I finally did it....I hired a housekeeper!

Meet Maria Consuelos,

our new housekeeper...

you might be thinking to yourself....

she looks alot like my daughter Caitlyn,

why yes, yes she does,

BUT between the hours of 9 to 12 on Saturday mornings,

she will only answer to Maria,

or Maria Consuelos!

(I think one day in passing, she mentioned something about being married to Mark Consuelos, you know,

Kelly Ripa's husband!)

We love when Maria comes and look forward to it every Saturday...

this is her second week on the job,

and she is an excellent very clean conscious cleaner

and

she is worth every penny!

We love our Maria!!!

a patch of pumpkins...

Spencer informed us in the car on the way over to the pumpkin patch that he was alot stronger this year and has been lifting weights, (really? i must of missed that) so therefore, he was going to be able to pick up a heavier pumpkin this year.....and he did!

(good thing he did all that weight lifting!)

Our family tradition is to go to the pumpkin patch every year on Lynzie's birthday,

if weather permits, with all the rain this year, we only missed it by 10 days!

a riddle...

Why did Spencer take 3 fruit snacks to school yesterday?.....

1- he's a growing boy and was extra hungry?

2- he loves to share and swap food with other classmates?

3- he wanted to show his friends how well he could juggle?

yep, you guessed it, he has finally conquered his juggling skills!

I think Santa should bring him a unicycle!

what a week, and it ain't over yet....

husband gone on business,

worked a 40 hour week,

a big nasty dental visit which included;

a bone graf and 6 stitches, on my front teeth, (hard to hide)

with

free swelling and pain!

and it gets to carry over into next week too,

if it sounds like I'm complaining, I'm not!

it just gets me one step closer to my goal of my new smile,

and to me it's worth all the swelling and pain,

you know what they say,

"beauty is pain", or "pain is beauty"

at least, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

Nine is fine...

Being NINE is fine,

when you get what you've always wanted for your birthday!

(even when your mom leads you to believe that your not)

a pink DSI,

and being nine is fine, when you're as high tech as your older brother,

and now you have some leverage to hang with him!

Happy Birthday Lynzie Lou, we love you!!!

Does it count if.....

your puppy loses some teeth,

and your daughter wants to put them under her pillow for some tooth-fairy money!

179th General Conference