I'm Back!!!

Ok, so we all knew it'd happen at some point! Sometimes I just get so busy that I can't make it downstairs. Just another one of the zillion reasons I need a laptop. I'm working on it and with lots of parties booked it's getting closer and closer.



So let's see what's been going on over since we last spoke...



Jay finally got his "Daddy Chair" and no one is allowed to look at, breath on it or touch it.



He really likes it and it does look good in the living room. Of course the old loveseat is now pushed into the dining room until who knows when it will be removed. It did come in handy for seating around the table last night for my Mary Kay party.



I've been super busy with parties. Lot's of people are interested in finding out more about joining Temptations, so that's always good. (Laptop here I come!!)



It snowed...ugh. I don't like the snow! It's cold and the roads suck and it just looks so depressing! But oh well, nothing I can do about it but stay nice and warm inside.



Still nothing on the the whole new mini van front....I don't even want to talk about it, so that's al I've got to say about that.



Thanksgiving is next week already and that means Christmas is right around the corner. I'm sooo not ready. I usually put the tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but I've got parties the Fri. and Sat. after so it'll just have to wait a few days longer.



I'm off the Lyrica. Pain is a little worse than when I was on it, but atleast now I can have a drink if I want. I'm almost scared to have a drink because it's been so long since my last one! I could go for a night out with my girls...we'll see maybe after the holidays.



Oh! I bought the girls WALL-E yesterday!!! It's sooooo good! It's like my new fave movie. You've got to see it.



And I think that's pretty much it. I'm tried today and I think I'm just gonna be a bum the rest of the day. Untill next time....

Who's idea was this????

Saturday my cousin Sabrina got married! Jay, the girls and I all headed down to Kokomo for the wedding. I was all for getting a sitter and just Jay and I going. And that had been the plan until Thursday...Jay thought we should take the girls. So I head out on Friday in search of something cute for them to wear. I'm ended up at Target. Don't they look cute! Well Kenna looks pissed off...

The girls were pretty good during the ceremony. It was hard to get good pics in the church. Most of them came out pretty dark. But I did get a good one of Kenna sitting on her D. O.'s lap. For those of you not familiar with the term D.O., that's what the girls call Jay. It stands for Daddy-O.

I tried to get some good pics at the reception and I got a few, but I was getting annoyed at the wedding photographer...she kept walking in front of me! LOL I know she was doing her job, but dang it, I wanted some good pics too!! I LOVE this pic of Sabrina and Eric during their first dance. It says it all. You can see just how happy she is! I'm really happy for her. She always said she would never get married, so he must really be something special!

The girls were making me crazy!!! They were ALL over the place. Running around and into people. They were having a really good time out on the dance floor. So all in all it was a really

beautiful day and I'm really happy for Sabrina and Eric. And next time there is a wedding to go to...I think we'll find a sitter.

Ramblings of a SAHM...

Usually once a week the girls and I head over to Martin's to have lunch with my mom. We all love it. The girls are always super happy to see their Grannie. They always run to her screaming " Grannie, Grannie I'm here!!!!"

They have a little routine of getting their Starbucks, whipped cream with chocolate for Kenna and just plain whipped cream for Kaira, then they get into a shopping cart and Grannie pushes them up front to help her punch out. Then back through the store...they take the elevator to the 2nd floor of the cafe and we try and get a table so we can look at the fountain.

They have started asking Grannie for coins to "buy a wish" from the fountain. So of course they each get a penny to toss into the fountain. The fountain was off yesterday. It's about time for it to be closed up for winter.

After our lunch yesterday we had lots to do! We had to go to Wal-Mart and then Target, because Wal-Mart sucked and didn't have ANYTHING cute for the girls to wear to the wedding we are going to...then we head off home. Before we got home they were both asleep.

I'm super happy the gas prices are going down! But I'm afraid the damage has been done. Our economy is in bad shape. We are super lucky that Jay has a good job and that we don't have a bunch of debt. It just annoys me that 4 years ago we had the chance to get Bush out of office and move the country in another direction and didn't. I'm happy people got out and voted for change! I have high hopes that Obama can get us going in the right direction. It's gonna take awhile to untangle the mess that has been made. It's strange people seem to think Obama is the president right now and things should start turning around...he doesn't start until 01/20/09, so let's remember that our current president is the Lame Duck. Enough of my political ramblings...check out these gas prices!!!

"Mommy I'm a Rockstar!!"

Kaira has taken to wearing theses star glasses and telling me she's a rock star. Well today I realized she and Kenna pretty much live like rock star. We've all see how crazy celebrities look with out their hair and make-up done...

As you can see these too look CRAZY in the morning! But they are still super cute... And just like rock stars, someone comes in fixes their hair, picks out their clothes and tells them to put the drink down...

The end result is presentable little person!! So 2 hours after I've gotten up I've managed to bathe them, fix hair, get them dressed, feed them breakfast and brush teeth, and yet I'm still not ready...Jay wonders why it takes me so long to get ready when we go any place. CUZ I have to get 3 people ready!!!! So now it's mommy's turn to get ready...until next time!

I did it!!! I voted!!!

Ok, so yesterday Jay came home early from work so we could go look at mini vans...no we are not having another baby. We knew that at some point we would look for one, and yesterday seemed like a good day. So Grandma Pauline and Papa John we wonderful enough to come over to watch the girls. We spent like 6 hours looking at cars. We started off looking at used. We just couldn't seem to find the features we wanted. So we took a lunch break at Hacienda. We got lost on the way back to the car lot...nice! We need GPS. Well after getting back to the lot we did something I didn't think Jay would do...we looked at BRAND NEW VANS...as in 2009! I thought maybe he'd lost his mind. But we LOVED the 2009 Toyota Sienna. It was so pretty! It drove sooo nice and smooth!! Man, it was awesome! Here's what it looked like.

