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It's what I spent most of my adolescent life looking for.
What was I thinking???
Boys are nothing but weird and gross. They stink. They fight. They're dirty. They think strange noises are funny. What in the world could I have possibly seen in that??
What in the world could you possibly not see in that.
So, boys are okay, I guess. As long as they're my boys. :)
This would have been my dad's birthday, so I wanted to share a few things I learned from him....
1. Always eat your cookies,
however you want.
2. Every boy that comes to your door will have his tongue hanging out. It may look like a red tie, and it may actually be a red tie, but his tongue is still out.
3. Make a big deal of the little things.
4. Laugh often, and have a pleasant sigh afterward.
5. Include your kids in your work.
6. No matter how many children you have, love them unconditionally, modeling our Heavenly Father's love for us.
Thanks Dad!
:)
Spring. Chilly. Rainy.
What better to do today than gather up your horses and put them in the furnace covers?
Not really the purpose of those little wooden things, but somehow, I don't think the guy that made them would mind.
I should feel good about getting three whole pages scrapped, but truth be know, that's about all I did this weekend. When I woke up to rain, again, on Saturday, I just didn't have the gumption to do much more than keep the wash machine running and think about pages to scrap. When the sun came out, we went out to play, but Sunday was more of feeling lazy.
So to say I got three pages scrapped is really not that impressive.
I call this one "Girl on Bike". :) She's really been crusin' the gravel strip since it warmed up.
I was playing around with my new lens when I took this one. I know there will be a day when I won't have underoos on the line, so I thought I'd get it down now. When I'm 80, I'll have this one up in my nursing home room!
Cooper dying Easter eggs was pretty hilarious to watch, so I had to make sure I got it down on paper. He was done with his dozen eggs in less than 4 minutes. And brownish/green hands to boot.
Have a great week!
...are my own.
But we gave it a try on this gorgeous afternoon.
He heard a frog, so he became one....
I swear this next one looks like a fake backdrop at Sears, but it's not!
This one pretty much sums up their relationship....
Hope you enjoyed the sunshine as much as we did!
We received an awesome graduation announcement from Morgan! I've had a blast snapping her picture and creating cute stuff (like that) for her this year. I was hoping that maybe she'd like to be a senior again next year! :)
Here are the other announcements that I made for her....
Congratulations Morgan, and the rest of the Class of 2009! Best of luck!
Isn't she a-dor-able??
Thanks to her Mommy for letting me take her pictures and her Grandma for letting me interrupt the day.
Hope everyone is enjoying the day and the reason for the celebration!
We are!
I'm frustrated. I'm frustrated with things I can't control. I'm frustrated with people I can't control. So as I sat at the computer chewing on the 1/2 of fingernail I had left, I realized I needed to do something to combat my frustration. Then I saw a box.
A box delivered about a month ago from the fabulous Heather Ann. I somehow managed to win one of her contests at Christmas time and she sent a box full of paper scrapping supplies. A box she filled up way too full. Thanks Heather!!
When it arrived, I ripped it open and googled over it all. Papers, ribbons, buttons, embellishments, stamps....things I love to look at, but, frankly, am frightened to use. So after I man-handled it all, organized it, and reorganized it, I put it all back in the box and set it aside.
When I started digital scrapping after Cooper was born, I quickly realized I hated the mess that paper scrapping created. And I hated the "too-much" time that it took. And I hated that I always messed up and couldn't fix it. With digi-scrapping, I don't have those issues. I can sit down at the computer and have three layouts done in a night. With paper scrapping, it took me something like a month to do three layouts. I so admire those people that can work with paper and make it look effortless and beautiful at the same time.
But today, I was frustrated. Irritable and frustrated. So I decided to fight fire with fire. Or rather, fight frustration with something that frustrates me even more. I was going to tackle that box of paper supplies and I was going to win!
I decided to make something that could be used over and over, so I went to the basement and retrieved some cans. My husband still gawks at me for buying 36 plain paint cans, but I thinks it's one of the best investments I ever made.
Here they are pre-whooping...
Is that really a Curious George band-aid stuck to the cedar chest? Oh, my.
So anyway, I picked my colors and papers and went to work with the double-stick tape.
Painted, added ribbons and embellies and called it done.
Now the kids have Easter pails that the Easter Bunny can deliver goodies in. In fact, I helped him out a little and loaded them up already.
All ready for delivery, and then the kids can use them to find the eggs he dropped.
And, it seems, for a few moments, my frustrations have subsided. Thank you paper scrapping. I'll see you in few months. Maybe.
One of them is a sophomore in high school. The other has a sopping wet onesie from drooling on it.
But, who's who??
It seems to be coming for just a few minutes at a time everyday!
We did manage to get out for a few of those minutes to get the annual daffodil shots, but as soon as we were back in the house, it started raining!
Every year we take her picture by the spigot, where Mom planted daffodils some number of years ago. It's been fun to see how she's gone from under the spigot to much bigger. Unfortunately, Typepad is giving me major fits and I'm giving up on the other picture. Hopefully I can post it tomorrow, during a SUNNY day!
Thank Goodness it's Spring Break! Long time coming....and I'm going to do absolutely nothing!
I have a video I want to share, but YouTube and I don't seem to be seeing eye-to-eye at the moment. Hopefully, I can get it working shortly.
In the meantime, here are some accomplishments we've had this Spring:
Now to work on the coordination of clothing!
No one fell off the risers and everyone was enlightened by the singing. Thankfully, the dancing didn't require my daughter to choreograph it!
So if anybody needs me to shampoo their carpets or clean out their hall closets, give me a call this week. I'm sure I can find someone to do it for you!
Avery has snack for Kindergarten tomorrow, so she's taking fish sticks and peas. Her favorite! (Not really.)
And it's not really fish sticks or peas....Family Fun had this recipe and I had to try it out on her.
Of course, my version looked pretty much like theirs, (yeah, right!) so I'll just let you see their picture.
Pretty fair for the little trick she played on me today. In talking to her on the phone after school, she told me she got a yellow light. I was a little shocked, but it sounded legit to me. Then she squeaks, "April Fools!"
I hope she enjoys her fish sticks tomorrow!
