Test video

Feel free to ignore ... just trying it to see if it works. It's just Keira jumping in the trampoline!

I'm Back!

So Best Buy worked it's magic and voila, it only took them a week and a half. Yippee! So I am back in the technology age now. Give me a few days to catch up as I am way behind e-mail wise.

We had a great christmas. This was the first Christmas that Keira really understood the whole presents thing, but once she opened her first one, she got the idea pretty quick. And since she opened presents at 3 different places, she got lots of practice. Can't say what toy is her favorite as she has spent a lot of time playing with a lot of different ones. She loves the trampoline (it's one of the little ones (though bigger than I expected) and really loves all her Diego toys. The Diego train has been a big hit.

Most memorable thing Keira said during all the Christmas festivities? Get ready for a heart-warming moment here ... The first present she happened to open at our house, she rips the paper off the box, opens the box, and see that there are clothes inside, and says "Clothes, I don't like clothes" and throws the box behind her. Of course Wade and I just burst out laughing and she moves on and tries to find another box with her name on it!

Keira ate her Christmas breakfast of cinnamon rolls on her new Dora plate that grandma and papa got her.

My favorite present ... Wade would probably like me to say the earrings that he bought me, but really, it's the Ped Egg. I have talked about wanting one of these things since they came out, but just never bought one, but found it in my stocking on christmas morning - and it works great! Wade's favorite present is probably the Boys will be Boys book about the Dallas cowboys - he has already finished it. It has some fairly humorous parts in it.

Peanut got a new bed for christmas, but alas, she is still sleeping in ours! She also got several toys, all of which she has already destroyed s she is one of those dogs that doesn't stop chewing until she can get the squeaker out!

I hope that you all had wonderful Christmases an wish you a great 2009!

I'll hopefully have some videos to post later!

No Computer for 3 weeks!

Yes, you read it right. I am going to be computer-less for three weeks. I had brought the computer upstairs the other night because I needed a recipe and the printer was out of ink ... set the computer on the counter and went about my business. Was putting dishes away from the dishwasher and dropped a bowl on top of it, breaking off the N key. Ugh. Took it to best buy where it is under warranty and they have to send it out to fix it. And it will take about 3 weeks. Double Ugh. So I am turning it over tomorrow and I will be absent for awhile. I will be able to check e-mail at night when Wade gets home, but that will be it. (And for those of you wondering how I am typing the letter N right now -- you can still sorta push it down, the thing underneath the letter still works).

So, all that being said - A Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. Ha ha. Seriously though, I wish all of you a very happy holiday. If you are traveling, please be safe. Since our trip out here, I still am sorta freaked about highway driving. So, please be mindful of other drivers and don't drive if the weather isn't appropriate! Enjoy all the time you can with your families and cut the kids some slack and let them have lots of cookies and desserts! :)

See you in the new year!

Love and Hugs!
Hallie

Christmas Cookies

By far, my favorite christmas tradition is making cookies. Last year I went crazy and made double batches of 8 different kinds (I was making tins for people at Wade's work) and I swore that I would never do it again, so I scaled back this year and decided to do it in two parts. Today's segment was just for Keira. We made sugar cookie cutouts. And Keira had a blast and was actually a really good helper this year. We started out doing it together, me guiding her hands. And I was saying, press the cutter down, shake shake shake (to get it loose from the dough), pick it up, and then tap, tap, tap (to get it out of the cutter). Then I turned my back to get another cookie tray out and she was doing it all by herself and saying the words over and over just as I had. She is such a quick little learner. So she made the rest of the cookies all by herself.

She really loved rolling the dough.

And of course, she loved eating the cookies!

Really?!?

Have any of you seen those McDonald's commercials for their nuggets? The ones that some random guy is singing some R&B type song about the McNuggets? Does this really make me want to eat the nugget? Hmm, I think not.

