1. Sarah is pregnant!!! Woohoo for my lovely sister in law and brother in law, Nick. I'm so excited for them and little Jude to welcome the newest bundle of joy into their home!


2. Nick was super sick today. He was up all night throwing up. I'm not feeling so hot myself, so this may be a short post.


3. I helped out at work today. I am considering going back to full time through the winter for some extra Christmas money and so we can buy the van I want in the spring and pay cash. What do you all think?


4. My mother in law bought the kids "Flarp"...you know, the gooey stuff that makes tooting noises when you push on it in the container. Yeah, that stuff. The kids are having so much fun playing with it, and every time Brody makes a "noise", Peyton says "Scoose you Bubby!" and then they giggle! It's so funny!


5. The kids and I are having a slumber party in the play room due to the germs filling my house right now from Nick's stomach bug. Say a prayer that we don't get it too!

1. Sarah is pregnant!!! Woohoo for my lovely sister in law and brother in law, Nick. I'm so excited for them and little Jude to welcome the newest bundle of joy into their home!


2. Nick was super sick today. He was up all night throwing up. I'm not feeling so hot myself, so this may be a short post.


3. I helped out at work today. I am considering going back to full time through the winter for some extra Christmas money and so we can buy the van I want in the spring and pay cash. What do you all think?


4. My mother in law bought the kids "Flarp"...you know, the gooey stuff that makes tooting noises when you push on it in the container. Yeah, that stuff. The kids are having so much fun playing with it, and every time Brody makes a "noise", Peyton says "Scoose you Bubby!" and then they giggle! It's so funny!


5. The kids and I are having a slumber party in the play room due to the germs filling my house right now from Nick's stomach bug. Say a prayer that we don't get it too!

1. Today was a very busy, yet rainy days. I love rainy days...when they are slow and lazy. Today was a little too busy for my liking.


2. Taco soup again for dinner. The kids threw a fit. They couldn't believe we were having taco soup again! Peyton kept saying "I no yike taw-toe woop." She gets that from her brother. The child has never met a food she didn't like, but she is so used to hearing Brody say he doesn't want to eat something, so she is picking up on that too.


3. While I was out delivering Scentsy, Nick left the kids in the kitchen for a few minutes. During those few minutes, Brody had gotten on the counter, got the remainder of the brownie/cookies (remember the ones he refused to eat last night)? and he and Peyton finished them off! Nick said he didn't know if he should be mad or laugh...I chose to laugh. Some things are just too funny to get mad about.


4. The kids fell in love with the Scentsy box (pictured). They have been playing in it all day. Brody told me he was moving into the box and he is going to start sleeping in there and living there all the time.


5. Right now, the kids are watching Harry Potter. This is the first movie that has kept Peyton's attention for longer than 5 minutes. I'm going to go enjoy this peaceful moment.

1. Today was a very busy, yet rainy days. I love rainy days...when they are slow and lazy. Today was a little too busy for my liking.


2. Taco soup again for dinner. The kids threw a fit. They couldn't believe we were having taco soup again! Peyton kept saying "I no yike taw-toe woop." She gets that from her brother. The child has never met a food she didn't like, but she is so used to hearing Brody say he doesn't want to eat something, so she is picking up on that too.


3. While I was out delivering Scentsy, Nick left the kids in the kitchen for a few minutes. During those few minutes, Brody had gotten on the counter, got the remainder of the brownie/cookies (remember the ones he refused to eat last night)? and he and Peyton finished them off! Nick said he didn't know if he should be mad or laugh...I chose to laugh. Some things are just too funny to get mad about.


4. The kids fell in love with the Scentsy box (pictured). They have been playing in it all day. Brody told me he was moving into the box and he is going to start sleeping in there and living there all the time.


5. Right now, the kids are watching Harry Potter. This is the first movie that has kept Peyton's attention for longer than 5 minutes. I'm going to go enjoy this peaceful moment.

(I had to do 2 pictures tonight because I couldn't get 1 good one of the both of them, only 2 good ones of 1 of them!)

