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Thanks Lori

My cute cous Lori just tag me. So here it goes... I had to think on a few of these.
Rules; 1 Link the person who tagged you. 2 Mention the rules on your blog. 3 Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. 4 Tag 6 other bloggers by linking them

1. I hate listening to people eat cereal. I wait till everyone else is done then eat.
2. I hate it when people don't clean the lint traps on dryers.
3. I also don't like unorganized pantry's... call me crazy I just like all the tomato soups to be grouped together.
4. I really dislike drinking pop from a can, the taste is just off
5. I dislike the smell of coffee. Don't know why, I grew up with the smell of it in the morning and still do when visiting family. It's one of those things you either love it or you hate it.

Boy this kinda sounds like my dislike list doesn't it. Well now it's my turn to tag (hahaha) Juli, Jenni, Darci (this means you have to blog), Sima, Kim, Lisa, Dawn, Lindsay, and Cheryl

Weekend

Our local grocery store had a Halloween Party this weekend and the kids all wanted to go. So after Isaah's last soccer game we ran home and had a snack then told the kids to figure out what they wanted to wear. Madi decided awhile ago to be a witch, Isaah was going back and forth, and Paige and Talli could not make up their minds, everyday it was something different. In the end Talli ended up being "Super Talli", (she wears this quite often), Paige was Barbie Fairytopia, and Isaah was suppose to be the headless horseman from Ichabod Crane. They had fun and Talli won a cake in the cake walk. She was so excited, she wouldn't let anyone hold it. She finally decided to share some cake with dad and then we all enjoyed a piece. (Notice the shoes on the twins, we couldn't help but laugh)
Super Talli and her cake
We also went 4wheeling with the kids this weekend and Chad even let the kids swim in the pool, which was a little chilly since he hasn't heated it all week. The kids played outside all weekend with neighbors riding bikes, scooter and having wagon rides. It was a really good weekend. Chad and I had a babysitter for all 4 kids one night (the kids adore their new sitter) and went spot lighting for coyotes or foxes and visited some friends. We even watched a movie.

The highlight of the kids weekend I think was when we babysat our friends kitten that is 6 weeks old. It is so cute and small. I think it's the smallest kitten I have seen he easily fits curled up in the palm of Chad's hand. We all adore it, even Rusty. That's the problem though, Rusty licks it to death and then he wants to play with it. He doesn't exactly play gently and I think he was getting a little jealous of the attention it was receiving. Otherwise we probably would have a new addition to our house.

I ran to Walmart with just Talli also. Chad thankfully bribed the other kids to stay home but Talli was very adimit about going with me. We had so much fun. I think I haven't enjoyed a trip to the store with one of my kids that much. She was trying on scarey halloween masks scaring me, and she asked me to go down the toy isle, I told her I wasn't buying anything and she said "Okay, I'm just going to look". That's exactly what she did, she would pick things up and say "oh, mom Paige would love this", I would remind her we weren't buying anything and she'd say "I know". We just had the best time, I am glad we went.

Chad and I were talking that it's kinda nice, we don't feel like we have to go anywhere, we can just hang out at the house alot and playing with the kids and enjoying life, especially in the beautiful weather we have been having. Hopefully we can continue these wonderful weekends.
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Pumpkin Patch

On Friday Madi's class walked to a pumpkin patch. It was a long dusty walk, about a mile to and a mile back to a local farmers field. The kids were troopers and made it with just a little complaining. Isaah's class went the week earlier to the high schools farm and picked pumpkins, I wasn't able to go with him. He came home looking like he had to wrestle his pumpkin to get it off the vine. The kids thought it was great to be able to do that, I don't think we have ever been to a real pumpkin patch before.

