The Bennett Farm

Pumpkin Patch

2010-10-26T19:05:00.000-07:00

The Big Orange Pumpkin Patch :)

Camping Trip

2010-10-26T18:43:00.000-07:00

Camping at Hickory Creek

Its not camping unless you have a light saber!

Ghost Stories!

Roasting marshmallows!

Beach Vacation!!

2010-10-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

View from our Beach House

Our gorgeous Beach House!

Eatin some crab!

Camille's 4th Birthday Party!!

2010-10-26T17:52:00.000-07:00

Her Bug Birthday Party!

Water Slide!!!

Kade, Rachel and Hayden

Roly Poly Cake! Thanks Dee!

Brother got her they Play Doh she wanted!

Snow White Dress!

Big Girl Bike!!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

2010-06-24T20:05:00.000-07:00

My baby and me

Watching the baseball game

Sticker Mania!

Fun Pictures!

2010-06-24T19:53:00.000-07:00

Granny and Camille at the park

Hayden

Cami

Granny on a scooter....uh oh!

Trampoline fun!

At the Circus!

2010-06-24T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hayden and Kade

Mommy & Hayden

Meekers

The Chitlins

Winter Wonderland

2010-06-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

Camille building her own snowman :)

Hayden's Green Belt Test

2010-06-24T19:03:00.001-07:00

Breaking his board

Awarded his Green Belt

Hayden's Kindergarten Recital

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He had a main part playing the Xylophone!

Hayden's 6th Birthday

2010-06-24T18:44:00.000-07:00

Skating with Daddy

Darth Maul Cake

You ask for a nice picture and this is what you get....

Pumpkin Patch '09

2010-06-24T18:20:00.000-07:00

Cousins Hayden & Kade

Feedin the Longhorn baby!

Cousins Cami & Jett

Sorry!

2010-06-24T18:09:00.001-07:00

Its been a long while, so I will just post a bunch of pictures in series to update everyone!

Here are some pictures of Hayden's '09 Grappling/Sparring Tournament :

Fighting his cousin!

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

A Day in the Park

2009-09-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

Random pics from our park

Camille turned the water on, on purpose and caught her brother by surprise!

Happy Birthday Camille!!!

2009-09-04T21:08:00.000-07:00

Camille just had her 3rd birthday on August 21st! Un-be-liev-able............I can't get over how time flies. Everyday both of them do something new and I love it. I can't imagine not having them in my life or not being able to help them grow. I am truely so blessed.

Here are some pictures from her party. My battery wasn't charged too much so I was only able to get a few shots in. Oh, and of course the party was Tinkerbell :)

My beautiful birthday girl

Tinkerbell cake

Blowing out her candles

My perfect gorgeous wonderful little girl and I

First Day of Kindergarten!

2009-08-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

Well, Monday was Hayden's first day of Kindergarten, which I know is cool....but oh so sad :( He is so big now. I miss my little boy. He loves his new school and his teacher and is doing great! I am so proud of him :) Patrick and I took him to school and Patrick took a few pictures on his phone-

Redone Blog

2009-08-09T12:49:00.000-07:00

Well, a lot of things have happened since I last wrote a post.......that aside, I decided to start this back up again. It is easier than sending everyone pictures and emails on things. Seeing how it has been so long, I will probably go ahead and post things that have already happened since I was last here. So come back and check it when you want :)

I can't believe this, but Hayden starts Kindergarten in about 3 weeks!! This is huge! A few months back, his school now had a Pre-K Graduation party. They got to march all around with their caps and gowns while the preschool classes cheered them on. Here are some pics:

Hayden with his dipolma :)

Hayden and Mommy

Class Graduation Photo

Camille sitting outside cheering them on as they walked by

The Three Best Friends - Stella, Camille and Jaden.

Happy New Year!!

