toga party!

alright, so last weekend-ish... we had a bit of a toga party, sorta, it was an awesome murder mystery party set in the roman times, in the ides of February...:). so cory and i have played this game a few times, and we have more fun every time we play! but don't worry its been 2 years since the last time we played, and i cant even remember what i made for dinner tonight, much less the murder game.. so it was a refresher! either way, we had an awesome time! we had some friends who knew we had the game and they've been wanting to play it, and we figured we have 4 couples wanting to play, and the game needs four couples, so why not? so we planned and we bought food, and for the most part it was pretty darn authentic! except the potato's, but that was my fault (me being sherry) i can't have meat and carrots without potato's...that what i get for being raised by idahonians...:D.. (love you mommy and daddy<3) anywho.. so here's some awesome pics, a few have a blurry spot in them, lets just say i cant wait till mid-march when i finally get my new camera!!!!! :D....I'll explain the pics as we go along, no worries!!

this our newest friends Dave and Diane miller! they are an awesome couple, and they are so much fun! Dave played, harangus Adnauseum who was a (very stoic) roman senator, and Diane was Mercede's accelerati, who was the wife of the poor murder victim!

here's Cory and me and our two little servants..:D (the girls loved, and destroyed) their togas..

Cory played licentius Caesar, who was OBVIOUSLY the leader of the known world...and devoted friend to the murdered man, and i was the ravishing (and for now, pregnant...) cleptopatra, queen of the Nile... and true to my name i was a clepto...

this is Angela and Jerome Barrett and the ever adorable aurora! angela was flotilla submergia, and she owns and runs a large shipping company, and Jerome, was bogus fortunatus, and true to his name he was basically a fortune teller, he enjoyed ripping animals apart (like lions???:D) and telling you what to expect... and Rori was just cute...

next as everyone should know by now is Ben and Merritt finch! Ben was Caesars first in command, maximus testosterus! the renowned military commander! and Merritt was the beautiful vestal virgin (with 2 kids?? how'd that happen??) Rotunda immaculata! she was the one in charge of keeping the eternal flame alive!!ooooooooohhhhhhh....

these are the "boys" doing boyish things.... men...

and here's the girls being pretty...don't mind the baby bump.....:D believe me its there...

mmmmmmm wine... i mean,,,, grape juice...yeah that's it...

and heres angie giving her daughter some wine.. i mean grape juice...
we thought it was funny, pouring the contents of a wine bottle into a sippy cups....he he he..

more silly men..:D

anywho so yeah it was a good time! we had fun! and we're looking forward to forgetting it again so here in two or three years we can do it again!! :D...he he he.. any who.. me (being sherry) had an appointment the other day, they basically wanted to check the baby's heart beat, at our ultra sound they took pictures of the heart, which kind of made sherry feel weird, they told us that there was a white spot in a few of the ultra sound pictures, it was in the same place in all the pictures and that if there was more then one white spot, they would worry, but one white spot didnt worry them.. and it'll probably go away with time.. but at the ultra sound the technician remembered to listen to the heart beat but forgot to record it, so they wanted to re-record it. so we did, and baby Shaun has a heart rate of just under 150 beats a minute! which the Doctor said was fantastic! so yeah.. all is well, sherry's been having a lot of cramps and those fun little pains you get when your getting ready to have a baby, but she can handle it.. no biggie (thank heavens for nice hot baths...) cory is doing well with most things, his job is getting a little irritating, but whose job isn't? the girls are angels...when they arent being devils.... my house can go from immaculate to tornadoed in 10 minutes flat..... weeee... anywho., its late im sleepy enjoy! love you all!!

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1. Be one of the first THREE bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me (yeah for handmade!).2. Winners must post this challenge on their own blog, meaning that you will pay it forward, creating a handmade gift -anything!- for the first THREE bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!3. The gift that you send to your 3 friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember it’s the spirit and the thought that count!4. When you receive your gift, blog about it! If you are not one of the first three to comment on this post, you can still play along. Go ahead and start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same! It's all about paying it forward.(Copied Post from ashley and tyson!)



so you all know, i know exactly what handmade item i'll be making and as soon as i get the supplies for it i'll make a few examples and post pictures..:) so the first three, i'll be needing your e-mail addresses (so i can get your home address) and your favie animal..:)...GOOD LUCK!!

