Happy Halloween

From our home to yours.....

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The Halloween Fun has Begun

The kids were busy yesterday beginning all the fun things that Halloween brings.....baking Halloween cookies and

Painting ssscccaarrry pumpkins.

31 THINGS-SENT TO ME FROM ANOTHER BLOGGER

1. Where is your cell phone? plugged into my computer as I work
2. Where is your significant other? at the office
3. Your hair color? dark brown
4. Your mother? Joyce
5. Your father? Gary
6. Your favorite thing? {at this moment} the heater under my desk....I work in an icebox
7. Your dream last night? Did not have one
8. Your dream/goal? There are so many......to raise my children in the best way possible
9. The room you're in? Office
10. Your hobby? shopping....I need to find a cheaper one
11. Your fear? I hate discussing fears.  I guess that someone will break in my house while we are home.
12. Where do you want to be in six years? same house, same job, out of debt
13. Where were you last night? at home
14. What you’re not? concentrating on what needs to be done
15. One of your wish list items? remodeled bathroom
16. Where you grew up? Lancaster
17. The last thing you did? ate a mini Twix candy bar
18. What are you wearing? jeans and pink top from BR
19. Your TV? is always on Noggin for the kids
20. Your pet? passed away about 2 months ago from liver failure
21. Your computer? MAC at work, SONY laptop at home
22. Your mood? always good
23. Missing someone? my babies
24. Your car? Yukon
25. Something you’re not wearing? my watch (needs a new battery)
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? the beach
28. Love someone? God, my husband of 10 years, my kids, family and friends, etc.
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? When my Keith said "refrigefrator"
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday watching about Eliot and 99 balloons on Oprah

Heather and Kayce......YOUR TURN!!!

Sometimes We Need a Reminder from Above

Every week we get an email from someone in our Sunday School with the week's prayer requests, praises, updates, etc.  Suzanne Piper sent out this week's email since Becky is on bed rest (she's expecting twins in January) and it contained something that I really needed to hear.  She quoted the verses from Romans 8:26 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."  Every night when I say my prayers, I feel like I have to list everything that comes to mind.  Sometimes I forget that God is all-knowing and he knows my heart and my mind before I even speak it.  Thank you Suzanne for reminding me.

Kid's Say the Cutest Things

Is is bad to make your child continuously repeat things because they are saying it so cute but so wrong?  Keith wanted something to drink and when I asked him where his drink was, he said "in the refrigefrator.  I think I asked him 5 times just so I could hear him say it.  I guess a good parent would have corrected him and made him say it correctly.  Oh well....maybe next time.

It seems as if it is time for......

TOP 5 TUESDAY

Today's topic is...What are 5 things that you hope to pass down to (or at least teach) your children?

1.  God is the creator, good, almighty, number one, a rock, always there, etc.

2.  Respect everyone, not just your elders.

3.  Life is short...treat everyone that comes in to it with love.

4.  Always be honest, even when it hurts.

5.  Mommy and Daddy will always love you.

Goals

I have never been one to set goals....I did not want to let anyone down (especially myself) if I did not succeed.  But after a lot of thought yesterday and a talk with my trainer and coach, I have decided to set my new goal.  Get ready everyone, it is a doozie if I say so myself.  Next Ocotber, I will be sporting my pink in honor of breast cancer, but this time I will be doing it a little differently.  As Brian and I normally try to walk in the Susan Komen Race for the Cure (well I walk, Brian runs), we have not been able to in the last 2 years due to our Las Vegas trips.  Well no more of that.  Next year, you will have to look fast to see me because, yes brace yourself, I will be running. 

My goal is....to run in the 2009 Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5K.  Not only do I want to do this for myself, but for all the women out there who have been affected by this terrible disease.  I not only feel great because I can dedicate this to Brian's aunt Karen who we both loved dearly who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2002, but it is something we can do together (Brian and me).  I am really excited, but a little scared.  But I have a year to get ready...I hope that is long enough.....I have not run in probably 13 years.....You may see me on TV as the person being taken away on a stretcher but I am determined to make it.

Okay so the pic is not me....but it could be after I train.....and dye my hair, and get a boob job, and get younger...But it could be...