Mashed Potatoes

Ethan decided to pick up a new hobby, painting with potatoes. He sure had fun but it took a while to get it all cleaned up.

New Baby Boy

Oliver Kyle Costner was born on November 16, 2009. He weighed 5 lb. 15 oz. and was 19 in. long. This little guy was so anxious to get here that he decided to come early, but what fun is there in coming early? Why the fun is that he wanted to come on Ethan's Birthday! I still can't stop laughing whenever I think about it. Two boys, two years apart to the day. Silly Oliver!

The delivery went very well, getting to the hospital was the rough part. Traffic always seems to go slow when your in a hurry. Anyway, once I was ready I pushed twice and there he was! So little and cute. Welcome to the family Oliver!

More pictures of the season

This is our little graveyard that we made in our front yard. Spooky!

Pumpkin, pumpkin, who has the pumpkin?














More fun for Halloween!

Pictures of the season

Our house for Halloween.













Ethan was a monkey for Halloween this year and he had plenty of practice monkeying around.

Flu Shots

Today Ethan and I went with Diana and Colton to go get the H1N1 flu shot. It was pretty crazy how many people showed up. We arrived around 6:30 am and the line was already about a thousand people or more deep. It was cold, I only had my sweater to keep me warm and walking Ethan around. It was amazing to see so many people, I couldn't see the end of the line. So the place opened at 7:00 am and the line slowly crawled forward. Luckily I had planned on a long time so I had plenty of food and drinks for Ethan and me. So when all was said and done we finally made it to the building and got our flue shots getting out at 11:15 am. That was the longest time I have ever stood in line before, but now I can say that we've had the experience of a mass vaccination. Quite the adventure. Don't ever want to do it again! At least we missed all the drama that was happening in the front of the building later in the day when there was an accident and so many cars violating parking rules and so on, that they said occurred on the news.

So it has been a little depressing lately. I spent tons of time making little girl dresses to try to sell at a yard sale. In the end I had made eleven dresses in about four days. But we had no luck when we tried to sell them. Maybe people don't think 'hand-made' is something worth having, or is of a poor quality compared to store bought clothes. Or maybe they thought five dollars is to much to pay for some thing brand new at a yard sell. So anyway you could say I was a little disappointed. I really tried hard to help bring some needed income in but it was of no use and that's what upsets me most. You can't make a descent dollar doing something you love, oh no, I guess the only way I can make an income for our family is by watching others children. So I guess that's what will have to happen after the baby comes. I guesss what I've learned from this is that you can't expect good things all the time no matter how hard you work. Oh well such is life. So at least I can give the dresses away, which is what I normally do anyway, and to those who find no home, they will be shipped off to D.I. where anything goes.

Please no comments, this is me just ranting!

Ethan decided to try on his daddy's helmet, he thought it was a little big.










Poquito is going to be a devil for Halloween this year. He didn't like how the horns covered his ears so he just sat there and didn't move. Poor dog, but we still like to dress him up!






I repainted the swing and decided to go with the season and paint a Fall design on it. It was lots of fun and i was really glad that it turned out cute. What a lot of work, I had to scrap of the old flaky paint then paint the whole thing in white, then for the design i used a stamp for the outline then used a clear coat of spray paint over that so it would be water proof then I painted each leaf using watered down acrylic paint in red, yellow and, orange. Ta Daa! When that was dry I went over it again with the clear coat so hopefully the paint will stay on there longer.