I bid adieu to a rocky year

I'm so glad it's over!

Well some in the world have already rang in the New year. I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New year and may the best day of your 2008 be the worst day of 2009.

The last few months have definitely been a little shaky for me. I know that with my family and friends and the most amazing husband I will get through it all.

Good things are going to come this year, I can feel it!! Whoo-Hoo! Although I am glad 08 is over I did have some good times.

The Highlights:

My daughter has grown so much. She amazes me everyday. I don't want to brag but seriously she is a smarty pants! (she gets it from her momma)

'08 marked the 1 year anniversary for us.

I hit the jackpot marrying him.

Our cruise to Alaska was fabulous
But I preferred our trip to Mexico.

I don't do well with the cold weather

Friend Ashlee #2 had the most adorable twin girls.
(P.s. I think they love me more than #2's bff- Ashley #3)
I hung out with old friends as well as met new friends.
My new years resolutions?

• New job where I will be able to spend more time with the family
  

• Loose 30 LBS
  
• Surround myself with positive people

Happy 2009 Ya'll!

blog challenged

"Backgrounds, colors and fonts- OH MY!."

As you can see, my blog needs some serious help! I am sick of what ever I can come up with and for some reason every background I have picked does not look like it does in the preview. In my blog it looks like everything is zoomed up and only half the background shows. I just think my whole blog needs a make over. Any volunteers!?!?

Haha and my work wants to send to school to learn all this web design stuff. But I think I am seriously challenged in this area.

Daddy's Girl

Although I think these pictures are adorable...

I think I would have a nervous breakdown if she ever wanted to be a fire fighter. I can't handle having two of my loved ones with their life's on the line.

I'm am always on edge when James does a shift at the FD.

My angel
But I do have to admit, She does look pretty darn cute!

MmMm...I likes Whoppers!

I heard on the radio this morning that Burger King came out with a new fragrance,
This is what I found out about the wonderful scent:

The WHOPPER® sandwich is America’s Favorite burger.FLAME™ by BK® captures the essence of that love and gives it to you. Behold the scent of seduction, with a hint of flame-broiled meat.
Set the mood for the flame to ignite at firemeetsdesire.com

Why in the world would you want to smell like meat you ask?
Well I am here to fill in the answer.

• You could go into a Vegetarian restaurant and wear the stuff to see if anyone would notice


• Spray it and just watch the men fall at your feet
  
• Go to a dieters meeting and watch the pure torture in the eyes
  
• Wear it on your African Safari to see how long it takes for an attack
  
• Spray it in someones house that you don't like


• You could always smell whoppers and never have to eat one
  

What would you use it for?

Santa made an early stop just for us.

A friend had a party on Friday. We had pizza and the kids all played. While they were playing we told all the kids to get upstairs because we heard loud noises on the roof and wanted to do a head count. Turns out, it was just Santa.

Santa had landed his sleigh and just made an early stop since we were all together.

It was great of Santa to stop by, he read the story, Polar Express, and then sang Jingle Bells.

After Santa left the kids decorated cookies but we left before cookies.

Bella was TERRIFIED of Santa. She was shaking so bad. It must be the beard or the fact that she knows she has been naughty. I didn't want to traumatize her so I kept some distance.

Here are some pics from the night. Thanks for inviting us Tori and Ashlee.

This was Bella trying to stay away from Santa.

I think the kids really enjoyed the story.

I tried to get her to sit on Santa but she was not having it.

He was still kind enough to give her a Candy Cane filled with M&M's

And of course Daddy saved the day when we got home.

She wouldn't let him out of her sight.

Bella at 18 months

Bella is 18 months so I decided I better document how she is doing.
This time last year she was only six months old! What a difference a year can make.

• Weight- 22 pounds


• She still is on the bottle but drink from a cup very well (no I don't want a phone call from Jontue or Amanda about her still on the bottle!)


• Her vocabulary is getting bigger. Its getting much easier determining what she wants.


• She some how feels it is necessary to take her shoes off every car ride. She is getting quick at it too. She can have her shoes off before I pull out of the driveway sometimes.


• She is starting to get her independence and learned how to say "NO"


• She walks around in my high heels, purse in hand and baby in the other and says, "Bye" as she walks about the house.


• Her shoe size is 5 in toddler! (Sorry baby, you got mamma's big feet)


• Tantrums have started to show up the past month.
  
