Full Circle Mermaid Moment

So for those of you who know me well, you know I LOVE LOVE LOVE the little mermaid. You know that in high school I had Little Mermaid sheets and posters and dolls. If you know me well you already know all of this. When The Little Mermaid came out (summer of 1989) I was 11 years old and just getting ready to go into the 6th grade. I had just gotten all my new school clothes and yeah I can remember the outfit that I wore to the theater that day! Did I tell you that I LOVED the Little Mermaid? So I guess I never really thought that one day I would have my own kids that would also love The Little Mermaid, even though I should have seen it coming! So every day at the dinner table Bella asks me to sing The Ariel Song. I of course do because I know it word for word and love it. So we have a little dinner show each and every night! So Bella now knows the Ariel song and it tickles me pink. She doesn't sing it very often but I got it on tape and I am so excited for you all to see my own little princess! She is too way cute!! Sorry it is so soft but...... Here is my full circle Mermaid moment.

Camping at the Traylor park

Sarah and Bella cuddle
Rob , Mason and Reven
Happy Campers
Bella and Xavier sleeping soundly
The set up


So we had planned to go camping last weekend but everyone bailed on me. So taking the advice from our dear prophet I decided to enjoy the journey! So I asked my friends the Traylor's if we could camp out in their back yard and use their built in fire pit to roast marshmallows. I mean what's camping with out s'mores?! So we did it and it was so much fun! The Hogges came and roasted marshmallows with us and we did sleep out in the tent all night. The kids were thrilled to sleep in a tent and I knew that's all it would take for them to have fun so mission accomplished! Thanks Traylor's for letting us use your indoor plumbing and your back yard on our "camp out"!!

Tagged

Tagged- the 8's

8 t.v. shows I love to watch:

1. Brothers and Sisters
2. Chuck
3. Heros
4. Criminal minds
5. Numbers
6. The Ex- list
7. Grey's anatomy
8. Law and order SVU

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Baja Fresh
2. Chipoltle
3. Virgil's
4. dave and busters
5. california pizza kitchen
6. cheesecake factory
7. red robin
8. Anywhere my friends are

8 Things that happened yesterday:

1. Did Laundry
2. Went to the grocery store
3. Went to RiLee's
4. Had Family home evening
5. Bath night for the kids
6. Talked on the phone a lot
7. Played outside
8. did the never ending pile of dishes

8 things I am looking forward to:

1. Apple Picking
2. Halloween
3. Dinner
4. Thanksgiving
5. An update from my family on the house cleaning project!
6. Bed time for me and the kids
7. chocolate and peanut butter
8. a chance to read my book

8 things I love about fall:

1. Football season
2. cooler weather
3. The changing leaves
4. making soups and chili a couple nights a week
5. Getting toasty in a blanket
6. Thanksgiving dinner
7. Sweatshirts and sweaters
8. hot chocolate

8 things on my wish list:

1. A mini van
2. Plastic surgery
3. No debt
4. a house keeper
5. The cricut
6. a new wardrobe
7. going to the little mermaid on broadway
8. a mini van

8 people I'm tagging:

1. RiLee
2. Jenn
3. Meagan
4. Marci
5. Connie
6. Amber J
7. Tracy
8. Holly

General Conference

Chocolate apostles
Who's who?

Xavier and Bella playing conference bingo.
A not so reverent moment.
Xavier loved the chocolate and the game!

So we have been gearing up for general conference all week long! It started with an FHE lesson on prophets and the first presidency. We made our who's who game and our chocolate apostles. This was to be the first time the kids really watched conference so I was trying to prepare as best I could. They watched each afternoon session and did pretty well for first timers. They loved the chocolate and mathching the picture with each speaker. Bingo was a bit of a bust mostly because they are still too little but it was fun anyway! I am happy because they can name the first presidency and they know several other names but not the faces. I never realized how much these men look alike until I started trying to find ways for the kids to differentiate them! Not easy! Conference for me was amazing! I love President Monson and all the talks he gave! I loved hearing Elder Oaks speak about sacrament meeting and I loved Sister Allred as always! It was a great weekend and I'm so glad that I got to spend it with my kids and help them understand the importance of our beloved prophet! Today as we were praying over breakfast Xavier said "I'm pretending to be the prophet." If that is all he got out of our week of preparation and conference itself, I'm good! Who better to pretend to be then President Monson!

Bella's Big Girl Bed!!

