I can't believe it is December already!

Snowman Trevor, Snowman Luke and Snowman Jake!



Well, we are in the crazy retail schedule once again. As you can tell from the picture above we did get out Christmas tree up (thanks to Rob and the boys while I was at Super Saturday!) except for a box of candy canes we haven't got any other decorations on it. Tonight the cub scouts made snowmen and I brought stuff home for Trevor and Luke to make one also (anyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for snowmen). The boys had lots of fun and loved their creations. Jake even wanted to sleep with his. Happy December!!!

Today I was on the computer and realized I hadn't heard from Luke in a while. (Usually a bad sign). I started looking for him and found him on the couch buried under all the pillows asleep with only his fingers sticking out. By the time I grabbed the camera he had moved and this was the picture I got.


It reminded me of a traumatic day when we lived in Bakersfield. We couldn't find Luke anywhere. Luke was 2 and by far the worst 2 year old I have ever had. There wasn't a childproof device that he couldn't get out of. Trevor, Jake and I searched the house. We looked in closets and under beds, anywhere we thought he might hide. I wandered the neighborhood calling for him and still couldn't find him. I decided he had been missing long enough that it was time to call the police. Luckily I decided to search the house one more time. I was looking in my room and saw a chip sticking out underneath the drapes. I pulled back the drapes and this is what I found.

I guess our house is so chaotic the only way to get a nap in is to hide!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween (a little late) from the Edwards kids.

Robert's dream weekend

Robert says I never blog about him, so here goes...



We went down a few weekends ago to visit my parents. The kids were excited to see Grandma and Grandpa and their cousins. I wanted to just hang out and have fun, but Robert was the most excited because he had tickets to the Breeder's Cup at Santa Anita.
For anyone that doesn't know Robert follows horse racing. It started when he worked at the Arcadia JCPenney (they share a parking lot with Santa Anita). After a good visit or for a special lunch the store manager would take the management team to the club at Santa Anita. It is a sport and Robert follows ALL sports (but horse racing is one of his favorites).
To say he was a kid on Christmas morning would be putting it mildly. On Friday (the first day of the races) he was up and ready before the time we had set for the alarm to go off. He left early and it was a good thing because a truck carrying frozen chickens had overturned during the night and traffic was terrible. He got to see all of the big horses and Zenyatta won the big race of that day. I had a workshop that night so I was gone before he got home.
Saturday morning I can't tell you how early he was up, cause I had only been home a few hours when he left. Curlin (a horse Robert has followed since he started racing) was racing today. Unfortunately he lost. Robert likes to see the horses when they walk them through the paddock and at Santa Anita when you are near the rail you are pretty close. Robert took tons of pictures, but I don't know which horses are which. Short of the Kentucky Derby, I don't know if we will ever top going to Breeder's Cup

Jake earned his wolf

Jake has been in cub scouts for 6 months now and has already earned his wolf badge (we actually had to hold off for one month so Dad could be there to see it also). The entire pack did a puppet show that night. None of my pictures came out great (apparently Jake can't hold still). Now that he has earned his rank we are on to working on arrow points and belt loops! Way to go Jake.

I was tagged.

I was tagged by Allison to list 4 answers to a lot of different questions so here goes...

4 things I like about my husband:
1. He makes me laugh.
2. He is an incredible dad.
3. He is not afraid to cry with me when we watch touching movies (especially if sports are involved).
4. He picks out better clothes for me than I pick out for myself. It is nice having my own personal shopper.

4 jobs I've had:
1. I worked at the snack bar/cafeteria for all 5 years in high school (No I did not fail a year, our high school started in 8th grade) The lunch ladies LOVED me!
2. Clothworld (now Joanns)
3. Assistant Manager for Sweet Factory
4. Dispatch supervisor for an office repair company

4 Movies I have watched more than once:(I think this is my all time favorite 4)
1. A League of Their Own
2. Signs
3. Pretty Woman
4. Armageddon

4 TV Shows I watch:( I am leaving all kids shows off this list, this is what I watch when I am controlling the remote)
1. ER
2. CSI
3. Jon and Kate plus 8
4. Anything Food Network

4 People who email me regularly:
1. Maggie
2. My Mom
3. Creative Memories
4. Pam

4 favorite foods (this changes from day to day):
1. bread
2. pasta
3. pumpkin roll
4. cheesecake

4 places I want to visit:
1. Disney World (we went when I was pregnant with Luke and I want to go back)
2. Utah
3. New York
4. Any temple in the world

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year
1. Going home (southern California) next weekend.
2. Christmas season being over and Robert's schedule being normal.
3. Next summer and hopefully it will not be as busy as this last one was.
4. Luke starting Kindergarten next fall.

4 people I tag (SORRY)
1. Maggie
2. Tammy
3. Laura
4. Patricia

Um, you put your apple where???

Luke is just one of the reasons that there is never a dull moment at our house (and why I am usually dangerously close to losing my mind!) At our house after dinner you can have fruits or veggies if you get hungry. It sneaks in extra servings and there is no reason to fight about if somebody ate dinner or not because if they are hungry they know what they can have. (The downside is if I want junk food I have to share or wait until the kids go to bed before I break out the ice cream). Anyways the other day Luke was having his after dinner snack and decided he was done with it. I told him to throw it away, but he got the genious idea to drop it in the toilet and flush. Luckily it was too big to do through the S bend and just stayed in the bowl. Luckily Dad and a disposable fork saved the day! Saving us a very expensive call to the plumber. I can only imagine what Luke will think of next.