Birthday girl....

My Trina is now 3!  And I am hoping that the terrible two's will completely be a thing of the past!  J/k, she's not all that bad, but she can sure throw a good fit when she wants!  She was just loving all the attention on her birthday!  Isn't she so cute!?

I am off to Seattle until Tuesday!  I still can't believe that I am going by myself....And I am hoping that once I get on the plane, my guilty feelings for leaving are gone!  It's hard leaving....gotta get myself packed up and make sure I'm not forgetting anything, as well as make sure everything is in order for the ones at home!  Babysitters lined up, meals planned, etc....
I have a wedding on Saturday, and two Norwex parties!  It will be a fast, busy, fun five days!!

more family pictures....

I already posted a family picture from our day in Flagstaff in my last post, but thought I'd share some more from our day :)  It was so beautiful up there, and chilly too!  I don't know what I was thinking...I should have dressed the girls in warmer clothes!  They complained almost the whole time that it was sooooo freezing!  It wasn't that cold!
It just made me think all the more while we were there, that I would love to live there!  You get the four seasons, a smaller town, close enough to the big city.....sigh...maybe someday! :)

 

New blog

If you're here, then that means you found my new blog!  I have wanted to switch over for a while now, bucause I love the bigger pictures, and the best part is I will be saving $8.95 a month!!  The pictures are a little bigger than I would like them, but just bear with me and I'll get it figured out!
What do you think?  Do you like the look of this blog better or the old one better?

I am happy to say that I haven't missed a day yet on my picture a day (P.A.D.) project!  It has been fun :)
Are any of you guys doing it yet??
Day 4:

ahhhhhh...

I think Fall may have finally arrived!  And it sure came in with a windy, chilly, rainy bang!  After an average temp in September of 103 degrees (!), I think we phoenicians are all ready for cool weather!  We had a couple of awesome hail storms, but of course I didn't get pictures of it!  I also heard on the radio this morning, that there was a tornado and a few tornado warnings up near Flagstaff.  Crazy!
Here are a few pictures that Frans took later in the afternoon....






I LOVE Fall, and I LOVE the rain!!  And I love that I was finally able to turn the AC off, and open the doors to let the cool in!  Ahhhh...

At church

While sitting in church this past Sunday, Lindsey was busy writing in her notebook, and she gave me permission to share 'her story'.  I thought it was so cute!  I always wonder what's going thru their minds!
"At Church"
by Lindsey Kuoppala
Right now me and my family are at church and a sermon is speaking to us.  Right now Taryn is peeking over the bench and seeing what's going on behind us, Trina is staring behind us also, Toni is trying to go to bed, Alanys is sitting down and talking to her friend Emalee, and Kierstyn is sitting down and listening to the sermon. 
At church right now there is about 100 people sitting down and listening, 40 people playing outside, 20 people talking, and 10 people out with crying or hungry babies.
The end.
Isn't that the greatest?!?!  At least one of my kids was listening, and I wonder what Frans and I were doing?  Good thing she didn't put something like mom is trying to get us to be quiet and dad is snoring!  LOL
I love it.  Oh the things Kids say and do!  All too quickly these days will be gone, so I am going to get better about documenting the great things they do!

do over....

Do you ever have days or weeks where you just feel...bLAH?  That was last week for me.  And I would like a do-over please!  I only got out to hike a few times, and my eating was horrible, and I feel like my mood wasn't so hot either.  But it's a new week, and I'm determined to make it a good one! 
These pictures were taken on our hike up Camelback last Friday.  Every time I hike I wish I had my camera....so this time we took it :)  (Maybe for Christmas I'll ask santa for a little point and shoot camera so it's easy to tag along in my water pack)  

I love the red rocks!


Happy Monday everyone, and like our friend Warren would say....Make it a great day :)