New House

This is an awful blurry picture, I will take another when I get two seconds...
I can finally write on here about finally finding a house! After 2 houses falling through, we finally got one, and will be moving in asap! I love this house, it is a 6 bedroom, 2700 square feet, huge backyard, and a very nice quiet neighborhood. So I will be busy over the next month unpacking, decorating, etc. I will post pictures as I go!

Natalie loves Santa!

Who would have thought that this guy would have such a place in Natalies heart! I thought for sure she wouldn't go anywhere near him! I was wrong, she not only sat on his lap, but snuggled with him, and even got tangled up in his beard!

Colin's Catastrophe

Colin had luck on his side last Tuesday night. Like a curious boy he didn't listen to his daddy when he told him to stay away from the moving trailer. He somehow got the pins out of the back ramp that folds up, and it came crashing down on him. Luckily, I was walking out into the garage right when this happened, and saw him pinned under the ramp, bent completely in half backwards. His legs were bent back under his shoulders, and his face caught the metal grates of the ramp. I lifted it up off of him, and he rolled over onto his side and started screaming that he hurt his back. I've never seen anyone bent that way before, and was worried he broke it by the way he was pinned under there. I didn't know how to keep him from not moving, because he was shaking and screaming. So long story short, we took him to the Urgent Care who then sent him to Banner Desert, where he got x-rays, that all turned out negative. By the time he left the hospital he was walking again, but with a limp. They said he probably pulled some muscles. I am just grateful that it turned out how it did, he missed a metal slat sticking out by an inch that could have went right through his head. He got a good bruise on his face from the grates, but thats it. I think he realizes that it is important to listen now.

Natalie's 3rd Birthday

Natalie had herself a fabulous princess party for her 3rd birthday. She got spoiled rotten with all the gifts, and had a lot of fun with our family that came over even though our house was half empty from getting ready to move. She is way into anything that is princess related. I think everything she got was mostly princess stuff! Dave and I got her a baby(she is a mother of 12 now)that came with a highchair, and a playpen, and a stroller. She has been a busy girl since her party with plenty to play with, and her Nana bought her a huge golden princess dress that she wears dang near every day. So cute. I love having a girl, and am so happy I get to experience what it's like to have a daughter. For awhile there I thought it was all frogs and trucks for me, so I will take the random haircutting, getting into my make up, and dragging her to the store with her huge princess dress on that she refuses to take off. So Happy Birthday to my Nattie girl!

Thanksgiving Day

On Thanksgiving, we got up and went to breakfast at Denny's with Kaitlyn since we only had her there with us for that morning. After we dropped her off with her mom, We then went over to my Aunt Roxanne's house in Queen Creek to have a tasty Thanksgiving "lunch", Then we then went over to Dave's moms house to eat a delicious Thanksgiving "dinner". Needless to say, we ate entirely way too much that day. I did snap a couple pictures at Roxannes house, and then got tired of my camera after that and didn't touch it for the rest of the day.

This is my Aunt Roxanne, she did an awesome job hosting Thanksgiving!


We gave my aunt her dog back, we are bad dog owners, so she deserved better. Colin is a big dog lover, so he was in heaven over at her house visiting his Shelby. I love this picture. They might as well have been 20 feet in the air bouncing through the clouds!

Look Who's A Big Girl!

Miss. Nattie Noodle is mastering her toilet skills. I admit, I procrastinated this lil milestone. She turns 3 tomorrow, and most girls I know are trained before that. She's been ready for awhile now, and the other night when she was yelling at me in the car that she had to go to the bathroom, I took the hint. She is doing great. She has only had two accidents in two days, so that makes me happy. Someday she is going to smack me for putting these on here, but she is so dang cute, I can't help it!
Oh, and one last thing...This house is officially BABY FREE! No diapers, no bottles, no binkies, no cribs, no sippy cups..thats right folks. I am a free woman! Well...not quite yet, but we are definately getting there.

Holiday Photography Special!

It's that time of year when you need to be thinking about sending holiday cards or giving gifts of photos of your growing family! I always include a disc of all your digital edited photos
So please take a moment to email me and set up a place and time for your photo session!
Minder63@yahoo.com

A Whole Lotta Nothing

Not much excitement going on in our lives lately..So I thought out of sheer boredness I would just post random surveys.

This is an easy one - I tag everyone!

