Photo Shoot

Heather is so awesome. She needs to start her own business. You would rake in the cash. Thanks for taking the time to do this. We appreciate it!!!

Disneyland!!!!!! The Happiest Place On Earth!!!!!

This was the coolest part of the whole trip. Andrew got to fight Darth Vader. It was awesome. He got picked out of the audience with about 20 other kids. They got their Jedi training, and then Darth Vader appeared out of nowhere. Then the fight began.

If you haven't been at Christmas, you have to. It is awesome. Look at the castle. It's just "magical," if I don't say so myself.

The kids of course had a blast. We went with all the Redd side of the fam. All the cousins, aunts, uncles, and Patti and Dave. THANKS!!!!!! Grandma and Grandpa never cease to amaze us. You guys are the best.



Andrew was trying to blow up Toontown.

Mollie was in awe of Goofy.

Andrew and Pluto

Small World is so cool with the Christmas lights. We lucked out one night and happen

to be on the ride at 5:00 when the lights turn on. It was so pretty. This was one of the

kids favorite rides. They deck it out for Christmas inside also.

The three amigos, Aiden, Charlie and Mollie. Where was Jack? Oh yeah, his dad can't wait to get to the park at the butt crack of dawn. They are probably on space mountain or something.

Charlie, Mollie, and Minnie.

Mollie and Jasmine. Mollie told her that her middle name was the same as her name. She was very impressed. Jon and Sam were so impressed with Jasmine they told Mollie to ask her what she was doing later.

Happy

Again, another "Happy" post. I haven't taken any pictures for more than a week, due to dead batteries. Forget every time I am at the store. I will update someday soon, hopefully.

Happy that YW lesson is over.
Happy that school is back in tomorrow.
Happy that we are going to Disneyland on Thurs.
Happy that my tire didn't pop on the car when I ran over all the glass picture frames I had just painted for YW in Excellence tomorrow night. They were laying in the garage drying as I pulled in tonight. All ten of them destroyed. Awesome. You know what I will be doing half the day tomorrow. Anyone have 10 black frames I could have?

HELP!!!!!!!

O.K. I am so sorry for the last three posts. They were not written by me. My mentally challenged husband thinks he is so hilarious. I made the HUGE mistake of leaving the blog on at the end of the night, and contrary to what a helpful husband Jon has made himself out to be, I left the blog on to get dinner ready, homework done, dishes, laundry, baths, jammies, reading, ect. So, in the meantime, who actually has time to write a blog? Jon. He always says he is "working." Now we all know he is dinking around. Big Jerk. At least he makes me laugh, sometimes.

Tuckered Out...

Well, I’m not even sure what to say here. I guess I’m just really tuckered out. Boot camp has taken its toll on me. The kids and I were just fixin’ to go to bed early. My loving husband, Jon, took this picture at 7:35 last night. When I have the kids crash in our bed poor Jon usually has to sleep on the floor with Shaggy. I don’t know how much Jon likes it - he has a really bad back and he says that sleeping on the floor hurts his back incredibly bad, but the kids and I don't loss any sleep over it (obviously). I'm just glad that Shaggy seems to be so happy to have a friend that sleeps on the floor. Hopefully I’ll have enough energy to blog tomorrow… It has been a REALLY tough week already and it is only Monday.

Go COLTS!!!

This is how Jon spent all day Sunday. He was with the kids - feeding them, getting them ready, doing laundry, cleaning the house and spending all his free time keeping them entertained. Sad but true. He also had the kids put on their jersey's. He said Mollie is the only one that gets collage paid for, his only Colts fan. I spent most of the day rotating my time between eatting (the food that Jon made), taking long naps and reading my book. I loved it. I did try to take Shaggy on a walk, but he only made it to the end of the driveway before he got really tired. I lucked out because I was super tired too. So, after my driveway walk with Shaggy I went back down for my third nap. Sundays really take a lot out of me.

This is how the kids wanted to spend Saturday night. It's still so warm it felt good to go for a swim.

