I am DYING for FALL!!

So I am DYING for fall!! I love it so much! I have lived in AZ my whole life but I remember there used to be a fall! I can remember most favorite memory, I was in Junior High and I stayed late for Cheer practice and I remember the crisp cold, the leaves on the trees and slight wind. The trees were changing colors and the leaves were rustling on my feet as I walked home from the late bus. I hurried home wrapping my jacket it a little tighter, my uniform not appropriate Fall weather, and when I walked in the door and I smelled my mom's wonderful homemade split pea soup! I LOVE that memory! That is what I think of when I think of Fall and as I"fake" Fall at my house. I'll post a picture of just a little of what I do to decorate for Fall. It's my Favorite time sometimes the weather is Fallish, but good enough to go out and play! in just a few days the scarecrows out front will be replaced with Frankenstein and zombies!! Take the kiddies to come have a look it's pretty neat what we do for Halloween! But be warned it's Kinda scary! WE love it. I have all the Twilight books on my Ipod now so I can listen and get things done! That way I don't feel so bad. Jesse doesn't like to read so he listens to them so we have a quite a few! Anyone going on a road trip and need something to listen to give us a call! we have a wide selection! But we are going to get a real treat coming next weekend! we will have Fall ALL around us! We are going to Flagstaff for the weekend! We always meet my Mom and Grandma in Flag every year to exchange gifts it's cheaper, easier and better than shipping. So our gift this year is a stay in a hotel! Usually it's just a day trip but we are all going to stay overnight and get more time with each other! I am SO EXCITED!! I checked the weather for that time last year and the high was 68!! Yahoo, jackets and scarfs here we come!

1-2-3 Chicken Nugget

SO I have to tell you what Jake did on Saturday. We woke up and were doing chores; when ever there is something Jesse and I don't want to do we say really fast 1-2-3- Not it!! I didn't want to do the cat liter so I yelled the infamous saying and Jesse yelled it back and Jake trying to play in our game said it too only we say it so fast and he didn't say it quite right.... He yelled walking up the stairs 1-2-3- CHICKEN NUGGET!!! Jesse and I died with laughter and all weekend long we all yelled 1-2-3- Chicken Nugget. So from now on it's 1-2-3- Chicken Nugget!

Jake's Birthday Party

Jake had a family birthday party this year, his cousin's came over and we had an Indiana Jones party for him. I just did a little treasure hunt; they had to wrap Jake up like a Mummy, go to the snake pit,dig through monkey brains..(Jello brain mold), and run to the airport hanger(garage) to snatch the treasure before the bad guys took off! They had little bags to collect their loot and had a good time! We had a hot dog bar and cake. Then we opened some presents!! He got some very nice things!including a scooter from Grandma!! Thank you to my family for driving and helping celebrate with him he LOVED IT!!! Even though we got a present with 72 pieces!! UGH and it's his FAV.. of course!! But it was nice, I over did it so I spent the next 2 days in bed but that's life , well for me anyways! we rested and Jesse Prepared for his first day of his new job that he started on Monday. It's going OK so far just learning and reading.. He'll be getting his hands dirty soon! Here are some pictures! his cousin's Jane, Ethan are in the pictures, Lucy ( his twin) and the babies Luke and Devyn were off playing doing other things..

Bunce U

We had so Much fun on Friday! Jake's Great Grandma sent him Birthday money so we went to this place called Bounce U! He got to play with his new Best friend Cash! ( the only other boy in his preschool class).Cash was so funny, Jake missed Thursday and I guess Cash came home and said there was no Jake today!! They had so much fun getting to bounce play with balls and slide! Then they gave them snacks and off to more bouncing! what a great Day! We also got to meet a new friend Jaque and her little girls, I just didn't get any pictures with the girls, the boys were inseparable!!! Thanks for the invite April!! We should do it again some time! Hee hee we have the sock's now!

Busy Week!

