Cortney's Crew

warning - super long post, but now you'll know why I haven't posted anything in a while. So I'm starting this post on November 7th, but I won't be posting it until later as we're waiting till I'm further along to let everyone know. I just really wanted to be able to write down what I'm feeling and all of my experiences. So I'm just gonna keep adding to this post and then eventually post it, so it's probably going to get to be very long!! Nov. 7th So earlier this year when they had to take my IUD out before it ruptured the uterine wall, Dean and I were talking about what we should do since we now didn't have any birth control. Now anyone who has known me the last few years knows that after Alexandra was born I was done . Her pregnancy was HORRIBLE, as was Riley's. With both girls I have had placental abruptions and had been put on bed rest. Riley's started at 23 weeks when I woke up and thought my water had broken only to find out I was bl...

Last night our Relief Society had their Enrichment night. It was great. I really enjoy our ward and the sisters in it. I've been able to make such good friends there. It was fun just to be able to have an evening of fun and be able to sit and talk. We had a big dinner and then we listened to a Christmas story. Then we broke into 3 groups and chose a "model" in our groups to make into a snowman using tissue paper, white garbage bags, balloons, and construction paper. Our group won for having the best snowman. We were quite creative....I even ran outside to find some branches for the arms. Poor Heidi, she looked so uncomfortable. We even used eyeliner to make her eyes "coal". Then we had a cupcake decorating section and an origami Christmas ornaments section (which I taught). We used scrapbook paper for the ornaments and just made origami balls. It was fun and I think I'm going to do it with my girls this year to decorate the tree. As long as...

Yesterday I paid $2.06 for gas for the Tahoe!!! It made my day! Usually when I fill up the Tahoe it makes me cringe. Now we hardly ever drive it, but the days Dean has the car for work I have to drive it. It has been costing me about $75-80 to fill the tank. Yesterday I only needed to fill it halfway and it only cost me $22. That's about $40 for a whole tank!!! Amazing!! I was in a good mood for quite a while and it was just because of the cost of gas! Sometimes little things just make your day a whole lot better. I'm very proud of our country today. I know that there a quite a few people (including my husband) who are upset with the outcome of the Presidential race. But to think that this is the first black president in our history, it's just amazing. We've come so far in this country that we were able to look beyond color and vote on issues that were important to us. I've had quite a few discussions with Dean this political season. And I must say that...

Monday night for Family Home Evening we did our traditional Monday before Halloween carving of pumpkins. Which this time meant Mommy did all the work while the girls cheered her on. The girls wanted nothing to do with the yuckiness, but both wanted cat faces on their pumpkins. For the 3rd pumpkin I decided it could be a Pirate Jack-o-lantern. I didn't feel like doing another kitten, which is what I'm sure they would have asked for if I had let them decide. Yesterday was Alexandra's Halloween party at Joy School. They had a great time. They got to carve a pumpkin as a class and they learned Halloween songs. Then all the Moms came for the party and they sang for us. I did record it, but Alexandra refused to sing, so I'm not posting it for all to see her "not sing". They had a "house" for each kid and then they all got to take turns trick-or-treating each other. It was so cute to hear them saying trick-or-treat and thank you. Here is Alexandra handing o...

Saturday night was apparently the night for getting in trouble for my girls. First I hear Riley and Alexandra talking in the other room about the gum in Alexandra's hair. So I yell for Alexandra to come in so I can see what kind of mess is in her hair. She had mushed the gum in really good, but luckily I didn't have to cut too much of her hair to get it out. But then she got mad at me because she wanted the gum back. Yeah not gonna happen. Then about bath time I notice that Riley has a hole in her pants. Now this hole is very definitely something that was done on purpose with scissors. So I ask Riley what happened with her pants. She proceeds to lie to me and say "I don't know" twice. Now this is the first time Riley has ever lied. Not only can I tell this was a purposely cut hole, she's horrible at lying. When I tell her to tell me the truth she says she cut her pants with some scissors. So then I ask her when she cut them. Again "I don'...

I just wanted to praise my friend Meredith. She makes purses and I bought a few the other day and they are wonderful!!! I used one today at the zoo and it held so much of my stuff, plus I was able to just keep stuffing papers and bags of popcorn and all the other hand outs from the booths. I also had snacks and water bottles in it too!! Plus I put my camera in one of the side pockets and it was so easy to get it out when I wanted to take pictures. These are the two I bought! I love the red and black one it has ribbon laced up the sides. So I'm promoting her website where she sells them. It is http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6063726 Meredith you rock!!

Yesterday night was our Ward's Trunk-or-Treat party. For those of you who don't know what that is, the members of our ward get together in our church parking lot and the kids go from car to car trick or treating. Usually you sit in the back of your car and hand out the candy (although I've never had a "car" there, so it might suck to sit in a trunk, but the back of Grammy's van worked great. It makes it a safe environment for the kids to trick-or-treat. You know everyone and it's all in one spot. We also had a potluck dinner and activities before the trick-or-treating started. Here's my cute Ariel and my Cat Witch holding their Halloween Webkins. One of the activities was eating a donut off a string with no hands. Of course you can see that Alexandra cheated. They also had face painting and fishing for prizes and musical chairs. One of the lady's in our ward handed out caramel and candy apples for her treats. They were so yummy!!! Again, since you...