I Love You More Today Than Yesterday

June 3rd, 1995

It was 12 years ago today that Stephen and I were married. In some ways it doesn't seem possible that it was that long ago. In others it seems like we have been together our whole lives. I love you Stephen, much, much more than yesterday. I am so thankful for the life we have together. I am so thankful that it is you I will be with Forever.

She Uses Vaaaaaseline

I just want to thank my dear sister Kristy for 2 things. One, thank you for the trip down memory lane. For the last 2 days I have had the Vaseline song going through my head. Ahhhhh....the '90's. And two, thank you EVER so much for the very helpful and timely tip. I went to the store and bought vaaaaaaseline yesterday and I just have to say, it worked wonders on my dry cracked summer sandal wearin' heels. I am now a true believer in the power of using vaaaaaaseline..........

Flashback Friday - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band

Allyson, Kristy, Farrah, Lauren

Sorry I am a day late with my flashback. I tried yesterday several times and couldn't get our internet to work. So I feel like I need to have a clause at the beginning of all my flashback Friday's that says: please ignore my scary hair, nasty clothes and now please ignore my armature scrapbook pages. These are some of the first scrapbook pages I made and I made them over 10 years ago.

It was 20 years ago today, Sargent Pepper taught the band to play.......

Since the finale of American Idol when the old and new Idols performed a tribute to the Beatles (who are my very most FAVORITE), Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (which is also my very most FAVORITE) has been going through my head. And that song going through my head made me think of the pictures we took one Sunday, long, long ago where we tried to recreate the Beatles pose on the inside of the album cover. So here they are. Enjoy the craziness of the Snow sisters.

And since we are somewhat on the topic of the American Idol finale, enjoy this performance by Blake (he should have won) and Dougie Fresh. Six minutes, six minutes, six minutes Dougie Fresh you're on.........

WOO HOO!!!

Chyna, Emily and Kylee eating snowcones

Zac and his class playing tug-o-war at Field Day


Celebrate good times, come on!
Celebrate Good Times, come on!
There's a party goin' on right here
A celebration to last throughout the year
So bring your good times and your laughter too
We're gonna celebrate and have a party with you
Come on now.....

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
AND I FEEL FINE!

I'm free to do what I want any old time
Yes I'm free to do what I want any old time

These are the songs that have been going through my head all week long. And right now:

I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it
Woah a woah......

My alarm went off at 6:00 yesterday morning and I jumped right out of bed with a smile on my face. You see, the beginning of the day yesterday signified the beginning of the end for me. It was field day at the elementary school and not only was it field day, it was my last activity as PTA president. I have been counting down the activities and board meetings for the last few months. Don't get me wrong. I have really enjoyed being PTA president, however....I ain't cryin' about it bein' over! It has just been really hard since Addison was born to keep up with everything. At the beginning of the year I really enjoyed all the activities and things. But since November (2 months into the school year you might note) I have enjoyed them less and less. Every time an activity was coming up it would be really hard for me to get myself worked up enough to make it through. But Field Day was a different story. I have been so busy all week long working on stuff for field day, but I was so happy and so excited for it. I could finally see the end. Anyway, it really was a fun day and I was glad I was able to be there and end my term with a Scha-bang-a-lang. Click here for more pictures.

Flashback Friday - Trail Dust Or Bust

Kristy, Lauren, Farrah, Allyson, Sam, Steve

Kristy, Allyson, Lauren & Farrah doin' the Cotton Eyed Joe

I must start out by making a plea for you to overlook the fact that I am hugely pregnant with Zac in this picture and also remember that 10 years ago maternity clothes were not what they are today.

This was a trip Steve and I took to Dallas about 10 years ago. While there we went to the "Trail Dust Steakhouse". We had so much fun. I really right now would love to be in Texas so I could go and take my kids to "Trail Dust". They would have so much fun.

It is, as I said a steakhouse and it has this huge 2 story slide that goes down to the dance floor, they have a live band that plays and a huge dance floor. They also do not allow ties to be worn so when someone comes in wearing a tie they make a big deal about it and cut it off of them and hang it on the wall.

