The Answer Is...

Here are the correct answers for the All About Shilo Contest...Hope you all learned something new!
Most of the answers also have the link to the post where you could find the answer!

1. How old am I?
ANSWER: 31
This answer is found on the sidebar in the ABOUT ME Section

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GENDER: Female
BIRTHDAY: The 16th of some month....
AGE: 31
LOCATION: In a chair, In a house, In a city, In a state
LIKES: Theater, Scrapbooking, Music & Family
DISLIKES: Clowns, Mexican Food, Heights & Snakes

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2. What season is my birthday in?
ANSWER: Fall
This answer WAS in the sidebar until I started this contest...

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GENDER: Female
BIRTHDAY: November 16th
AGE: 31
LOCATION: In a chair, In a house, In a city, In a state
LIKES: Theater, Scrapbooking, Music & Family
DISLIKES: Clowns, Mexican Food, Heights & Snakes

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3. What's my favorite color?
ANSWER:
#1 - Purple, #2 - Yellow

4. What 'snack' do I keep stocked up in the fridge for me?
ANSWER:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

5. What is my current weight?
ANSWER:

166 lbs.

6. Who is my favorite FEMALE country music group/artist?
ANSWER:
Reba or SHeDAISY

7. Who is my favorite MALE country music group/artist?
ANSWER:
Brad Paisley

8. Do I look more like my Dad or Mom?
ANSWER:
I hear that I look like my Dad more often than not

9. What years were my kids born?

(This one required a bit of math on your part)
Tanis:
ANSWER: 2000
Shaylyn:
ANSWER: 2002
Lex:
ANSWER: 2004
Nate:
ANSWER: 2008
Ailey:
ANSWER: 2010

10. What is my current church calling?
ANSWER:
Nursery (18 months to 3 Years)

11. What calling did I have before?
ANSWER:
Primary (7/8 Year Olds)

12. What color did I paint the girls room?
ANSWER:
Purple with a pink stripe

13. What is the saying in my laundry room?
ANSWER:
"Drop Your Pants Here"

14. What is the saying on my favorite wall in the house?
ANSWER:
"In The Eyes Of A Child"

15. What kind of car do I drive?
ANSWER:
Suzuki XL-7

16. What temple were Eric & I sealed in?
ANSWER:
Mt. Timpanogos, Utah

17. What month is full of celebrations in our house?
ANSWER:
November

18. What does CHAOS stand for?
ANSWER:
Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome

19. What are the names of my siblings?
ANSWER:

1: Kami

2: Corby

3: Donovan

4: Devin

5: Kaeloni
6: Logan

20. What is one thing I really miss about High School and regret not doing more of?
ANSWER:
Acting

TRICK QUESTION:

- What is my favorite holiday?
ANSWER:
Halloween, Thanksgiving AND Christmas

And now, without making this drag out any longer....The winner is both Rheanna D. & Sharla C. as they are the only ones who even entered. ::sniff, sniff::

Therefore, they will BOTH receive a little prize.

The Grand Prize winner, however, is.....

Rheanna by 1/2 a point!

Now I was gonna give the Grand Prize winner a little something extra, but since it was only by 1/2 a point, both winners will receive the same things...(Still trying to make a final decision - but you'll be getting it soon!)

Thanks for playing girls!

What Happens Next...

Ruggedly Handsome In Provo's Temple Of Doom With A Pile Of Bones...

I am so clever with titles, aren't I? HAHAHA! Keep reading it'll all make sense, eventually!

This past weekend was another crazy one for us. We have those more often than not lately, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 - Eric and I were invited to a Halloween Party. It was held by a neighbor and she is so good to invite EVERYONE. I was surprised at how little people there actually was. Anyway, Eric and I had decided we were going to go. And you know Eric, he doesn't like dressing up and does the littlest possible to get away with it.

This year we went as Castle and Beckett. If you know who I'm talking about YOU ARE AWESOME! If you don't, you should repent and start watching the tv show CASTLE immediately!

For those of you who don't know who Castle and Beckett are here's a little rundown:


Richard Castle is a best selling author of murder mysteries. Kate Beckett is an NYPD detective that whose expertise is murders. In one of the earliest episodes there is a murder that follows everything in one of Castle's books. Therefore, they bring Castle in as a suspect. He, of course, is innocent and it then leads into Castle working with Beckett as inspiration for his next book.

Here's our take on Castle and Beckett: (I know I need darker hair and to lose 100 lbs, but hey - we tried)





The party was a scavenger hunt around the area. I fail as a detective. We were the last group back. Partially because the guy we had call for help on one of our clues, heard the letter "F" instead of "S" which would've led us to Smith's. He will never live it down, NEVER!

