Running with the wrong crowd...

So we're sitting home Monday night minding our own 'binuss' when we get a knock at the door. What happened after that was just so crazy, I still can't believe it. It was 6, count them 6, uniformed policemen (one woman- I think?) with a warrant for Eric's arrest. Now, you ask yourself, what could Eric have possibly done to warrant a warrant, well he, unbeknowst to us, did not (or so they claim) pay an off-road riding ticket he received over a year ago, back in April of 07, when he went riding with my brothers and family. We never received the notice to appear in court, but my friend Amy took care of it back in August of 07. Come to find out, the guy that reduced the fine (originally $125) to $25 did not follow through on his paperwork, so the check sent to pay for the fine just sat around in their office. So, instead of sending a letter or court appearance or even a collections call they decided to send in the swat team to round up the very dangerous off road rider - you know how dangerous those guys can be. I was livid!!!!!!!!!! and in disbelief at their attitude and lack of understanding. They made us pay the full amount of the original fine or else they would have to arrest the teddy bear that is my husband. Good to know that my tax dollars are going to good use. How much do you think they spent that night; 3 different government departments, 3 cars, 6 salaries to collect a $125 dollar fine? It's crazy!!! I still can't believe it.

This is the only picture you get, the cops wouldn't take a picture of us for my blog, so rude!!

Happy birthday to my Sister, yes another one

I know it's a little late, but with lots of love. September 8th was my sister Adriana's Birthday and as I try to keep up with some blogging traditions here are the top ten reasons why we love our baby sister Adriana: I know, September is 09

10. She is very kind and tender hearted and will do anything to please you.

9. She is the Fashion Diva of the Mora Family.

8. She is always done-up and looks great.

7. She is very generous and giving.

6. Her smile lights up a room

5. She can have her babies and be in her tiny jeans within 6 months

(I don't love her so much for this one, I'm mostly jealous)

4. She's a peacemaker

3. She's a good friend, mother and an awesome sister.

2. She loves the gospel.

And the #1 reason we love Adriana is:

1. She is an important part of the Mora family and we would not be complete without her.

We love you Adriana, Happy Birthday!

Happy Birtday Onca

August 31st was my sister Veronica's birthday. Her nickname is Onca, we have called her that ever since I can remember. My mom said I couldn't say her name very well as a toddler and so I pronounced it Onca and so she was dubbed. Thank goodness I didn't call her something else.

So in celebration of her 37th birthday, here are the top ten reasons why we love my little sister Onca: 10. She is the organizer of all family gatherings.
9. She is the organizer of all things period; closets, drawers, rooms, etc.
8. She is super smart.
7. She is very passionate about doing what's right.
6. She is in great shape and can say she has run a marathon or two in her day.
5. She is a talented teacher, pre-school right now, but has taught High School, she was stopped at least once a day and asked for her hall pass.
4. She can accomplish whatever she sets her mind to do.
3. She is the guru of all self-help books
2. She is an avid reader, especially of the things of the gospel.
The #1 reason we love Onca is:
1. She Loves, loves, her family and would do just about anything for any one of us. We love her and are lucky to have her as part of our family.

Happy Birthday Onca!!!

The things I do instead of the things I should be doing

I was asked to be on the Super Saturday committee. I'm in charge of two projects that I made. the cute 'joy' sign out of 12 x 12 wood squares and way cute wooden letters thanks to my good friend "Joann's" and an Advent calendar out of a clipboard, got the Idea off of one of my favorite websites, splitcoaststampers.com. You need the close-ups to appreciate the dimensions...
...the style...
...the pizazz...
I love all the prep work I have ahead of me to get all the stuff ready for Super Saturday on the 13th. I should be sewing the material for my upcoming wedding on the 6th......or maybe drilling the holes in the over 40 signs I need to get ready...or start cutting and printing all the stuff for the advent calendar...Instead, my cute friend Amy came over and we......made our BOO sign for Halloween, you know you just can't have too many Halloween decorations. I love it! As I was looking for the paper and supplies for the JOY sign above, I found this way cute Halloween paper and I just couldn't resist.
And no BOO sign is complete with out some Martha Stewart Glitter...
...Paper from the Wal-mart of scrapbook stores, Scrapbooks Etc.

Embellishments from the Making Memories line......And you have yourself a BOO sign, taaadaaa!!! I'm afraid this will be my last blog entry for a while, I have a lot of work to do. So bring me some diet coke and come help me get some work done, yes I'm talking to you!!!
P.S. I told you we got a fish from our last wedding, and it's still alive, I guess since the bread crumbs didn't kill it, it deserves some real fish food. I really don't like pets. It's stinky and so much work, with the having to feed it every day, I have 6 kids I don't need one more fish mouth to feed. Here kitty, kitty, just kidding!!!!!

