Happy Halloween!

Pictures of the most adorable trick-or-treaters in the universe to come soon....

Disneyland Pics

Here are the pics from Macey and Heidi's trip to Disneyland! Look at their precious smiles! They were definitely the most beautiful girls in the whole park.

Vote for Ryan and Jenna!

If you would, please vote for the twinsies! They are the ones in the adorable pink and blue octopus costumes. http://www.azcentral.com/momslikeme/index.html

I've been tagged

This one is from Megan in Florida.

10 Years Ago (Oct. 1998):
1. I was getting ready to move back to AZ from CA
2. I had graduated from high school the previous May
3. I was 1 month away from meeting Scott
4. I was driving my mom to an early grave with the people I was hanging out with (sorry Mom!)
5. I was probably sick because for some strange reason I am sick on every Halloween

5 Things on Today's "To Do" List:
1. Keep my sanity
2. Take Heidi to school
3. Pick up Macey from school
4. Try to get the 3 little ones to nap at the same time (Success!)
5. Get some homework done

5 Things that I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Pay off all our debt
2. Invest
3. College funds/retirement
4. Travel
5. SHOP!!!

5 Places I have lived:
1. Springfield, VA
2. Highland, CA
3. Altus, OK
4. Gilbert/Mesa, AZ
5. Sacramento, CA

5 Jobs I have had:
1. Banner Desert Medical Center
2. Cornerstone Pediatric Urgent Care
3. Body Sculpting Center
4. University OB/GYN
5. East Valley OB/GYN

I tag whoever wants to be tagged!

W-O-W

Here's the table shot for you Megan!


Ryan loves pushing Marley around in this doll stroller.




Heidi's new haircut.

Supermodel. It looks like a photo from a magazine! Have you ever seen longer eyelashes?


The best big sister in the whole wide world. She is so amazing, I love my little Macey so much and I am so proud to be her Mom.

As you can see from these pictures, we have a very full house! I didn't think that life could get any busier, but I was mistaken. It's definitely busier, but Marley is just so stinkin' sweet that it makes it worth it. She is so snuggly and just loves the other kids. They play all day long, and the younger three are all napping at the same time! God must have known I needed to clean up and start dinner, so he sent down three heavenly sedatives that landed on Marley, Ryan, and Jenna at 11:00 this morning. We absolutely love having Marley here, she brings even more love, sweetness, and joy (and pink!) into our home.

Table for seven, please

We are getting a new kitchen table to fit our ever expanding family, and our much used table for a family of four needs a new home! If you want it, it's yours. It is counter-height, 4 chairs, and has dark wood. This table has been used as an eating table, craft table, homework table, etc, and it shows signs of its multipurposeness (I made that word up myself). It would be a great table for a play room or game room. Let me know if you want it! :)

Ramblings

I got out of Jury Duty today! I was so glad. The recording last night said to call today at 11:00 to see if I needed to report. So at 11:00 I called, and they said I had to report at the downtown courthouse at 1:00. What?! That gave me 2 hours to get ready, get Scott home or find a sitter, and drive to downtown Phoenix. So I called the courthouse and talked to the sweetest woman in the world, my new best friend, who told me that now stay-at-home moms can be excused from Jury Duty!
We are almost all ready for Halloween. Scott still needs to put decorations up, but all of the kids have costumes, and I have the night off of school. I can't wait to see the twins walking up to the door in their little octopus costumes holding little candy buckets (for me, of course). I might die of their cuteness. Macey is going to be Hannah Montana and Heidi is Barbie Mermaid. Their birthdays are coming up in a couple of months, so we are starting to plan their party, and let me tell you, it is going to be fun!
We have a couple busy and interesting months ahead of us. Heidi has an appointment in November with her cardiologist to check on her heart defect. I am really feeling like everything is going to be okay. But keep her in your prayers anyway! My surgery (hopefully my final one) is November 11th. It's at St. Joe's, which sucks because it's so far away, but that is where the specialists are. I am not looking forward to that recovery, but hopefully I will be feeling a lot better once I get through it.
And finally, we have a little announcement. I'll give you some clues. It wears diapers. It sleeps in a crib. It wears pink and has adorable dimples and curly hair. Can you guess it? Well, considering I don't have my uterus anymore, you are probably pretty confused, so let me help you out. We are getting custody of my sweet little niece Marley who will be 2 in January. We had a home visit with CPS last night so they could check out our house, and we have a meeting with CPS and the judge Friday morning. So it shouldn't be too long before we have another sweet little girl in our home! We know that it will not be easy, but we never considered not taking her. We have a structured, stable home, and Scott and I have an amazing relationship, I know that we will be able to handle it. Life will be crazy, but I wouldn't want things any other way.