Last night at dinner, we were discussing the periodic table,

(yes, we have odd table talk at our house)

Taylor was telling us how he messed up on his

test and added an extra electron on an element,

to which Bryan said,

"you messed up and made it a Nobel Gas".

WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT

Stockton promptly said-

"You made it a Royal Fart!?"

Oh My Gosh we laughed SO hard!!

I thought it was so funny,

until today,

when I got the mail,

and found out that we live

on 

SEX ROAD....

This came from our local 

SCOUT LEADER.

HELLOOOOO???

As if we weren't scandalous enough in this town.

I just know that the post office

here in town

is having a grand time with this.

Dur.
(FYI - our street is MAIRLOVE Lane)

Long Busy Week Ahead

I'm heading out this week.

A little bit sad.
Reason #1 - to leave all my kidletts
{and my favorite BFF}
Wow, it will be hard without Bryan...

Reason #2 - I will be going to
support dear friends
who lost their Mom
this last week,
unexpectedly.

ON THE OTHER HAND......

I am SO excited to be going where I am!!

Reason #1 - I get to go see
AWESOME FRIENDS
in Ephraim!!!!


AND


Reason #2 - - -

I have signed up for a workshop with

THIS GUY

 

You can check out his website

HERE

He's amazing.

Poor guy is going to have to work so hard

to get my stuff to look

anything close to his.

Very Cool.

Very Cool, Indeed.

So, I guess I should get off my OTHER BFF

[dear MAC, how I love you]

And get everything ready!!

 

Happy

{heart}

Day!

Tuesday February 9, 2010

I'm proud of my

DAUGHTER.

She wanted to participate

in the local

"talent show"

{otherwise known as

the 'Stars of Tomorrow'

sponsored by the Kiwanis club}

I so did NOT want

her to do this,

for reasons I will keep

locked away

deep in my heart.

I had a few piano students

that I had entered,

Because it's good practice
to play in front of an
audience.

If my daughter played,

I would have to

be her

accompanist.

I didn't like that.

She begged.

She pleaded.

She finally cried.

I asked what her motivation was.

The money?

Hmm.

Nice perk.

She wanted to be able

to stand among

those she lives with,

and show what she's made of.

To show what she's capable of.

To share what she believes in.

This was part of what was hard for me.

I caved.

I'm so glad I did.

{I have a video up on facebook,

just in case you

wanted to check it out}

{SIGH}

at 8 years old.

HE

is

already

this

anal.

he might not be able to spell.

but being this organized,

he'll do fine.

Dad

is

so

proud

My beautiful baby

I really love this shot.

But I had to work so hard to get it.

kinda stinks when your mom ALWAYS wants to take your picture, even in a bath!

Oh my gosh THIS made me laugh!

Had to share it.

Enjoy the day!

My Silly Daughter ;)

Randa took this awesome photo

of herself.

Thought I would share.

*grin*

mmmmmmmm Sunday. 'Nough said.

Nothin like hangin out on

a Sunday afternoon,

watching a good movie

(after church of course)

playing with

flannel board stories, of all things!

OH.  MY. *SIGH*

there's NOTHING better........

 

Even Miss Brin got in on the action!

lovely way to end the weekend
*smile*

Oh. the. Chaos.

Well the last week has been,

messy?

All of

THIS...

is SUPPOSE to be

in my office.

My office, however,

is the focus of my

anniversary/christmas/birthday

gifts....

Y.E.S. !!!!

i have cabinets now.

So it snowed last night.....

So hey....

why not turn on the lights

ONE LAST TIME!

*smile*

Today I did it.

I've been thinking about it for awhile.

I haven't had the 'guts'.

Kinda scary to really put yourself

out there.

It's one thing to keep things private,

only invite a few certain friends.

It's completely different,

to publicly

announce

that one is ready to be

critiqued.

hmm.

i hope i sleep tonight.

{I'm so lame!} 

  

New Project I'm working on.

Had to make a test shot.

My baby was just too cute not to post it.

But she didn't like it when I kissed her?

Sheesh!

Man she's cute though!

Back to the Routine

On to basketball season....

I love it when she 'busts' me taking pitures of her!

First Week of the Year

Brinlee came home from school

with a sweet little

NOTE

AND A HUGE

SMILE!

She was so excited!

 

I, on the other hand,

was a little sad.

No more baby...

hee hee hee.....

i love you dave!

Back from Utah

I just had the most FABULOUS week,

my brother FINALLY got MARRIED!!!

Now it's back to the daily routine.

I have such a MOUND of laundry to catch up on -

get Christmas Decor put away,

and spend the last few precious hours

playing with my kids before they go back to school. 

But I do NOT have enough self discipline

to completely stay away from my computer. 

Throughout the day, I will probably have

to look at a few photos. 

I'll get a HUGE post put up later on tonight,

after everyone is in bed. 

But for now - just a few teaser shots

of how the events got started.

*sigh*

(cousins had so much fun together!) 

(I don't think I got one serious shot of studly David the WHOLE WEEK!) 

grrrrrr!

(oh we are so hot! - sort of?)

THE GROOM TO BE! He primped more than SHE did!!

hahaha...... a sister's love only goes so far -