Off to the Emergency Room we go- **Warning** Do not read if you have a weak stomach

We started off our holiday today wondering what we would do. Aubrey was emptying trashes and reached into the kitchen trash can to retrieve a candy wrapper that was stuck in the little contraption where the foot peddle is located that raises the lid (it is a very small opening but sharp obviously), and decided that we were going to spend a portion of our day at the emergency room since she almost severed her right index finger off.
Below are a few pictures of her finger after getting stitches,the opening where she got it stuck,and her smiling once again with all her prizes from the hospital.
This is a "memorial day" for sure, just not the kind I wanted to have.

Why men should not be alone

My uncle sent this to me and I laughed so hard I couldn't even see the video through the tears. Oh it is SO TRUE (at least in my house)!!!

Call Me Crazy....Never Mind...Don't

Ok, I have been saving Capri Sun Bags for quite a while (over a year) to make more capri sun bags but haven't done it. I have been trying to find a way to get some money for my Women's Conference Trip coming up in a couple of weeks. I searched on ebay to see if there were any bags on there already. There is 1 lady and I was shocked at how much she charged for them and they are selling!!! So I decided to make some myself and undersell her just a bit. I spent almost all day making them yesterday and here is what I finished. I made a wallet too but they just aren't worth it in my opinion. If any of you need an adorable bag/lunchbag just let me know and I can hook you up.

A Must Watch Movie

I highly recommend all of you to watch the movie Fireproof if you haven't seen it already. It is an awesome, mushy, good-feeling movie. Put the kids to bed and watch it with your hubby. You have to look past some of the cheesy acting and look at the points being made. It really makes you realize that you don't ever want to take your spouse for granted. It is definately worth the money to rent- actually I am looking for a copy to own.

Happy Birthday Steven!

Today is Steven's Birthday. Aubrey says he is 24. ;)
It was so cute what the kids did for his birthday. All on their own, they wrapped a gift for him in some wrapping paper with only stickers instead of tape. He got a toothbrush! Aubrey wanted to give it to him (she had just gotten it last week in a raffle bundle she won at school). When he opened it she had the deepest, loudest belly laugh. It was so cute. Damian also drew Steven a picture. On Steven's shirt it says "I love my son". We are blessed with very cute kids!

Join the Fun

I saw this on Elena's blog and enjoyed it. Join in.
Copy- then highlight the things you have done in bold.

1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14.Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22.hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a 1/2 Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31.hit a home run. 32.been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone. 78.Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire Bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. Had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Lost a loved one 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee 100.Made amends with someone who offended you 101. Flew in a small Cessna plane with just you and the pilot 102. Ran out of gas 103. Eaten fried okra 104. Swam in the Caribbean Sea 105. Peed in a swimming pool 106. Stayed in a beach house 107. Hosted an exchange student 108. Been a Secret Santa to a family in need 109. Worked on a political campaign 110. Coached a sports team 111. Baked bread from scratch 112. Driven from coast to coast 113. Paid off all of your debt 114. Roast marshmallows over a campfire 115. Cut up a credit card 116. Drove a car through a flood 117. Been on t.v 118. Had braces 119. Been to the top of the twin towers in NY. 120. Have played in both the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans 121. Been to ground zero 122. Bitten your fingernails 123. Scrapbooked 124. Visited Mexico 125. Seen a Tornado in person 126. Been lost at sea 127. Kissed a frog. 128. Given birth to twins. 129. Received 2 moving violation tickets in 1 day. 130. Taught English in a foreign country 131. Gone rappelling132.Seen a show in New York City. 133. Have never had a cavity 134. Peed your pants from just laughing so hard.

Make sure to add a new question once you're done.

I am as happy as a pig in mud

My mother-in-law was coming to visit us and mentioned that she had a mixer that she would be willing to give to me if I wanted it. At first, I thought "I already have a mixer why do I need 2?" Then she told me that it did a bunch of stuff and would even grind wheat. Well, of course I said yes after she told me it would grind wheat. After all, what good is it if I have all these cans of wheat and no way to grind it? Well, she came last night and brought it with her. So today I decided to try it out. I ground about 2 cups of wheat into a fine flour in about 30 seconds. It's so SWEET!!!! Reading the manual it tells you how to make your bread dough in the mixer. So I am enjoying my first attempt of homemade wheat bread after only 1 hour from start to finish. I need to order more wheat now from the cannery. 300 lbs. per person just isn't going to be enough.
Below you will see the machine, my loaf of bread dough, and then the final product.
Gotta go enjoy my bread. YUM YUM!!!

25 Random Things About Me

1. My favorite number is 3.
2. I like Navy Blue clothes or anything Navy actually.
3. I am the youngest of 3 kids in my family.
4. I love to scrapbook and make cards. I say the one who dies with the most, wins!!
5. I’m allergic to people who smoke. Ok, not them but the smoke.
6. I love to read to my children and hear them read.
7. I wish I knew how to play an instrument, especially the piano. Or even read music for that fact.
8. I love to kiss and smell brand new babies.
9. I couldn’t live without…chapstick
10. I will NEVER Bungee jump!
11. I stress about stressing!!
12. I love to shop for the best bargain.
13. I love candles.
14. I love Disneyland- I am such a kid at heart. I like to have fun!!!!
15. I like to cook but not bake.
16. I have never broken a bone and hope I never do now at my age.
17. I love to go to Women's Conference at BYU. I really look forward to it each year.
18. I was born in California. I have never lived outside of 3 states. (Not all at the same time obviously.)
19. I love the internet!
20. I would love to go on a Cruise someday in Hawaii with my husband. He wants to go to England someday too so we have some traveling to do.
21. I want to serve a mission with my husband when our kids are grown and gone.
22. I love to go to the Temple.
23. I love Beautiful Sunsets
24. I love to listen to LDS Musicians.
25. I love to be at home with my family. I have the BEST!!!

