Lindsay has been in town for several weeks!!! While she's been here, we've been able to get together a few times!!! She is one of the funniest people I know and it's been so good to see her & Hannah!! Here are some 'FUN WITH LINDSAY & HANNAH' pictures: this was our GNO at Applebee's with Lindz!
Lindz, Me & Brea
The Whole Group
HEY Natalie...say,"CHEEEZ"!!!
Natalie, Jeanne & Tina
Jacey & Amie
Vicki & Kirsten

Jacey...Mrs. Photogenic!
Brea & I

Pictures of us goofing off in the car on the way to West Gate--after dinner--
Brea & Kirsten
Gangsta



HANNAH THE PRETTY GIRL!!!! (Here's her "pretty girl face!!)Today Lindsay & Hannah came over for a play date!! It was so fun to see the girls together and see how big they've gotten since the Bangart's moved. We've missed ya'll!!






Are Droopy Drawers a common characteristic of all 18 month old's?!

We Love you Hannah Banana!!...Pretty girl!!

TAG: Names
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Tiffany Joyner

2. ADD the first 3 letters of real name plus 'izzle' =
YOUR GANGSTA NAME: Tif-izzle

3. ADD 'black' and the name of one of your pets =
YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: Black Max

4. ADD your middle name and street (or neighborhood) where you live =
YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: Brooke Rancho

5. ADD the first 3 letters of your last name and first 2 letters of your first name =
YOUR STAR WARS NAME: Joyti

6. ADD favorite color and favorite animal =
YOUR SPORTS NICKNAME: Orange Koala

7. ADD your 2nd favorite color and favorite drink=
YOUR SUPERHERO or VILLIAN NAME: Green Raspberry Lemonade

8. ADD 2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of spouse's first name, and last letter of your mom's first name =
YOUR IRAQI NAME: Iyjihmd

9. ADD your parents' middle names =
YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: Dawn Wilton

10. ADD the name of your first pet and name of the street (or neighborhood) where you grew up =
YOUR CHILD STAR NAME: Max Sierra

I've been tagged...6 of my Quirks!

Ok- So Jessica tagged me with a Quirks Tag! I have to tell about 6 Quirks that I have, so here goes...ok, that is, if I actually get the nerve to talk about them all! I do have one or two that are ~~~a little bit freaky, geeeky~~~!!! So here we go..for real this time!

~1~When the bag is pulled out of the trash can and thrown away, a new bag must be put in the can immediately! Marty is fully aware of this and has done an excellent job of making sure that a new bag goes in immediately, anytime he is helping take the trash out!! (thank you hon!!:) )

~2~I have to put deodorant on just before going to bed...every night. I don't know why, I just do! I've done that since I was a teenager...who wants to wake up in the morning all stinky anyway!!

~3~I have to bake something at least once a week! This is a sinful hobby that I love so dearly, yet, I am trying to fight back the urge lately b/c 'hobby' ends up sticking to my butt, thighs and stomach!! I really am trying to be good...but I'm, secretly, always looking for some excuse to bake!!

~4~This is kinda getting painful to admit to some of these issues that I have! I will just take it upon myself to take a break at #4, so we'll move on to #5!

~5~I water the lawn in the back! Our sprinkler system runs during the night and so there's no real need to water it with the hose, but I love to water the lawn!! To dive even deeper into my addiction, I think I just love to spray things in general!! Good thing I'm not male, huh!! I usually start out with the grass, and then try to spray the mud off the walls that the kids have thrown on there, then it's on to the side walk chalk on the back porch and then when I'm really into it, I spray the cool deck and pool furniture down! More than anything, I like to spray and think! So it's really more of a therapeutic approach, I guess. It's cheaper than a therapist, right!!

~6~This one is the weirdest of them all. .... .... .... I just don't know if I can even bring myself to type it out...what will the kids think?! What will my friends think?.....Marty just won't even believe that I actually typed this out on my blog (well, by now, I don't think anything surprises him!)...what will my friends', sisters, mothers, grandma's dog think?...oh--who cares! Here it is~~ I have to spit in the toilet when I flush!! Ridiculous Right!!? I have done this for as long as I can remember and I have no clue why!!...Maybe I feel like I have to put some 'mark' on it, like, "hey, that is MY POOP!" or MY flush ...Like I have to claim it or something! I have NO IDEA...I just do it!! Laugh all you want, but I know, that from now on you are all going try it at least once!!! You will, I promise...and you'll like it b/c it just feels good!
**a little side note about the spitting in the toilet thing, I only do that at home and sometimes at rest stops, I really, don't ever do that at any of your houses!...well, maybe at Allyson's and Jessica's houses, but that's all!

