An adventure to the North Pole

Tomorrow we are going on an adventure

to the North Pole
on the Polar Express.



Because today I won these:


I can hardly believe it, but it's true!

A few days ago there was a contest on Good Things Utah. They said 10 people would win tickets to the Polar Express.

All I had to do was enter on the website,

so I did.

And I can't believe that I won!!

We are SO excited!

Stay tuned for news on how our adventure turned out.

Photo editing website

I recently found a new photo editing website that I absolutely love. Picnik allows you to do some amazing things to photos, and you can do it all right on the website!

Check out what I did with this photo:

It went from this

To this

Or this!

And it is so easy, you have to check it out!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth

I love how every S sound she makes sounds like a th,

so cute!

Rocks in the dryer

Last night I was trying to catch up on some laundry. I had gotten so far behind that I was debating whether or not to put my favorite pair of jeans in the hamper, I wasn't sure when I would get them back again. I pulled a clean load of clothes out of the dryer and put some wet clothes in. I turned the dryer on and walked away, ready to go to bed. That's when I heard it-- a loud banging sound was coming from my dryer...

I dread that clanking sound that I hear from my dryer every once in a while. The sound that means that something "extra"

has made its way into the laundry.

This is what was in the dryer this time:

Any idea what it is? It was a worry stone that Julia had purchased from the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum. (Don't mention it to her, she'll never realize it's gone as long as I don't say anything.)

This is just the latest "extra" I've found in my dryer.

Previous finds include:

Lip gloss (what a yucky greasy mess this left on all the clothes!)

Crayons (also a messy one!)

Bouncy balls

a tennis ball

Coins

Dollars

Small toys

Paper

Grass (from a pocket)

more rocks

small trucks

a ring pop (not in the wrapper)

and I know there's more, this is just what I can remember right this instant.

What kinds of things have gone through your dryer?

Different uses for inexpensive Ikea projects

I love Ikea, I think I should go there again soon because I love this little catch-all shelf made from an Ikea magazine holder (found on Design Sponge), only $4.99:




And look what my friend Char did with an Ikea pot lid rack that was only $2.99, so smart!

And did you know that there's a blog all about different projects you can do involving Ikea products? It's called Ikea Hacker, how great is that?!

I was thankful for many things this weekend

This weekend I was the one who was sick. I don't know if I caught the same thing that Julia had or something else completely but it was rough there for a couple of days.

I really became thankful for many things this weekend:

-Derek works from home on Friday and was able to help with the kids after school.

-My bed, it is very comfortable and I was also grateful to be able to use it. Usually when I'm sick I still have mommy responsibilities but the kids were in school and Derek was around so I was able to take it easy more than usual.

-Tivo. While I was in bed resting I watched several movies and shows that I had tivo-ed over the past couple of weeks. Isn't Tivo great?!

-Comcast's On Demand. One night I couldn't sleep at all so I went downstairs and watched "27 Dresses" on demand (we have the premium channels on demand for now). I really liked it. Sure it was cheesy and predictable but who cares at 3 in the morning!

-Nose drops. Cold medicine doesn't do a thing for me, but for some reason I had never tried nose drops until last year. Wow, they really make a difference! I was able to go to sleep last night since I could actually breathe.

-And that brings us to the ability to breathe. You take for granted being able to breathe out of your nose until that ability is gone. Isn't it amazing when you are able to breathe again? Just a wonderful thing!

Thanks to Derek and the kids for helping out!

Now I really have a lot to do-- the house is a wreck, I have a million orders to finish up, I am way behind on the laundry, and I am trying to start my Christmas shopping.
We're now back to the regularly scheduled programming. :)

Free photobook from Snapfish

Just go here:

http://www1.snapfish.com/info18

I had to log out, then click the link and log back in for it to work.

***You do have to pay shipping on the book, which is $6.99.

But HURRY, you have to click to get the coupon by Friday, November 14th, and you have to redeem the coupon by Sunday, November 16th.

The worst

The unspeakable happened yesterday.

Jula threw up in school! And it's the second time this year!!
Her teacher must be really annoyed with us. I really had no idea that she was sick though. She seemed fine when I dropped her off.

After I picked her up yesterday she was SO sick. She had a fever and couldn't keep anything down. I wish she had shown some sign of being sick before I dropped her off at school! Today she doesn't seem quite as bad but I'm definitely keeping her home. Hopefully she'll be better soon. I have a million things that need to get done and there doesn't seem to be enough time when taking care of a sick kid.

Check this out

A human slinky performance:

HalfTime Basketball Creighton University Omaha Nebraska - Watch more Sports Videos

Very cool!

The last home game of the year

Derek hadn't planned on taking Ethan to the BYU game on Saturday,

but our friend Steve had been given an extra ticket.

Ethan now loves going to the BYU football games!

Next year we may have to buy an extra set of tickets

so the kids can take turns going with Dad!

While the boys were having fun at the game

Julia and I went to my Mom's Super Saturday at her church.

And that's where Julia finally lost one of her top teeth!

We all had a fun Saturday!