After the scavenger hunt was over, we headed back to the hostess' house and just visited. A few guys played Beatles Rock Band and then one of the Guitar Heroes games. It was a nice night out away from the kids and I'm so lucky I have a little brother willing to babysit at the drop of a hat!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 - We woke up bright and early in the morning. We're talking 4:00 a.m. for Eric as he was afraid of sleeping in and then me waking up at 6:00 a.m. We got all the kids ready and were out the door right around 8:00 a.m.

We got to Eric's parents at 9 a.m. (right when we were supposed to be there) and waited around. Eric's middle brother Greg and his girlfriend, Sava showed up shortly after and had a surprise for each of the kids: (The extra kid in the picture is cousin A.)






After 10 or so minutes, Uncle Ken came back to his parents. He had bought shoes the day before and they forgot to remove the security device, so Ken had to take the shoes back to get the stupid thing off.

We then headed out. We were headed to Provo to watch the BYU game. We left the 2 little ones with Grandma - not sure if she volunteered or was volunteered for it - we also left Tanis with her as he wasn't feeling well. Eric and I rode with Greg and Sava, while the kids opted to go with Grandpa and Uncle Ken.

Grandpa's plan was to buy each of the kids a BYU T-Shirt. He made sure to include the little ones and Tanis! Each of the kids, but Lex got a dark blue shirt. That kid always has to be different. ;) (Some day I'll take a pic of all the kids in their shirts)

After the T-Shirt shopping, we ate lunch in the Cougary/Cougareat(? -someone please correct me) I wanted a burger, so Eric got one as well. Everyone else chose healthier and went with Subway. After sitting down and looking at my burger, I decided it really didn't look very good. Ken walked by and said it looked good. I told him I'd trade him. He replied, "Tempting." He later told me that his sandwich wasn't very good either and that's why he didn't trade.

I sat with the little kids so that Greg and Sava could sit together and Eric could sit with his Dad and Ken. We all sat close to each other, but at three different tables. I had a fun conversation with the kids and loved the way they put things together. Lex wanted to know what bones were made of and all cousin A could say was that it wasn't made of anything, it was just bone!

After lunch we headed to the Football stadium. The freakin place was PACKED. Apparently it was Parent's Weekend or something. Either way it was CRAZY! Our seats were clear up in the nosebleeds (I hate that kind of height) and I was glad (not for the first time of the day) that the little kids were with Grandma.

We had a nice time watching the game, except for at one point. One minute I looked to my side and saw Shaylyn looking over the edge. The next minute I see Ken get up, walk to the egde, look over and say, "Where's Shaylyn?" My heart stopped! for just a minute!

She had sat back down next to Grandpa and I couldn't see her at first, but I did almost immediately after my heart stopped. Ken was just being silly and he felt bad that he scared me so bad.





After the game we went back to Eric's parents and had pizza for dinner. Greg and Sava had to take off to a 6 month sobriety meeting or something for Greg. It's awesome for him that he's done so well for so long. We gladly excused him.

Ken, Eric, Mom and I were going to play a game but the kids kept asking if they could play. So instead, we decided we'd let the kids play a game. Eric and I were extremely tired at this point of night, so when the kids were done with the game we headed home.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 - The kids had the Primary Program today. Each of our kids had a small part and did great. (Especially since they missed the practice the day before)

After church we headed back to Eric's parents for dinner and a birthday party for Cousin A. and Uncle Greg. A's birthday is on the 19th, Greg's is on the 21st.

After dinner, we went out back where Aunt Wendy had set up an awesome party. The theme was Indiana Jones. She had hats, notebooks and satchels for everyone - even Ailey. She had some awesome games planned out and the kids had a blast! They even commented that A's birthday parties are always fun and they always have a good time. So thanks Aunt Wendy for such a fun party!















For Greg's gift we gave him a gift card, but I wanted to make giving it to him a little more exciting than just a gift card. So I got the idea to pack a bunch of books into a box and wrap that with the gift card at the bottom. But then I decided to go one step further and using a word or two in the title of each book - bring it together somehow....

This is the list of books:

SING YOU HOME
EMILY & EINSTEIN
HOUSE RULES
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
HAPPY FACE SAD FACE
THE WIZARD OF OZ
THE LOST SYMBOL
HOME RUN

The notes read thus:

"Happy Birthday, we're glad we're all HOME to celebrate it with you."
"We weren't sure what to give you, but thought about giving you a dog named, EINSTEIN"
"But HOUSE RULES won't allow that."
"Then we thought about buying you your own fishing POND but the WITCH who owns it wouldn't sell it."
"Our EMOTIONS were everywhere, so..."
"We were going to send you to the WIZARD so you could just ask for what you wanted. But the the perfect idea came to us, it's next..."
"Darn it! It must've gotten LOST in the mail or something."
"But then again, perhaps if you skim this book you'll score a HOME RUN."

