Goodbye Park Glen Ward

This may seem a bit odd to those who are not of my faith, but I wanted to say how much I am going to miss my old ward now that we have moved. A ward essentially is the congregation we meet in every week for worship depending on geographic location. Thus I loved this ward. I will miss everyone and everything. I have never felt more at home than I did while attending the ward. I hate to say it but I don't think I will ever find one that will compare. So thanks for all the great times and great people. I never felt alone and there was always a friendly face and helping hands. Thanks for all the support over the years. Hopefully I will be able to stop by from time to time so beware...

I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee...........

Yea, I finally have the Internet again. I have felt so isolated without it in my life. I have frequently asked myself, "How the heck did I function before the Internet?" I do not believe I am alone in that though. So its back, and I have lots of things to post, now I just have to find the time. So I will start with the Halloween pics because Abby was the cutest bumble bee in the whole wide world. I know I checked :) About a month ago I tried the costume on her and she hated it. I was so worried we were not going to get any pictures. So I had her hold it and give it love and who knows if that was the trick or not but on Halloween she acted like the dang thing never gave her any trouble...little butt. So Halloween morning I took her to Seth's office in the morning so his family and co-workers could see what a wonderful bee she made. Then that night we dressed her up again and took about 1000 pictures and went trick or treating to 3 houses near my dad and Cindy's. Who of course loved it as much as we did. Enjoy...

Grandpa

Papa and Nana

A little video of Abby in action.

New post and pics soon

I have so many pictures from Halloween and Abby's antics to share but my access is very limited right now to the Internet and by that I mean non-existent at home. So hopefully I will be up and running soon with all the adorable and not so adorable things of life. Please keep checking.

Pumpkin Patch

Some pictures from the Pumpkin patch. Abby had so much fun. She ran among the pumpkins like a wild child and loved touching everything. It was fun because they had a little town to play in as well.

This was so funny because she was running and running and I could not get her to sit down for a picture and then I turned to talk to my friend Maegen and I turned back and of all the pumpkins she must have like this one because she was just sitting there with her arm around it. It was so funny like she was looking for that particular pumpkin all along.

This is the bounce house and she promptly bit the dust. Thus we were not in it long.

They had a cute little staged area that was perfect for pictures I took about sixty and this is the one where she sat still the longest.

Abby loves animals and she loved this little donkey. She was just laughing and laughing every time the dang thing licked me. It was actually a really nice donkey and I was expecting the voice of Eddie Murphy to make him start talking.

A day in the life of.....Crazy

Dont mind the finger, she doesnt know any better...

A few late tags

As a recipient of this award, there are rules to follow. I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others! The questions are as follows:
1. Where is your cell phone?Counter
2. Where is your significant other? ?
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? sweet
5. Your father? Cowboys!
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night?Bad
8. Your dream/goal? Marathon
9. The room you're in? kitchen
10. Your hobby? Abby
11. Your fear? spiders
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?Happy
13. Where were you last night? Here
14. What you're not? crazy
15. One of your wish-list items? Home
16. Where you grew up? everywhere
17. The last thing you did? Diaper
18. What are you wearing? Jeans
19. Your TV? mind-numbing
20. Your pet? nostalgic
21. Your computer? lifeline
22. Your mood? somber
23. Missing someone? incredibly
24. Your car? reliable
25. Something you're not wearing? necklace
26. Favorite store? Walmart
27. Your summer? Long
28. Love someone? Always
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? Today
The bloggers that I'm nominating:
I love all my friends blogs, so if your up for it...do it.
Now, for you recipients of this award, here's the deal:* Display your award.* Nominate at least 7 other blogs.* Enjoy your award!


Here are the rules:1. Link the person who tagged you.2. Mention rules on your blog.3. Tell about 6 quirks of yours.4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same.5. Leave a comment to let them know. I was tagged by Megan http://www.keliiandmegan.blogspot.com/
1. hmmm there are so many, one would be the dishwasher. I am very particular about the dishwasher. I like to not over "cram" it. Everything needs plenty of room and you cannot put something in there without washing it off well beforehand. I also prefer to put all the forks in a slot and all the spoons etc that way you can put them away really quickly.
2. I have to do things in order, life read the scriptures. Or like when watching conference sessions, I like to take notes. So I cannot watch them out of order because then they would be out of order in my journal and that would drive me crazy. I also like all my books organized by author that way I can find them quickly. If there is a numbered series I like to have them in order as well.
3. I like my closet organized, usually just by color because I dont have very many clothes. But then by type, like long sleeve, church clothes etc.. Also when something is taken off the hanger I put the hanger in a different spot so I always have lots of empty hangers in the same spot without searching for them.
4. I dont know why but I absolutely hate it when people leave the toilet seat up. All aspect of the toilet need to be down when you are done with your business. When I walk into a bathroom where the lid is up it literally makes me gag.
5. When I eat pizza, if I must I will use my hands but for some reason I really only like to use a fork and knife at least until the crust. I am not sure why, I just do.
6. The kitchen sponge...this is a big deal. I hate a nasty sponge that smells like barf because you need a new one. Also if it has been used on the floor it is no longer allowed to be used on dishes.

