September Fun

Yes, Yes I know... here are all the happenings in September! :)

Landon and I went to a Single's BBQ that also had a boat at hand for fun times... Landon really came to like this girl named Cassie while we were in the boat... he liked to sit on her lap and look at the girls who were wake boarding and knee boarding. It was so much fun. Landon was in charge of the flag at first, but after getting pulled over by the water patrol and told that we just had to move something he liked being on Cassie's lap the rest of the time. :)





This is Leah at the end of August, beginning of September. She is just 6 months and is looking so cute. Every time I see her belly I just want to go and feel it. I don't every time because she might freak out on me, but I do when I can. It's funny... since I have been pregnant, and heard a lot of women don't like their bellies touched I'm really hesitant to touch other woman's bellies. I don't want to offend them or get into their personal bubble. While I was prego I didn't mind anyone touching my big belly... it was fun actually...



Believe it or not, this is Leah at the end of September... she doesn't look like she's changed at all huh! :) I just caught her right when she got home from work and she had the same shirt on that's all. She is still cute as cute can be. Last night though she said that Drake was sitting on her pelvic bone and she was SOOOO uncomfortable. I felt so bad for her and offered a massage, but she just wanted to lay down to see if he would move into another position that didn't hurt as much. I have to say... there are some things I don't miss about pregnancies. lol


We were invited out to camp with Tiffany and her family. Landon and Nicole are best friends... actually Landon asks most everyday that I pick him up from Daycare if we're going to Nicole's house and when I tell him we're not, he tells me he loves Nicole and wants to play at her house. Awww... my little boy already has a best friend. :) I love it!


This would be me starting the fire and adding more wood. I was going to make a tee pee type thing with the wood and then light the newspaper underneath, but someone brought lighter fluid, so I cheated... hahaha... whatever works right!


This is Ashley Rae and Nicole... sisters... and awesome posers too. My camera disappeared while I was there at the campsite when I took Landon to the bathroom and these ended up on my camera by chance... who do you think could have borrowed it? lol


The happy little family. Tiffany with her girls. Something funny was going on and this was my favorite picture of the night.


Landon admiring his smore that I made... I really don't know what's wrong with me, but I've never liked smores. I think it's the marshmallows in it. I have never really like marshmallows... plain and simple they're disgusting to me. If I HAVE to eat one I will, but I can't stand their texture and how they taste... but I love to watch Landon get all gooed up with marshmallow while trying to devour his smore. Those times are precious and should be a part of childhood for everyone.

Roasting Smores...


This should tell you that Landon had HAD it with my camera shots by this point in the night. He was tired of looking my way and being blinded by the flash... but he is just so darn cute that I can't help myself... so this is when he was coming towards me telling me no more. :) Then right after this was taken I felt really bad because the flash really did hurt his eyes and partially blind him for a few seconds... so I put the camera up...


But you know it couldn't stay up all night... hehehe


We were invited to Brad and Nelda Asay's house. Brad works as a Funeral Director where I work and they just moved into their new home. So they had us over for dinner, swimming and fun. I went planning on getting in the pool, but I totally forgot to take off my mascara...


So I ended up with Raccoon eyes at the end of the night. Non-waterproof mascara + water = a MESS! hahaha Lesson is now learned and I won't be doing that again anytime soon.


On the upside, Landon had a BLAST with the other kids. He LOVED being in the pool and jumping off the steps to me, watching the rocket launch onto the neighbors roof, and eating the delicious ice cream dessert Nelda prepared. He loved getting to know Rob and Sonda's children and play with Nicole and Linzey too. At the end of the night the kids were exhausted from all the running around, exploring, playing, eating, swimming, and cheering.








Just this last weekend Corey and Sammy came over to hunt with Uncle Thomas during the Youth Hunt. Corey shot his first duck of the season... and Sammy showed Corey the ropes of how to cut the meat out, bag, and freeze it.



I had to come see Cheryl this early Monday Morning because I was going through withdraws of her happy attitude, her stories, and her chiding me for not updating my blog. She's awesome and I love this photo of her. She's beautiful and so caring and giving to others. Thanks Cheryl for the many things you have given me while I have known you. You are truly an amazing God-fearing woman and I am blessed to call you my friend. Keep your chin up with helping Jeremy through this rough time for his father who is in the hospital. You are a beam of happiness in a busy, fast paced business there. Remember that I love you! :)


Then I got a shock when Larry Bateman came in and asked me if I thought he had forgotten about me... a little confused I asked him what he meant... that's when it clicked. The Batemans and the Mueller's families have always helped each other out. So naturally when Larry's mom and dad passed away last year, I was able to help him with their services. During that time I came to love the long conversations we had where he told me about many different experiences he's had in his life and the stories about growing up in the Tri-Cities area when there wasn't anything here. I grew to really love our visits, but when the services were done we knew we wouldn't be able to see each other on a regular basis again... but he did mention that he was getting a Camaro that was custom built with everything he wanted in detail. He said he had just ordered it and paid for it and that it would be in sometime in August... little did I know that day that he came in that it was parked in the driveway! So this is Larry Bateman, one of the best men I know through my job. He even let me get in it and took a picture for me. Thank you Larry for the eye candy I was able to feast on for a few minutes and it was good to able to see you. Thanks for that laughs you caused by telling me about your wife taking the car to work and taking some of her coworkers out and wondering why everyone was staring at them... good times... good times...