Everyone got a laugh out of it and I was glad that we were able to pull something off that he wasn't really expecting!

And guess what! I didn't have any cake or ice cream. Go me!!!!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24 - So we were really back to the hum drum of life, but if you are on Facebook you might've noticed how I kept complaining about the post office and a package being lost?

Turns out the post office did their job and returned it to my Mom cause she wrote the wrong address on it. We got it from her on Saturday night.

The package had cute little Halloween stuff for each of the kids. It also included a cute little craft that the kids couldn't wait to do. So we put these together:


It was an awesome weekend and we're glad we got the chance to spend some time with Eric's brothers family from out of town. BTW - They live in Washington State, so it was a big deal to spend time with them!

What Happens Next...

Weighty Wednesday: Week 6

Time for the weekly check-in...

Week #6 Photos:

WEEK 6 WEIGHT: 164/167 lbs. (First number sans clothes, second number with)

WEEK 6 EXERCISES:

10.25.11
45 Min. Wii Fit

10.26.11
20 Min. Zumba
15 Min. Dance Central

WEEK 6 THOUGHTS: Frustrated with the gain, but honestly kind of expected it...

Still hoping I'm losing inches, but since I haven't been measuring that - who knows?

WEEK 6 OBSTACLES/EXCUSES: Because I was still dealing with a bladder infection the majority of this week, I didn't get to exercising as much as usual. Hopefully, things will continue to stay normal from here on out.....

In related news: Eric and I are headed to our Healthy Utah physicals today. It's a program the state of Utah offers it's employees and their spouses. You get money for signing up and then if you meet their goals you get more money.

My hope is that this will actually help me out and not put more stress on me. I'm kind of worried about that side of it. I'm not sure what they'll do for Eric - the bean pole that he is - but perhaps they'll have a program set up for him to gain some muscle or something.

Either way, let's hope this works out for the better and we'll see whose scale I like better. (My guess is theirs will be more correct, but I may like mine better!)

What Happens Next...

CONTEST TIME!!!!

I cannot sleep with this running around in my head, SERIOUSLY!

So, I've decided to do this now...

Who's ready for a CONTEST???? An all about SHILO contest....

A friend of mine did this awhile back and I actually won! So since then I've been thinking I should do something similar. It's a way to get to know me a bit better if you don't already.

Here's how it'll work:

I'll post some questions down below, you can copy and paste them then answer them in your comment box. Most if not all answers have been addressed in some form in a previous blog post. You can search for answers that way or just trust your memory or luck - either way I don't care. I just hope you'll play along.

And to be 'fair' I'm going to make it so that all comments have to be okay'd by me first and then I won't post ANY answers. That way no one can cheat! I will keep track of everyone's answers in notepad or a similar program.

Contest will end next Friday the 28th at Noon! The winner will receive some sort of prize. Nothing major, but something!!!

ERIC & KAELONI - you may play, but you cannot win! :P

QUESTIONS:

1. How old am I?
2. What season is my birthday in?
3. What's my favorite color?
(1 point for getting my favoritest color, 1/2 point for getting my 2nd favorite color)
4. What 'snack' do I keep stocked up in the fridge for me?
5. What is my current weight?
6. Who is my favorite FEMALE country music group/artist?
7. Who is my favorite MALE country music group/artist?
8. Do I look more like my Dad or Mom?
(1 point for the answer I get most often, 1/2 point for the other - because everyone is entitled to their opinion!)

9. What years were my kids born?
Tanis:
Shaylyn:
Lex:
Nate:
Ailey:

(5 points possible, each kid scored on their own)
10. What is my current church calling?

11. What calling did I have before?
(2 points for the EXACT calling)
12. What color did I paint the girls room?
13. What is the saying in my laundry room?
14. What is the saying on my favorite wall in the house?

15. What kind of car do I drive?

16. What temple were Eric & I sealed in?
17. What month is full of celebrations in our house?

18. What does CHAOS stand for?

19. What are the names of my siblings?
(Hint: There are 6 of them - doesn't have to be in order. 1 point for each correct name.)

1:

2:

3:

4:

5:
6:

20. What is one thing I really miss about High School and regret not doing more of?

TRICK QUESTION:
(Worth 5 extra points)
- What is my favorite holiday?