Singing Snowmen

For the past several years, I have been collecting the Snowmen that Hallmark sells around Christmas time. They are very cute and make great decoration. Keira LOVES them. When I got them out, she started singing and dancing and jumping all around the house. She has learned the words to all the different songs - there are 5 in total - quite the feat for a not quite 3 year old!

Santa

This weekend we took Keira for her very first visit to Santa. She was super excited on the way there and we were practicing what she was going to say to him as she gets a bit shy in front of adults she doesn't know. She thought it was really neat to see him but when it came her turn to sit on his lap, she clammed up really quick. She did sit on his lap and whispered something, but as you can see from the picture, she was ready for the experience to be over!

And for all you frugals out there - we went to Bass Pro Shop to get the picture taken because it was FREE!

Yahoo! $10 ECBs

Awhile back, I posted about signing up to be on a CVS advisory panel. CVS would occasionally send you surveys and in return for completion, you would earn ECBs. Well, I finally got a survey - it took me about 10 minutes, maybe 15. And I get $10 in ECBs for it. Yahoo. And my Thanksgiving Day trip, I have tons of ECBs to spend. Yippee! Here's to another year of not paying for shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, and any other toiletries that CVS sells!

Rudolf

We let Keira stay up "late" last night to watch Rudolf for the first time. She of course, LOVED it. Didn't care for the commercials much, but loved the cartoon itself. At the end, she wanted to know where her present was!

A Funny Picture

Wade's Birthday

Keira loves birthdays. Be they her's or someone else's, she loves to celebrate. Keira and I made a cake - she loves to help bake and she got to pick out candles. She sang happy birthday too, and then had lots of fun enjoying Daddy's cake.

Fun Craft

Keira and I have been doing lots of crafts lately. This was an especially fun one. Take some colored sand (can be purchased anywhere - I found it at Wal-Mart for about $5 for 6 different colors) and put it in salt and pepper shakers. Cover a little over half the holes in the shakers with tape, otherwise the sand will come out too quickly. Spread out contact paper on flat surface and let the kids design a sand "painting". I cut the middle out of pieces of construction paper to frame the contact paper. Once the kids are done, shake off the extra sand in the trash and place another sheet of contact paper over it to seal. Keira made 5 or 6 pictures this day and we still have loads of sand left over!

Free Shake at Arbys

Go to Arbys.com and register with them and they will send you a coupon for a free Mint Chocolate Swirl Shake. I haven't had one, but it sounds yummy - probably not on my diet though! Enjoy!

This week

I really am trying to get back to regular posting. I promise to make a better effort this week. I've got some pics of Keira decorating the christmas tree to post as well as a few others. I'll get there this week.

I got nothing for ya

So we've sorta been hermits lately ... well, not sorta, we've been hermits lately. Which leaves me with not a lot to post about. I am hoping to start breaking the trend here shortly. I still have a bit of anxiety about leaving the house, it's kinda hard to explain, so we've just been staying in and doing lots of crafts to keep busy. I am getting excited about Black Friday shopping though. Since as long as I can remember, I've been one of those people you see on the news battling the crowds looking for a hot deal. Which is sort crazy, considering I hate crowds. But this is really my favorite event of the year. By the end of the day, I typically will have my christmas shopping 90% finished. I have been scanning the ads and planning my attack. I haven't decided what time to get up yet - this is usually the biggest dilemma. Since having Keira, I am NOT a morning person, so you can bet I won't be near JC Penney's or Kohl's when they open at 4:00 AM, but I am thinking maybe I'll get up at 5:00 this year - we'll see. The complicating factor is that Black Friday is also Wade's B-day - so the earlier I get up and get the shopping finished, the quicker I can be home to celebrate!

