More pics

Hi, here are a few randomly picked pictures becuase I couldn't see the images, I just clicked on the files. But I am thinking about a pic of me for Dave's office (to ward off any more set-ups.) What do you think. There are more on the next page.

Halloween

We had a great Halloween celebration this year. We invited everyone who was in town over for tacos and pictures. Then Summer and Claire helped us take Tommy, Eliza, Talmage, and Emme trick or treating. Emme loved getting treats and had to walk slowly so she could eat along the way. Talmage wanted to move faster so he could get some more!

the one good thing.

So this week was really bad. I'm almost ready to forget the whole thing. I was talking to my husband who was having a reaccurance of kidney pain and were debating whether or not to go to the ER, when I said that there was nothing good about today. Well, he said that there had to be something, so an hour later I thought of it.
Today I learned that my sons are not afraid of snakes.
Under our patio there lives a rather large harmless snake. (I love him because he eats mice, thats how big he is). Evidently there was a litter of baby snakes. The boys were outside picking them up, letting them crawl down thier shirts and then doing it all over again. Laughing the whole time. So, now I know that my boys are not afraid of snakes. Hopefully they do not have salmonella but that is what soap is for right?

So I am a little lazy,

Here is some pics of my kids for my family members who have been very patient. Sorry, I know you love them too.

Claire's Dance Recital was a hit. The theme was UTAH, and she is Cherry Hill. How cute. She really performed well. I hope you can see it, but she is in the middle most of the time. I was trying hard to get her.

Salsa

I got this recipie from my Sister-in-Laws, so I don't take a lot of credit. I did make a few adjustments so I'll add those too.

2 big cans whole tomatoes mostly drained.
1/2 yellow pepper (I just do the whole thing)
1/2 Jalepeno no seeds ( add a few seeds for heat if you like)
1/3 Annehiem pepper (more for heat if you like)
pulse together in a blender or processor

add
1 t cummin
1 T Lime (We like more than that)
1 T brown sugar
2 cloves garlic (again I like more)
chopped green onions ( I like almost the whole bunch)
garlic salt
salt to taste
pepper if you like
Chopped Cilantro ( 1/2 a bunch, becuase Dave is not a huge fan)

If you cook tomatillos and add them its really good too.
Pulse again and serve.
Add some more lime or Fruit Fresh is you are not serving right a way.
Chuncks of avacado are really good too.
If things are too hot add a little more sugar.
But let it set for a while before you really decide, it needs to meld together.

Mother's Day, or why we should let it go

I'm in favor of forgetting Mother's day. Really, it s just a lot of stress and no one gets to do what they want to celebrate which is , have a nap, read a really shallow book, have lunch, get a pedicure, have a perfectly clean house, a thoughtful gift and card from each child and husband, and watch a shallow chick flick. Doesn't that sound awesome! Instead we race around trying to make sure the Mother's in our lives know we appreciate them (which we really truly do), clean up after the disastrous breakfast, (how does batter end up on the ceiling?) and get a wilted petunia at church where all of our kids act out.
I know that sounds very shallow and ungrateful, but really, I just want a nap.

Owie

My poor baby, it makes me cry just looking at the pictures. And this is after 3 or 4 days.

Jay, Tommy and Me

Almost every night, Tommy wakes up at 10:30. It is like clockwork. I'd say 5 out of 7 nights. He gets up, walks out and climbs on the couch with me. He is asleep as soon as he is on the couch. So I've gotten in the habit of waiting to watch Jay Leno's monolouge becuase the chance is good I'm just going to get up to put my boy back in bed. Here he is fast asleep on the couch. He even slept through the flash.