So warm!!

We've been enjoying the warm weather! Today we headed down to the school so the kids could ride their bikes and shoot some hoops. Lani is my little model and asked me to follow her and take some pictures of her, lol!

After a while Michael and I did a little workout on the schools fitness circuit. It's not the best, but with Michael's knowledge of different exercises we were able to come up with some good ones:) I always tell Michael that he needs to become a personal trainer.

Of course we ended the day with some smooches from Mama!!

yum yum yummy!

Here is my new desktop:) Only 7 more days until New Moon and my 32nd birthday!!

Loco Legs

Here is a video of Lani from September. Back then she was OBSESSED with The Fresh Beat Band on Nickelodeon. Her favorite episode and song was "Loco Legs". I had it on DVR and we watched it a million times...no joke:)

She's moved onto iCarly, but this video is just hilarious. She dances, cleans up toys, plays a little, and organizes all while dancing, LMAO!! Please don't mind the messy house:( No point in picking up until the end of the day when I have all these rugrats running around.

Watching this makes me realize how much she's like Michael. He gets totally side tracked by straightening up things. (I know ladies! Don't hate because I have a man who likes to clean) For example he was on his way upstairs once to get something. He stopped in the kitchen and started cleaning off the table and totally forgot what he was supposed to go upstairs for...hee!! I just laugh at him:)

New family

I just posted another photo session over at Wendy Demers Photography.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus

In October I was given tickets by Mom Central to see Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. We had a great time and were up so very close to all the action! It was a fabulous show and a lot of fun. There was constant excitement and every where you looked something cool was happening:) My only concern was how risque some of he outfits were. There were a few ladies who were wearing tight leather outfits with motorcycles handles coming out of their stomachs. A few times I was worried their breasts were gonig to pop out. Not really appropriate for an audience made up of mostly children.

Here are some photos from our time at the circus.

Fall has arrived!

The week I turned out Netflix membership back on. We usually turn it off during the Summer since we are too busy for movies. The best part of Netflix for me is their "watch instantly" option. Right now I am addicted to The Tudors  and am almost finished with Season 2!! Next I'll catch up on Weeds:)

We've been enjoying some very warm weather. Well, if you can call 60 degrees warm:) For us it definitely is since we all know the chilly winter weather is on the way. I've helped Michael burn some leaves, but other then that I hate yard work. It's totally his job:) Normally we bag the leaves, but this year we are trying something a little different. It's been going well so far.

We've been trying to "winterize" our 3 season porch so we could use it as a playroom. Michael insulated the underneath, but it hasn't done much to keep out the cold:( We bought an electric fireplace, but it was running all the time and of course that would send our electric bill through the roof. So, looks like we will be saving money for a propane wall heater.

This post is pretty random, lol!!

Ravioli Bake

Tonight I made a recipe from the Kraft Food and Family magazine. We all thought it was really good so I wanted to share it with you. It's easy to prepare and only takes about 45 minutes to bake. It's kind of like a lazy mans lasagna:) Next time I make this I might add a little sausage or ground turkey.

          Ingredients:

          1 jar Pasta sauce
          1 can diced tomatoes (undrained)
          1/2 cup water
          2 pkg. (1lb. each) of cheese ravioli
          2 cup Italian three cheese blend
          2 tbs. grated parmesan cheese

          Directions:
          Heat oven to 400 degrees
         
          Mix sauce, tomatoes and water. Spoon 1 cup onto bottom of 13x9 inch baking pan

          Layer half the ravioli and 1 cup shredded cheese over sauce mixture. Top with remaining ravioli and     sauce mixture. Sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese and cover. 

         Bake 30 minutes and uncover. Bake 15 minutes or until ravioli is tender and heated through. Sprinkle with parmesan. Let stand for 10 minutes.
        

Fall Festival and Halloween

We spent Halloween morning and afternoon at Wesley's elementary school.They were having a Fall Festival and his (and Michael's) karate school did a demonstration. He was soooo excited to show some of his friends what he does at karate. Many think it's a lot of hi-ya's and wood chopping, but it's so much more then that! He and Michael demonstrated kata (forms), kumite (sparring), and kobudo (weapons). Matthew is another boy in Wesley's class who is a few years older then him. He is a great kid and Wesley really looks up to him!

Of course the highlight for Lani was seeing Wayne from Maine!! She just loves his music and we listen to his tape (yes....I said tape) in the van all. the. time. The good thing about having a tape player in the van is that we were able to get a new one for only $5:) YAY!!

We left the festival to go home and chill before trick or treating time. We went out right at 4 to avoid the rain that was coming! It was weird being out before dark, but well worth it since the rain started soon after we got back home.

Wesley was a masked ninja and Lani was beautiful Snow White. I even had to put make up on her since "all pwincesses wear makeup". LOL!! It was soooo warm:) We loved not having to put our costumes on over winter coats...haha! I was even hot at one point after hoofing it up a hill.

The kids both did great! Wesley was done before Lani so he and Michael headed home to hand out candy. My Aunt and I took Lani to a few more houses. She wanted to keep going, but we convinced her that Daddy needed help with the candy:) We ended the night with some yummy Chinese food and Guitar Hero.The wind and rain picked up and of course we lost power:( The kids started using play dough at the table. They made some beautiful sculptures by candle light. We all camped out in our bedroom and at some point during the night the power came back on! Glad it was a warm night so we didn't have to worry about the heat.