Ten On Thursday

1. Corey, Tyler's brother, is going to be a dad times two. Raeleen has an appointment at the end of the month for an ultrasound but the tentative due date for baby Batten is in May sometime. Come spring I will have lots of newborn babies to hold and love!

2. I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is next week!

3. Our Christmas party for the office is on December 3rd and we get our Christmas bonus that day!

4. We're still looking for a temp in the office. The dates have changed to March 1st through April 15th and the pay has gone up a couple of bucks an hour. So, if you know of anyone, let me know!!

5. I keep dreaming that Joanna is engaged and I help her plan the wedding. No pressure, Tom's of Maine (that's just one name I like to call him. Others include Uncle Tom's Cabin and Tom Thumb).

6. I'm fighting off a cold and am currently sipping airborne. What a delicious effervescent health formula.

7. I've been looking at Lego sets online for the kids for Christmas. The Toy Story ones look really fun! It's weird to think that my kids are old enough to play with Legos. This is a great age!

8. Kayley's parent teacher conference is tomorrow afternoon. I'll let you know how it goes. I'm pretty sure she's doing great in every area so I know she'll earn her ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins!

9. Cole melts my heart all the time. From a kiss on the nose on my way out the door to a little picture he drew for me, it makes me happy. He will always be a momma's boy but he does love his daddy a lot more these days, too.

10. Kayley wrote this to us while we were gone last weekend:

Mom and Dad

I'm doing good

Cole is has been crabe all day long

I love you

Love Kayley

I'm pretty amazed that she wrote all that will only one spelling error. What a kid.

Ten On Tuesday (Late), Vegas Edition

1. We survived Vegas, barely. There's nothing like drinking Jack and Coke at 9am and stumbling along the streets by noon.

2. Ok, so we didn't get hammered, not even close.

We got to the strip around 2 on Saturday and drove from one end to another. We got to the Luxor and checked in, checked out the ball room and looked around a bit. I don't know if you can tell by looking at the picture but it's huge inside.

3. It was nice to have some relaxing time before the ball. I took a bath, painted my toes, touched up my makeup and sprawled out across the king size bed. Tyler got a call that his uniform needed to be inspected so he got dressed. Man, he sure looked sexy in that uniform! After he came back he put my hair in hot rollers (what a guy!) and had to go down and check into the ball. After making him go down, they sent him right back up (in true Marine Corps style). So annoying. Anyway, I did my hair and put on the dress and off we went!

4. I felt like a princess that night! We went to the ball room, took pictures (I'll post it when it comes in the mail) and I sipped a lovely melon martini. I met lots of Tyler's fellow Marines and we took our seats.

I hate that this is blurry but it's the only one we got of us together!

After an hour or so of the ceremony we ate dinner. I had chicken and Tyler had steak. Of course, the dessert was the very best part!

5. After the ball we ended up walking around in our fancy clothes in a couple of hotels closest to the Luxor. I played the quarter slots (just a dollar!) at New York New York, won three bucks and lost all of it but a quarter. Then Tyler cut me off, ha. I think people who spend their time sitting there like zombies gambling need some serious help. There was much more to see than the inside of a smokey casino!

I think my favorite part of that night was when five middle aged British ladies saw Tyler in his uniform. One lady wanted to wear his cover so I put it on her head and she put her little mini bachelorette top hat on him and they took a picture. I wish you could have seen the look on Tyler's face. Priceless.

6. Sunday morning we slept in until 10! I can't remember the last time I slept in that late so it was fabuloso. We bought tickets for the monorail that takes you along the back of the hotels along the strip all the way to the stratosphere. In all, we visited the MGM Grand, Tropicana, Bellagio, Harrahs, Treasure Island, Stratosphere, Sahara, New York, New York, and the Excalibur. Needless to say, a lot of walking!

7. Tyler went on a roller coaster at the top of the Stratosphere. It's just a tad horrifying at 112 stories high to ride a roller coaster that simulates falling off of the edge. It was beautiful seeing the desert from so high up, though. I'm blown away by it all!

8. At the MGM Grand they have a lion exibit with little baby cubs you can play with.

9. Me in front of New York, New York

(I look a little tipsy but I'm drinking water, I promise!)

10. We are the prime example of Vegas on a budget. The hotel room was a deal and our tickets for Mystere, a Cirque du Soleil show, were half price with a military discount. It was absolutely amazing. If you ever get the opportunity to see a show in Vegas, do it!!

We went to the M&M's store like I had planned. I got a few of every single color and ate them throughout the day on Sunday.

We left on Monday very happy. It was a really great weekend! I can't wait until the next time we can get away!

Wordless Wednesday

Ten On Tuesday

1. Four days until the ball and I'm very excited! Krista went shopping with me on Saturday to find shoes. I was surprised to find them at the second store we looked! Yes, they're from Payless. I refuse to pay a lot for shoes. I also plan on wearing them after work in my sweats to break them in this week.

2. So, I have the dress, the shoes and the clutch (thanks Krista!) that I'll be wearing. Now all I need to do is figure out my hair.

3. Tyler was sick all weekend and had a very high fever. He seems to be his normal self today, though!

4. Georgia and I will be the only ones in the office on December 13th. We've decided that we will turn on Abba as background music and offer the clients margaritas. Feel free to swing by and get crunk with us.

5. Google "where is chuck norris" and click on I'm feeling lucky. Funny stuff.

6. If you google map directions from Japan to China you will obviously have to cross the ocean. Google suggests an easy way to get there.

39. Turn right toward 県道349号線 57 m
40. Turn left at 県道349号線 11.3 km
41. Continue onto 県道350号線 2.1 km
42. Turn left 1.4 km

43. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean

Haha!

7. Tonight is $1 holiday drinks night at the Coffee Bean. I'm excited to have the Red Velvet Ice Blended. Yum!

8. Week 2 of Bible study is tonight. Last week was awesome! It wasn't a group of super spiritual people, in fact, there was one guy there who wasn't a Christian and was just there to support his wife. I learned so much and felt very comfortable there. Tyler said he liked it, too.

9. The sun going down early makes me sleepy.

10. I'm very excited to go to the snow this year!

Silly faces,

hide and seek,

and good times...

with a good friend!

Hampster Ball...

...turns my kids into zombies.

And for this reason they don't play it that often!

Halloween Fun

Ok, here are the pictures from Halloween. My little pirate and Indiana Jones love to pose. I should have taken some without their pumpkins and I didn't get any from our night out but oh well, I'm not a photographer.