A bloggers new beginning

It's been way too long since I've blogged! So many time in the past I would write a post and not post it.. it's either to uninteresting or way too personal yet those are always the posts of others I love to read. Other bloggers posts are never uninteresting to me.. so, why would mine be uninteresting to others? Reality tv shows have become the most watched shows on Television, we all find real people real lives so interesting. I feel the same way about reading blogs. I love when they are up close, honest and personal. I read something today while I was looking through the Artful Blogging magazine. It came from a blogger and it read "Have you ever felt that your story wasn't interesting enough, or that you don't have what it takes? You are dead wrong. Whether your blog has 2, 20, or 20,000 readers, it's absolutely crucial that you find the courage to speak from the heart about what you are most passionate about. I believe that everyone has talents, gifts, and a unique personality, and it may take blogging that causes you to find yours." - Heather Anderson @ postroadvintage.com. 

As many new adventures have begun in my life over the last year with starting my new business and so far the salon has been a success, and an adventure to come that I am really excited about.. GETTING MARRIED.  I am going to blog about it. The good the bad and the ugly, it's going to be fun!

Mothers Day..

Lucky for me, I am a mother. I have 3 of the best kids on earth. I got silly and cute card, home made and real flowers and lots of love today. I'd have given my left leg for a nap today but thats the downfall of not having a live in dad.. I actually would have given my left hip to be honest, it hurts really bad today from running 13 miles yesterday. Hip pain?? Im getting old, sadness! Im only 30..

have the best mom in the world! She taught me everything I know and I credit all my good motherly traits to her. She was there when I woke up every morning, there with a snack for me when I got home from school and there to tuck me into bed every night. Happy Mothers Day to my beautiful mom.

Photo booth session with my boo..

I love this kid!

A wild hair..

Taming that wild hair on my head is almost a full time job! Seriously if it weren't for how I was raised I would imagine myself with a credit card in one hand and a cocktail in the other. Confessions of a Shopaholic makes it look so fun, until Derek Smeeth keeps calling.. Every now and again when that wild hair just can't be tamed, I put a hat on my head or I wear some bright purple zebra striped sweats.. These sweat pants look like they belong on a 50 something midlife crisis type lady. (giggling to myself because it made me think of something else, Ill tell you later) They're cute and wild and I like them. Ok, lets be honest.. I probably really will wear them out and about.

Now about what I wanted to tell you later that made me giggle.. I was up at an event one day a month or so ago and this cute blonde guy was there for one of the companies and he asked me for my #. Later on I was sitting in the company RV when he came in and one of the guys asked for certain kind of wrench and he didn't know what it was and a comment was made that saying he didn't know what that was would never catch him the Puma.. where they meaning I was a Puma??? I mean, I know I turned 30 and all. At least they didn't say Cougar! Although that blond hottie looked 19, he was actually 22.. wow, I got hit on by a 22 year old.

I've been divorced a little over 3 years now and why is it that every girl I know that got divorced after I did is either married already or getting married? I've got myself a problem I believe… I can't possibly imagine myself ever feeling in love enough or safe enough with someone to actually get married again. How do they know and trust enough to dive back in? I'd like to know.

Sunday thoughts...

Ok my blog loves.. I tried the Dating story idea and then I quickly deleted because I am literally friends with all past crushes, loves, anyone I've gone on a date with basically, I have a thing for never having bitter endings.. and I might say... it's not always a good thing. I couldn't tell dating stories, I value friendships far more over embarrassing someone by them know what I really did think about the situation and why it didn't work. Sorry friends. One day I will loose all care and worry and write a book for you all to read. I will be happy to tell you my most very favorite most romantic/not so romantic dates though, it will be more fun.

On anther note.. I love when my parents driveway looks like this.

It means I am in very good company with my sweet and fun and adorable family.. family matters most right!

Check out the salon update... I am getting so close to opening, yet so far away.

My friends make me happy!

Baseball season is here.. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the ANGELS, they make me happy!

This time last year I was spending the week with Nick, relaxing, eating lots of food and having fun nights out with friends but the best part is always the mornings spent looking like we had both been run over by a truck and drinking Mt. Dew. Packing for his next adventure.. little did I know, that time, we were packing him up for heaven. I am having a hard week, wishing I could go back in time and feel him pull the covers over my shoulder because he thinks I'm cold, or our simple moments of silliness, holding his hand.. i remember exactly how his hand feels, how he smells and the sound of his voice, EXACTLY. Sometimes I think I see him and sometimes I think I can hear him talking in the distance, its weird but I love it. Rest in Peace my sweet lover friend, for in a few days it will have been 2 years since I heard the sound of your sexy voice. God Bless!

