Modbe Black Friday and Saturday Doorbusters...

Great time to get the swim for over half off and tomorrow Camis and Cap sleeves will be cheap. Take a look...spread the word! Have a great day!

Just click on the picture to show the deals. The camis are $7 tomorrow and the caps are around $9. The swimsuits are also on sale...and I love them...there is just a more limited size selection right now. Make sure you apply the extra30%.

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Our Kidless weekend at the Beach...

This weekend Larry and I went to a resort on the beach on the coast of Washington for a couple nights. We left after work Friday afternoon and drove about 5 hours. We drove through desert, mountains, rain, and snow...and even almost hit an elk, but eventually we got there. It was completely dark the whole time, so it was nice on the ride home actually seeing what we had driven through. It was an absolutely beautiful drive!

We stayed in Ocean Shores, WA at a resort where we had a great room overlooking the ocean with a nice fireplace. We had a credit that covered all of our meals in a nice restaurant and each of us had massage included in our package. That was my first massage ever...and I have to say that it was pretty mediocre. (The lady ended up talking my ear off...and quit massaging when she was talking!)

My parents and sister watched my girls while we were away, and we had such a nice time. Good conversations...good laughs...and great memories!

For Twilight fans: Larry even went to the Twilight movie with me, which was fun! When we were driving, we realized that we were very close to Forks, WA...so we had to check it out!

Change is in the air...

So I removed the live feed and I can no longer tell if anyone has even viewed the blog. In saying that... I hope that those that view our blog will try to post. That helps us know that our efforts are not in vain... (and I will commit to doing the same...as I often have just a second to look, but I am not as good at commenting!)

It has been so fun to keep in touch with so many of our friends now scattered all over the world...

If you don't know how to post comments, you can use the same username as your gmail address if you have one. Also... I am slowly discovering the blogs of our family and friends, but if you have one I haven't included on my list, please drop a comment and let me know. Thanks!

The AMAZING sound of Silence...

Preface: I know in life, you often get what you deserve. Those of you that know me well...know I talk alot. I think I enjoy it...and must have to meet some subconscious word quota each day.

Now...I have two very talkative, inquisitive little girls. So last night....when Larry got off work, I went out by myself....ALL BY MYSELF....and enjoyed an evening of running errands and a little bit of shopping! This might not have meaning to all of you, but anyone that has a chatty two or five year old girl will know what I am talking about. I really do try to give meaningful answers to their questions...but there are only so many times I can answerWHY, WHY, WHY....and WHY???? As a mother, there are few times in life that I get to be all by myself...with no noise, no questions. Showers, car rides, reading, even the restroom (sorry for bringing that up)...I ALWAYS have company~
In saying that, I need to explain further.... I LOVE my girls and I feel so blessed to be a mother, but every once in a while, I just want a little bit of space. My girls are my life and my joy, but it was so nice to sit in the car...and not answer a million questions. To run in and out of a store...again without questions...no cart...no snacks or bribery to distract from other purchases. No diapers...no goldfish...no kid cd's blasting in the car...no diaper bag...nothing, but me...a normal purse...and silence. I didn't even want my cell phone...

IT WAS WONDERFUL! Now I am rejuvinated and ready for my chatty girls, but wow... it was nice!

Who said there was no school today?

We had class starting early at our house. Aana decided to take the matter in her own hands and lined up her class bright and early. She was trying to teach them the alphabet in sign language and was getting a little frustrated that Addie wasn't catching on as quickly as she wanted....

Next...Aana retreated into her toyroom for a while and came out with two (basic) paragraphs that she had written herself that she said was the start of a book she was writing. She keep surprising me and it has been so fun to watch her discover reading and writing. She loves it!!

The Halloween Blur...

I didn't take many pictures...and I am dissapointed, but we had a great Halloween. My inlaws visited from Utah...and it was their first time at our house. We had a great time. We carved pumpkins, trunk or treated, ate (of course), trick or treated (on golf carts...just because we could!)...and had a great time!

Hammin' it up!

Aana had picture day at school today and insisted that she practice....

I wish I had a video instead but she went into a funny photoshoot mode... I didn't post the crazy moves, but there were defintely some interesting ones.

She also told me that she had to have great shoes to make her outfit...(like they would show up in a yearbook head shot....)

Who needs outlet covers?

Well...apparently, I do...

Yet another proud parenting moment captured by Kodak. I thought it was a very creative use of ipod headphones, though... Nice, Addie!

The Tale of the first Lost Tooth... and the Tooth Fairy

Sorry this is a little Gross...(this is when it was still hanging on....)

So here is how it all began... Aana has been so excited to lose a tooth, because many of her friends have lost theirs. She dilligently checks her front teeth several times a day and finally finds one that is a little bit loose. I need to reiterate...a LITTLE bit! She starts to play with it as all kids to to speed up the process. A few days pass and then she shows Larry. The dentist in him was just too excited. I know he is going to dispute this story (but luckily he hasn't taken the time to learn how to post...), but ...

He started telling Aana that he would give her a little bit of "sleepy juice" (anistetic) and could pull it out at that moment. She was all excited until I had to intervene and explain to Aana that sleepy juice is a littel shot and that she should just wait until it is ready to come out on its own. Larry deals with teeth everyday, but I don't think I had ever seen him so excited as he was for Aana to lose this tooth. In the end...they loosened it more and she lost it that day, but there were no shots involved.

So Aana left her tooth under the pillow for the Tooth Fairy that night and was careful to leave her Tooth Fairy Halloween costume in plain sight so the "real" fairy might see it. She got $3 dollars and was convinced that she got extra money for her costume idea. It was ironic that that she lost her tooth the week she was the Tooth Fairy...

For the love of a good book...

Now that Aana reads, there have been several cute moments where we have found Aana reading to Addie...and it warms my heart!