Pumpkin Time WAS here

On Friday Max, Mom and Jesse all wore their Halloween shirts, since the kids aren't allowed to dress up, we must improvise. Max and Jesse were also excited to be able to pass out treats at school to their friends. We preped them all the night before. So below are our attempts at taking pictures of us in our shirts.


This picture, I think, says it ALL

Max's close up



We also carved the Mejias Family pumpkin this week. We waited as long as humanly possibly to carve it, (since I got it a week or so early). As usual, once carved, it met its fate 3 days later. Early Thursday morning Jesse came into the room to wake me up and he told me that, "The pumpkin is yucky and falling down." Well, here are some pictures BEFORE the pumpkin got yucky. Loved being able to go out into my BACKYARD to carve the pumpkin.

A Good Day for Jesse...A lesson for Mom & Dad

Last Sunday was our Primary program at church. Max braved the stage and sang with the other children. Jesse attempted to go up, but fear overcame him, he cried, and quickly sat back down with Mom and Dad. While we were proud of Max, and loved watching him up there singing, he even had a small speaking part, Dad and I were struggling with what to do about Jesse? We kept asking ourselves if we were making the right decision? Should we have made him go up there? Are we encouraging him to NOT participate? All this going through are heads. While Jesse was sitting with us, he would talk about going up there, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it. When we got home Dad and I talked about it some more and how can we encourage our children to have self confidence without making them feel guilty or any other unwanted feelings? Then we just left the topic alone. Dad started getting ready to go home teaching and he asked Jesse if he wanted to come along and be a Missionary with Dad? Jesse said, "Yes" and immediately sprung into action getting his church clothes back on. He was excited about this opportunity to be a Missionary. He grabbed his scriptures, even wore one of Dad's ties. They grabbed some cookies to take to the family they were visiting, Jesse gave me a hug, and left with dad. (This was the quickest I've ever seen Jesse get ready, get into the car, and buckle up without one of us saying, "Hurry up" etc..) Seeing his excitement made me so happy. It made the whole experience at church seem small. Maybe we just need to look for ways where Jesse does "shine" and praise him up and down about it. Taking either of the boys "visiting teaching" etc. is usually a bad experience because they can't sit through the visit, so for Dad to voluntarily take Jesse was BIG! I know he was prompted to take Jesse. After an hour or so of being gone. Both Jesse and Dad came back happy! Phew! Dad said Jesse was shy at first and when the one they were visiting asked if he was shy, Dad replied, "No, he's still learning." Perfect response! Then, at the next two houses, Jesse's fear subsided, he even said a prayer. What a great day for Jesse, and Dad. In the car on the way home, Jesse asked Dad, "Did I do good?" Dad's reply was, "Yes, Jesse, you did good. You were a good Missionary." He was so proud of himself when he came home. Great job Jesse!

Super Savings!

Went to Save Mart and Rite Aid today. Total coupon savings was $35 plus I had gift cards, and Rite Aid up rewards, which made my grand total out of pocket $14.55, and I got back $8 in rewards at Rite Aid to use on a future trip, which is highly likely : ) So with that taken into account, I really got all this for $6.55! Just the Charmin was $6.99, and the Huggies was a whopping $8.99!

A special thanks to my handsome models for helping show off my savings. It is so funny. They know the drill. When Mom lays out the stuff on the table, it is time to take a picture. And they don't think it is wierd that mommy takes pictures after a grocerey shopping trip. Now that is the offspring of a couponer for you :)Jesse is proudly displaying an eyeliner pencil for all those who are wondering.

How much candy do you have for Halloween?

Not quite sure if I'm done. It depends if Rite Aid is done with great sales :) Not quite sure how much out of pocket I spent, but it wasn't much. Couponing has been both an obsession and a blessing. Halloween's past, I would only be able to afford maybe one or two bags of candy, now I can get the necessities, plus some extras without hurting my pocket book. Anyone want to visit my trunk/house for Halloween?

This time, I cannot eat the candy!!!

Bulldog Pride runs deep!

As a belated gift to myself and my family, Damien, Mike and I all went to the Cal Poly vs. Fresno State Football game. Anyone who knows me knows that I love Fresno State Football and I even prefer it over the NFL. This love of Fresno State Football started when I was young going to the games with my dad. Now I'll go to any lengths to catch the score, see highlights, watch, even listen to the game on the radio! Thanks to my hubby he told me about some discounted tickets through work, and I was excited. When we got to our section at the game and kept walking down the steps, closer and closer to the playing field, I was even MORE happy that we had great seats for cheap!! There is so much to see at the games, sometimes it's hard to focus on the game cause you are looking at the replay on the big screen, watching the band, the crowd, or the cheerleaders. One of the highlights was when we found out that we were next to the firework pyros!! We found out during the Star Spangeled Banner! You know...bombs bursting in air..yeah, scared Damien and I! Then the other funny part was when the pyros thought that Fresno State scored a touchdown on the other side of the field, which they didn't, pretty close though, and they set off some fireworks only to find out...No Touchdown. Thankfully minutes later, we scored, and we cued the pyros. One bummer to the game was that the crowd didn't do the RED WAVE! I think that was a first EVER for me. I liked to watch Damien's excitement about being at the game. Even one of the fans a few rows down gave Damien a "high five in the air" after a really good play. That was cool. The crowd was decent 37,000 people, it was hot and humid. I really wanted one of the $5 ice cold lemonades that they were selling though. Then, I didn't get the memo about cutting my shirt. Apparanently, the new fad among the women is to cut the neck out of your shirt so that it hangs off your shoulder, or any other creative thing you can do with a pair of scissors and a shirt...I didn't get pics of that, but what I did get pics of pretty much sums up our fun night!




We WON 38-17!!





All the players come out of an inflated tunnel that they sway back and forth while they are inside anticipating their cue to storm the field. Gotta love their entrance!



The awesome band




Me before doing the Bulldog Fight Song with the band :)




Football players of Bulldog Past



We got there just as the team was going out on to the field. SOOO Coool!! I remember going to Fashion Fair Mall with a team poster in hand and getting the autographs of all the players. I was star struck! Even got my pic taken with Timeout the mascot a few times. When Damien was a little baby he even had his pic taken with Timeout. How about that for a memory!!

Jesse's NEW do

Dad wanted to go and get a haircut after work on Friday and asked if I could give him a ride there so he didn't have to ride his bike home all hairy and sweaty so I said "Yes". Then I thought, "I wonder if the boys would want to get their haircut too at the barber?" So I asked them and only Jesse wanted to. This was Jesse's first ever haircut at a barber and I purposely waited, for one, it's cheaper to do it at home and two, so that he would sit still and not cry. Well, I waited long enough. Jesse sat very still and did not cry at all. After Dad was done getting his haircut, Jesse hopped in the chair and I told the barber to cut his hair just like dad. I know, I have 3 boys and I don't know how to do a fade. I know the concept, but the final product won't be pretty. But for now, I splurged on a $10 haircut, and I think he looks pretty darn cute.







Now I really think Jesse looks like his Dad