• She loves our dog lola. She can't wait to give her a bone everyday
  
• She is going to bed very nicely. Still wakes up sometimes but then will go back to bed. But atleast there is not a fight to go to bed anymore.
  
• She is a fish. She LOVES taking a bath. If I let her, she would spend hours in the tub.
• Now that James leaves before she wakes up, she thinks he is playing hide and seek and will look for him all morning.

This ain't no Festival of Trees-Tree

A little embarrassed to post a picture of our tree. It looks much better in my vision.

You might have to dig deep into your imagination box or file or where ever you keep it, to make anything of my tree. Ready? Dig deep.

Just imagine here that it's the most beautiful tree you have ever seen!

Also pay no attention to the T.V. that James said he would be hanging on the wall, but instead decided to use my file cabinet as a temporary stand.

Everything in this house is a work in progress.

James put the kibosh on the green ornaments. If he had his way it would be all black.

Next year maybe my tree will be pretty enough to be sold at the festival of trees.

But there I go letting my imagination go to far.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Christmas Tree

I may have mentioned before that this is the first year I will be able to put up a Christmas tree. I have been known to stress over things that don't need to be stressed about. I am sitting here worrying what colors are going to be on my tree and there are so many options out there. I didn't realize all the possibilities.

My color scheme I came up with= Black, White, and a light green.

I thought I had my choice narrowed down but when I told a few people I wanted black ornaments, "Morbid" was the first thing out of their mouths.

Are black ornaments really morbid? I was thinking it would give it a classic look, Black and white with a dash of green. Please tell me if I am wrong here cuz I don't want a morbid tree for Christmas.

Since I think pictures explain what is going on in my head better than my words, I put together some picures I stole off the internet, Probably wont buy those exact ornaments but I think it gives you the gyst.

Imagine on the tree with some black ribbon or should I go with white ribbon to down play the morbidness? I do like the ribbon on the ornament idea.

I was also thinking I could throw one of these on there to represent the hubby.

It would match very nicely, I think.

What do you think, Morbid or Classic? Do you have any better ideas for a first timer?

Oh and P.S. My tree has alot of empty space any ideas on filler? We went with a cheap tree for a 1st. I think it will make us remember it, or hate it. Either way we will appreciate it when we get a nice one. I'm not to worried about it until I know Bella will keep her hands off.

GGT

I am So, So excited for this movie to be coming out!
I am pretty sure that I will not get the Mr. to go with me so I figured it would be a good excuse to have a Girls Get Together (GGT) The movie doesn't come out until Feb. I maybe premature in excitement, I just can't help it. It looks so good!

He's Just Not That Into You trailer

The Spirited Toddler

I took a quiz to see the temperament of my toddler. This is What I found out about her.

You have a Spirited Toddler:
The Spirited Toddler is extremely active physically, often willful, and may be prone to temper tantrums. She is very social and curious and will point to objects and reach out for them and for other kids early on. This child is the consummate adventurer; she will have a go at anything and is very determined. She displays a great sense of achievement when she accomplishes something. At the same time, she needs very clear boundaries so that she doesn't act like a steamroller, trampling anyone or anything in her path. Once they start crying, Spirited Toddlers have stamina and staying power, so you're in for a long haul if you don't have a good routine going. Given good guidance and an outlet for her energy, however, a Spirited Toddler can become a leader and very accomplished in whatever area interests her.

Wow, really didn't need a test to tell me that my little girl is determined, throws tantrums and is adventurous and get into things.

We bought her an easel for Christmas. The easel has a crack in it and instead of being $30 it was $6 Quite the deal considering it's not even christmas and she has already ruined the thing by coloring on the wood and tray.














I just wanted to set it up and see what it looked like and then hide it until Christmas but considering it is a broken toy I decided I can't pass it off as Santa quality, the elves would never do that to a child.

I didn't think she would even notice the crack in it but as you can see in the pictures, she did.

Thanksgiving Football

We tried to get rid of the extra 80,000 calories we just ate by playing a little football.

Not all would play and I am not going to name any names but she is a red head and is a sister of mine. She didn't want to mess up her hair.

NFL here we come!

Bro and Hubby
Dad and I

Mom and Bella
My sweet angel
She is waiting to catch the football, Daddy's girl for sure

It mostly ended up James and my Brother playing catch but at least we tried right? I was just glad the the snow has melted and we were able to have such nice weather we don't usually get nice weather for Thanksgiving.

