halloween party pics

they had some one come in and take the pics! I hope you all like them!

halloween Cuties!!!

so here they are...

Ella is a Kitty!

Brandon is a Cowboy!

Most of the pics for the winning cards!

People have been asking for single shots of the cards we made!

This was the first place card above that I made. I think that they picked it because they saw potential to be made in all the companies colors. ( when I make the cards I will post one here)!
This is the 3rd place anniversary card Jen my sister made this. I really thought her cards would be the ones that won!


This was the 3rd place Fall theme card. Jennie made this one too.

Justin's card that won 2ND we didn't get any pics of it because he made it after we had taken all the pictures and called it a night! So if I can get a copy of the pic I will post it on here!

And there you have it!

ER is the life for me????

So He isn't even 2 yet! wont be for 2 more months and he has already picked up on this.
If you notice he has one pant leg rolled up. He kept getting bugged that it was long and going under his foot. He started yelling Help! so I rolled it and after that he did so well.


He did fall a couple of times!

But for the most part he did amazing for a first try doing this!

this is him trying to adjust the handle bars!

So these are video clips of him in action!!!

The little girl who lived next door was really patient letting Brandon play with her scooter. After about 15 Min's I made him give it back. He tackled her a few times to get it back. I finally had to put him in the house...For the girls safety...Brandon was out for total domination!!!

He then learned how to get out of our safety gate Really FAST! he is a boy who knows what he wants!

The annual card contest.

We finally got the winners back from the card contest.

For those of you who don't know my dad's company does a card contest every year. It is a fall theme. But this year they made 3 contests. One for anniversary with their Company and employee birthday cards.

We all worked on them Jennie, me, Justin, Kaylee, Jessie, and Ella. We had a great time. We should have taken picture.

But the winners ARE....

Drum roll Please.........

The awards we won are:

3RD in Fall theme Jennie $75.00

3RD in anniversary Jennie $75.00

2ND in Birthday Justin $100.00

1ST in Anniversary Debbie $200.00

We are prepped and ready to Win Next year!!! Fun!!

the She curl-hawk...

Ella has been watching me put Brandon's hair into a Faux Mohawk...basically spiking the center of his hair up in a row. She really liked it. So She started begging me to put her hair in a Mohawk. This is the best I could come up with! She loved it. Eventually I braided each strand to each other and it looked more like Mohawk. But I didn't get pictures of that. She also wanted to dress in a Toto and striped tights...it was quite the outfit!!!

Back by Popular Demand...

Ella Enjoyed her Fans comments and wanted to sing again first thing this morning to give her fans a new show!!!

I hope you all enjoy...Again this is to the Grandparents!

An Ode to the grandparents...

ELLA MISSES YOU AND WISHES SHE COULD SEE YOU!!!

Our New goals!

(As a side comment this picture is supposed to look like I am thinking...how ever it looks like I am trying to hard to be sexy or something! This was my attempt at being funny!!! However I look like a lame-o)

I haven't been on here in a bit. We have all had a chest cold and we are finally coming out of it. We have been home a lot and just getting things around here done.



Josh and I have been setting goals together as couples and we have made some super decision money and for family temporal and spiritual needs. We are actually getting more focused. We have dreams of getting into a house but we have to be debt free first.



Setting up a goal and achieving it are by far, two different things. How ever we have been making big changes on how we spend an look at our income. That helps a lot! We don't eat out often and we do not shop for things unless they are needs. We are also trying to pay off anything that is accruing interest quickly. Less money in there pockets and more in ours. We are also starting a savings! We haven't gotten to the saving part yet but, this goal we will get to! As we get things paid off more money will be moving to pay off other bills and into savings. I hoping that by March of next yr we will have all but the cars and student loans paid off. that would be a Major accomplishment.



Our marriage started off with very little money. I think we got use to spending when it was there. Now it is time to save and be thrifty as much as possible. I don't feel that our kids are hurting for anything. I feel that my husband does a great job of taking care of us! I feel that we are content and we just need to get a bigger place to live.



I also have to start thinking about schools. Ella could start school next school year. (EEK)! I want to get us into the school zone of one of the better schools around here. It is important to me for her to go where I know that she isn't going to be held back by teachers having to teach other kids English at the same time. We live in a area that has such I diverse group of nationalities. It is really neat to have so many different types of people. But I don't want Ella held back because of it. I do like that she will grow up with such a diverse group so that she will learn that we are all equal and on the same playing field here. I am hoping by January to get her into a preschool here. I want to get her in for 2-3 days a week but it is expensive! So I have to prioritize!!!





We have just been trying to get our life into focus. I think we both feel that we are making enough money that we shouldn't have to live pay check to pay check. Don't get me wrong we are in no way Rich, not even close. BUT we want to be able to plan trips and not have to opt out because we can afford it. It would be nice to have money saved that we can choose to use on a vacation!!



So we have also made a plan with our tax returns... Yep those are not excluded from my money pinching goals. We need a new bed and we are looking in the king size department. So as part of our goals we have decided that we will purchase one Huge need and the rest has to go to bills and savings....To play another day!!!! We know that we will have to buy everything for the bed including sheets and blankets so it will be a large purchase. We need it! Our kids like to lay with us in bed at night before going to bed. There is not enough room for us all in a queen! We have decided to purchase from Costco or Sam's they have great mattresses and for a great price!!! I am so excited our bed is 15+ years old! It isn't so friendly on the back any more!

So there you have it...Our goals in Black and white...Any one have tips?