2009-01-05T09:10:00.000-08:00

I hope all of you had a wonderful New Year! We celebrated over at Hershey's mom's house :) I took a lot of pictures, but I am not allowed to post the majority of them, seeing as they would kill me! So here are a few that have non-offensive, non-intoxicated wholesome material in them......which cuts the list pretty short!

Hayden and Kade

Jett Max

Mr. and Mrs. Bennett

Dees and Angel

The boys

Daddy and Cami

The Holiday Season!

2008-12-29T13:38:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas is over and we have all survived again! This time of the year is so busy, there is so much family to see and things to do.

On Christmas Eve, we headed over to Patrick's Aunt Janet's house in Grand Prairie to see Patrick's dad's side of the family. I have already met a lot of that side, but I got to meet a lot more and more importantly his Grandparents, they live up in the Panhandle area. I enjoyed seeing all of them and they are all so sweet and loving. It was nice to spend Christmas Eve with them.

The men: Shannon (cousin), Uncle Roland, Derek, their Grandpa, Patrick's dad, and Patrick

Patrick and his Grandparents

Hayden and Camille playing with some of their cousins

Uncle Derek and Cami. Hayden and Grandpa.

Shannon (cousin), Patrick's dad, Stephanie (cousin) and Derek

We drove back home later in the night so the kids could open one Christmas Eve present and also so they could wake up to Santa at home! Patrick and I received the usual "Wake up!!! Santa CAME!!!!!!!" little boy jumping on us on Christmas morning. That is so worth it. By far my favorite part!

After opening presents and playing with toys, we all got ready for Round 2 and headed over to my Uncle Dave's house in Mesquite to celebrate with the extended family there. We got to visit and catch up with everyone and see all the little babies again. Unfortunately, I did not remember to take any pictures.....so just imagine it!

Round 3, in the evening we headed over to my mom's house to have the immediate family celebration with just us, Chris & Hershey, mom, Pily, Cristian, Carla & Robert. And of course the kids.

Cristian and Camille

Almost everyone

Jett

Carla and the boys

Granny and Kade

The kids. It took about 9 shots to get even this picture....erg. Camille kept sitting with her back to the camera and the other kids were either goofy or just didn't want to do it. Ah well, memories.

After all the whirlwind of Christmas was dying down, we went over to Patrick's mom's a couple days later to do Santa festivities there. Everyone's schedule conflicted, so we just waited until after Christmas to celebrate Christmas! The kids had a lot of fun and Gramma and Papa got them really cool toys! They are currently fighting over one in particular! Once again, I forgot my camera, so you know the drill....

Now everything's over so it seems......but I still have to take down the tree and all the decorations. Not to mention my house is in disarray with ripped up wrapping paper, toys, and all the boxes and twisties they came in. I cleaned up Camille's room yesterday and reorganized everything to make room for the truck loads of new toys, yet they keep ending up on the living room floor....its a mystery....

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Choo Choo

2008-12-15T11:09:00.001-08:00

So us, mom, Chris, Hershey and Dee took the kids to play at the mall last Thursday and the kids all rode the train. Here are some cute pics!

Hayden, Kade, Camille and Jett :)

Nuff Said

2008-12-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

I think this picture speaks for itself.......

Check up

2008-11-24T13:30:00.000-08:00

Hayden had his 5 yr old check up this past week and along with it came shots :( He did a good job though. He is in the 95th percentile on his height and weight! I cannot believe how big both of them are!

Roooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr

2008-11-24T13:03:00.000-08:00

We took the kids out to the Herd Museum to see Dinosaurs Alive! They had so much fun. All of the dinosaurs were animatronics and moved and made noises. There was also a butterfly tent, a little petting zoo, a rare animal zoo, and inside there is a snake museum and a bunch of other things. I definitely want to take them again. Hayden was a little timid at first, since the dinosaurs movements follow you and roar at you, but of course Camille was roaring back and cracking up. They are two different kids! Not only are the dinosaurs cool, but you have to walk on a wooded path around the area and that's cool in itself!

