Busy Weekend

We had a busy weekend. The prince hung all our Christmas lights on Saturday, and the princess had her first dance event on Sunday. Now we're busy cleaning up so we can enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving that we'll be hosting on Thursday. Have a good week!

Are you confused?

I know the following entries are hopelessly out of order, chronologically speaking. I think I'm all caught up now--with the blog anyway--so maybe the next few entries will not jump around so much! Se la vi!

Halloween Shots

Flavaflav and Banana

Velma and the Ninja

A work in progress...

Still more work in progress...

The finished product! Spooky cool!

And then there were two...

While I was away, my man, Marcus, was voted out of Survivor. We made it longer than ever before losing one. The Prince and Princess are still hanging in there.



The Prince's gal.



The Princess' gal--and potential winner, if you ask me!

Missed Birthdays

While I was cruising the Caribbean, I missed a few early November birthdays--just a few. Really people, we don't need anymore people born in November in this family!! My own kid, included! Anyway, Happy Birthday family members! Hope your day was exta special!

Aunt Lynelle

Cousin Mark

Cousin Mariah

Cousin Isaiah

The Princess' Birthday

The great thing about being my kid is that you get your "friend" birthday party AND your "family" birthday party. This year the princess ended up with even more celebrations. There was the cool limo party with her friends. Presents with her immediate family because I was leaving, and then having Grandma, Kathi and Rick over for Boston Cream Pie! The partying really never seemed to stop! But trust me, it's over now! We're into holiday mode!

She picked out this boring white cake because her friend is allergic to chocolate. Can you think of anything worse?

Presents from her peeps!

Yum!
After catching her hair on fire at her "friends" party, she learned!

Cash gifts garnered her this cool aquarium!

Cruise Photos

At the Ship's pool.

St. Maarten

St. Maarten

St. Thomas

St. Thomas

San Juan

San Juan

Ship's deck

Ship's kid pool

Freedom of the Seas!

Our AZ trip in October

Photo at Grandma and Grandpa's

Photo at Blake and Robin's

London Bridge

Driving the boat on the Colorado River

Kicking back on the Colorado River

Oatman

Vegas, Baby!

It's a "Gas"

In July, when my sister and family were here visiting, gas was $4.17/gallon. Today I paid $2.07/gallon! Gotta love that!

Now about our 401K...

Baby, You're a STAR!

The princess received the STAR treatment for her birthday this year. She was picked up after school by a limo and then she and 6 friends cruised out to the mall where they got to stick their heads out the window and scream and holler! After an hour of cruising, they came back to our house for cake and presents. Cool sunglasses were a must and posing as we exited the limo was also expected! This was the best party ever!

Grandma's the BIG wiener!

While we were in AZ visiting one grandma, the other one snuck off to Deadwood and was one BIG wiener!!! Congratulations Grandma!

Winter Wonderland

It's a winter wonderland! Very A-typical of this part of the country at this time of year!

Survivor Pool

For those of you playing along in a Survivor pool this year, here's who we've got:

The queen could just win this year, with Marcus!

The princess has Corrine.

The prince has Sugar.

As of this past Thursday, all our players are still in, which is pretty good for us as we usually get the WORST players! We'll keep you posted...

It's time for a vacation...

I wish I had this t-shirt right now! But we're leaving on vacation tomorrow night--if the Mexican Hurricane that's made its way to Montana (in the form of wind, rain, and SNOW--lots of SNOW) ever lets up--and we're headed to warm, sunny Arizona, so maybe I won't need this t-shirt after all.

Happy Birthday!

What are the odds that three of the king and queens' 5 collective siblings (and/or spouses) would have birthdays in the same week? I'd take those odds to VEGAS anytime. Oh wait, I'll be in Vegas in a few days! Anyway, Happy Birthday, one and all. Don't worry; we won't tell how old you are!

Happy Birthday to Aunt Robin on the 10th. She's married to the queen's brother.

Happy Birthday to Aunt Kathi on the 11th. She's the king's sister.

Happy Birthday to Uncle Marty (pictured on the right) on the 14th. He's the queen's sister's husband, although he LOOKS like the king's brother--if the king had a brother, that is.

As I said, we'll not mention your ages, but I will say that Uncle Marty is celebrating one of those MILE STONE birthdays! (Wink, wink!)

Happy Birthday to you all! We love you and hope your next year is full of only good things!

Growth Spurt

The princess has always been one of the smallest kids in her class, even though she's always also been one of the oldest. She's prided herself on being "little". Over the last couple of years she's started catching up with her classmates and is now in the middle of the pack. Lately, though, I've noticed that she seems taller than many of her friends so the other day we measured her. She's always run at least 2 inches shorter than the prince had been at the same age. NOT ANYMORE! She's measuring only 1/2 inch shorter than he was at age 11, and she's got another month to go. She has grown ALMOST 4 inches since she turned 10! That's a pretty big growth spurt! She'll probably be done growing in the next couple of years, but at least now she has hope that she might be taller than both of her grandmas someday!

Not for the weak!

It's been 2 1/2 weeks since "THE INJURY". The prince's finger doesn't look like this anymore--thank goodness. He does therapy 4-6 times a day and can now bend it all the way and straighten it all the way with very little pain. It's still quite swollen, and the therapist says it could stay that way for up to 9 months! P.E.: It's not for sissies!

Why did the chicken cross the road?

I got an email that asked, "Why did the chicken cross the road." Though there were lots of answers, here are my favorites!

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

SARAH PALIN: As a Mayor and Governor of Alaska I have fought against and stopped the good old boy chickens attempts to cross the road against God's will. It appears I have not fully succeeded. Where's my gun?

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?