Dear Santa...

Will you please hurry and bring my daughter her kitchen so she will stop playing in mine!!:)

Since moving from the city, working out has been a challenge. One of the things I miss most is VIP Gold's Gyms pass. I could take Cael to the gym with me, and could pretty much go at anytime. They also had some great classes which allowed me to mix up my work-outs. I pretty much have to get up early to go to the gym because Devin is working so much, and I am not a morning person. So I was so excited to find this step for a great price. I found it at Wal-Mart.com and it is $80.

I love step, it is a challenge and it really tones up my legs. Plus it is great to have something to do at home when I can't get my lazy butt out of bed. I have been on the search for great workout videos so if anyone knows of any, let me know. I found a website called discountworkouts.com and their videos are great, but they only had two step videos. I thought I was pretty good at step until I saw this lady:

This lady has to be taking something, she is ripped! Hopefully I can work up to this.

Halloween

Here are some Halloween pics. I was a total Halloween scrooge and we didn't do the "normal" Halloween stuff. We didn't carve pumpkins this year, and we barely made it to the trunk or treat just to see everyone pack up and go inside. It was so cold and windy this year. I was going to dress Bree up as a princess but it was too cold, thankfully Tonya had a warm outfit, which I think she still looked pretty cute in. Cael is a star wars freak, and had to be Darth Vader. So I ordered him a costume online and guess what they didn't send it, just the mask. So for future reference DO NOT order from zoogsters costume. I have never had a problem ordering online before. I guess I am going to have to start checking websites before I order. Which really sucks, because since we moved to Powell ordering online is all I have for shopping:( The kids at least got to enjoy the Halloween carnival, I love this tradition!

Double Ouch!!

As if Devin getting hurt was bad enough. A couple weeks ago Bree managed to wrap both her hands around a curling iron! We were getting ready for church, of course, and the little stinker pulled it down off the counter and burned her hands pretty bad. I couldn't tell exactly what was wrong until they started to blister 45 minutes later. So I took her into the ER, and felt like the worst mother in the world. Just so you know I hate hospitals, especially the ER! I had to sit there, with her screaming the whole time, and try to give the nice man all of our info. I was getting really frustrated and just starting crying, so embrassing. Can you just help my daughter and then I will give you my damn information! I hate to see somebody bleeding to death, ah sir we are going to need your information first. I am just kidding, I am sure that wouldn't happen;)
So just for your information, air is what makes burns hurt so badly. They put some Sulfadiazine cream on her hands and wrapped them up and finally after two hours of screaming she feel asleep. I know have extra cream for the future. I have a feeling someone in our family might get burned again.
Luckily Bree went back to herself immediately, I just had to re-wrap her hands everyday. She still managed to get into everything! Bree's hands are doing well and she shouldn't have any scares or future problems.


My mom was in town, her is a pick of them sleeping together.

The two injured Dutsons'. Devin is working on his knee, lots and lots of physical therapy.

Ouch!

Many of you already know this, but Devin hurt his knee back in Sept., and when I say hurt I mean he really messed it up. He completely shredded his ACL and tore his meniscus. He was playing flag football, which he says he will never do again. I feel so bad for him, I just keep thinking you are not even that old, you should still have plenty of time to goof off and be active. And it's not like he was in that bad of shape either. He was working out around 4 times a week. I hope he still able to enjoy himself and not worry that he is going to hurt any other part of his body. Devin is not unfamiliar to injuries he's had two or three other injuries that I can think of. It has really made me be a little more cautious, because I like to push myself pretty hard at the gym.

Devin is doing so much better and he doesn't have to use his crutches anymore, which really makes me happy. However, he still has a few months of rehab ahead of him.

Here is a pic of him at the hospital, I tend to not take to many pics of things I don't want to remember but I did snap a couple.

Injury Flashback...Here is a pic of Devin in High School after a football injury. I love the poem that he wrote, and Devin you are so fine!



In case any of you were wondering what a $25,000 surgery looks like:) Ladies just show this to your husbands when they tell you they want to play flag football!

We have such wonderful friends and family. We are so blessed. Thank you to all those for your prayers, food, and thoughts.

Esenada Mexico

Oh, what to say about Esenada Mexico?? I don't think I will ever go there again. No really it was fun but very different. There where parts that were very sad to see. We started out the day by renting scooters, this was a first for me and Devin. We decided to go out and see the "blow hole", the guy who rented the scooters told us it was like 20 minutes away...liar! We spent an hour and a half on those things and kept thinking we had missed the turn off. I was freezing the whole way there because I only had a cover up on. Anywhoo.. we finally made it and then made the scariest walk of my life down the "Mexican rodeo drive", seriously every little shop that we past they would ask come look at my shop, you want prada purse? You come look at my shop on the way back, I remember you! You had to walk down this path do get to the blow hole. So at the end of the path were the restrooms, which you had to pay 25 cents to use. I decided I would take my chances and wait to find a better bathroom, but apparently some lady was washing her dishes in the bathroom sink, yum.

The Blow Hole. Water goes in and blows back out. Beautiful.

Blow hole face, Devin doesn't like how every picture is posed. So I made a funny face.

About to go back down the Mexican Rodeo Drive.

So after we made the journey back I really wanted to eat some real Mexican food, plus they had nicer bathrooms. The food was pretty good, but a little bland tasting. So we scooted around for a little while longer before heading back to the ship. Another interesting thing about Mexico, they have about a thousand pharmacies. I think Devin and Greg were asked about a hundred times if they wanted to buy some Viagra.

Getting ready to ride!

Greg and Tonya on their scooter.


This pic was taken on formal night. It was really fun. I actually got Devin to dance with me, and loved every second of it. I think this was the night we went to the club. Tonya and I where dancing and totally got hit on! This guy, with beer in hand, came up to us and started dancing by us, and I think our husbands thought it was funny. The guy finally got a hint that we were married and left. Awkward!

Devin goofing around, again.

Greg and Tonya on formal night.

So here is another towel animal. We had the chance to got to a few comedy shows on the cruise, and the host was making fun off people taken pictures with their towel animals. So I of course had to take one.

Bye-bye Esenada.

Catalina Island

Catalina Island is a small island not to far off the coast of California, and it is beautiful. We rented a golf cart for a few hours and drove ourselves around the island. It was a blast. Tourists completely support the lively hood of everyone that lives on the island. We drove up the hill and saw all of the beautiful houses. I felt sorry for the people who lived there, because the had absolutely no privacy.





The "Casino".
Our ship.

Bye-bye Catalina Island