Hayden in the rustic cabin

Cami sneaking a peek at me

Daddy and Hayden at the petting zoo

Cami and Daddy on the trail

Mommy and Hayden

The velocirapter that actually spits water at you when you walk by!

Daddy and Hayden riding a dinosaur

The mighty T-Rex that roars SO loud

Thank You

2008-11-21T11:52:00.001-08:00

Here are Hayden's thank you cards I sent out for his birthday!

Hayden's Birthday Party

2008-11-19T14:25:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was Hayden's birthday party at Planet Pizza. All Agents that had received their orders complied and attended the mission. I think this is the first time we had 100% attendance to a party. In all, we had 13 kids including the birthday boy. They had a fantastic time playing games and riding the rides. Even Camille was able to play in the jungle gym/ball pit area with little help. ;-) After an hour of playtime, it was time to adjourn to the party room for the party.

The cake was 'the bomb!' ;-)

Special Agent party favor cases!

Agent Kade, Agent Rachel and the birthday boy Agent Hayden

Agent Jett and Agent Camille

Agent Granny and Agent Camille on a high-speed chase!

Agent Hershey and Agent Jett

Agent Camille and Agent Hayden performing some high-tech sluething in the top secret labratory

Agent Brett, Agent Kade and Agent Hayden in the AgentMobile

I have a 5 year old???

2008-11-17T10:18:00.001-08:00

Seriously? How did that happen? My little boy is already 5! Today is his birthday!! Happy Birthday Hayden! Wow, this is jut weird. Time flies...He had his birthday party yesterday, I'll post pictures later. But here is a picture of him in the hospital when he was born (please excuse the splotches on the picture!) So sweet. He has changed so much, but yet to me he still looks the same :)

Hayden's Party Invitation

2008-11-05T09:09:00.001-08:00

We have another birthday coming up! Hayden is going to be five this month! I can't believe it....a whole hand! Without further adieu, I present the invitation!

This years theme is 'Secret Spy Agent' as that is all Hayden is into! He has practically the entire line of SpyGear and constantly watches Agent Cody Banks, Spy Kids and movies like that over and over. He even made his own business cards that say he works at the C.I.A. :) All envelopes were addressed to 'Agent so-and-so' and the return address was the 'Bennett Intelligence Agency.'

Here is the invite outside:

Each invite was personalized on the folder to a particular agent.

Inside the agent will find their mission instructions. Also included is a map with specific instructions on how to get to the secret mission location without being spotted, followed or captured.

The message reads:

"Your Presence Is Requested For A Spy Mission: Operation 5.
Dear Special Agent,

You have been specially selected to attend this top secret spy mission we call "Operation 5." You will meet and gather secret information with other spies, crack codes, learn the art of disguise, pass along secret messages and participate in an undercover birthday celebration for Spymaster, Agent Hayden.

Please report for duty on Sunday November 16th at 1300 sharp! (1:00pm) All agents must be present for briefing at 1330 hours. (1:30pm) Your mission will be completed by 1500 hours. (3:00pm)

Secret Hideout: Planet Pizza (address)

Should you choose to accept, please contact the agency from a secure phone line, at (number) and give the code word - PENGUIN.

We know you can handle this mission. Good luck!

Bennett Intelligence Agency

*this message will not self-destruct...
we're no that high-tech"

So there it is! Now I just have to get the rest of the stuff ready for the party and think of a cake!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!

2008-11-01T12:37:00.000-07:00

Super Spy and Daisy Duck

Hayden and Camille

Chewbaca

Hayden, Kade, Cami and Jett

My little duck tail!

Happy Birthday!

2008-10-23T11:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry I've been M.I.A. lately. I was really sick with severe case of Strep for 10 days last week or so, but I'm finally completely all better! I just hope one of the kids doesn't get it now :( I believe Hayden brought it home from school. I really don't want my two year old getting it, that's just bad news...

