Tu Tu Photo Shoot

A few weeks ago my sister was helping a friend out by doing a photo shoot for her. Her friend makes these adorable little Tu Tu's and needed some pics for her website. We all very willingly volunteered our little girls! It was so much fun and the pics turned out so cute! My sister is amazing photographer and I can't wait to see what she does and how she pieces it all together. If anyone ever needs pics taken...get a hold of her...she is fabulous! Her website is on the side of my blog...dreamlenz photography. Thanks Linds!

Happy Birthday Dave!

I love this man! Happy Birthday hot stuff!

Monday Night Football

For months now I have been keeping the hardest secret from Dave! Way back in March my girlfriend called me and said her husband had the chance to get a couple tickets to this specific game. It was the Cardinals vs. 49ers. They wondered if Dave would want to go. I said of course he would want to go! Both of our husbands birthdays are this month and we thought it would be fun to send them to this game for an early celebration. I thought it would be more fun to surprise Dave and not even tell him until I had to. It was really hard at first to not tell him, but I eventually forgot about the whole thing. I thought that Dave had already been to an NFL game but he hasn't so the surprise just kept getting better. Most of you know that Dave grew up around San Fran and has always been a fan of the 49ers. I had to spill the beans about a month ago so he could schedule his patients around it and get out early. He was ECSTATIC when I told him...just couldn't believe it!

Finally Nov. 10th got here and him and Chad were on their way. They got there a couple hours early and decided to sneak down to other seats until they were booted out. They spent the first quarter on the 1st row and 30 yard line. Those little buggers! I'm glad Chad was there and not me because I would have been freaking out and worried the whole time about getting caught! He took this pictures of the ESPN guys doing their thing on the field which included Steve Young. Dave was a little kid in a candy store all day and night! I"m so glad that he was able to go and have so much fun. He has been working so hard and things have been extremely stressful. This was a great way for him to let go and just be a BOY! Thanks again Harmony and Chad!

Princess Ashlynn

A couple months ago I got this Barbie movie for Ashlynn at Target. They have this little section of movies that are only $5 bucks...seriously!! Ever since then she has been literally obsessed with watching it ALL the time! Last year she got a box full of dress up clothes from her Grammy and hasn't really enjoyed them yet. I don't know what has gotten into her now but she will wake up, take her pj's off and put on dress up clothes. She has the songs to this movie pretty much memorized. When we lived in Iowa and Ashlynn was a baby, Dave and I used to wonder what she would be like a few years later. My friend Nicky's little girl Kaylee was at this fun stage. We were always entertained by her and wondered if Ashlynn was going to sing, dance, dress up like a princess and dance around like Kaylee. So I was hiding behind the couch and got my little camera to film her. It was just way too cute not to share! I guess all little girls long to be singing Princesses! (don't forget to pause my music at the bottom so you can hear her sing!)

Trick or Treat

I can't believe this time of year is already here so soon! We have been so busy that we haven't even had time to carve our pumpkins...so sad. Good thing the kids didn't seem to mind or even notice:) Ty and Ashlynn have been patiently waiting for this day so they could finally wear their costumes.

Tyler was "Optimus Prime" and Ashlynn was "Cinderella".

My sister Adria came with her family and her friend Connie came with her hubby and 3 week old baby. My parents stopped by to see the grand kids before we went out. Little Miss Kylee was the cutest Minnie Mouse ever!

We trick or treated until our bodies couldn't handle any more. We were so tired when we got home! But we had a fun filled night with family and friends...what could be better than that?!

Blintz Pancakes

I found this recipe in a cook book of mine and it is seriously SOOOO GOOD!!! It was really easy to make and we all devoured them! We even made our own strawberry syrup and topped the whole thing off with whipped cream. I wish I had a picture to show you so you could start salivating! Enjoy:)

Blintz Pancakes
Prep:10 min.~Cook:20 min.

"Blending sour cream and cottage cheese-ingredients traditionally associated with blintzes-into the batter of these pancakes provides them with their old-fashioned flavor. Top the family favorites with berry syrup."

