Black FRIDAY

YES I am one of the crazy ones that shops like a mad woman on Black FRIDAY. I have been doing it for what seems like forever. A long time ago me and my sis and cousin used to wait in line outside while my mom and aunt were toasty warm in the car. It used to be we just went at 5 or whenever the stores opened in the morning but now stores open at midnight. The last few years we have started at midnight and don't finish shopping until the next afternoon at like 1 pm. 12 hours of shopping! Yeah that is where the crazy comes in. It may be koo koo but it really is so much fun. We get to the point we are so tired and delirious that EVERYTHING is hilarious! We end up laughing all through the night. I love spending time with the girls and we get some killer deals! My Mom and Aunt sip on their coffee and Bailey and we sip on some yummy hot cocoa! FUN times girls!! Love all of you!

 We filled up 3 carts!!

 FREEZING COLD in the long line at Target!

At about the 7 hour mark Ash was beat! LOL

Thanks for the fun time girls!!! Can't wait til next year!!!!

Cancun Getaway

Ahhhhhhh. Ohh sorry that was me remembering how warm it was in Mexico!! It was perfect weather, I was with my love and had no kids crying in my ears. The vacation was soooo fun to say the least! We did so many things....swam with dolphins....(and DID NOT by the VERY overpriced pictures of us kissing them) ($25 bucks for one stinkin pic!!!)......we snorkeled down an underground river.........walked around the Mayan ruins and just relaxed by the beach. I am so lucky to have such a great hubby and am so glad we got to spend a whole week, just the two of us!! Thanks for the great week I really had such a good time!! I LOVE YOU BABE!

 

I had such a good time but missed our kids. SO many things reminded us of the kids when we were gone! We saw so many things that we knew the kids would love! I guess we will just have to make another trip! When we swam with the dolphins we swam with this cute Canadian family that had kids that were about our kids age...maybe a little bit older. It was cute to see how the kids reacted to the dolphins. We for sure need to get our kids there for that. I was so happy to see that the resort was so kid friendly. They have a kids club and lots of fun activities that they can do! Going out of the country to a place where you don't speak the language you never know what to expect. I had a great time with my Hubby but  I was happy to get back and have Ethan meet us at the airport with his smiley little face!!

Fall Birthdays!!!

Yeahhhh for fall birthdays! I cant believe my little baby cousin is 21!!!! Ahhhhh. How did that happen so fast? I remember when she was just a tiny toddler getting dressed up by me and Jessica! LOL!! We went to VEGAS to party it up! I had so much fun and was so happy that it all worked out! Thanks to Jessica for the Club hook ups! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASH!!! 

I hope you had as much fun as I did!!

Next was my birthday and our cousin Kristi's Birthday!! We all went to the Sand Bar to celebrate! So much fun and I had a blast!! Thanks for the great night gang!!

Happy Birthday Kristi!!!

Saturday Trick or Treaters.....

Yeah that was us... I know some boycotted the holiday being celebrated a day early but for us it was nice to have 2 days to spread out the activities. Saturday night was neighborhood trick or treating and Sunday was family stuff. The Sylvester family joined us for Saturday trick or treating and it was so much fun! Thanks for coming guys!! Sunday we went over to my moms friends house and then to grandma Yoshis for YUMMY Curry and visiting with family!!

 

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!!

Jessicas Work Trick or treating!!

For the last few years we have gone to my sisters work to trick or treat. The whole building is decorated like a haunted house. It is crazy how good it is. Ethan got a little scared and Emma got really scared but all in all they got a ton of candy and really loved the dance party at the end!! Thanks for letting us come to your work again Jess!!

Carvin Punkins

I love my family traditions. I really do. They may be a bit over the top at times but they make great memories. One of my favorites has to be carving pumpkins before halloween. It is so fun to see what everyone comes up with and no that I have kids it is fun to see them have the same experiences that I had when I was little. Here are a few shots from our pumpkin carving experience  this year.

Gotta love the group shots.....

The kids got stickers .... Great idea grandma!!