So guess what today is!!!!! Today is my Great Grandmothers 101th birthday!!! Happy Birthday Grandma! Can you believe it? Shes 101 years old.....wow. You know, she was born in Oklahoma before it was even a state? I hope all of you will send your birthday wishes and prayers out there for her, she truly is an amazing person. :) I believe about 5 or 6 posts down is some pictures of her when I went to visit a couple months ago.

Well, I have to run, I have a lot to do before Camille wakes up from her nap! I'll post more pictures later!

Horrid Night.

2008-09-26T14:42:00.000-07:00

Interesting night last night.....So I was doing the kids laundry and as I was taking the first load out of the dryer I noticed something...All of their clothes were splotted red and pink!! Somehow, a little red crayon had gotten into the load! ALL OF THEIR CLOTHES! I was about to have a heart attack. Also the inside of my dryer is now stained red.....and of course I didn't discover this until about 11 at nite.

I ended up getting a lot of the stain out of the clothes though. I re-washed them twice in hot water with a detergent/Goo-Gone mixture and it worked! And the clothes smell citrusy lol All but 2 shirts are good as new now, so I'm not panicking anymore. Well, all of Haydens underwear and socks are pink, but I can just get more of those!! I still need to go to the store to get something to clean the dryer though. I tried a lot of remedies I found searching on the internet, but some didn't work and I need certain things to try others. I can't believe this. What luck! Just thought you all would get a laugh at my expense :P

Hiiiiiiii-Yaaaa!!!

2008-09-21T19:46:00.000-07:00

Whew, super busy lately! Every weekend lately has been jammed with birthday parties from Hayden's school and Karate and all sorts of things! Hayden and Kade joined a karate class and they are really good at it! They are both really into it and are following the class directions well. They are learning new kicks and jabs, and self defense moves. The first class they both did well, unless they were next to each other haha When they are separated they are better since they are more tuned into the class.

I think this is going to be really good for Hayden and its something I want him to continue doing for as long as hes into it. He is learning not only karate moves, but respect, manners, to listen and take guidance and confidence. I know its only been a few classes, but I can tell its working. He is not as shy and he is more confident. At a restaurant he actually walked way over to tell the waiter we needed something, that is something he never would have done! He always hid and whispered. He is talking to people now when we go places and is way more outgoing. Its really good for him and I am so proud of him. He needed to come a little more out of his shell! Now Camille....she needs to go into her shell! I am going to have my hands full with her while she grows up. She is more of the dare devil roller coaster child :)

Such a Big Girl!

2008-08-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

I took Camille to her two year old check up today at the doctors :( She really doesn't like that place. She started whimpering when we pulled up in the parking lot. She was ok until the doctor came in. Right when the doctor opened the door, Camille said "Go!" She kept telling the doctor to go away! She got checked out and got a shot. All in all she did a really good job and got her sucker :) Oh and on her charts, she is in the 97th percentile on her height...big surprise huh? I have no clue why shes tall........... :)

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

2008-08-26T14:38:00.001-07:00

Well another birthday party has passed. Cami had her 2nd birthday this past weekend and she had so much fun! Her party was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme. She is absolutely in love with that show. She was most excited about her Minnie Mouse party dress :) I couldn't get the dress off of her until hours after the party when it was time to go to bed, I had to trick her on that too. It was a lot of fun, I've posted some pictures below:

Happy Birthday!!!

2008-08-21T15:01:00.001-07:00

Today is Camilles 2nd Birthday!! Yay! Her party isn't until Sunday though. I can't believe shes already 2, crazy! So that's the happy for the day...

...on the other hand...

