Riley

So last week Riley had to get tubes put back in her ears becuase of all the ear infections she has. Her appointment was early Friday morning so Jenny had the other two spend the night with her. I've never had a night with just Riley so I was very excited.
I met up with Jenny and the girls at Gymnastics (seems like we are always there) to pick up Riley. I asked Riley what she wanted to do together for the night? She wanted to watch a movie, so we went to the Hollywood Video and rented a couple movies and they gave us Free popcorn. We headed home after telling the other too bye which was very sad because Riley started crying because she was gonna miss her sisters. We get home and she wanted to watch it in my room. So we layed on the bed ate popcorn and had the fire going while we watched Madigascar 2. Which was a really cute movie. We had the best time together. They she got to sleep in my bed with me that night which doesn't ever happen, she loved that too.
The next morning (early) we left for the surgery center. Riley was in a really good mood and very talkative, like usual. She was dressed in her Pajamas and they let her bring Noni (blanket) and Glowie (her stuffed bear) with her. they call her name and take us back still with a smile on her face. they give her a cute little Looney tunes gown to put on and she is jabbering away. She was playing with a toy steering wheel and was driving to Africa. The nurses preped her (which really isn't much for tubes) and gave Glowie a hair cap and a mask and some booties. Finally it was her turn. She walked away with a smile on her face. She is a brave little kid. I went to the waiting area for 15 minutes and then finally they called me back and let me know everything went well. the minute I got there she wanted me to hold her and to leave. I carried her out to the car (she is getting really heavy) and we left to go meet the other two. Not even 5 minutes after we get in the car Riley asks if we can go to her Preschool Valentines party. so after we dropped Julia off at school. We stopped by for just a few minutes, yea right, we were there the whole time. You would have never even known anything was wrong. I figured she would be tired from waking up early and the anestia they gave her. Wrong. That girl was as hyper as could be. running around in circles all day. She did great. I wasn't worried that she wouldn't, but I figured there might be a little recovery time. Ha

Staying Hopeful

Well it finally happened. Greg got laid off from Fulton Homes. It was very sad and scary and upsetting and a relief. Fulton Homes filed Chapter 11 Bankrupcy last Tuesday and then on Thursday had another round of layoffs. Greg made it through so many different rounds in the last year and a half, but there weren't very many guys left. Luckly Greg has had a second job for the last year and a half (he's a thinker) so we were somewhat covered for the lay off. He is now in Vegas training and working to try and get a full time job with Quickpass. He is training this week and really enjoying it. We are staying hopeful that it will soon turn into a full time job for him.

Other news is Riley is getting tubes in her ears very soon. Yay! No more Earaches. This will be the second set for her.

Morgan might be getting her tonsils out too. That decision is up to me (and Greg), but Im really torn becuase they don't recommend doing that for children under 3. I went in and listened to her snore last night and she really works hard at breathing. So I'm really leaning towards the surgery. It is a bigger deal when they are younger, they will keep her over night and there are more risks involved. Its a real tough decision. I have to make up my mind soon though because of the insurance situation.

We went to see Santa

After pictures on Sunday we went to visit Santa Claus at the mall. Here is what the girls asked for from Santa this year.

Julia-Ipod and Phone (no way she's getting a phone at the age of 6)
Riley-Butterscotch (that stinkin horse that cost $250) She's asked for the thing for the last 2 or 3 years.
Morgan-Choo Choo Train (Camden was going to ask Santa for one so she thought she should too.

Painting the shed

So Greg finished making the shed probably 9 months ago. I've had no motivation to finish painting the thing. So I tried to paint a little more today and had some help.

Stupid Theives

We really really have started to dislike our neighborhood. I know its a good neighborhood except for a few certain houses. Now I don't know who stole my stereo but we have our suspicions. Over the last few months there have been many things happen to our house, but unfortunately the way the market is we can't sell it and move. Here is a list of things in the last 4 months.
1. Someone has gone through Greg's Truck and My car multiple times and haven't taken anything. (that's cuz we don't leave anything in there)
2. Someone was in our house snooping around. Greg came home and scared them they ran out the back door.
3.Our friends were coming over and when they were driving by they let go of the skateboard and it rolled under Scott's car and he ran over it accidentally. Then the kids came over to ask for 80-100 dollars to replace the skateboard that they dropped. We settled for 30 because we don't want anyone to mess with the boat (which 30 gallons of gas has been syphoned out of it)
4. Our most expensive window was shot at with a beebee gun. Went through the first pane and now all the insulated gas stuff has excaped making it not as insulated anymore. Sad.
5. And now my car Stereo that was only six months old was taken from my car. I got the stereo for mothers day. It was one of my favorite gifts because I could plug my Ipod into it. And since I drive at least two hours a day most days, it really comes in handy. Now we have to sing to each other. On top of that Christians car was gone through too. They took a power converter out of his car. And then gregs truck was gone through too. They took his keys. All the builders keys and some highlighters, but left the computer and DVD player.

Okay, thanks for letting me vent. This happened yesterday and I'm still pretty mad.Ugh.

Our Thanksgiving

Okay, don't have pictures yet of Thanksgiving, but it was a good one. We started off our day by stopping by Shane and Mandi's house to give back the coolers (we ordered 200 lbs of meat through them, now our freezer is full!) Then our next stop was Marti and Larrys (Gregs Dad and his wife)Marti's dad Scott was in town too and I really like him. We bothered them for awhile, it was nice to catch up since we don't see them very often.
Then we made a short pitstop at my parents, kinda to bother mom while she was cooking but mainly because Greg and I were sooooo Hungry we weren't able to wait for another hour.
Then off to Greg's parents house. It was really nice to see everyone there too. We ate a wonderful meal and then played a few Thanksgiving games. Us kids dominated!!
Finally our last stop of the day was my parents house. We had Grandma and Grandpa come from KS and Nanny and Gramps were in town too. Both Kerry and Michelle and family came so the whole AZ group was here. The kids are older now so they all play really well and have such a great time together. We stayed late and played Catchphrase and Golf (a card game). I lost really bad, but it didn't matter too much because it was nice spend time with the family(AWWWW).

Update

Well, we had to cancel Riley's family bday party...sad. The whole week before we had been to the doctor several times with different kids. Pink eye, colds and ear aches. Actually Greg and I have had earaches for the past 2 weeks and they just won't pop. Well, back to the bday story. Riley wanted a pink eyeball cake for her party. So I went to paradise bakery to get her an eyeball cookie. The night before the party Riley came down with pink eye, she had a cold, Julia was getting over pink eye and had a cold, and me and greg were both sick so we decided to just cancel the party. Okay back to the eyeball cookie, she wanted pink eyeball cookie and she got more than that, she got pink eye too!! Thought that was funny and weird.