I love the foot in the background. She loves to have her picture taken.

Yesterday the kids came in saying that there was a bird in the clubhouse. So when I went out and checked sure enough it was there just looking at us, not trying to move or escape. So I grabbed a bucket and caught the thing, put a lid on it so that there was air, but it could not escape because I thought it was wounded. Looked up on the internet and found that it was a mourning dove. They are game birds or can be kept as pets. I didn't want to keep it, but wasn't sure what to do with it. When Jason and the boys got home, you can imagine being a hunter what Jason said he wanted to do. Colin decided to take the bucket into the yard and take the lid off, and that stupid bird flew off! Why did it let me catch it and spend the day in the bucket and give me stress? Crazy bird...it was exciting for the kids if nothing else.
We made these cute little turkeys. I had brought the pine cones home with us from camping for starting our fires in the fire pit, but they make better turkeys than fire starters.

Saige playing catcher

She loves T-Ball

Practicing the swing

FINALLY they called off the bet

BEFORE OF TYLER-

he had massive amounts of hair and it was all curly.

This is the only picture I have of Colin.

He will not let me take pictures, so there is no before and after of him. Dang it!

Tyler's wad

AFTER

Tyler and Colin had a bet going who could go the longest without cutting their hair. They actually weren't sold on giving the bet up, but with much persuading they finally gave in.

This movie was FANTASTIC! We were ready to go right back in and see it again. I thought that Edward and Bella were perfect for the parts. It is a two hour movie, but you definitely don't feel like you've been there that long. I didn't want it to end! This is one movie I don't think I would ever get to much of. Jason said he couldn't wait until this stupid movie was over so he didn't have to hear about it anymore. Can you believe he called it stupid? Obviously he hasn't read the books! And now, we can all look forward to New Moon! WOO-HOO - Hooray!!! So girls, when are we going again? :)

Today is the day!

We made these turkey hats today. Poor Eva has turkey feet in her face.

I had a $10.00 off coupon from Office Max and they had some great deals last week. After all was done I got all my things for $1.09! I love when it works out that way. I added up everything I got at regular price and it was $32.52 worth of stuff I got for just over a buck!

NASCAR

Bringing out the #99 car and getting it ready.
Next year Carl will have a different car. He is not being sponsored by Office Depot next year but only by Aflac. Tony Stewart (YUCK) will be going from Home Depot to Office Depot next year.

The lady (don't know her name, but Jason would) from the sports channel was doing the news while we were standing there.

These are the guys who work with Carl. They have actually touch and talk to him!! It is amazing how fast they can change 4 tires, gas up, clean the windshield and whatever else they do in about 12 seconds!! It's fun to see.

Here is the pit crew at work.

The cars were racing and then next thing they had red flagged for sprinkles. The cars were stopped for about 20 minutes waiting for the sprinkles to stop and then drying off the track.

This is Saige's car. She LOVES Kyle Busch! When we watch the races on TV she will yell "Go Kyle Busch, go Kyle Busch". She likes his pink M&M car too. They had his showcar at Fry's by our house and she got to see it and get a picture of Kyle, and now all she talks about is getting his autograph. I found out that you can mail them things and they will sign it and mail it back. That is probably the only way she will ever get it signed.

This is Clint Bowyer's car. Jason likes this #07 car. We found out that next year Clint Bowyer will be driving the #33 Cheerios car, so Jason will have to get some new gear.

Saige built a fort last night and this is where she slept.

Daniel football pics

Saige the pirate

Saige was a pirate for Halloween. Daniel

was out hunting with Jason over Halloween.

Why do I bother???

This is what I found when I walked into the kids bathroom this morning! I just cleaned it yesterday, can you tell? The only thing on the counter was the soap. And what gets me is there are 3 tubes of toothpaste and 4 toothbrushes out on the counter, so not one of the kids put theirs away.

I guess I should just be glad that they

brushed their teeth.

I made these with the little ones I watch during the day. Cute and pretty easy. I just bought little pumpkins and let them have fun with the paint. Then I drew the faces.

We went to the FAIR- I did not get many pictures before my batteries gave up. :-((

Daniel did not really want to ride this one,

but Saige wanted him to go with her.

WHEE!

Saige was the only one brave enough to ride the swings. She rode EVERY ride that she could that her brothers went on. She wasn't tall enough for one that turns you all around and upside down and she got mad when they would not let her on. The girl has NO FEAR!

We all had a great time for very

little money. Working at the

Fair has it's perks!

I wanted to thank Marni for setting up my new blog page. She said the picture just looked like how our family was. Thanks??? Well, despite me in the picture, I think she did a great job. She's so creative.

See why I should stop trying. I thought I was being sneeky, but he beat me to it covering his face. He is going to think I never liked him as a child, because he is the one I have no pictures of. (It's Marc all over again. When we were little I always remember Marc hiding his face to avoid pictures. Actually he still does it to some degree)

I finally have a craft for Marni! This is what we did today. It is just a paper lunch sack with newspaper stuffed lightly inside and tied at the top with a rubber band. Then I let the kids paint and I had cut out faces andthey glued on the pieces. Kinda cheesy, but they were proud of their pumpkins. HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

Well, I have given in to the Twilight madness!! I am working the fair selling tickets in a stupid little booth on the weekends. So, sometimes a good amount of time will pass just sitting there. You can only watch the rides go around so long. On Saturday morning I asked Colin where his Twilight book was. He looked alittle shocked because I had told him a while ago, "I am not reading any book about vampires!" Well, I managed to get half way thru it on Saturday and read the rest of it yesterday. I had alot of extra time on my hands stuck in the booth. Get paid to read--that's what I'm talking about! :)) What a great book!! I am now excited to see the movie, and put some faces with the characters. I never read books, yet alone in 2 days. I hated having to stop when I got customers :) I am now starting the 2nd one and am excited about what will happen next. It was really funny, I would have the book on my desk and almost everyone that would come up would say "That is a great book." The girl I was working with said "Man, has EVERYONE read that book?" I just laughed and said "Just about!"