New York City - Here I Come!

On Monday I am going to New York for the week to attend a Corporate Actions Conference with my boss and a few colleagues from our Tax Department. I am pretty excited to go. New York is an exciting city and really beautiful this time of year. Grandma Brown will be watching the kids while I am gone - they are excited for the extended sleepover. I will miss the kids dearly, but I am "secretly" thrilled to have "me" time and go shopping!!

Kids Night Out with Jason!

So my wonderful brother-in-law asked me if he could take the kids out to dinner and a movie tonight. Well let's see, I wouldn't have to make the commute from work to go pick up the kids, an evening to myself to do whatever I wanted and I didn't have to make dinner...heck ya Jason you can be out with them as late as you want (they don't have school tomorrow becasue of SEP conference)so it worked out great. Jason took them to Carl's Jr, one of their favorite places because they love the toy gym and then went to see Egor. They must have gotten tattoos in their kids meal because they had them all over their arms and faces (after this picture was taken Gavin went into the bathroom and put a tattoo right between his eyes on his forehead). Thanks Jason! The kids had a great time (and so did mom having the place all to herself).

Welcome Home Trailer!

Okay so it's not quite home yet but it has been found. I got a call from the San Juan County (Southern Utah) sheriffs office letting me know they found our trailer. The guy that stole our trailer is in the business of selling high price elk tags. A bunch of guys go in on it and all they have to do is come to Utah and they have an elk tag, a trailer to stay in while they hunt and a 4-wheeler. Our trailer was being used for that purpose. They "thief" had no intention of selling off our trailer he was going to keep it and use it as a "hotel" for his little business. I guess in the little town they were at there were a couple reports of stolen 4 wheelers in the surrounding area and in small towns like that news travels fast. Some local people were suspicious when they saw the same guy towing two different trailers (the other one being our neighbors) and several 4 wheelers to this particular campsite so they called the police. They police went to this campsite and...busted. Of course the hunters had no idea that all of the items were stolen. They cooperated with the police and gave them as much information on this guy as they could and they arrested him that afternoon. I have to admit I am a little worried about the condition of the trailer, but the detective told me it was in really good shape so we'll see. I just have to figure out how I am going to get that trailer back up here. I am hoping the insurance company will have it towed to me.

Cheerleading Try-outs Update

Yeah...Katelyn made the squad. Her dad and I don't know what we are in for, but we were excited for her.

Edwards Lullaby!

Okay, so I am totally hooked on these books. I just finished the first one and L.O.V.E.D it. I am starting the second one tonight. Thanks Stacy and Courtney!!

Edward & Bella (Katelyn wanted me to post this picture). She is a fan too!

Cheerleading Try-outs

On a happier note, Katelyn had cheerleader tryouts today. She is only in the sixth grade (I personally think that is way too young to start cheerleading), but her school is a middle school that goes through ninth grade and they allow 6th graders to be on the cheerleading squad so of course she wanted to try out. She was really nervous, but she went through with it. As a mother you just sit back and bite your nails and hope your kids make the team so they don't have to go through that hurt and disappointment if they don't, but I had the talk with her that life goes on and there are other things you can do if you don't make cheerleading. The results will be announced Monday so stay tuned...

Bye Bye Trailer!

So as luck would have it, while Jeremy is out of the country for work, I got a phone call from a neighbor last night and was told that our trailer had been stolen. I thought, that's impossible. You can't steal a trailer - they are too big, people would totally notice if that were happening. Besides our trailer is locked up down our street in our neighborhood RV parking area behind a locked gate. I had to go down and see for myself. Sure enough our trailer and several other trailers parked there were GONE, VANISHED, STOLEN! Of course we called the police and filed a report and I called our insurance company today. These are hard times so people go to extreme measures so keep an eye on your belongings. If our neighbor hadn't noticed I don't know how many days would have gone by before we noticed it was missing.

Super Saturday

Oh you gotta love Super Saturdays. One thing is for sure, I am not crafty and it takes me hours to do one project. I would rather go to Quilted Bear or Tai Pan Trading for this kind of stuff, but the display looked so cute so I thought I would give it a try. I was very overwhelmed when I saw how many pieces this thing had, but I am pretty proud of myself. It took me 4 hours to do this turkey. He is about 3 1/2 feet tall. Thank you Katelyn for babysitting the kids so I could go. I can't wait to put him out in November!

TAG!

I've been Tagged!

Here are the rules...

1. Link to the person who has tagged you: www.thehuntsmanbunch.blogspot.com
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write six random things about yourself
4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Here are the six random things about me...

#1 - I am a little OCD when it comes to a clean house. I have loosened up quite a bit with three kids, but still find peace and serenity in a clean house. I love to clean late at night when everyone is in bed. Those are the times I do my best pondering and thinking.

#2 - My absolute favorite actress is Reese Witherspoon. I will watch anything she has been in just to see her (some call that "obsession", I call it a big fan).

#3 - I work for Morgan Stanley and have been there for 11 years.

#4 - I really want to go to Cancun with my husband (we have never been)!

#5 - The littlest things make me cry (certain commercials, of course a great romantic/love movie, and when the primary kids sing "If the Savior Stood Beside Me").

#6 - My favorite TV shows are the Food Network and HGTV.

Now I tag:
Lindsey, Haily and Jessica

Depressed!!

So I found out this weekend that they want Jeremy to extend another month, which puts his return date near the end of October. Of course I don't want him to stay, but what can I do. He is doing well down there and I am getting a few handbags out of it. I really miss him though. Just keep calling me everyday honey and I'll be able to get through it!

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!

New Book!

So I have no idea what "I'm in love with a Vampire" means, but my sister-in-law (Stacy) has talked me into reading this series so we can all have a girl's night out and see the movie together. I have heard really good things about these books so I will give it a try and see what all the "hype" is about. I am probably one of very few people who have not read it yet. It should help pass some of the time while Jeremy is away.