Can I Get A Tissue Please?

I'm sure you have all heard the song Christmas Shoes by Bob Carlisle. The first time I heard that song I was driving in Utah and it made me cry so hard that I had to pull over because I couldn't see through my tears!!

Anyway Russell and I were looking for movies in the Redbox and saw they had a movie called Christmas Shoes with Rob Lowe and Kimberly Williams Paisley so being in the Christmas mood we have been in we decided to rent it.

Now I am not the type who cries in general let alone at movies. I may occasionally tear up but I never cry. Well my friends this movie put me over the top. I was not only crying I was sobbing, bawling, sniffling, tears streaming down my cheeks crying at this movie!! My loving caring sensitive husband was laughing at me with every sob!! It is such a great movie!! Parts of it were a little cheesy I must admit but all in all it is a great tear jerking movie!! So run down to your nearest Redbox (or any movie rental place) and pick it up and make sure you have plenty of tissues!!!

Here's a sample of the Christmas Shoes song for those who haven't heard it.

Might Over Mouse

Over the last week and a half I have been fighting a losing battle trying to catch this really clever mouse. Sunday before last Russell said that while I was at church he saw a mouse run across our bedroom floor and under my sewing table. So I of course tore everything out from under there and cleaned my entire bedroom and couldn't find it. That night I slept in the recliner because I didn't want to find a mouse my bed in the middle of the night. The next day I cleaned my house top to bottom in search of this pesky mouse to no avail. So then I remembered we had some glue traps that the pest control people had given us to try to catch lizards so I set those in places that I had found mouse droppings and the next day I looked and the stinkin thing had been caught and somehow clawed it's way off of the glue trap. So my sister Diana gave us some Di-Con to try and get it that way, still no luck. Then our pest guys came for their routine spraying of the house and I asked what they recommended and they gave me some snap traps and said to put peanut butter on them so I did that and still no catch. Then I decided the peanut butter wasn't tempting enough so I put some cheese on it and the next day the cheese was gone and still no mouse. So Sunday I was cooking and saw the little monster run between the dishwasher and the sink so I set a trap outside the opening and put a piece of popcorn on it thinking for sure I would catch the dang thing, but of course the next morning the popcorn was gone and still no mouse. So tonight I thought hmm.. what if I put two traps down by the crack and put crackers on them I wonder if that would work? And guess what? Success!!! I was laying in bed about to go to sleep and I heard the joyful sound of BOTH traps snapping!! Hallelujah!!! I caught the stinking thing!! It actually got it's arm caught in one and it's head in another!! I am so happy!! So now I am off to a peaceful mouse free sleep!! Goodnight!!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

Inside our house at least. Over the weekend we set up our Christmas village. We started collecting for our village a few years ago. It has been a really fun tradition. And of course being in Texas this is the closest we are going to get to snow so we decided to put it up early so we can get in the spirit!! 

Our Village even includes a Wal-Mart

A Home Depot (New this year) 

                 and a Train (also new this year)

                                            

OUCH!!!

As you can see by the time-stamp below it is 3:15 a.m. and I have been up for an hour. What am I doing up you ask? Well the last few days I have had an awful earache and haven't been sleeping well. So I went to the doctor yesterday and found out that I have a massive ear infection with a perforated eardrum. OUCH!! I am in so much pain!! I have been taking ibuprofen to help ease the pain but for some reason tonight it is not helping!!! So I am trying to keep myself distracted since I can't sleep because of the pain!! How embarrassing I'm an adult who has an ear infection!!

P.S. The doctor prescribed an ear drop($101.00) and an antibiotic ($6.50) and since I don't have insurance I had to pay in full plus $59.00 for the doctor visit! But if I would have just let it go and not gone to the doctor my eardrum would have burst and it would have cost me a lot more than that!!

Halloween 2008

Well as you all saw in this post. Kennadee decide to be a Butterfly Princess for Halloween this year. She had a blast getting dressed up and she especially loves getting make up on. We went to our ward Trunk or Treat. They had it on Halloween so that was the only Trick or Treating she got to do. She had a blast though. Here are some pictures:

 Kennadee & Ajia  

Kennadee, Reba, Aunt Leena, Hannah, & Ajia

I Did It!!

Okay so as most of you know I can't make pie crust to save my life. Well the other day Russell was craving pumpkin pie (as he usually does at this time of the year) so I decided that I would attempt to make it. So I tried the food processor method and it worked beautifully!! In one crust I added a tsp of Cinnamon which made it even more delicious!! The only trouble I had is that I thought you had to poke holes in the crust before you put the filling in and it leaked out and stuck to the bottom of the pan so it made it a little difficult to get out of the pan but it didn't burn and it was still delicious!! I can't wait until Thanksgiving!!!

Fun Weekend

Last weekend Russell's younger sister Becky and his younger brother Joe drove all the way here from Idaho. They brought Becky's daughter Katelynn and his other brother John's daughter Kaylee. It was so fun to see them!! Kennadee was so surprised and excited to have her cousins come to visit! We went shopping and the found Rock Band at the electronics store and they had to play, Aunt Becky bought them all matching outfits and then the last night they were here we made chocolates. It was such a fun weekend!! Thanks for coming guys!!