Pumpkins and Monkeys!

Have you missed me? I figured you had! ha! We've been one busy family lately!

Let's start by backing alllll the way up until last Thursday! Josh went with Peyton and his class to the pumpkin patch! They had a really fun time and got some really good pumpkins!

Peyton and most of his class

Petting zoo!

Gianormous slide!

Picking pumpkins!

Two of my favorites on the hay ride!

And then Thursday night we went to the Moola Moola Monster Bash! We had a really fun time! Our credit union does this for the kids every year! It's fun and free!

This is one of the only pics we took! It's safe to say that Reece and Griff are over pics!

Next was Halloween night, time for Trick-or-Treating! We had a cute little ladybug, a scary pirate and a pissed off Indian! ha! These next pictures really crack me up! Griff was mad because Reece would not sit in his lap, she wanted to sit in Peyton's lap. It's pretty bad you have to fight over your sister! And don't even say it's time for another one...get that out of your brain now! ha!

We love to trick-or-treat at Big Mama's! We went to her house after we went all around our neighborhood. On the way Griffin said, "I'm really tired, but I'm glad we're still going to Big Mama's! I'm going to be really sad when she passes away one day and we can't go see her. She's the best grandmother in the world!" Ya'll!!!!! I seriously thought I was going to cry the rest of the night! He hit the nail on the head with that one!

Somewhere mixed in this week of craziness we hired a temporary employee for the day! She took over my chair, propped her feet up and ate a sucker!

And today Griffin and I went to the zoo with his class! We had a blast! We didn't really all stick together so Griffin and I had some serious one on one mommy and Griff time! LOVED IT!

Here he is feeding the Lorikeets! They are so pretty and fun! He wasn't so sure about the one on his head!

This is the one sitting on my shoulder!

This is Griff's teacher, Miss Norris! She's fantastic!

So, right after I took that last picture I was kind of floored. Now, there's a disclaimer to this....I may be about to tick some people off. I'm sorry for that. We don't always have to agree! So, if you don't agree with me on this, let's just agree to disagree! No mean comments, please! I turned around after taking the picture to see a woman sitting on a bench boob flapping everywhere, breastfeeding her baby. Now, ya'll now I am very pro breastfeeding. I breastfed all three of our babies, Reece for 8 months. But I think there is a line that people should not cross. Couldn't she have covered?? She wasn't even trying! I saw her nipple! ewww! I'm not saying she should breastfeed in the bathroom or anything like that because that is gross, but cover your boob, because there are 975 kids running around you and they don't want to see it and neither do their parents!

Anywho, we had a fabulous time at the zoo! Me and my little man!

xoxo

Happy Halloween!

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I feel fat....

Josh has lost like 27 pounds now! YAY for him! I'm so excited that he's so motivated! I just wish I were. When I went to the doctor last week I weighed 125. I know that makes some of you want to slap me, but I need to lose like 15 pounds. And I need to get in shape. Hubby tries to motivate me but then I just tell him that he's calling me fat! ha!

I should really jump on the band wagon with him. He's doing so well with it! But, it's hard for me.

Partly because I love fried pickles. Partly because my sister is pregnant and makes me eat bad stuff with her.(haha!) Partly because I am really tired when I do have time to run/work out. Partly because of Five Guys. Partly because I have a MAJOR sweet tooth.(Candy Corn Hershey Kiss in my mouth RIGHT NOW!)

Maybe I'll get motivated soon!

xoxo

Liar Liar Pants on Fire!

I've been debating on posting about this little issue but after events that happened today, I could not not blog about this!

Peyton is sometimes a little liar! Can you buuulieve that? And he's good at it. I'm not usually a gullible person, but he can convince me that the sky is purple. No joke. He's done this on several occasions lately and today just takes the cake.

Towards the beginning of the school year we were sending $10 per week with each of the boys to school for their lunch. It's supposed to be $2 per day, but evidently they are getting extra stuff and so it costs more. It's hard to keep up with because I don't know how much they spend each day and it varies from day to day. Last year they would put little stickers on the kids when they needed money the next day and that was fabulous! But, they quit doing that this year.(thanks Obama, I'm sure it's his fault) Bummer. About the second or third week of school I received a note home with Peyton from the lunch lady saying that his lunch account was -3.25! Whoops! So, from that day forward I have been sending $20 per week per child. One day last week I remembered that I hadn't sent money all week. I asked the boys if they had lunch money that day and Peyton said, "No, and I didn't get to get dessert because I didn't have any money!" Oh, I felt like C-R-A-P! So, I sent the money the next day and apologized to my sweet little angel for him not being able to have dessert.

