Tagged!

A, B, C.....easy as 1, 2, 3....
Do, re, mi ..... I can't for the life of me remember any more of the words of that song. With the amount of headache meds that I have pumped into my system and the fact that I should be ASLEEP now instead of listening to my bear (aka DH) snoring... I needed something trivial and simple to write about!!


A- Attached or Single?

ATTACHED!! 7 years and counting


B- Best Friend?

My wonderful husband who earns that title most days, my best girl Staci and my other best girl Stacey... I know weird huh? I would have to count my mom and my lil' sis on this list. And my favorite people to cause trouble with... Kesha and Nina ;)


C- Cake or Pie?

ooooh... I LOVE pie but GF crust is "interesting" but I can make a MEAN GF cake!


D- Day of Choice?

Thursday! It's almost Friday, good TV, and the last night of the week that I have to have the homework battle with children.

E- Essential Items?

Camera, Dr Pepper, a good book!

F- Favorite Color?
RED!!!

G- Gummy Bears or Worms?
Bears, definitely.


H- Hometown?
Campbell, Ca is where I spend most of my "growing up years"

I- Favorite Indulgence?
Dibs ice cream... I can't stop eating them!!!

J- January or July?
January... new year, both girls birthdays, snow, warm fires and hot cocoa

K- Kids?
3 of the most beautiful kids you've ever seen! Check em out on the side bar. :)

L- Life isn't complete without?
Music, laughter, family and friends!



M- Marriage date?

May 26th, 2001

N- Number of brothers and sisters?
1 sister... my pippi!


O- Oranges or Apples?
hard to choose! A nice crunchy apple or a really juicy orange!

P- Phobias and Fears?
believe it or not... the dark. Heights!!!

Q - Quiet time, what do you like to do?
"Quiet time"? What's that?


R- Reason to smile?
my family, my great friends, the opportunities I have to bless the lives of others.


S- Season of choice?
Actually, I think I like the fall best. I love the colors, and the smell of rain, and SWEATERS!!


T- Ticklish?
I plead the 5th!


U- Unknown fact about me?

I'm auditioning for the local opera company.

V- Vegetable?
squash.... I LOVE squash!

W- Worst Habit?
truthfully... picking my nose. :(


X-ray or Ultrasound?
Hmm, well, I think I've had enough radiation in my life! But x-rays are goop free so we'll go with that one.


Y- Your favorite food?
I love pasta! I'm a huge fan of BBQ ribs and mashed potatoes... but my favorite meal of all time is a classic turkey dinner with all the trimmings... I cook it about 3 times a year!


Z- Zodiac Sign?
Aquarius


Now to spread the joy... if you are reading this for the first time, or if you just recently started following my blog, it's YOUR TURN!!!

Halloween

We had a great Halloween night with the kids and my dad! The kids love to go "power" trick or treating with their papa John out in Eagle Point... and I tend to think that he loves it just as much if not more than they do. After Neil got home from work we dressed up and flew out the door to papa's house. We ate a yummy dinner and then headed out into the dark of night.
Beyond the few houses that I had to yell "small children coming... PLEASE don't jump out!" we had a great time. After the first 45 minutes Abby could barely carry her candy bag, Chloe was whining about carrying her broom, and what was Mason doing? "HURRY UP GUYS!" "LOOK at the COOL house!" "Oh my gosh, MOM I got another sour thing!" The kids had more energy than a whirling dervish.

The best Mason moment... We had to have a little chat about saying the trick or treat poem... you know "trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat..." He FINALLY stopped saying it to the nice old people who live in the golf course. Then the next house: Mason-"trick or treat!", guy inside-"smell my feet!" Mason turns around and screams:"MOM... I didn't say it that guys is the one that broke the rule!" I could not stop laughing!!

Here's some pics of the fun night out. Happy Halloween!! (well happy November at least)

5 minutes after we got home they were OUT!


Eating candy with daddy after the big Haul!


FINALLY have their first piece of candy!


Ready to go to papa's house.

I can't wait!!

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So who's going to the midnight release with me? Anyone... Bueller?

I've got MAD Rockband skills!!

Oh yes!
Tonight hubby and I were rocking out together... you know to keep the relationship "happenin'" and Neil dared me to try a song on EXPERT! Now seriously... didn't think I'd make it through 1/10th of the song let along get through the whole thing.
Well not only did I get through the whole thing but I scored 96%!!!!

I wanted to call Bean... but decided it was too late (and I know you're reading this now Bean!)

Props to me for my MAD ROCKBAND SKILLS!!
Oh... and here's a picture to prove it! :)

The Flu...

TOTALLY SUCKS!! Yes I spent all last night and most of this morning watching my entire insides re-enter the earth's atmosphere out of my body. BLECH! (literally)
My sweet sweet sweet husband even came home from work early today to let me rest. I'm feeling quite a bit better and got some soup down so hopefully tomorrow I'll be up and around more. The things that makes me super sad is I was supposed to go to the temple tonight with my ward... but I decided to forego the uplifting evening to keep my yucky-yucks away from my church brothers and sisters. (yay for me? not really)

Anyhoo... back to bed for me!

Asperger Syndrome/ High Functioning Autism

This past week Mason had an appt with an behavioral disorder/autism specialist here in the valley. It was a great appt and opened our eyes to alot of things with Mason. Many we already knew about and observed and a few were new.
The main reason we took Mason to this doctor was a referal from our PCP to have an Autism/ OCD screening done.

Mason was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism. We've thought for quite a while that this might be the case but haven't had an "official" diagnosis as to date. The doctor gave us some great referrals on follow up psycological treatment and also sent a letter to the school to help set up some services there to help with OT and PT.

If you want to learn more about Asperger I found this information helpful.

Thank you for your support through all of this! I'm glad we finally have an answer and hope for a quick road to better social skills for Mason.

Rainy field trip today...

Today I went with Chloe's class to Wildlife Images. It was a pretty neat place! I had never been before and all the animals were very visable and willing to show the kids their "skills". Here are a few pics from the day. It was cold and pooring rain but thanks to my "being such a Mormon" (quoted from a friend who came too) we had plenty of umbrellas, extra sweatshirts and ponchos to go around. ;)