Joseph's EEG...

As you can see...My sweet son Joseph didn't go to sleep like he was supposed to. You would think he'd fall asleep with just 4 hours of sleep. Nope! He definitely has his father's genes. They were able to get some readings, and unfortunately there were some issues that the doctor's concerned about. We'll be having to go back and do an overnight EEG so that they can do further testing. This is not fun.....

Halloween 2009

I know I'm a bit late posting out Halloween pics....so sorry!

Brent and Alycia took Joseph out trick-or-treating while I stayed home handing out candy.

I dressed up in my Corpse Bride outfit and actually scared a little girl. No...I didn't do it intentionally....I just answered the door and she ran to her mother screaming. I tried so hard not to laugh...but I must say...I did enjoy it (just a little)...

This is Joseph's last year to go out trick-or-treating, since our cut off is 12 and Halloween falls on a Sunday next year...bummer.

I hope you enjoy our silly pictures!

Update on Joseph....

I took Joseph to a doctor's appointment a few weeks ago and we're having an EEG done on our little guy to check for any signs of seizures. The doctor's scheduling this as a precaution.

I'm seriously freaking out.

He'll be getting this procedure done Wednesday morning at Phoenix Children's Hospital. In order for this to work, he'll have to stay up until midnight Tuesday and be woken up at 4 am. So this should be very interesting...

I'll post an update as soon as we find out what the results are....

Young Women's...

Last night was Alycia's first Young Women's in Excellence program. She gave a talk on knowledge and did an awesome job. She volunteered to give the talk...what a brave soul. I'm so proud of her! I didn't think to take a picture of her until just now...too late.
I'm so sorry I'm not doing well with keeping up with this blog...I will try and do a better job!

tweens.....

After I picked Alycia up from school, I asked how her day at school went and who she played with.

"Uh...Mom...Junior high kids don't play...we "hang out""....my dear tween informed me.

Tweens.......I guess I'm not as hip as I thought I was....

Our Halloween Party!

We just had a Halloween Party this past Saturday. There was a lot of preparation involved and it turned out fantastic! I wish we could have invited more friends, but you can't invite everyone, huh? Bummer. Here are a few pictures of our friends that came. Brent forgot to take a picture of our friends the Stewarts and for some reason the Swensens picture is having issues...grrr!

I dressed up as the Corpse Bride and Brent was a Used Car Salesman. We had a lot of fun getting our costumes at Savers. I found the perfect dress. It was hideous with all the glued on appliques. (I removed several of them)...It's actually a first communion or baptism dress I found in the kid's area. Yeah..yeah...I know...I guess I'm itty bitty for me to fit into kids clothes. haha! Very funny! While we were in the store, I was discouraged since the dresses I tried on were too big or too small. Then I spotted my gem of a dress. Brent couldn't stop laughing we he saw me in it. It just had so much potential. I ended up making a veil, dying it and the dress grey. It turned out great, huh? Ahh...I so love Halloween!

At the party we had music and tons of food to eat. We also awarded prizes to those that got the most votes for best, scariest, best couple, and funniest costumes. This was so much fun! Copper was dressed in his lobster costume. He had two votes for cutest costume. In all, it was an awesome party and I think I'd like to have one every year. My kids want a kids party also. Hmm.....We shall see...

Revenge of the Chicken....

If you have read my post "Revenge of the Turkey"...you probably are wondering what the deal is with my new post "Revenge of the Chicken"...

I think I did it again, just with a smaller bird. Grr....I cleaned out my fridge the other day, threw away a chicken and they had already picked up the trash for the week. Why..oh..why do I do the things I do....(big...sigh) ...You would think I would've learned by now.

Arizona can be brutal when it comes to the weather. All last week the temperatures were in the high nineties and I believe it reached 100 one of those days...Unfortunately, that's when I decided to get rid of the small beast.

As we went out for a walk as a family Sunday night, we walked past the gate that houses "the beast"....We walked quickly past it...My dear husband kept asking what in the world was in there. I semi-fibbed by saying it had to be the broccoli. (there was a bag in there...really). As we made our way back home, I had to confess.

He was quite shocked, but the stench explained it all.
"Anna...do you want another Revenge of the Turkey?"
"uhhh...no. But I triple bagged it...It's not supposed to stink like this..."
"Well, next time find a dumpster and throw it away there next time..."

Yesterday, as I poured kitty litter into "the beast" I thought for sure I was going to throw up...oh the stench of death....I wish I could say it worked.
It did not....

I will have to resort to the previous method to take care of this situation....
Oh how I hate this beast!