Okay - well I'm super excited now and I hope all of you who read this will play along!!!! Now maybe I can get some sleep. WHEW!

What Happens Next...

Weighty Wednesday: Week 5

So, I have no pictures for this week.

Why? Because I figured there was really no point.

Thursday and Friday I had busy mornings and if I don't exercise in the morning, it doesn't happen. Then there's always so much going on on the weekends that it doesn't happen. Monday morning I woke up in pain (my back has been bothering me off and on since that 5 mile walk) and because of other things going on, we took a trip to Instacare. Turned out I have a bladder infection and honestly I'm in enough pain most of the time just doing the day to day things. I haven't wanted to attempt exercise on top of that.... And today I really wasn't up to taking pictures of myself.

I'm hoping that since the dr. put me on an antibiotic I will feel more like myself soon and be able to get back to this.

Just for kick though I did weigh myself. Still sticking at 166lbs. Gotta figure out how to make that number go down!

What Happens Next...

I'm A Mean Old Witch (Hat Optional)

Wednesday night my little sister told me that her, my mom and our sister in law were going to head to Gardner Village the next day. She said they had to go around noon/1:00 because that's what worked best for their schedule. I was a little bummed because I knew that meant I couldn't take the older kids and they always enjoy going to Gardner Village.

In my head I went back and forth over my choices...

#1 - I could just stay home and not go at all
#2 - I could go with just the 2 little kids and let the older kids be upset with me
#3 - I could take all the kids with me and just check the older ones out of school for a day

I just couldn't make a decision. So, I asked Eric for his honest opinion. I didn't bring up choice #3 cause I knew he would tell me it was a silly idea and they needed to stay in school. But he did tell me that I should just go and that the kids need to learn that life is full of disappointments!

So Thursday afternoon the little kids and I headed to Gardner Village to see the Witches! We met up with my mom and little sister by the pony rides (my sister in law got sick during the night - dangit!). Only the ponies weren't there - neither was the petting zoo. Apparently they've decided to only have those on certain days, we didn't choose on of those days. I relaxed a little knowing that the big reason my older kids like to go to Gardner Village is for the ponies and petting zoo.

We had lots of fun looking for the witches and I've never seen a kid more excited than my nephew to see them. He made it all the more enjoyable.

When we walked by the candy store - we had to go in! We left my mom outside with the strollers, cameras, diaper bags and phones while my little sister and I took the kids inside. Here's where the story gets interesting....(If you saw this on Facebook - feel free to skip over this part)

My sister and I have our 1 year old girls in our arms and our 5 & 3 year old boys are wandering around but staying right next to us.

While waiting in line, the little boys start touching some stuff on a table. My sister raises her voice and tells the boys not to touch. (Remember she had a baby in her arms)...

Some lady walks by and says, "Excuse me, let me walk by as you yell at your children."

Now I thought she was being funny, but apparently she wasn't and my sister wasn't going to leave it alone. My sister said something to the effect of "If you've got something to say about my parenting, say it."

The lady then says, "I don't know you. I'm not saying anything else."

Then she says to her kids, "Let's stand behind these girls, I want to see how they parent."

I wanted to ease some of the tension my sister and I were feeling, so I turned around and was like (Politely, mind you), "What?" "My sister was just trying to keep her kid from getting into things he shouldn't have gotten into."

The lady says to me, "I don't want my kids hearing the way you are talking. Please turn around cause I don't want to look at you."

She was all concerned about what her children were hearing (Elementary aged btw), yet she was being even more unkind than we were. I won't even mention the fact that her children were heavier set and she was buying them CANDY! Oops, I did mention it!

Now I know that there are two sides to every story and she may tell a totally different tale, but seriously - where do you come off telling a stranger what you feel about their parenting? The nerve of some people!

Both my sister and I were pretty shaken up after this whole incident. We got outside and told our mom about it and she was not happy. She was sure she would've had some words for the lady as well.

We tried to go about our business but we were all still pretty frustrated and it put a bit of a damper on the rest of the day. We stopped inside one shop and I found a part for Ailey's Halloween Costume (Have to put hers together because the ones I can buy look stupid and I won't pay money for it - I may not make it look any better, but I'm trying) and then we finished finding the witches so the kids could get their cookie!

We sat down and the kids ate their cookies. Ailey LOVED hers, Nate also enjoyed his and best of all they were FREE! WOOT!

We had a fun day and the older kids weren't very upset with me when they found out where I had gone without them. I did bring home a carmel apple and some Root Beer Jelly Bellys for them, so maybe that lessened the blow! I'm so not above bribing my children - judge me how you will!

Here's pics from our fun day (even without pony rides)....

What Happens Next...