My Birthday Party!

Last Saturday night I had an awesome birthday party. The party was at my in-law's house. They have the perfect basement for parties (thanks Mom and Dad for letting us take over your house for the night). Carey Fox made a suspicious looking, yet very tasty cake (thanks Car). Of course we had Chick-fil-a nuggets (thanks for bringing those Mom) and some other great snacks. We played my favorite games, Rock Band and Trivial Pursuit. Jill Frailey livened up the night with her amazing vocals. Ryan Horsley and I took the mic a couple of times as well. No one was all that excited about playing Trivial Pursuit except Justin and me, but they all stayed and played anyway. I think it turned out being one of those rare times when everyone is stuck playing a game that they hate, but surprisingly they end having a lot of fun anyway. All in all, there was great company and a lot of laughter. I couldn't have wished for a better party. Thanks Justin and Jess for helping to put the party together, and thank you to everyone that came. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

Family Pictures

On Monday, my birthday, we had Justin's sister, Jennifer, take some family pictures for us. The boys were being a little uncooperative, but we got a few good shots. Then on Tuesday, just to cover our bases we had my mom and Justin's other sister, Jessica, take a few more pictures. They all did a great job, don't you think?

 

Good Night, and Good Luck

So, tonight I am overwhelmed with disappointment. The dumb masses of our country have spoken and the entire country will pay a steep price for their ignorance. It is unfortunate that some people voted just to make history and neglected to acknowledge the issues that are the real reasons to vote. It is unfortunate that this election has brought more attention to the differences between races than it has done to eradicate them. It is unfortunate that this country is now on a road toward less freedom, the discouragement of hard work, and immorality. I do not dislike Obama as a person, but I strongly dislike the future that he has proposed for our country. I can only hope and pray that my children will be strong enough to combat the added trials that will inevitably confront them as a result of this election. God bless America, we need it now more than ever.

It has started already. I just heard gunshots outside my house. Ok, maybe they were fireworks...maybe.

Trick or Treat!

Last night we went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Grandma Pearson, Jess, Andy, Megan, and Lex came to trick-or-treat with us. Drake had a nice nap while the other kids collected their candy, but their was one neighbor who insisted on giving Drake his own goody bag. Jackson lasted about 30 minutes and then we went home to pass out candy. We had a good time even though a lot of our neighbors weren't home. And yes, I did let Jackson eat some candy.

At about 2:00am Halloween morning I was awakened by Jackson coughing and then vomiting all over himself and his bed. Justin and I worked together to get Jackson and his bed all cleaned up and then put him back to bed. Just as he was beginning to fall back to sleep he threw up again, so we had to repeat the process all over again. And then again, after everything was all cleaned up and he was on the verge of sleep he threw up one more time. Luckily there wasn't much left in his stomach, so it didn't take as long to clean him up the third time. We all finally got back to sleep at 4:00am. He is better now, but we won't soon forget our poor baby's puke filled night.

Trunk or Treat

We had our annual Trunk or Treat last night at Church. Jackson was a gorilla, Drake was a dragon, I was Sarah Palin, and Justin was a hard working husband who took all of the pictures. Jackson was kind of a grouch last night so we didn't get too many good pictures of him. The reason Jackson was a grouch was twofold, he was tired and we wouldn't let him eat his candy. He was not allowed to eat any candy last night because he didn't eat his dinner and because mommy told him if he didn't take a nap yesterday (which he didn't hence the tiredness) he couldn't eat any candy that night. I am evil I know, but once you make a threat you have to stick with it or else you end up with a manipulative brat like I was/am. I won a prize for my awesome costume and so did Jessica and Andy (they were vampires). Towards the end of the evening we got a little crazy and started adding things to the kids' costumes. Jackson became a Republican gorilla and Drake, well... just check out the bottom right of the collage.

Cersey Halloween Party

On Saturday, October 25th Grandma Cersey threw the most awesome Halloween party ever! We all had a blast and here are some pictures to prove it. Grandma and Grandpa rented a big inflatable jumper and put it in their backyard. It resembled a large dog. At first Jackson had a great time jumping with his cousins, but after a few hours all of sudden he was terrified of the jumper exclaiming "the doggy is going to eat me!" We don't know if one of the other kids put this idea in his head or if he came up with it himself out of the blue. Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.

Grandma Cersey made some awesome festive food. Not only do you never go hungry at her house, but you eat in style as well.

Grandma also made an awesome haunted house for the kids. It had eyeballs and brains to feel and candy bowl that put up a fight. Jackson was begging to go inside until he got his turn to go in and then he was begging to get out. He was most afraid of the candy bowl. Drake didn't know what to make of the whole thing. He started crying after the candy bowl tried to grab him too.

We painted pumpkins and decorated haunted gingerbread houses. I was on my own with the gingerbread house because Justin was watching the BYU game and Jackson was getting tired, but I had a good time.

Out of nowhere Jessica and I decided we wanted to get our limbo on and before we knew it the whole family got involved. We turned on some 80's tunes (fitting for Halloween I think because the 80's rendered some of the scariest music of all time) and limboed until we couldn't limbo anymore. As you can see I was really excited about it.

We had a doughnut on a string eating contest. We were not suppose to use our hands, but as you can see Jackson doesn't play by the rules.

We are a fun and crazy family. We had a great time and we hope that this becomes an annual tradition. Thanks Grandma Cersey!

To see more pictures of this event check out the Dollar's blog.

Our October, So Far

Ok, I get it people. You would rather I stick to family matters instead of ranting about politics. Fine, but before I get back to the mundane let me just point you in the direction of another political article that is worth reading. It can be found here and I highly recommend reading it if you have a minute.

Alright, so a few weeks ago the boys and I went up to north Georgia with most of the Cersey side of the family. We had a great time hiking up to Anna Ruby Falls and when we got back down Grandpa bought us all popsicles which is why my tounge is blue in the picture below. We also walked around Helen for awhile, which is a cute German tourist town. To see more pictures you can visit my sister-in-law's blog. She took more pictures than I did.

Last week we went to Randy's Pumpkin Patch which had become somewhat of a yearly tradition for us thanks to Jessica and Andy (sis-in-law and her husband). We have gone almost every year since we have been married. There are a ton of pumpkins of course and a bunny petting zoo, which Jackson loves. I have put together this little slide show with pictures from our evening there. Be sure to watch to the end so you can see some of Jackson's hot dance moves.

Last Saturday we went over to Brindi and Ryan's house to carve pumpkins and eat dinner. We took the boys, but they were not interested in the festivities. Jackson watched Polar Express (his favorite movie) and Drake slept. You can see in the pictures below all of the awesome pumpkins that were carved. See if you can identify what Justin carved into our pumpkin. Some might consider it to be a little erotic, but knowing Justin I would say that it is actually quite mild.

All in all we have had a good October so far. Autumn is my favorite season. The wretched Georgia heat is behind you, and the holidays are just around the corner. Below is another slide show of our little family. Enjoy!

Here is a video of Jackson singing some songs a few weeks ago. Sorry it is so blurry.