happy halloween

what a day...cleaning up leaves in the WIND...halloweening at gramma diana's...and aunt jens...picking up a sectional couch at the brick...which by the way is the same owner as united furniture...bringing the couch home and almost not being able to get the sucker in the house...what a gong show...thank you missionaries for being there at the right time...is anything easy any more???...getting ready for our party...which only 2 friends showed up to...it was still really fun even though we missed all the rest of our friends who didn't come...gramma and grampa robison were here handing out candy, third year in a row...might i say tradition starting...and michelle and scott came too...our basement is now finished...well as much as we want to do for now...it's been a long month...gage and addi had fun with their little friend tristan tricker treating up and down our road...it was worm but really windy...but who cares when theres lots of candy, right?...gage was a 'kung fu' and addi was a lion...what does a kung fu guy carry around with him?...a lightsaber of course...just ask gage...and what does a lion say...'arh'...says addi...what a couple of kids...all sugared up and wild...love it...well the couches are in and comfy, cozy...i was mini mouse this year and jim decided to be the hot cowboy...thanks to all the help today and good memories made...we love having family so close to share these special occassions with...now on to the next month and tonight we turn the clocks back!

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so on with the week...i was a wicked mom who had to pry off gage's coat and sleeve to get his flu vaccine...note to self...have the coat already off, and let the older kid go first...he saw how addi reacted when she got her shots and had a melt down...it was sad and it almost made me cry, but he will at least be protected now...after the long 3 hour wait we went to dairy queen and had super and ice cream, since the kids were such good sports...i felt really bad and it ate me up inside for that whole night...i do hope gage forgets the pain when he has to go and get his next one...and that is in 3 weeks...we are moving with such speed these days, that everything is a blur to me...the next day was joyschool, gage is learning about feelings and what they are... when gage leaves the van and goes to school, addi repeats his name over and over, you can tell she misses him when he's gone...jim continued to work on the basement after work, his dad came out to help...and then the missionaries came by and gave a lesson on how we need prayer,scriptures,and church to have balance...we need all three and can't just have one or 2...or one without the other...i have been working out 2wice a week...sometimes we sculpt the muscles...other times we do cardio...i am working out with some friends...it's really fun and i am feeling great and eating what i want and not feeling guilty...this week we worked on the finishing touches to the basement...the trim and cleaning and shampooing the carpets, getting rid of the drywall dust...man that stuff gets everywhere and fast...and it lasts and lasts...we finally were able to go to leth and look for a couch...we got rid of the sectional we got from jims parents like 3 years ago...and the fancy pink couch from jims gramma went to the thrift store...we are excited to say that after going to 5 furniture stores we found one that will suit us just fine...we had our japanese exchange student with us helping us look for couches...he was a huge help with watching the kids while we(jim and i) shopped...what a trooper...once we found the couch and bought it, it was late and i had brought the kids' pj's with us so we dressed them into their pj's at the store...it was kind of strange but it worked...we just pretended it was our house...we found a couch and voila...home!...now today is friday oct.29, 2009...the basement is back to normal and the tv is working with all our little game's...ninetendo...atari...n64...the satellite and the dvd...wires everywhere...but you can't see them...that's the cool part...hence the electrician who lives here...handy, dandy...today i found out that jim is going to go to fort mac on the 9th of nov...a 2 week on 1 week off shift until about feb...so we are excited that he gets to stay with pyramid corp...but sad that he has to leave...we told gage tonite and he had a really sad face...but gage was happy when dad told him that we would talk on the computer every nite...so lets hope that will make the time pass more quickly...oh ya...ever since gage got his 'flu shot', every time we drive by the place where it was he asks me if we are going to get the 'flu shot' and i say 'no, not today' and he says 'ok, tomorrow?'...and so i just tell him it's closed everyday so maybe he will forget about it all together and put it in the past...cross fingers...we do have to go and get a booster for the kids in 3 weeks...but then i heard today that there may not be enough vaccine and that they are saving it for the comprimised and that they may not even need the booster...hooray to that!!!...gage had fun tonite baking and decorating halloween cookies with his friend evan...they had a sugar high...holy cow...supper hyper!...but fun...will post pics when i know how...well it think that's a week in a nut shell...now lets hope i can keep up to this blog thing!

