Date Night...

Jon and I are pretty constant when it comes to date night. we go once a week... usually Sat. nights and Friday nights we do family date night!

So this week (for those that don't know cause you aren't fortunate enough to live in Dallas/Ft. worth) it's FREEZING!!!!!! and I mean COLD! I'm talking 40-50's in the day and 30's at night PLUS the wind chill factor!!!

So our plan was this, we would combined family date night with Jon & Jen date night and do it on Friday then on Saturday after the football/Cheer game, and all 3 kids soccer games we would come home... turn on the fireplace, make a big crockpot of chili, turn on Christmas music and Decorate!!!! It's so COLD that we just wanted to be at home and NOT out in this weather. I'll have to add those pictures later...

So...Last night we went to dinner at the Cheesecake factory... YUMMY!!!!!! I am a pretty eat healthy, no carbs except whole grain, and organic food kinda girl (with the occasional indulgence) BUT I had their Orange Chicken with rice and it was to die for! Jon ate Nachos cause even though he eats what I serve him which is healthy food... he cheats when we go out. But obviously from the sentence above so did I! The kids ate kids food... no biggie.











After dinner we all went to see James Bond Quantum of Solice. I think it rocked but apparently Jonathan & Jada didn't think so cause
they slept thru the whole thing. Jayden loved it though!






Next we were off to bass Hall for STOMP. Jon and I had seen it before 8 years ago BUT it was even more fantastic than I remembered! the kids, especially the boys were on the edge of their seat the whole time!






Date night was sooo much fun! Even though we did have the kids.






I'm getting ready to put out 12 foot Christmas tree up so when the kids are home from soccer they can help decorate it!



Yipee!!!

My smeller...

So I have probably the most sensitive nose of anyone I have ever met!!! I can detect a foul smell from another room. In fact I don't eat fish cause I can't stand the way it smells!!! I'd prefer to go to restaurants that didn't have fish on the menu.

In my home I am obsessive about candles. I have so many of them lit at one time I would give any fireman a coronary. It is probaly unsafe.

Here in Texas I have a hard time getting Gold Canyon Candles (they're my favorite) so I am forced to use Yankee. Not as good but it'll do! However I feel as if they just don't have the strong aroma like Gold canyon. Oh and they don't make anything that comes close to my all time favorite smell... mulled cider. It screams fireplace, cozy blanket, good book, and a cup of hot apple cider.

Speaking of smells... I am also weird about my smells. In the Spring and Summer I want a fruity smell and in the Fall and Winter I want a cider/cinnamon/sugar cookie smell. Is it weird that I can't use a fruity candle in November???

Oh and my poor kids... if they go outside to play then I can't go near them for at-least 30 min. after they've come into the house. They smell like the outside and I just can't handle that smell!!! My Poor kids I'm giving them a complex! They might need counceling when they're older!

Anyway... the other day I took my little puppies (golden retrievers) to the vet for their shots and I made a comment about their yucky puppy smell and bad breath. He (my vet) called me un-american. Everyone loves the puppy smell he said. To be honest the thought of their smell kinda makes me wanna vomit! Who would like that???

So now saying all this... I pose the question; is something wrong with my smeller. Is it toooo sensitive? My gosh I own like 30 bottles of perfume because I always want to smell good! I sniff myself like 10 times a day to make sure that I smell great. Doesn't everyone else do that?! Am I a freak???? Maybe I'm the one who needs counceling.

Well.. I'm off to light a fire in my fireplace and throw in some cinnamon pinecones... yummy smells!!!!!!

Halloween and the start of our wild weekend!!!

Friday night...

Friday was Halloween and we did the whole kids thing. Trick or treating, eating way to much candy, and just hanging out as a family! We had so much fun!!!

Jada was a Ballerina...


Jonathan was that fire guy from the Fantastic 4, and Jayden was a clone fighter from Star Wars...


They were so cute all dressed up!!!


I was a fabulous punkrock version of myself...



Jon went out dressed up as a Cowboys fan... go figure!!! (oh and please disregard my messy bed in the picture)

We have such amazing neighbors... my kids got WAY toooo much candy!!!


Me and my love...

Even our puppies went trick or treating. Jellybean was a ladybug and Juicyfruit was a bumblebee! They loved being out there with all the kids.



After walking for a while... a Princess gets tired! My poor baby!!!



After about an hour and 1/2 of Trick or Treating... we came back to the house to pass out candy and hang out!!! I think Jada had more fun giving out candy than she did reciving candy!!


While Jada was busy passing out the candy...The boys decided it was a great oppertunity to get in a basketball game!


At about 9:30 the trick or treaters stopped coming so we went inside to look at our stash.


We had such a great night!!!

Costume parties are the BEST!!!!!

Saturday...

I so LOVE costume parties!!! I Love dressing up... getting wild with make up... and being silly!!! Ashela & Leslie hosted an Adult ONLY Halloween party on Saturday and Jon and I had been looking forward to this for weeks.


We decided to dress up in a matching theme so we did the Alice in Wonderland thing except I couldn't find and Alice costume I liked so I went with the Queen of Hearts which turned out cute!


Jon was the Mad Hatter... how fitting is that!!!


Now you know that me and Leslie are the original "picture people". Every day is a photo opt and today was no exception so here we are... Me and Leslie... she was the Queen Bee of course!!!


Have you ever noticed that Jon is Always in pictures with girls... What's up with that???

See what I mean!!!


So I decided I needed a picture with Marty!!! Now I realize that it is just Marty... but hey, I think we look cute!!!

Oh... and let me tell you about Marty's costume!!! Marty dressed up as an "off duty" gun dealer! How original since that IS his day job!!! DORK!!! At least his wife is HOT!!!


Us girls just LOVE getting dressed up!!! We'll find any excuse!!!



We had soooo much fun, but man are we whipped!!! Thanks Ashlea and Leslie... you ROCK!!!!!!!!

Gentlemen Start your Engines!!!

Sunday... Our busy weekend is almost over!!!


We're on our way to Nascar after church and I'm getting excited!!!



Who doesn't love Nascar??? The smell of burning rubber, the sound of engines reeving, and smelly, hairy, redneck men running around topless like 5 year old little boys!!! Kinda reminds me of family reunions on Papa's farm :)


We Love Nascar and this year was Jayden's first time going!!! He had allot of fun... I wish I got a picture of his face when the cars flew by the first time. it was priceless!!!





And what is with the hat??? I am gonna rip that Jeff Gordon Hat off that cute boy's head!!!

As I'm sure you can tell...I am NOT a Jeff Gordon Fan!!! I like me some Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnheart JR... so as you can imagine me and my son argue thru most of the race about who's a better driver!!!
Now you tell me is it too much to ask for my son to obey his mother and cross over to the winning side???

Well, you'll be happy to know that we made up and have decided to embrace our different opinions... even though his opinions are wrong and mine are right! When he's older... he'll see the error of his ways!!!



Jon's just happy to be at the race!!!




We had such a fun time... we can"t wait till next Spring to go again!!!