Christmas Cards

I am getting ready to send out my Christmas Cards and I need a lot of addresses! If ANYONE would please e-mail me their address I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks! debrac28@gmail.com OR debrac28@yahoo.com.

Dance Class, Haircut, Twilight and Wall-E

Random enough? Just thought I'd jot down a few things about some recent events.

So I signed Natalie up for a dance class at the Silver Spring Rec Center a few weeks ago. It was a last minute thing - she had been dancing around all over the house for about a week and I decided to put her in a dance class to see if she liked it. Her class is on Mondays and it runs for 6 weeks. This upcoming Monday will be her 4th class and she is doing very well (as far as I can tell). She really loves going and seems to get along really great with the other kids. There is one boy in the class and I did notice last week that when they were getting in line to do one of their exercies, she was asking where the boy was so she could stand next to him. Ugh. She is a very friendly girl and I love how well she socializes with other children. Hopefully this will be a great experience that she will remember years to come.

Then I got bored a week or so ago and chopped off my hair. I had been thinking about it for a while but didn't know if I really wanted to cut it again. When my hair starts getting long it gets harder and harder for me to get the motivation to actually style my hair every day. I wind up throwing it in some dumb pony-tail because I don't feel like spending an hour in the bathroom blowing it dry and straightening it. My sister Tina just chopped of her hair (but she REALLY chopped hers off!) so it gave me the strength to do it. And boy am I glad I did! I really, really love it. I don't have a picture yet because I'm not a huge fan of taking pictures of myself. But I'll get one up soon. I'll post a picture that we just took for our Christmas cards - it was right before I cut it.

I am also a huge fan of Twilight. It was quite a while back when my sister-in-law Leigh Ann tried to get me to read it. She kept bugging me and bugging me and I wasn't really interested. I'm a huge science fiction fan but vampires just didn't seem to intruige me. So she finally just gave me the book so I started reading it one night. Well I finished the book in 8 hours and read New Moon and Eclipse the next few days. But I had to wait for Breaking Dawn to come out. So of course I pre-ordered it and read it the day I got it. I'm not overly obsessed with any of the characters...I just think Stephenie Meyer is an excellent writer. I just got so involved when I started reading and couldn't stop. I love books that just capture all my attention and get me so involved. I went to see the movie on Thursday night (which was probably a mistake) and was not really suprised. The movie followed the book fairly well but did have it's own parts that weren't in the book. Some of the scenes I was hoping they would have done a little better but I really wasn't expecting much when I went to see it so I really wasn't disappointed. I did like the little cameo that Stephenie made. But I really, really, really could have done without the giggling and cheering little girls that made it difficult for me to enjoy those scenes that were supposed to be touching or sentimental. But that was my fault for going to the very first screening. Live and learn, I guess.

I also saw Wall-E at my sister's house for the first time. I had heard that it wasn't all that great. I must say that I think it is my favorite Disney movie! I absolutely loved it! I thought it was so cute and so funny - I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't like that movie. My kids had seen it the day before at her house and apparently they loved it too. They have been asking to see it for quite a while now. So I guess I'll have to buy it for me, oh I mean them, for Christmas.

I know this has been quite random, but sometimes I realize that there has been a lot going on and I want to get some of it down or else I never will. I will post some pictures in the next few days as well - I always LOVE looking at people's blogs when they put pictures up. So yeah that's it. If you've made it this far, thanks...you must really like me!

Crazy 8 Tag

Thanks Caroline...I don't think I've been tagged before, maybe, but I guess I can do one as well.

8 TV shows I watch

1. The Office
2. Heroes
3. CSI (Las Vegas)
4. Burn Notice
5. NCIS
6. Anything on Discovery Channel
7. Anything on Food Network
8. Anything on Disney Channel


8 Restaurants I like

1. Chevy's
2. Chilies
3. Applebees
4. Olive Garden
5. The Original Pancake House
6. In-N-Out
7. Taco Bell
8. Denny's


8 things that happened yesterday

1. Went to see Twilight
2. Went Christmas shopping
3. Bought a Christmas Tree
4. Decorated said tree with the kids (no I did not put the kids on the tree, rather they helped me and Andy decorate it)
5. Went out to dinner with my husband, sister Daisy, and her husband Mike
6. Saw Wall-E for the first time
7. Just about had a heart attack when the TV in my bedroom blew up
8. Fell asleep watching TV on my husbands laptop (in bed) as a result of said broken TV


