I think there is something in the water.....

Every time I put one of my kids in the bath, they would turn into mice. I went to help Bizzy in wash her hair and instead, I found Minnie Mouse!

Then the SAME thing happened with Andrea. Instead of my daughter, I found Mickey Mouse!

just something cute

Last night after her dance performance, Bizzy kept asking me if I wanted her autograph and of course I did but I just didn't have any paper handy. When I went to bed last night, I found this on my pillow. It says, " Rose, sind your star!" Bizzy loves to write in cursive and she has learned how to write her middle really well. This is the autograph she was dying to give me all night. I just thought it was really cute so I decided to post about it.

Dance to the music!

The girls have been taking dance and they got to perform their routines at the Novemberfest today. Bizzy is in the front on the left and Andrea is 3rd row back on the right with her arms crossed. I apologize for the poor quality but I couldn't get the flash working. They both did such a great job! This is a picture of their hip-hop routine. They danced to HSM "I Can't Dance" It was very cute!

Here are the girls at home after their performance hitting their favorite poses.

Here they are before we left. Bizzy did a jazz dance to Cruella DeVille and Andrea did a Chinese ballet. They really enjoy dancing and I enjoy watching them:-)

Bizzy getting ready before the show began. I think she was the cutest dancer on the floor.

Andrea with one of her dance buddies getting ready to perform. This was just a "warm-up" for them. They will have their actual recital in December. I can't wait to watch them again!

Halloween

Andrea was a vampire witch this year for Halloween. This "scary face" is one of her favorite new tricks. She call it her "Storm eyes"

I was only able to get two pictures before the batteries on my camera died but here are my three goblins. We had a great Halloween this year starting out at the chili feed and trunk-or-treat and then we headed out with some friends to collect more loot.

Meet Turbo

Say hello to Turbo. This is one of the two guinea pigs that we adopted from the Humane Society a few weeks ago. The other one, the kids named squeaky, died two weeks after we brought her home. It was really sad for the kids especially since they were holding her when she died. We held a little funeral for her and buried her under an apple tree. Now, Turbo gets all kinds of love from the kids.

Last night Bizzy fell asleep while holding her and when I came into the bedroom, this is what I found. Turbo sitting on Bizzy's face watching TV. It was pretty cute!

Yahooo...I think

I just registered for the last time as an undergrad at Utah State University. I am not sure how I feel.......kind of bittersweet I guess. I am excited to be done and proud of myself for doing it and doing it well. I am sad to see my friends go though. I am applying to grad school here so I don't have to relocate my kids and most of my friends are applying to schools far, far away. I am grateful for the experiences that I have had and the opportunity to meet some really amazing people. As I look back over the last three years, I feel blessed to have had the chance to return to school find myself and along the way, make some friendships that will last forever. Oh ya, Thanks Stevi for the picture. I "borrowed" it from your blog:-)

Plantin' pink tulips....again!

October is breast cancer awareness month and for the last few years, the kids and I go out and help plant tulips to remember the victims, honor the survivors and raise awareness. This year we had a great turn-out and even better weather. Last year it was snowing:-(

Every year my girls try to find whatever pink thing they own and get all dolled up for the occasion.

They got right to work digging lots of holes.

Andrea got right in the middle of all the action. The kids and I enjoyed ourselves and look forward to doing it again next year.

Corn Maze!!!

A few weeks ago the kids and I went to the corn maze with our friends Gary and LaRecia or as the kids call them Lary and GaRecia. Anyways, fall is one of my favorite times of the year. I LOVE the colors, the temperature and all the fun things we get to do. They had a HUGE hay jump.

They also had a really big super slide!

Andrea and I on the horse ride out to the corn maze!

Bizzy, Lary and GaRecia.

Here is a group shot before we entered the maze. It was a really fun night with some AMAZING friends!

Hmmmm........

I think I have kind-of run out of steam or at least the steam that I need to keep my blog updated. I LOVE to read other peoples blogs but they all seem to be going on fun trips or have really exciting things going on in their lives like moving into a new home, remodeling the one they live in or having a baby. The most exciting thing that I have to blog about is adopting 2 guinea pigs from the Humane Society and I am not sure if that is exciting or gross. The kids love them though. Well, I guess I am just thinking out loud on my blog as to whether or not I want to continue to update.........we'll see.

Your Attention Please

One of my amazing friends is publishing a book and I am excited for her. This book actually began as a letter for her cousin who was getting ready to go away to college and Jessica wanted to wanted to share every bit of wisdom she had........She explains the book so much better than I will ever be able to so please check out her book blog...http://www.toleahwithlove.blogspot.com. Good luck Jess! I can't wait to get my copy

Service with a smile

I belong to an organization called NASW and one of the things we do is service projects. This morning we went to a children's center and did some maintenance stuff. By default, my kids end up doing the service projects with me but they always have fun.

They have gotten to know a lot of the people and look forward to going and seeing their "friends"!

Alex LOVES to supervise....and does a good job at it:-)