So while Steven was finishing up his degree (1 1/2 years ago), he promised the kids and I that we would go to Disneyland. Well, last weekend we finally got to go and it was worth the wait since all of our kids were tall enough to ride any ride we wanted. Aubrey wishes she wasn't tall enough for the Indiana Jones ride. She hated anything that had "big dips" or went fast. She loved Dumbo though. Emmalee is our dare devil and the faster the better for her. Damian was the cautious one at first but had a blast and asked to ride "50,000" more times. I guess 50,000 is his favorite number. We couldn't have had a better vacation and the wonderful memories we made is what it is all about. It truly is "where all your dreams come true."
Here are a few pictures of our wonderful memories.

A New Home for the Hubbles

Well, you might have been waiting to hear about our latest changes. So I thought I should do an update to our blog. Steven is changing careers and starting a new job in January of 2009. Where? In Yuma, Az. Yes that is correct, it is not a typo. He is going to be an office manager for a new Pain Clinic for the best Anethesiologist.
We came to Yuma in November to look for a home and stumbled across a real steal. It has been a real hectic month trying to prepare for the change and closing on the house. We left Tucson on December 19th and headed to Yuma with Pam's sister, brother-in-law, nephew, and mom. We are hoping to move in on Monday just in time to set up our Christmas tree and collapse for the holiday.
If you are ever coming through Yuma on your way to California (isn't that the only reason people go through Yuma?), come by and visit.

Halloween 2008

We had a fun Halloween. We went to the College, the kids school for their Fall Festival, and went to some family and friend's houses. Emmalee dressed up as a bride, Damian was a Jedi, and Aubrey was a Ballerina.

Crazy Hair Day

Ok, as a hair stylist it is so hard for me not to let my children out of the house with at least their hair brushed and the girls hair done up. Well, since I support the school NOT allowing the kids to wear their Halloween costumes to school, I had to support "Crazy hair day". So enjoy the pictures, I will look back on this someday and laugh too I know that.

Our little Musician

We just attended Emmalee's first Band Concert last week. I thought she was going to pop from excitement before the concert. She has 63 6th grade band members in 1 class. Wow, that is alot! They played 6 songs. They all did very well. They now are practicing for their Christmas Concert on December 4th. This is Emmalee's 2nd year playing the flute. In the picture on the right, she is the 2nd girl from the right front. Way to go Emmalee!!!!

He's a Winner!

Just another proud moment as a mom.

The 2 younger kid's Elementary school was having a fundraiser for the school PTA. They held a spell-a-thon. Which I really liked because I didn't feel like I had to buy expensive wrapping paper, yucky candy, or useless magazines. It was something that would help the kids educationally. Well, the 3-5 graders could win an IPod shuffle for the highest money raiser. Damian wanted to win it badly. He had to find people to pledge him on his spelling test. He had 40 words to spell correctly. He asked grandparents, Aunts & Uncles and of course his parents. Damian did get all 40 spelled correctly but had to wait a week to see how much each child brought in for pledges. Not only did Damian have the highest amount for his class or grade, but he ended up raising the most out of the whole school. $160!!! (thanks to Grandpa Jerry). Damian won the Ipod shuffle. I also was so proud of Aubrey. The kindergartners were given 6 words to spell and she got all 6 right as well. She was the only one out of her class to get all 6 right. We have some great spellers in our home. Maybe I should have them write these blogs for me.

Ist Day of School August 11, 2008

Here are some pictures of the first day of school- August 11, 2008

I know this was a few months ago but since I am just starting my blog I wanted to back track and catch you up on a few things in our home. This was the first day of school for all 3 kids. I made Steven take the day off work so we could "Go Out". I was a mess. I cried more than the kindergarten kids. I need to share a sweet story as to why I cried so much. I took Aubrey into her classroom and noticed this little fraile girl just sobbing because her parents dropped her off and had left. I felt so sad for her that I started to cry with her. Then I looked up and my little Aubrey had walked up to her and said, "Hi, I am Aubrey and I am going to be your friend." I about starting sobbing with sound. I had to leave the classroom. I kissed Aubrey and we exited the classroom.

Emmalee started 6th grade- Yes- she is in Middle school and was so brave that day. I remember how nervous I was starting Middle school. Damian started 4th grade ( I hated 4th grade) and Aubrey Kindergarten.

Yes, it is quiet in the house while they are at school and it actually stays clean for about 6 hours each day.

Women's Conference

It has become a tradition that myself, my sister, my mom, and a couple close friends from here go to Women's Conference in Utah for 4 days. We fill our time with as much conference, temple, shopping, and late night talking that we can in those 4 days. It is the best thing we can each do for ourselves to refresh ourselves and start new as mothers, wives and daughters of God. I absolutely love it. I encourage any woman to attend if you get the chance. It is not easy leaving your family behind, but they eat out every night and survive somehow without us. It sure is a great spiritual boost and friendship bonding experience. These are a couple of pictures from our trip this last May.

Happy Birthday Aubrey!

It is hard to believe that 6 years ago Aubrey was born.

Happy 6th Birthday Aubrey. Your family loves you.

I made it!

I have finally joined the blogger club. I have enjoyed viewing friends and family member's blogs and catching up on what is happening in their lives. I have finally gotten the confidence to try to make my own. My cousin told me a couple years ago how easy it was. Well, Dara it has only taken me this long to figure it out. So tell me what you think?