Why?

Why, you may ask, am I doing this? Heck, I don't really know. But when I saw a chance to win something, I was all over it. And, I'm not above using my adorable child to do it. So.... keep voting, you're doing a great job!

http://www.protecttoothy.com/smileContest/photoDetails.aspx?photoID=410

Big 8 Tag

8 Favorite T.V. shows

• The Office
• Biggest Loser (so motivating)
• American Idol
• 24 (so glad it's coming back)
• Designed to Sell
• Today Show
• The View (except when Joy is really annoying)
• Good Things Utah

8 Things I Did Yesterday

• Online Christmas shopping
• Almost bought a Nintendo Wii (I just can't decide)
• Got my haircut thanks to Steph
• Book hotel in Florida
• Dropped Mazee of @ Grandma Karen's
• Had yummy homemade Chicken Pot Pie for dinner thanks to Karen
• Watched The Office
• Picked up Jake's anniversary present at the post office

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To

• Carrie Underwood concert on my b-day (Thanks to my A+ hubby)
• Twilight movie
• Jake having the WHOLE winter off of work
• Cruise in January with fam
• Having an enjoyable holiday season with no work
• Putting Christmas decorations up and turning lights on the house
• Thanksgiving dinner
• Christmas

8 Things on My Wish List

• Mazee to walk (she's taking 7-8 steps and is content with that, she won't go any further)
• Snow
• An awesome bra (breastfeeding did a number on me, if you know what I mean)
• Some black boots
• Snow
• My ring to be cleaned and dipped (Hasn't been done since we got married, surprisingly doesn't look too bad
• That Mazee will stay sick-free this winter
• Snow- You might think I'm crazy, but snow means Jake's work season will be over, then 4 months of free time. On the other hand, 4 months of 24/7 time together might be too much for Jake... or both of us.

Thanks for the tag Car, now 8 people I tag are

• Chalan
• Steph H.
• Steph J.
• Mandy
• Lacey
• Suz
• Diana
• Tiff

But for reals, anyone who reads this should do it, I only did 8 to stay with the theme. Honestly, I hate "tagging" people because I feel like I'm choosing favorites and I'm not. I don't want to make anyone feel bad. Am I weird? I just usually put people who I think will do the tag. Okay, I'm gonna stop now. I am weird, I know. I tag everybody!

We Need Your Help!

Hey everybody! We've entered a photo of Mazee into the SelectHealth "What Makes You Smile?" Photo Contest. Now we need your help to win! Just visit the link below and vote for Mazee's photo. Thanks for your help!

http://www.protecttoothy.com/smileContest/photoDetails.aspx?photoID=410

Always Check Your Kids Homework....

**Mommy works at Home Depot, she was selling a shovel.

Good Day

Today is a good day because my favorite cousin and dear friend finally started a blog! I've been waiting for this for a while so we could stay up to date. Now my wish came true and with it came such great news! Love you Suz!!

Halloween Mania

We had a very exciting Halloween this year. I think I was a little too paranoid about Mazee being sick/cold/tired/hungry last year, to really enjoy it. So this year was much better. Mazee was so stinking cute in her little ladybug costume and was such a good sport. When I saw a little cheerleader on the Today show on Halloween morning, it sparked my memory. So I pulled out my old cheer uniforms and found some real classics. Jake was a good sport and dressed up with me, but he wasn't having anything to do with the wig or make-up. He actually only wanted to wear the cheer pants, he said the skirt was going too far. Upon seeing how tight the pants were, I strongly encouraged wearing the skirt. We had a lot of fun.

First piece of candy of the night-- a dum dum.

The Sumsion clan (minus Kraig)

The Sumsion grandkids: Tate=Pablo from The Backyardigans, Creed=Lightning McQueen, Blythe=Corpse Bride, & Mazee=Ladybug

On Saturday night, even though Halloween was over, we had such a fun party with our friends. You're always in for a good time with these guys, and sure enough, it a good time.

Summer's favorite thing to do when we get together is take my camera, shove the camera in someone's face, then go around showing the outcome laughing her butt off. All. Night. Long. I'd thought I'd post this one as the winner, and so you could get the idea of Summer's game. This is Brooke's husband, Brent. He looks like a plastered Al Bundy to me. I asure you, none of us were plastered. Thanks Steph for hosting us in your cute house with yummy food! We had a blast!