Funny Drew and Natalie

Natalie got into the spirit of Halloween by making her "scary" face.
Drew decided to channel a little Austin Powers for his silly picture.
Back to business. Drew loves to be in charge of the remote. He already knows how to do almost everything with it. Yikes! I guess that's why we have a lot more cartoons recorded lately.

Sunday at Mom's house

Natalie let me do her hair so she would look so cute at my mom's house. I curled it into ringlets using the curling iron, but by the time we got the picture it had already started to come out. We visited with my Uncle Wayne, his wife Nilva and her son Felipe. I didn't get any pictures of the adults because no one was ready at the same time I had my camera. Oh well.
Natalie's ringlets. Trevor, Allan and Justin
Melia, Natalie and Sydney

Halloween Decorations

Here are my indoor Halloween decorations. I made my Halloween advent calender 2 years ago based on the Pottery Barn calender that was way too expensive. I made my BOO letters based on some similar letters I saw at Recollections. I made the ghost and pumpkin at an Enrichment several years ago. All of the other things are little decorations that I've either bought or been given over the years.

Almost done!

I had the boys help me finish cleaning the walls, baseboards and walls today. I did the blinds myself so they could play. They worked pretty hard so I thought they deserved a little break. Then I had them watch the kids so I could paint and touch up all the doors, doorjambs, and baseboards in the house. I still need to finish the baseboards in our bedroom, but I touched up every door and most of the baseboards and doorjambs in the house. I had to completely repaint 4 doors downstairs so it took awhile! They look almost brand new!I realized last night that Kent had done his usual job on Justin's ceiling. He really hates taping off to paint so he paints up to the corner, and if it gets part of the ceiling or baseboards he waits until the paint is dried THEN tapes off and repaints the baseboard or ceiling. I don't understand why he does this, but it's what he does. As I was cleaning with the boys I realized that Justin's ceiling still needs to be fixed, and all of the baseboards in our bedroom are sage green. I painted our room shortly after Natalie was born, and i can't believe I didn't realize how bad it was until now. I did one coat on the baseboards in 1/3 of the room, but there is still a lot to fix. I can paint a pretty straight line, but it takes a while so Kent gets to pick up some painter's tape tomorrow so we can finish.
Amy, I even posted some after pictures for you. Tomorrow I'm getting my deep tissue massage so that will help my back recover from all of the strain, and then I'm going to Julie's house so she can train me to work in the office while she's recovering from her surgery. I plan on taking it pretty easy tomorrow! Let's hope all goes according to plan...

