Flashback Friday - Always A Bridesmaid

I LOVE this picture! I think these are the most awesome bridesmaid dresses EVER! I can even remember being in my grandmothers bedroom trying mine on when it was being made. This picture was taken at my Aunt Mickey's wedding (she's the one in white), I am the little one in pink, my mom is in pink, my Aunt Lori is in blue, I believe that is Debbie Raines in orange (she is the mother of my best friend from my teen years). And I know I should know the person in yellow 'cause she looks so familiar, but I don't.

And for all of my concerned Flashback Friday readers who seem to think I have stolen all their pictures- I would like to remind you of what a WONDERFUL daughter you have who made scrapbooks for each of you when you turned 50. I had a ton of people send me pictures for those, which I copied and sent back. Then I made copies of your scrapbooks so I could have my own copy. These pictures are copies of copies which I made and paid for and therefore I have obtained them through legal means. So everybody can just settle down and enjoy!

Take A Vote

As if it wasn't bad enough to go a full week without a name, this cute little baby girl has now gone 9 months without a nickname. Ok, she has a nickname, I just don't know how to spell it

Addie, Addi, Addy?????

therefore I never write or type it, I always use her full name. I don't know. All my other kids names end in y and I go by Ally sometimes so Addy would fit in, but is it weird to spell it that way when her name is spelled Addison? Then you have Addi, is that too cheesy cute? And then there is Addie which I think looks best but I don't know if it is too boring.

So I am asking for your vote. Which one do you like best? Please cast your vote to the left. Polls close Sunday, September 16th at 12:00 midnight mountain time. Vote as many times as you like.

And remember, my daughters future is in your hands. So choose wisely.

Monday Morning Musings

My FASHION statement for the day? Black T SMEARED with baby food.

I had a return of the CRAZIES last night. My dear mother told me about a scary story she heard on the news and it sent me into all out panicked FREAKAZOID mode. I spent about an hour wandering about the house checking and rechecking the doors and windows and house alarm. Yes, we have a house alarm, just in case any crazy scary person is reading this. And I check ALL my windows and doors nightly. I usually have a nice little routine set up, I have a certain order I check them in and particular OCD inspired way in which they must be tested to make sure they are actually locked. That little routine just goes out the window when I am freaked out. I still feel a little shaky today but I am trying to get back in CONTROL.

All of a sudden I have these horrible BAGS under my eyes. Does that mean I am getting OLD?

I am expecting a call from Zac any minute saying his head HURTS and he needs to come HOME from school. What if I don't answer the phone?

As EXCITED as I am about building a house, I am also SCARED to death.

I have a TO DO list for today that is a mile and a half LONG.

The current SONG going through my head? Oh, SUSANNA! Why? I really can't say. It is just there. At least it knocked FABULOUS out.

I am ready for LOST to start again. Does anyone know WHEN that will be?

I have come from ALABAMA with a BANJO on my knee.

Never mind. Fabulous is BACK. I don't know why I played the video when I looked it up to provide the above link but it is back. It has been there for two weeks, 5 days, 4 hours and 22 minutes. Fetch me my Jimmy Choo flip flops, where is my pink Prada tote, I need my Tiffany hair band, and then I can go for a floaoaoat......I am going to lose my MIND.

To Hell In A Handbasket (does anyone actually know what a handbasket is?)

OK. This is hot dog #3 for me. The third hot dog I have eaten in my whole entire life since eating my first on July 31st, 2007. We took the kids up the canyon on Friday night for a little cookout and we cooked, drum roll please.......HOT DOGS. I don't know what my deal is. I still don't know that I could handle your average hot dog. Actually I am pretty darn sure I could not. All 3 hot dogs I have eaten have been Nathan's Kosher hot dogs. I have been told that they are not equal to other hot dogs on the market. I couldn't tell ya. But I do know that this particular hot dog I am eating in the above picture was particularly satisfying. To see the rest of the pictures of our little adventure on Friday click here. They are the pictures at the end of the album.

Just kidding! Click HERE!

Flashback Friday - Cousins

This picture was taken about a hundred years ago. We were having a family picnic at a park. Everyone is so little. We are all so grown up now.

Her Day Has Finally Arrived

My little cutest cutie started Pre-School today. She is so excited. She has been asking me every day for weeks if today was the day she was going to school. And every day I had to tell her no. But today she didn't even ask. She just knew and she got up and got dressed and ready in record time. She loves school and she loves her teacher. Have fun at school little Miss Aubrey Anna. Mommy loves you.

Take A Deep Breath And Sigh......