Well, we figured we'd better go give the 2008 Honda Odyssey a look. Jay test drove an 05 Odyssey and really wasn't crazy about it. But there were some new features on the 08 and he wanted to check them out. I freaking loved this car!! I really like the color. I've wanted a blue car for a while! The inside was really pretty too! It drove really nice and it had so many great features and options. I REALLY wanted it. We talked numbers and Jay almost said yes. I thought he was going to, but then he said no. I was a little sad. I don't care if it's brand new or not, but I just really like it. Well if it's meant to be it will happen.

I was so tired and frustrated after 6 hours of car shopping. I had a huge migraine and I was hungry. I was ready to be home and I'm sure Grandma and Grandpa were ready to be home! So we got pizza for everyone and talked about the pro's and con's of buying a new car. Ahhhhh, it was so pretty....I'll keep my fingers crossed. Jay didn't say no, just "not right now"....

On to voting news!!

I was so excited to get up early and hit the polls at 6 am! I got up with Jay at 4:45 am...UGH! That was hard. I was busy getting ready and listening to the news. On a whim I thought I'd check the expiration date on my driver's licence....and what do you know, it was expired. On my birthday. Ain't that a kicker? I was about to give up on voting today. Well I thought I'd check to see what time the BMV opened so I could at least get legal again and what do you know they were opening at 6am to help forgetful people as myself have valid Id's to vote! So I got the girls up and ready to go. I was happily on my way to the BMV only to find out they moved. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? I was starting to think McRage and Caribou Barbie were out to get me. So I tried looking up the location on my cell phone. But I couldn't could find the info I wanted. I thought I remembered something about it moving downtown...so off I went in search of a valid driver's licence.

After a few wrong turns I found it! I was so happy to see they weren't busy! Normally I know people dread the BMV. But let me tell you, this new branch is very nice and the people that work there are the BEST!! They were so friendly and quick!! My day was looking up! I was a little unhappy to find out it was going to be $24 to get my licence, but oh, well. I was in and out in under 10 minutes!! That must some kind of record! So a BIG HUGE THANKS to all the ladies who got up early to work today. You are great!

And just in case you need to stop by here's the address:

623 South St. Joseph Street South Bend, IN 46619(574) 233-2149

And now we were off to the polls! I was prepared to stand in line for a while. But guess what?? No line!! I was so relieved to get there and no huge line! Things were looking up!! So I checked in with my brand new licence and got my sheet. The girls were so good through the whole thing. They had their spellers to play with and they got candy while I was voting. I'm so glad I finally did it! I didn't think it was going to happen. Now I can't wait to sit back and watch all the news coverage on it.

I just had to take a picture of this view from the polling place. I vote at a golf course and it's really pretty, especially in the fall. Who wouldn't want to come here to vote!! The view is amazing. I really don't like the weather her in Indiana, but autumn is so pretty. I love all the changing leaves! Kaira liked it so much that she wants to learn to play golf so she can

play here. She's so funny!

So now I'm home. I've got a vaild licence and I executed my right to vote and I had cold pizza for breakfast. I got to see the sun rise and it promises to be a beautiful day...ahhh what more could you ask for??? So enjoy your day, get out and vote and tell someone how much you love them! Until next time....Go Team Lula!!!

As if you needed more proof I'm super mom...

All I can do is laugh when Kenna wakes up from a nap. Her hair is ALWAYS crazy! Some days she wakes up in a good mood and some days she's a crab apple...I mean just look at this face

I love my little May May to pieces! But she can be a handful! Some of you have never seen the dirty look she gives when she's mad...

Sometimes it's so hard to get this kids to eat! Lately chicken nuggets have been the only food they want!

At least they're eating...Well after a ketchup mess, a clean shirt and a good a hair brushing the girls got one of their favorite things...a tattoo!!! Sparkly Girls ones, no more Ice Road Trucker tattoos!!!

Oh and we got more new fish...6 more...let's see how long these will last. So now Jay spends all kinds of time staring into the fish tank...it's really very relaxing. And he's talking about getting another dog. Part of me likes the idea and part of me doesn't. We'll see...

Well I hope you enjoyed the latest installment of a glimpse into the life of Team Lula...Oh and big thanks to my BF, Bethany for my too cute header and background. Isn't she good? I think so...oh and Bethany...GO EDWARD!!!!

1st Post!!! Halloween in the Bend

Well it's that time of year again. Halloween...I think this maybe my favorite time of year. It's so much fun to dress the girls up and go trick-or-treating! This year they were both Colts Cheerleaders. Aren't they cute?!? Kaira and Kenna had so much fun. We had a real party this year with me, Jay, the girls, my mom, Bobby, Adreian and Timmy.

The kids got so much candy! They were hyped up on sugar last night. All three were running around and having a good time. Halloween only happens once a year, so why not let them have a little fun and sugar?

The girl's got a lot of "extra" candy because they were Colts Fans! It was funny, people would say Colt's Fans get extra, or double or as much as they want. Kenna got used to that and even asked a lady for another piece! Too funny! Their buckets were full to the top when we got back to the house and we didn't even go very far.


So this was my first post. I'm still trying to get the hang of this and I'm sure my BF, Bethany, will give some tips and pointers....Well hope you liked it and check back for more! I have no idea what all will be on here. A little of this and a little of that. Mostly updates on life and the goings on of Team Lula. Untill next time....