So there I was driving down the street minding my own business and I saw this great toddler bed, so I took it and now Bella has a big girl bed! In Jersey people put the most amazing things to the curb for the garbage men! Many people like to go 'junkin' in the good neighborhoods and they get great stuff! I happen to be one of those people obviously! I will be posting one of my fixer up finds soon! So this is Bella getting ready for her first night of sleep in her toddler bed. She was really excited and wanted to get into bed. Then I snuck in to get a shot of her actually sleeping. They are so cute and way too grown up in their toddler beds!!

Tisha's big 3-0

So my best friend from high school turned the big 30. She lives in North Carolina now but her husband surprised her with a trip to the big apple for her birthday! It was so good to see her and celebrate another milestone with her! Here are some cute pictures from that night. I gave her a little scrapbook of us through the years and of course CANDY!! I love you and welcome to the club!

Got Gas?

So last night I ran out of gas. Yeah I ran out of gas on route 78 which is a highway here in New Jersey. My gas gauge was temporarily malfunctioning so I kind of didn't know how much gas I had. Even though I had put 20 bucks in I drove to Staten Island and back. Just a little FYI it takes more than 20 bucks to drive to Staten Island and back in an SUV that is virtually empty and the gas gauge is out of wack, Just in case you are making that trip soon! So I called my dear friend Joanne to come to my rescue which she did! She was there in super speed with a gas tank that we couldn't figure out at first and we were trying to put the nozzle together by the light of her headlights and the fierce wind blowing us and the directions around from the big rigs blowing by at 75 miles per hour! yeah it was crazy! We figured it out and she followed me to the gas station and we were safe! 74.56 later I had filled up and was home! Yeah!!! I said lots of prayers last night and they were all answered so I am very grateful for that!
My angel, Joanne

Head Trauma, ER and Triage

So yesterday we took our first trip to the ER. At about 8 AM Xavier decided to climb the TV in the playroom to get the remote control. The TV and it's stand came tumbling down and it hit him in the head. I was up our stairs in about 2 seconds and he was screaming bloody murder. A goose egg started appearing on his forehead and I knew it was a doozy! I started to play doctor. I was flashing a flashlight into his eyes to make sure they were dilating and I asked him some questions like what is your name, Xavier what's your full name, to this he always says Xavier Grant Cardona but today he said I can't remember. What?!?!?!? Then I asked him his favorite color and he said he didn't know. Xavier's favorite color is green. It's always green. He never says any other color it's green! I am beginning to worry a lot. Oh did I mention his eyes kept rolling back in his head and then he'd wake up real fast! Yeah I was worried! Then an hour later he threw up and I knew that wasn't normal. So the pediatrician sent us to the ER. That's where they started using all the scary words like Head trauma and triage. Xavier threw up again on the way to the ER and he was just so out of it! So he had to get a CAT scan and he did great! He cried but he was still. I thought it would be a good idea to pretend the CAT scan machine was a rocket headed to mars but he then started screaming I want to stay on earth! I guess it was a little too realistic. He got a bunch of stickers and things form radiology and now we just had to wait! Half hour later the results were in and there was no damage to the brain or head or skull. What a relief. He is fine now and is bossing Bella around like nothing ever happened! I guess he told his teacher all about it!

Update

I just wanted to update everyone on what's going on with us. All things digital hate me right now so every camera I come close to won't work so sorry that there have been no pictures and no posts! Xavier started his second year of Pre school this month and loves it! He is in the same class with the same teacher so it was easy for him to get back into things! Bella has started potty training. We've been down this road before but this is the real deal! She still pees on the floor and has no aversion to peeing or pooping in her pants but she has also been going on the potty as well! Luckily we have no carpet so cleaning up isn't as bad! Xavier has stopped wearing a pull up at night and is now in big boy underwear 24/7. It is very nice not to have to buy diapers and wipes. I can't believe I only buy pull ups now! Crazy! We have a lot of fun things coming up so look forward to funner posts with pictures! (digital gods willing)

Back to the farm.....One last Idaho blog........

Even in her sleep she finds ways to bug him!

Jaden JanieXavier and Bella (Xavier and Jaden play so well together. They have the exact opposite skin tone so whenever they were together David would call them salt and pepper!)

We've been back from Boise for 2 weeks now and we miss it like crazy. Xavier is always asking when his cousins are coming over to fight him and that tomorrow he's getting on 2 planes to go to Uncle David's. My sister in law sent me these pictures from when the kids spent one of our last nights at their house. I had to post them cause they are so darn cute and they love being on Uncle David's farm. Before we left Idaho my sister asked Xavier if he wanted to stay in Idaho or go back to New Jersey. He said New Jersey. She then asked him if he wanted to stay at Uncle David's house or go back to New Jersey and he picked Uncle David's house! So thanks for letting the kids live the farm life. We love you all and miss you!