My Fast Food Friends..

A few fun pics from my day today with my fast food friends.. I say that because as I have mentioned before that I met one of my best friends at a fast food restaraunt a few years ago.

It was just before school started for the kids a few summers ago and I was eating outside at this restaurant and so were J & L and their kids. Our kids started playing together and we have been friends ever since, you know when you meet someone and its just a soul sister thing immediately. J likes to tell everyone that I was hitting on him while L was in getting the food but thats not true, I turn bright red and feel embarrassed everytime they tell that story, which is exactly why they do. I love L.. We have taken the kids on adventures to Moab camping, overnighters in hotels and lots of day adventures. Whats interesting is 2 out of 3 of J & L's sweet girls are hearing impaired, along with J, the kids have never acted as though they even notice. One night we were sleeping over at J & L's and the girls took their hearing aids out for sleep time, you could here my kids talking away after the lights were off, L and I were laughing knowing the girls weren't hearing a single word. The best and cutest story ever, and I've told it before but Duncan connected to J right away. When we were camping Duncan followed J everywhere he went and talked away.. J and Duncan hung out on that trip, being the only boys and J probably couldn't hear what he was saying 75% of the time but Duncan just kept on talking. When Duncan got home from that trip he made hearing aids out of play dough and ended up in the doctors office. He wanted to be just like J. L and I have tooooo much fun together, most of our fun times together end up with stories we both swear to take to the grave. Ha!

Today we took the kids on a Sledding adventure..

Duncans first time flying a BEST kite.. Well, trying to anyway, the wind wasn't blowing like we wanted it too. J is a pro kiteboarder for BEST and now Duncan wants to be the same.

Some of the GIrls!

Our ride to the top of the sledding hill.

That was fun but I wouldn't take back todays 60 degree weather for anything! Summer needs to get here faster, I cannot wait to break out the swimming suits!

The Spa... and a bit of random moments in my life.

Did I miss something? Duct tape shoes is the newest "in"? That is what I do with my evenings when I wish I could be watching american idol, or say... Desperate Housewives:(. My time for "me" will arrive again one day. Right now to my kids, duct tape shoes is whats important to them so thats whats important to me. We got this flame tape from our hero Roger and I went on a hunt at Home Depot and found more colors. Duncan chose hot pink??? UMMM YIKES! But he clearly knew what he was doing when he chose pink because he came down stairs frome his "mancave" and he had taped the sleeves of his Dodgers shirt, it actually looks pretty bad a**! My little mans got some style.

I can't begin to tell you how different this beautifying of an old home into a salon and spa venture has gone in comparison to how I thought it would go. It was supposed to open in a grand way on Valentine's Day... enough said. We are getting close though, hopefully completed with the re-model by the end of the month.

I cannot wait to show you more pics because it is changing daily in there.. the glittler floors are almost done and I currently have 1400lb, 3 flats, and 22 boxes that were supposed to show up Tuesday when the floors were dry so we could move them right in but my freight truck showed up 2 days earlier and I had to find a spot to store it.. Thanks Dad for letting me use your gallery. Now I just have to re-transport all that equipment AGAIN this week. The upside is.. I always find a way to solve the inconvenient problem and next week the installation of Pedi stations, hair stations, facial equipment etc.. will be installed and the spa will officially be rockin! If only I could find enough staff, anyone know of anyone? I have a few lined up but am always open to more options. I can't open a full spa with only myself and a few girls.. it just takes more, thats all there is too it. Wish me luck. Ill post more fun pic updates this week.

I just couldn't resist posting this masterful piece of artwork created by my incredibly talented 5 year old.. It is amazing and speaks so much to me just alone in itself as I look at it. Pure and utterly amazing creativity! Oh.. its a sheep I think. At least that is what I took from it, what does it look like to you? Let your imaginations run with this. One of the best parts about having kids, is the art work I accumulate and occasionally one here and there surprises me beyond my expectations and I am completely enchanted as I am with this piece. It's getting its own special frame and spot on a wall in my home. I love it!