Adopt a Family Programs

Every year, Wade and I adopt a family for Christmas. These are great programs that I would encourage you all to participate in. The one we are participating in this year is run by the Salvation Army, but there are lots of different programs. Basically, you sign up and are assigned a particular family. You can choose how big a family you want and then purchase gifts for the holidays for them. This usually includes a gift card for a grocery store so the family can purchase a meal plus a few gifts for each family member. You get a list of names and ages of the family and a wish list for each family member. These agencies are always in need of people to adopt families as many go un-adopted every year. I can't imagine a child going without Christmas - so please volunteer! We used to do this with co-workers - a group of us would pitch in for one family, so buddy up with a friend or two and adopt a family together - it is a great feeling to know you are helping.

Free $100 Visa Gift Card

Sorry to my most loyal readers in OH and IN, this is only for the Kansas Citians (I have no idea if that is a word) ... Go to Commerce Bank and open a new Free Checking account and they will give you a Visa $100 gift card. I got a flyer in the mail about it and really didn't believe it - but just went today and opened an account (you have to deposit at least $100) and sure enough they handed it over - $100 GC for 20 minutes of my time. Wahoo. Not sure how long you have to keep the account open, but there are no fees, so you can leave a $1 in the account and it will still be considered opened. This offer expires December 15th - so hurry. I'll be using mine for Christmas Shopping on Black Friday!

Routine

I guess routines are as good for adults as they are for kids. Keira and I have slowly gotten back into our routine and it is somewhat of a comfort. At least it passes the time and makes me feel normal. I still can't talk about it without crying and I got 2 'thinking of you' cards in the mail yesterday that made me cry, but it is starting to get easier. We decided to name the baby - Aidan Michael Hacker. It is more for us really than anything, but somehow it is a comfort too. I got a card in the mail yesterday from my Grandma and while it was sad, she said something that I hadn't thought of - That Papa would take good care of him. This helped too.

We are going to get Keira's Christmas pictures taken today, so wish me luck ... she typically doesn't enjoy the experience. Though I have promised McDonald's if she is good and she has been running around the house saying "I'll say cheese Mommy, I'll be good". She is fairly hilarious these days.

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One week

It has been just over a week since we found out our terrible news. And it still hurts like we found out today. Physically, I am still in some pain at the c-section scar site, but it is minor at this point. Emotionally, I have no idea how I am. Not good. I am not sleeping well, so I am exhausted. Being tired makes everything worse, if that is possible. I think I hold it together pretty well most of the day, but it takes a lot of effort. Yesterday,I did not hold it together well. We picked up the baby's ashes from the funeral home yesterday. It was the tiniest little box. It was overwhelmingly sad. Today, I guess, is suppossed to be go back to normal day. Mom and Mark left yesterday morning, Wade had to go back to work today, so it's just me and Keira. But I don't feel normal. Not sure that life will ever go back to what normal was before this. It is so hard because it seems like everything was revolving around this baby. I keep finding lists of things to buy before the baby gets here, things to do before the baby gets here, and me and my stupid sale shopping, I have a closet full of diapers for the little guy. I had gone through Keira's clothes to seperate what could be used if it was a girl and what could be used if it was a boy. People keep saying God never gives you more than you can handle, but I think maybe he overestimated this time. Going throuh this has mad me even more thankful for my beautiful Keira. I just want to hold on to her as tight as I can and never let go. If you thought she was spoiled before, I imagine it to only get worse. I try to console myself with the fact that I have a wonderful family already. Keira is a treasure and Wade is an amazing husband - I could never get through something like this without him. I love them both so much. And we are perfect just the way we are. But everytime I think about our family, I had already put the baby in there with us. Keira was sitting on Wade's lap at dinner last night and all I could think about was him holding the baby on the other knee. I had to leave the table. Anyway, enough for now. Thanks for listening. I hope to go back to posting normally at some point, but not sure when that will be, so until then there probably won't be much here.

VOTE!

