Quick update

I haven't posted anything in a few days and boy do I have stories for you!!! First off, we got a TV!!!!!! that's right folks, Connor will no longer be watching all of the football games on the computer.  It's pretty fun having a TV now, especially after going a couple years without one.  Now when someone asks me about some upcoming movies, ill know what they're talking about or about some funny commercial these days, I won't look silly when I say I don't have any idea what they're talking about. 

Secondly, Jenica was in town having fun with all of us and she had decided to go back on Friday. It was a sad morning, I had work early, so I went and snuggled with her in bed before I had to leave and I knew she'd be gone when I got home.  It was so sad to think about because I like having her here.  She's such a funny girl, always fun to be around, and so nice and helps out.  Not to mention she laughs at my jokes now!!! (It's taken years for her to find me funny!!!) But guess what happened!!! I was at work and I got some texts from her that she was about to reach the freeway and was sad to be leaving.  Then a little while later I got another text message telling me she couldn't do it!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! She started having an emotional breakdown about leaving all of us, so she pulled off the road and decided she was going to stay through the weekend.  BAHAHAH she came back and we got to have her here for a little while longer! 

Thridly, I am in a competition at work right now.  Remember how I told you that I might not get to go home for Christmas?! Well, there was no easy fair way to decide who to give the days to, so the manager came up with an idea to have a competition, and who ever won got to pick what days they wanted first and then second place got to pick next and so on.   The competition is whoever has the highest combo percentage after about a month.  (A combo is whenever someone gets a service done, and buys product.) This week is the last week and as of right now I'm pretty neck and neck with one girl for second place.  The silly thing is, the girl that is smoking us doesn't usually sell much product EVER! She's killin it and getting so lucky!  Lucky girl! I'm gonna work my bum off this week and do the best I can to beat her, but I might not be able to do it.  BUUUT the good news is, we get to be with family for the Holidays! We just aren't sure whether it's for Christmas Eve or a couple days after.  We won't know until after the competition.  So, keep your fingers crossed that I kill it this week!!! 

And lastly, I've Connors intramural soccer team is doing pretty good.  He is in the quarter finals and doing pretty well!! They have three more games left before they become the champions!!! I hope they keep doing well.  Poor Connor's been working so hard his legs are all scrapped up like crazy.  Let's hope it ends soon and that they win so he can start healing because I'm tired of cleaning the blood stains on our sheets when a scab rips open in his sleep!  

Well, I think that's all everybody...OH ONE MORE THING! The other day at winco we spent over a hundred dollars and got a free turkey!!!!! Connor went and picked out the biggest turkey he could find.  So, I will be learning how to cook a turkey here pretty soon!!!! We'll see how it goes.

Pictures from my birthday

I know I already had a post about my birthday, but Karissa just sent me pictures from her camera and since I didn't have any, I just wanted to add a few from my big day.  Here they are:

waiting for me to arrive

Surprise!!!!!!!!!

 Pinata time!

Kendra made me a yummy birthday cake!!

BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!! Connor and the Landers threw me the best party ever!!!!! Thanks you guys, Love you all

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

This years Halloween certainly got a high ranking on my list of best halloweens ever!  For work I dressed up as a nerd (or if you ask Connor and Jenica, a school girl). Then the plan was to come home as soon as I was done with work and grab some food and head over to Karissa and Toby's house. But to my surprise, I was expecting to come home to Connor, where instead, I came home to......

A WALRUS!!!!!!! Connor's costume was by far one of my most favorite things I have ever seen. 

Trick or treating with my cute little walrus

Jenica and Zeke were Pirates!!!

The Lander family looked pretttttty good.  Karissa was a Richard Simmons 80's workout chick. Toby was a pumpkin.  Porter couldn't decide between being a Turtle or a Monkey, so he went as BOTH! And Zeke was a gooooood lookin Pirate.

I have never seen kids more excited about trick or treating in my life! After the first house Zeke was literally skipping and saying, "Caaaaaandy! I love candy!!!!!!!" and then a while later to his friend he said, "I LOVE halloween things!" then screamed "HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!!"  He was seriously cracking me up! 

But don't you dare think for a second that Zeke was the only one excited about Halloween. Porter LOOOOOVED every second of it.  The kids would get up to the door and ring the door bell.  And if the people didn't come to the door fast enough, Porter would push his way to the door and say out loud "knock knock!!" while actually knocking on the door, so when they opened the door he fell inside! These two kids were seriously the funniest kids ever.  

How many adults can take two kids trick or treating? This year, SEVEN!!!!!!!! 

A zebra, nerd and a walrus

zebra, nerd and their pirate off to trick or treat!

Trent also had one of the best costumes, he was HOT ROD!!! 

We stopped after 2 hours or so of knocking, but Porter and Zeke could have gone all night. Even though we were all tired, they didn't ever want to stop! The weather was absolutely perfect, the kids were stinkin cute and the adults had lots of fun too!!! Some houses were serving Chili, homemade donuts, or even hot dogs!!!! What more can you ask for folks?! This was one of the best Halloweens EVER!!! 