Hey everyone! we've been so busy trying to recoup from my little surgery and get our house prepared for Jakes party that we did A LOT and didn't post ANY of it yet!! Sorry! Last week was Jake's Birthday on Wed, his actual b-day, we gave him is gift an Indiana Jones's costume ( that way he could wear it the day of his party) then I took him to the pool day and we brought stuff to make snow cones for the kids.. kind of an impromtu party of sorts, then we met up with his Daddy-o and went to McDonalds for lunch where he got a Happy Meal and got to stay and play on the toys where unfortuanelty every kid was there with no one to watch them so it was SOO crazy! I have a better time tuning it out but Jesse was on his last nerve. now i know it get's crazy but take this into consideration.. my husband is completly deaf in his left ear!! so it was crazy loud and it's the play area that is in the food area NOT an enclosed area which makes it worse!! so it was totally out of control. a kid bigger than Jake jumped on top of jake and threw him down the slide, I had it... His mom and Grandma had to chase him down to retrieve jake's things and they tried to get him to say sorry he told them NO!! hit and SPIT on them!!! Are you kidding me? I Never would put up with that!! so we ALL had enough, especially Jake! I got him an ice cream cone and in the car he says "Mommy, why are all those kids so rude and naughty?" You got me kid! I wanted to say..their parents wanted a break so they take them to a public place and let them loose... sorry about my little rant, but whenever we go some where we go over all the rules! I expect him to be on his BEST behavior when we are out in public! apperantly That was not the case on Wed but we got some cute pictures and it was nice..

Jesse Job Update

I thought I would give you all an update on the job search, since it has been up in the air for awhile. First, I have just completed all of the requirements and the exams to get my Process Server License. So I have now started, on a part time basis, brightening peoples' day with officially Serving them with Photo Radar or Red Light Citations, Eviction Notices or many other types of legal documents and notices. That is quite an entertaining thing to do I must say, and it does not pay extremely well, but every little bit counts!
The next thing I am working on is a temp-to-hire full-time position with a major ".com" company located in downtown Phoenix. I have been formally been offered the position, and I have accepted it. The only thing now that we are waiting for is the start date, which from what I am told will be by this Monday! I am really excited about this because this position I will be working with a very good friend who I also used to work with in the past. So I already have some respect and credibility right as I walk through the door, which only puts me that much more ahead of the others in that department.
Anyway, I appreciate everyone who has helped our family in the past month or two with everything! I really can't express enough our love and gratitude to EVERYONE for anything and everything they have done. And thanks to Matt for the job hook-up, dude you are awesome!

Normal mormon husband

Of course Everyone knows I am OBSESSED with the Twilight series and everything going on has been negative and last night I stumbled on a very funny male Mormon's blog who's a FAN TOO!So I have to clarify the youtube post bar the only one I thought was funny is the first one so you don't even have to bother with the others. what I thought was funny is it's from this blog called NORMAL MORMON HUSBAND! he's read all the Twilight series and did a Rap!! it's just funny,I am VERY taken back that he's such a big fan!I may not agree with everything but it's nice that guys out there read the books and are fans!I know one of my friends has run into the opposite! Jesse wants to read the books but he's not a fan of reading so we are trying to get them on tape (if anyone has them let me know). But just a little funny video from a guys version, it made me laugh hope it brightens some one's day! If you don't see the bar down below the web address is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At9631au04w. It also makes me feel good that my husband doesn't have to lock me up just yet.. I Have not made a video or a rap!!

Jake's First day of Preschool

So finally Jake gets to go to school! He's been waiting so long.. last year Deanna Daniels offered a free month of preschool at our church service auction but Jake wasn't potty trained yet so he had to wait. It was so funny when he was still learning after each of his accomplishments he would run put on his clothes and his back pack and say "I'm Ready to go to school!!" and as soon as he was fully potty trained; school was over and so we had to wait over summer. We did workbooks together and so I did some home schooling, he was so devasted he had to wait longer. For the next month he will go to Sister Daniels house on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 2 hours! He got to hold the flag today and they have a stuffed clifford dog for their class pet. The teacher said he did very well except for being dissapointed about not getting to hold clifford. I explained to him that there will be other times and he got to do something special that the others have to wait for. So a few tears but nothing terrible! he loves animals!!! Stuffed or other wise so besides learning about hearing and the letter U he learned a great lesson about paitence! Thanks Sister Daniel!