birthday girl

Little miss Hannah Montana had a wonderful birthday. She got pop star dress ups, clothes, a coupon to build a bear, a webkin and a book. she had a great birthday.

happy happy birthday....

my little girl is 6 years old, where has the time gone. Pays is such a good helper. She is ALWAYS willing to help me out. Happy birthday girl I love ya....

lexy just hanging out...

So who rules the roost......

snow snow and more snow

I love the snow but, today was crazy. I was shoveling out my car so I could run errands. The snow was up to the wheel base.Luckily one of my neighbors cleaned my driveway w/ his snow blower. Thank you!!!!

My Lexy dog...

She just got into trouble for standing up against my hutch trying to get at the gingerbread house (on the TOP shelf). Poor Lexy!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Yea it has finally snowed. My thoughts are if it is going to be this cold I want snow. I came home from work and this is what it looked like. I pulled out the shovel and started cleaning the sidewalks before it got too hard, I bet by now I need to clean them again...

Family night with the Austin's...

Last week we told the kids we'd play the flour game for family night. Well every night we had something going on so after a week of excuses we finally got around to playing the flour game. As you can see it is quite messy. We all had a good laugh when Wyatt was the FIRST to go into the flour after the penny. (He NEVER looses and has to dive in and search for the penny) We had fun and the kids love the game, I guess that's what it's all about.

Bennett and the flour game...

She thought that the flour game was the funniest thing around, she just kept diving into the flour.

The Birds.....

Ok, so most of you know how freaky I am about birds and how they are the creepiest thing around. Well check out my house, my neighbor took this picture just recently. I am SO glad I wasn't @ home.

Bennett is So stinkin' funny

Ok, so the other day Bennett was playing with these cards that have pictures of different animals on them. She came across this one and says "Dada", then she kisses the card and keeps saying "dada", when we ask her what dada says she pounds her hands on her chest and screams. Oh my Gosh she is so Stinkin' cute we love our baby girl.

So this is the key to a super great Thanksgiving... Chicken Ramen!

after dinner this is what the kids wanted RAMEN who would've thought. It was pretty funny.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. We had dinner w/ our very old and dear friends Brent and Rachel Milne. Rachel and I forgot to take a picture until we had all finished eating and we were cleaning up. We ate WAY too much but it was all so good thanks to Rachel and Wyatt. Yes Wyatt cooked ALL of Thanksgiving dinner basically. I Stuffed the celery, Wahooo! Rachel made a AWESOME pumpkin cheesecake. We didn't want to run out of cranberries so Wyatt made his I made mine and Rachel brought one. We had a wonderful day. It was so much fun. The kids played well together, We played Wizards ( a fun card game), and we kept eating ALL day long. Thanks Rachel for bringing the yummy appetizer, all the pies, rolls and frog eye salad, and of course the CHEESE CAKE!

Syd's art contest

Last month Sydney entered a art contest at the school. We are at the award night, she received a honorary mention. She was happy, it involved a free frosty from wendy's.

Mayo????

So Wyatt has been on a quest to make mayo. Wednesday night he started blending the egg yolks w/ garlic them emmulsifying it w/ olive oil. He finally got it thickened by mixing it in our neighbors "vita mix". WOW he just made yummy garlic mayonaise. My husband freakin' ROCKS....

You've Got the Best of Both Worlds....

So Payson rented a Hannah Montana video game. Jon threw a FIT about the game...Guess who was JAMMIN' out to hannah?????

Posts????

So I have been a little lazy about posting. This weekend I will be posting all the happenings of the Austin family. So until then Happy Turkey Day!!!

I am going crazy

I feel like lately all I ever do is clean up one mess after another, feed one hungry person after another ranging in ages from 35 to 2 years old, while constantly trying to be nice and not loose my patience. Tonight all of the kids were SCREAMING at me because I got the wrong movie from red box. We just got back from eating dinner and they all want me to make them something to eat. Ya know it has just been one of those nights...I was thinking about one of my favorite scriptures so I thought I would share it with you. (In case any of you are feeling like I am these past few days) It is found in 1 Nephi 21;14-16 Behold I will not forget thee...I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me... So this is VERY comforting to me to know that I am not alone. Even when I feel like climbing into bed and not coming out until the kids all go to school.

kids on CRACK....

So I really think it is a conspiracy, the day after halloween I think the schools pass out CRACK to the kids...My kids are driving me INSAINE. They are so hyper. This was what they decided to do Friday after school, make a fort w/ EVERY pillow inthe house, every blanket and all the stuffed animals...AHHHHHH!!!!!