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sour cream
1 cup 4% cottage cheese
4 eggs, lightly beaten
Strawberry or Blueberry syrup
Sliced fresh strawberries, optional

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Stir in the sour cream, cottage cheese and eggs until blended.
Pour batter by 1/4 cupful onto a greased hot griddle in batches; turn when bubbles form on top. Cook until the second side is golden brown. Serve with syrup and strawberries if desired.
Yield: 12 pancakes

Fall Break

This time last year I packed up the kids and we drove to Utah for Fall Break. When I was there it was so perfect and I said that I wanted to do this every time. This year there was no way we could go up there again so we made the best of staying here. We went bowling with Shauna and the kids. We went to the Zoo with my sisters one day. Then we went to this awesome park and played for a bit. Believe it or not it was too HOT so we didn't stay very long. The weather teased us a bit the week before and we had amazing cool weather. Then it warmed up again. It was a fun week though!

Slumber Party

A few weeks ago we had my little cousins stay with us for the weekend while my Aunt was out of town. Noah and Jonah really feel more like my nephews because my Aunt Lexi is only 4 years older than me. We set up a tent in the living room and the boys just slept in there all weekend. It was great and they had a lot of fun! I took them to the park and the kids had one last swim in the pool. It was already pretty cold but they still wanted to go in...for a few minutes:) Now the pool is officially closed until next summer. The pool has been good to us! Now it's that time of year where we can go on walks in the afternoon...go to the park...just enjoy being outside since it's cooled off. I love this time of year!

Ding Dong the Bees are Gone!

So this is a continuation of my previous story about the thousands of new little friends we have staying with us. The bee guy came back this morning and started right to work. You know that show on the Discovery Channel..."Dirty Jobs"? We love that show! We came to find out that our bee guy Jerry was on that show a year ago. He totally reminded me of the guy on Dirty Jobs too! They came out and filmed with him and helped out with all the mess of cleaning up after bees! Let me tell you it was definitely a mess! They first cut a small square from the wall and then he realized this was much bigger than he thought.

He kept cutting squares out until there was no more hive. Can you believe that?! That whole thing is filled with honey combs.

He had to keep cutting over for about 5 feet. It was such a mess! We just sat in our kids room looking out the window in total amazement that this was all in the wall. He was pulling all the combs out and scraping/scooping all the bees and honey onto this tarp. When all was said and done the hive/honey combs weighed about 125 pounds. The hive had been in there for almost a year! I asked him how many bees he thought were up in there and get this...15,000!!!!

He was cool enough to take pictures for me while he was back there. Here he is holding up some honey combs. When they were done they carried all the stuff in a tarp and put it in a big garbage bag. Dave picked up the bag to see how heavy it really was...he was surprised...it was HEAVY! We asked them if the honey was any good and they said no. Now I won't feel guilty about all the honey going to waste because it was poison anyway. Apparently you don't ever want to eat honey that is made from bees in the city. You want country bees. I'm just glad they are all out. Just another day in the life of a BeeKeeper.

Busy little Bees

I get a knock on our door last night from a neighbor. She began to ask me if I knew we had a bee problem? I told her that we have been seeing bees but had no idea where they were coming from. Little did we know they were coming from our house! Dave looked around this morning and saw a bunch of bees flying around the A/C unit on the side of the house. We had a guy come out and look at it with his fun white bee suit. I staid in the house but could look through the window as he was searching around. All of a sudden I see HUNDREDS of BEES swarming around this man. I was freaking out but this man was just fine. What ever he was doing these bees were pretty dang mad. He finds that the bees aren't in the A/C unit but that they are inside the wall on the side of the house by the bathroom. He then says that he thinks they might be all the way underneath the bathtub and up the side wall. I went into the bathroom and heard a BUZZING like no other! He drills a little hole in the wall and his drill bit come out with honey all over it. After he was done trying to exterminate these crazy bees he tells me what the next step is. This was not a little old bee hive...this was a huge hive that has been there for 3-6 months and has close to 75-100lbs. of HONEY in the walls! CRAZY I tell you! He is coming back in the morning to finish the job which in tales cutting open the wall, killing the rest of the bees, taking out the honey combs and all that honey...etc. What a mess! I guess once the bees are in there they can produce a pound of honey a day. I am still itching just thinking about it. I can still hear them in the walls next to the bathroom...they aren't happy little creatures right now. I'm wondering what they are going to do with all that honey? We will see tomorrow. To "bee" continued...(i know that was lame!)