I'm on a Game Show!!

Drum roll everyone.... They finally aired my show that was taped 4 months ago in October! It's not often that producers of a game show call you asking to be on tv. And I didn't even have to leave the house! I can't believe how much energy I had - I couldn't move very well the next several days - but it was totally worth it! It's amazing what a ton of adrenaline pumping through your body can do!!

 

 

They eliminate the player with the lowest cash at the end of each round of questions.

 I can't believe how far I got! We you get sent home, you lose all of your winnings!

I had absolutely no clue who Jonah Hill or Seth Rogan are -

I just knew for sure that no one thinks Al Roker is sexy!

 

 

Okay, I beat out all the other contestants and won $9,800!! Now, they let me do one final round where I can pick how much of my winnings to gamble. If I win, they'll multiply it by 5Xs!! But if I lose, I lose all I risk. At this point, I've gotten, amazingly, every question right except for the $200 one at the beginning. So scary to have to choose what to do in two minutes!!

 

 

WHO HOO!!! SO MUCH FUN!! It was so hard to not say anything for 4 months! If I did, I would risk losing all of my prize money - Dan and I had to sign disclosures to not say anything - but now I can say how totally awesome it all was!!! After taxes (the government takes 40%) and tithing it comes down to about $25,000 - but still - WHO HOO!!! You all know me - I'm gonna put it all to student loans (kind of boring) but definitely practical! My body crashed afterwards and I couldn't move very much for the next several days - but TOTALLY WORTH IT!!

Benjamin - Fashionista at Four

We went to the park yesterday and did a photo shoot of Benjamin and his "new" preschool clothes. He loved it!

Dancing to Techno

Benjamin told me the other day that the best dancers in the world were; himself, Daddy and Michael Jackson. Mommy was only half good. We'll see if Nathan gets the dancing bug.

Erie's record setting Winter!

We have had a lot of snow this winter. Erie is number 2 in the nation for snow this year. Here are a few pictures of the snow. We built the snowman today. My sister Milinda gave us a snowman kit for Christmas and it was a hit. We had a lot of people honking and waving at us and a few even stopped to take pictures!

Cave People

Ooga Booga.

We Cavemen for Halloween. We like Candy and Tricky Treating. We have Party. Eat food Play Games. Many People come and eat doh-nuts and drink Was-sail.

Living a Party in Erie!

We have had so much fun with our friends here in Erie. There seems to be a party almost every week. Just last week over 20 of us gals had a ladies night out at a friends house. I got to leave my baby home with Dan for the first time in 2 months and enjoy some well played Mofia and delicious treats. In the picture is some of my friends at a terrific Halloween party we went to on the night of Dan and Benjamin's birthday. The next week on Halloween night we had a party and over 60 people showed up. It was really fun - we had hot wassail and donuts for all - but I didn't take any pictures of it. We have fixed up our basement (painted and put down carpet) and bought a foosball table and ping pong table and put them down in our now "party palace". (If only it were as big as a palace!)

Yesterday, I found an awesome bargain - a trampoline in fabulous condition for just $25! So I bought it, of course. The only trouble - it also snowed half a foot yesterday and Dan will have to stand out in the cold for a loooong time to take it apart. But come 6 months from now - it will so be worth it!!!

Snug as a Bug in a Rug

I have become a big fan of swaddling! I don't know how I raised Benjamin without doing this!

Pre-Baby Delivery PARTY!

When we found out I was going to be induced the next morning to deliver Nathan, I decided - hey - lets throw a party to celebrate! We played games and stayed up till past 11:00 p.m., at which point, I did have to bring it to a close so I could get some sleep so I could have a little energy left in me to deliver Nathan the next day!

To dress him in it I had to cut the back right down the middle to put it on. The numbers on the front is his birthday - ahh, aren't I cute? Ha.

Nathan's Halloween Costume - Too Small Too Soon

I made a Prisoner costume for Nathan, but he grew so fast, by the time it came to put his shirt on, he had grown out of it. At least the pants and hat still fit! But it all worked out, cause I made a caveman outfit for him later.

Crazy Story.

Dan likes to have pie for his birthday and it's been a tradition to go out for pie. We always order a whole pie and then get to enjoy some later.

Well we went to a place in Erie called Eat-N-Park originally, but something unusual happened.

Eat-N-Park has a front part of the restaurant that sells whole pies and cookies attached to the regular family restaurant. We went in, looked at the pies in the fron and told the hostess that we wanted to buy a certain one and go into the resaurant and eat it. Well, the manager of the establishment happened to walk buy and the hostess asker her if we could buy a whole pie and eat it in the restaurant. She said that it was against their policy, but if we wanted to buy slices of pie we could eat inside. We said we were here to buy a whole pie and she basically told us that we could leave with one if we wanted.

We left without a pie.

This is a picture at Bob Evans down the street, where we had a whole pie without any problems.

Benjamin's Birthday Party

This is Benjamin's 4th birthday party. we had a lot of fun and Benjamin wanted to have a dress-up party. Benjamin was a police officer.

Halloween

Meet the Hodson Cave-family.

We have an Ugh of a time at our ward halloween party.

I can't wait to get our family photos back from JCPenny's. yep that's right, we dressed up in our halloween costumes for a family photo.

baby weight 8 lbs 7 oz

patient Benjamin

Benjamin took really well to hospital life. He loved ordering room service. maccaroni and cheese and Pizza were his favorite.

Here is big brother Benjamin with Baby Nathan

Benjamin said, "I love babies because they are sooo fun!"

This is the first time Benjamin held his brother Nathan in the hospital all by himself.

Sept 10, 2008

moments after birth

Nathan Alexander Hodson

Born September 10, 2008

at 1:06 pm

8 lbs. 7 oz

21 inches

in Erie, PA