SISTER NIGHT

After work on Friday I came home and got to be a part of sister night!!! Jenica and Kendra had been hanging out most of the day while I was working, so after I got back, they came over to hang out and watch one of our personal favorites, "Just Go With It".

 This picture may look like we're posing, but in fact, I don't think any of us are! BAHAHA! I think this picture might be my favorite.  Chowing away on popcorn, laughing it up and watching a chick flick. What could be better?! ...perhaps our other sisters would make it better! We missed you Karissa, Tyleen and Cortney!!! next time...next time!

Crafts in my new glasses

 Guess who's back in town?!?!??! JENICA!!!!!! she got a bit bored at home being the only kid, so she decided to make another visit to Utah. I feel so lucky.  So, on my day off, what'd we do?! another craft day at Karissa's of course! What else do we do?! 

I fixed the one pillow and finished the other!!! I LOVE THEM!

These are my AWESOME new glasses I got for my nerd costume that I am actually in love with.  I put them on all the time and wear em around.  I wore em all day and at walmart the cashier lady said, "your glasses are interesting....i like em!" hahahah cracks me up.  Some might think they look silly... I happen to love them.

Karissa attempted making a pillow but ended up getting a little frustrated with her pillows and just ended up hanging out with us:) We didn't get a picture of Kendra for some reason, but she was there too!!! She's not a big craft person, but she was there hanging out with us, doing her homework, just chilliln and being with us while we did our projects.

Zekers played video games while we did our projects.  This little bugger is actually pretty good.

In the middle of every cupcake it had a little yummy surprise that looked like a candy corn in the middle!! Jenica's cupcakes were AWESOME and TASTY!!

The bow that is on my pillow!!!!

 Zekeres looooves project so he ended up quitting the video games and came and helped Jenica with the cupcakes.  He's a good little helper.

THE FINAL PROJECTS:

They're owls and mummies!!! Aren't they the cutest?!

TA-DA!!  My cute new couch pillows!!! I love em! 

A long morning off

Connor has labs on Wednesdays that start at eight and for the past two weeks in a row now, Wednesday morning rolls around and Connor SHOOTS out of bed because his alarm didn't go off, AGAIN!!!! goodness gracious, again on wednesdays when he actually has an early class.  So, within three minutes flat, we're out of there!!!! I drive him so he can get there as fast as he can.  But nowwwww I'm awake and I don't have to go to work until three today, so what am I doing with my time?!!  Watching Biggest Loser, that's what I'm doing!!!!


I love this show.  It makes me get goosebumps and even sometimes gets my eyes all watery.  Go ahead, you can make fun of me like the rest of my fam.  I don't care, its the best show ever!!  If you haven't given it a chance, you should. It'll start making you feel motivated because these people are awesome! Once this shows over, whats next on my agenda you ask?! Clean the apartment and then cut my good friend, Catherine Bate's hair!!!! A long morning off, and it's gonna be a good one!!!!!!!!

Toby and Karissa's annual pumpkin party!

In case you're wondering, I am trying to distract karissa from making it through the polls.  

Came in second place with my half of a pumpkin

It's that time of year again!!! Karissa and Toby's annual pumpkin party which i LOVE attending!!! Karissa makes DELICIOUS pumpkin food and we play a pumpkin game, then can you guess?! CARVING of the pumpkins! Toby always makes up a really fun game to do with the pumpkins outside.  This year we played croquet, pumpkin style.  Karissa became the first poison and got a few key players out, then in the end Emily (karissa's friend from her ward) and were the final two standing with only half pumpkins left.  She ended up killing me before I could turn poison.  It was a very fun and entertaining game, even if my pumpkin took a pretty good beating and split in two.

After the games we headed inside for some pumpkin carving. I didn't have my camera and I stole these pictures from Kendra, so I didn't get any pictures of how people's turned out.   Toby's was by far the coolest, of course. What did you expect?!  Connor and I carved Riley Nelson from the BYU football team with his long locks flowing out of his helmet.  It turned out pretty good, we'll have to get a picture of it some how.  I personally like Toby's better.

But anywho....I can not wait for halloween!!! I'm hoping I get either the morning shift or the day off because I want to go trick or treating with Zekers and Porter so bad! Just tonight on the way home from the party we were talking about how hilarious those two little buggers are getting.  Seriously crack me up.  This year we might break our record for how many adults can take two little kids trick or treating.  So far its 6 adults to two kids....and a few more adults thinking about joining...who wouldn't?! Its a blast!

I have to think of a costume to wear to work and I am still trying to figure it out. Anyone have any good ideas?!  I don't want anything too big or annoying cause i'll still have to work in it all day.  Right now, I'm thinking of being a nerd and getting some big glasses and some braids and suspenders.. What do ya think?! could I do better?  Anyway, I think it's time to watch a couple Seinfeld episodes before bed!!! NIGHT EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!