My 8 things

I too have been tagged by three weathers and now I must complete the questionnaire out of peer pressure because Carrie has beat me to it. and I think its a questionnaire that requires some thought, but here goes anyway.
8 things I'm passionate about:
1. My family
2. My work
3. My friends
4. Eating
5. blogs
6. clean house (good one carrie)
7. shopping
8. Weekend Target trips

8 things I want to do before I die
1. travel to new places each year
2. watch riley grow up
3. meet my grand kids
4. get involved in a small group at church
to be continued...

8 things I say often:
1. Do you hear me?
2. I said NO
3. What's up?
4. How's it going?
5. Is it time for lunch?
6. Are you eating lunch yet?
7. What's for lunch?
8. Is it busy?
9. I love you

8 TV shows I recently watched (are there still 8 to watch with the writers' strike?)
1. American Idol
2. 24
3. The Girls Next door
4. Desperate Housewives
5. The Unit
6. Entertainment Tonight
7. Oprah
8. The Hills
9. Gray's Anatomy

8 Songs I never tire of listening to
1. Mama Mia CD
2. Lukenbach Texas
3. Purple Rain
4. Somewhere down in Texas
5. Love like this
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8 things that attract me to my friends
1. They could each have a starring role in our own reality show
2. they "get it"
3. compassionate
4. fun shoppers
5. introduce me to new things
6. great to talk to
7. would do anything for anyone
8. keep me laughing

8 things I learned in 2007
1. Construction projects can drag out way too long!
2. Life is fragile..even a dog's and you never stop missing them
3. 2 year olds are terrific WAY MORE than terrible
4. you might have to continue christmas letters once you start them
5. LA is not a very pretty town and Vegas takes your money, but has the best shopping
6. blogs are fun
7. Iraq is a scary place
8. to appreciate the little things that are often taken for granted.

Chicken-fil-A as Riley would say..

We got a new Chick-fil-A by our house so we met up with Becca, Sam, and Sofia to try it out. Sofia was not as excited about eating there as we were.


However, the playground became more appealing to her.


Sam and Riley played for over an hour. I didn't think I would ever get Riley out of the car until I remembered the little secret Shoptaw told me about trading in the toys for ice cream! Thanks for that tip Amy, I didn't have to climb into the car!



Then my parents came up to visit us today. They played with our new bowling alley until it quickly became a road for the cars.

CoLd WeAtHeR, cHiCkEn SoUp, and cHoCoLaTe

We couldn't make it to Susie's today because of the icy roads so Riley went to work with me for a little while. We came home and fixed Chicken/vegetable soup and yummy brownies!

Here I am stealing a kiss from the cook and
Riley sampling the best part!

OF course, Cars was playing in the background!

LAS VEGAS, NV (LOST WAGES, NV)

I went with Karen, her sister Dana, and some of her friends to Vegas for the weekend.

We did LOTS of shopping and saw Cirque Du Soleil-Mystere.
We stayed on the strip at Treasure Island
Karen and Alison on our way to New York, New York
In front of the strip
Karen and her sister Dana
Takes your money!!
Here is Riley cashing in on his winnings!

All things CARS

Riley has watched the Disney movie Cars several times with all the extra time at home so it's all things CARS this week.

Please note that his food is moved so you can see the characters on his plate.

He LOVES playing with these cars so much that he sleeps with one at night. He knows all of their names and even takes inventory when one is missing.

A few new sentences this week:
Mama, WAIT ON ME (i'm only going into another room)

Do you hear me? (repeated in the same firm expression that he heard it)

Noah and Riley

Our babysitter had to take off for an emergency this week so Noah and Riley have been staying at each other's houses. Thanks to Karen and Scottie, Mom, and Nana Karen for helping to babysit. They had lots of fun and Riley has been asking "Where'd Noah go?" all week?















Tonight we met up with Krista and Jackson for dinner at our new Shogun Restaurant.
Riley most enjoyed the "drum sticks" that accompanied his silverware.
That Jackson is about 26 pounds of pure happy! Can he be any cuter?
This was his expression for the whole dinner.



Here we are before dinner.

















Here's Riley watching for Baby Jackson

Weekend update

My parents came up Saturday to visit. Mom came bearing toys. She brought little cars from the Disney film Cars and it has provided HOURS of weekend entertainment.
Sunday we paid a visit to Ross's parents where Riley took a ride on a two wheeler. I don't mean as in vehicle. It was a two wheeler as in moving large items. Even Nana Karen went for a ride and Riley enjoyed every second.
After we left there, we went to the elementary school by our house and played on the playground. It's windy, but the 70 degree weather was great!