What a weekend! And it's not over!

Well I sure hope everyone had a great thanksgiving! We sure did!!! We had a great dinner at the Rolfe's, thanks Marie, everything was great! Then we went to a movie, Four Christmases, not my fave, but it was nice being with everyone. And up early for Black Friday!!! I actually didn't get up until 6:30am, but I still got a good day of shopping in! And some great deals!!! Thanks to my wonderful father in law for watching the kids! And after a nice rest, we put up our new tree!!! I love this holiday season! As many of you know I do a different themed tree every year, this year we have a fun cheerful tree with Silver ribbon, and pinkish purple, green, and blue ornaments! It is so fun! I wanted something to make us smile, even though we miss dad so much. But we did send Dustin a little tree! It is about 6' tall and lights up, the kids even put little ornaments on it! And then of course we had to get them each a little tree for their rooms! I also got a 4foot tree for the kids to put their special ornaments on, since I am so weird about my big tree! Every year I let the kids pick a special ornament for the year, they love it, and it takes forever to pick out just the right one! They are so cute when trying to decide! Thanks sis for waiting with me while they debated! Like I said I love this season! Being with family and friends, watching wonderful movies, making goodies and gifts for everyone! This truly is the season for families! I will post pictures of everything as soon as I get all the boxes put away! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! (If you follow my facebook also, you will have seen I said one tree down, three to go, well we still have the kids to do, and then we help Grandma Great and Grandma Rolfe each put up their trees! The kids love it!) I will be taking lots of pictures! So check back soon!

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all have a great thanksgiving weekend!

WHY???

I have been wondering, as I am sitting here thinking of everything I have to clean, why bother? It will just get destroyed in a matter of minutes. Why is it that one can spend all day, and I do mean all day, to only have it messed up in a few minutes? Why do we do this to our selves? I for one hate cleaning! It is disgusting! I can think of at least 50 things I would rather be doing! Yet, we keep on with the vicious cycle of cleaning! Why???

I am thankful for...

the blessing of being a mom! A mom to three wonderful kids! They may drive me crazy at times, but I love them each soooo much! I know I already said I was thankful for them, but they are my whole world, without them I would be lost!

Twilight!

I just got home from seeing Twilight and I loved it!!! It was sooooo good. I went a little weary, I had heard some not so great things. But I just knew it wouldn't be just like the book, no movies are. And I was sooo not disappointed! They did a good job making as close to the book as time would allow, and many of my fav phrases were there! It was great! I will be buying it as soon as it is out on video! I really hope they make the next 3 books into movies fast! I would say, if you liked the books, go see the movie! You won't be sorry!

Cakes!

Check out my cute cakes in the new slide show 'Fun with Friends'. My great friend Natalie taught me how to do some really cool stuff! Thanks Nat!

For all us Stay at Home Moms!!!

A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.

The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog.

Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess.

A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall.

In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing.

In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.

He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened.

He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.

He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?'

She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?

''Yes,' was his incredulous reply.

She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'

I am thankful for...

having everything we all need! I am so thankful for Dustin and all his hard work to make it so that we can afford to get everything we need for our family! And help others! It is nice knowing that we can take care of our sweet kids and give them more than they need.