Next up.. A bit of RANDOM. The love stuff, my person side of my life. Im convinced it's my problem for sure. I've met so many men that I feel like Im going through mini relationships as if they are running through kitchen faucet and last as long as it takes them to circle drain. It's

clearly my problem. Not sure what to do, but on the upside, I am purely happy and I am sure one day, as long as I keep my oura clean and clear and up there then I will be surprised one day by a man that is in the same boat and we will both be surprised by the meet-cute and fall madly in love. hahaha ya right! Well we can all have dreams right. You people have no idea what I really want to post about.. I worry about the readers that will realize (names or not) that I am writing about them and I worry, but who cares right?! It's my life, and boy it would be so fun to share. I have the most comical, random dating stories that are dying to come out and be free from my mind. I know you would enjoy.. I just need a little encouragement. I need to not care what they think, they had their chance and it didn't work, I took away from each dating experience with some seriously good stories, pee your pants kind, just ask my clients. I worry way too much what others may think which is the most shameful way to live, so push me to tell my stories and I just might. YOu will love it! Im dying to start, we will see. So here I am, sending out a WARNING to all you exes that I know read my blog, don't pretend that you don't. Either don't read or just be cool with my take on our experiences.. I could possibly be on to a good BOOK idea. Love you all, Goodnight! On to more Icarly on Nickalodean.. It's premier night, can't miss it.

Go fly a kite..

Duncan and I went to the Superfly competition put on by Best Kites, we had fun and now Duncan thinks this is going to be his new hobbie. My friend Lauris husband flys for Best Kites so we went to support. All these kites in the sky look so cool! The picture shows only a portion of the kites that were there, and you should see whats attached to most of those kites... eyecandy! It's a funny story how I met Lauri but to make a long story short, I met her at a fast food restaurant. Lauri and her husband and I got talking and they decided to set me up with a fellow kiter (obviously that didn't turn out so great) and we have been great friends ever since. This is a little video of Duncan counting down for one of the races.

Sleeplessness and Valentines day...

When my kids go with the ex, I don't sleep well. Sometimes I have nightmares and other times I feel like I never got into a deep sleep. So I go to the doc and talk him into some sleeping pills, that didn't work because when I take one I lay there and wait to feel if I'm tired and is it working? Then as Im falling asleep I think "oh yay, its workng and Im falling asleep" then I don't end up actually falling asleep. Analyzing the steps of falling asleep as Im going through them does not make falling asleep easy. When my babies are in their own beds in my house, I fall asleep instantly and sleep peacefully!!! Have I mentioned divorce sucks? only for certain reasons though because for other reasons, Im happier than I ever have been. Tonight is most likely going to be a bad night of Zzzzzz....

Yesterday was Valentines day. I love Vday because it's an extra day to tell my kids I love them lots and give them stuffed animals and I got to go paint faces at my daughters 1st grade Vday party. I'm officially the mom that paints faces at the school parties. So funny! I painted a lot of hearts and arrows. The girls all wanted sweet pink hearts and the boys wanted weird ones that were black and green and some of them wanted them painted on their neck instead of their cheek.. so I painted hearts on necks.. not sure how appropriat that was so if your kid came home with a black heart with a green arrow through it on their neck, so sorry. Haha!

So did I have a Valentine this year you ask?? Ummm yes. I said no gifts though so we went to dinner and desert then hit the streets of Park City on the Friday before Valentines. He did bring flowers.. how sweet. On actual Valentine's night, my friday night Valentine showed up with Pizza and the kids and I were excited.. me especially because that meant no cooking and I will admit, I had a tough day emotionally so it was nice to feel the love. "Valentine" walked back out to his truck and Duncan followed him and then ran back in and said "Mom, he brought lots of presents" so I look at Mr. Valentine and I said "I said no presents" and Mr. Valentine said "they're not for you". There were balloons and stuffed animals and snuggies and treats, all for my kids from Mr. Valentine. That was the best Valentines present a guy could give me.. He won some serious points that night. Oh, he did bring me some treats and a card that was cut in half.. the half I got I loved but the other half I didn't get he said would have freaked me out and I'm not ready for the other half of the card. Im not good with the love stuff... at all!! Smart man. He knows me better than I thought.

My Valentines gift to myself.. a long morning run. Fun Hu?

Painted the kids faces after school. Apparantely they thought it was halloween instead of Valentines Day.

London wanted to add the attitude and Lily wanted to be sweet.. I have a feeling this is a glimpse into my future with them. Yikes!