Preston

In July the good ol pilots wife's group had a reunion. Since we are all split up (it's so sad) we decieded we needed a reunion. I guess you can call it a six month reunion. We met up at Jared's family campground in Preston. It was pretty fun, the kids loved it and then we headed to the parade and rodeo where we watched Shawn ride. We had alot of fun and we are planning on making it an annual event, all 29 of us plus maybe a few extra's. Thanks Juli and Jared! (You can double click on the pictures in inlarge it)The gang at the Preston Parade
Paige pushing 'Baby Chris' on the swing, it was so cute and he loved it. (Chris just turned 2)
Kids on the Teeter Totter
Kids enjoying the Parade, they got tons of candy and saw soooo many 'princesses'

New House

So this is what you have all been waiting for. Sorry I don't have a picture of all the rooms, they aren't all organzied and cleaned. This house was a foreclosure that we ended up putting 4 different offers on over a 6 month period. We have a lot of yard work to do to get things coming back. So far so good though, alot of the plants are coming back and we even having little grasslings starting back up. The house was in great condition and everything was working well. The pool and the house are working well so we are very lucky since it was sitting empty for so long.
kitchen view
a view from my back patio
another view of the back yard
Chad and Madi Sycronize Diving in the Pool
Master bath, with a jetted tub, it's nice!

view of livingroom from kitchen
another view of kitchen
front house

Twilighters

So I have finally broke down and watched the trailers for the movie Twilight. I have to say I am finally very, very excited to see it. At first I was so so about the movie because I know the books are always so much better. I have to say though I am now excited about it. It looks like they have done a great job, (at least the trailers have me excited!) So if you haven't read it yet, go get it and enjoy! You'll have it finished in time, you still have a month.

Dress Up

While doing some organizing the kids were preparing for Halloween early. Isaah is Darth Mol, Paige is the Dinosaur, Talli is Super Talli, and Madi is the Lion. These are not the costumes they are wearing on Halloween, well, Isaah said he is going to be it, (thank goodness because I didn't want to make a chupacabra costume).

Soccer

Isaah started playing soccer here the past few weeks. They play coed with 8 players including a goalie. He has been enjoying it and doing extremely well. He excells at playing the forward position. It has been alot of fun to watch him, though he told us sometimes his chest hurts when he runs. Chad and I had to laugh, Isaah isn't use to playing soccer in the high altitude out here. 3 more games of the season to go, so far they have only lost 1 game (though they don't keep score).

cutting board

Okay so I need some of those great ideas to come out right now. My husband cut an onion on a wooden cutting board. I cannot get the smell out. I've used lysol kitchen cleaner, white vinegar, 409, and soap and water. Any hints? I know bleach would probably do it but it would really dry out the wood and possibly discolor it. (It is a built in cutting board). Help!

Book

I have been reading a book to Madi, one chapter at a time. I have to say I wasn't that all impressed until I started reading Chapter 6. The book is Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy. Well I had to continue reading more that one chapter tonight, infact we had to finish the book. I don't think I have laughed so hard at a kids book in a long time. (Let me remind you it took till Chapter 6) I am suggesting you all go to the library and read it to your kids or just yourself. Who knows maybe it was just one of those crazy hormonal days, you'll have to let me know what you think!

No photos

I know that I am suppose to be posting pictures of my house but I ran into a few problems. 1st is that my house is a mess, I worked all day on making Madi an adorable witch's costume. So we all know the house work got neglected. In there we also had to go for a bike ride/walk (mom walked while the girls rode) in the wind. 2nd I can't find my camera right now to download. So hopefully I can track it down and clean tomorrow and get some up.

I do have to tell you something cute that happened today. Paige ran to get me and said mom you have to come look, so to the garage I went. Madi is trying to teach Talli how to ride a bike without training wheels in the garage. Madi informed me she wasn't going to let go at all. They did a little circle in the garage and Paige turned to me and said "see mom, I knew you wanted to see it!". It's moments like this that I love my kids.

Since I am posting things cute while I was gone to Jody's a few days ago Chad put a small tv in the girls room on the condition they keep their room clean (this is not what mom wanted). After all day of playing in there Chad informed them that had to clean up, reminding them of the deal. After a few minutes the twins came out and told Chad he could take the TV out, they didn't want to clean up.

You have to love the honesty!

The Fort

So we have finally moved into our new house. It is about time, right! Well my lovely sister came down to help us. I should say she was our lifeguard and kid corraler. After swimming all the time the kids used some of their excess energy to make a fort out of boxes on our back patio. I will post pictures of our house in a few days. Here is a few pictures from when Jody was down. You can also view more on Jody's blog.