Get out and vote today, if you haven't already! I did the early voting thing last wednesday so I wouldn't have to take Keira with me. After voting, put your sticker on and go enjoy the spoils of your work ... free cup of coffee at starbucks (note that it's just the regular old coffee, not the good stuff like lattes), free chicken sandwhich at chick-fil-a, free donut at krispy kreme, and free ben and jerry's from 5-8pm. Yummy!

Weather

Its 75 degrees here today! How crazy is that for November 2nd?

Trick or Treat

Keira had lots and lots of fun on Halloween night. She did really well saying Trick or Treat and saying Thank you afterward. She truly adores her princess costume and prances around in it like a princess. Wade and I took shifts with her so that someone could be home passing out candy - Wade took the first shift, but in hindsight, I wish I would have! Keira popped out near the end and wanted to be carried - ugh - 20 weeks preggo and carrying a 32 pound child don't go together super well. Oh well, a good time was had by all. We went to the neighbors house afterward and played out side in the driveway until way later than we should have. But it was really a ploy by us to keep Keira up since the time change was this weekend. Don't ask me about the time change ... my lovely child who was sleeping until 7:00 am is now getting up at 6:15 again - bleck! Here are some Halloween pics!

Ok so I had the energy for just one more

Apparently Target has their Christmas Toy Book out - though we didn't get it in our paper this week (did you?), but there are toy coupons on the web ... here's the link:

http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=toy_coupons_main&ref=sc_iw_r_1_0

Keira wants that Baby Born goes Bye Bye doll and there is a $15 coupon for that, Wahoo! Plus I have $15 in Target gift cards right now from other deals, bigger Wahoo!!

Ok, night night!

Lots of Deals

There are lots of deals out there this week, too many for me to post about here but here are a few of the good ones:

Pampers: If you are a pampers user, CVS has Jumbo packs on sale for 2/$20, buy 2 and get $5 ECBs. So that comes to $7.50 per pack - plus use the $1.50 coupons from the insert a few weeks ago for an even better deal. Target also has big boxes on sale for $30; buy 2 and get a $10 gift card. The boxes have free wipes inside as well. The CVS deal is slightly better price per diaper, but I know I can use the Target Gift Card toward Christmas!

Cereal - see Deal of the Day sidebar

Victoria Secret: Two bras and a pair of panties for $15.99. I have not tried this one, but I have read lots of people that have been successful with these codes Here is what you have to do.

1. Go to http://www.victoriassecret.com/
2. Put 2 bras that are in the 2/$40 category into your cart
3. Add a pair of panties that are on sale for $7.50 into your cart - MUST be solid color (reports are that it has to be a more plain color as well - white, black, nude, etc)
4. Before checking out, select the option to use discount codes with your order; enter these codes:

FA813789 - $10 off any bra
25PTY - $25 off any 2 bras and free cotton panty

5. Proceed to checkout - total should be $10 plus $5.99 shipping.

This one ends TOMORROW!!!!!

That is all I have the energy for today - will post Halloween tomorrow!

Sleep Deprived

So, nothing really exciting going on ... until today anyway. Keira is sooo excited about trick or treating tonight, it is pretty hilarious. They had a Halloween party at school this week and she loved it. They had a little costume parade and got to bring home a bag of treats. Keira asked to look in her bag on the way home and she said "Boy, there sure is a lot of stuff in there" Too funny.

Wade has inventory at his facility yesterday and today. Which is no fun for any of us really. He left the house at 4:45 AM yesterday and 5:00 AM today. And that is after getting home last night after midnight. Ugh. I don't sleep well until he gets home and then haven't been able to get back to sleep after he has gotten up in the morning since I've got this dumb cold, so the Hacker family could use some sleep. Oh and Keira woke up at 5:30 AM this morning too. So I put her in bed with me, but neither of us get any sleep after that. Here's hoping for a great nap today!

I am sure I'll have some pics to post from Trick or Treating tonight - I'll try to post tomorrow. Have fun tonight and be safe!

Oh and don't forget the time change on saturday night -- ugh, it's the bad one. If you have early risers, you know why I say this!