I am about to post a picture of Aubrey off to her first day of Pre-School. I didn't want to mess that sweet moment up with what I am about to say so I am giving this a post all it's own.

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Halleeeeeee lu jahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

For my children have alllllll gone to school

all gone to school

all gone to school

all gone to school

all gone to school

Ok, so this sounds horrible. I really want you to know that I love my children more than anything. I do. And I am so glad they are mine and I am their mother. I am. I love them. But I also love school. Not near as much as I love the kids. But I do love school. We had so much fun together this summer. We were all over the place. Spending time together, having a blast, making priceless memories. And I can't wait to do it all again next summer. And I am glad next summer is 9 months away.

Yesterday after Aubrey and Addison and I walked Zac and Em to school, Aubrey went home to play with a friend. I took Addison home and fed her and put her down for a nap. I seriously got more done, not accomplished because I feel like I got a lot accomplished this summer, but I got more DONE in the way of cleaning the house, doing paper work, all those types of things, than I did all summer long. And I am looking forward to getting more done today. Maybe I can get things organized around here and actually have a little bit of order going on. That would be nice.

Ok, so I got to go. I have already wasted enough of my precious time.

Have A GREAT Day!!!

I know I will.

Monday Morning Musings

Yes! Finally Addison slept through the night again (something she has been doing since she was 2 weeks old) and she took longer than 1/2 hour nap since we had our little hospital adventure.

It is a little unsettling to have the smoke alarm in your girls room go off at 4 am. Thankfully nothing was actually on fire. But it was a little freaky. I made Steve check downstairs and then feel the ceiling to make sure there wasn't a hidden flame somewhere. And hey, we are all still alive and well this morning!

Ahhh....Labor Day. No school. And Zac and Emily starting off the day by waking up ready to kill each other. And it has only gotten better......Thankfully they are going 4 wheelin' with Steve and my dad today. What time were they leaving?

Every dentist I have gone to in my adult life has been an idiot. And the one I went to on Friday was the biggest one of all.

I asked Steve this morning if he would consider going back to school to become a dentist. 'Cause as far as I can tell (oh, I can hear Zac and Em going at it upstairs as I type) all you have to do is go to a 3 week seminar and then pay someone a couple hundred bucks for a paper to hang on your wall. (no offense to any dentists reading this) And guess what? Steve said he had been thinking the same thing. He said if that guy I went to was such an idiot, surely HE could be a dentist too. If we were both thinking it, it must be meant to be. I wonder if I can change Zac's mind from paleontologist to dentist. No, I want my son to grow up to be smart.

We set up a folding table in our kitchen last night for Zac's B-day dinner. I am taking bets on how long it will be up before we take it down. Last time it went up it was there for at least 2 weeks. I am betting this time it will be up till Friday.

I ate so many strawberries last night, part of me wonders if it will come out through my milk and if we will end up in the ER again.

I was getting Em Frosted Flakes for breakfast and for some reason I really wanted some. Nasty. I will never make that mistake again.

I think it is a cruel trick to play on mothers. Have kids start school and go for a week and then give them a 4 day weekend. Yeah, they are off tomorrow too for some reason unbeknownst to me.

I would really just like to have 1 day off. One day of not cleaning, cooking, laundry, washing 100 hands and faces. breaking up fights. You know what, I would even settle for 1/2 day. Fat chance.

So, it has been about an hour since I typed this and I feel the need to come back and clarify my last statement. I don't want anyone to think that I am not grateful for the life I have. I LOVE my life. It is the life I have chosen and the life I want and I would not trade it for anything. I just want to do something for one day that doesn't HAVE to be done. Sometime I feel like everything I do is something that HAS to be done and not something I WANT to do. But than that is my own fault for not carving out time for things like that. Anyway, we are getting a little deep for Monday Morning Musings so I better go now. Have a GREAT holiday.

Birthday X 2

We had Zac's party with his friends on Friday, but today is really his birthday. Tonight we had a family party for him. We invited Papa, Grandma, Aunt Lauren and Alice. Zac requested kabobs and angel food cake for his Birthday dinner which he got. And it only took 4 hours or so to make. But it was yummy. Happy Birthday to my baby who is now 10 years old!

To see all the B-day pictures click here.

“No. They’re not mine. I just go around the neighborhood gathering up kids to take to the grocery store because it’s so much more fun that way.”

My friend sent me an e-mail with this link to an eBay auction. At first I noticed the ridiculous price someone paid for a pack of Pokemon cards. Then I scrolled down and read the story that goes along with it. It is so funny I was laughing the whole time I was reading it. And it reminds me of one of my most recent trips to the grocery store. Anyway, to see the auction click here.