thanksgiving in june?

i was exercising monday morning with several of the moms in our ward and as i was doing my lunges, i had a VERY random thought: a thanksgiving dinner would be nice right now! after my exercise session, a few of us were talking, including amber westbrook. she mentioned how she had a 20lb. turkey at home that she NEEDED to cook that night. of course i shared my random, yet very important thought with her and the rest is history. our family went over to westbrooks to enjoy a most delicious thanksgiving meal complete with homemade rolls, mashed potatoes & gravy, vegetables, sweet potatoes, and of course, the turkey. it was soooooo generous of amber to invite us over and i must say-turkey in june is not a bad idea. thanks to amber & ryan for making a hungry girl's wish come true.

sianara

we are on the look out for some furniture, namely a sectional. i was ready 6 months ago to throw out our couches however, we have nothing to replace them with. i walked into the local furniture store last week and the saleswoman asked me if i needed help. i said no, but then changed my mind and told her-"well, yeah. i need a sectional-a LARGE one made of upholstery-no microfiber, no pillows but attached, no chaise, and can hold very large people." she looked at me in confusion, smiled and went to help someone else. was i too specific? so, if you know of anyone looking to get rid of a decent sectional, send them my way or give me a call. our deadline is june 20 aka bulky trash day and these eyesores are leaving my living room that morning with or without a sectional. so if you plan on coming to my house after that date...be prepared to sit on the floor.

4:30 A.M.

what were you doing at 4:30 am.? i can tell you what nani was doing. she was first, at mason's bedside asking him to get her some cereal, then she gave up(maybe because he wasn't trying to hear that). so she moved on over to my bedside, of course i was not entirely asleep(i have a newborn) so i opened my eyes after she said"mom", looked over at her and she said, in a sweeter than sweet voice that only nani can do, "mom...can you get me some cereal please?" how could i reject such a plea? so i said "yes", turned over to mason and told him, "nani wants some cereal honey." to which he responded, "come on nani girl. let's get you some cereal." 3 bowls of cheerios later, the child was content and all was good in the world.

* nani doesn't normally wake up this early and ask for cereal. however, last night at dinner she wasn't feeling well and didn't eat-actually, she did but it all came back up. that explains the hour of her request and the 3 bowls of cheerios.

life is good again

whew! late last night as mason was going through EVERYTHING in our room, he found his wallet in a bag of clothes! needless to say, we are relieved and thankful for this great blessing. it's such a stress when something like this happens, at least it was for us. now we can breathe again. thanks to all of you who sent good thoughts and wishes(and prayers:) our way.

where, oh where, has mason's...

WALLET GONE??? yes, that's right. mason's wallet has gone missing-and i'm not happy about it in the least. and neither is he. so i had the fun task of calling the bank and credit card companies this morning to cancel his cards, lucky me. i just hope we find it somewhere in our house-yeah, that would be nice. on a happier note, he did find his cell phone that went missing for almost 2 months. let's hope his wallet doesn't follow suit.

i don't know

i just can't seem to figure out this whole blog/picture/post thing. i can't fit the blog title & description and the family pic. on the same page in a decent size. and by the way...if you're wondering where our newest addition to the family is in the picture-she's in my belly. this was an easter pic. yeah, i know- get with the program already melina! current pics. of luana will be up shortly on the blog...keep checking in!

now i know!

i was nursing luana and nani happened to come in the room. the following conversation took place.

nani: mom-what's that called?(pointing to my milk producing body part)
mom: uuhhhhh...
nani: oh-it's a himbo! it's a himbo, mom!
mom: oh...yeah-a himbo!
nani: (lifting up her shirt) i have a himbo...oh wait-i have 2 himbos mom!

and now you know.