Fall Break 2008

My kids just LOVE this time of year. I have them home for a week and a half, so we get to do the big jobs that I don't want to do all by myself. This year the jobs are: cleaning the walls, baseboards, doors and then touching up the paint where needed; clean the wood blinds, windows and window sills inside; organizing all of my storage boxes in the garage; reorganizing the pantry; cleaning out their closets; and purging the toys in the game room.
On Sunday after the kids went to bed I decided to reorganize the pantry. I couldn't find anything so it had to be done- again. I did it about 2 weeks ago, but apparently a tornado hit our pantry so you couldn't tell that I had worked in there. I also deep cleaned their bedrooms and removed clothes and toys they don't use anymore. I filled half of the trash can and half of the recycling can with all the things I found.
Yesterday we started downstairs. We cleaned all the walls, baseboards and doors. I love Mr. Clean Erasers!!! They get crayon, pencil, pen and marker off easily. I don't let my kids use them because they disappear... my kids don't move them or lose them! (Heh, heh, yeah right!) Justin and Trevor followed me and we scrubbed the walls, doors, door handles and baseboards to near perfection in less than an hour. Then they wiped around the windows, I vacuumed up dust and cobwebs, then I vacuumed the blinds. Can I just say how much I love my vacuum!
After that I let them take a break for a few hours. Before dinner I decided that we could knock out the garage too so I got the ladder and started getting the storage containers down. The storage boxes weren't a problem initially. I labeled everything well before we moved. HOWEVER, I made the mistake of letting Kent put some stuff away, and it became next to impossible to find anything quickly. We took down all of the boxes, the black trash bags full of stuff (Kent's idea) and various items that were just lying about in the garage. We brought it all in, and I got to work. I got out my handy-dandy label maker, and started sorting. By the time I was done everything had a place to go, and I was able to get 2 of those huge black trash bags full of clothes and shoes to donate.
This morning my back hated me... well, it hated me last night too so I took some pain meds for that... so I decided that we could wait until tomorrow to do the upstairs. Today the boys helped me take the boxes back to the garage so I could put it away. Aah! (Angels singing.) Now I can actually find the things that I need quickly, and I won't have any more problems finding what I'm seeking!
Tomorrow we'll clean the walls, baseboards, doors and blinds upstairs. Then we can start with the paint touch-ups. I am so excited! My kids, regretfully, are not. But that's okay. They're learning to work and getting to see how happy it makes their mother when things are clean. They'll even (grudgingly) admit that they love how they feel when the house is clean. They're learning to work together to get their jobs done. And when we're all done with everything they'll enjoy the reward- take-out dinner and a movie. (Please, please, please don't let it be Beverly Hills Chihuahua! Please!!!)
I think I'll have to purge the toys by myself. It's amazing how attached they become upon seeing toys they've ignored for over a year when they learn that I'm giving them away. This will probably be a good job for Friday night when the boys spend the night at Uncle Allan's house and Natalie is at dance... Hmm... Better get the supplies ready!
If I wasn't embarrassed to let the world see how how big of the dust bunny colonies had grown I would totally post pictures! But I am, so you'll have to use your imagination! I might post a picture of the garage, though. I'm happy that it's looking so much better. Now, if I could just figure out how to get Kent to clean his portion of the garage..... And his office... total fire hazard... Any suggestions?

Busy, busy

I have been so busy lately! I have had to help plan and organize, and now teach, at enrichment... That's tomorrow night. I'll be teaching about 90 day supplies. Lots to do! I'm eager for that to be over so I can focus on the other things I need to work on.
So far today I had to take Justin to the podiatrist, dropped him back at school, went to the gym with Drew, back home to bathe, picked Natalie up, then went to my doctor for a check-up on my thyroid and to get my flu shot. I'll probably take at least the 2 boys we suspect have asthma to get their shots too. And, I have lost 18 pounds since July so yea me!
After that we went to Target to fill my prescriptions, and ate lunch while we were there. I only had time for a half of a blueberry muffin this morning, and after having my blood drawn I really needed to eat something. Now we're home and leave again in a few minutes to get the boys and take them to get eye exams. Then we'll go get them new shoes. Trevor needs shoes for church, and Justin has always worn out his shoes so fast. The podiatrist thinks that the new shoes will give more support, which will help until he gets new splints. He has to wear them to bed to help stretch out the ligaments in his feet and leg. It doesn't sound like too much fun to me!
I think I'll get to come home after that. I'll have time to make dinner, clean up and then go to an activities committee meeting tonight.
Today is my "easy" day so I'll have to do a lot of work tonight to be ready for tomorrow's enrichment. I hope that I can get enough sleep tonight! I'll need it!

Here's the new blanket

I sat down on Saturday and made myself a new blanket using the material from Hawaii. Kent and Justin helped me set it up on the frame so I could tie it. All done, and now the kids are asking me to make each of them a new blanket.

Front of the blanket.
Back of the blanket.

