Three blondes and a brunette

So, if anyone truly knows who I am they will atest to the fact that I don't like change! At all!!! I shuned ankle socks, bell bottoms were something you laughed at because your parents wore them, moving to St. George was something my parents did to me out of pure hatred, and the list goes on! So naturally I am always surprised to find out that change is good! Anything new or different should be tried! I REALLY like ankle socks, bell bottoms are actually comfy, and moving to St. George was one of the best things my parents ever did for me! So when the book "Twighlight" came out I was totally not willing to read it because it was new! All the girls tried to get me to read it and I would simply say, "I would" and go on with my life! I thought that the count down to the movie on peoples blogs were silly. NOW I know what I missed out on! Last night I went to the movie with my sisters and watched the darn movie that now has me spending every thought on Edward and Bella and Emmitt and Alice, etc. I now have the books and I will read them as fast as I can! Thank you to my sisters for letting me go with you to the movie and thanks for explaining it to me throughout it! I had a blast! It is sure fun to have sisters! Also thanks Brian and Jodi for watching my kids! You don't even know how much I appreciate it. And Jodi, lets hit the midnight showing soon!

Fun Times!

So, it has been an exciting week/weekend for us! To start it off, my dad was called as Bishop and so we headed home to give him our love and support. We had a great time!! I got to see my Aunts and Uncles from my Warnick side and that was a blast! Then Jackie, Fran, and I were all about singing around the piano until Wyatt brought out Pat Benetar's song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" we shouldn't have, but we did! All I can say is go Fran!!!! Jack and I were the backups! It was exciting! Then it was SEP's (parent-teacher conf.) for the girls so they had half day all week. I met with their teachers and both girls are doing really good in school! then thursday came and Cicely got sick! Really sick! Still don't know what is wrong but we will be heading to the Doc tomorrow! And then Friday came...All was going just fine until about six o'clock in the evening. We went to take lunch to Chris and on our way home Chet started wiggen out! Saying that a penny was stuck in his tooth! Then he said that it was in his throat! Sure enough, he had swallowed a Penny! No big deal, he was still breathing! Well to make a long story short Fran came over to hang out while the hubby's were at work and Meg came in and wanted me to go with her to "see something" Yes, Chet was throwing up trying to get the penny out! Frantically I called Chris who then called the Doctor who then called me and he told me to get to the ER because the penny could be stuck in his throat. I left the kids with Aunt Nannie (by the way thank you so much Fran!) and headed to the hospital carrying a sick and uncomfortable Chet. They did the x-rays and found no penny, so his body must have gotten rid of it! Thankfully he is ok! I feel very blessed! We did give him the "Don't put any money in your mouth" talk (again) so we are hoping we are past that!

Tagged by Kait

What is your husbands full name? Christopher Glen Atkinson
How long have you been married? Eight years
How long did you date? Officially Five months before his mission and then five months after.
How old is he? Old.
Who eats more sweets? Unfortunately I do! Bummer Huh!
Who said I love you first? He did! It took me a while because that is big committment.
Who is taller? He is.
Who can sing the best? Me.
Who is smarter? As being a mom I am smarter. At being the dad he is..
Who does the laundry? I do.
Who pays the bills? He does.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.
Who mows the lawn? Well he did until school started and then he was too busy so I do now. I even fixed the lawn mower! Snaps for Chanda.
Who cooks dinner? I usually do unless I get overwhelmed and then he will do it. He is awesome!
Who drives? He does. He is the worst back seat driver ever so I would rather avoid the tension!
Who kissed who first? Chris kissed me first. Something I will never let him live down!
Who asked who out first? Well this is tricky because we had alot of first dates! Sounds weird I know! First, my cousin set me up with Chris because I had a major crush. Then I asked him to a girls choice dance, and then he asked me out officially after we graduated. That is the first date to him. We were friends for a long time before we started dating.
Who wears the pants? Hmmmm.....I would have to say that I let him think he does but really I do. I can get pretty much whatever I want if I work it right!

I tag anyone who wants to be tagged!

Happy Birthday Wyatt!!!!

Wyatt has been spoiled by love! (and many other things!)

Halloween Fun!

We had a jam packed Halloween! We started it off with Chrislyn's school parade. Then I brought the younger kids home (and left them with Grandma A) so that I could help out with Chrislyn' and Cicely's class parties. It was alot of fun seeing my girls in their respective elements! Chrislyn is still a boy-crazy girl. However she does back it up! There was a treasure hunt where they had to dig in a huge pot of loose corn kernels straight from the farm (and it stunk!) That was the game I was in charge of monitoring. All the little girls would barely get their fands dirty! Chrislyn was in a group with all boys and she dug into that pot without hesitation! Laughing the whole time! Cicely had a great party too! I got to watch her parade and she made sure I got a picture! (as I didn't see her at first and she backed up the parade until a picture was taken!) The rest of the day was fun! We did the old fashioned trick-or-treating thing and I realized how much I missed going door to door! Chris had to work so we went and saw him! (Uncle Jacob gave them a BIG candybar for trick-or-treating at Costco). Cooper was superman for half of the day. (For the other half he was just Cooper!)

Courtlin was not a Happy Halloweener!This was Chrislyn before the Vampire Make-up was applied! She made up her own outfit. She ended up being Doctor Dracula! I desperately tried to get her to be a princess!!! Oh-well!
Cicely was a pretty little princess bossing all of us around! (actually not very unusual!) She did get some crazy glasses from her school party and she wore them the rest of the day!

Fireman Chet. He was this for the second year in a row!

I bet ya can't guess what he wants to be when he grows up!