....the bad for the day is that Hayden is sick as a dog :( He woke up this morning with a low grade fever so he stayed home from school. He took a long rest during the day and when he woke up he was talking crazy and telling me stories that he swears were true. Well he had a 104.0 temp and that made him act a little strange, poor boy. I cooled him off and got his temp down and called the doctor (since of course they are closed at 3:00 on Thursdays...so typical. Whenever my kids get sick they are closed or its the middle of the night) So I'm monitoring him right now. He is sleeping again for now. I hope he gets better or I'm going to have to take him to the kids ER place. Sweet boy :(

I'll post pics from Camilles party this weekend!

Family

2008-08-18T15:40:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been somewhat busy lately! My mom and I took a trip up to Oklahoma to visit my Great Grandmother. She will be 101 in October!! She has had a hip replacement and might need an oxygen tank in her house for emergencies only, but still, at 101 that is pretty darn good! She is a wonderful person and is very loving. She had gotten down a box of old pictures and documents for me to scan, because I am building the family tree up. Her memory is so good, not like a lot of older people when their memory starts to slip. As I scanned the pictures she would tell me who it was and all about that person. She remembered every little detail about everything. I got some really good information and a ton of old pictures. You know whats really amazing, is that she was born in Oklahoma before it became a state lol She remembers the Indian tribes all around and the little log house they lived in! While I was there I also went and visited my dad's Mom's side of the family. I met some of them and we talked for a while. It was a fun trip and I'm happy I got to learn so much while I was there.

My Great Grandmother, Edith Moore :)

My Great Great Great Great Grandparents...whew....Its one of those old drawing photographs since obviously cameras weren't around..lol

Also, on a side note. Some of you might remember the picture of the dining room table I had posted in the beginning that I wanted. Well, I want a different style one now, so I found a wood working guy who also restores antiques and he is custom building my table right now! It should be done in a couple days! I can't wait :) Camille is having her birthday party on Sunday, so a lot of you should get to see it!

A little bit of this....

2008-07-29T13:22:00.001-07:00

...and a little bit of that. That's pretty much all that's been going on! So I'll just post some updated pictures:)

Hayden had crazy hair day at school last week. We all know how 'conservative' he is with his hair, so I was completely shocked when he actually let me do a mohawk! This has only happened once before in his life. Here is the one from last week and the one from about 2 1/2 years ago. By the way, hes doing his traditional Power Rangers pose...

Here is a couple of Camille too :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

Weeks have passed.....

2008-07-03T23:37:00.000-07:00

....and I still haven't updated this thing. Oh well. I told you I would post pictures from our trip to the RiverWalk, but I'm too lazy. So I am going to provide you with the link to my MySpace page and you can look at my photo albums on there ha.

myspace.com/shellbelle02

We had so much fun! It was awesome to have a little escape for just the two of us, and Patrick was absolutely wonderful! He had a room of flowers waiting for me and a bunch of things planned to do....not to mention the 'Heavenly Bed' suite :o) Best suite ever....He is so thoughtful and loving and I am so lucky and thankful for him.

Chris and Hershey just moved back home and I went to see their new gorgeous house tonight. They should be so proud of themselves. They finally have a place to call home and don't have to worry about moving anymore. Their house is amazing and it will be filled with lots of love. ....Plus they are close enough now where I can drop my kids off.....just kidding....sort of................no I'm not.

Tonight Patrick and I watched a bootleg copy of Wanted - the one with Angelina Jolie. It was good. So far we have watched bootlegs of Iron Man, The Happening (sucked!!! don't recommend it), Vantage Point and Wanted. He also got Get Smart, but we haven't watched that one yet. Hey, they are only like $5 so I guess I can't complain too much if the movie sucks!

As far as that, nothing much else has been going on. I took Cami off her nunu and she only gets it at bed time now. It was a tough day for her. Shes also in the beginnings of the terrible twos phase and is always throwing herself down and kicking her legs when she doesn't get her way. Girls.......sheesh.........

Hayden is doing good in school and it seems like he has gotten taller everytime he wakes up. That kid is going to be through the roof!

Here are some random pictures I took recently!