I bought the kids some silly string things at the Dollar Store and they were having a blast with it. Landon couldn't hold the button down by himself, but Linzey knew just what to do. I seemed to have taken the brunt of the end of one of the cans and got all those fuzzies on me from Linzey's can. It was like Christmas morning for the kids though. Definitely something we'll have to do again! :)

Landon is now with his Dad and enjoying one-on-one time with him before James leaves to go to Iraq. During this time without him I have come to realize how much empathy I'm gaining for James having to go during times without seeing his son. I found myself bawling last night after getting off the phone with Landon who was eating pizza with Tyler (his dad's girlfriend's son) and have resorted to sleeping with his blanket at night. It's not the same, but it helps just a tiny bit. I can't wait to get him back on the 7th of October... 3 weeks without your little one is torture... especially when you're used to him being there, hanging with you everyday.

Quick Update

Yes I am still alive and functioning... although it's hard not to get caught up in the memories of Landon and I while he's away spending one-on-one time with his dad for the next few weeks. I know I've been horrible about blogging, but I hope to turn a new leaf and really get to work! I just haven't been motivated to constantly deal with the PMS of uploading pictures. Apparently the Blogspot is just fine until you upload some pictures... so this will be a pic free blog! One of the VERY few! hahaha

Landon is amazing as always. I am really excited to be able to go do a Army Family Retreat with Landon in St. Louis in November to learn on some ways to help him cope during the time his dad will be in Iraq. I have noticed, for a while now, that when Landon goes a few months without seeing his dad, he starts to act out a little more up to a LOT more as the time gets longer. There are factors in this... the annoyance of his cousin Linzey who we live with (and is practically his sister in many ways) and the fact that he's never really set on a daily schedule of doing the same thing... but it does become noticeably worse. I was hoping to glean some information off a child therapist in our ward who was doing a Parenting Class, but I had to leave early due to a family emergency and didn't get to ask my questions... so this trip to Missouri is going to be awesome. I can't wait for it. Landon hasn't been in a plane since he was 4-5 months old! So it's going to be a fun time! :)

Landon loves his bike, loves juice, loves rolly pollies still!, and loves the new playground set Thomas just put up in the backyard. He is talking a LOT, but I'm trying to work with pronouncing his words correctly... so instead of saying, "Can You" he says, "Thank You!" But he's such a cutie that people just smile and laugh. My favorite is his trying to say "Gracias"... it comes out "Assis." hahaha Love it...

I am doing very well. Working full time at the funeral home which is boring as all heck one day and busy as all heck the next. I am also still doing Mary Kay and enjoying that so much. I love spending time with women getting to know them and teaching them tricks on shaving for the closest shave ever (which my sister said she didn't have her hair grow back till 2-3 days later!) and makeup looks that are customized for them. I am in the process of becoming a Master Make Up Artist and am super stoked about graduating as a Master Makeup Artist on November 19th! I still have a lot to do with my Portfolio and I'm still having a hard time identifying face shapes, but I hope to be going to the store and getting some practice in! I will post pictures soon of our classes and training... it's so much fun though. It's my job and I love it! I hope to be able to earn my car by my birthday! So I am working hard to get there!

My Dad went back into Detox and Rehab and has been sober 34 days! We couldn't be more proud of him. He took my grandma's death pretty hard, but decided he needed to change his life after a little intervention. Now he is more determined than ever to stay sober. I was able to go with Leah and April to see Dad this last Sunday and it was so nice to be able to learn about addictions and the effects of them, history of alcohol, and learn more about my dad along the way. We played horseshoes for the first time ever and my Dad beat us all. If you weren't on your team, you were NOT winning! Although it was all our first times and my Dad's second... I'm just saying... lol. I am so proud of you Dad and so happy that you're graduating today from Sunset Ranch. I love you Dad and know that I will be rooting for you through all this. Can't wait to see you once a week when you come into town. It's going to be nice to see you more often.

I can't wait for the fall weather to finally arrive... I know the first day of Fall was Tuesday, but I am still sweating when I go outside... so I can't wait to have to put on sweaters instead of wishing I could take off a few layers... or turn up the AC. I have already picked out Landon's Halloween costume. He's going to be Bumblebee off of Transformers. I am super excited too because last week Kate called me and invited me to carve pumpkins with them the weekend before Halloween. Of course I wanted to! The last time I carved pumpkins with them I was 5 months prego with Landon! So it's been long overdue. Plus Halloween lands on a weekend which means that I don't have to work! YIPEE!!! I can take Landon to the trunk-or-treat and then walk around our neighborhood to the people we know. I can't wait!

I hope you all are well and will be making my blog rounds to see what each of you have been up to. Again I apologize for not being diligent, and wanted to thank Cheryl for reminding me that this was something I needed to keep up on! :)