Here are a few things I should be doing right now.

Blogging is not one of them. But in true Mandy fashion, I am having a major adult ADD moment.
I should be…
1. Getting my kids' clothing ready for church in less than 12 hours
2. Getting the "pennies by the inch" drive information ready for church tomorrow
3. Packing the diaper bag for church
4. Getting the program stuff ready for church tomorrow
5. Making sure I have something clean to wear for tomorrow (it is Sunday afterall)
6. Sleeping…sleeping sounds good right now (notice the time)

Brad has meeting in the morning so I get two little ones ready plus me. I actually make it almost on time when I have my act together the night before. "Saturday is a special day" keeps popping into my mind. Purhaps I should take heed:)

Fruits of my labors…

Tonight I witnessed my son clean his room in his pure OCD fashoin for about 30 minutes straight (pretty impressive attention span for a two year old.) He sang "keen-up, keen-up" the whole time. He arranged his bins and lined them up and put all of his toys in them. Then he put all of his clothes in the hamper. I sat there and watched him. I kept telling him how happy he was making me. Then, he said, "My house all keen!" "That make me happy!" Boy, did it make me happy. It's nice when theyh copy something good that you do! I love this little guy and how busy he is all the time. I hope to witness many more episodes of him cleaning up!

Earlier today we went to the park with Kerri and Christian. D and Christian were so funny. They both were a little leery of the lurking birds scrounging for scraps of lunch. However, by the time we were getting ready to leave, both of them were throwing fries into the air saying, "come eat birds!"
Here are some pics of the cuties.

How about a 3:00 pick me up?

Well if you know me, you know I love a tasty treat from good 'ol Sonic. I would encourage all of you to stop by and grab yourself a jr. banana split. I did just that this afternoon during my "3:00 slump." It was totally yummy! It comes in this cute little boat-dish thing with a perfect banana, cherry, scoop of vanilla, chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, pinapple and whipped cream. It was pure Heaven:) (Sonic, make my commission check out to Mandy Frehner…)

Crazy 8s

8 Tv shows I love to watch:
1. Jon & Kate Plus Eight
2. What Not to Wear
3. The Secret Life...
4. Iron Chef America
5. Food Network Challenge
6. Deal or No Deal
7. The Cosby Show
8. Everybody Loves Raymond

8 Favorite Restaurants:
Capri
Chevy's
Don Antonios
Lucilles
Totos
The Greek place in the mall
Painted Pony
Rainbow Club

8 things that happened yesterday:
I made waffles and omlets for dinner
I scrubbed my floor
I did a million dishes by hand
I had Diet Coke with Vanilla from Sonic
I had a primary meeting
I talked to my sister Lori
I talked to my sister Melinda
I lost track of how many poopy diapers I changed:)

8 things I look forward to:
A REAL family vacation
Brad finishing school in December
Watching Dominic & Jade open Christmas presents
Cooler weather
A new house sometime
When my kids go to bed at night
Going on dates with my husband
Having more kids (down the road)

8 things I love about fall:
New fall clothes for me and the kids
Cooler weather
Making soup
Baking stuff
Going on walks at night
Taking Dominic to the pumpkin patch
Homemade rootbeer
Getting Halloween costumes for D and Jade

8 things on my wish list:
To make good decisions parenting my kids
A new laptop
A clean house
My kids to grow up and be strong in the gospel
Organization
Family vacation
To build a dream home someday
To win the Megabucks (that one is for Brad, I'm a giver!)

Sportin' my new do…

This is mainly for my sis, Lori who can't see me because she lives in freakin' Utah! I'm now a brunette!

Five little less known facts about me...

1. I got my hair done tonight by my life long friend, Marie. It is the darkest it's ever been, and could quite possibly be my natural haircolor. I don't know because starting at about age 11 I meet the wonderful world of haircolor. The rest is just roots:) Maybe I'll post some pics of the new do tomorrow.
2. I loathe doing the dishes. I think it is cruel that I don't have a dishwasher, hence most of the time you come to my house, there are a pile of dirty dishes. (Just think how your dishes would stack up if you didn't have a dishwasher!)
3. I am totally blind and pretty much deaf. Many of you remember me with large coke bottles. Thank goodness for contacts. They allowed me to break free from ages 4-14, "Mandy, the ugly years." Fortunately, (or unfortunatly) my remaining senses are keen.
4. I can honestly say I am pretty darn happy. I have a good husband, great kids, I like all my immediate family members (even some of my extended family members too!) I have tolerable in-laws, okay, pretty awesome in-laws, lifelong friends and food on my table. Of course, I could use a dishwasher and some power outlets in my bathrrom, but, for the most part, I am happy:)
5. I yearn to be organized and have a clean house. It is a constant battle to keep my house above getting the health district called on me! (I'm serious!) I think I might be a hoarder... Any suggestions?

Now that you know these five little fun facts about me, post five fun little facts about you. (This is a tag.)

If you build it, we will come...

So anyone who knows Brad, knows that one of his favorite places to eat is Fuddruckers. It was his last meal before going on a mission, we go there everytime we go to Utah, ate there in San Diego for the Frehner fam reunion, my husband LOVES this place. He has been diligently checking the website, hoping and wishing they would build one somewhere within a hundred mile radius of us. (He even looked into the price of purchasing a franchise - we didn't have the extra $500,000 laying around, bummer)But, recently Fudds has made its way to Las Vegas. So today we made the 20 mile trek to Summerlin to sample some good ol' Fuddruckers burgers.
No visit to Fudds would be complete without their shakes. For those of you who have never been, they are yummy and they bring you the excess shake in a tin glass so you can enjoy all million calories of the sweet treat in pure ice cream utopia.
I think it's safe to say the Frehners will be back again shortly:)