Almost forgot, other than the Halloween party, Keira's highlight of the week was taking a bath in our tub. She thought it was a swimming pool and was practicing swimming under water - it was hilarious, she was covered in bubbles!

Election Day is coming up!

Election day is right around the corner and some businesses are having give aways if you wear your "I voted" sticker. So far I have seen:

*Chick-fil-A: Free chicken sandwhich if you wear your sticker

*Krispy Creme: Free star shaped donut with sprinkles (Keira would LOVE this) when you wear your I voted sticker

I know I have seen some more, so I will be sure to update you. Also, for all you MOMS clubbers ... our MOMS club is doing a big co-op babysitting event. Moms are taking turns watching kids while other moms go vote, etc. Great way to not have to take the munchins with you.

Pumpkins!

Sunday we painted and carved pumpkins. Keira LOVES to paint, so she had lots of fun and managed to stay pretty clean in the process. She didn't quite understand what Wade was doing with his pumpkin and wanted to paint it too, but after it was done, she thought it was "so cool".

Smile for the camera honey!

Two brushes at once, we are very serious about painting here!

Ooh, I love blue!

She was singing about trick or treating here.

The hat is on backward ... we're very serious about pumpkin design.

This one didn't quite come out as planned, it was dark in the bathroom, so the pumpkin was all lit up, but, darn flash, didn't show the dark.

Boo at the Zoo

So we had a big Halloween weekend this weekend. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day, so we headed down to the Zoo for Boo at the Zoo. Keira had a great time - she got to wear her princess costume. The funniest thing that happened all day - When Keira put her costume on, she ran around and said, "I'm a princess, I'm a princess, I'm Cinderella" over and over again. Then, when we got back to the car and took her costume off, she said "And like magic, I'm Keira again". How hilarious is that? I have no idea where she comes up with this stuff, but it keeps me laughing! I didn't get too many good pics as she was constantly running to the next area, but here are a couple.

Sick

Sorry no posting, but we're sick. At least I am and so is Keira. Ugh. I've got it worse than her, she just has a runny nose. I've got congestion, headache, sore throat, bleck, all the fun sick stuff. Hopefully we'll be better this weekend.

Deals

Looks like there are going to be lots of good deals coming up for christmas. The Omaha Steak deal is now dead, so hopefully some of you cashed in. I got my burgers today (super quick shipping) and the knife set and cutting board will be going as a gift for FIL with some steaks, so now that is one person to cross off my list.

I posted another deal in the savings section for some really reasonably priced totes - Wade's cousin will be getting the pink set for christmas.

Keep checking back!

Free Chocolates!

Free truffles - keep these for yourself, I give you permission not to share!


http://www.haydeechocolatier.com/sample.php

Chicago

We are back from our trip! We had a great time but are now super tired! The drive took 9 hours each way - and ya'll know how much I love to sit in the car. Here's a pick of Keira enjoying a movie and a snack on the drive.

The best part of our trip was our visit to the pumpkin patch. Keira LOVES this place. And I can see why, it has it all. Keira got to ...

Ride a Pony (Twice, acutally!)

Feed Lots of Animals (The Giraffe was her Favorite)

Pick Out a Pumpkin

Ride in Cinderalla's Carriage

And Share a Brownie with Aunt Suzie

We also went downtown for a bit - Keira got to ride the train, she was pretty excited about that, except that on the way back, the train was full and Keira didn't have a seat - she was none too pleased about this, and screamed "Where's my seat, where's my seat, someone took my seat". I was laughing as Wade was holding her and I was 10 feet away, but Wade didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did. We let Keira run around Millenium Park. She got to see herself in the bean and run around that fountain with the faces.

She also just enjoyed some time goofing around with Uncle Ryan and Aunt Suzie.

We sure wish they lived closer so we could do this more often!

It's grilled cheese and tomato soup weather!