Repost: Natalie's Day

Today was the big day for Natalie. Monday was the prep day for her procedures… not a good day here. The first medication we tried made her vomit, so we called the doctor’s office and he told us to try another one. That didn’t go over well either because “it tastes so nasty.” We resorted to a third medication after that, and by the time we were done she was very unhappy with the entire experience… especially me.
We had to arrive at the hospital at 7:30 a.m. I am definitely not a morning person, and neither is Natalie. However, the nurses were great, and kept her totally at ease. She even got to go to the nurses’ gift room and select a stuffed animal. Her doctor had a very calming presence so that helped tremendously. He’s very friendly and laughed at her jokes so that made Natalie really happy. When she went back I grabbed breakfast from the cafeteria. When I was done I went back to the waiting room, and her doctor came out 10 minutes later and gave me the rundown of her procedures. (Everything went well, no complications.) He was able to eliminate two possible diagnoses, and he will call me in a few days with the biopsy results. Then we will discuss changes in her treatment plan.

Here is Natalie before the procedures.

I went back to Natalie's room shortly after we spoke. She was really uncomfortable and crying pretty hard when I got there. It took her nearly an hour to calm down. I felt so bad for her. She would let me stroke her hair or rub her back every so often, but then she would get really mad and throw my hand off. Whatever helped her get through it was fine with me! Her nurse gave her a bit of medication at the end of her crying jag, but she was already feeling a lot better. I do think that helped her calm down even more. After that she got back on the bed, had her IV removed and got a purple Popsicle for her troubles! Natalie after she was done. Her lip was all bloody on the left side from some of the instruments.

Once that was all done she got a ride on a wheelchair to the car, and was a little sleepy on the way home. As soon as we got home she shot right up and was fine from then on. Grandma Susan came over with a small Frosty after we got home.

Natalie with one of her nurses (Linda, I think). She loved getting a ride in the adult wheelchair!

As a reward for being brave, she and I went out for a girls' night. She wanted to get pedicures and go to dinner. However, she decided at the last minute that she would rather see a movie instead. She and I went to see Igor (I hope I never have to see that movie ever, ever again. She liked it, but I had a really hard time sitting through it.), then dinner at Arriba. She did not even want to go to bed tonight!

A little too close to home

Yesterday while Natalie and I were at the hospital Kent called me. One of his co-workers never showed up to a customer appointment on Monday, and he wouldn't answer his phone. The customer got worried, tracked him down and called the office to let them know what was going on. It turns out that on Sunday evening Kent's co-worker had been booked into jail on several charges including attempted murder. (Read the story here.) Kent said everyone in the office was totally shocked, and it was totally inconsistent with the man that they knew. Kent has gone to several appointments with him, and said that he is one of the nicest guys he has ever met... or so he thought! I feel really bad for his family. I can't even imagine how hard this must be for them. And I'm so glad that the victim is going to recover. I pray that both families will get the resolution they need.

Is this really news to anyone?

Put this under things that make you go, "Hmm."
Clay Aiken is gay. This is just such a surprise. Who knew?
(Um, I think that would be anyone who has ever seen or heard him.)
I thought it was hilarious when I saw this online yesterday. Someone felt that this "announcement" was newsworthy. I think everyone already knew this so it really wasn't news, was it? Aren't there more important things to report? Seriously!

Drew- the Daredevil?

This kid! In the last month he has done several things that make me question whether or not he has a death wish.

1. Just before we left for Hawaii he stuffed a BB in his nose and had to get it removed.

2. Right after Hawaii he jumped from the third or fourth stair and face planted on the tile at the bottom of the stairs... resulting in a HUGE goose egg on the left side of his forehead.

3. On Tuesday he and Justin jumped on the trampoline together and landed at the same time. This caused Drew to fly into the air, landing on the trampoline with his arm extended to help brace himself for the impact. In doing so he hurt his elbow. Our neighbor, who is a paramedic, checked it out (because after hearing him cry for 4 hours I thought maybe it was something more serious and was on my way to the ER). The paramedic gave him the all clear. All night long Drew cried and cried and cried, and his arm was bent close to his body the whole time. I know this because after he woke up screaming at 1 a.m. I went to to his room and brought him to sleep in ours so I could keep an eye on him.