One last thing.. during the Justin Bieber movie london leaned over to me and said "I love LOVE mom, it makes me cry". Then she looked back at the screen while he was singing and looked back at me and said "I'm going to cry I think" and she layed into my arm and started crying. AAAwww so cute! Justin gave her that loving feeling. I don't blame her! He was floating around in a heart.

Im tweeting..

I've finally joined the twitter craziness.. this could be my new addiction! So far I love it, how did it take me this long to download twitter on my iphone... so much fun. I am a tweetard though.. I have no idea yet how to comment on tweets or add my twitter link to my blog page. So... look for me and follow me and I'll follow you. Lets tweet!

On twitter I am...

thatbreezything

See you there!

5 follower..

I just noticed I have 5 whole followers.. I follow a lot of you out there but didn't see myself as the followed type. Follow me, it might get fun.

Also, I've never tweeted or twitted or twotted. I might look into it and follow you there too.

Bieber fever & Usher Love...

I took my girls to the Justin Bieber movie, they loved it, and SO DID I! All you haters wouldn't be haters if you saw the movie. It was sweet and inspirational, I kinda cried a little, actually. He was raised by a single mom, fyi. Usher just does it for me, always has and the fact that he was part of the whole Justin Bieber movement makes it that much better. <3usher<3

Since I'm admitting things like "I cried while watching the Justin Bieber movie".. I may as well admit I have a crush on Spencer from Icarly. I can't relate to the normal T.V. talk, the Bachelor, Housewives from wherever.. You want to talk about anything on Disney or Nickelodeon, Im in.

Any girl who gets this little man to be her Valentine someday is going to be one lucky girl. For now, He's my Valentine!

Happy Valentines Day!

Some stuff lately..

This is a big slice of love straight out of my high school... I love this! They built a new Wasatch High so the old one I went to is just sitting there looking abandoned. This came out of the old gym and now its in my house.. A few slabs of wood and it's my new home office desk. I've always wanted to be a carpenter, this is my chance. Should be interesting!

My kids are Rockstars!

Seriously though.. Duncan sang me this song he wrote the other night.. I still have no words for it. Ill do my best to share what I can read

*The Sirens Go Off*

the sirens go off and nothing ever heard and when I hear your voice you're in danger now so I got to fly with all my might and body. I will never leave you behind and when I hear your voice something in my head was pounding like a drum, and I love you so you got to understand and I want to understand and it is too much. I'd drive through the night to find you. I did everything to find you. Now you need to do something. I am locked up, you need to come get me and I want to see you again.

The ground breaking for my spa, the contractor even brought me a pink hard hat.

My 3 little Cubs taking a rest on the bear rug at the Wildlife Museum.. Im pretty sure it was not allowed so I quickly snapped a pic..

Just a post..

This week was a great one.. and a very tiring one as well. Monday was super busy at the salon and half way through I lost my lunch right in the middle of an appt..... good thing my clients loved me. It was a 12 hour work day and I had to cut it down to an 8 hour day due to continually loosing control of my stomach.. it was not fun or attractive in any sort of way. The next morning which was Tuesday, I packed up myself and the kids and took a road trip to a condo in Jackson Hole, Wy. It was strictly for the children because, call me crazy but.. a 4 hour drive with 3 kids and one me, is not exactly my idea of a relaxing get away. We went out to the Elk Refuges and came across not only a crap load of amazing elk but also some Big Horned Sheep and Antelope, Bald Eagles and a Coyote. We took a trip to the Wildlife Museum and to my surprise, the kids absolutely LOVED it! Being a famous artists daughter, I don't remember getting drug through the zillions of museums all over the world and truly enjoying one of them. I saw many famous pieces like the ones we studied in school. The Mona Lisa was not so cool at the time I saw it, I think I was about 15. Now, Id give anything to go back to all the amazing museums in Paris and London, New York and all over the world that I have already visited.. I just want to visit them at the age of 30 and appreciate them for what they are now that Im an adult. I was one Lucky and Privileged Child to have parents that sacrificed for me to be able have those experiences. After we got home from Jackson Hole I had a very long day of work on Friday 9am-11pm.. had to make up for lost work days. Dave took the kids for the weekend so I worked at the coffee shop, which I love to do. Had a ground breaking celebration and my Spa to be.. we slammed in walls with pink sledge hammers, decked out in pink hard hats and goggles and munched on goodies and drinks.. it was a very special event for me. I got to cut Pink ribbon and celebrate my hard work amongst loved ones and friends! I have the best people surrounding me in my life helping me create my dream.. I am a very lucky girl once again. I feel like I have been through hell and back recently and its about time I feel like my hard work and tears from painful losses are finally finding a happy ending. My goal is to make it a successful salon in midway and merge to a fabulous Glitter toe shack on a crowded beach in California.. just saying! Its a perfect dream, why not?! Later I was invited to my friends bday party at the Flying Sumo in Park City, where I spotted Christina Applegate and enjoyed an amazing dinner full of sushi and great old and new friends! Sunday I woke up late.. turned on a movie and snuggled with my doggy on the couch and took a nap. Got to pick up my loves aka Duncan, Lily and London and head to my moms for a family dinner.. could the weekend get better. I love my ever growing happy life. It is occasionally doomed with tears and my heart literally hurts at times.. I miss hearing Nicks voice! I miss my complete family, I am heartbroken in so many ways still, it takes time to find peace with it all but Im working on it and I am now at a place were Im having way more happy days than sad days.. right now it is more than I could ask for. I am trying really hard to keep a relationship together with the sweetest man on the planet but I am concerned I am still not ready and am not looking forward to hurting anyone or feeling hurt.. unfortunately that is the life of dating. I hope I can get over my deeply engrained issues and make something good of something special.. any ideas or words of advice please??!!! I am grateful for my blessings.. I need to live my life in a way that it shows God that I appreciate his hand in it all because I would be a fool to think I've done it on my own.. there are times more than not that I am sure there is only one set of footprints in the sand.

