Halloween

Kaya Lexi Stella Landon

So I've lost my camera cord and I have no way of taking pictures until I find it or get a new one... that explains my lack of posts. No one likes a post without pictures.. or at least I don't like posting without pictures.

Here is a picture of the Utah cousins on Halloween. They all looked darling and had lots of fun and got way too much candy!! (Link was a little Lion but was not in this picture, but looked adorable!)

Stella's face sums up how much she loved Halloween!! She was the cutest witch I've ever seen! More pictures to follow... one of these days!

Most AMAZING Halloween Party Ever!!

We were invited to the most amazing halloween party EVER!!

There were hundreds of people, incredible food, dancing and decorations to die for!!

Even Anna Nicole and Michael Jackson's dead bones showed up!

The Hosts.... Anna Nicole and her grandpa... i mean husaband!

PART 2

Part 3

Leslie's Real Life

Hello Friends.

I've added another funny story to my Painfully Shy blog.

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I have a few more stories I'm finishing up writing that will be posted in the coming weeks!

Enjoy!

Leslie

Tuesday Night

It was a good night.

We went to the Miller's and enjoyed dinner and Joe got his hair cut from Heather.

Afterwards Joe surprised me and Stella by taking us to Jamba Juice. I LOVE that place and the only time I ever think about going it is late at night... we always drive there only to find it closed. It was a special treat. Caribbean Passion Goodness!!

Now Joe is putting Stella to bed. Reading her "special books" that I keeps in the top of her closet so she does not destroy them. They only come out at bed time.

They are singing made up songs and laughing.

I'm lucky to have such a good husband and Stella sure loves her daddy!!

October Fun!!

October is such a fun month. Halloween is right around the corner so we headed to Gardner Village to see the witches. Stella was a little nervous to be around them but had a good time as long as she was holding moms hand.

The girls got to ride a pony and Stella absolutly LOVED it... she can't stop talking about in!

Afterwards we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin. Out of all the hundreds of pumpkins in the patch stella picked a tiny baby pumpkin - it was just the perfect size. When she puts it down and goes to play she comes looking for it asking "mommy, where is my pumpkin patch?". She is a cutie pie!!

A Party for a Princess

Miss Kaya turned 3 Years Old yesterday and she threw a party for all the princesses in the castle! They all had a royal ball and looked oh so adorable!! Whitney even made Kaya a princess cake which turned out darling! Happy Birthday Kaya Starling we love you so much, especially your BFF Stella Boo!

Return To Yourself

Your only constant is that you are you, that you have a core of truth within you and a path to walk, and if you allow your core of truth to tell you which fork in the road to take, if you allow that internal compass to tell you which mountain to climb, then you will do well indeed and have a fulfilling, interesting life. ........ You are everything you need to be, just as you are, right now. You are the center of your own life. You are the beacon that shines and shows the way. Be glad when others walk beside you, enjoy their company, connect as closely and deeply as you can, but always, always, shine your own light and walk your own path and allow them to do the same.


Shine out and show who you are, so that people who are looking for someone exactly like you can find you, do not allow setbacks or even major betrayals to dampen your shine and your being!

Happy Birthday Stella Jane!

Miss Stella turned 2 years old today. I can hardly believe how fast she is growing. She was very excited about all of her presents and especially loved her baby from her mama and her book from her daddy. I decided that I wanted to make her birthday cake this year and I think it turned out great. A special thanks to my friend Natalie for coming over to help me out! I think it turned out so cute!!

 

 

 

 

Stella's Favorites:

Songs: ABC's, Row Row, Itsy Bitsy Spider, You are My Sunshine

Color: Greem (aka green) she thinks EVERYTHING is "greem"

Toys: Dolls (they are all named Stella), Balls, Books

Books: Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, One Fish Two Fish

Best Friend: Kaya (hands down)

Food: Chicken Nuggets, broccoli, candy -(she calls it sugar)

Activities: Climbing on anything, going to the park, riding behind mom in the bike trailer, swimming, bath time, using the big girl potty (not totally potty trained yet), drawing

Movies/TV: Madagascar, anything Sesame Street, Horton Hears a Who

Stella Book you are such an angel. I love you so much and am so happy to get to play with you everyday! Thanks for being so silly and for making me laugh everyday! I love you my little lovey. xoxo Mom

Its been a fun few weeks of canning! I'm not sure why i love it so much - but I do! Me and Natalie and Ashley have had our aprons on and water boiling. Here is what we've each canned so far.

10 jars Raspberry Jam
15 jars Apricot Jam
12 Quarts Salsa - 12 more to can on Saturday
10 Quarts Peaches - 16 more to can on Saturday


I'm hoping to find time to can a total of 40 quarts of peaches, and I'm going to try my hand at canning tomatoes next week. Any other suggestions on what I should be canning?

Fabulous!

I love my girlfriends! Really love them! Tonight we got together to celebrate Paige's birthday. We had fondue (way too much fondue) and mocktails. We chatted and laughed.. and laughed.. and laughed!! Love you girls! See you next month! (Suz sacrificed not being in the picture to take it for us).