Are the leaves changing???

IS IT SERIOUSLY HOT ALREADY?? I don't know why I'm surprised...After 22 years of living here I should expect it...but I'm always mortified when it starts getting hot here this stinkin early. Call it wishful thinking if you must, but I long for the day when Arizona will hold off being a fiery furnace until April at least. Today I got into my car and I could have sworn it gave me 3rd degree burns! It's February 7th people...this isn't normal! uugghh. So Elle's potty training is going nice and slow...She will sit on the potty but will she go?? Now that's a different story...but at least she's not scared of it anymore. (I couldn't get her to sit on it for the longest time because she would freak out). I actually have her in big girl undies right now becausae I want to see if she'll tell me when she thinks she's about to go. She comes up to me and says "pee pee" on a normal day but I don't know if she grasps the concept. I guess this is my way of testing it. :)




So, the cardinals didn't win...man...my brother looked sooo sad. I felt so bad for him. This was his dream...almost as if he was the one actually playing...but they fell short. I guess better luck next year?? let's hope anyway.
SO, me and Ollie wanted to get our own house this year. I guess every family wants that more than anything. I guess with the economy how it is, I shouldn't be surprised that we were turned down for a home loan. Ollie's pretty beat up about it but I gave him the pep talk he needed. We know that there are awesome houses right now for rent and we will make the best of that...maybe in a year, we'll finally get our own...but for now, we're just happy to have a place to call home. School is going great actually! I can't believe it myself. I'm sure I'll think differently when the tests start pouring in but even though this semester is supposed to be my most difficult one ever, it is starting to be my most enjoyable. I hope I still feel that way when my test scores come back. :P FOr those of you who don't know me, I am a HORRIBLE test taker. My whole life I've been this way. The anxiety that gets to me is so ridiculous that I will forget everything that I stored in my short term memory right before the test is handed out. Just simply awful. SO, hopefully there will be alot of presentations to do...I know, I think I'm the only person ever who would rather stand up and do presentations before taking a test, but that's me I guess.

For our anniversary we went to see Jeff Dunham in Tucson. (he's a comedian that deal with puppets...a ventriloquist...he's awesome.) I have video of his routine but it's kind of adult contented so I'm not going to post it...if you want to see it tho, let me know! He was hilarious! We then went and ate at our new favorite reastaurant, "The Melting Pot". OH MY GOSH! soooo good guys. If you ever have the money, GO! It's amazing. A big fondue experience...just awesome. Here are some pics of us at the show and then the restaurant....Haha...that's me taking a huge bite!

Ollie turned 25 last week but because his sister HAD to have her son on his birthday 2 years ago, he now has to let him have his parties...haha...Just kidding Missy, we love Alex. BUT, it did kind of put Ollie in the corner so I decided to throw him a party that takes place tonight! It was supposed to be a surprise, but of course he had to go and ruin that....We love the casino life so I rented tables and dealers and we are having a casino party! It's going to be sooo much fun. I'm going to deal blackjack and I am stoked...I so hope everyone has a great time. I'll blog about the party later but it should be pretty sweet.

Last week at Alexs' birthday party I finally realized how big my little girl is...For those of you who would like to see what I'm talking about here is video of her on Alexs' new toy...Oh and make sure you watch her wave to the neighbors!

By the way, I have another video that shows her turning the quad herself! I mean seriously?? that's craziness. Anyway, she is so big and growing so much everyday. Well with all this change going around, I hope that doesn't mean I'm turning into a democrat. :) HA!