Pooooooooo......

Also,I wanted to post this kind of gross but very funny and accurate chart!Its pretty much followed hourly in this house these days!(even with some who are ALREADY potty trained!)

Movie night

I thought this was cute!

I came out of the kitchen (where the cleaning is constant) and my youngest 7 kids were all scattered throughout the living room, had their sleeping bags out, popcorn made and lights out with a movie on! ts a little dark but you can still see the intensity :)

Im throwing the play gym in the GARBAGE!

Today's agenda:
1) Burning down the play gym (yes, I'm that irritable...OK, not literally BURNING it down but you know...)
2) Lose this damn weight!!
3) meal planning.
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1) At the play gym, why is it either they can't keep the doors closed because its a fire hazard (huh??), the doors at another gym can be closed BUT won't stay clicked shut...and why can't 3 year olds of MINE SHARE???

I'm fed up trying to have fun in the mornings with a bossy whining 3 yr old and an 18 mo old who likes to wander everywhere else instead of playing!

2) Maybe if I start blogging about me trying to lose weight, it might be enough to keep me on track knowing that someone *COULD* be actually reading this!:))

I'm going to attempt my half ass version of weight watchers. I refuse to go and pay when I can just count points the old way. It will still work because then I'll be owning the calories I'm actually eating which works!

I like the saying I heard once ~"Too often people OVERestimate how much they workout/exercise and UNDERestimate how many calories they eat." That's SO TRUE!!

3)I'm trying this new meal planning app I have on my phone. If I can follow it , it'll help our family out tremendously as far as money and healthier eating goes.

WISH ME LUCK!!!....I'm already in a better mood just venting about that!

Typical weekend....

Today was another game day. Usually 3 soccer games each weekend, which is 1 game less than last year. Last year Taylor, my oldest played high-school and rec soccer. Now that she does cheer, she had to give one team up.

I just got a few pics of Maleah's game day. Nothing extraordinary but just a glimpse in my day.

Pumpkin farm!

Last Saturday we took the family to the pumpkin farm in Carnation, WA! Its one of our favorite places and traditions that we do every year! We started going there with our first two kids in....I believe 1998/99.

The farm consists of the actual farm land where the pumpkins and other seasonal things grow. Then there's the restaurant and store that's connected to the farm and surrounding that is like an amusement park. Its just a much smaller version but tons of fun! It cost us $150 to get the whole family minus my oldest, Taylor, (she had cheer stuff and work going on) into the park. There's a big train ride, some amusement park rides, inflatables,  manual type ride on rides, petting farm, pony rides, "not so haunted" houses, hay maze and jump, rock climbing...there's a ton of stuff!! A TON OF FUN!!

Having a drink

Just thought I'd share how moms in different states can still have a drink together! :D
Scrolling down my FB news feed and there it is, Amy and her can of extra hard mikes! She doesn't drink often so I knew I had to jump on the chance to join her.

I had to go to Safeway anyways so I picked up my very own bottle of hard mikes cranberry lemonade (I couldn't find the EXTRA hard that Amy got,pffT) and came home, opened that sucker up and started that  nice relaxing evening!

I went on to upload a pic of my drink on my wall which then caught the eye of Amy and a couple others having a "night cap" and there we were, chatting and "having a drink "together!
Gotta love your online version of "mamas night out"!♥

Sorry, been MIA....

I'm going to soon blog about my WONDERFUL TRIP TO FLORIDA!!! I had a great time and met some great people, well I already knew them but never felt, heard and smelled them before the trip LOL!!
I've just been trying to function this week back at home and in the grind of the t9 tornado!I need to put on my SuperMom cape and get at it! ;) ...and where's my coffee? ?
••••Steph

OMG!

Whah Whah Whah Whahhh Whahhh Whah Whah Whah Whahhh Whah Whah Whah Whah Whah Whahhh Whah Whahhh Whahhh Whah........alllll daaaay!¡!¡!¡!¡!!!and I'm supposed to take her on an airplane Friday??

Taylor♥

Here is a pic of my oldest daughter Taylor. Her first year of cheering and captain on the Jv squad!

These drinks represent my husband and I LOL!

Here we go to Costco like we do every weekend and I can't wait to get into that Starbucks drive thru on the way down!I'm feeling a little off,like a drop in blood sugar so we must HURRY!Steve already has his monster because the fridge is stocked full of them.
Speaking of Starbucks+Costco,I wonder if Costco will have the $100 Starbucks cards for $80 this year?They did the year before last but I never took advantage of it.

I wouldnt have said this 15 years ago but I♥ GOODWILL!

A few days ago this highchair caught my eye as we drove by Goodwill! Usually I jump out and look and its either broken or too grody but there was nothing wrong with it,just a SMIDGE of wear and tear. The price tag was only $7.99!! The thing is, I had been needing to buy a new high chair for a looooong time! PERFECT!
Then I saw the little pirate shaped water table, and it was only$5.99....both of them together only $13.98! Gotta love that!!   :D
Now they're all cleaned and bleached and ready for use!

I met an internet friend today!

So Amy and I are on a msg board and FB group for moms who had babies in March of "08". Today after 3 years of knowing this friend Marisa, from the group, I finally got to meet her in real life! Her husband is getting a job up here near Seattle and today they flew up to get to know the area a little better. We happened to be in the same area around the same time so we met up and it was awesome!! I felt like I already knew her and really I did! She's so cute,♥ her!!
When having friends online it makes them seem so far away like they're from another planet, but after meeting a 3rd friend from the net I now know they really are just a plane ride away! I'm actually going to Florida next week to meet 3 new friends! I CANT WAIT!! I can't wait to meet them all!♥

About that STUPID laundry!

I was just commenting in a large family group about a question on laundry.They were asking "how do you stay on top of laundry?"...I have FINALLY REALIZED that there is no!such!thing! Seriously,how can anyone with a large family be caught up on laundry?The term doesn't exist!Once everyone undressed there's 2 loads right there,not to mention pee'd on poo'd on blankets and sheets from babies and leaky toddlers.Pretty soon im going to make it mandatory to wear PJs allllll weekend,the same pair from Friday night thru Monday morning! ;)
Right now I'm avoiding going home because of it but I must get started because my husband and I are flying across country NEXT WEEKEND!!!!Wooohooo!
★please post your home made laundry detergent recipes here!!

My intro ♥

I'm Steph and I live in Seattle. I'm married to my husband, Steve. He's a very hard working supervisor for a Demolition company. He tears down buildings and comes home all dirty! We met when I was just 14, he was 18 at our high school. He was a football player and I played soccer...some of the best memories ever!

We currently have just 9 children ;) ....

App testing!

Ava and baby Hadliy

Usually Fussing Wins...

It was too wet to go to the Playground so we did a pit stop at McDonalds.I think little Ava is making a friend up in the play structure, thank goodness, because she keeps yelling for "TOR!TOOORRRR!!" (her 17 mo old brother) and he wants to wander and do his own thing. Hadliy, she doesn't know whether she wants to coo or fuss. Usually fussing wins out! :)

McDonald's poster child ~chubby little fingers holding a fry :)