I'm getting old. I have to pull out my calendar whenever I blog so I can remember what I have been doing lately. Last week I went to a Tastefully Simple party. It was lots of fun. I spent more money than I probably should have. Oh well. Friday after work I went over and hung out at Alisha's house. We all decided to go to a movie. Alisha and her family, Crystal, Christy and I went and saw "Where the Wild Things Are". It was a good movie. I will defiantly be buying it when it comes out on DVD. We invited mom but she didn't come :( Saturday was a busy day. Mom called at ten and woke me up and said that we were meeting at 11 for the "What Women Want Expo". Mom, Alisha, Micheal, Kayley, Crystal, Christy and I went. We had so much fun. We went thru the whole expo then Christy and I had to leave. We made it to the rental right before Dean, Ann, Deann and Hector got there. They brought me a huge gunny sack of potatoes, a bucket of carrots, a bucket of apples, a couple jars of applesauce, a jar of apple butter and lots of frozen corn. After that Christy and I went to the Vernon Worthen Park and got hot dogs and chips. Papa was there serving hot dogs. Hot dogs on the grill are my favorite, I can never pass them up. Especially when they are free! :) Then Christy and I went back the the expo. I bought Christy the prettiest church dress. I also bought Christy a bracelet and I bought one of those bead watches that everyone has. I got a couple different bands. I also let Christy get bling in her hair. I spent way too much money. Saturday afternoon Christy and I drove to Pine Valley. We went to Gaile's cabin and got apples. Gaile has a large apple tree in the front yard. Her son Logan had gotten most of the bottom ones already and the ones he could reach with the ladder. So Christy and I had to improvise on how to get the apples out of the tree. We started with Christy on my shoulders. She could reach a couple that way. We both were laughing so hard, I almost fell and dropped Christy. Then we tried hitting the apples with a stick we found. Then we started throwing rotten apples up into the tree and knocking down other apples. Christy had so much fun. I let her throw apples for almost an hour. Sunday we went to church with mom and dad. It was the primary program. I always love the primary program. It is so fun to watch the little kids. There was one cute little sunbeam boy sitting on the front row and at one point he had just about all of his pointer finger up his nose. It was so funny. We also had family dinner last night. dad made yummy potatoes, carrots and roast. Dad is so good to make dinner for all of us. I can't wait till Christmas when Amber will be here. It will be so much fun to have us all together. It would be even better if Sarah and her kids were able to come. I haven't seen her or her kids for a few years. Christy and I have been fighting a lot lately. It seems like more often than not I am getting her dressed, and bed time is really bad. I can't wait till things get more stable for all of us and I can get back to a normal routine. I feel so bad for her. Work has been going very well the last week :) Well enjoy the pictures!
Sunset on the way home from Pine Valley

Look at the concentration on her face as she aims for apples.

Where did my apple go? I am pretty sure I saw it go up.

Throwing rotten apples at the tree.

Having so much fun at Gaile's cabin getting apples. Thanks Gaile :)

This is Peanut. Rodolfo bought him for Crystal. Peanut lives at our house. He is a stinky animal. But then all animals are. We have fun with Peanut :)

USS Nimitz News:
The Nimitz pulled into Bahrain on October 24th. The Nimitz is the third US Navy ship in history to port in Bahrain. I guess its a pretty strict port. Usually David only has to have one liberty buddy, but in order for them to go out in Bahrain he had to have two liberty buddies. This obviously was Davids first time in Bahrain. David is doing good! He misses home and can't wait to be home with family!