"Aunt B"

We were all so excited that the doctors let Amanda leave her "special house" with the padded rooms and she was able come out for a few hours on Halloween. The handcuffs were a little awkward, but they made it safer for everyone. Beyond drooling all over her costume and make-up, we thought she was really well behaved. The lithium has done wonders and we are so thankful for the miracle of modern medicine. Just to think that a month ago she actually thought she was a cherry flavored Jell-O Jiggler. Our special friend, Amanda, was so excited to get all that candy. We could tell that people didn't understand when she would trick or treat and she kept on asking for a spoon. We tried to tell her that she didn't need to eat the candy with a spoon - but she just kept asking and asking and asking... Anyways, we were so excited that our special Amanda was able to get out. Hopefully the doctors will let her out again for Christmas. We got her a Little Einstein DVD (since we know it is her favorite) and we hope to be able to wrap it up for her and watch her drool all over it Christmas morning.

Halloween!!!!

The kids getting ready to trick or treat with their friends.

It's finally here. The big day. Charlie was in heaven all day. The only thing was it felt like summer, not the end of October. It had to be at least 90 degrees. At the elementary school parade we were sweating to death in the sun. The kids had a blast, but Mollie and Charlie both finally said they were sweaty and wanted to go in. When the parade was over Andrew took off his costume and he was soaking wet. Gross right? He wanted to be a "bloody, scary guy." So there he is. Mollie was a witch, and Charlie a pirate.

Happy

I am going to copy Heather's Happy posts that she does, because I am so dang happy this last week is over!!!!

1. Happy that my talk in sacrament is over!!! So happy you don't even know.
2. Happy that I don't have to work again for a month!!
3. Happy that it is Halloween because Charlie has been fixating since mid August. Now we will move on to his Christmas obsession.
4. That's all. Thanks. Bye.

Babs

Well, it happened my friends. Babs paid us a little suprise visit on Friday. Don't get me wrong, we love Babs, but we were a little shocked and amazed she pulled a visit off. She flew down to St. George on Thursday and stayed at their place there. Then she came on down to "sin city" on Friday and stayed overnight, then went back up on Saturday afternoon. So we just wanted to tell Babs thanks so much for spending part of the weekend with us. The kids had a blast. We went to Cheesecake for lunch on Friday and she was so nice to watch the kids that night so I could go to bootcamp!!! What a trooper!!!!! Jon was out of town all week so my alone time was much appreciated. Jayden came over on Saturday and we all went out to breakfast. Andrew went to his first basketball "draft" that day. It was hilarious to watch the "rookies" display their skills. They put them on teams, then they start games in a couple weeks. Andrew can't wait. We had a blast with Jayden. He is a cute little guy!!!

The pumpkin mask was the outfit of the day for Char Char.

Mollie and Charlie posing of course outside Cheesecake.

The "Do"

Andrew had pictures at school yesterday. He is great at posing too. This pic is for the fam in Utah that haven't seen the short "do" yet. The morning went relatively smooth compared to most mornings. I got to do the hair and he chose the shirt. Usually it's a battle of the hair. He usually wins. Jon keeps telling me to "pick my battles." I'm still not ready to give this one up.

The kids ready to head to school.

If any of you know Charlie, you know of his obsession with halloween. He wore this mask all day. Still very obsessed.

Thanks!!!!

....for all of the comments and emails that were sent today! It is fun to read what everyone thinks of the new blog. Still trying to figure it out. Took some pictures in the backyard today to practice my loading and posting skills. I can't seem to take a spontaneous picture. The second they see the camera they start posing. We will try to work on this!!! I'll try to get one of Andrew with his hair all cut off now. Your welcome Patti.

Holy Crap

I keep saying this to myself as I sit here creating this blog. I never thought it would come to this. I am weak and have succumb to peer pressure, (Heather,Linde).
I now have a blog.
Chi O friends, just shut up, I can hear you laughing at me now.
I will never hear the end of this.
Sarah Redd, this one is for you. I am now so sorry I made fun of your blogging addiction, and having too much free time on you hands.
Maggie, your next. You can run, but you can't hide.
So, here is my first attempt to post.
I will try to keep it interesting, don't hold your breath.

Charlie's first words to me on his way downstairs this morning.
"Mom?"
Yeah Char Char.
"Did Emily have a baby and a doggy come out of her tummy?"

The way Emily and Jake treat Oli, you would think so.

Sydney is the cutest!! And so are you Oli.

Can't wait to see her!