1. My social work friends will appreciate this lovely home visit story. I took our new intern on a home visit with me today to visit with a sweet man who recently lost his wife and is struggling with the grief. I sat down on the couch and instantly fell something fall down the front of my shirt. I glanced down and could see something brown. Thinking it was a fuzz ball, or perhaps a small spider, I inconspicuously pressed the brown ball together with the outside of my shirt. However, that did not do the trick. For the entirety of the visit (50 minutes to be exact), I could feel something moving around on my chest. I am PETRIFIED of bugs. The thought of having one crawling on me was giving me the heeby jeebies more than anything in this world. But I could NOT get up and leave, as the man was very tearful and we were making a good connection. I also could not reach my hand down my bra and grab out whatever creepy crawly thing was exploring in there. So, I sat there. I held it together, I was present with the client, and I kept a straight face. That right there should practically exalt me to LCSW status instantly. After the 50 minute session and a 20 minute drive back to the office (I didn't know the intern well enough to pull my shirt out and expose all to her in the car to go searching for a tiny creepy crawly), I went into the bathroom and checked to see what was bothering me. It was a TICK!!!!!! I seriously almost had a heart attack in the bathroom. There is one thing worst in this world than spiders, and that is ticks!! I can NOT stand the thought of them being anywhere near me, but to be aware of it's tiny little legs walking all over me for well over an hour, was enough to make me sick.
2. We had taco soup for dinner. I LOVE fall, and I love soup season! There is nothing better than making a yummy pot of soup, smelling it simmering, and eating it for lunch and dinner for a week! I have been looking forward to fall for along time and am thankful that it's almost here.
3. As I am writing this blog, Peyton took the cushion off the couch and she and Brody started jumping. As they were jumping, Brody let out a blood curdeling scream. He had lost his shark tooth in the cushion and he jumped on it. The tooth pierced his foot and he was bleeding like crazy. 6 sesame street bandaids and lots of kisses later, and I think he is going to survive. It was very traumatic though. He just stated "Oh, we should not have been doing that."
4. I felt like baking tonight so I made this brownie/cookie supreme bars. I cannot believe it, but I had to BEG Brody to eat one. He kept telling me that cookies and brownies were not supposed to go together and that he JUST wanted brownies. He was quite surprised at how well they really went together when I finally got him to try one. They were super yummy!
5. Peyton took a 2 1/2 hour nap...starting at 4:30 tonight!! It is going to be a LOOOOOOOONG night for daddy! :)

(I had to do 2 pictures tonight because I couldn't get 1 good one of the both of them, only 2 good ones of 1 of them!)

1. My social work friends will appreciate this lovely home visit story. I took our new intern on a home visit with me today to visit with a sweet man who recently lost his wife and is struggling with the grief. I sat down on the couch and instantly fell something fall down the front of my shirt. I glanced down and could see something brown. Thinking it was a fuzz ball, or perhaps a small spider, I inconspicuously pressed the brown ball together with the outside of my shirt. However, that did not do the trick. For the entirety of the visit (50 minutes to be exact), I could feel something moving around on my chest. I am PETRIFIED of bugs. The thought of having one crawling on me was giving me the heeby jeebies more than anything in this world. But I could NOT get up and leave, as the man was very tearful and we were making a good connection. I also could not reach my hand down my bra and grab out whatever creepy crawly thing was exploring in there. So, I sat there. I held it together, I was present with the client, and I kept a straight face. That right there should practically exalt me to LCSW status instantly. After the 50 minute session and a 20 minute drive back to the office (I didn't know the intern well enough to pull my shirt out and expose all to her in the car to go searching for a tiny creepy crawly), I went into the bathroom and checked to see what was bothering me. It was a TICK!!!!!! I seriously almost had a heart attack in the bathroom. There is one thing worst in this world than spiders, and that is ticks!! I can NOT stand the thought of them being anywhere near me, but to be aware of it's tiny little legs walking all over me for well over an hour, was enough to make me sick.
2. We had taco soup for dinner. I LOVE fall, and I love soup season! There is nothing better than making a yummy pot of soup, smelling it simmering, and eating it for lunch and dinner for a week! I have been looking forward to fall for along time and am thankful that it's almost here.
3. As I am writing this blog, Peyton took the cushion off the couch and she and Brody started jumping. As they were jumping, Brody let out a blood curdeling scream. He had lost his shark tooth in the cushion and he jumped on it. The tooth pierced his foot and he was bleeding like crazy. 6 sesame street bandaids and lots of kisses later, and I think he is going to survive. It was very traumatic though. He just stated "Oh, we should not have been doing that."
4. I felt like baking tonight so I made this brownie/cookie supreme bars. I cannot believe it, but I had to BEG Brody to eat one. He kept telling me that cookies and brownies were not supposed to go together and that he JUST wanted brownies. He was quite surprised at how well they really went together when I finally got him to try one. They were super yummy!
5. Peyton took a 2 1/2 hour nap...starting at 4:30 tonight!! It is going to be a LOOOOOOOONG night for daddy! :)

(I need to look at this picture anytime they frazzle me...they are such precious angels when they are sleeping!)

1. I learn every day at my job, how precious, and short, our lives truly are. I was reminded this again today when I learned of the death of Micayla Patterson. A 17 year old Senior from Har-Ber highschool, who was killed in a car accident on the way home from a John Mayer concert this weekend. My heart goes out to her parents and her friends. We never do know the date or the time, but I do know that we have a loving Heavenly Father who has been blessed with one more precious daughter in his Kingdom.


2. This loss makes me want to hug my babies a little tighter, be more present with them each day, and never overuse "I love you". You never know when the last time you see someone you love will be.


3. On a lighter note, Jenni came over tonight with the kiddos. I love having such a great friend close by and I love our Tuesday night "dates". It's nice to have some intellectual (and sometimes not so intellecutal) conversations with an adult, and our kids play together so well. They look forward to it every week!


4. I had a yummy lunch today...paid for by Vista Health! It is Suicide Awareness week, and the Crisis Center and Vista hosted a luncheon at Carrabas (YUM)!


5. Brody told me out of the blue today that he loved me, and that I was a great mom!!! I love that kid!