(Just copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.)
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland ... and Disneyworld!
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee



1. Where is your cell phone? On the floor by my bed

2. Where is your significant other? Alseep in bed..gee..i wish i could be there!

3. Your hair color? blonde

4. Your mother? She's practically my best friend

5. Your father? Is the best dad ever!

6. Your favorite thing? Watching my kids being silly

7. Your dream last night? Kinda disturbing.

8. Your dream/goal? Finish school.

9. The room your in? Is empty..getting ready to move.

10. Your hobby? Photography

11. Your fear? deep water

12. Where do you want to be in six years? Working, and enjoying life..Yikes..Jakob would be 16!

13. Where were you last night? At home dying of this hideous cold I have.

14. What you’re not? sleeping

15. wish list items? I need some scrubs, and..a lens, and..stuff for the house.

16. Where you grew up? AZ and NE and CO.

17. The last thing you did? the dishes.

18. What are you wearing? underwear

19. Your T.V.? Is not on.

20. Your pet? Nooo thanks!

21. Your computer? Borrowing Daves laptop for the time being

22. Your mood? irritated

23. Missing someone? Yep..

24. Your car? Clean on the outside, messy on the inside.

25. Something you’re not wearing? shoes

26. Favorite store? target

27. Your Summer? Toasty and full of vacations!

28. Love someone? Of course

29. Your favorite color? aqua

30. When is the last time you laughed? This evening secretly watching Natalie dance to Jakobs music.

31. Last time you cried? I dont even remember.


Each player answers 5 questions about themselves, then tags 5 people to play along. Post the names of the bloggers you tag, then go to their blogs and leave a comment, letting them know they have been tagged. Here are the questions:

1. Five things I was doing 10 years ago:
~Being very pregnant with Jakob.
~Planning a big Christmas celebration with my mom.
~Finishing up beauty school.
~Planning my wedding.
-Living with my mom and Alex.

2. Five things I was doing 5 years ago:
-Just found out I was pregnant with Colin.
-Working at Phoenix Childrens Hospital.
-Freshly married to Dave.
-Living in Chandler.
-Dyed my hair dark brown.


3. Five things on my to do list for today:
~Clean Colins disaster of a bedroom
~finish laundry
~Clean out and pack the garage with Dave.
~Spread winter grass seed in the backyard.
~Finish packing my bedroom

3. Five snacks I enjoy:
~popcorn
~my moms trail mix
~apples
~cheese and crackers
~pretzels

4. Five things I would do if I was a billionaire:
~Travel like crazy
~buy houses for my family
~adopt a few kids
~donate money to other foster kids
~have a house in San Diego, and Cape Cod, and Hawaii.

5. Five places I have lived:
~Gilbert, AZ
~Greely, CO
~Mesa, AZ
~Sidney, NE
~Chandler, AZ

Share six non-important habits/quirks about yourself.
1. I loathe Christmas time. For two reasons..I have had 2 out of my 4 children in July, meaning I associate Christmas time for spending hours upon hours bent over the toilet heaving out every last drop of that wicked bile. I was a terrible pregnant person. I know it has nothing to do with Christmas, but there seems to be the same smells about, and same things that go on that triggers that nausea, and it is just plain ruined. Secondly, It has just gotten way to commercialized. I try my best to stay out of it.

2. Like at this moment now, I dont sleep. I do, eventually, but I seriously live on about 3 hours of sleep most nights, because my brain does not ever shut up. I believe I got this bless-ed problem from my dad.

3. I am very concerned with how the boys look going to school. They have to have their hair gelled, or combed, and their clothes have to be next to perfect. They get irritated with me when I snag them back as they are going out the door and either make them change, or fix a hair that is out of place. I don't care what they look like hanging around home, but for school, they gotta look fabulous. Oh, and a big fat thanks a lot to my ex husband who shaved all of Isaak's beautiful hair off. Not amused!

4. I read medical books, and watch online surgeries all the time. I missed my calling.

5. I love to write. Someday I would like to write a novel.

6. I dont care about my toes. Well, I guess I do, but what I mean is, I hate getting pedicures, I rather them be natural looking, and not all done up with ridiculous colors.



