Just a little late night outing.....

....to see the 12:01am showing of "The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2!"

Candis texted me around 11:00pm to see if I was up for it. My reply: "Of course! I'll just wash my face and come get you!!" BIG MISTAKE!! Candis should have taken one look and gone by herself.....I think from now on, I am required to look "presentable." NOT in my early morning Wal-mart look and attire.... No seriously, we had a blast minus the "after affects" of the large popcorn!! It is so fun to have friends as crazy as me!! You all rock!! I'm looking forward to our next "outing!!"

Maddie is 25 months...and we are tired.....

I've always heard of the "terrible two's," but I've never really had to fear them before now. Here are some of the neat-o things Maddie finds to do:

~She likes to change her clothes and wear them how she wants to wear them...not necessarily how they were intended to be worn: ie. shoes on wrong foot, backwards, inside-out, etc.
~She likes to do things by herself....she's a big girl. This morning I had to wait 10 minutes to help her put on her shoes because she HAD to put on her socks.
~If she has a wet or stinky diaper, she takes it upon herself to remedy the situation. Sometimes not a pretty result!! I usually find her morning diaper in her big girl bed and she runs around commando until after breakfast....amazingly she hasn't had an accident yet. (So NOT potty training....that is unless you would like to take care of it for me:)
~ She has discovered Ranch in the last couple of weeks. Tonight I put some on the top of her food and she actually ate what we had for dinner.
~ She is bossy and is not shy about telling you (or yelling) how she feels.
~ Her vocabulary is drastically expanding every day. I am amazed!
~ She still loves "La-La" (Elmo) and "Poo-Poo's" (Blue's Clues).
~ She loves to dance and sing...we are constantly expanding her "happy songs" from just "Girls!"
~ She loves to color....papers, walls, floors, counter tops, hands, legs, and feet....
~ She loves to play outside. This week she has discovered puddles....
~ She is sensitive. I am amazed how easy her feelings are hurt....so different from the boys...
~ She loves to "help" cook. She pushes a stool right up to the stove so she can watch. She also warns you the whole time that it is "so hot."
~ She loves to go get the boys or "tell" them something for me.
~ She loves having "Ooom-pah" (Grandpa) and "Ooom-mah" (Grandma) stay at our house. She always says "hi" and "bye" to them as they come and go.
~ She constantly looks like she has been abused. Just today, she has a road rash and scratches up both legs, a healing burn, and a goose egg and scratch on her left temple.
~ She is still getting her incisors. She is a tough girl! Her pediatrician said that they are the most painful teeth to get in when the teeth on both sides are already in.
~ She loves to copy me. She has to put lotion and deoderant on when I do. She loves my make-up, but it is no longer where she can get to it.
~ She likes to wear my heeled sandals. She has totally mastered walking around in one pair.
~ She LOVES to jump on the bed....
Somedays she can be completely exhausting, but then she'll smile or giggle and I'm ready to go again!

"Twilight Party"

On Saturday August 2nd, the last book in the Twilight series was released. Autumn dragged me kicking and screaming to a party for this....

She even made me wear a shirt.... And act like a goofball....with some of the funnest people around. I have always been secretly jealous of Autumn and her luck of picking the "perfect" place to live with great neighbors/Ward/etc. I was only lucky enough to be in this Ward for six months....but I'm glad that I got to hang out with these great women! I even met some new fun gals!
Our sister-in-law Jacci joined us up in Sandy. We went to Olive Garden to eat, play, and goof around for a while before the midnight release.
You know how you think that you're REALLY REALLY hungry?? Um, yeah, Jeff enjoyed this for TWO meals... I had a great time, even though I came home early. (I didn't want to stay and buy the book since I borrowed the others.) AND, I am anxiously waiting for Autumn to hurry and finish the book so I can borrow it.... HURRY AUTUMN!! HURRY!

Our Grandpa is FREE!!

Our Grandpa Mike got out of the hospital on Wednesday. He had to stay at a motel up in Salt Lake City for two nights before he was "released" to come down to Lehi to re-coup at our house. We are soooo happy to have him here! He is looking better every day! We are so grateful for modern medicine and the great doctors that have helped him!

Week #2 of Yard Sale-ing

Here are my "finds" from the weekend:

Two VHS movies. Cost: $2.00

The boys loved "The Fox and the Hound." But, we had to turn off "Gremlins" when the gremlins came out...Kaleb was a little too scared...screams and all...we had to tell him what happens in the movie so he could go to sleep without having nightmares. Ooops!

A 3-D Cinderella Castle puzzle. Cost: $1.00....

Hours of fun for JEFF = Priceless!!

Completed job...even had all of the pieces!!

"New" table center piece. Cost: $2.50

Budweiser piggy bank bottle. Cost: $0.25....couldn't pass it by...

"New" living room flower arrangement. Cost: $3.00
"New" living room flower arrangement wall hanging. Cost: $5.00
"New" kitchen wall hanging. Cost: $1.00
"New" kitchen arrangement. Cost: $1.00
Lost of "new" reads. Cost: $3.00

Total Spent: $18.75 = "One Happy Shopper!"

"You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl."

~Jeff