Thanks mom for cooking a wonderful meal as always.

Gone but not forgotten

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Sorry for stealing the video off the news, I was having a very bad morning and forgot to bring batteries for my camera.
This weekend was really hard for me. I honestly didn't think it would be as hard as it was. Let me just start by saying that his viewing and the funeral was absolutely beautiful. He was definitely loved. And he accomplished a lot in his short life.

Every time I looked at my friend Becky, I would bust up into tears. May she find peace. There is nothing I can do for her to take away the pain. It will always be there. I just wish I could do something.

After the funeral me and my friend walked back into the cathedral, I walked in and saw his fire gear, I completely lost it, even more than during the funeral.

I see my husbands fire gear every day and yell at him for leaving his gear in the living room. What if that was my husband and he wasn't there one day to fill out his gear, what if that was my husbands gear sitting next to the candles laying there so lifeless. Maybe I am being selfish thinking about my self when Becky and Patrck and his family are greiving. It just really hits home. I can not imagine what Becky is going through right now. My heart and prayers goes out to his family, As well as out to Brian Myer and Craig Weaver's family. I hope they make a full recovery soon.

Black Friday

Black Friday is my favorite day of the year! Seriously. I'm a professional shopper.

This day every year me and my sis would start planning out our attack. The ads didn't usually come out until Thursday, (this year is different for some reason) we would go to the stores and check out where they are putting things and get a mental visual of the floor plan.

My sister started calling me"ELBOWS"

My sister needed me to fight the crowd and make a path for her to get through so she could get her kids everything that was on Santa's list. Sometimes I would have to use my elbows on people. No big deal just learn to get out of our way!

I don't know what it is, when they open those doors after standing in line for hours, I go crazy! Maybe the cold gets to my head or to much hot chocolate trying to keep warm. Whatever the reason, My adrenaline starts pumping and I start shopping like it's going out of style.

I hate those that sit in their cars the whole time and then minutes before its time to open the doors they charge to the front of the line. I get a little bitter and have been known to pick fights with the little cheaters.

First we would hit Shopko then Target, Kohl's, Toys are Us, Mervyns then back to Kohl's (we would always forget something there) Never Walmart because that is just a zoo on normal days and that's where the REAL fights would always break out.

I have never missed a Black Friday mission since she started having kids.

But this year....I have $4 to my name.

No need to start sending checks in the mail or to feel bad for me. It's just been crazy with James new job and new pay schedule.

Even though I know there is no possible way I can go shopping this year I still have it in the back of my mind that somehow if I just get up at 3 am, I will magically have more money in my bank account. Who caused me to have such a huge shopping addiction? Can I blame genetics?

I guess I was just born with this horrible problem.

It's like crack to me, I HAVE TO SHOP!!!

Is a shopping addiction as real as a drug or a gambling addiction? I might really need help.

I wonder if they have help meetings for such a addiction.

But if I did go to S.A (Shopaholics Anonymous), I of course wouldn't have anything to wear and would have to go shopping to get a new outfit to out do the other shopaholics.

Maybe I could pick something up this Friday for my new S.A. meetings with my magically new found money!

"Hi, My name is Ashlee and I am a Shopaholic!"

If you are one of those that sit in your car till the last minute, Your off the hook this year but...We will have our "conversation" next year!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!

I certainly have a lot to be thankful for this year.

Her name was LoLa...

I let my dog in the house the other day and she followed James up the stairs, As soon as he got the baby gate open she bolted for the bathroom and this is what I found once I got upstairs...

What a funny dog we have!

We have a kiddie pool in the back yard that in the summer I could not get her out of and if she wasn't in the pool she wanted to be running through the sprinklers. The poor baby must miss her pool and wanted to take a warm bath instead.

Me and Lola have a love-hate relationship. She is a pure bred German Sheppard and people often mistake her for a wolf. She thinks she is a lap dog and does not understand how big she really is.
Today I love her, Maybe not tomorrow but today, for her quirkiness and for not biting Bella or ever snapping at her when she tries to take Lola's bone.
Look how well behaved our dog is, She isn't even upset Bella just stole her bone right out of her mouth!

(Dont mind the fact they are both sitting in my closet)

Now if I could just teach Lola that she is in fact a large dog and that she can not jump on people, especially bella then we will have a keeper. Wonder if I could teach her to use a toilet to?

