I know it's horrible and we're not supposed to do it but, that's my deep dark secret. I love hearing things about other people. I don't know if it's because sometimes it makes me feel better about myself or if I just like being "informed" (if that's what you want to call it) and knowing random things about people. I won't gossip about you, I promise. I just secretly enjoy it.

6. I love to shop and spend money. Poor Kameron. I have never been a good saver. I'm trying to be better but, I just LOVE to buy things!!! It doesn't matter what it is either. And I have a hard time reasoning with myself and telling myself I don't need it. I always "need" it.

I thought of one more ... I am a horrible loser. I always have been. ESPECIALLY in sports in high school (good thing our soccer team was pretty good huh?). I hate losing, even if it's a stupid board game.

I "tag":

Ashley
Emily
Stephanie
Heidi
Marlee
Maranda

Have FuN!!!

Our Weekend

We did lots of driving this weekend. I'm all driven out.
Friday afternoon we went to Sierra Vista. Kam's parents watched Kason for us so we could go eat at Outback. I had never been before and it was SO YUMMY!!! Kameron got their steak special and I had their chicken alfredo. It was delicious!

Then Saturday, we went and got family pictures taken at Sears. I think they turned out really well! Here are my favorites:

okay, so that's pretty much every picture they took. I guess it's asking too much of me to narrow it down.

Afterwards we got lunch at the yummiest pizza place in the mall food court. I dunno what the name of it is but it is SO good. You get a HUGE slice of pizza and a breadstick for like $3.50. It's such a treat.

THEN ... Kameron and I drove to Tucson (the in-laws watched Kason again ... *thanks!*) because I had to pick up something for modbe and then we turned around and went back to Sierra Vista. We then got Arby's (*yum*) and then Sunday morning we came home. It was a fun trip. I like going out of town because we get to eat at all sorts of yummy places. We don't eat out here in town so that when we go out of town we can E-A-T!!! Especially at places like; Arby's, Wendy's, Chili's, Applebee's etc. etc. I love good food.

This next week is going to be busy too. I think every week from now until the end of the year is going to busy. But, that's okay. I LOVE this time of year so, I'll take the busy-ness of it all.

Have a great week!

More Pics

Me and Stephanie got together and took some pictures of our kiddos. They turned out pretty good. Here are some of my favorites:

(this one is my fav!)

kason thought it was fun to throw the pumpkins down and have mommy pick them back up. So, I had to be super quick when taking the pictures with the pumpkins. He's such a fun kid.

HALLOWEEN!!

I'm FINALLY getting around to posting about halloween. So, here goes. Kason's first halloween was a success!! We had fun taking him around the ward trunk or treating and getting candy (for mom & dad!). We dressed him up as a moose. I made the hat and I made booties but, we lost them. So, he was a footless moose. So here are some pics! enjoy :o)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

All dressed up with mom:

He was so ready to be done with his hat by the end of the night. Poor child, the things he is tortured with.

This is what halloween is all about! Dressing up, eating candy and staying up until 10:30. fun stuff!

yum!!

Now, it's time to celebrate the REAL holidays! I'm not a big fan of halloween so, I'm excited to have it done and over with and move on the big holidays! I love this time of year! Now, if Arizona would just kick this heat wave so we can enjoy the cooler temperatures that are supposed to accompany Autumn!!

CrAzY Week!!

Starting Last Weekend ... we have had a crazy busy week! And we're not about to hit the breaks yet!!! Last Friday night Kameron and I FINALLY went on a date, just us. Stephanie watched Kason while Kameron and I went goofy golfing (Kam beat me by TWO points!! AHHH!) And then we went and had steak and ribs at the golf course country club here. It was YUMMY!

Saturday was BUSY! First we went to the Harvest Festival and Kason was in a costume contest. I am bitter about this ... the baby who won was related one of the judges!! Kason SO should have one. It makes me mad! Here he is in his moose costume I made: (I will post better pictures in a later post ... he hated his hat so it was hard to take pictures of him)

Then, Kason and I went to a Pampered Chef party. I mostly go for the food. They have YUMMY recipes! But, there are a few things I'll order.

And then, we had the EAC Homecoming Game! They had delicious Indian Fry Bread (SO good!) and we killed Pima College.

with daddy:

tuckered out from the long day ... until we scored a touchdown and they shot off fireworks. Oh well, it was a good power nap!

with mom:


That was our CRAZY Saturday last week! Busy Busy Busy!!

The Burglar's

Okay, I just have to start of by thanking my parents for being such great example's to me as I was growing up. It makes such a huge difference in a child's life when they have positive role models in their life. It shows they really care. So, thank you for that Mom & Dad.

Now, 20 year old Andrew Bell is not as fortunate as me. His father, Joseph, is a horrible example. In fact it is Andrew and Joseph who broke in to our storage unit and stole our personal things! YES! A FATHER AND SON!!! I can't believe that this dad was okay with his son being a burglar. I was a little sad for Andrew and his lack of example, but then I thought of all the things that they took and how they violated our privacy and I don't feel bad for him at all. He had the choice, regardless of his upbringing. He could have turned around and been the good example for his dad and prevented all of this. They wouldn't of have had to spend time in jail or post a total of $20,000 bond. And I hope that they have a horrible trial and get some good time in jail. So, here's the article that was in the Courier.

http://eacourier.com/articles/2007/10/17/local_news/doc471552b8c60a8912322732.txt

As I look at the picture I noticed some other things that are there that belong to us. Do you think the police will let me collect everything? I wonder how they are going to work it all. Is there going to be a "claiming party" for the victims, along with punch and cookies? Where we can all just go and browse through the things a claim our property? That would be really nice because I haven't a clue of everything that was in there!! I am certain there are things that I have forgotten about. I guess we just have to wait for the investigation to finish. Maybe I could just ask them for atleast my Christmas decorations back before Christmas. That reminds me, I think our Christmas tree was in there too!! Oh how I loathe those boys. (I call them boys because men would know better and would be smarter about their choices). So, that is the most current update. More are to follow I am sure. I feel like I am in Law & Order: Small Town Crimes. It's kind of exciting. I guess it's only exciting because we know that eventually we will be getting our things back. Oh the thrills of small towns!

A Daddy's Love

Kameron has been home alot lately and Kason LOVES it! He really enjoys spending time with his daddy. I love watching them together. Kason just lights up when Kameron walks into a room. It is so much fun watching Kameron be a dad.

Taking a nap together:

Watching Baby Einstein before bed tonight:


There is nothing in the world as precious as a Daddy's love for his son. Thank you Kameron for being such a wonderful father to Kason. He adores you more than anything!!

8 Months

Our little guy is EIGHT MONTHS OLD!!! He is so much fun. He suprised us one morning with another tooth cutting through. We didn't even notice it because it hadn't been bothering him!! So, he now has 3 teeth!

He also ...

Walks while there's something to hold on to.
Waves bye-bye &
Claps!

He is the cutest little guy EVER!

Here is is playing in the buckets from my bulk food order. He thought it was so much fun :o)

And our County Fair was this past weekend & my mom was here so we all went together. Kason had fun. He loved all the lights and the animals. I always enjoy it but I didn't like all the smoke and all the people. OR the cost of food!! My goodness it was expensive! But, it was still fun. I'm glad we were able to go. Kason was so worn out by the end of the night though!!!

Thanks Mom!!!

This 'Thank You' is LONG overdue to my mom!! We got this package in the mail a while back full of goodies for Kason, me, Kameron and even our dogs!! We LOVED it!