Fast forward to this morning.

Reece has been sickly and I was headed to take her to her pediatrician as soon as I dropped the boys off at school. In the middle of my morning pep talk in the car I told the boys to remind me tonight to put some money in their backpacks for lunch. A sweet little voice from the backseat said, "OH MOM!!! They told me yesterday that I would need money today!!" "WHAT? Peyton you have GOT to start telling me and Dad things like that the night before!!!" So, as I am driving down the road, in the rain, running late I dig out my check book. Just dang peachy. There was only ONE check in there and I HAD to have it for the doctor's office! I called Josh and asked him to swing by the school on his way home from work and drop off some money for Peyton for lunch so that my sweet little cupcake would not have to go without any dang dessert. I dropped the boys off and headed to the doctor.

When Josh got to the school he checked the boys lunch accounts. You're not gonna believe it. Peyton had $58 in his account. And Griff had almost as much!

Didn't get dessert. Pshhhh!

That little stink bug. I'm pinching his head off when I get home!

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Meet Our New Pet Monkey!

Sadie. She gets in trouble alot. Like a whole lotta lot! All. The. Time. Really. We have a huge backyard that the dogs mostly run freely in, but we also have like a 12 X 12 dog pen that we built while we were building our house. If one of the dogs is in trouble, ahem, Sadie, they get put in there for a bit. Time-out. Sorta. The other night just before Josh left for work Sadie jumped on sweet Ben, so she was put in the pen for the night. The next morning I glanced out the back door and this is what I saw....

Yep, that's right. She was sitting on the top....and there's only a bar there, so who knows how she was balancing! Look at her butt smiling! That pen is 6 feet tall. She climbed up the fence like a monkey and then just sat there. Weirdo.

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Sick as a Dog

Actually, how sick is a dog anyway?? I've had bronchitis or somethingorother all week. Knocked me flat on my tail ya'll! I can usually work when I am sick...not this time.

Time-out

I'm about to do some really syrupy bragging on my hubs. So, if you tend to be jealous, hit that little x in the top right of your screen!

Time-in!

THANK GOD for my super duper hubby! I seriously couldn't take care of myself all week let alone 3 kids! He cooked, he cleaned, he did everything! I love him. And he must love me too!

And speaking of my fab husband, he has lost 22 pounds in about a month! He runs about 2.5-4 miles a day and has really changed his eating habits. I'm so proud of him! I'll keep you updated on his progress!

xoxo

Fun Award!

Thanks to Leslie for this fun award!

The logistics:

1. Say thanks and give a link to the one who gave you the award.
2. Share 10 honest things about yourself.
3. Present this award to 3 other fantastically brilliant blogs of content or design, or peeps that have encouraged you.
4. Tell those 3 people they've been awarded and make sure they're informed of these guidelines

So, here are 10 honest things about me!

1. Josh and I feel like we're gettin' kinda old! We both have our 10-year high school reunions this year and well, we're old! 30 is approaching way too fast!
2. Speaking of Josh, I can not imagine my life without him. He's my best friend and my favorite!
3. Sometimes when things are calm and quiet around our house I'll sneak up on one of my babies and stare at them without them knowing! They are so perfect! I am so blessed to have THREE of them!
4. We have 5 dogs, 5 fish and a cat. No, we will never have 5 cats! One's enough, thanks!
5. I should have learned a long time ago to "never say never"! ha!
6. I'm about to get my home builders license! woot!
7. I'm addicted to fried pickles.
8. I LOOOOVE me some Alabama Football! Roll Tide! Followed closely by the Tampa Bay Bucs, who my hubby LOVES!
9. I love being married to a police officer. But, I HATE the disrespect that they get....if you get a ticket for speeding, don't be mad at the officer that gave it to you. YOU were the one breaking the law!
10. I'm addicted to blogging and I love my blog family! :)

I'll re-gift this one to:

Beth @ Our Family

Brooke @ TBMommy

Cherish @ Saved By Grace

Happy Thursday!

xoxo