Autumn in New York

On Friday we (me, Travis and Audrey) are leaving for New York. I am hoping to get there Friday night (or very early Saturday morning) because I have a full day planned. `

Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza from Nirchis (sounds gross? Well, trust me, it is delish!)

Convince Joanna to try a piece of breakfast pizza.

Play some games on the Wii and totally dominate

Lunch: Tony's Pizza or Monicotti (Best Italian restaurant Everr!!)

Shopping with the girls

Dinner: Spedies and Mom's Potato Salad (Spedies are marinated pieces of chicken served on buttered bread...unigue to my area of NY)

Entertainment: TWILIGHT MOVIE!!!

Go home and eat tons of ICE CREAM, make Oreo Truffles...

Stay up late playing games, watching TV and talking

I am soo excited to go HOME and to be with a lot of my family. Audrey is excited to, she keeps saying everyone's name over and over...she thinks that Leah will be there too.

3 Days left!!!!

Welcome Committee

The day after we moved in to our house, Travis, being a Pest Control Man, sprayed our house. The next morning we saw at least 15 dead black widows. How is that for a welcome?

I had never seen a black widow until now. This would top my "Things that Scare Me" list.

TrIcK oR tReAt

Travis sported a brown mullet wig for Halloween. He said a few people commented on it. I told him he should have pretended that it was his real hair.

I got this chicken costumer for $4 last year (gotta love Halloween clearance). Audrey loves wearing, and it kept her nice and warm.


Both Audrey and Brighton were very excited to get so much candy.

I love it when they hug each other!

Carving PuPmKiNs

When we went to the pumpkin farm we all got our own pumpkins. A few days before Halloween we carved them for our family night activity.

Audrey kept throwing her pumpkin on the ground...expecting it to bounce. It didn't.I told Travis to pose for the picture...and this is what he came up with. He is too cute!
Audrey was VERY helpful when it came time to take the seeds out.

The one on the left is mine, Travis's is in the middle and Audrey's is on the right(Trav helped). Ok, so I guess you can figure out who the artist is in our family...

M.I.A.

It has been TOO long since my last post. The reason? We finally moved into a house! Don't get too excited, we are still renting, but at least it is a house, right? I have been busy getting everything situated (and no, I am not done yet) and I had to do a lot of stuff for the business this month. Plus, I was getting so tired of my old background I couldnt even look at my blog until I changed to a new background. Anyway, I am back in the swing of things.

5 things that scare me

1. Ben from LOST...he is so creepy.2. Rousseau from LOST...the first time I saw her on the show I almost screamed. You warm up to her after you get used to her though.

3. Bones. I hate touching bones. One time my biology teacher was passing around a real human arm/hand bone and he put it on my desk and it started sliding towards me and I jumped out of my chair before it got to me. I was really embarressed but I was more scared of the bones. I am pretty sure my teacher thought I was crazy. My Dad always used to take meat of the bone for me, and since I have gotten married Travis has done the same thankfully.

4. This duck. I know I already said this but, it is scary right?

5. Going to Sam's Club by myself. I am not sure why I wont do it, but I will only go if Travis goes with me. Maybe it is because they only accept weird credits cards or checks and I am worried I will forget to bring them and I will be stuck at the register, or maybe it is all of the huge bulk items we buy and I dont want to be stuck carrying them by myself. I think I may get over this in time...after intense therapy sessions.

Love Bug

The Jonas Brothers have a new song out, Love Bug, and I really like it. I am going to add it to my playlist at the bottom of the page so you can enjoy it to.

Mmm...what smells so good?

Ok, I will admit, the title to this post is so cheesy I am almost embarressed. Anyway, I found this stuff that I really like.

I am NOT a fan of carpet...I think that is due to my parents influence. It always looks dirty and it collects all sorts of things in it...including smells. Well, if you have carpet and you have a problem with smelling last night's dinner today on your carpet consider this:

Just sprinkle this powder on your carpet a few minutes before you vacuum. It smells so good and it totally eliminates hard to get rid of odors. I use it all the time...especially when company is coming over.

NeW sHoEs

Today I went out shopping with a mission: find a new pair of black stilletoe heels with a rounded toe. Well, I accomplished that and a much greater feat. I found Travis a GREAT pair of brown shoes...and he LIKES them!!! I was jumping up and down with excitment when Travis gave his stamp of approval (it is not easily earned). The best news: I got both pairs of shoes for AMAZING deals. I am addicted to DSW (the place where I get all of my designer shoes for less than Walmart shoes sell for). Don't you love accomplishing what you set out for, and getting a great price? Good day!

In my experience the more expensive the heel the more comfortable they are...of course it has to work that way! Anyway, Guess heels are quite comfortable and you can definately get them for a good price ( on sale). Travis noticed that I was taller when I was wearing these shoes.
No, he is not wearing high waters...I made him pull up his pants so that you could see the shoes better.

These are Trav's best looking shoes...by far. I LOVE them!!

The Case of the Missing Book

Every Sunday morning MY lesson book goes missing...and I always know where to look. Travis's Scripture case. He always takes my book hoping that I wont notice. He lost his own book somewhere between Mesa, AZ and here. I think it is funny because he still takes it every Sunday even though I ALWAYS catch him. He is so cute!

The Meat that Defied Travis

Anyone who has eaten a meal with Travis knows that if there is any kind of meat served (steak, roast, pork, ham, chicken...)he has to eat it with his special sauce...consisting of BBQ sauce and Ranch Salad dressing.

Two nights ago I made a recipe that I found on Martha Stewart's website. It was simply broiled pork chops with a dijon/brown sugar sauce on them. Travis thought that they were so delicious that he did NOT use his BBQ Ranch sauce. I was and still am shocked.

PuMpKiN fArM

We had a GREAT time at the pumpkin farm yesterday. Audrey was running from one thing to another non-stop. It was definately geered towards kids. They had this place with dried corn kernals covering the ground and it was probably about a foot deep. Travis and Audrey really liked it.

There was this big slide that was made of a huge tube. It was bumpy and kinda slow. Audrey LOVED it though.

This is Audrey when we were leaving. I bought her a candy necklace to pacify her. Yes, it worked. :-)