New Twilight Trailer!!

Don't forget to pause the music...and be sure to check out the Twilight pictures at the end of the previous post!!!
Twilight HD Exclusive Trailer

This is my 100th POST!!!...a post with a yummy surprise at the end, and it ain't cake!

Happy 100 POSTS to me....
Happy 100 POSTS to me....
Happy 100 POSTS to me....(cough, cough...call to schedule a pedicure w/me....)
Happy 100 POSTS to me....
......and many MORE!.....






So this marks my 100th post in the blogging world!! I would like to thank all of the bizzillion fans out there (haha) who have ever commented on, read or even slightly glanced at my blog...and heck, even those of you who thought about it, but didn't care enough to look :)!! My blog wouldn't be what is it today, without you fine bloggers!! I would also like to thank my editors, spell check & Dawn G (aka mom)! Without your spelling abilities and grammatical wisdom, this blog would really bite! And of coarse, I have to thank my Creative Designers: Marty, Brant, Jacob & Rissa! Without your spunk, smiles & goof-ups, this would not even exist!!





(Yummy Surprise!!!)
Let me just conclude this momentous occasion with a Tribute to our Beau, Edward, in all his glory and hottness!! I found these on a friend of a friend of her mothers, brothers, sisters, best friends blog! Pictures say a million words, so we'll just let the pictures do all the talking! ... Let us all observe a moment of silence as we drool!...








...aaaahhhhhhh.....we love you too, Edward!

Brant & I go to Biz Town!!!