They just don't have fun places like that to eat here. It has been a while, but right now I am really missing my Texas home!

I Thought We Had Moved Past This

Yes, I really thought we had moved past it. Obviously I was wrong. I don't know what the deal is with my children and the cutting of hair business. Apparently I am raising up a whole new generation of hair cutters.

On Wednesday after Aubery and I took the other kids to school, I came home and went in my room to put on makeup and do my hair. Aubrey was in my room with me watching TV. Then I went downstairs to eat breakfast and Aubrey came down a while later and she stood in front of me smiling like she wanted me to notice something. I immediately noticed that she had put on makeup and I said, "Oh, Aubrey, you look pretty." Then I noticed a bunch of hair on her shirt and wondered how that much hair got on her shirt. Then I noticed that half of her hair was missing.

I am past freaking out and crying about children ruining their, or their siblings hair. So I called and made an appointment to take her into Ly to get her hair fixed. Ly (pronounced Lee) is the best haircut fixer I know. She has probably fixed 5 or 6 do it yourself children haircuts for us. In fact we came to know Ly 4 years ago almost to the date when Zac took scissors to Emily's bangs and cut right down to the scalp, not to mention the various other chunks that he took out. Ly was a miracle worker then and we have been getting our hair cut, or fixed by her ever since.

Aubrey loves her new haircut and in fact told me that the reason she cut her own hair was

because she wanted Ly to cut it short like that.

PreSchool Graduation

This is Aubrey with her PreSchool/Dance teacher Miss Margene. She graduated from her first year of PreSchool this morning. She still has one more year before she starts Kindergarten. We just love her teacher Miss Margene who I believe is a woman who knows what her calling in this world is and she is fulfilling it to the highest degree. I am grateful that my children (Emily also takes dance from her) get to have her in their lives. She truly loves all children. Congratulations my sweet little Aubrey! Click here for more pictures.

Our Own Little Sweat Shop

Last week Zac's class went on a field trip downtown to a "Living Traditions" marketplace. They had booths where people made and sold cultural items. They are having their own market bizarre type thing at his school today. They each get to have their own booth where they get to sell their wares. They each had to choose some type of "cultural" item from a list their teacher had and for the past few weeks in class they have been making these items. Then they get to manage their own booth, set the price, make the sales, close the booth while they go around and make purchases (all with pretend money).

So Zac comes home from school yesterday and says that he has to have at least 20 Chinese lanterns (this was his item of choice) to have a successful booth and he only has 2 1/2 completed and his teacher said he could work on making some at home. So we took Emily to piano lessons, came home and made dinner, ate, took Zac to TaeKwonDo, gave the girls a bath while he was there, picked him up, had Family Home Evening, put the girls in bed, then turned our attention to the matter of making lanterns.

I had seen the lanterns he was making in school when I was in his class last week. In order to make them I would have had to go to the store and bought a ton of stuff and we would have been up till midnight at least trying to turn those things out. So I scrounged around my craft room found some rubber stamps with Chinese letters on them, found the paper crimper I haven't used in about 10 years (it sure came in handy last night) and came up with this lovely design for lanterns. Zac and I turned out 25 lanterns in about 40 minutes. Pretty good work if I do say so myself.

AAAHHHYAAAAA!

Zac had belt testing this morning for Tae-Kwon-Do. He did a great job and was able to move up to Green Belt. Congratulations my little board breaking buddy! Click here for more pictures.

Dude Looks Like A Lady

That might not be the best title for a post that has my picture immediately underneath. Oh well. Ignore my nasty lookingness. It is 10:30 PM and I have been running around cleaning house for the past 2 hours. But please note my new toy. My dear husband gave me this little teeny tiny ipod for mothers day (how did you know honey?)(I talk to him like his is actually going to be reading this). Anyway, I finally took some time out this afternoon to figure out how to put songs on it. I was so excited to use it I put the girls in bed (Steve & Zac were at the Blaze game) and cleaned my kitchen whilst rockin' out to the likes of "Dude Looks Like A Lady".