The next morning I let Drew and Kent sleep in while I dropped the kids off at school then went to the gym. When I got back from the gym he was still holding his arm funny and couldn't extend it. When he tried lifting it up he couldn't go far before crying out in pain. I decided to take him to the doctor. After talking to his pediatrician they recommended that we go to urgent care who has an x-ray machine and could take care of him much more quickly. We were the only people there so he got seen right away. The doctor thought that maybe he broke his arm near the elbow so Drew got x-rays done. The doctor said that he didn't see a break but it appeared that he dislocated his elbow.

This is when I think, "Oh crap. It's going to be like getting immunizations. I'm going to have to hold him down, trying not to get hit or kicked in the process, and it's going to hurt like ____."

It took three tries to get the elbow to go back into place. Drew was screaming, kicking and hitting the whole time. The doctor left after each try to give Drew a chance to calm down. Each time he left Drew was crying and crying. When he would calm down he said, "Mom, I not like dat man. Him's hurts me. I want you tell him go 'way." About that time the doctor would return and Drew gave him the look of death. When the doctor would work on his arm he would try desperately to get him away, then beg me to make him stop (talk about feeling guilty), then he would bury his face in my chest when the doctor left his room and cry for several minutes because it hurt so bad. After the elbow finally went back into place the doctor gave him AND me a gift certificate for a free ice cream at Chick-Fil-A. Which is where we went for lunch immediately after we finished.


This is him eating said ice cream. He was still careful with his arm (notice it's still down and close to his body) because it was really sore. He couldn't bear to have anyone touch it until Friday. Now he seems totally fine. I just asked him if he's going to do anything else to get hurt. He says no, but he said that after incidents 1 and 2. I guess he's just more of a daredevil than the other 3 kids... I hope he doesn't do anything too serious! I don't know how much more of his "bravery" I can stand!

Justin's ordination

Today Justin was ordained to the Aaronic priesthood. He had his interview with the bishop last Sunday so we were all set for the ordination today. My mom, dad and step-mom, Kent's dad, mom and step-dad and my brother Allan were all able to come to the church to participate in this special day with him. He was presented to the ward this morning in sacrament meeting and he was a little surprised that he was called to the stand. Brother Hawks asked him how a deacon was like a boy scout. Justin looked completely freaked out, and then Bro. Hawks told him that they both always had to be prepared. (left to right) Don, Ann, Justin, Maryann, Allan, Trevor, Susan, Natalie, Kent, Drew, Julie, Lenny and Duane

After church the ordination was performed by Kent. We took a few quick pictures afterwards, and then we came back to the house for lunch. (I ended up following this guy in front of me who was driving like a TURTLE, and his top speed was no greater than 5 MPH below the posted speed limit. A long line formed behind me, but I don't know if they could see the sedan in front of my SUV so people probably thought I was the slowpoke... it reminded me of a story involving this same person driving the posted 15 MPH for miles and miles during construction at the Hoover Dam... causing another LONG line of cars... I won't say who it is, but look at the first person in the above picture on the left.)

Bro. Endrizzi, Bro. Cook, Bro. Hawks, Justin, Kent, Duane and Allan (my little bro)

Holy cow! My eldest child is 12!

The birthday boy himself... the picture of cool.

Wow! How did this happen? I swear it doesn't seem like it's been 12 years since Justin was born. It was a very difficult pregnancy. I started spotted at the beginning of my second trimester, and by the end of that trimester I started having contractions and started to dilate. I had terrible acid reflux, and my doctors told me to take Tums or Rolaids. (They didn't do anything, and now they give pregnant women real medicine. I'm so jealous!) I developed severe pre-eclampsia so my kidneys were shutting down, I had a hard time breathing and my blood pressure sky rocketed. My body didn't work right, and I woke up one morning with so much excess water that my feet and legs were like silly putty. You could poke them and it would stay depressed for 10 minutes before the indentation went away. The swelling didn't go away until Justin was 2 weeks old. Towards the end of the pregnancy the pre-eclampsia got so bad they were worried that I was going to have a stroke. (In the hospital my BP was almost 200 over 120.) I had to go on bedrest because of the pre-term labor and pre-eclampsia and on medication to stop my labor at 28 weeks. I had several trips to the hospital to get the labor stopped. After all that, during the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy everything stopped working and I ended up having to be induced. My doctors were sure that I was going to have him early because of the pre-term labor, and he ended up being overdue. So instead of an August baby I had a September baby. That was not cool!