8 things I look forward to

1. Thanksgiving with the Downer family
2. My sister Diana coming to town to visit for Thanksgiving!
3. Seeing Diana's new baby Jessica
4. Going to Wisconsin to visit Andy's family for Christmas
5. Being done with Christmas shopping
6. Going to Natalie's dance class on Monday
7. The new season of Burn Notice starting in January
8. Getting a new TV


8 things on my wish list
1. Books 5 & 6 of The Great and Terrible series by Chris Stewart
2. The new Nickelback CD
3. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
4. New Lord of the Rings DVD's (dang kids)
5. The Office DVD's
6. Dustbuster
7. A new toaster
8. A trillion dollars


8 People I tag

Yeah, I'd rather not.

Primary Program

Last Sunday was our Primary Program and all the kids did such a great job! I was so proud of Natalie - she had her part memorized and spoke nice and loud into the microphone! She sure isn't shy being in front of a large group of people. I had to sit on the stand with some of the kids and Andy sat with Tyler in the pews. Apparently Tyler was the best that he has ever been in Sacrament Meeting! He loved seeing Natalie sitting up front; and because Natalie was sitting right in the front he could easily see her. She had been so excited about the Primary Program and being able to say her part. She also learned all the songs so well and knew just about all the words. We would sing them in the car when we drive to the store and to my mom's house. She even learned the sign language to "I Am A Child of God." She is so smart! I am so proud of my little girl!

Dentist

Natalie and Tyler had their first visit to the dentist last week. I knew how Tyler was going to react - not very well! Last time I took him to the doctor for his annual checkup and shots he did VERY well - I was very suprised! He sat really still while they took all his measurements as well as when the doctor looked him over. Of course he didn't like the shots, but who does? So when we went to the dentist last week, sure enough, he lost his mind when we tried to sit him in the chair. He wanted NOTHING to do with any of that. So the dentist simply brused his teeth with flouride and that was about it. Hopefully next time he will do a little better so we can do some x-rays and all that junk.

Natalie did much better. She actually kept saying that she was excited! She did great for the x-rays - that was always my most unfavorite part. That cardboard crap they make you hold in your mouth really isn't comfortable. But she was such a trooper and we got some great x-rays. A few months ago she had a face-on collision with Tyler's head and it knocked her front teeth a little loose. So they look a little dark now and I was concerned that something would have to be done with the teeth. But after looking at the x-rays the dentist said they should be fine as long as we keep a close eye on them. When it came time to clean Natalie's teeth, she got a little nervous. She wasn't a big fan of the noisy toothbrush but once we assured her that it wasn't going to hurt then she calmed down a little bit. She was still a little nervous for the rest of the time but overall did really great.

So...no cavities! Yeah! Hopefully it stays that way for a long time. The dentist also mentioned something about Natalie's bottom teeth - they are a little crooked because she used to suck her thumb. But I'm not going to worry about that until her permanent teeth come in. If he thinks I'm gonna put braces on her when her permanent teeth come in, he's crazy!

Trunk-or-Treat / Halloween Party

Okay so we had a little Halloween Party for the kids at my sister Daisy's house last week and it was pretty fun. We had pizza and the kids decorated pillow cases for trick-or-treating and played some games. The kids had a really good time, as you can see!!

Natalie had falled asleep in the car on the way over so her hair was all messed up - and the red eyeon my camera was acting up so some of these pictures look pretty scary!!

I know....YIKES!!! Andy did NOT like my costume - he said I looked like Kathy Griffin. Eeek - what was I thinking?!

Tyler was sick of wearing his costume after about 10 minutes. Punk.

We also had our ward Trunk-or-Treat the next day. Of course the kids loved that - what could be better than getting candy for dressing up?!

Silly Kids

So I was just playing with the kids and thought I'd take some pictures - they just LOVE being silly and having their picture taken!

Here Tyler was winking at me...

...and here Natalie is trying to wink at me...

Buddy...

...and more silly children!!