What can I say I'm weird but at least I accept it.

I tag you!

Dental Woes

We all love the dentist don't we? Actually, I really do like my dentist and I recommend everyone I know to him. I recently went in for my cleaning/check up and we have been keeping an eye on a crown that I had for a root canal awhile ago. Nothing was that wrong with it but the dentist wasn't satisfied with the way it looked so he suggested making a new crown, just to be safe. So we made the appointment and he took off my old crown, sent off for a new one and made a temporary in the mean time. Well like two days later the temporary fell out, more like broke and so I had to go in for a new one. I was just pleased I didn't choke on it in my sleep. So the next one they tried a new cement concoction to try to make it stay better, and it did. This was lasted about four days and again the dang thing fell out. So in I went again for another temporary since the new crown was still on order. This time they tried a different type of tooth to see if that would stick better. I thought for sure that this would do the trick.... but just 3 days later I was eating dinner and afterwards I was like uh oh, I think I swallowed my temporary!!!! So am I going to die of metal poisoning because the new tooth they tried was a metal one?... I keep thinking, do I feel funny?? Is it scraping my insides? Well I guess I am not dead yet so I think I am OK. But right now I am on my fourth temporary tooth, and he tried all the tricks he knew to try to keep it in, so keep your fingers crossed for me. I think I may have toxic saliva that eats away at the temporary holds. I just hope this one doesn't fall off because as much as I enjoy spending my time at the dentist I have had my fill, no pun intended. The dentist said he has never had this much trouble with anyone before. My question is, has anyone had this happen to them. I am not blaming the dentist at all, I really do think it is me, its just weird.

Twlight....

I finally gave into the hype of the Stephanie Meyer Twilight series. It has been awhile since I have read a book for mere pleasure since Abby was born. So I gave it a try. The problem is, when I read a series, I tend to be completely distracted by it. Not able to really focus on anything until I have read everything the Author has written related to the story line. So I devoured the four books in just under two weeks, pretty much reading all night after Abby was in bed or napping. I have to admit the overall series was good and kept me reading, however in my humble opinion, it was very predictable. I guessed pretty much everything that happened. Even though I wanted those things to happen, it still was disappointing to find out they happened just how I was anticipating. This is no lie, I told Maegan what I thought would happen in Breaking Dawn and I was correct. However there were a few surprises when, the conclusion was the same but the path to get there was a bit different than I anticipated. Over all it was an easy read, the kind I like. Where you don't have to think a lot but you are distracted by the world around you as it provides an escape from reality.

Rock On

To rock or not to rock? That is the question. Abby had some sunscreen in her hair this day, and since it is beginning to get a bit longer you can actually see the the Mohawk. She looked so cute. I thought perhaps she could be a punk rocker for Halloween, you know with the tight skinny leg pants, that chain around the waist and pink eye shadow, the whole bit. But then I saw a really cute bumble bee outfit and I changed my mind. She looks so freaking cute in her costume I can not wait for Halloween, however she hated it and cried the entire time I was trying it on her to see if it fit, hopefully that will change in the next two weeks because I want to be able to get some good pictures of her in it. By the way, today Abby is 17 months old, holy COW!

The Debate

Tonight was the Vice Presidential debate and I don't know about you but I could not pull away from it. I didn't intend to be fully captivated by it. So here is my food for thought...Palin blew away Biden and simply put he should be embarrassed. Although there were some awkward moments on both sides, overall Palin left Biden in the dust. Who can refute her "talking straight to the people mentality?" I just think she is a great pick as a VP. Although I don't agree that McCain will be the best president ever, but I do think that looking at both party picks McCain/Palin is the better choice. I have a new found respect for Palin, too bad its not a Romney/Palin ticket, then maybe we could get the economy and the energy crises under control.