The delivery wasn't any better. It was long and difficult due to his large head size, and the fact that my epidural didn't work... either time. OUCH! I was so tired towards the end of the delivery that I passed out between each contraction. (I guess being up for 2 nights in the hospital in labor will do that to you.) When he finally came out the doctor lifted his arm up and had him wave to me. I smiled, said hi and went back to sleep.

Despite the horrible pregnancy, delivery and recovery I feel so lucky and blessed to have Justin. He is such a good boy. He helps out with the other kids, and truly feels empathy for everyone. He doesn't want anyone to feel lonely or left out. He plays with the other kids' friends and helps them feel welcome. If someone is new at school he seeks them out and tries to get to know them. He does his jobs usually before I have to ask him to, and he is just a cool kid. I love this boy!

Natalie's face is back to normal in time for Justin's birthday. She only has a few bite marks to remind us that it even happened. She really was happy it was Justin's birthday, but she isn't a morning person!

Trevor and Drew yuk it up for the camera. I'll have to post baby pictures of these 2. The only difference is the eye color.

Mosquitoes and a fall

I took her to see our favorite doctor to check her face out. He didn't think it was anything more than allergic reaction, and to continue giving her Benadryl. At least I was doing the right thing! He said he didn't see any pink eye so I was able to send her to school on Tuesday. I'll take another picture tomorrow and post it. She looked much better today. I think she'll look even better in the morning. Yea! We still have a TON of mosquitoes everywhere after all of the rain from the HUGE monsoon storms. I kill several every day. They really seem to like me and Natalie. The boys all have mosquito bites too, but they are just little dots.
Lately Drew jumps from the second or third stair to prove how tough he is. I keep warning him that one of these times he's going to fall and get hurt, but he tells me he's "not gonna get hurt." Tonight his luck changed because while I was at a baby shower slipped and fell. I got home a few minutes later, and Kent was lying down with him. I took a look at the goose egg that had already formed over his left eye, and put an ice pack on it. He told me that the stairs rolled over him. I don't know how that's possible, but that's his story and he's sticking to it! I'm hoping that the swelling will go down by morning. He just came downstairs and said he has a headache so I'm going to stay up with him to make sure that he's okay. So far he's acting normal, but I want to make sure. Better safe than sorry, right? My poor baby!

Here's Drew on Friday. This bump shows up better in picture than it does looking at him. You can almost see a bruise in the picture. He still insists that he stairs rolled over him, and he didn't slip. At least he doesn't have headaches!

Becka's Marathon

Hi everyone,


Kent's sister, Becka, is in training for a marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Her goal is to raise $4000, but her minimum donation is $3200. She only has 1 more month and is at $700, so whatever you can do to help would be greatly appreciated. Here is her web page where you can track her progress and make a donation. Thank you! http://pages.teamintraining.org/los/nikesf08/rmontgomery

Becka, Natalie and Maryann in August 2007

Welcome to my Team In Training home page.
I'm training to participate in an endurance event as a member of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team In Training. All of us on Team In Training are raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma from taking more lives. I am completing this event in honor of all individuals who are battling blood cancers. These people are the real heroes on our team, and we need your support to cross the ultimate finish line - a cure!
Please make a donation to support my participation in Team In Training and help advance LLS's mission.

Okay, she is seriously freaking me out!

