Posted in Life Around Here, weekend break on October 30, 2009| 2 Comments »
Have you ever been to the park in Liberty?
They have the BEST slide.
It’s old school.
Way too high, and slick metal.
If your mean like me, you send your kids up the slide without one warning about how good old slides were actually fast and slick. And then you listen to them scream all the way down.
Good times.
Little sister was the only smart one.
She never even attempted to go up the stairs.
Getting a still picture of this kid is a rare occasion.
Love this little stinkers.
Posted in good things, Life Around Here on October 29, 2009| 4 Comments »
Don’t you just want to kiss those little cheeks?
I adore this hat on her.
What’s up with the peace signs lately?
Nothing better than a good roll down the hill.
Posted in Life Around Here on October 28, 2009|
Posted in Life Around Here, things that make you go hmmm on October 23, 2009| 2 Comments »
The girls were very happy and probably a little shocked when I came home with Halloween Pony Tail Holders a few days ago. Totally not like their plain, boring mom to get frilly stuff.
They were a dollar.
And I was therapy shopping. :)
What else can I say?
So this morning we had to have a photo shoot of their cute hair and Halloween outfits, which they planned together.
Cute little stinkers.
And of course we had to have a short shake your boo-tay session!
Posted in a little bit of ranting, Life Around Here on October 23, 2009| 2 Comments »
Did you know I hate going on field trips? I do. I loath it.
But I go and I fake it because they beg me to come.
So a few weeks ago I had got to go on 2 field trips in one week. The first one started out with me getting a ticket. Uh Huh. Loath Field Trips! Add to it the fact that I got stuck with the most obnoxious little girl on the planet and we were going to the Ogden Nature Reserve (aka-the most boring place on the planet) and you can guess how much fun I had.
Seriously though, in my defense 2 other parents whispered to me how they wanted to smack her. Yes, they used the word smack. 10 minutes into it and Jena asked me if we could just ditch her!
She was that bad, for 5 hours.
I cried on the way home.
Really.
Mostly because of the ticket and pregnancy hormones but that little girl did not make things better.
Jena with the Grasshopper she caught.
The second half was at a Fish Farm and that was much better.
Jena with her fish which she refused to touch.
Check out the fish.
It was pretty cool.
Picking a Gourd after the Corn Maze.
*****
Ry’s field trip was to the zoo. Again, I’m not a big fan but I know I’m not the only one. Plus Field trip days there are usually so packed you can’t even see the animals.
I have to say that this was the most enjoyable field trip I have ever been on. I was assigned Ry and one other boy.
Sweet.
And there were hardly any kids there that day.
Double Sweet.
Ryan’s favorite part of the whole trip?
The mother elephant pooped and peed. And if you have never seen an elephant pee, you really should. It is…I don’t have words.
Add to that the baby elephant eating the mom’s poop.
It was a little boys dream come true! I mean seriously can you think of anything more entertaining at the zoo?
We had to go back 3 times just to see if the elephant would pee again.
I’d be lying if I said it didn’t totally fascinate me.
Ry thought he was pretty awesome for being as big as a Female Gorilla.
Can’t resist the water ball thingy and splashing the squealy girls.
The very anti-climactic train ride.
I’m not really sure what they were expecting.
Thus concludes our adventures in Field Tripping.
Barry is taking off work for the next round!
Posted in Just Me Yammering On, Life Around Here on October 23, 2009| 2 Comments »
It’s download the pictures on my phone day.
Which mean completely random posts.
Aren’t you excited?
Jena after eating her ice cream sandwich.
She cracks me up.
The only pictures I have of the first day of school.
I went back to Ry’s classroom and made him come out for a picture.
He was not pleased.
Just a randomly cute picture of Sara.
About a month ago Granny, Teri, Sara and I all went to lunch and had a girls day.
Sara picked up this purse from Teri’s house and insisted on taking it everywhere we went.
It was so cute but she didn’t want me taking her picture.
This one is the best, you can just see the attitude in her walk.
Posted in Life Around Here, things that make you go hmmm on October 15, 2009| 1 Comment »
This is what came home from school yesterday.
I’m not really sure what to say about it.
He was so pleased with himself.
The shirt did not survive.
The jury is still out on the child.
Posted in Running, things that make you go hmmm on October 15, 2009|
I took my running shoes off while sitting at my desk 4 weeks ago.d
They are sad. And lonely. And probably have spiders in them.
hmmm…
Posted in a little bit of ranting, good things, Life Around Here on October 12, 2009| 5 Comments »
Did you know there are 3 big things that happen to you when you turn 8?
1. You no longer have to ride in a car seat!
2. You get to be Baptized!
3. You loose the ability to take a serious picture!
And something happens to your dad too.
He realizes that you can almost escape his all powerful grip.
And that is downright frightening.
Wow, I really can’t believe this little boy is 8!
His part in the primary program next week goes like this…
The thing I remember most about my baptism is…
(I don’t think they realize what they did by letting him choose to fill in the blank.)
His current answer is…that my dad messed up and had to do it twice.
I’m trying to convince him otherwise, hey at least it will get a good laugh and isn’t that what the primary program is all about?
Oh Dear Lord, I can’t believe I’m including this picture. You can’t see my swollen feet, they are a sight to behold. Umm, yes I’m only 6 months, not 9. That’s what happens when you have no waist to begin with. It all goes out.
Then then your face blows up too and your feet grow so none of your shoes fit and……
Blaaahhhhhhh!
Posted in Life Around Here, Projects, sewing, Stuff I Like on October 12, 2009| 2 Comments »
I’ve had these Wonderderland by MoMo Charm Squares sitting around for about 6 months.
I Adore them. But what to make with them, hmmmm…..
6 months and nothing brillant struck me.
Big surprise.
So I decided to just pick a pattern that I have in my ‘make it someday’ list and go for it.
This is about the point when I looked over to find my shadow with scissors in hand, attempting to cut my hexagon pile to pieces!
She’s decievingly cute.
And thankfully unsuccessful in working scissors.
I’ve yet to decide on what to back it with, so we’ll see how it turns out.
I used this tutorial here.
a lucky girl 