Alyssa and Kevin's B-day

 Well I officially have a teenager and it makes me sad knowing as fast as these past 13 years have gone by the next 5 years will go by even faster, then Alyssa will be ready to start her own adult life "hopefully going to college". We have been lucky that she has been such a sweet, caring and loving kid and we just hope these teenage years are just as good as the last 13 years have been. Kevin has always loved the fact that his only girl and him share a birthday. Alyssa and Kevin have such a close relationship which I love but at the same time they are so much alike that they butt heads at times as well.

 Alyssa decided she wanted a party where her and her friends can just hang out talk and play games. I was gonna have it at our house but at the last minute I chickened out and she had it at a frozen yogurt place near us and it went just as she wanted.

 I just want to wish Kevin and Alyssa a very LATE happy Birthday and let them both know that I love them more then they will ever know.

                                                  Alyssa opening up a b-day gift

            Annika and Alyssa ready for Kevin and her b-day dinner with the rest of our family! Alyssa got the hat a b-day gift from Annika.   

Alyssa's Birthday Party Day

Something About Silver Giveaway

 I was given the chance to review the family tree necklace from Something About Silver, I had it made with my three kids birthstones. It's absolutely adorable! They have a ready to ship section but what I love most about there stuff is that you could have it customized with names and or birthstones. They have rings, necklaces, ornaments, bookmarks and other things as well. All the stuff they make would be awesome gifts for just about anybody.

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                                                  The Family Tree necklace I reviewed

                                                                    There ornaments

                                                                    Book Mark

 Rings

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I HATE this tree!

We have this huge beautiful tree in my front yard that I hate nine months out of the year. It's not your average tree where the leafs fall off only in the fall, no they fall off 9 months out of the year. When I say fall I mean they cover my yard, the neighbors yard and the street. The piles are higher then our ankles. We can spend 3 hours getting them in piles just to have it just as bad as when we started 12 hours later. What we have learned from  other people on our street is that when these houses first went up they all had the same tree and everyone hated them so much that they had them taken out of there yards. I guess the tree is sick, what ever that means. For reasons beyond our control we can't get rid of this tree. All I know is these pictures your about to see don't do what I'm saying justice.

                                            This is just one of the four left over piles we have.

         We filled 3 of these trash cans so far. The driveway was filled within a couple hours after this picture.

                                               This is the tree that is making me crazy!!

Green Giant Seasoned Steamers Giveaway

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Birthdays

My beautiful niece Hailey just turned 10 and my wonderful mom turned 63 just recently. Joseph told my mom that 63 is the new 40! I just wanted them to both know how much I love them and I am so thankful to have them as part of our life. I hope both of you you had great birthdays!

Jennie, my mom and me..

Hailey and Alyssa

"Notice how Hailey and my mom are both red heads"

Halloween

This is my first Halloween only having one kid to take trick-or-treating. Alyssa decided to go watch scary movies with some friends and Ryan stayed home and passed out candy. We did get to go with Aiden and Hailey and Joe brought a friend along. We decided to go trick or-treating around where I live now and I have to say the kids made out really good with 7 full size candy bars a full size box of jr.mints and a 3-pack of full size pop rocks and all the other snack size candy as well. It did make me a little sad that all 3 of them didn't want to go out but I know they are getting older and I just want them to stay my babies. Alyssa and Joseph got to dress up for school so Alyssa was Bat girl and Joe was a hobo clown..

                                                                Hailey and Aiden

Joseph and Alyssa

Progresso Light Creme Soup review & giveaway

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These two new Progresso Light creamy soups are joining the lineup of more than 40 flavorful soups that are 100 calories or less per serving These Weight Watchers endorsed soups have 100 calories and a 2 PointsPlus value per serving The Creamy Potato with Bacon & Cheese variety boasts pieces of potato with savory bacon and rich cheese flavor The Chicken Pot Pie Style variety exudes a home-style essence with cuts of white-meat chicken, hearty potatoes and classic vegetables *Light Chicken Pot Pie Style:  At least 33% fewer calories than regular ready-to-serve soups.  Light Creamy Potato with Bacon & Cheese:  50% fewer calories than the leading potato, cheese, and bacon ready-to serve soup.   See nutrition information for sodium content. In addition, visit http://goo.gl/WbbPS to download a printable coupon for $1.25 off the purchase of 4 cans of Progresso soup. With the colder weather I thought soup bowls with the Light Creamy Potato with Bacon & Cheese soup sounded good and I was right. It was so good that I decided to have my parents over for dinner and made the soup bowls for them and they raved about how good they were. Fewer calories didn't make this dinner any less yummy!  I have been given the opportunity to have one of you try and win a prize pack that would include- (2) Cans of Progresso Light creamy soup (1) Soup mug (1) Lunch tote (1) Water bottle                                   All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter below. a Rafflecopter giveaway “Disclosure:  The coupons, information, and gift packs have been provided by Progresso through MyBlogSpark.”