Dreading the night!!

Alright, so we are experiencing Croup for the first time and let me tell you ... it's pretty scarry when your child can't breathe. I opted not to take him in today and see how it went and he was the best child ever today!! (not that I want him to be sick, but it's nice when they don't have the same energy level sometimes) however, tonight is the night ... the dr. told me that if we have another bad night he has to be seen tomorrow. So here's to tonight!!

so Spencer's cousin turned me on to this awesome deal!! I bought this whole bedding set for 10.98
here's how

http://www.seventhavenue.com/Sale/Bed-and-Bath/Quilts--Comforters/Dinoland-Kids-Bed-Set.pro?fpi=51212&catCd=DQ
or you can get to it from backatheranch.blogspot.com
ok so you go on and add 1 to your cart
then you click continue shopping
then you search for cookie sticks and order the 2.99 ones
Alright ... now you go to your cart and in the Promo Code part you enter sa20 and hit apply promo
so your total should now be like .98 cents
then you check out and with shipping it comes to like 10.98
YAY for good deals!!

Stung by a bee!!
so on Wednesday afternoon I had ventured outside after editing photo's only to stand too close to a beehive:-( so I felt something on my head and I swatted and it was a bee stuck in my hair. I of course started running (this has always been successful in the past) and my friend Lori yelled that I had like 3 bees following me, so of course I ran faster. Well when I thought I had lost them I started swatting like a crazy woman at my hair to make sure the bee was gone. Well, it wasn't and for the first time in 28 years I was stung (on my brain stem) by a bee. And let me tell you ... I will be avoiding being stung again for another 28 years!!!!
I almost forgot the most important part of my story. I got my revenge that night ... spencer (my knight in shining armor, yes I forgive you for your wuss comments) went around to two different bee's nests that we had discovered and KILLED all of them ... there were like 50 bees at each hive laying dead on the ground. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU STING KORIE!!

recipe book

one of my neighbors has organized her recipe's all in a three ring binder using divided clear plastic overs. Now, I've been looking for years for a way to store all my recipes, but still be able to add new ones at the same time, so I've created my own recipe cards I thought I'd share.

Where did the summer go?

Spencer's birthday was pretty good this year, the big 34:) we took the kids to the dinosaur museum down at Thanksgiving point and then my mom watched them so we could have a date night, just the two of us. We both felt young again that night. we went miniature golfing and to dinner and then we got our pictures taken in one of the dumb color booths. It was really really fun!! However, it didn't end there. the next night we had his family birthday party with the Bellamy's at the park and then went to our friends "The Kols" to play games ... I believe I won all three games that night (Eat that Jason) and we just finished off his birthday fun by going to see a movie that came out this weekend that he really wanted to see "Surrogate" which despite critic reviews we both really really loved!! I gave spencer a bunch of Aeropostale clothing (as seen below) ... hit a huge sale and their shirts actually come down long enough to cover spencer's long torso (I'd be interested in other stores that have longer shirts as well) and then I gave him a really nice desk, I'll have to take a picture of his current one that we got when we were first married at the DI, let's just say it was time for a new one!!

my parents

We went on our annual "Briggs/Staten" camp out up to the Redman campground up Big Cottonwood canynon. It is the most beautiful camp site, but how on earth did we manage to hit the only cold weekend in August on our once a year camp out? we could see our breath the entire time we were there and woke up to ice water and frost. But, it was still quite fun. The boys spent time gathering rocks to throw in the water and "hemorroids" for the fire. Mason found a toy tiger that our friends had brought and carried it around everywhere. Both of them had a blast feeding the "pockets" except Ethan got a little frustrated with Mason because he'd point and make noise anytime a "pocket" came near. :) We played cards and ate bad food ... what a weekend ... it will be fun to go again ... um next year (I need a year between these camp outs to recover) lol