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Happy Birthday Trev-Dog!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREV_DOG

Today is my brother in law trevors Birthday! In birthday blog tradition I thought I would list a few of my favorite things about Trev ( in no paticular order).

1. He may look squeaky clean, but this wild animal get kicked out of BYU intramural sports.
2. All his neices and nephews love him
3. Until about a month ago Jackson thought trevor was my brother and calyn(his wife/my sister) was just his best friend who tagged along with him to family functions
4. he has an undiagnosed case of ADD
5. My sister and him have been in love since Jr. high school
6. He loves living with Ross and I from time to time
7. He's a major night owl
8. He polishes his tennis shoes to a spit shine
9. he's a great dad!!!!
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"Maybe if we say it in Spanish"

Lately when we run into some sort of a problem Jaxon will say, " Mom, maybe if we say it in Spanish we can figure it out". I didn't get it until finally today it donned on me that these two little characters are the culprits of his new need to be a Spanish speaking four year old who has a magic backpack and begs for a pet jaguar. I heard the other day that Dora is receiving a makeover because their have been studies that little girls are more likely to watch a more sexified version of her. She's an explorer for hell sakes!!! although i would somewhat agree that her hair could use a little help. I remember a lady at a bunco party last year told this story about her new hair cut: She decided her hair needed a little updating and went to her stylist for some hot little bangs. She came home and her little girl said, "Mom, you look so beautiful because your hair looks exactly like Doras". The Dora cut was not the look she was going for, for some reason I crack up every time I think about that lady. Oh yeah the other day Jaxon asked me why he didn't have a Pap pi like Diego. "Because you just got a dad instead", I told him. Now run along and get some clean chonies on and this senorita will bring you a hot cup of choc-o-latte!

Tori Jo turns the Dirty 30.. ( Suprise)

This is the birthday girls face when we all yelled, SURPRISE!

Later in the evening we gathered up the troops and went on a field trip.. Things got a little rowdy as usual but we all lived to tell/laugh about it.........

I made a bunch of pasta, sauce and a bunch of toppings for our own little Italian buffet....... This cowboy was a big fan!

This lucky fellow was sandwiched between his two favorite blonds..

Some old friends of Tori's came to celebrate the big 30...

The birthday girl and her daddy!

Sometimes I pretend like I'm Martha Stewart..

I also moonlight as a wannabe photographer....

And a Bakerella/domestic goddess...........

Lauren Estay was so sweet and made this masterpiece of a cake for Tori... It was gorgeous to say the least. Thanks again Lauren! She is the woman to call next time you have something to celebrate.........

I smell the snow...

I was afraid this might be the last day of walks to the pond. I'm crossing my fingers that we get a couple more days just like this..................................................

Have you ever??

Went in to check on your kids before you go to bed and find one of the sleeping in a wagon?

Our Halloween

SPOOKY
Cheers ladies!!!!!!!!!

This is just a sneak peek at Tori and Donnie's house decor. Donnie is that guy that you don't want to live next door to on the holidays because he puts everyone to shame with his yard decorations. He's a modern day Clark Griswald with a cowboy hat...

Brookside Hollow even had a real headless horsemen riding around the neighborhood...

Speaking of the devil, here he is! this is the king of Halloween, Donnie the bearded ballerina.

Super mom Savanna with Ivy and Jaxon

If you were confused on the costumes I'll fill you in... YaYa is a painter and John is a cool guy wearing a visor!

Thanks for the candy YaYa...........

We practiced her buzzing all day but it still sounds like a growl!

This is how our Halloween started out... About 2 minutes after we got in the car, Jaxon ( aka, Scary Guy) fell asleep smearing and drooling all over his freshly painted face...

I glance back in the rear view mirror to discover that little miss Bumblebee had demolished her paint job too! We Were off to a rough start to say the least........

This mulleted pirate is not too excited about the smell taking over our car on the drive to his moms house for a quick trick or treat.......... This is him saying, "last one out of the cars a rotten egg''.......

The smell was getting worse because we lost a few of these deviled eyeballs in the car and we were having a hard time finding them. (They were really cute). Our Halloween turned out really great besides a few smells, smears and bumps in the road!

Simply Adorable

Ivy can't wait to hit the slopes this year! ( Okay maybe next year)... She is ready to roll with her new ski hat courtesy of Jack and Jills( This cute little kids consignment store in town)...

This is the famous Green Elephant blankythat we never leave home without........ He looks pretty serious about it right??

The pirate and the princess

He is still not over the pirate thing! It's going on three years straight people.... I guess it could be worse if he wanted to dress up like winnie the pooh everyday! There's always a bright side to everything!!!!!!!!!!!

Ivy loves her BaBa's like crazy

This is my girl au natural

Jaxon is now in charge of shop vac-ing all the rabbit pellets every morning.. ( He loves it)!

Cinderella

This is our cute new home........

It's really coming along and getting cozier by the minute. Wait till I post pictures of the enormous mountain lion that digs in our garbage... Stay tuned!
I promise this is where our rabbit lives! (don't judge)
if you look close you will see her litter box right behind her. She used to use it for it's purpose. She now uses it only to snuggle in..........Dammit!!




Do you have a bunny that lives on the rock that surrounds your fireplace? well, we do... So strange, creepy and cute all at the same time. Little miss Cinderella is not so little anymore. The lady at the pet store promised she was full grown and would always look like the sweet little supposedly litter box trained bunny she sold us for $24.99. She is getting bigger by the minute and is refusing to deposit her little pellets in her litter box. Now I'm not even sure that she's a she. I promise we have a cage less rabbit in our house that eats (I'm not kidding), one cup of rabbit food, 2 huge carrots, 1 celery stalk and whatever fruit scraps drop from the high chair a day. Thank goodness for the shop vac that I have plugged in ready to go every morning. I am starting to think that catching 15 grasshoppers a day for Fred the frog(R.I.P) wasn't nearly as painful as I thought. Sidenote: What the heck do people breed rabbits for? fur, meat, pets... Is this seriously a lucrative business? I can't for the life of me figure it out! I don't know anyone that eats rabbit besides my moms childhood friend (long story). $24.99 per rabbit isn't anything to write home about and I can't remember the last time I saw a tourist walking around the square in Jackson wearing a rabbit fur... please help me figure this one out!!!!!

Long time no blog...

What have we been up to? I am pleased to announce we are no longer homeless. We moved to a great new house in the woods. I have been decorating like a madwoman and making my nest cozy for my little chicks. I love it here! We have been busy doing the fall stuff that I love. We have made Carmel apples, carved pumpkins, haunted gingerbread houses, had some backyard bonfires, and had the annual, "Dinner in a Pumpkin"...... Good friends post pictures on their blog of their friends when they look good even if you don't..

Make that pictures of their sisters too.

Yaya and Jax made a pirate face pumpkin..........

Ryan brought his main squeeze home for the activities.....

I am afraid this mountain living is turning us into people who really look like mountain people.

One priceless night away from the kids at the Knotty pine. Enjoy the peep show!

Dinner in a Pumpkin



1 small sugar pumpkin

2 onions, chopped
2 cups diced celery
1/4 cup shortening
5 pounds lean ground beef
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (20 ounce) bottle ketchup
3 cloves crushed garlic
5 teaspoons salt
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce

1/4 cup soy sauce
1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
2 cups cooked white rice

Put all that good stuff in your pumpkin. Place pumpkin on a baking sheet and cook for an hour at 350...... Enjoy

Oh I forgot to mention that this little woman is now walking all over the house. She really does have to wear a necklace everyday and almost never takes it off. it's too cute.

Happy Fall Everyone!