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-20T19:48:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is our Anniversary!! We are going on a little vacation to San Antonio! I am so excited and I can't wait!!!!!

Chris and Hershey are coming over to our house in the morning to stay the weekend with the kids, so much luck to them! They will have 4 of them all together! I know we are only going away for a weekend, but that is a LONG time when you always have your kids with you! lol A weekend away is a big deal. And it's just that long enough considering we will be anxious to get home to them.

Patrick has planned all sorts of surprises and he won't tell me a thing. He won't even tell me the place where we are staying. Anyone that knows me, knows that I don't handle surprises well. So he is killing me with this and he knows it! I was the child that always opened her Christmas presents two weeks before and then wrapped them back up. I just have to know things. And he is deliberately not speaking! If I bring it up he acts like he can't even hear me.....

Anyway, I suppose I should get packing now, we are leaving pretty early. I will tell you all about it when I get back and post pictures, if I remember to bring the camera!

Whew!

2008-06-14T18:31:00.000-07:00

We had a busy day today! Patrick had to work all day so it was just the kids and I. We played at home and ran errands, then I took the kids to Jump'n Land in McKinney! That place is so much fun. :) They have a bunch of jump houses and jump mazes and jump slides. The slides go up way high and you have to climb a ladder to get to the top. I don't know how kids can go up and slide down and up and slide down and over and over! After about 4 times climbing up I was panting and aching haha plus I was carrying Camille at the same time (if that counts as an excuse.)

Cami loved it though! Hayden has been there before for a friends birthday party, but I thought Camille might be a little scared. Well she was sliding down from way up high and going backwards and on her belly and everything! I wish I had brought my camera! We will definitely be going again, plus I think Hayden wants to have his birthday party there, so hopefully y'all can come then in November! Well that's all, my legs sore and I am exhausted....

Here's a recent picture of Camille at Rachel's birthday party ;0)

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-06-12T14:18:00.001-07:00

I know I'm late but I'd just like to give a little shout out to my girls for my wonderful birthday night! I had so much fun, Ashley & Whitney you rock! And of course Anna, who made the whole thing possible! Thanks so much girl, you are the best! I definetely want to go there again sometime. :o) Thank you Thank you!

Camilles Sweet Shop

2008-06-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

I realized I have never posted pictures of Cami's room that I worked so hard on! I know some of you have come over and have seen it, but a lot of people haven't. I wanted to do a bakery-like theme..shes my little cupcake! It's been like this for a while now, but I really did put so much work into it:

I made the curtain panels on the shelf and the muffin tin on the top shelf says "cake" in it. She has chocolate tins on top and a mixer, toaster and tea set on the shelves. There are cookie sheets I painted for a magnet board on the wall and rolling pin 'dress' hangers.

I made the curtains and the cake tier on the desk. She also has a fabric tea set up there. You can't really see it, but I made a runner on top of the desk and on the sides hanging down there are little pockets to put her dollies in. And yes, the bear has a tiara!

On top of the dresser is a wooden cookie set, cupcake and a peppermint tin!

On the nightstand is a wooden banana split!

Just her crib with her toy shelf in the corner. :o)

Say Ahhhhh

2008-06-11T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hayden had his first dentist appointment! He did such a good job! On the way there in the car he said "Mommy, my tummy kinda feels a little funny." He felt better when we walked in though, they have a huge play land with tunnels and all. When it was his turn he got to pick out a movie, he picked The Bee Movie. :) There were some parts where he was uneasy, but he was awesome! The hygienist was very nice and even gave him sunglasses to wear because the light shining in his mouth was too bright! He went and took his Xrays all by himself! The Dentist was really nice as well. She made him feel calm and was very good with him. He is so proud of himself! He picked out a pencil, stickers and army men! I'm posting some pictures I took with my camera phone :)

Kickin back watchin the movie haha

Say Cheese!

