The Corn Maze, was a"maze"ing...

Last night we went to Mr. C's Haunted Corn Maze. Aniston was racing through all the paths, trying to find the way out.




Ohh...my...gosh...it would be crazy and so scary at night trying to find your way through and I would freak out if there were people in there trying to scare me and chase me. I hate Halloween because of the scary and I love Halloween because of the little kids and the candy;)

Fun Times...

This weekend was full of fun (for me anyway). Friday the kids and I made Halloween sugar cookies. Making cookies is a job, but including 4 kids in the process is madness. I was having them help me count the number of cups of sugar and flour that we included and our counts were never the same. I dumped the flour back in the canister 3 different times due to our mis-matched numbers! <Eating the dough is the best part, right? (don't tell Ryan. He thinks its nasty and he is WRONG)

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Friday night my mom took the girls home with her for a sleep over, which I am positive that there was a good time had by them all. They played beauty shop and came home with bright pink and orange fingernails. Grandmas are the best, aren't they! And thanks to grandma, Ryan and I got a night out on the town. (ha, ha) Our exciting night on the town included a trip to Walmart for pics and supplies for the retreat and dinner out! Aren't we the most exciting couple ever! We got home, watched a few DVR recorded shows and were in bed before 10!! We both had stuff going on on Saturday! The reason for the sleepover and the date night was because I was going to the Holiday retreat with some friends.
It was a lot of fun. I got to spend the day with Dani and Misty and we got to spend all day creating cute stuff!!
Thanks girls for a fun filled day! I really had SO MUCH FUN!! (I had pics of the two of you, but I didn't think it would be nice of me to post them, since I didn't have one of myself, and we didn't get one of the 3 of us:(. )

On a different note, has anyone been to a corn maze with kids? Is it fun? Will my girls like doing it? There is one in town and I think it would be fun and tonight is family night, so no scary stuff. I just need to talk Ryan into it...that might be tough!

3 Times this week...

I have heard this saying "enjoy it while it last, soon your babies will be your age". I have been taking my little children for granted. I have been crazy, busy with laundry, cleaning, crafting, and bills. I realize that I spend way too much time worrying about all of the things that only matter right this second. I love to have a clean house, but should that take precedence over taking a minute to play pretend kitchen? I spent an hour making dinner last night and then more time cleaning it up. Could that hour have been spent coloring with the girls?
Ryan and I were talking about little ones ending up in our bed. I have been telling Aniston to go back to her bed when she wakes up in the night, because a queen sized bed is just too small for a family of 4. Ryan told me not to do that, because soon, she won't want to come and cuddle with us at all.
What the heck have I been doing!! I am wasting all of this time, we could be playing dress-up and coloring and laughing and being completely silly. So I am going to be better. I am going to be a better mom! I want to play more and I want to work less! I want to color more and wash dishes less!! Aniston was Emersons age just yesterday! So sad=(

four, 4, and FOUR

Here are the rules: Post the 4th picture in your 4th file and then tag 4 more people. Super simple!

I was tagged twice by Danyette so here is the 1st. This is of Aniston and Grandpa Steve ice fishing. We love to fish, what can I say. This was taken when I was pregnant with Emerson. So it was 3 winters ago. I think that Aniston out fished her dad that day =)

I tag Britania, Starli, Shadoe, and Ashley!

8 things...

8 Things....8 TV shows I like to watch
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Lost
4. General Hospital
5. Private Practice
6. Criminal Minds
7. Baseball (when the Red Sox are playing)
8. Brothers and Sisters (it reminds me that all families are disfunctional, not just mine;)

8 Things that happened yesterday
1. Held and rocked my sick baby
2. Dropped kids off at school and picked them up
3. Sewed some more hats
4. Cooked dinner (tuna noodle casserole, because Emerson likes it, and she is not eating right now)
5. Tried to catch-up my laundry (which may never happen)
6. Checked out blogs
7. Talked to my sister on the phone for an hour. (best part of the day)
8. Watched Dora too many times to count =)


8 Favorite Places to Eat
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Cafe Rio
3. Olive Garden
4. Applebees
5. El Mexicano
6. Anywhere with a good steak =)
7. Pizza Factory (in Cedar City, when I lived there. I don't think its the same now)
8. Home. When Ryan cooks=)

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
1. Holiday retreat on Saturday (getting to visit with friends, yeah!!)
2. Getting my new camera (I have been saving for so long, I can't wait)
3. Looking at new blogging posts =) (stoled this one from you Danyette. I, too, am pathetic!)
4. The holidays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and most of all Christmas!!
5. A date with my husband for my birthday to Steve's Steakhouse.
6. The Mistletoe Mall
7. Our family trip to Disneyland!!
8. Taking my new "neices" (hopefully, new neice) newborn pics.

8 Things on my Wish List
1. A whole new wardrobe
2. For my house to stay clean
3. For all my laundry to always be done
4. For all of us to stay healthy through this winter season ;)
5. For it to snow on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
6. My home remodel to be near completion in the next 6 months.
7. A new stove =)
8. To get pregnant.

8 people I Tag

1. Britania
2. Starli
3. Shadoe
4. Autumn
5. Steph
6. Lindsey
7. Dawn
8. Ashley

After a CRAZY weekend...

I really did have intentions of posting last Friday about the winner, I really did have intentions of posting about our successful deer hunt, I really did have good intentions of working on my Mistletoe Mall items all day on Sunday. Instead my sister came, we visited all day on Friday. Friday night we went to bed at 9:00 so we could get up at 4:30 to go hunting. Saturday morning we went hunting and hiked a lot, but have yet to see what a deer looks like. Saturday we got home and I went to my moms to pick up Emerson. She sounded horrible and then she coughed and couldn't breath. It SCARED the crap out of me. I decided to run her to the hospital and have them check her out. We got there, they gave her a breathing treatment and then the Dr. wanted to keep us over night. AAHHHHH!!!!! So needless to say, I had a crappy night. Sunday we got home at about 2 in the afternoon and I layed around and held my poor little baby. It is so scary! She still is making me nervous. She sounds horrible. So now this week I am going to play catch-up!! Laundry, clean house, sew, and hold my sick little baby.

So now that you all had to listen to my rambling... The winner is....it was super hard to decide...and I narrowed it down to 2... and then I just really kept coming back to this one...because it was short and sweet and to the point... and just really how I feel about my sweet family right now...okay, okay, I know you just want me to tell you...

Danyette, you are the winner for the "Happiness is...this" quote. Really, thanks everyone for playing and for checking out my blog. I am definitely going to do this again. It was super fun and I really just like making things and giving them away!!
My email address is kbrinacolby@yahoo.com. Danyette email me your address and I will send them out right away!!

And the winner is...

Due to my sisters untimely visit and our need to go to the pumpkin patch with our cute kiddies, a few more quotes slipped in yesterday and I didn't get to see them until this morning. And I really liked a few of them. Ryan and I picked a winner, but now I might have to change my mind. I'll have to check with him. So the winner will be picked later today and I will post the winner later . Then you will have to email me your address and I will send them to you.

SORRY!!! They were all great! It was such a hard decision. Thanks for playing everyone!!