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I've been tagged to name 10 reasons why I love my children so here it goes...
10: I love my kids hugs, they make a bad day instantly better.
9: I love the fact that Justin loves to read and still likes for me to read to him.
8. I love it when Emilie sits and cuddles in my lap.
7. I really love that both of my kids are so determined to finish things that they start.
6. I love that Justin can see a child crying and want to help them or make them feel better.
5. I LOVE that both of my children use their manners quite a lot.
4. I love how quiet my kids are on the weekend so mom and dad can sleep in a little.
3. I love how Justin lets Emilie play in his room and how he helps her all the time.
2. I love how Emilie shares all the time.
1. I love it when my children still come up and for no reason will give me a hug and say I love you mommy, it melts my heart! I am so thankful for my family!

I know I should have posted this awhile ago, but I am slow. I will tag Amy & Jalynn!

Time flies.....

I realized it has been far too long since logging on and such. For some reason, I feel like this school year has left me with no time to do anything. Even now, I should be getting ready to go out of town, but I can do that later (I think). For now I will just do some updates for all.

My birthday this year was probably the best I ever had. Aaron was great, he arranged for the both of us to get a massage plus he took that Thursday and Friday off to pamper me a bit. Also, the kids and Aaron bought me a light up keyboard. Well, I know I have some great friends out there and I wanted to say thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes. Oh and just so you all can have a little laugh, I was telling everybody I was 35 ( I actually turned 33) and no one is letting me live it down! LOL it was quite funny!

Halloween was fun, let's see there were 8 kids we were walking around and 4 adults. We managed to get them all home safely. Justin was Darth Vader, Emilie was a princess fairy, & Cameron was Harry Potter. All the kids looked great, and I will try to post pics soon of it.

Thanksgiving was good as well. We went to Cody and Heather's house in Denton and spent the night there and stuffed ourselves the next day. The kids all had fun spending time together. I sure hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving as well! Well, we went home Thanksgiving day, because I had to watch kids, but Aaron was nice enough to go to the big sale at Wal Mart. We got an awesome new bike for Justin for Christmas (so SHHH do not tell him). But that was about it. Aaron is staying home this weekend to put the bike together, while I take the kids to their cousins birthday party. Thank you dear!

Well, I think that is about it. I know I don't stay in touch nearly enough, to all our family and friends, we do miss you all and we hope that everybody has a wonderful holiday season.

Heather & Family!

Cleaner Recipe

I use this to clean basic grime not to disinfect. This also works very well on mirrors and windows. I really like the smell, I use gardenia fragrance, but use whatever smells best to you.

Large squirt bottle
water to fill
2 Tbsp potpourri liquid fragrance
1/2 cup rubbing alcohol
2-3 squirts antibacterial dish soap

Put water, fragrance, & alcohol in bottle. Close lid and shake a little to mix it. Put in dish soap and gently rock side to side a few times to mix in soap.

Feel so busy all the time

I went through some pictures today and realized there is quite a bit that I could have posted but did not. So here are some pics and other info.

Emilie's 1st day of 4's class and North Texas Christian Acadamy, she just had to wear this cute little pineapple dress. So far she seems to do just fine and she adores her teacher. We still have the occaisional accident and she still sucks on those fingers, but it is a work in progress.

About 3 weeks ago our friend Kate had some extra time on her hands so she spent a day with us. We went bowling, did a little shopping at Fry's, went to the dollar tree, ate lunch at Pot Belly's, went to Half Price Books, went to Game Stop, then home. We all played around with the dance mats and had fun! I think everyone was tired by the end of the day, but the kids still did not want to say goodbye when Kate's friend Laura came to get her. Thanks Kate, we all had a great time.

Sorry all, I try but I just can't seem to keep up these days. I keep on saying that when I get a schedule down I will fit in stuff like this, but everytime my schedule gets moved around. I do at least up date it once and awhile. Love and Hugs!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

I know I said every Monday, but how about a recipe just every week. I think I can handle that. LOL

BBQ Chicken Pizza
1 can (10oz) chunk chicken, drained
1/2 red onion sliced
1 Tbsp oil
3/4 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce
1 (12 inch) prepared pizza crust *
pepper jack cheese

In lrg skillet, saute onion slices in oil until carmalized. Spread BBQ sauce on pizza crust. Top with chicken. Sprinkle with cheese and carmalized onions. Bake at 450 degrees for 12-15 minutes, or until heated through and cheese melted.

*For this recipe the pizza dough needs to be already cooked, not doughy. We tried this recipe the 1st time with crust before it was cooked and it ended up soggy but still tasted good.