HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!

WARNING:This post contains mushy material, if sensitive to such matter, skip this post or grab a barf bag! Happy Anniversary to my best friend and most favorite person in all the world!! I truly feel so blessed to have you in my life! I feel like I am the luckiest girl out there!! THANK YOU SO MUCH for all you do for me and our family! FOURTEEN YEARS!! How have you put up with me all these years? YOU ARE AMAZING!! HERE IS TO MANY MANY MORE HAPPY YEARS TOGETHER RICH!! I LOVE AND ADORE YOU!! Heather

Sunday Mornings

Sunday Mornings are lovely (and quite lively)at our house! My dear husband has spoiled me rotten over the years by cooking me and the kids breakfast EVERY Sunday! He goes all out and makes me feel like a queen! Sundays are also special because it is the one day that I don't have to share my family with anyone, they are mine all day, I LOVE SUNDAYS!! While Rich was busy in the kitchen (and wouldn't let me help him...OH DARN) I decided to keep John and Ruby busy (and out of his way) so I grabbed the camera...THEY LOVE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE TAKEN!! We had all sorts of fun. Of course we couldn't appreciate the GLORIOUS if we didn't have the HIDEOUS!! ha ha

THE MORNING AFTER

Do you remember doing this as a kid? I do! It was awesome, we would spread out all our loot and make trades with siblings and friends. That was it, after that first morning after, my candy was GONE!! My brothers would steal it! To this day, I am still trying to plot my revenge! Toothless Franny here had a ball organizing all her goods,(she gets that from you GRAMMY!) that is until John joined her at the table...he ruined her beautiful display! The funny thing was, he really didn't care about the candy he got,he would unwrap it, lick it and throw it away, but he LOVED this witch finger puppet that someone gave him!

Does this look like lunch? I am confused!

Would you believe me if I told you that John is EATING his car seat? (YES!! I SAID EATING!!) I know it sounds crazy? But it is true! He lifts up the cover, while I am driving (and can't reach back to stop him) and picks little pieces of Styrofoam and foam off of the padding and Styrofoam inserts and EATS IT! I keep wondering if maybe they have added Styrofoam padding to the food pyramid and I just don't know about it yet...I also wonder what Britax would think if they knew of my strange child. Now I know that Britax is known for being one of the safest car seats out there...but do they know they are also the tastiest? I got on their website to check things out, see if other Mom's have reported this tasty discovery...and I found this statement: "This warranty does not include damages which arise from negligence, misuse or use not in accordance with the product instruction." Do you think John just voided our warranty? ha ha ha Hey, ONE MORE THING...do you think I could count his car seat as food storage or maybe as food for HIS personal 72 hour kit? You know me, I am just trying to see the positive in a negative situation, it is what I do! Just in case you didn't believe me, I took pictures to prove it! It looks like it has been snowing INSIDE my van!! I won't show you that picture though because you might vomit! Let me just say...I need to vacuum out the ole van! Goldfish or pretzels anyone? Under the seat cover, it should look like this: BUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS!!: Oh yeah, while I was taking these lovely pictures, I realized I forgot to tell you about the harness that he nibbles on as well! It looks like mice have attacked his car seat and if I hadn't seen him in action, I would be calling an exterminator! He is weird isn't he? Should I be alarmed? Should I call someone?

Halloween Hangover

I am sick...NO MORE CANDY FOR MOM!! To justify my all day binge, I started the day at the gym, worked HARD and ended the day on the couch with chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate...actually ate it all day long! I truly AM SICK!!! I think I have cured myself, I will never crave candy again! UGH! We had a grand Halloween though!! The kids were bouncing off the wall and ready to go by 6:00p.m. They looked adorable (THANKS GRAMMY AND GRANDPA!!) What fun it is to beg total strangers for candy and parade around the neighborhood in strange attire! Halloween was a favorite growing up for me and I know my kids adore it as well! Every year, Rich and a couple of "neighbor Dads" take all the kids trick or treating and the Moms stay home and pass out sugar to the masses...it is a great tradition! Fun for all!! This year their group started out small, but grew throughout the evening! Here they are just before heading out! We had a blast craving pumpkins on the 30th! Kirk HAD to carve a Volcom stone (surprise,surprise!) and did an alien pumpkin at scouts, Hannah, of course, carved, "I LOVE PHELPS!" Ruby wanted a kitty, John a dog and Daddy, carved FRANKENSTEIN (imagine evil laugh) Check out our awesome pumpkins!!