Pointy-shoed girls

I am reading a fantastic series called "The Last Apprentice." It is for young readers so it moves very fast and I think it was written for boys. Anyway, it is about a Spook and his apprentice. They travel their land ridding the people of all types of cratures of the dark; witches, boggarts, fiends, etc. Well the Spook has warned his young apprentice to never trust a girl who wears pointy shoes. It is good advice as it foreshadows all kinds of trouble they have with witches. Well I love Halloween and I throw a witches' tea for my gal pals. Here is a pic of my new shoes for my party. Never trust a girl who wears pointy shoes.

Summer is officially over...

Our pool closed on Saturday. It was a sad day for the Saunders' family. The pool has been our life blood this year and the site of some major accomplishments for our boys. Cole began the summer petrified of the "big pool." Most of May and June was spent in the kiddie pool. Our kiddie pool has fountains and sprays so it is not completely tragic but can someone explain to me why people let their kids eat in the pool? There are always bloated teddy grahams and goldfish floating around. I also hate the kiddie pool because the moms don't pay attention to their kids and I just want to yell "a child can drown in an inch of water!" OK, I am off on a rant and I am suppose to be convincing you that we will sorely miss the pool.
Finn is so aggressive at the pool, the kid has no fear, so I gave in and bought water wings for him. He loves to jump into the big pool all by himself and gives strangers a heart attack when he does. I hope we can get him in lessons so that he will always be a little fish. For Cole he is too smart for his own good. He knows the dangers of the pool and nothing I could do would convince Cole that he could swim in the big pool. Anyway, by the end of July, with much help and bribery from Momo, Cole was SWIMMING in the big pool! He loves it so much and it was a major boost to his self-esteem to be swimming in the big pool no floatie and no wings! He won't even let us go in the kiddie pool area. I love the pool! I love summer! I will miss my glorious tan, the exhaustion inducing effects of the sun in children and the summer nights! Scroll to the bottom of the page for a slide show of my favorite summer pics!

I will never have to leave suburbia

IKEA IS COMING TO CO!! Ikea applied for a business permit/building license from the city of Centennial. That's basically in my backyard. I am so happy. I must be really pathetic if that's the best news I've heard all week!

Just call me the Hallowqueen!

Yes, Halloween is still two months away and I have already purchased our Halloween costumes and made the invitations for one of the three parties I will throw this year. Maybe I am an addict. Can you believe Halloween decor is already in the store? I am so elated and I am in trouble. I have already purchased things I don't need and don't have a place for, I have 9 bins of Halloween packed to the brim. Here are some pics of my purchases! I am so excited!!

I do what it takes...

...to keep my kids alive but that's about it. This last week has been really rough. All I can figure is the baby is in a growth spurt and my body is being bombarded by hormones so therefore I am once again throwing up everything I eat and sleeping away much of the day.

Where are my kids your ask? Well, like I said I keep them alive. Cole is the best big brother, he plays with Finn all day and is happy because I let him eat whatever he wants as long as it requires no work from me. I feel so bad because he has been eating so many graham crackers and goldfish lately that he finally begged me yeasterday to make him some green beans. That's right, Cole begged me for some veggies. I do get people to help me take them to the pool that way they can play and have fun while I vomit in the pool bathroom.

Yesterday the boys played in the backyard for the whole day. It was glorious and I knew they were causing trouble because they didn't bother me every five minutes to come back in. However, I could hear them laughing and having fun so I let them play. On the way back from a barfing trip I looked outside and they had both disrobed and had turned the garden plot into a mud pit. They were covered, head to toe, in mud and grass. I didn't clean them up immediately I let them play for another hour before I finally hosed them off just in time for their naps. I do what it takes to keep them alive but that's it!

Don't be jealous...

but my husband is HOT!!! He works out every morning, eats really healthy and drinks only water. So it's no wonder he is still so smokin' hot. He definitely is one of those men who only gets better with age. Standing next to him could make you feel like a total mismatch if it weren't for the fact that in addition to be hot he is the kindest, funniest,smartest man who would do anything for anyone.





So what inspired this ode to my husband's hotness. Hormones probably. But seriously I started thinking about it last night. I was lying there with my huge belly exposed watching the baby and his nightly acrobatics and Josh walked into the bedroom. I looked up and the physical reaction I had was like a check to the gut. My stomach did a flip flop as I looked at Josh brushing his teeth. He was wearing a tight t-shirt, jeans and bare feet. I felt like I used to feel 11 years ago when Josh first kissed me. I lay there wondering why at that moment he could inspire such a reaction. And then it hit me, he was barefoot. Josh hates being barefoot. He hates when people make him take his shoes off, he wears socks to bed and slippers in the winter. He will wear flip-flops to the pool but generally he prefers shoes. So seeing his barefeet was like seeing something forbidden. Something about the way his jeans just skimmed the top of his foot! I don't have a foot fetish, in fact I find feet gross, but on Josh it just looked good!

So don't be jealous Josh is hot and he's all mine.

Oh and enjoy this post while you can, cause when he sees it he'll make me take it down. Just another thing that makes him great, he's humble!!!

Baby's first picture

I just looked at my baby countdown widget and saw that I have less than 100 days before baby boy #3 is introduced! Weird! We still can't agree on a name. Here is our latest ultrasound picture with a great view of his profile.