still nothing new..

ok first off, we'd like to welcome home Ben!! after six months in the desert he's home!! Merritt is thrilled to say the least. we celebrated our first "hangin out" by doing something Cory swore he'd never do...guitar hero....look i have pictures to prove it..

i don't think he knew it included drums other wise he probably would have played sooner..

so the girls got some new outfits, nikoys favorite is BY FAR, her valentines outfit.. it makes her look so much older then four..... its so not fair... *sniff*...my baby's getting too big..

unfortunately they had NOTHING for any girls between he ages of 18months to 3t...... so Kaylee didn't get a valentine outfit this year, but they did have an outfit that reminded me of something out of the 80's i HAD to get, when she actually puts it on i'll post some pics, ( i dont think Cory likes it..but he gets to cope..:)) anywho, we spent most of the actual valentines day in our Jammie's..

torturing the poor kitty.

Cory had to go to "work" to do a "quick inspection," and he ended up coming home with a HUGE "lumpy" (Winnie the pooh hefalump) for a Kaylee, and a HUGE tiger for nikoy and a little tiger for me!! but i also got a new fox key chain and plushie magnet!! so it was fantastic! i have a huge plushie tiger i've had since my junior year of high school, (his name is Bacardi..) and now i have Bacardi the huge tiger, and Smirnoff the little tiger..:) don't ask... i got Cory a new superman blanket ( we have so many blankets over here...thats all we needed was another one......:D oy) and it even came in on time!! it got here on Friday, but unfortunately cory had to work late and by the time he got off the post office was closed..sad.. so we tried to get it on saturday, but unfortunately the post office was closed....sadder.. and sunday it was closed and monday was presidents day so OBVIOUSLY it was closed.. so now its tuesday and so help me if its closed again im going to have a mental breakdown (which im never far from anyways...:D)
so yeah..corys gets his gift today..:)
anywho.. more pics...

we had fun decorating these cute little valentines boxes, the girls had fun making them and scribbling all over them, i had fun filling them and poking holes in them for the ribbons, it was tedious because the girls wanted to help and i ended up having to cut out an extra one because Kaylee decided one wasn't quite finished and needed it needed a bath.... in the potty.....so we tossed it and made a new one.....

see? pretty! so yeah.. that's all so far nothing else to report, sherry and baby Shaun are doing fantastic, we've decided he's going to be a world class wrestler or kick boxer, its fun to watch my tummy go berserk, it looks like something out of space balls..:D where the guy eats the soup and the alien jumps out of his stomach and starts singing...he he he...creepy...so yeah, also nothing new on Cory.. we still haven't heard back about his MEB. we've decided that if they allow him to cross train he'll go into being an LDS Chaplin's assistant, which is FANTASTIC because he'll have time for school!! wee! and if he gets separated, we have no idea what we'll do....so yeah.. we'll somehow survive....we'll just move in with mom..:D he he he...free loaders.. :)

boy or girl!!!!!

Yes..:) you are seeing this correctly...it has become HE!!!! HE HAS A WINKY!!! and he was not shy! he kept turning so we could see... it was funny! the technician laughed!

i get to start buying blue now!!!:D ..so for Every ones info, Shaun Cayden Anderson, is due on June 22ND, so far he is 26 CM long which is about 10 inches long, and is 14 oz. so he's just under a pound!! he was in a very photogenic mood at this appointment.. and yes all is well!! 10 fingers 10 toes (five on each :)..) good head, four chamber heart! and a beautiful spine!! all is formed and fantastic!! :) so yeah.. we spent the better part of an hour looking at our boy! so yeah, I've posted a bunch of the pictures we got! enjoy the cuteness!

Baby's profile...

BIG yawn!! :)..kinda creepy i know...

this one made me laugh, we saw this and i said "wow i haven't had a thumb sucker yet..." and he immediately pulled his thumb out! not even born yet and he's already obeying mommy!!

this is to check his nose, two nostrils, right where their supposed to be! and big pouty lips!!

this is a view of the back of his head.. look at those ears!!!

and here's the foot!! well...A foot, he's got 2 thank heavens..

i love baby feet and these are adorable! the technician said "oh he's got big feet."..my reply... you know what they say about men with big feet?....that's my boy!!