Black Friday Madness

I don't know why I do it but every year I do the whole shopping on black Friday and it's just absolutely chaos. I have no clue why on earth I would want to get up at 3 am get ready (I feel gross if I go just rolling out of bed, teeth brushed and shop for 5 hours) and head to the stores. It's also amazing I always see the same people on that day from high school, or grade school shopping but I never see them whenever I head up north and we are there all the time. My sister and I arrived at Walmart at 4 am (5 am was what time shopping began) I got at my station (electronics) and my sister at hers and as I was talking to people asking what time they were there I was like you are nuts. This girl was there at 2 am waiting by the Xbox 360! 2 a.m.! Nuts! I was scared for my life once those boxes came off. I grabbed my thing (navigation system) and got they heck out of there (tried). My uncle was one of the lucky ones that got the Xbox thanks to me. If I hadn't called him at 4 am and told him to get here there would have been no chance he would have gotten that thing for such a good deal. After Walmart we headed to Ogden and went to some stores and then headed back home. I was so stinkin tired I took a 2 hour nap and still was tired. I still need to get lots of stuff for people but the things I got were great deals.

While we were up North we went to see twilight. I have to say that I think I must be the few that didn't like the movie. I was bored! I thought the book was way better but books always are. There are some parts that I thought were pretty cool but I thought it was slow and boring. I'm hoping New Moon will be a little bit better.

Well it's getting late and I better get my rest. I ended up getting sick over Thanksgiving and still trying to get over it. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving

Well I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving even though we are still 2 days away but I probably won't be posting anything til after Thanksgiving. I just want to say how thankful I am for the things that I have. I am so thankful for Brandon and all that he does for us. He works so hard at work and at home that there are times I don't give him enough credit so I love you Brandon! I am so thankful for my beautiful 3 children that I have. It is such a blessing to have such sweet little ones in the house. I know they drive me up the wall but I love them and I am proud to be their mom. I am so thankful for Jazmin and all she does for me and her sister and brother. Mariah, I am thankful that she have finally gotten over her shyness! Hooray! I am thankful for the little things she says to me when it's the two of us. Brock, I am so thankful he is here! He is such a joy and I don't know what would do without him. I am thankful for my parents and my in laws they have been such a tremendous help that without them I would be going nuts! I am thankful for all the friends that I have and for what an inspiration each one of them bring to me. So with that said Happy Thanksgiving!

Polar Express

We finally went on the Polar Express on Friday night! We have been wanting to go since we've lived here (3 years) and finally did. I know it's a little early to start thinking about Christmas but the stupid train ride always gets sold out when we want to go so I figured hey let's go early. It was way fun the kids loved it. We were suppose to go on the 5 pm train and we missed the train by 3 mins. We were trying to get the conductor to stop but he didn't luckily we were able to get the 7:30 train. I bought the tickets online and it didn't say anything about getting there 30 mins early so we made sure we were 30 mins early for the next train. The next day we went up north for my little brother's birthday party and he got Rock Band 2 and it was so awesome! My sister, my brother and I totally jammed out and we named our band Los Hermanos. I had a blast, but they made me the singer. I wasn't a very good singer but hey it was all in fun and games. My poor girls were embarrassed of me I think cause Mariah went to Brandon and told him that I wasn't a very good singer he just laughed. Brandon told me I was banned from that game and was embarrassed to call me his wife. I had fun though! My throat is a little sore today though. I am going to have fun on Thanksgiving!

What a sort week though, huh. I can't believe that Christmas is around the corner. I've got to get in shape for the day after thanksgiving. Yes, I do the whole madness that is called Black Friday, but I knocked out half of my Christmas shopping that day. I'm looking at the sales as we speak so I can get a plan on where to go and how to get it. Move out of my way people I'm coming through. Here on pics of Polar Express enjoy!

Motherly Instincts

I am so tired today! Last night we finally moved Brock out of our room into his room, which is currently the toy room, and I didn't sleep a wink. I forget how sad it is when you move your baby out of the room. He wasn't sleeping in our bed he's in a bassinet just so you all know that. I would be on 7 1/2 months of no sleep if he was in our bed. I kept waking up and every little noise I would hear on the monitor got me up. I love having these motherly instincts but man sometimes it's at the wrong time of the day or I should say night. I am hoping tonight I will get a good night's sleep since I am going to bed before 11 pm. I know I'm nuts going to bed that late but it's nice to just relax a bit when all the kids are asleep. Good night everyone!

Happpy Birthday Jazmin!

Today is Jazmin's 6th birthday! I can't believe how fast they grow up! She is my little social bug and I'm so proud of all that she has done in her little life. She is so full of energy and has such a sweet little spirit to her. She drives me nuts, but I love her and I'm so thankful for all that she does for me. She watches Brock for me when I'm putting clothes away, she will organize the junk cupboard on her own without me asking her to do it. She went in the basement and cleaned it up for me. She is sweet. We love you Jazmin.

Family Pictures

So we got back our family pictures today, and they turned out cute. There were a couple of them that either the kids faces, or the lighting. It's been a long time since we've gotten pictures taken as a family so I'm excited. Now I've got to pick which one I want for a Christmas card, and to put up on the wall. Here are just a couple of pictures. Enjoy

Yeah for Saturday

Today was a very good Saturday for many reasons:
-It wasn't cold
-It didn't rain
-Got my nails done
-Took family pictures
-Brock wasn't grumpy for family pictures
-Did something together as a family
-Relaxed at home for a bit
-Took the girls to go see High School Musical 3

I was so pumped to have finally taken our family pictures and I'm crossing fingers that they turned out good. Brock did awesome! Well he had a hard time looking at the camera. I swear that boy is ADD. Everything and anything would grab his attention except for Ericka rattling her keys, and shaking his little snack bottle. Megan got some really cute shots so hopefully!

Oh yeah we finally got new phones on Wednesday, yeah! Our phones were looking pretty ghetto. If I would text a message it wouldn't get to that person until a week later, and my number 4 button didn't work. I like our new phones except for I'm going to die dialing a number because it's a touch screen phone. I'm going to try not to dial while I'm driving. It's got a navigation system in it and it works! We tested it out today going to our photo shot location.

The girls finally got to see HSM3. They have wanted me to take them since opening day and today was a perfect day because 1) all the hoopla has died down, and 2)we were actually home. Brandon stayed home and watched Brock while we had a girls night out. Yeah we won't be going to the movies all togther like we use to due to the fact that Brock is such a wiggle wart. The girls loved them movie and I thought it was alright. I preferred the first two.

So yeah for today because it was a perfect day! Tomorrow is another day and another start to the week.