Three + Two = WE NEED A BABYSITTER!!!!!!

I know it's been a looooooooong time since I've posted anything....I have a million excuses and instead of posting them all I will just start blogging again!

I didn't think it was possible to feel the way I do...someone once said (and I can't tell you who) but it is one of my most favorite quotes,

"THE HARDER YOU FALL, THE HIGHER YOU BOUNCE!"

Right now, I am flying pretty high....maybe because I learned a lessson or two in the past few years, maybe because I finally whipped up the right potion and Dave is still cast under my spell, or maybe because I need to learn a lot more in this lifetime and Dave is the one who can patiently put up with my know- it -all attitude and still let me think that I am the smarter one in the bunch!

Whatever it is...I am still flying, smiling, learning, FREEEEEEZING, and you guessed it, I am cooking! ( I hate cooking but I have the kids convinced that I can cook the best corn dog and hot chocolate EVER! Convincing Dave is a bit harder but he does like chicken nuggets so he is not hard to please!)

Thanksgiving 2009 was lots of fun except for the part that I had to cook! Winnemucca 9-1-1 was on alert and waiting for the phone call to make a 40 mile trip to Unionville to put out the turkey fire and I think they were a little disappointed that they didn't get the phone call, they might have to visit once all of the lights are put up! Anyways we had all of the kids here for Turkey Day and had lots of fun.

We purchased (yes, I said purchased) a mouse for $2.50 right before the girls got here...it was the size of half of my thumb, white, cheap, and the hit of the weekend. Dave taught the boys how to put mentos into Diet Pepsi to make it explode...so the mouse's name is MENTO! Dave witnesses all of the crazy things they do with this thing...like making it slide down our unlit fireplace otherwise known as the "Slide of Death!" Poor, Poor Mento! He or She ( We think it's a she...) has a broken little leg but can climb pretty fast to get his dinner a ruffles potato chip!) I did witness them playing catch with Mento during the First Presidency Christmas Message...like I said POOR, POOR MENTO!

We had so much fun with all of the kids here - Brandon is the oldest at 9, Cody and Emery are both 6, and Amber is 5 with Ashlee following closely at 4....like I said, we had lots and lots of fun!And we had so much to be thankful for! Now if they would only build a SONIC in Winnemucca all my dreams would come true...

So anyways...poor Dave broke his collar bone on October 30th and had surgery the week before Thanksgiving so he got out of putting up the Christmas lights....he is sooooo smart! : ) I probably picked the coldest day of the year to put them up and Dave could not believe that he was married to Clark Griswold! I had fun putting them up...and no there aren't that many! I am deathly scared of power tools and Dave gave me his electric power stapler to put them up! Megan + Stapler+ Ladder + Wind = TROUBLE!!! No one was hurt, no one had to go to the ER, and no 911 call had to be made....yet! I'm just glad I live in the middle of nowhere so no one could witness the clumsy acts that even made me blush....

Now it is snowing, I've considered wearing thermals to church, I've learned to put socks and shoes on before I step outsides and get instant frostbite, even Gus wants to come inside! Gus ,Dave's dog, is scared to death of everyone and when I first came up to visit Dave he told me that Gus would never like me...HE LOVES ME!!!! But he doesn't like the kids...they beg him to come in the house with them, they bribe him with food (that he won't take) they try everything to win his heart ( I wouldn't be surprised if Mento was a bribe...)so now Gus is even braving the house because it is sooooooooo cold outside!

So as you can tell....we are pretty boring!

Cody had to get 33 stitches in his knee right before we moved up here. That incident taught him how to CRY!!!!! It was pretty bad and I hate to post that picture... I don't know why it's never stopped me before! : ) Well...I will do better to keep this blog updated!!!!

Hope everyone is smiling as much as me...