Shelley & I went to Biz Town, as chaperons,with our fifth graders this Weds. We had to go through a 90 min. training session b/f the kids arrived, which meant we had to leave at 6:30am (ok Shelley...6:50 :) ) to get there on time. It was the absolute FUNNEST field trip that I've ever been on!! The kids and teachers had a TON of prep stuff that they worked on for weeks in advanced! Stuff like, kids running for Mayor, voting for Mayor, interviewing for jobs, learning to write out a deposit slip & checks, learn to balance their check books...as I said, a TON of stuff!! Biz Town was set up totally like a town! It was so awesome!! I'll just explain as I go:
Brant was a Teller at Wells Fargo! It was fun to see that his customer at the time when peeked in on him was Emily Chou! Brant probably had one of the busiest jobs in the whole town b/c all of the businesses had deposits they had to make and every civilian got two pay checks during our time there...which means, of coarse, that they were wanting to deposit those and take out a little cash!! Every time I stopped by, the line was wrapped around out the Wells Fargo door and down the hall!!All of the businesses had real, working computers with their individual programs on them! It was fun to watch the kids working so hard and doing such a great job!The CFO's of each company had to put each employee in on their computers and print out everyone's paychecks and then would pass them out during the scheduled staff meetings!
Because Brant was so busy at work, I used my checks (yes, volunteers got 'fake checks' too!!) and went to a few places and bought him some goods before all the stores were sold out of all the good stuff(Yo--yo word! Mama's got your back!). I wanted to get him a Diamond back hat, but those were the first things kids bought, so I left the DB Stadium and ran across the 'street' (yes, they even had street signs!) to Best Buy. Here I got him a 'Geek Squad' Hat. If you look behind us to the left, is Blue Cross Blue Shield, where I purchased not only a water bottle, but also two matching wrist bands (one for each of us to wear to remember our fun times here) (...go ahead and start playing the 'oh how sweet' music!)!...to the right is the Airport.
I peeked in through the window at City Hall to see what Tyler was up to and it seems that he was hard at work to be sure the town was running just as it should! The desk in the far back, middle, is the Mayor's desk...Mayor Tony!
And over at Papa John's Emily was working hard to keep employees motivated and customers happy!...she was the CEO, ya know! I bought some pretzels there and they were yummy!!
Going on a business trip or just need to get out of town? There's Brant enjoying a short show while flying! Brant entered a drawing that the Airline was doing and won a "Fly as many times as you want for free' pass!! The others had to pay to fly. Needless to say, he only made it on twice b/c he there were just too many other stores to visit on his breaks! His friend, Hayden, made a fabulous stewardess!!
So here's the Dback Stadium...well, this is the flat screen tv! I don't know why I didn't get a shot of the other side...it had stadium seating. The kids could pay to sit in the stadium and watch a show.
Cox Cable. The kids that were the Newscasters would do their interviews here. There were tv's set up all through the town so we could all watch them. Many kids would pay to go and drum up business for companies. One of the first things that the CEO's had to do was to fill out their loan application and take it to the bank to get approved. This would give them the money they needed to run their business. Their goal was then to pay off their business loan, so that's why the Advertising & Sales Manager's would try to drum up as much business as they could. I supervised The Print Shop. We sold cute picture frames, stampers, charms and the Design artist made custom business cards for clients. A lot of the teachers came and bought the business cards. The computer programs were so kid friendly and the kids did such a great job with it!!Another way they could drum up business was to go buy air time at the Radio Station.
Tyler is conducting some important business!! He did come visit me a couple of times. First b/c he needed my signature on an important document, the second time b/c he needed me to come to City Hall with him and take a survey on his computer and the third time was to award me with a "Thanks for Volunteering" Certificate! He shook my hand and all!...I wonder if Shelly got an award???...I think he just has his favorites!!
Emily & Shelly after a hard days work!! Shelly worked at the Newspaper...place. They had a photographer who went around and took pictures and I think a writer, editor, the whole bit! By the end of the work day they printed off an awesome Town Newspaper!!Where would the town be without the good ol paper?...I'm sure many of us wouldn't spend so much time on the can, that's for sure!And of, coarse, what kind of town would it be w/o Papa John's?!
At the beginning of the day, Brant said, "Mom, I'll come get you and take you out to lunch, ok?!" So here we are at lunch!! I love this kid!! Brant wanted me to go ssooo bad and was SSoooo excited that I went! He and I have both talked about it all week and he has even given me a couple of Thank You cards for going! I love you Brant and had such an unforgettable time with you!! It meant a lot to me, too, to experience that with you!! I love you stinker!


***Thanks a TON to Autumn & Jeni with helping get kids to school and keeping Rissa for me so that I could go on this cool trip with Brant!!This is Jeni's post about how her day keeping Rissa was:

Marissa? Is that you?
So, I watched Marissa for Tiffany today.....imagine my surprise when I picked up the always perfectly put together Marissa.......needless to say, I think Marty was in charge this morning. :)

Parker and Marissa had a GREAT time playing together. They are pretty dang cute. :) (Yes, I changed her clothes and fixed her hair. :) )

Premier Night-New Star Wars Series

We have some neighbors around the block that WON a contest on Nickelodeon.com!! What's even better is that they invited us to the party!! So we went over the other night, ate pizza, played with all kinds of fun Star Wars stuff that they got and then watched the Premier DVD that was in their Party Pack! I think the new series actually starts on Oct 11th or something. We all loved watching it and had a good time. I must admit, one of the best parts of this was knowing that PEOPLE REALLY DO WIN THESE THINGS!!
This is a bunch of the stuff that Nickelodeon sent the Boik's in their Party Package! Stickers, tattoos, masks, the DVD of coarse, posters, plates, napkins & cups! They also got several Light Sabers!
The boys loved watching the DVD of this new series! It's 3D, kinda like Toy Story is. The characters are awesome looking and Yoda kicked butt in it!! Once we started watching it, we learned that there were actually the first two episodes, so that was a fun surprise!
Eating homemade pizza. Amber can make some goooood pizza crust!!...the only thing I missed was the Ranch Seasoning that we get at Hungry Howie's, but I'm definitely getting that recipe from her!
Rissa was going crazy with excitement, chasing their cats around the house!! She LOVES animals and it was fun for her to be able to play with them.
Amber & Jolie. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them and esp to watch Rissa & Jolie play together!
We're pooped! Time for night night!