The Wiles of Wal-mart

Saturday night I was so excited because I got to go grocery shopping ALL BY MYSELF! Nobody to grab things off the shelf while we are cruising too close to the goods, no one to ask thirty MILLION times, "Can I please have a _______" It was great.
Until I got to Wal-Mart.
Now, I had really quit going to the blessed store, because I was just tired of the crowds, lack of service, etc... But, I thought I would try it out just this once. Bad idea.
About half of the items I needed apparently everyone else in the greater Utah Valley needed as well. I just started looking down the aisle for the blank spots on the shelves to find what I needed, and alas, what they didn't have. Now, granted I was trying to shop AT Wal-Mart, on a SATURDAY, at 10:30 pm, but really, don't they have those magic shelves that refill upon demand?
The other problem was the fact that they were indeed preparing to fill those vast empty shelves so there were pallets of boxed, canned, and bagged foods cumbering all the aisles, so much so that at one point I really couldn't figure out how to get from one part of the store to the next because all roads led to nowhere (or in this case, pallets galore). I did find the secret passage way right next to the baby wipes and water jug refilling station (which turned out to be just a mirage).
I made my way over to the meat section looking for the elusive turkey ham, when a mad stampede of teenagers on motorized shopping carts almost ran me down at speeds of 3 miles per hour.
I found the turkey ham I desired, but it was heavily guarded by cases of canned green beans and pineapple. I decided to take matters into my own hands. I scaled the walls of canned goods and dropped into the previously unexplored territory of fake ham. I nabbed my catch and scrambled back to my waiting shopping cart, only to find that I had been surrounded by a band of fork lifts. Lobbing frozen peas at my enemies, I was able to safely make it back to Check stand #14 where I paid 124.45 for my wonderful adventure!
Beat THAT Target!

Sugar and Spice and Everything Messy

Grandma Owings came up to spend Christmas with us this year. She brought sugar cookies for us to decorate. We had tons of fun!!! (yes, Remy is in his underwear...apparently he is more cookie creative that way)

Goodbye Old Friend

****The following is NOT a paid advertisement for Chevy****

In 1996 when I was graduating from high school I went to the local car dealership and bought my very first car...a 1991 Chevy Cavalier. I went to CEU with that car, she went with me to BYU, she went to the Bountiful Temple to get married with us, she took Darrin to and from work for many years after. She has been a good car! After 173,000 miles, 11 years, a new engine, brakes, clutch, a couple of starters and alternators, she finally gets to retire! Go Chevy!

We purchased a 2008 Chevy Impala last week due to the retirement of our Cavalier. We got a great deal on it. It was part of the Chevy car show tour so it was considered used so we got a used price on it, even though it was technically still new. Chevy now has a 100,000 mile/5 year warranty on all new 08's so we are looking forward to another 173,000 miles and 11 years!

AAAAaaarrrggghhh!

WHY are toddlers SOOOooooo...stubborn? I am sitting here listening to my Tate scream his little heart out (has been for the last 60 minutes!!!). He has started not wanting to go to sleep unless someone is standing by his crib and waking up many times thru the night and not going back to sleep unless....you guessed it....someone is standing by his crib. So, I just decided to put him down for a nap and let him "cry it out" because I just don't know what else to do!!!! I honestly don't ever think he is going to stop. Remy was never this stubborn when it came to going to sleep. Why don't they just do what is best for them???

Creo en Milagros

I believe in Miracles!!! After 8 weeks, our internet is up and running!!! Halelujah!

My house was semi clean so I took some pictures so ya'll can see the new digs. I am still waffling about how to do the boys rooms, so if any of you have any ideas....

The one of the sideways bathroom...grrrr...is the half bath on our main floor. Thanks to the help of Darrins dad, we were able to get it mostly finished last weekend. Who knew we'd be so excited to have a loo that we don't have to race upstairs for!!

Kings Hawaiian!

Hey, if you have ever had those scrumptious rolls from Kings Hawaiian (they carry them in most grocery stores by the deli) you will know why we were excited to go to the one and only Kings Hawaiian Restaurant/Bakery. We had really good Hawaiian pulled pork and Katsu Chicken and yummy macaroni potato salad. The boys loved their pb& j on rainbow bread. We rubbed the lucky pineapple on our way out....what fun!
P.S. I don't know WHY this keeps uploading sideways....aaarrrggghhh

I've been tagged!

My friend Mikelle tagged me for this little game so I thought I would give it a try.
Here’s the rules:
A. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
B. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog, for these rules.

1. I am a shower person, I absolutely loathe baths. Won't do it!
2. I love to read. I have to be careful about having a good book around. I will neglect my children if I am too into a book...here, just have some candy and watch a movie and be quiet while mommy reads!
3. I recenlty started OAMC. When we moved into our new house we got a freezer, so I started making tons on freezable meals to be a once a month cook!
4. I am a scatterbrain. I am always loosing my keys, cup of water, etc...it drives me crazy!
5. I am a huge Judge Judy fan. I have her set to record on our DVR. Darrin says I am cheating on him with Judge Judy
6. I love chinese food

I now tag Betsy, Becky, Lisa, Ruth, Dawn and Shanna