Kent put Natalie to bed last night. While he was in her room, another mosquito landed on her face, and Kent killed it. I don't think he got to it quickly enough, though, because she came to me at about midnight, and could hardly open her left eye. This morning it's even worse. It looks like she's gone 12 rounds with a prize fighter. I think I'm going to take her to urgent care this morning to make sure it's not going to swell completely shut. Yikes!
Then if that wasn't bad enough the boys came down this morning and took one look at her and their eyes almost bugged out of their heads. Trevor came up to me and whispered, "Mom, Natalie is freaking me out. She's so scary. What happened to her?" I'm proud of him for whispering this time because he usually just says whatever, whenever and to whomever is around. This can lead to some very uncomfortable situations.
This picture is last night shortly after midnight. Yowsa! She looks like an alien!
The second is from this morning after 2 doses of Benadryl, and after I applied calamine lotion and 2 cold compresses. Ouch!

Yikes! What happened to her face?

Yesterday I took a picture of Natalie right before bed, and she looked totally fine. When she woke up this morning, it looked like she was sprouting a horn between her eyes, and that she had a black eye. Throughout the day I've kept my eye on it, and tonight just before dinner I took her picture. It appears that she has a mosquito bite at the top of her nose, and another one right next to her left eye. I decided to take a picture so I could compare any changes during the night. She says it doesn't hurt or itch, but it's freaking me out.

Here's a picture of her head-on. From this picture it doesn't look too bad so I took another one.

Okay, so see what I mean. Kind of scary, huh?

About BB's

You know how little kids like to, let's say, explore their worlds? Test their limits? Test your limits? Especially when you're about to leave on a trip? Well, the night before we left for Hawaii Justin had a small carton of air soft pellets... I'll call them BB's. Anyway, his friend left them here a few days prior,so we told J to put them in his backpack so they don't get spilled or added to Natalie and Drew's collection.
I'm trying to pack and get things ready for my mom, and Kent's trying to fix the computer so she can actually use it while we're gone. In the meantime, Natalie and Trevor are upstairs playing and staying out of the way while we clean and pack. Justin is in the kitchen reloading the dishwasher, Kent's in my office, and I'm going between my office and the family room doing laundry. During this time I notice that Drew has taken out the BB's. I told Justin to stop what he's doing and put them away. He "didn't hear" me. I went to the laundry room to get the dry clothes out of the dryer. At this point, Drew is looking a little worried. I ask him if he's done something that he shouldn't have done. He says he hasn't so I go to my office and tell Kent that Drew is looking a little worried and he's got the BB's in front of him. I strongly suspect that there is one up his nose, but he's denying it at this point. I was gone for 20-30 seconds. I am on my way to the laundry room, but then I notice that Drew's jumping up and running to the box of Kleenex. I ask him again if he stuck anything up his nose. He says no, but then he blows his nose and there's blood. Oh great.
I ask him again, and he says no, and when he notices the blood he says, "Mom, I sink somefin's wong wif my nose." I ask, "Is there a BB up your nose, Drew?" He looks like he's about to cry, and says, "Yes. But somebody made me."
Obviously we had to go get it removed before we left. While it was being pulled out Drew was coughing, and I'm trying to decide if this situation is really funny or really gross. As I'm watching the stick thing up his nose I'm thinking gross. Seriously. Yuck. It was nice and bloody, and it fell down and rolled across the floor. Drew still maintains that "Somebody made me" when I ask him why he did it. He also says that he's not going to do that again because it was nasty.

My mini-makeover (and how it came about)

Apparently shortly after we returned home from Hawaii earlier this week Justin totally conned Kent into letting him invite about a million boys to come to our house, and then be driven to a local park for an air soft war. I lost count, but there were at least 8-10 boys that came. They started arriving before 11:00. After everyone arrived Kent piled everyone into my new car (imagine me hyperventilating here because, hello! these are 10-12 year old boys! And it's been raining here! A LOT!! This means mud! I'm a little sick even thinking about it... Oh my gosh.)

