Day 2 ~ A few of my favorites

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from Christmas time. I've put some of these on FB but they are good enough to put here as well.

Will and his best buddy Dominic


Another one of the two boys. Helping each other open gifts at Dominics Grandmothers house.


3 of us at Christmas time (the older boys were back east with their Dad).

Today, we are taking down Christmas. I wanted to get rid of it on the 26th, but Dad thought that we'd save it for the 1st. So here it is, January 2nd and its finally coming down! Now, to get him to take the lights off the front of the house.

My question to you.. When did your Christmas come down?

Day 1 ~ Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Can you believe is 2010? Where has the time gone?

So keeping with my promise of a blog every day, here is blog number 1. I'am posting it with exactly two hours left of the first day. Talk about waiting until the last minute huh? I swear, I have an excuse. Chad flew back to AZ from New Hampshire today. He's been gone since the 18th visiting his family back east and tonight, we had to go down to PHX to pick him up. Here he is, coming off of the plane :-) Surprise Chaddy.... Carl is in your face with a camera!


After we left the airport we decided to hit up Applebees. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Lacasse for their lovely gift card, dinner was on the cheap! Now, it is 10PM and we are home. So I guess that is it for today.

I will leave you with a question that I asked all my friends on Facebook;
~How will you say 2010 when speaking out loud? Will say twenty ten, or will you say two thousand and ten? Or do you have another way of doing things? Leave me a comment and let me know!! Happy New Year, Everyone!

Can I do it?

So I've been horrible with keeping up with my blog. I think that in every 4 or 5 blogs I might repeat this statement. YUCK! I don't know what is with me really. How hard is it to really sit and blog? There is always somethig going on that I could write about. A picture I could post. A survey I could take and make you take too. There is ALWAYS something, yet I sit here and think about blogging but never do...

Until Friday :-). I have a New Years resolution. I am going to blog EVERY SINGLE DAY for an entire year. It might just be a picture, a quote or a whole rambling rant, but I am going to do this. I've never stuck to anything in my life (just check out my 101 list.. UGH). But I am determined to stick to this.

So keep reading. Hopefully I'll be able to keep you all entertained enough to come back and comment, but even if I dont - I'll look at this next year and know that I CAN do anything I set my mind too.

Wish me luck....

Friend Makin Monday ~ All I want for Christmas

So it has been a couple of weeks since I've done the friend Makin Monday thing. Between traveling back east and then sending my oldest son back east, and Christmas and everything else in the world it has totally slipped my mind.

Today, Amber over at {aefilkins} is hosting Friend Makin Monday once again. Today she wants to know what you want for Christmas.

I could state the obvious (Peace on Earth, Health, Happiness, etc) but today I am going to be materialistic. There are plenty of things that I would love for Christmas. Here is a short list for you...

1. A Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS System

because lets face it, since moving to Phoenix I am ALWAYS lost. I can find my way on roads that curve and make no sense, but on a grid - forgetaboutit..

2. A Kitchen Aid Mixer

and this is mostly because I have a love of trying out new recipes and this would come in super handy.

3. Beatles Rockband

mostly I want this because really.. who doesnt want to jam out to some beatles music?

That s pretty much all I want. I wouldnt say no to a few other things (Coach Purse, Jimmy Buffet Margarita Mixer, laptop computer) but those three things will do this year!

Now what about you? What do YOU want for Christmas??

Aquafresh Iso-Active review..

So, about two months ago, I signed up to be a "tester" for a company called "She Speaks". What the gist of it is, is that they are partnered with big name companies. These big name companies give "She Speaks" many samples to send out to every day women to try out and give a review on.

The first sample I received in the mail was a bottle (best way to describe it really) of Aquafresh Iso Active toothpaste. My first thought was OK, who doesn't need toothpaste, right? Before I tried it out, I assumed it was going to be like every other tooth paste in the world. You put it on your toothbrush and brush.... Spit, rinse, repeat. Well, this toothpaste was not so much like that.

I absolutely LOVED it. Now, I'm normally a Crest girl. Been with them since the good old days (listen to me talk like I am 100 or something). Anyways, this tooth paste was great. When you brush, it makes a "foam" type something in your mouth. I guess mostly that is because the paste isn't a paste with this stuff. It is a "foaming gel". My teeth felt a heck of a lot cleaner. YAY! No, they are not paying me to say this either. This is the honest to gods truth. Even my husband enjoyed it.

So if you are looking for a new toothpaste try this one out!! It'll TOTALLY be worth it!