Rest Peacefully Dylan

One firefighter dies in plane crash; two rescued

Dylan was dating a good friend of mine for a long time. Although they may have broken up about a month ago, I know she still loves and cares for him very much. The Viewing is Friday, Funeral is saturday and his wake Saturday night at Port-O-Call.

The story of what happened is below.

A private plane carrying three Salt Lake City firefighters crashed in a remote area high in the Uinta Mountains on Friday, and one died of his injuries.
Dylan Hopkins, 25, was a paramedic and firefighter in Salt Lake City for four years. Late on Friday morning, he and fellow firefighters from Station No. 5, Bryon Meyer and Craig Weaver, took off in a Cessna 172 for a weekend trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., said Salt Lake City Fire spokesman Scott Freitag.
Somewhere over Wasatch County, pilot Weaver was attempting an emergency landing when his plane crashed in a small, remote clearing high in the Uinta Mountains. Weaver, who is also a flight paramedic for AirMed, called the helicopter rescues dispatch center on his cell phone about 12:15 p.m. as he and Meyer tried to revive Hopkins.
Three rescue helicopters launched a frantic search for their injured colleagues, whose white plane was nearly impossible to see in the snowy mountains 9,800 feet above sea level.
Weaver's voice cut in and out about 50 times under spotty cell phone coverage, as rescuers combed a grid around where the plane dropped off the radar.
"We could hear the emergency transmitter going off through the cell phone, but we couldn't triangulate it," said Brain Simpson, AirMed program manager.
The search lasted for an hour and a half, but at 1:49 p.m. dispatchers heard the helicopters' rotors through the phone line and knew they had found the spot. All three helicopters landed in the snow.
Flight paramedics took over the effort to save Hopkins and continued after landing at University Hospital. He was declared dead about 3 p.m.
Weaver and Meyer reached the hospital in serious to critical condition and are now stable.
"We are a family," Freitag said. "We deal with this sort of thing every day, but when it happens to one of our own it is very hard."
In his short time with the department, Hopkins distinguished himself by continuing to learn new skills, like heavy rescue.
After his death, his father remembered a 6-year-old Hopkins writing about how excited it would be to become a firefighter one day, Freitag said. Hopkins was not married and had no children, but his parents will be offered the department's counseling services.
"He was always smiling," Freitag said.

You will be missed Dylan! My heart goes out to your family and especially your "Special friend" Becky. May you find peace through all this becks.

Here is a link to his Obituary.

It will give you a better idea of his accoomplishments he has made in his life.

We all will miss him.

Christmas wishlist

Considering I woke up with my car covered in snow, (BTW...thanks for cleaning off my car James!)

I decided that it is now time to talk about the holidays!

Take in a deep breath….We can get through it together!

Serisouly, I am so excited for Christmas this year. There are not enough words to describe the excitement I have.
I will be able to have my very own Christmas tree. Every year me and James moved we always some how ended up moving just before Christmas and it was kinda of pointless to put up a tree.
NOT THIS YEAR!!!!
I am going to decorate my house so much, by the time I get done with it, it’s going to look like Chris Cringle threw up. (sorry James you are just going to have to deal with it)
I decided that it is never to early to tell Santa or anyone that is thinking about buying me an extravagant gift, what I would like for Christmas this year.

Ready here it goes...........Deep Breaths......

1. Wii Fit

2. 4 Runner

(I will accept any year between 1998-present day)

Just go ahead and put the keys in my stocking I know this will be to big to put under my new Christmas Tree!

3. Couches with a chase lounge

I want to finish my basement so the majority of my wants will be towards working on fixing that up
4. Fireplace
It gets pretty cold downstairs
5. Flat Big screen T.V. That will hang on the wall
What good would the couches be with out some entertainment?

I also would like the bedroom downstairs to magically make the ugly disappear. It needs to get rid of the ugliest purple paint you could imagine and magically create a play room for Bella to go to while we are watching our new flat screen by our new christmas tree.

But I understand that will take more than a christmas miracle to get that finished.

Is she serious?

Have you ever been so bored that you want to pull out your eyelashes for entertainment? Answer= Yes for me!

I don’t understand why I bother putting on mascara by the end of the day it is no longer on my eyes but all over my desk. Don't judge me! I am not supposed to surf the internet even though that "guideline" doesn't seem to apply to me on most days. So what else is there for me to do with no one traveling?
I am sitting here at work....Not working and wishing there was something, anything for me to do. Hmmm... Why not blog and break one of the "guidlines"?