Fly..

I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive. I came to win, to survive, to prospure, to rise. To fly. - Nicki Monag (thanks Taylor)

My New years resolution: to win,to fight, to conquer, to thrive, to prospure, to rise, to fly.

I got the best new years kiss at midnight.. Most definitelly a happy new year so far!

HAPPY 2011!!!

Ordinary with a little extra..

Be Extrodinary! Ordinary with a little extra!

I decided my life is like a book.. all our lives are like a book. Hopefully the book we are writing is one that we would be honored for someone to read when we are gone. I want to seperate my life into decades and have a book for each. This decade is coming to an end really soon.. it seems to be a book that I never want to end, yet I would never reread it to save my life...

What kind of book are you writing? What book are you passing down for someone to be proud of?

Ive made my share of mistakes this decade.. havent we all? But I know that some of the best things that Ill ever do, I did during this book. I started this book with a marriage, with trust and love and a soft heart. Somewhere in the middle I had a few kids, got divorced, fell in love and unwillingly learned to accept death.. for the first time questioning heaven, that was tough but I know its there.. it has to be! Met alot of people that what you see.. is absolutely not what you get, and a few that are absolutey ordinary with alotta extra and we will be friends for life. Which brings me to.. BE EXTRODINARY! Be you.. that is the most extrodinary thing you can do.. be you! An extrodinary you! My heart is slightly harder, I don't have a lot of trust, I am as quarded as you come. Its how Ive had to be to make it through the last few chapters.. A new decade and a new book is about to begin and I have big plans.. a completely different book to write. Full of hard work, great friends, family, giggling kids, love and happy endings. Before we know it, December will be over. A new decade and a new beginning.. I have big plans and I'm making them happen.. Be Ordinary with a whole lotta EXTRA! Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Decade!


Oh P.S. Don't you love my mood ring?! It was a gift from a dear friend.. it turned violet when I put it on which means "romantic".. I love it!

It's Christmas time agian..

Love bites..

First off.. I cant get over Modern Family.. Oh my heck, it's the best. I could watch the Modern Family Halloween episode every day!!! "Don't you give me an old tomatoe (ultimatam)".

I had Bruno Mars playing in the car and the words go like this "I'd catch a grenade for ya, throw my head on blade for ya.. I would go through all this pain, take a bullet straight to the brain. Ya I would die for ya, but you won't do the same. No no no" Maybe not the sweetest song to play while the kids are in the car but Duncan was listening close to the words and said "Its like Makenzie in my class mom. I let her butt in front of me in line but she won't ever let me butt". One time Duncan was on the playground and some 4th grade boys called this little girl fat, it happened to be the little girl Duncan had a crush on at the time so Duncan (a 1st grader at the time) walked up to them and said, "You want a peice of me". Well.. the little sweet girl... turned to Duncan and flipped him off. Duncan didn't even know what flipping off was until he came home from school that day and told me what happened. Seriously.. as negative as this may sound, I wanted to say "get used to it". Old or young, the nice ones get screwed! I of course didn't say that, I told him I was proud of him for being a good protective boy but I also told him not to get himself beat up. I love that kid!!

