Random things this week!

So apparently Wal-Mart shopping carts like to eat toes! My friend, Nicole, and I went to grab a few things from the store the other night. I grabbed the shopping cart and hit my toe on the wheel! And man when you stubb your toe, it kills! So I thought oh no big deal! We walk about 10 feet into the store and I feel my foot in a puddle of blood on my flip flop! Apparently I didn't just stub my toe, the cart must have taken a bite out of my toe. It was gashed good. So we go to the bathroom, where the great photos were taken! Then Nicole went to the Service desk to ask for some band-aids. Thank goodness they were willing to share! So that is one of my random tales for the week!

Yesterday, one of my room mom's put on a fundraiser at Sportsman's Warehouse to raise money to improve our playground for wheel-chair access. So the teachers came during a specific hour for th mechanical bull riding contest! I would have to say it was my first time! The kids were just loving it! I was in the top 4 of the longest time, and then they did a drawing from those 4. I got drawn and won a gift certificate! The best part was watching the students cheer on their teachers! I thought I would share the proof of this experience, because I don't think you will get me on one again!

Birthday Party

Besides "Happy Easter", we had a big "Happy Birthday" Party tonight for Jeff (last wednesday), Paige's 1st Birthday (on friday), and Steve (on friday), Andee's boyfriend. It is always good times to get everyone together! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter too! :)

I love Vacations!

Wow! This week flew by! But I guess that is what happens when you are cruising to Mexico! The week was so much fun and I took tons of pics, but I will have to pick some of my favorites to share! :) We had 28 people in our group- family and family friends! We stopped in Cabo San Lucas first and we went 4-Wheeling on the sand dunes by the beach! Then we went on a boat ride in the ocean around some rock arches. In Matzatlan we saw cliff divers by the ocean, went shopping at the flea market, hung out at the beach, and some of our friends went parasailing. Then we stopped in Puerto Vallarta and we went up to the rainforest/jungle and went on 12 zip lines. The longest zip line was about 800 feet long! It was so cool to be soaring above the trees- it was almost like Tarzan! Besides our excursions, we ate more than we ever thought we could! I love pineapple, and I think I had it with about every meal! The ice cream machine by the pool was wonderful too! We went to a different entertainment show each night after dinner. The dancing til all hours of the night was great- it is very entertaining to watch drunk people dance! We loved the towel animals on the bed every night. Those are just a few highlights! It was a very nice and relaxing vacation- where everyone takes care of you!

Julie & I laying out by the pool!
Kaden, Korby, Tess, & I dancing all night long!
Tess & I riding 4 wheelers in Cabo.
Mom and Dad at one of the formal nights.

The girls ready for formal night!
Dolphin Ice sculpture out by the pool at the mid-night buffet.

The boys by the waterfall right after we did the zip lines in Puerto.

Part of the gang on the second formal night!

Found Mouse! Hooray!

So I am so excited that we found our mouse! DEAD! :) My roommate and I were rearranging our couches and she suddenly screamed! So I was like "is it a mouse?" she said "yes" I said " Is it dead?" she said "Yes!" and I screamed with joy! I don't think my roommate was so excited to be the one to find it. I was so happy because I for sure didn't want find that critter in our pantry or cupboard or something! We hadn't started to smell anything, and I was starting to think he had gone outside and died, because we know he ate the poison. So apparently he at the posion and got caught in one of our traps! So I told my roommate to go and get a grocery sack- She told me she wouldn't hold it though! So she put it in the middle of the floor open. I got rubber gloves on and luckily I just had to pick up the trap- his let was attached. And then put it in the bag and threw it in our dumpster. Then I threw the rubber gloves away! :) Yuck! What an adventure, it lasted way too long! At least afer the first week I started to get some better sleep! And mission accomplished- he is out of our house and dead!

So I might not have a post for a few weeks since Sunday is usually my day to add anything to my blog. I am going on a cruise next week to the Mexican Riviera! A bunch of our family and friends are going- I am so excited! So I will have fun pictures when I get back! I do love Spring Break, especially when you can travel the world!

Digital Scrapbooking Class

My sister Alisha teaches digital scrapbooking classes. We are having one at my house on Saturday, March 1st, at 10am. You can sign up for the class on www.DigitalScrapbookingForYou.com or let me know if you want more info. I can email you all of the details! If you have trouble signing up, let me know too! :) It will be a two hour class. Alisha is creating a kit that you will go home with from the class, so we need everyone to sign up in advance! And feel free to invite a friend! :)

Good Family Time

February is a big birthday month for our family. Four of the Seven kids's b-days are in February. Alisha and I get to share this next week so tonight we had our Family Birthday Party. Alisha is on Monday, and mine is on Wednesday. It was wierd to open presents early, but it is ok to be spoiled every once in a while I guess :). The Sisters

The Birthday Girls! :) -Make a wish-

This weekend I babysat Rushton and Paige. It was so fun to have them friday and saturday. We played and had lots of fun. We visited Grandma and Grandpa, played with bubbles outside, played basketball, played in the tent and played with trains. It was fun to hang out with them, since amongst my busy schedule I usually only see them on Sunday for a bit. I love these two, they are so cute and fun and they grow up fast! Paige is just starting to walk- it is so fun to see her change and learn new things.



P.S. I am so excited to have President's Day off! :)

Mouse Trouble Part 2

Ok, so last night we put out the posion in the pantry and this morning when I woke up the posion was gone, so i am assuming he ate it! Which in my book is good thing! The bad part is that we will now have to find a dead mouse in our house in the next few days! I will update you when that happens! :) Here are the pictures that I coudn't attach last time. This is my roommates are setting up mouse traps. They put them on spatulas to set them out once they were loaded and ready.This is the towel shoved under the door to keep the mouse out! Or at least we thought that would help!
This is when we thought we would out smar the mouse when he would have to come out of the fireplace ;) These are the plug-ins that will hopefully prevent more mice from coming into my house!