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we have been working like dogs figuring out how to get the basement finished and it is now at the point that the rest of the house is at...almost there and done enough to not finish the rest for a while...STORY OF MY LIFE!...well a lot has happened in such a short while...we hosted guess who's coming for dinner last week...so that was people from our ward come to our house and eat dinner and have some fun and get to know each other afterwards...we are trying really hard to finish our basement so because we were the host for the dinner, jim's mom brought us out an extra table and chairs...when she was ready to leave jim suggested the kids sleep over at gramma's house...well the kids were sooo excited that gramma couldn't of said no even if she wanted to!...so we packed up the kids and off to gramma's house for their first sleep over without mom and dad...jim was going to take the kids to gramma's house in the morning anyway because i was working...and he wanted to get some painting done without little hands helping...so hence the sleep over...anyway we left all the ringers on over night and no phone call...hooray...the kids did great...i worked the next day and and jim painted all day...then when i got home i examined the work that was done, hopped into the shower and got ready to go and pick up the kids in coaldale...when i got to coaldale the kids were excited to see me...i got hugs and kisses from gage and addi just said, "hi, mom"...like 5 times...then she gave me a hug and kiss...she was too interested in the game she was playing with gramma...i got the kids ready to leave and go into lethbridge to see gramma and gechan...and all the rest of the fam...mom was having a 'soup cook off'...it was supper fun...michelle and dad made a brosch...gramma made a tomatoe chowder...jen and spence and the kids made a noodle and tomatoe soup...and russy and megan made a taco soup...michelle and dad won...we got there just in time to eat and vote...gage and addi were clingy...clingertons...and it was hard to visit...but the 'SHORT'stay was worth the trip...we were the last to arrive and the first to leave...gage is a little scared of sean...but they love josee the dog...and gramma and gechan have such great toys to play with...and the kids enjoy seeing all of jens kids...syprus especially likes addi...and well...spencer and addi really got along this time...addi had fun telling stories to spence...thanks spence for helping me out with the kids...sunday i worked too and jim managed to take the kids to church by himself...i was able to get there for the last block and teach my yw...the beehives...sunday evening we hung out and the kids went to bed early...monday was ppp 'parent pre-school program'...i wanted gage to get to know a new set of kids and i heard the program was great...and the kids learn about many different things...the program from the lethbridge college and it's the early childhood development program...so the student come from leth to taber once a week and set up stations for the kids to be creative with colors and glue, glitter, water...blocks...cars...blocks...all kinds of things...books...puppets...etc...and it's different every week...then monday when jim got home from work...we got the kids ready and went for our flu shots...well what a gong show...let me tell you about it later...i have to go and feed the kids!!!!catcha later!

happy thanks giving and we had a thankful one for sure...we are now moving on to halloween and trying not to eat too many candies...we are also getting over sickness here...only we were lucky only one of us got sick...gage...not so lucky for him...but for the rest of us...keep our fingers crossed...i have disinfected the house and hope to see no more sick here for a while...
gage is exceptionally talking better and understanding conciquences better...addi on the other hand...'who ordered attitude?'...some one is very stirn and well not going to go down without a fight!!!...she is too funny...a little of me in there i think!
gage is growing like a weed...i tried his suit on last sunday to wear to church...well it's been probably most of the summer with him not wearing it...and well he looked soo funny in it...he has grown like almost 2" since the last time he's worn the thing...now i have to re-hem his pants so that he can wear it for the fall and winter!...
addi is a talk-aholic...she has a full out conversation with you...and it's hallarious...she repeats the same thing over and over again...and so that makes me think she is trying so hard to say something to me and we are just not getting it!...too fun...she does have a good vocab now though...mommy...daddy...ge...(gage)...o oh...oh...puppy...bebee...(blanket)...opee...(open)...uppee...po...(poop)...so many more...hi da-ee...very fun to see her grow up...she is such a copy cat now too...soo much fun having a bigger brother...she also does not get to experience anything that she likes on her own...she just automatically likes whatever gage likes...does that make sense???...gage likes it...addi has no choice!...

can anyone tell me how to invite people to my blog site so they and read it too???...anybody???

long time has past

Ok...well here we go again...i guess now is not a good time and i will try and post another time when my children are sleeping or something!!!...really bad timing~

new to blogging

here is my first blog...i have not much to say right now, but will post later...just trying new things out!