State Fair!

A couple weeks ago I took a much needed day off from work and went with the family to the fair. The reason we chose a Friday was because it was dollar day! One dollar rides, games and food... but mostly it was for the FOOD!!

 And just when we thought the fair was gonna be just like any other year... we stumbled accross this... the HOT DOG PIG RACES!!

 It was hilarious!!

 Erin especially like the weenie dogs!

 We liked this SOOOO much that when the rest of the family got there later we made sure they got to have this experience too!!! Jadon and Krislin got to volunteer. That's Jadon in the orange shirt being a cheerleader!

 See how excited they were to volunteer!! An experience they'll remember forever!!

 We watched the stunt people...

 We WATCHED some of the rides...

 Then Jaron, Jadon and Krislin actually rode this thing!!

 Family tradition... this is what I used to let my kids ride when they were little!

 A fair isn't a fair without seeing the animals... the animals REALLY like Jaron!!

 Mike' favorite!

 We ate a LOT of food. Every food vendor had something for a dollar so we got to try LOTS of stuff. I didn't take any food pictures except for this one... chocolate covered meal worms (YUK... there was no WAY I was gonna eat a bug... I could stay home and do that!!) So WHO ate these delicacies?!?!?

 Erin & Jadon!!!! They REALLY ate them!!!!

 Mike & I snuck away for a little while and did old people stuff ... like ride the sky ride... I love that thing... it's slow and you can see everything!!

Then Mike and I did a wild and crazy thing... we paid our dollar to see the world's smallest horse, largest alligator and largest pig!!! I'm glad we didn't pay more than a dollar!! AND the biggest pigs at the fair were  really us after eating all the stuff we did!!!

Fun fun day... can't wait til next year!!!



Happy Veteran's Day!

Happy Veteran's Day! I don't know why I have a day off... seems like the military should have a day off and we should take their place for a day!... afterall they are the ones serving our country... and I am VERY grateful for that! There is a lot of military history in my family... My maternal grandpa served in WWI, my dad and his brother served in WWII, my brother served for 30 years in the Air Force and now my son is serving in the Army! I am blessed to be part of that heritage!!! I can't have a military tribute without showing a few pics of my cute boy and his family:

Love ya and thanks for the day off!!!

Family Halloween Party!

A few days before Halloween we had a family Halloween party! But FIRST... I am going to post me, mike's and Brandon's costumes. I had a BUSY week at work and didn't have time to go all out on a costume so I found one of those little clever quick costume ideas on the internet... SO... look at what me, Mike and Brandon are wearing... read closely and with enthusiasm... we are all the same thing... I will post the answer at the end!

Mike is making mummy dogs! Isn't he artistic?!?

Here are several pictures of what we do best... EAT!!! all the food may have appeared to be normal... but we were actually eating halloweeny specialities like dried skin, goblin guts, witch warts, bone pieces and many more yummy things that we gobbled down!

 After we ate  we palyed a few games... FIRST... I told them a story of how I came home from work one day and there were bats in my Halloween candy so we chased them away and it scared the poop aoutta them! So everyone had to identify the bat poop!

 Then I told them a story of how Mike kills bugs and throws them in the garage and I didn't want them around anymore so they got to pick all the little creatures out of the spider web!

 Good ol stick the nose on the witch!

 Then we ended the evening by filling treat bags...

YUM!

So what were me and Mike and Brandon dressed as?!?!?!?!?

CEILING FANS!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha!!!!

If ya didn't get it go back and read our shirts!

So thanks to my family and the dollar store for a great evening!!

Gardening...

We don't have much of a backyard so we have to do creative gardening. This year I decided to plant some seeds instead of seedlings just to see how it goes. Everything was going good and had LOTS of sprouts.... and then they started to dissappear! WHAT?!? The seeds are in pots... that eliminates gophers... and the soil is fresh and new.. so that eliminates most creatures.... then we noticed dirt on the ground... maybe BIRDS?!?!

So I had to take drastic measures and resort to installing cute scarecrows and replant.

So did that help?!? Not totally... but I do have a few more sprouts coming up. If I catch whatever is getting into my pots they are in for a severe beating with a scarecrow!!!

It's that time!!

I was a little late this year but I managed to make a few carmel apples... YUM!! Maybe I should put this on my recipe blog!!

Flat tire!

A couple weeks ago I had an adventure... Brandon had a flat tire in Queen Creek...no spare... we went to Walmart... bought super glue, duct tape, a pool noodle and pop tarts. Didn't need the duct tape... fixed the tire with super glue and a pool noodle. Made it safely back home and had a yummy breakfast of poptarts in the next morning! We are awesome!

OK... here is the WHOLE story!!!  The valve stem was broken...We looked around to see what we had to fix it with but there was only rocks and packing tape... not gonna work... I drove my car out there so we still had transportation... Walmart to the rescue!!! We aired up the tire, Brandon cut a hunk of pool noodle and superglued it all around the stem and we waited for it to dry. Didn't hear any air leaking and it felt pretty secure. We were desperate for an idea so we just put our smart minds to work and came up with that solution. The next morning I went outside and it was still aired up!! In fact it stayed aired up for three days til Brandon could get a new valve stem!! I think we have our million dollar idea here!!!