Man vs Pancake

This is

The Man...

Verses...

Pancake

Challenge!

I have not laughed this hard in a long time.
After Charlie
had allready ate five large pancakes, Uncle Trent
gave him the, "Eat three more in 10 minutes deal
and you can be the proud owner of $15 dollars!"
The pancakes were too much for little man Farley.

We should have challenged "Henrico",

 He looked man enough....

(Cassie don't be mad, this was the highlight of my day:)

My kids are going to be sad to come off this

week long sugar high,

especially this one...

After our sugar fest with cousins last night, we decided

the best way to wind them all down would be to have a 

"dance a- thon".

It was almost as funny as the man vs. pancake challenge.

Who ever stops dancing first is out.

This is maybe my favorite game EVER.

I think it was Tom's outfit that made me so happy.

Farley Weekend

The kids that I love as much as my own....

We kicked off  our weekend with a Uncle Trent four wheeler ride!

Except for this pretty girl, she had bigger 

fish to fry than hanging with her Auntie.

This is the crew heading for the cutest Halloween train ride 

ever. The kids loved it....

 Except Em...

Me with my train conductor hat.

Honestly, this was the cutest family activity. Lindon has

such a great small town feel with great family values.

Sure, were not feeding tigers from our car window, or diving

with whale sharks but we are loving the family time, even if it means

eating suckers on a train with seats too small for our hips!

We got the traditional Papa Murpheys pumpkin pizza,

drank a few cream sodas and carved out Jack O' lanterns.

Having the Farleys made it a whole lot more exciting!

Little Hen could hardly handle all of the fun 

and crashed on our floor....

While Hen snoozed, we finished our pumpkin art.

I love these Farley boys.

we stayed up and played a serious game of Clue.

AND

even though Char way messed up on the whole,

in what room and with what weapon, I would play with him 

any day of the week.

Scare Bay

We went to Ebay for a little early tricker treating.

(Syd's whiskers where a bit much, will get them tamed for the BIG night).

Trent's office building was all spooked up.

The gnome was my favorite....

 I asked Trent why he did not dress up as Robin?

We LOVE Halloween!

The Blondies Halloween!

I love the magic that comes with dressing up!

For these two to strike a pose

you know it has to be the costumes.

Maybe the anticipation and excitement for their upcoming 

preschool programs.

 My favorite...

Tate rocked his program....

Emmy, not so much...

(hiding in the corner)

 Miss Kathy giving her a pep talk about going

back to the stage...

And then the,

"This witch is done" look!

Good job, cute kids!

Helping Hands

I have a feeling that 

Grandpa George really

appreciated the extra help

that these two had to offer.....

I love having my Dad close by!

Yum

I came into the kitchen to find Pink with her breakfast of choice...

Lemon heads and Salt and Vinegar chips,
delicious!

Fancy

I forgot to put this in, how could I forget!

I went from seeing your basic model in the Philippines....

To this fancy little toilet in Japan...

It got my complete attention when I realized I could listen to tunes,

spray and had the option to increase water pressure!

Sold.

The End

These are kind of random but full of good memories. This is me, day three of 

public transportation. I look happy, but I am crying inside.  This is me and the

girls taking a jeepney ride...yes, jeepney.

For our final treat we headed to my favorite place for

pedi's and mani's.  I miss'd these ladies, until they told

me my hair does not look good and it was better short. 

And then I remembered that I liked living in America.

We topped it all off with a trip to "The Spa".

Jeanie said, "I think this will be my first and last massage,

I have to remember every thing about it." 

A great girls day out for sure.

Me and Tess, she knows how do a mean wax on the upper lip.

The posse met us at California Pizza Kitchen for Dinner.

I said my goodbyes to Jeanie and crew....

And my old driver Neil picked me up in a 

sweet ride....

 Sweet....

It seems like the theme of my trip was "what

would I be riding in next?"

It was all worth it, I was able to meet up with 

a few of my cute friends for some good ol' Manila 

shopping and lunch.

Jill -an -nator

One of my favorite things was staying at my friend Jenny's house

and surprising her guard (who use to be ours). His face was in shock

when he saw me get out of the car...Rad- Leandro, Mam J is back!

This is cool Jenny.

I love her, and I loved our good girl time.

Thanks for the  nice stay, the walks, this really good treat (fried banana and jack fruit) 

and all of our funny laughs.

Short trip but worth all the effort in the world. 

Thanks to my Sista's and 

Trent for helping with the kiddies so I could take this awesome trip.