More Thanks..

My Dad and my Brothers.. because I know they always have my back. A reminder that there are good men out there, they take care of me. My dad and I are a lot alike (I never thought I'd say that but as I get older, there is no avoiding the truth) I am proud to be my Daddys daughter and I know he would do anything for me. I love the good men in my life.

A free country.. because I can get up every morning and leave my house, go to work, walk out my front door and run the streets for exersice, and I feel safe! Granted there are some pretty screwy things going on in this country.. Im still way better off than the rest of the world. Thank you to all those who fight for our freedom!

My stubborn mind.. because I wont stop and I will never give up! I will succeed!

Happy November!

A month of THANKS...

Duncan is playing video games, the new Toy Story 3, the girls are playing barbies, the luxouri RV, and I am blogging. Is it neglectful that Im spending Monday evening on the computer while the kids self entertain? We are all in the same room.. does that make it "family night"? Hmmm.. probably not. The fact that I am home with my kids in a warm safe place is happiness. Video games, barbies and a computer.. everyone is happy right now.

November.. the month to give thanks. Here are a few of my thanks..

I am thankful for crushes ice! (that was really the first thing that just came to my mind, shallow!) Im moving next week and the fact that I can't get crushed ice out of my fridge at that house is almost making it hard for me to move into..

My job.. because my clients are 90% pure joy in my life. I have gained some of my greatest friends by staring them in the face (hands) for an hour every two weeks. The other 10% are... well they all make it so that I can survive my sweet kids and make a living.. I am deeply grateful for my job.

My kids.. becuase they get me out of bed every morning. A few nights a week (ok, every night) one crawls in my bed because my snuggles are the only thing that comforts them. I am so lucky!

My BFF Kristi.. because she stares me in the face and tells me the truth, most of the time its during a time when I want to hear it the least but need it the most.

My Momma.. because when I was little I followed her around and talked and talked and talked.. I still follow her around and I talk and I talk and I talk.. and she lets me. I love my Momma!

More thanks to come throughout the month.

Raising these kids and a HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

Im sitting here on a Monday night watching(and blogging) The Incredibles. Mrs Incredible has arms that stretch as far as needed so she can grab 2 out of control kids at the same time as she yells "BOB it's time to interviene" He doesn't, he has guys night and walks out of the house.. I need either really stretchy arms or someone to intervene sometimes. I usually have it under control but when mornings like this morning roll around, I want to be Mrs Incredible and/or have someone there to intervene. Neither apply so what do I do.. Threaten the kids with some sort of punishment/take away an activity or toy and I send them to school with a scoul on my face and drive away from the school with tears in my eyes. Tears because it breaks my heart sending them to school after mom was angry.. I want my kids to have a happy day everyday so I drive away feeling guilty. Being a mom is so difficult in so many small ways that seem so large at the time.. I love them and want them to have a happy life but I also need them to have respect so sometimes I have to be mean mom out of love.. Just as sometimes I wake up to a mean kid yet I know they love me more than anything else in this world. Wow.. Who would have thought this would be so hard. Im not making excuses or feeling pity on myself because I do it alone.. Its just freaking hard sometimes to not have someone to look over at and say "HELP" because sometimes, I just don't know what to do. If they end up screwed up, it's my fault. Talk about pressure. Ya they do have a dad, and he is great when he's with them but he deals with the fun while I do the day to day dealings that actually teach them the tools to live life and have respect and responsibility. Along with the difficulty of the situation, the rewards are worth it.. They are great kids. They have old souls and all the people that surround them fall completely in love! More than a few of the houses we trick or treated at this weekend had special presents set aside for my kids.. Not candy, Im talking toys.. Bought specifically for when my kids come to the door. I even got a special present at 2 of the houses.. Some awesome retro pink vases for the salon when it opens and at another house, a cute halloween decoration wrapped in a cute gift back, just for me. I have the best support group up here in my town and I couldn't ask for a better place to be as a single momma.. Great friends and family that could never be replaced. Thank you to all of you who have always had my back.. You know I got yours too.

Our Halloween Weekend..

I took Duncan on a Date to the dance production "Thriller". I almost didn't get him past the zombies but once we made it in, he loved it!


I painted faces at Duncans Halloween Party at school.. It was a hit!



And then it was time to dress up and hit the town.. look at these cute kids, so excited to fill their buckets with candy..