CRAZY EIGHTS TAG

I was tagged by my sister-in-law Sherral so here goes...

8 favorite TV shows...
1.Lipstick Jungle
2.Boston Legal
3.Brothers and Sisters
4.Desperate Housewives
5.Top Chef
6.Hell's Kitchen
7.Greys Anatomy
8.The Office

8 things I did yesterday...
1.Got kids off to school
2.Cleaned house
3.Shopped @ Wal-mart
4.Talked on the phone
5.Visited w/ my neighbor
6.Made fish tacos for dinner
7.Blogged
8.Went into work

8 things to look forward to...
1.Wyatt coming home from work
2.Sunday dinners w/ our friends the Milnes
3.the holidays
4.Sydney's Baptisim
5.family coming for Sydney's Baptisim
6.twilight the movie
7.general conference
8.making memories with my family

8 favorite restaurants...
1.Bankok Grill (thai food)
2.Asuka (sushi)
3.Sweet Tomatoes
4.Tocanos Brazilian grill
5.Buco di Beppo
6.McDonalds (double cheeseburgers)
7.Texas Roadhouse
8.Bajio

8 things on my wish list...
1.To build a new house with a huge backyard, a big garden, hot tub, and a big deck.
2.we could live closer to family
3.volvo suv
4.hot designer jeans
5.anniversary weekend away
6.go to culinary school
7.go to nursing school
8.add more hours to the day...

8 people I tag...
1.Rachel Milne
2.Tiff Bateman
3.Debbie Whipple
4.Jodi Ybarra
5.Nicole Sparks
6.Lori Buss
7.Emily Saye
8.Calie Wall

One of my friends had this on her blog, I liked it so much I had to post it on mine.

So we have a new president of the United States of America. I will have to be honest and say that he was not our choice for President and we were disappointed at midnight when we saw the polls.But even though he was not my pick for president, he IS our new President of the United States, he will have my respect as long as he is in office. I might disagree with some if his opinions and my congressmen will hear of them, and thats ok, but I will respect him as a President.He will have 4 years to prove himself and to show us what his plans are for our country. But we have to be united in supporting our president if we want to succeed as a country. I love my country and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else and I am going to try and give my support and my help in being more proactive in my neighborhood, city, and state and being more vocal about changes in our country.Being supportive doesn't necessarily mean you have to agree with the bill or law or proposed law, it means being vigilant of the issues going on today. It means speaking up when you don't agree on a law or a bill that is going through, it means calling your congressmen and being proactive. But let us all be united in making a better future.On that note, I also wanted to comment on what a historical day it was for us and a huge leap forward in having our first African American President Elected. This is an amazing day and age in where we truly are seeing equality.To a new President ....-Cat-

trick or treat

This trick or treater had the most fun of all. She ran from house to house and was at the front of the line waiting for candy. I loved it, I love watching my baby and enjoying every minute of it, knowing that she is my last. I'd better just enjoy it, because she will be grown up before I know it.

Halloween w/ the Austin Family

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Halloween is my favorite holiday of all.

1. We get to dress up(even though I rarely get to because I am too buisy getting everyone ready)

2. It all revolves around CHOCOLATE!!!!

3. Not nearly as stressful as Thanksgiving or Christmas.

4.It is just plain FUN!!!

5.My husband gets to dress like a hot hula dancer!!!
How do you like the costumes??? I made Syd's and Payson's and Jon's "naugahide" jacket and pouch. They all turned out so well I was very pleased.

Oh Yea We Are HOT

My little devil, and my little diva.

halloween party

My girls @ the ward party. Syd is a devil, Payson is a rocker (or Hannah Montana), and the baby is DORA. She pulled off her hula skirt which she was going to wear, and pulled on her pink pants saying dora, dora, dora. So the girl is dora.

was'up

This picture cracks me up. Syd and Jon were playing they dressed up like boys. She had the boy attitude going on.

CARS....AHHHH

So this summer was the summer of car problems for our family. We thought that we were safe for at least 6 months or more. Wyatt called me today and said that he was stranded in the Burger King parking lot. The car would not start. Our mechanic towed the car from Sandy to AF. Hopefully it won't be anything major. My mechanic couldn't believe that we are having problems again. SO like the title, CARS....AHHHHH!

Pumpkin carving

Last tuesday night we did the pumpkin carving. Wyatt made some awesome seeds, and the kids had a blast. The holidays are on the way.