Halloween Party out come...

Well, I totally forgot to update how Christina's Halloween Party went, so I thought I would do it now!
I was just SHOCKED at how many kids showed up! I stopped counting at 67+, and I KNOW there were a TON more that showed up after that too. There were really no problems! Everyone was pretty well behaved! I had only 1 incident, and this girl ended up going to the ER when everyone was rough housing too much and someone accidentially jumped on this girls shoulder and threw it out. I very gently placed it back into socket so she could breathe again, but made her call her Mom to take her to the ER, because she didn't want to leave even though she was in emense pain.
Sooo...NO drugs, alcohol, or anything else showed up. I am assuming that is because most of the kids in this area think that I am a cop because I talk to some about when I used to work for the Sherriffs Dept in Riverside, C.A.
So...It was all good, and THANK HEAVENS for that!!! :-)

These are just some pictures of places by our house. Foster Lake, which is really close to where we live. Oak Creek, which is right behind our house, with a wooded place surrounding it. The picture of the praying mantis was taken when we found him outside on our patio table. It was REALLY cool! I plan on posting more pictures of places in our neighborhood. ENJOY!!!

CONGRATULATIONS JEN & KEITH!!!

Look at my adorable new neice! Isn't she just the cutest baby you have ever seen? (Well, next to mine that is! Hahahaha) Welcome to Ella Grace Fulton! Congratulations Jen & Keith! We love you all! Now the fun begins! ;-)

Halloween costumes...

O.k. So normally Bob and I dress up and act REALLY stupid and stuff on Halloween, but this year I just wasn't feeling into it as much since Bob will not be back until after Thanksgiving next month. So I had just planned on taking Jessica trick-or-treating and coming home and sulking since my husband wasn't here until I fell asleep. BUT...Christina decided to have a HUGE halloween party here at the house. I was assuming that huge meant 20-25 kids or so, but I was in for a HUGE shock when she told me that they had given out over 60 invites already and will be giving out more tomorrow. SOOOO...Me being the kind of mother that I am, went out right away and bought the most appropriate costume for the party as the only adult chaparone that will be there, that would work best...a COP uniform! I plan on checking bags and pockets of everyone that comes through the door and turn away anyone that had "bad" things, etc...I also went out and got an old cap gun to use if needed, and I assume that means it will be needed a ton! I even made my own "billy stick" to ues if some kids get out of hand. Anyways...I have attached a pic of everyone's costumes. ENJOY, because I hope that we do! :-)

Day #2 Lauren's surgery recovery...

Well, Lauren woke up today with her right side of her cheek completely swollen up like a chip munk, and all of her stitches inside of her mouth were gone. She thinks she ate them off in the middle of the night some time. Oh well! At least her mouth was healed shut enough this time.

Lauren's surgery...

Well, Lauren had oral surgery today to get all 4 of her wisdom teeth out, AND a cyst in her lower lip. She had about 5 stitches in her lip. Her recovery was going well, until she popped 2 stitches in her lip today, and I had to take her back in to get re-stitched back up. Thankfully she was STILL numb from the surgery when the doctor stitched her back up. Other than that, she is doing well now and we think that her recovery will be good!

Halloween pumpkins...

Well, yesterday, Saturday, the girls and I went to a local farm here to the pumpkin patch and went for a hay ride and went out to pick our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun! Jessica got to drive the tractor that pulled all of us people out to the pumpkin patch. She had a blast driving, and wanted to do it again! Unfortunately, Lauren decided to spend her time with her boyfriend instead of enjoying the fun day that we had. Oh well! Priorities...you know? So I attached the pumpkins with the girls holding them, and the pumpkins after they were carved. Mine is a pumpkin throwing up that says, "Too much candy." Christina's pumpkin is a witch on a broom by a full moon, that says, "Happy Halloween." Jessica's pumpkin is a tombstone that says RIP, with a star in the sky. They all turned out really good! I DO have to tell you all a funny thing that Jessica said while we were carving the pumpkins. A seed accidentally fell on the floor and Max went over to eat it and Jessica freeked out yelling, "Don't eat that Max!" I told her that it would be o.k. She said that she didn't want Max to grow a pumpkin inside of his belly and die because it would be big like our pumpkins. I just had to laugh when she said that! TOO FUNNY! Another funny thing said by Jessica to add to her memory book. Hehehe