Happy Birthday to my brother, Todd. Man, 36! We are so old!! This is the only picture that I have of you in my computer. I tell ya, people are lucky that my scanner is down! I have an awesome picture of Todd at age 12 or 13 being a goof. This picture is of Todd and his daughter Camryn. Todd lives in Idaho. Sadly, we don't see much of them. 
Maybe I should do " NOT PD 4" or "U JELUS" or "ALL MINE" or "HEIDI" ?
If you live along a coast line that has been hit by hurricanes, chances are you have seen the Mormon Helping Hands, or you have been one yourself. Josh has been able to be one a few times... with Hurricanes Katrina & Rita back in 2005, and then this past weekend with Hurricanes Gustav & Ike. This weekend our stake went to Baton Rouge, LA. They left on Friday night @ 6pm, and just returned today @ 6pm. About 400+ men from various stakes showed up to help. A few that we know... Uncle Mel (Stake President of the Ft. Walton, FL Stake), cousins Jesse & Kelly from the Alexandria, LA Stake, and then cousins from our stake as well were all there along with Josh. Josh said it was kinda cool to see them there... almost like a mini-family reunion. 
My alma mater... Ellison Eagles c/o 1989
(Tyler is my nephew... Heather's oldest! Heather is lucky that my scanner is down. I totally have her freshman picture that will make everyone laugh... exactly 20 years before Tyler attended!)
#1) Remember the fair? Well, you get paid when you a prize! They sent us checks the other day. I thought it was wild. I got $8.00; Lauren got $3; Kayley~ $5; and Jacob made a whopping $2! I'm going to enter more stuff next year! LOL!!
#2) I forgot how good air-popped popcorn is! I haven't seen an air-popper at the store forever, but then again, I haven't been looking. I bet you can find some on eBay! Anyway, yesterday I made some popcorn for Lindsey, Joey & me (as we were going to watch the new Ariel movie for the 100th time!), and I added some melted butter and some salt, and it taste sooooooo much better then the microwave stuff! I remember growing up, and all my parents bought was the popper that you added oil too. I loved that too, but when the air-popper came out, I wanted that so bad! Parents never bought it, but like I said before, I got it when I got married. When I was doing the popcorn yesterday, Lindsey thought it was the coolest thing. She was mad at first because I wasn't putting the popcorn in the microwave, but when she saw the popcorn popping up and out, she loved it! She kept telling me though that it tasted funny. LOL!!
I took my old one that I had (and got when I got married 19 years ago!) to church last night. I did Activity Day for the 8-11 yr old kids @ church, and I decided to make them some caramel corn. I've always used the air popper even though my sister says to use the microwave butter ones because it makes it taste better. Anyway, so I had to drag it out of the storage room, and it was covered in dust. To tell you the truth, I don't know the last time I used it. I've saved it from the trash can many times since Shawn feels since I haven't used it in years, it needs to be tossed. I am at the church starting to pop the kernals, and Kayley walks in. She thought it was the coolest thing ever! I asked her if she doesn't remember me using it, and she says no. So, there you have it~ almost 12 years old (Kayley is) and doesn't remember me ever using it... that's how long it's been!
Happy Birthday to the cutest 8 year old niece that I know!
You always love to make us laugh (along with Rachel!)! I had some more silly pictures I wanted to post, but they wouldn't load on here. I love your Elvis look, and your "pulling strings" trick.
Hope you have a great day! Don't forget to save me a piece of cake! Bring it to me at Thanksgiving!
Joey loves playing with Cow.
Another musician in the house. Kayley started baritone this year. By the end of the year, I am going to be "tone" deaf. Let's just say, the french horn and baritone don't make 
Krissy with her birthday cake just about as big as she is! That's a 3-layer chocolate candy-bar cake~ homemade even! How impressed are you now?
Blow that No. 7 candle out!
Krissy reading a letter that Jacob wrote to her.
Krissy, Lindsey & Jacob posing with the new bike that Krissy got. She was so excited! She also got some books, some sparkly things for her bike and some new socks. Ok, so I was poor and couldn't get her tons of stuff, but she needed socks, and I got a great deal on them at Walmart. 12 pairs of Hanes LOW-CUT socks for $2! They were the leftovers from Back-To-School sales, and they were selling them for $2! The 6 pack were $6 something! I got 36 pair of socks for my kids for $6! I was pleased!
Past few weeks I have been teaching the 12-13 yr olds Sunday School class. I have really enjoyed it. I think it would be fun to teach that group all the time. I don't mind Primary... I just hate sitting in Sharing Time (always have!), and thru the Primary Program. 
~Lindsey, Krissy & Jacob busy at work~
~Some of our cute Primary kids including Kayley in the back~
Not that I was ever the best housecleaner their was, but my homes in Bryan were always cleaned. Ever since I moved here, I've had a problem with keeping up with it. Maybe because I hate it here and I've given up? I don't know. But I'm really trying to change my attitude on that, and be better with it all. Now that my house is bigger with more rooms to clean, and 7 children to clean up after, it seems like I am overwhelmed. I want to throw ALL TOYS AWAY! Is that bad? I am so sick of the Barbies and Polly's that I am about to scream! I am so sick of 2 big girls thinking they have to save every little piece of paper or thing that has ever touched their hand! I'm pretty much okay with the little boys room, but those big girls. I've banned the barbies and polly's to the storage closet, but they always make their way out to the living room. If I have them in their room, the room would never get cleaned. I am sick of crayons constantly on the floor. I need some tips! Anyone got some good ideas out there for me? Until then, I need to remember the title of my blog... enjoy the little things in life.
not a palm-pilot, or whatever they are called... but my Soduku hand-held. It's lost! My friend, Sim (& Maria on my blog!) traded me the game for those crocs that shrunk. LOL!! I loved that game. It was a challenge for me. I did 2-3 games everynight with it before I went to bed. I leave it beside my bed. Joey was the last to be seen with it. It's either been thrown away, or flushed away... I am so sad. Going through withdrawls.
I hate this Honda. Can't complain though really... but after 300K miles, it has died. Shawn is going to try to see what and if it can be fixed. Shawn is going on Monday to check on another vehicle. Until then, he is using his parents car to get to work, and I am driving everyone around.
