Boys

Yesterday my boys came upstairs telling me that they were playing house and were shooting each other. I don't remember playing house like that when I was little. I guess it's better than pretending like they are nursing a baby in a rocking chair smoking a cigarette.

Halloween'ing'

Here are some shots from our annual Mendenhall Halloween Spectacular. We love the party, especially when it is still nice enough to do it outside. Everybody plans a game or activity and it turns out like a mini cornbelly's. In the past we have decorated 2 litre bottles like witches and had a witch flying contest where they are shot off with some air launcher that grandpa built. We've also been to Gardner Village to see the witches twice this year and we went to Cornbelly's last weekend during Fall Break. Just trying to pack it all in before we are relegated to spending time indoors.

Something Funny...

I can't eat healthy food for lunch. Something in my Psyche tells my body that it needs some transfats and diet coke for lunch. I can eat all of the produce, lean protien, and whole grains for the entire rest of the day...but lunch is my happy meal. Maybe it's gearing up for the rest of the day, or my wild side coming out. I guess it's better than getting a tatoo.

Camarillo by morning.....

Last weekend, we surprised Annie for her birthday by showing up on her porch Friday morning. We've had this in the works for quite some time, and is was nearly cancelled, but thanks to my Fabulous sister in law we got a killer deal on a flight and made it happen.

When we got there, she was screaming "I was hoping it would be you, out of everybody I would want to come visit, I wanted it to be you guys!" Danny had to tell her somebody was coming because she was trying to make plans and sell the bed in the spare room.

We spent Friday at Zuma beach in Malibu, had dinner at her house, then went hot tubbing. Saturday morning we went walking/running followed by 6+hours shopping at the outlets. We had dinner that night at a BBQ place and saw the Help. We told the waiter we just gave the Camarillo Economy a boost at the outlets, so every time he'd leave the table he would say "God bless America!" It was pretty funny. After we got home we stayed up past 3 AM jammed in an hour of sleep and woke up at 4:30 to catch the early flight out of Long Beach. It was so fun to be together and have some much needed lady time. Our awesome husbands even entertained the kids back home, and Josh took our boys camping. Makay said he must be big because he didn't even miss me.

PS I have to thank Oma for asking me if I was pregnant because it gave me the motivation to stop eating sugar. I am almost 2 months sugar free, and almost 10 lbs lighter. Thanks again Oma!