MEXICO

Mick's Uncle Chad invited Mick and I to an amazing, once in a lifetime trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. So, we of course took him up on his generous offer. Chad not only let us stay at his house...he was our translator, our tour guide, our brave leader on our exciting adventures - the trip would not have been the same without him. It was AMAZING!
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This is a picture from outside Chad's front door. His road is the steepest road I think I've ever seen. Not one taxi made it up the hill while we were there...

so there was a lot of hiking up and down this hill (you'd think I'd be in better shape because of it). Below is a slide show of Chad's place. Everything was OPEN - there are no side walls to his house. He has finished the remodel on the main floor and is hoping to finish the rest sometime. I spent a lot of time on his "deck" in the white chairs looking out at the ocean and reading. I truly feel like we experienced MEXICO while we were there.

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MORE TO COME...

Remember the Reason for the Season...Enjoy!

Wishing I Was Still Here...

TWILIGHT

Anyone interested in seeing "Twilight" tonight (Thurs. 12/18)??

Either at 7:05 or 9:40 p.m. CALL ME!

I Need Suggestions (please)

Davis "failed" the school's hearing test for the 6th year in a row. And every year I'm required to get a physician's signature to show that I'm aware of this and what recommendations are given. In the past, the ENTs have told me he can "adapt" which has always frustrated me. Anyway, this year our FAVORITE audiologist really listened to me and answered my questions and suggested Davis get a hearing aid. And Davis's reaction...

"NO WAY!!"

He's so afraid kids will make fun of him and say that he looks like a nerd. I'd like to tell him that kids won't - but I'm not sure if that's true. I really think the hearing aid could make a world of difference for him and was hoping you could give me some suggestions to help convince him to wear one. I don't want to spend thousands of dollars for him to "accidentally" lose it, take it out at school, etc. If you have any ideas or stories that might help please let me know - they'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

FRIDAY FLASHBACK

(Davis-3 and Kyle-2)

I came across this picture in Kyle's room and had to share it. It's one of my favorites of Davis and Kyle together. We were on vacation and playing miniature golf. There was a cow pasture right next to the course and it had a thin layer of fog. It was beautiful.

Awwwwwww

Aren't they just ANGELS when they're sleeping?!

OUCH!

Okay, so our car accident wasn't bad enough to read this sign - but we were just in one. I was driving home from Davis and Jake's hair appointment and was TOTALLY re-ended at a RED light. When the light turned green, I slowly pulled over to the right lane and the car behind me followed. So then I pulled into the TRAC parking lot thinking they would follow me there too, but NOPE. They totally took off. I quickly turned around and tried catching up to them to get their license plate number while dialing 911 (which I totally spaced the new law of no talking on a cell phone while driving - oops). He turned on a side street and I ended up following the wrong car. The police got all of our information and told me and the boys to take some ibuprofen tonight and gave us a case number for insurance and went searching for him.

Anyway, the boys thought it was very exciting to be in an accident and couldn't wait to tell Kyle and Bennett about it. Me on the other hand, I'm having some pain in my upper back/shoulder (showing my age, I guess) and am VERY FRUSTRATED with dishonest people!!!! There isn't enough damage to the van for me to bother with insurance, so if the idiot would have followed me into the parking lot - I probably would have said, "Aw, don't worry about it." And that would be that. But he had to try and get away with it. Sorry, I'm just disappointed and needed to vent...

Halloween 2008

I LOVE Halloween!

I love the dressing up, the decorating, and just having fun (and the CANDY of course).

I always look forward to it.

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This year we had a dolphin (for the 5th year in a row, thank goodness for hand-me-downs). Bennett was so excited he could fit in this costume. Sometimes he'd tell you he was a shark and other times he was a dolphin. In the end the dolphin won out. And he TIRED out after just a couple of streets of trick-or-treating.And a dinosaur... He got a lot of attention and loved every minute of it. Except if it was someone asking him if he was pregnant. He didn't think that was too funny. And Harry Potter...Kyle LOVES Harry Potter! And he LOVED that everyone went out of their way to acknowledge that he was a great looking Harry Potter. (I think he was casting a spell when I took the picture).
And an injured skateboarder (the flash makes his "blood" look more red than it was). He said people kept STARING at him and asking him what happened. It really did look more real in person. He thought it was great.

And Mick and I dressed up as bikers for the Ashton's annual Halloween party. I'm winning the race in this picture.

And I got a little carried away (too into character I guess) in the next picture. I just love embarassing Mick - it's too much fun (and so easy). It was a fun party, thanks Ashtons! I love ROCK BAND! and I LOVE Halloween!

BEFORE...

AFTER...
I do plan on cleaning it out - and it'll look much nicer.