Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!
Eat lots of turkey, stuffing, potatoes and pie...but most of all,
remember those you love and
cherish your time spent with family and friends!
Love you all lots and lots-
We are off to LaPine for the rest of the week. Will be a great time.
There's tons of SN*W!!! All the Potter Klan will be there, plus my Pops! We will make a lot of memories for sure and have a grand time playing in the snow!

Yo Gabba Gabba...LIVE!

On Sunday, Lilly and I had a Girl's Day! We went to Yo Gabba Gabba Live with Krissa and Reagan. The girls love the Yo Gabba Gabba Show and were just THRILLED to go see it live. They both were in shock for a bit but were soon screaming with excitement and dancing their buns off! It was a great show. I also rode on the MAX for the first time...I was a little bit scared, but Krissa promised to keep me safe- LOL!

Latest Happenings-

Well, seems time as gotten away from me once again! Oh well- I try to keep up, guess that's all that really matters! Basketball is in full swing and Mac's team is doing great! It's fun to watch them this year- they all have grown so much from last year's season! Mac is #10 this year and is on the Red Team.

On Veteran's Day we went out to Canby and spent the day with Momma B and family. It was a great visit and making a visit to the Vietnam Memorial was a great way to end the day. The kids love looking for Grandpa Tex's brick! We also found Jimbo's brick too! They are true, real life heroes!

On Saturday, Dad arrived!! The kids were going NUTS when he pulled up in his big 'ol truck and got out to give hugs. We are so happy to have him here. We have kept him running from the second he arrived...he may need a break- LOL! We gave him 20 minutes to get a shower and then headed to Papa's 80th Birthday that evening. Happy 80th Birthday Papa- we love you! It was a great party and Dad got to visit with everyone right away. I think Dad will be here until early January, so we have lots planned for him! I will try to keep up and post everything from time to time- it's not a promise...I said I would TRY- ha,ha...

Griff- 11 months

Look at my baby's eyes...he is just gorgeous! We love him to pieces. I wish we could slow him down a bit, but he is eager to grow-up. I can't believe that he is almost one! He is a walking, babbling, drooling lil' dude with a big attitude-

I have no doubt that he will be on a dirt bike by next year...
He loves them!
He is very active and goes, goes, goes all the time. He has made a lot of progress in the sleeping department! (Finally) He still wakes up sometimes in the very wee hours of the morn, but has been soothing himself back to sleep all on his own. He takes great naps now too...the challenge is timing them. I have to run kids around throughout the day and it always seems to happen in the middle of his nap- so I have to wake him. Poor kid!
He loves to play patty-cake, peek-a-boo, catch with his football and absolutely loves tackling anyone who dares to lie on the floor for a rest! He really misses Lilly and Mac while they are at school. He instantly cheers-up when they get home each day.
He has been a bit clingy lately. I don't leave him often, but when I do- he gets a little upset. He calms down very quickly with a distraction, so it's very short lived. He still is not a big fan of his car seat, but has made a little bit of progress. He also hates when I don't let him play in the dishwasher. He throws an all out fit when I shut the door as he is running towards it.
He really impressed me a few ago. I took all 3 kids in for flu shots. He was asleep in my arms when the nurse gave him his shot. I felt awful and thought what a rude awakening...much to my surprise, he opened his eyes, flinched only a tiny bit and went back to sleep. It was awesome! In fact, none of the kids cried or hardly flinched- it was amazing! The nurse was very grateful...I think she had already had a long day of kicking, screaming and uncooperative kids. I sure do remember those days...LOL-

Last Football Practice for the season...

...need I say anymore. I think he loved playing in the mud. I am glad he enjoyed it...but SO GLAD it's over. My washing machine is glad too- LOL

Halloween 2010

Halloween 2010 was CRAZY...lots of fun!
Lilly was a clown...

...Griff was a "run away" lobster. He was running because I was gonna cook him up for supper!

Mac was a scary skeleton...So Scary that Lilly had a major melt-down when the LARGE mask went on, SHE FREAKED! Mac had to remove the mask and trick-or-treat with out it on. Poor Mac was majorly disappointed and a bit aggravated with his 'lil sis! Pat made it up to him by taking him back out to trick-or-treat a bit more while I got Lilly and Griff washed up and ready for bed.

We went to a Pre-Halloween party at the Whitlocks on Saturday evening. Pat and I were Vampires and Mac went with us, so he did get to wear his Scary Skeleton to the party. We had a great time. Thanks Momma B for watching Lilly and Griff while we were out
"Spookin' the night away"!

On Friday the kids didn't dress-up for school, but they did have a choice of wearing a crazy hat or crazy hair...all had to be in school colors. My kiddo's wanted blue hair...and that's surely what I gave them! They were both glowing! They had a great festival at school. It was a traditional Chinese Moon Festival. They made lanterns, rice balls, traditional Chinese cookies, played games and sang songs. It was pretty cool!

I had to throw in a picture of pumpkin carving, unfortunately I lost the pictures of what their great creations looked like when our computer crashed...at least Pat salvaged all that he did! Griff fell asleep before the carving ceremony started, so he will have to join in next year!

Hope you all had a great Halloween!

Bye-Bye October

Sandy Pioneers ROCK! Go Red Team!!

The Sandy Pioneers had their play-off games this last Saturday. They played two exciting, cold, wet and rainy games...to make it all worth it- THEY WON both games and received their hard earned medals. What a season! Great job boys! (Mac is #14)

A lot of the family came to cheer him on. We were all cold, but very excited when the team won their games!

Football is now over and Basket Ball has started...we seem to never have a break! Mac has
his first game tonight...at least games are inside- out of the rain, cold and windy weather! Hallelujah!!

October was a whirlwind, seriously...I can't keep up anymore. Our computer died for a few days and I was already way behind on posting...I am not sure I can cover everything, but here are a few more events that we had going on-
It was Kathy's birthday. We had a party for her at our house this year. She looks wonderful and we all had a great time!

The younger kids painted pumpkins...

Below is some of our "kiddo gang"- missing from picture: Sydney, Griff and Brewer...they were all there, but MIA for picture time!

Brewer and Griff spent a few moments loungin'

A birthday banner that I made for Kathy...first time making one. Kind of like it, so may make more for other b-days!

Catie-Lynn and Lilly had to "dress-up" for the occasion...

...as did Griff!

We had another family birthday celebration at Grandma Kathy's house for Kate. She is growing up fast!

My mom was staying with us over this particular weekend, so she got to celebrate with us and see all of Pat's family. We kept her running for the entire visit! We had football, tumbling, a movie trip and 3 b-day parties all in that weekend!!

I am skipping on a lot of happenings, but have posted the important one's. The kids are doing awesome in school and keeping us very busy. Pat has been really busy at work. In fact, he has brought a hefty project home that I am now working on! I will get paid for some of it... will be nice to have a little extra Christmas $$.
I also am now a Co-Leader for Girl Scouts. My friend is the Leader. Our girls wanted to do Girl Scouts, but the Daisy troop here was full. SO- we started our own! I know...I am a glutton for punishment- but I will get to have some more One-on-One time with Lilly and teach her some great things along the way! We had our first meeting last week and have a great group of girls to form our official Daisy Troop!
I have been sick for about 3 weeks...finally went to the Doc last Friday and found out I have bronchitis. Never had it before- it HURTS! My chest is tight and it's hard to breathe...I cough all night long and hardly have a voice at times. Taking antibiotics and breathing treatments now, so should kick it soon...I hope!!