And that is exactly what Keira and I had for lunch. Yummy! Though I had more soup than grilled cheese as Keira bogart-ed most of the grilled cheese - it's her favorite. And I am sure that I will be hungry in about an hour. Pregnancy hunger has definitely kicked in. I was starving all day yesterday. Seemed like I needed to eat every hour. Which seems to go along with all the stretching pain I've been having. Sunday I thought we were going to end up in the ER. I was having what I would almost call contractions. Really uncomfortable and some sharp pains too. Not good. My self-diagnosis was dehydration. I have not been great at getting all my water with this pregnancy - but you can bet that will change now. After getting almost a gallon of water in me, I felt completely fine. Ah, the joys of pregnancy.

We are off to the license branch as soon as Keira gets up - she is actually better now - finally - we've got to get plates for Wade's car (yes, we are a little behind on that) and transfer the plates from the Jeep to the van. Fun. I am considering taking the little DVD player - who knows how long we'll be there.

Nothing else exciting - we are headed to chicago on thursday, so I won't be posting this weekend - but should have some great pics to post when we get back. We will be headed to a great pumpkin patch while we are there.

Playing with Peanut

Here's Keira playing with Peanut.

Dancing

Keira loves to dance these days and also loves dress up. Here's a little video of her dancing. Sorry it's the wrong way, I can't figure out how to flip it!

Free and almost free cleaning supplies at Wags

http://www.rightathome.com/offers/OctCoupons/Default.aspx

Through this link, you can find some coupons from SC Johnson that matchup great with Wags easy saver rebates this week. Here are some examples:

Windex $2.50
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
.50 overage final cost

Fantastik Cleaner $2.50
$1.50 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
Free final cost

Scrubbing Bubbles Cleaner $2.50
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
.50 overage final cost

Shout Wipes $2.50
$1.50 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through link
Free final cost

Pledge $3.49
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through link
$0.49 final cost

There are others, but that is all I have the patience to type right now! Hurry, the sales prices on these products end on saturday (end of day). That'll teach you to check the site more often ;)

Misc.

I got gas today for $2.90, yeah! If the markets weren't in such a shambles, it would be a yeah in all caps.

Grey's is on tonight, YEAH!

Keira is going through a naked phase, seriously, everytime I turn around she has stripped every stitch of clothing she has on and is running gleefully through the house. I'd post pictures, but I am pretty sure I would be arrested for child pornography.

Unexpected surprise - we had an extended warranty on the Jeep that was still good at time of trade ... did you know you can cancel those and get refunded the unused portion? I am considering it my christmas bonus this year. :)

Went maternity clothes shopping today, found nothing. Ugh.

You lebanon girls that participated in the meal swap should know that Wade rates your cooking above that of the kansas girls! (shh, don't tell)

That's it. Keira is still under the weather - she is feeling ok, but the runny nose problem is still just as bad, poor thing looks like Rudolf.

Hugs to all!

Holy Toledo!

Do I have to say Holy Kansas City now? It just doesn't have the same ring :) Anyway, it is only 39 degrees right now, yikes! It is suppossed to get to 75 today, but right now, we are freezing.

Little Miss Keira has a cold. It's so sad. She has a super runny nose and you can just hear the congestion when she breathes. Poor thing, means no school today and we are likely going to miss the hayride this friday. Yesterday, Peanut could tell she didn't feel good, and was resting with her.

Well, I have had to dig out the maternity clothes, yuck! I am only 16 weeks, but unfortunetly, it's time. I don't think I was in maternity clothes until 21 weeks last time, fun. I also came to the realization that I don't have as much as I thought I did. And the majority of stuff I have is more dressy work wear, than SAHM wear. I had forgotten that lots of the stuff I wore last time was borrowed. It was great - where I worked there was a large tub of clothes that was passed around from pregnant woman to pregnant woman. When you were done, you threw your stuff in and gave it to the next in line. Cut down on the expense tremendously. So now it looks like I'll go get to do some maternity clothes shopping. What's worse than wearing maternity clothes? Shopping for them! Wish me luck!