2008-05-22T12:27:00.000-07:00

I know some of you have already seen this...but I'm pretty bad at 'regularly' updating this ol' blog thing. None the less, here is Hayden's school picture! He did such a good job! His class photo is below it, the girl on the bottom row, very right end (pink tank) is Azlyn, one of his girlfriends. The other girlfriend is Sophie, shes the one on the top row, on the very right end, above Azlyn.

I wouldn't call Sophie his girlfriend so much, she just WISHES she was his girlfriend. She has asked him to marry her on several occasions. She is mean and bullies him around a lot - ya know, cuz she likes him. :o)

So, I've been a member of Netflix since I think Febuary and I pretty much paid for it within the first two weeks! It's awesome. I have watched more movies than ever, saving me well over prob $100 now. Here are some movies I have already watched so far:

Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgundy
Bridge to Terabithia
Mr Magoriums Wonder Emporium
3:10 to Yuma
Apocalypto
Failure to Launch
Dukes of Hazzard
Knocked Up
Blonde Ambition
The Painted Veil
American Gangster
Black Snake Moan
Georgia Rule
Wild Hogs
Stick It
The Nanny Diaries
Hairspray
The Game Plan
Sydney White
The Nativity Story
The Chronicals of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Murder, She Wrote Season 1...ha
Misery Boiling Point
The Core
Superman The Movie
The Poseidon Adventures
The Contractor
Becoming Jane
Premonition
I Am Legend
Sweeney Todd
Enchanted
Atonement
Nancy Drew
Wave Babes
Help! I'm a Boy
Cougar Club
Mommie Dearest
Mannequin
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Prince and the Pauper
A Day Without A Mexican
Blonde and Blonder
Beowoulf
The Count of Monte Cristo
Juno
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Vanity Fair
Ginger and Cinnamon

I'll post updates on my awesome movie watching because I'm bad to the bone, bad to the bone, I'm bad to the bone, baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddd.

Word to your mother

2008-05-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

So I had a wonderful Mother's Day! We had our time at home, then went to my mom's for dinner.

Hayden had actually brought home his project he made and wrapped up for me at school a few days ago. I wasn't supposed to see it, but he gave it to me anyhow.

Last night before I told him goodnight, we were talking about Mother's Day and the present he made me. I was guessing silly things that it might be, like a shoe or a frog, when he said:

"Mommy, the grass we grew in our cup isn't what your not supposed to see! It's the flower pot I painted with the flower I've been growing for you that your not supposed to see!"

I laughed sooooooo hard when he had the look on his face after he said it. The confusion of "Did I just give that away?" was written all over it!

I've decided to post a few 'memories' I have of my mommy :) Because I believe my mom epitomizes the reason that there is a Mother's Day.

I remember one day, about 4 or 5, I was sitting on the floor looking out of the big glass sliding door at the dogs in the backyard. I was eating one of those gigantically jumbo bags of popcorn they used to sell at the store. After I popped some in my mouth I looked down at the bag and saw something black on one of the pieces of popcorn (could have been a burnt spot or an unpopped kernel) but in my mind, I convinced myself it was dirt. I immediately made myself sick thinking about the fact that I just ate dirt (which I really didn't) and yelled to my mom. She ran in the room and saw I was about to throw up...well there was no time to get a bowl, so she just cupped her hands together and then heave hoooooo :)

I remember my mom eating the skins off apples because I was too snooty and only wanted to eat the inside, letting us finger paint with pudding on the kitchen table and letting me borrow her rad 80's earrings that I thought were the jam.

I also remember a family store outing where I was sitting in the basket when my mom left to go to the next aisle. Even though I was with my dad, I screamed and cried bloody murder only for her until she came back. (I don't even know how I remember that, I was extremely young)

I remember her being there right next to me through all the surgeries I've had, comforting me through sleepless crying nights and being strong for us, when we had no one.

