Let the Holiday Season Begin!!

This has nothing to do with anything, Greg is just finally starting to look at the camera. 

 He decided to feed Lauren ice cream.  It was so cute, they took turns back and forth feeding each other spoonfuls.  I actually managed to pull her scraggly mane back into a ponytail.  Her hair is not long enough to cut and just long enough to hang in her eyes.  It's driving me crazy. 

We were sick most of November - one after another we fell.  Which means I had cabin fever BAD.  But we are all (knock on wood) fine now and kicked off the holiday season with a yummy Thanksgiving Dinner with Dan's family and then the annual family Polar Express/Gingerbread House party. 

Greg got BLASTED by his mean aunts and uncles for wearing a Utah shirt on the day of the Utah/BYU game.  But Greg knows where it's at.  He's a Utah Man!  He's been walking around the house chanting "BYU!  Stinks like poo!"

I did NOT teach him that!

I'm Not Really a Flirt

Something is wrong with my eye - it feels like I need to keep blinking in my right eye for some reason.  It feels somewhat "strained."  If that makes any sense.  Probably from staying up to late catching up on lame tv shows via Fancast and Hulu!  I can't help it, I like tv. It is what it is and I am okay with this.

But I know I did it at the store today and again with the dry cleaner.  Wink Wink...

New Moon Night!!!

Oh...hello Edward my love....  

Or, er, wait..I think I'd rather say that to Jacob this time around.  Not a huge Jacob fan but New Moon made me change my mind.  My goodness that boy had a body to die for.  And I am apparently turning into a creepy old lady who drools over teenage boys.  Ewww.  

Either way we were giddy with excitement and I braved staying up WAY past my sick girl bedtime to see the midnight showing of New Moon!  Do I look sick? I am.  I was pumped full of drugs and avoided as many cameras as I could.  This is just a courtesy photo to prove that I was there.  There was NO WAY I was going to miss this though!

Cute Kjersten and I being dorks.  We went to our friend Allison's house for a pre-party and then headed over with about 70 other women to the CRAZY theater.  (ps...Allison, you are now one of my new BFF...thank you again for noticing, that made my night! )  

Can you BELIEVE this?  I would've had a lot more fun had I not been sick. I got to feeling all clammy and suffocated just by trying to make our way through this madhouse.  And there weren't as many people to make fun of this year.  Just a lot of stupid ones buying $15 Edward/Jacob drink cups.

We did spot three of the Volturi sitting three rows down from us.  That was hilarious.

Overall - my movie review?  The movie rocked.  WAY better than the book and it's amazing what a little amp in the movie budget can do.  Wolf eyes in the forest a little Disney-esque, Edward's abs a little too pale and look like they could slice a girls hipbone in half.  They were that sharp!  Yuck.  Jacob was divine and I was even impressed by little Miss Dakota Fanning.  That scene where the people get eaten freaked me out in the book and just as much so in the movie.  Jasper still has bad hair but thank goodness someone helped out Rosalie and Alice.

For sure worth waiting up all night to go!!

Have you seen New Moon yet?  What did you think?

I'm Still Here

We are just a little sick...I'm saving all my energy to will myself to get better before Graham's First Grade Program tomorrow night and then New Moon at midnight!

Graham had it, then Greg, then Lauren and now me. 

Hoping it goes away as quickly as it did for the kids!  

Pow WOW

So, a few of you know I have the honor (?) of working in Cub Scouts as the Cub Committee Chair for our Pack.

A few of you are wondering what the heck that even means.
Believe me, it's taken me a few months for figure it out myself. It's sort of like planning a birthday party every month for a bunch of 8-11 year old boys. Good times.

But now that I've dropped $50 on the uniform and patches, I'm liking it. A lot. Which I probably shouldn't say or they might decide I'm done or keep me in forever and I'll turn into one of those "weird" Scout people. And I mean WEIRD! (srsly)

I left my children in the hands of fate (sorry, I mean Dan, love you baby) and went to Pow Wow from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. I NEVER go away that long without my kids, so to take off to a Scouting thing and not Nordstrom for that long was almost painful.

But all the classes were at a high school, which was fun. The bell was ringing, I had my cute binder and I wasn't too shy to chat it up with the other "kids" like I was when I was 15. Almost had me thinking, "Masters Degree? Maybeeeeeee?" (When the other student loan is paid for sweetie, don't flip out!)

I came home and the kids were happy as clams. Dan made them breakfast, they went to RedBox and hung out all day. Greg was excited because "Dad said we could wear anything we want today." Lauren's clothes even matched!!

I learned a lot of new things. But next time I get time alone I am heading to the Anniversary Sale and buying something NOT khaki. ;)

Coupon Confession

My name is Kristen and I am newly addicted to using coupons.
Not even kidding, I even have a binder! (So dorky I know.)
Don't roll your eyes at me, it's been super easy and pretty fun to watch that cash register drop numbers!



My other new "thing" is SwagBucks.

I never even heard of it until two months ago...but you install it as your tool bar and when you Google things online, it pays you randomly in SwagBucks: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 etc., etc.

Fridays are MegaSwag days where you can win more. It's awesome. Not a member yet?
Sign up HERE.

You get $3 SwagBucks just for registering and it only takes $45 SwagBucks to get a $5.00 Amazon.com gift card. (Which is my favorite prize!)
If you want more information, click HERE.

Whew! Done and DONE!!

The cookbooks are all SOLD!!!

WHEW!!
It was fun but on to the next project!
(as Dan rolls his eyes, he KNOWS there is always another project waiting!)