Our Thanksgiving

So we had a nice thanksgiving! It was small this year my in-laws were in Mexico so was my brother in law so that was a good chunk gone. My dad and Jackie spend Thanksgiving with her family so it was just my mom,sister,and brother n law and my nephew. It was nice to be a bit smaller this year. I cooked everything myself.My mom put together my stuffing recipe for me to save me some time, and then we stuffed the turkey with it that came out sooo good. Then she did her mashed potatoes but everything else i did homemade .I was so proud of myself another year I did a good job!! It makes me nervous because its such a big meal, and you cant mess it up!! It was just nice and relaxing I enjoyed!! Today we are having a lazy day, tomorrow is xmas decorations day so there will be plenty to do!! I did not wanna go out into the madness today so I stayed far away from it. I really did not see any deals that would beneift us. So hope all hade a good holiday!! I cant beleive how fast the holidays are coming and going..this is my favorite time of the year.

Christmas

So the list is starting to pile up!! Our ideas are.... for Stomie we want to get her a Nintendo DS or Guitar Hero they are both over 100 bucks so expensive!! Its just hard with her age she is into the expensive stage now. Adriana we want to get her either a lepster or a princess vanity they are both expensive too. Dominic I really want to get him this train table I think he will dig it. I was telling Ramon I feel bad because if we get them big stuff because thats all they get. He made a good point though either we buy them one big thing or a bunch of litlle stuff that they will just break or lose. I think thats so true. Anyways they get a ton of gifts from their grandparents and friends and stuff so its not like our gifts is the only one. We got to my my dads house so grandma and papa spoil them and other relatives give them plenty too. So for thoes who read my blog what do you think a few small things or one big thing whats better?

Silly Sunday

Today was pretty chill. I did alot of cleaning so I dont have to stress so hard during the week!! Sunday like usual is football day all day....haha The kids just hung around the house being their goofy selves.Me and my oldest went on a bike ride that was fun. They watched Kung Foo Panda and the old Wizard Of Oz. They are so goofy I have never seen kids with so much energy!!! I told my husband I wonder if this is how other poeples lives are with 3 kids. We just have to laugh sometimes its so chaotic. I am so blessed with my kids thopugh they are all three such wonderful kids. They are the greatest and hardest thing I have ever had. Kids are so much work and its goes all day long. I have really come to appreciate parents after having my own its really the hardest job ever. Now that my oldest two are 9 and 4 they both have activities and school stuff going on thats a job in itself and my lil monkey hasent even begun anything yet. I cant wait for the day me and my husband get to be two old people retired, and we have grandchildren over and get to see what all are hard work has resulted in.Not to mention we can send them home when we are tired!!! So hope everyone had a good weekend back to reality tomorrow..haha.

Its been two years today...

Craig my husbands best friend and my good friend has been gone now for two years. I cant believe that its been two years since I heard him crack one of his jokes, or make fun of me(he was good for this)for something or another! Me,my husband and craig and his wife we got together almost every weekend. We had so much fun doing nothing. Craig was the type of person that everybody loved. He was a go with the flow guy and was always ready to do whatever was going on. He just enjoyed being around us hanging out with us just as we did with him. He is one of thoes poeple you will never find another to compare to him. We talk about him like you never left us maybe thats some type of comfort we hang on to.He was just the best guy he had a good heart and was a great friend that would stand behind you no matter what.My husband said he feels like a peice of him died with Craig and I really believe that. They had that type of friendship we all wish we could share with somebody, It was that we love the crap out of eachhother and would do anything for eachother but never actually said that relationship!! We lost more than a friend that day he was like family he was my husbands "other wife" hahah. I used to tell them they were like a bunch of women for how long they talked on the phone and craig would always say tell the hens to stay out of it because me and his wife would always chime in!! There is just so many things we all miss about him way too many to ever write. Its so true though what people say you dont know when you will go so take very moment in for what it is. We never thought Craig would leave us and he did just like that.He left a son and a wife. His little boy is the cutest little thing a spitting image of him he would be so porud of him. I know though that he will always live on through him. We love you and miss you craig and you will always be so close to our heart.

Whats new...

So I have been super busy with school man I really got myself into a full schedual!! Im getting good grades, but just maintaining life with three kids and school full time is nutz. I must say the hardest part is the house up keep. If I dident have tons of laundry, dinner, a messy house all the time to clean I think it would be so much easier!! Hey such is life though right? It just alot for me, and my husbad is great but he works full time then has the kids all night alone too so its not like he can just get chores done at night. I just remind myself its for my familys good soon eough I will be able to give my kids the best life possible, and I will have an education. Thats something I never thought I would get until just recently. Next semester I am going to slow it down a bit though. Just so I have a more time, and more time to play with the kids. Staying up till midnight, and waking up at 630 going all day is weraing on your body!! I have proven though I can do it so thats good enough for me. This weekend I have a CPR class for Sat morn then we have Adrianas b-day dinner that night. Sunday we are going to our friend Craigs grave in Dixon it will be two years since he passed this Nov. 11th. Thats makes me so sad, but I know he is in a better place even though we wish he wasent.

Wow...I am SOOO FRICKING happy!!!!

I have taken part in a HUGE part of history. Yes, I voted for Obama and he is our new president. I cant explain how happy I am for this change he gives me hope. There is a no fix all for our worlds problems, but i know he will pave our path towards a better life. For the first time in a long time i think maybe my kids will have a better world to grow up in. This is a huge step in putting our history of racism behind us. Change was obama's slogan and I welcome it and I think the best man won. He is for the people, and me and my family are the people.... Congratulations Borack Obama our first African American president

Halloween pics again.....

More Halloween pics

Our Holloween night of fun!

So our Halloween was great. We all dressed up, it was lots of fun.My husband dressed in tigger the kids adored him, and my brither in law was Henry. Well I put a hat on to be Tiggers wife haha!! Ya I dident buy anything so I made it up...the kids had so much fun there was alot going in the neighborhood we went to. One house was doing candy apples,hot cider,hot chocolate they even had a popcorn machine out! They had a guy playing guitar singing and had balloons for the kids it was so awsome. Dominic did pretty good for his first real year. He said trick or treat and thank you most of the time. He was very much into the decorations though, I think he liked messing with all that rather than the actual trick or treating. The girls just had fun like always ans waaayyy to much candy. Got some really good pics of Adri, Storm had a mask so I couldent do much with that.As for monkey he refused to smile or even sit for a picture so I did my best. Enjoy!!