How did this happen to me?

So my friend (Amy Singleton) calls me the other day and says "I just forwarded you the funniest email you have got to see it." This is what it said:



Rand was at Costco yesterday eating lunch all by himself. It’s so funny what he sees sometimes. Usually he just has to tell us about it, but this time he got a picture. He said he watched the cashier put these stuffed horses into the lady’s cart and could only get them to fit like this. From what he could see, only him and a couple of employees that were eating near where he was sitting had dirty enough minds to pervert what’s sure to be a great Christmas for this lady’s two kids.





That's me!! How embarrassing! I did notice every one smiling at me. I just didn't realize why. The funny thing is I have no idea who took this picture. But he created a email, forwarded it around, and it happened to go to someone who recognized me. crazy! And why do I end up on the Internet on I day I didn't get ready? Just my luck. Don't tell my girls. It is a Christmas present. =)

Its Halloween!!!

It was one crazy weekend! Its definitely an indicator that the holidays are here. On Friday night we went to a party at our friends. It was so fun. People come with the craziest costumes. Its also nice to be just adults. You actually get to talk with your friends instead of chasing your kids around. On Saturday it was our ward trunk or treat. That was great as well. We came home with so much candy! Oh great! In between those two events we had my niece Ashtyns baptism, we celebrated the October birthdays on the Rogers side and then we carved pumpkins! Crazy!

We were Donald and Daisy Duck!

Sadie was a Bumble Bee!

Kylie was a gypsy!

Hailey was a Witch!

The October Birthdays!

She was so gentle with her cake.

Carving Pumpkins!

Sweet Thing!

Having Fun!!

At the Baptism!

This is Ashtyn! Just after she was baptized. We were at a brunch at her other grandmas house.

This is my Nephew Race who was also baptized about 2 weeks ago. They also had a great party after. My baby Kylie is the next one to be baptized. I can't wait.

A National Champion!

I'm sure everyone gets tired of hearing about triathalons!! I know I do! But it is such a part of our life. This past weekend Derek and I went to Vegas for a race. It was actually the National Championship. There were a few general entry slots but most everyone there had to have a cetrtain time in a past race to be able to compete. Derek competed in the half. Which is the mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run. He said it was the hardest race he has ever done. He heard it was a hard course but even then I dont think he was prepared for what it was. The bike felt like he was biking the Grand Canyon. It was all UP HILL! The last hour he was going about 6 miles per hour. That is extremely slow when normally he averages 22 MPH in races. WOW! Some people were actually walking their bikes cuz that was faster then riding them. Well, he ended up doing pretty good. He got FIRST in his division. How cool is that. All the people who placed in other divisions got offered a slot to Worlds which is in like Sweden or something. Every division except Dereks. He is in the Clydsdale division which is people over 200 lbs. Why even have the division if your not going to treat it the same. People who are my husbands size are NEVER going to be as fast as someone a lot smaller then him. He's a football player. He's naturally a bigger guy. Oh-well. Long story short is he did GREAT!! This was also the first time we left Sadie over night!! YEAH for us!! It was so nice. We went with some of our friends who were also there and saw the show KA at MGM. It was a awesome weekend!

Sadie turns ONE!!!

I cant believe my baby is one!!! But I have to say I really enjoy the stage she is at! It is so fun to play with her and see her try and communicate. She is one loved little girl!! I am so thankful to have her.

Best Friends!

Do you ever have those mornings where you wake up and your kids are being awfully quiet? Well that happened to me and this is what I found! Cute kids!

September Birthdays!

The crazy thing about having a big family is you are constantly buying birthday gifts! So we have limited it to what we call "birthday bags". Its just a LITTLE something. Well, here is the pile for just the birthdays is September.

A Circus came to Gilbert!

My dad came home from school and had buy one get one free tickets to a Circus at the Gilbert rodeo grounds. So what the heck we decided to go. It was great. We had front row seats. The elephants came so close that it actually scared me. I was imagining all those shows were animals go crazy or worse yet decided that it was time to go the bathroom. With all good comes a bad. And the bad was that it was outside with NO AIR CONDITIONING!! In Arizona at 4:00 in the afternoon. ITS HOT!!! Thank goodness for snow cones!