I wish I was lucky enough to win the lottery so I could stay home with my daughter. Cuz that’s what it will take for me to be able to get out of debt. Why oh' why can I not be creative enough to create an amazing invention that the world just could not live with out? I would be able to be home or at the park with my daughter or have spa appointments on a regular basis. Play hide and seek and ring-o-round the rosies with bella all day. Isn't that the point of having kids so you can play with them all day, not go to stupid work!

Well that is enough of me complaining about how things are not going for me because there are bigger issues at hand….

JAMES GOT A NEW JOB!!
We have been hoping for this new job for months and life delayed it. So me being the cheesy and poor girl that I am decided I need to do something HUGE to show my support for my husband. That would not cost an arm and leg.....My options? Take him to dinner? No, no money. Take him on an exotic vacation to celebrate? No, Definitely no money.... He has been craving cinnamon rolls…NO ME=STILL FAT can’t have that in the house. (A little selfish on my part, but you know what ever) Okay CB at work suggested, "what if I brought him beer and roses?" HAHA guys don’t like roses and well let’s face it, the beer would just end up me, trying to push him off all night. (Again another selfish response) So what could I do that would show my husband I support and love him and would tell him how truly amazing he really is….

A Candy poster!!

Ya James thought it was lame too. He said that it looked like I was asking him to prom. Ok so maybe I am not as much of a domesticated godess as I would like to think. I am not very creative and that’s all that I could come up with so quickly.
Don’t take into account that I left a few candy bars out. I was in a hurry and also did not write it in the cutest hand writing. I was hoping to get it done before he got home but he had to be all antsy in his pantsy and get home on time and so I sent him on a mission to go get dinner and tried to hurry and throw it all together before he got back. He walked in while I was just finishing it up and it didn’t create the full affect I was going for. Oh well maybe I will find something more special to celebrate the next big adventure life brings our way.

Just incase you can't read my adorable card it says:

"Hey NERD,

I wanted to take you to a SYMPHONY and spend 100 GRAND on you. But unfortunatly all I can do for my BIG HUNK is give you a BIT O HONEY and congratulate you for not being an AIR HEAD. Who knows... you might even SKOR tonight. Love your SWEETTART. PS.... I am so proud of the MOUNDS of accomplishments you have made in your life!"

I did buy some sugar babies for another joke but he walked in and kinda ruined the whole cuteness-suprise of it all. Whatever, better luck next time, right?

A new baby?.....Maybe

No I do not have a bun in the oven..... not yet anyway! I just found this website on one of the blogs I "stalk" and thought it was funny.

I was so curious to know what Bella would look like before she made her debut and if I would have seen this before I got pregnant... well lets just say, I would not be having babies EVER.
The first kid kinda does have a resembelence to bella with the nose and the cheeks. ( I dont know whats wrong with it's lips though!)

I tried it twice just to see if it would make a difference....Either way they are both pretty scary looking! The second one is just horrible, I dont understand what's wrong with it's chin.

BOSTON

Born on October 22, 2008 at 1:14 p.m. 9 pounds 2 ounces, 19.4 inches

Proud Parents: James and Ashlee

Did that just say 9 Pounds?!?! No kid of mine is going to be 9 pounds....well as long as she/he knows whats good for him. I dont want to hate the kid just for giving birth to it!

Now that I know that me and James can make adorable babies maybe one day in the far future I will think about having another. Right now I am just enjoying the one!

If you are curious to see what your next little bundle of joy will look like you can CLICK HERE to go to the website.

Do blondes like really have more fun?

A never ending battle between me and my hair. I can never decide if I want to be a blonde or if I want dark hair.

So I am going to the public for answers. I need you bitches to be honest and tell me what hair-do makes my face look lesser disgusting! I have an appointment with the most amazing hair dresser in Utah tomorrow.
*These are old pictures but, you get the idea.

Job market.

I am still feeling like this is so going to be me one day...soon... actually it was just to funny not to share. Make sure you pause my music so you can hear all of it.

R.I.P

I bought these shoes about 5 years ago, maybe even longer. They were cheap shoes but in those years, we had a loving relationship. I took care of them and they took care of me. Well this summer they got very sick and well it is time to put them down. The metal started to show on the heel, they started to get a little wobbely and I knew the end was near but I just couldn't come to terms with it. (you never want to admit someone you love is sick) So I continued to wear them and well...... They let me down....Literally when I fell because the heel broke. (insert tears here)

James threw them in the garbage for me this morning becuase I just didn't have the heart to do it. Well you had a good run shoes and I will remember the good times.