Alright..I am done with the survey things..you see, it is way late, and I am wide awake and don't have anything to do that doesnt make a lot of noise. Not too much is going on over here...we are moving again. Not that I totally hate moving but I am starting to feel like a gypsy. We move a lot. This time for the reason that we need to be closer to Dave's mom because she is watching the kids for me while I am going to school. Oh yeah..thats another thing I guess. I enrolled at MCC for January. I am going to work on getting my RN. But back to the moving bit..Daves mom lives in Queen Creek. So all you fellow Queen Creekers..we will be joining you. I am sure it is way better than living in the hood and hearing gunshots on a daily basis. Haha...
What else..
Football is over for the boys. They both played their last game yesterday and both won. It is going to be wierd without having practice during the week anymore, but I might survive. ;)
Miss. Natalie Gracious Allimagooshious (thats her princess name) is turning 3 next Saturday. I am sure I will post then, we are having an all out Princess Party. She is certainly a mommy's girl,(get over it dad!) and I am so grateful for her. She makes me laugh on a daily basis, and she is incredibly smart. Although she is into mischief like no other, and she changes her clothes 50 times a day, we will keep her.
Nothing else to report. So I am going to bed!

My Goulish Halloween Creatures

The kids had a lot of fun last night dressing up in their costumes.
Here are the kids together all dressed up.


Jake and Isaak



Colin has been bugging me all month to dress up in his costume, so last night he was just bursting at the seams to get dressed and put some army man make up on. This is the first Halloween that he has wanted to dress up.


Natalie was a cheerleader. A pretty cute one I might add!


Jakob was a skeleton man.


Isaak was Dracula! (and he played the part all night)


The boys off to go trick-or treating.



We went over to my dads house for a carport bbq, it was a lot of fun.




When the kids were done trick-or treating, they handed out the candy. Kaitlyn was able to come join us. So that is her and Jakob handing out the candy.


And this one is just for my dad. Since he claims I dont have any pictures of him on here...I love the smile. :)

Pumpkin Picking and Carving Festivities

Last night we took the kids to the pumpkin patch, to pick out a pumpkin to take it home to carve it. This is the first year that Jakob cleaned and carved his own pumpkin. Isaak cleaned his out, but I had to help him carve it. Of course, Colin and Natalie "helped" carve their pumpkins too. They all did a great job and were very proud of their pumpkins!

Here comes the end of Football season!

The boys have this coming weekend off of football games, and the following weekend (Nov. 8th) Jakob's team gets to go to playoffs, and Isaak's team gets to go to a bowl game. It has been a great season. It seemed to go too fast. I will miss watching them when it is over. This is the first year that the boys had to play on separate teams. At the beginning of the season that thought sent me wanting to breathe into the nearest paper bag. If any of you have experience with the Pop Warner football, you know how involved it is. Especially the first month where practice is every night and of course the boys didnt have practice even remotely close to eachother.
So this past weekend, they both had games at 2pm. One on one side of town, and the other on the other. Dave went to Isaak's game, and I went to Jakobs. Dave took the camera with him to take some pictures of Isaaks team in action.
I know all the kids look alike in their pads, remember, Isaak is number 60.

Its Halloween, so time for some good scares!

Dave and I saw this today on the Ellen show, and about died laughing at this lady's reaction. I just had to share.
Guy Scares His Aunt


This is my ultimate favorite Scare Tactics show, I love it!

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Me and the Princess

Dave took some cute pictures of me and Natalie the other night at the boys' football practice. Sure wish her hair would grow back faster though, she always has this homeless look about her now. Not much we can do about it though. It does go in a ponytail, but it doesnt stay long. Pretty soon she has spikes sticking up..*sigh* Anyway, Dave did a good job being the photographer this time!

Binky-free?

So last night was Natalie's first night to sleep all night without a binky. I thought for sure she'd wake up 100 times and cry for it. But it didnt happen. It is wierd because she wakes up when she does have it, and loses it somewhere in her bed, she'll cry for it until I fish around for it and put it back in her mouth. My kids were all big pacifier lovers. But surprisingly she did fine, and hasn't asked for it yet today at all. I am really hoping I can end this phase as easy as it was for Colin.



**UPDATE**10-18-08
Natalie is STILL binky free! I am SO HAPPY!!! What a big girl! Next comes the potty training...

Snap Happy

I started out taking pictures of Isaak in his game gear, and saw that the lighting was perfect, and all my kids were running about the front yard..I started just snapping some of them doing what they do best...being goofy. I love these kinds of sessions, because I dont care how they are positioned, or what they do, it is fun to see what they come up with. You can definately see their little personalities!
**you can click on the pictures to make them bigger too.

He is going to melt some girls heart one day...


Oh look..Colin found some "eggles".



Lets document the last days with this darn binky!



Poor kid is as white as me.






"I need a nice smile with teeth Sis..."



Jakob



Pretending to be nice to eachother for once...



Some handosme boys I have here!



Cute kids! Nice pirate face Colin!



Can you tell Natalie knows she is beautiful?



Jake and Natalie