I digress... Kent took them to the park, all loaded up with their safety gear, guns and air soft pellets (which I call BB's- a lot faster!) and I figured they'd be out for only an hour or so because it was hot and muggy here. Who would want to stay in that heat with long sleeves and/or jackets on, jeans and protective eye wear??? It's a little insane! In the meantime, Trevor invited the brother of one of the boys going to the war over to hang out with him while that was going on. I didn't really want to be home when they came back all dirty so I decided to take Trevor, Elias (his friend), Natalie and Drew to lunch and a movie. We ate at Someburro's, then saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3-D. After we were done, it was almost 3:30. I called Kent to see how close they were to having my car cleaned up. He said that he was picking up pizza for everyone, and that they just got home a few minutes before. Holy cow! Boys are insane! Seriously, ladies, does this appeal to any of you- being dressed up in long sleeves and pants in the afternoon, in August, in Arizona, for hours while running and dodging BB's? I don't get it!

So I took the kids home, where they also ate pizza. I don't know how they had room because of lunch and popcorn at the movies, but they did. After about 30 minutes of seeing mud and dirt all over my tile floor, pizza all over my kitchen and eating area, I had to get out. I went to my car to get something out. BIG MISTAKE! It was worse than I expected. So, so bad. I opened up the passenger door in the front to get something out of my center console. Not a good idea. There was mud on the door. How do you get mud on the door?! It wasn't just a little either. Then I looked back and saw all of the other stuff still in my car. Oh my. So, so bad. I couldn't find what I was looking for so I came back into the house. That didn't help either. I finally found what I was looking for and got to go have some "me time."

I have lost 11 pounds in the last 2 months (yea!) so I decided that I could justify get a few new clothes. I was able to look at and try on clothes without my typical audience made up of Natalie and Drew- who enjoy trying to sneak a peek and making any number of somewhat embarrassing comments as I change. (Ask Jenn and Bailey DeTemple. They will totally back me up!) When I finished there I went to Dillard's to replenish my makeup supply. (Some of my favorite shadow mysteriously vanished while we were in HI...) I saw this cool new eye shadow quad on TV the other day, and since it was similar to the one that disappeared I decided to get it. The MAC girl had some time so she gave me a mini makeover. It was only going to be the eyes, but then she did my lips and then the rest of my face. So when I finally came home my face was all made up, but with my hair and clothes in moderate disarray from the earlier adventures with the kids. (I mean, seriously, who wouldn't want refried beans smeared on their pant leg or shirt?)

Here I am with my "dramatic" eyes. Natalie gave them her stamp of approval. Now, to do something about those braces... November 3 can't be here soon enough!

Miss Innocent herself. I am allowed to post this picture of her. She did silly shots for the other ones, and didn't want anyone else to see them. She was quite upset when I dared suggest it.

Drew didn't mind me sharing a silly shot of him. In fact, he wanted me to share the other one, but I nixed that. He was in a silly mood when I got home so he only wanted silly pictures. And no, I don't know what he's doing here...

Denver Broncos Game

Yippee! Kent and I got to go to the Broncos' game last night. It was so cool. My Broncos played the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. And as if it wasn't good enough to get to see them in person, we killed them! It was awesome!

I sat next to two devoted Cardinals fans. I don't think they liked it when I came walking up in my Broncos t-shirt and cap. LOL! They loved the first half because the Broncos, using their 3rd string QB Hackney, were losing. And the Cards were using 1st or 2nd string (depending on the day) QB Leinart. However, starting late in the 3rd quarter the Broncos rallied and we got our game back on track. I had to smack talk those 2 Cardinal fans a little after listening to them for a majority of the first half. Then me and all of the other Denver Broncos' fans (and we were there in high numbers!!!) had to stand up and cheer as we came back with 3 more TDs to win the game. :-)~

Anyway, it was fun, and my Broncos won!

Here we are in our seats, right behind my team! Great seats, Kent!!!

Here are the Broncos in the 4th quarter, at the beginning of the play where we went for a (successful) 2 point conversion.