Deals this week

A couple of Wags/CVS deals to note:

Wags has Crest toothpaste on sale for $0.99 after coupon in their rebate book. P&G had $1.00 off coupons in the brandsaver last week - so FREE Crest! Yippe, Crest is my preferred brand! I went and got 3 tubes today. There is no limit!

CVS - I got quite a few things at CVS today - They had Speedstick (Wade's preferred brand) on sale for $0.99 after extra bucks and there was a $0.50 off 2 coupon last week, so $0.75 apiece. Limit 5. Colgate Max Fresh on sale for $0.99 after ECBs with $1.00 off coupon in last week's inserts, so FREE if you love colgate or if you like cheap toothpaste. Limit 1 I think. Bic Soleil razors were on sale $1.99 after ECBs and there is and IP out there for $2.00 off, so free razors. Limit 5 on this one. Unfortunetly, it is one of this internet coupons that you can only print 2 of unless you have more than one computer, so I only got 2. Also, Always Infinity pads were on sale $4.98 with $4.98 ECBs. Free!

Wags had a couple free items in their october easy saver book - Face wash was one of them, I can't remember what else - so be sure to check it out.

Even Princesses have to take snack breaks!

Hmm, I guess we have been boring lately

I've had nothing exciting to post about. This weekend for the most part is the same - though we did make a major purchase. Heaven help us for we bought a minivan. Oh my. Don't get me wrong, the freatures are great - the automatic doors, the seats that fold into the floor - all very nice, it just makes me feel OLD. I never thought Iwould join the minivan generation, but here we are! Wade even likes it - though he won't admit it. He ran to subway last night to grab us some dinner and took the minivan instead of his car! hee hee

Snapfish Collage Savings

Use code collage98 at checkout now through October 5th and save 50% on any collage gift at snapfish. I know everyone in our family loves getting pictures of Keira on things - so this is great for some early christmas shopping. They have collage posters, prints, mousepads, coffee mugs, and calendars. Happy shopping!

It's Fall!

Well, it is definetly Fall here. We are in long pants, long sleeves, and sweaters! Though the high today is 70, it is only 40 degrees right now, yikes! Feels like we should be out picking pumpkins, but instead we are going to the mall - what can I say, I've got a coupon that is going to expire! I got out all my Fall decorations this weekend, so the house looks festive! I need a decoration for the front door and went to Kohl's and guess what I found? Christmas trees! Can you believe that? It is not even halloween yet, ugh.

We've not been up to much this week - park day on tuesday and then Keira had KDO on wednesday. Oh and our smoke alarms have been going off randomly. It must be the batteries, let's hope, so off to get some of those today too.

Oh and I have to post this picture - Keira loves to be Cinderella these days!

Yummy!

We had a meal swap today with my MOMS club and we got some yummy stuff. Wade's favorite will be sausage and peppers or meatloaf (yeah - I still haven't gotten around to making it) and I also got peanut cilantro chicken, spaghetti bake, and mexican lasagna. We only swapped 5 meals this time - they were first timers and scared of doing more than that - but we had 14 people participate. So hopefully we can do more next time.

Disneyland pics are below

Ok - since I started the disneyland post a few days ago, but just finished it today - when I published it, it published it on the day I started it - so to see the disneyland pics, you have to scroll down quite a bit - but I promise they are worth it!

Random Pics from the trip

Here are some random pics from our trip -- I'll post the Disneyland pics soon.

Eating cinnamon rolls for breakfast (a grandma favorite).

Visiting Old Los Angeles with Grandma and Papa on Mom and Dad's day off!

Swimming in the pool with Daddy.

Visiting a "working" Tinkerbell in Hollywood. Check out were she keeps the dollars people pay her for pictures.