Who wants to go shoe shopping?!?!

Baby to Toddler in 60 seconds.....

I have been noticing that I don't have a baby any more and in fact she is a TODDLER!

As scary as that word is, She makes me laugh everyday!

She is like a little sponge, She soaks up everything lately and she wants to be a BIG GIRL.

(my purse and James' shoes)
She is in the phase where she does everything we do! (not a great idea bella)
She carries her purse around, or mine and she wont continue with what she was doing with out her little cell phone. She either see's me with my phone all the time or is a total girl...No both!

I now realize I need to watch my mouth when she is around because she is starting to talk very well and I am going to mighty embarrased when she calls someone at the grocery store a bad word!
She is my pride and joy, I find her so funny!
I still can not believe she is mine. It's amazing how fast she is growing and talking back!

She didn't get her attitude from me.....

Marital Bliss

HaPpY AnNiVeRsArY BaBy!

1 year ago I married my best friend.
I put together a list of all the things I love about you. Even though we have only been married 1 year I think we should get some credit for the 8 years that we have been together.

Thank you for being a great husband and a great dad. You are an amazing man and I know that I can always count on you. I look forward to 50 more years with you by my side.

• I love how much you’ve taught me about life and myself
• I love The fact that you are good at fixing things or putting things together by hand
• I love You don’t make me take out the stinky garbage, especially Bella’s diaper bin
• I love Your loyalty to me and everyone or everything that matters to you
• I love When I get hurt you don’t laugh at me until I laugh, even when I fall down the stairs in Mexico
• I love Your compassion for everyone around you
• I love The fact that there is nobody else in the world like you and nobody will ever come close
• I love Your vast knowledge about everything
• I love The annoying fact that you are right 90+% of the time
• I love The amazing new experiences that I’ve shared for the first time with you
• I love How you always tell me and show me everyday how much you love me
• I love How you sometimes give up things you’ve wanted just for my benefit
• I love Your extreme patience with me even when I push it to the limit sometimes
• I love Your determination and conviction and how once you set your mind on something that nobody can change it
• I love How every winter you will wake up a few minutes early just to clean the snow off my car
• I love Every little single detail about you that makes you who you are and the fact that you are the best husband in the whole world
• I love How no matter what I need, you always find a way to give it to me
• I love You always help me with my car
  
  The fact is, this list was so easy to write, but also so hard because I had to limit it (to keep the readers from vomiting) I can think of at least a million plus reasons why I love you and why I am the luckiest woman in the world. I have everything I have always wanted and it's all because for some crazy reason, you choose me.

Now that's a Bunko!

My friend Dava decided it would be a good idea to do Bunko once a month.

What is a Bunko you ask?

bun·co also bun·ko (bung' ko)n. pl. bun·cos, also bun·kos

1. A swindle in which an unsuspecting person is cheated; a confidence game.
2. A parlor game played in teams with three dice.
3. A winning throw in the above game; three of a kind of a specified number. [Probably alteration of Spanish banca, card game, from Italian banca, bank, of Germanic origin.].

Strictly speaking, Bunco is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.

Now I'm going to tell you the truth...

Bunco is a social event... It's a party... It's a blast!

16 of us get together once a month, leaving the cares and worries behind, and leaving the kids with their fathers or baby-sitters.

My beautiful sister being silly!

We fall off our diets, snacking on M&Ms, Chex-Mix, or anything else we can get our hands on. We have appetizers, a delicious dinner, and seconds on dessert. We drink our favorite spritzer, Chardonnay, or Drink-of-the-night, and we talk.
We talk about our kids. About the neighbors. About anyone who didn't show up. About our husbands, our jobs, their jobs, the builder in our community, TV shows, current events, and anything else that might tickle our fancy.

Oh yeah, and we play a silly, mindless dice game with wild abandon, hoping to take home a few more sheckles then we arrived with.

We have only had one game so far but hopefully it will continue. It was fun and a good way to meet new homies.

My sister Jana, Her sister in-law and I all were the big WINNERS! (well 3 out of 4 winners) I never win! I was a little shocked at my Bunko skills. Beginners luck perhaps!

Have to be honest here, we ROCK!