What to do, what to do...

It feels like I haven't blogged for a long time. When it rains it pours, and that's what my life has been like the past few weeks. I had two weddings two weeks in a row. I babysat my nephews Hudson and Colton for a week in between the two weddings, I have to say (as much as I loved having the babies at my house) I'm so glad I don't have babies any more. I've forgotten how much work they are, you know with all the eating and taking care of them that you have to do.

The two weddings I had could not be more different. The first one we have affectionately dubbed it the sprite wedding. Cute summery colors with limes and lemons and touches of hot pink. This was a fun one to do. I now have more lemons and limes than I know what to do with, but when life hands you lemons... well you know the rest... throw them away. J/K ;)For the second wedding we had baby blue and black. The centerpieces were vases with fish in them (I ended up with one of the fish, that the family was so kind to give Eric John) but I know it's just suffering in the small vase its still in and the strick diet of bread crumbs, because I keep forgetting to buy fish food. Anyway, my battery died after snapping this picture and well this is all you get.The kids went back to school. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... Love the kiddos, but I'm very happy they're back in school and being productive again. Kenyon started seminary this year, he's a 9th grader and loves seminary. It's early morning so four of us from the ward takes turns carpooling. Long days when its my turn.Angela doesn't go back to pre-school until September, but she wanted to wear her new school clothes as well, so here is a preview. Too cute, thanks Krissy for the cute blouse.Went to lunch for Rachele Oram's birthday to the new Gecko grill in QC. We had a great time. Emily couldn't come and Tiffany had to leave early that day so we photo shopped them in the picture because they were there in spirit. (I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm working on it)
Many cooking days over the summer. Ammon has become our soux chef he wants to help for every meal. Here he is with dad making Tyler Florence's potato chips. They were delicious. This was our last meal of the summer before school started, you know the last meal before the prison sentence...

I was in charge of the barbecue (from scratch) also a Tyler recipe... ... and corn bread. It was all very delicious.
Primary Activity Day was a Missionary Day. They had lots of fun doing door approaches, decorating a can to save money in and other missionary activities. We have an awesome primary presidency.

So how do you get your kids to eat their veggies... you make it fancy, call it a fancy name and serve it on real plates (not paper plates) We had Cobb salads and pork chops a couple of nights ago and usually I can't get them to touch the salad bowl, they ate every bit on their plate. Not only did they eat it all they loved it. They said this was the best salad they every had, go figure, all I had to do was separate all the parts.

I have also received a new calling, I am a nursery teacher. This Sunday will be my 4th week and I love it. The kids are so cute and the nursery coordinator Stacey Gillespie has it running like clock-work. I'm glad its very structured and organized, the kids do so well this way. Well, I know its a lot to take in all this info and fun stuff, hopefully I won't fall so far behind any more. I do love blogging, but it's almost as bad as a baby, you have to feed and take care of it all the time.

Card Club

These are the latest cards for card club. It next Tuesday and they are all done. I wish I could say that i am just very organized and have them all ready to go, but the reason and only reason they are done is because I thought it was last Tuesday. So guess when I was getting them done? You're right, Monday night. So my lack of organization worked to my advantage for once. Because I procrastinated (or so I thought) I had to use stuff I already had. This is what I was able to come up with.

I'm just glad that they are done!

Home and Garden show

Yesterday Eric, Angela and I went to see my brother Lamoni's booth at the home and garden show at the Cardinals stadium. That thing is Gi-normous, very cool. My brother owns his own Trim carpentry company and was participating in this years show. He made some cool stuff for display and they seem to have been having a good time. They were very happy to have my sister-in-law Amy there, being their #1 sales rep. She's great at approaching people and letting them know about the company. She helped me when I did a wedding expo and she was fantastic. Except she does get flustered with cute guys (call me and I'll tell you the story).

They can do some neat stuff. He did all the panels in the back and the pillars on the sides. Happy and waiting for customers.

So we were getting ready to leave, so I asked Eric to text Dallin and let him know that he needed to find a ride home or ride the bus because we were not going to be home. The next words out of his mouth were: "how do I text" So I showed him how to do it and he sent his first text ever. Congratulations honey, welcome to 21st century. The football field was huge and ready to be rolled into the stadium. Eric was trying to look like a football player, but he just looks like he need to relieve himself. ;)I still can't believe that they can roll that huge field in and out of the stadium. The things we can do now a days are amazing.We went and got a bite to eat at Johnny Rockets after and had a good hamburger and fries. I thought Angela would look so cute in the hat they gave her, but she did not think so. She is such a princess!!!