And now I get to see her with my kids, doing it all over again. This time, helping ME do a lot of it too. I am very lucky to have her as a mom, she has been the ONLY constant thing in my life, there with me through no matter what.

Who else would let me barf their hands and eat just the skins off my apples?

Springish Cleaning

2008-05-04T20:22:00.000-07:00

Wow, today was busy! We emptied the house of furniture and everything and then Patrick dusted everything in sight, walls and ceilings too! With help of course from Hayden :) Then we cleaned all the carpets and cleaned everything else and finally put the house back together. Then I bathed both kids, both dogs and myself. I would have helped Patrick bathe, but who would have watched the kids? >:)

Cami and her doggies

I don't know who I actually told about what happened to me last week, so I will post it on here. Last Friday I got into a car accident! Here's my little story -

I'm driving along in the right lane coming home from picking the boy up from school. The kids and I are cruising along, singing itsy bitsy spider, apples and bananas, you know..all that jazz, when all the sudden this car pulls out of a parking lot full speed without looking to see if anyone is coming! I layed on my horn, which she completely ignored. I had to swerve over into the very left lane (thank God there was no one behind me at all) to avoid slaming into her car, but she just kept going over ino the left lane too! I was still laying on my horn (she was STILL completely oblivious to the fact that I was on the road) I had to slam on my breaks and she just plowed right into the right side of my car. She didnt even look around her before she had pulled out of the parking lot! If you are turning RIGHT onto a busy street, you HAVE to look LEFT to see if anyone is already coming...right?!? Apparently she is some OverLord that doesnt have to follow the rules....

We pulled over and this 16 year old chick who looks and talks exactly like airhead Karen from 'Mean Girls' gets out of her car completely scared. She was about to pass out panting like a dog and was white like she was gonna faint.

This is what she says, "Oh My God! Oh My God! I've NEVER driven this far from home before and my dad is gonna KILL me!"

....no thanks.....its cool....I'm fine...my kids are ok......

She just sat in her car crying the whole time while I called to file a police report, took pictures and all of that grown-up business. You know, I know it was an accident, but good Lord! Everyone please look where you are driving!! What if I wasnt able to get in the other lane? I would have crashed right into her car at full speed. What if you caused a wreck and kids got hurt? Please pay attention! And if there is not room for you to pull out or get over, DONT! Just freakin wait 1.6 minutes until its clear! Anyway, I hope you take just a little something away from this and be more aware driving from now on. Dont be Karen from Mean Girls...

Oh and by the way instead of calling her parents to tell them what happened and have them come to the 'accident site'...she calls her friend...another 16 year old....I thought that was
Hi-larious.

Brand New Blog!

2008-05-02T14:59:00.000-07:00

I decided to start a blog to keep family and friends updated with our little family without having to keep them on the phone! I know, I'm so considerate right? :)

Where should I start? I guess with today! Well, today I started exercising again! I did the Richard Simmons 'Sweatin to the Disco' - You can laugh, its ok. Somehow watching women 500 lbs more than me makes me feel better. After that I did 100 rounds on the AbLounge and then ran for 10 minutes. Hey, its a good start for me! I'm quite proud! Afterwards I commenced to eating a chocolate bar and drinking a coke....

Later this afternoon I was playing with Camille on the floor (ok, you have to already know how stinky this little girl is to understand this story!) and we each had a little piano. Camille has this new thing she keeps saying - "I know!" She says it if she has an idea, is looking for something, etc...Well, she stopped playing her piano, but I kept going. She shot a few glares at me since she was trying to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and I was still pounding those keys. All of the sudden she says "I know! Shhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" in the most sarcastic tone, complete with the ghetto head bob and all. Ahh this girl keeps me laughing all day.

Oh! I also found my dream Dining Room table setup! My heart stops everytime I look at it. :) Hopefully my wonderful loving amazing husband who is reading this will get it for me!

Well, I'll post more another day, so just keep checking when you want!