Sunday, September 9, 2012

first day of school



Anna's first day of High School





Kirsten's first day of Eigth grade 
(and last first day of Middle School)



 The Girls wanted to pose together before their solo shots




Lilly's first day of Kindergarten-Ms Thornell




 Sophia's first day of Pre-school- Ms Price


Monday, April 30, 2012

mallow's


Ahhh the creativity that can come from a bag of mallow's and a box of tooth picks




 They found Jim's leftover scout candy and made Starburst-sicles and....





 Swedish fish-kabobs



(ahhhh the things I got done during the 90 minutes of uninterrupted said creativity)

Thursday, April 26, 2012

heaven




Heaven

1. Sublime; delightful; enchanting.


This is exactly what I hope it looks like
(including but no limited to the Popsicles they are eating-see kirsten's hand)

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

random pics

 Sophia with her best friend Jordan on the IPAD




 Lilly's new haircut and style 
(that I have yet been able to recreate much to my child's dismay-darn talented stylist)





 Princess/fairy birthday party for the triplets





Dress-up at the triplets house


Monday, April 23, 2012

Baby mine

How did this happen?


Kindergarten orientation already? 
WOW.
That's all I can say
WOW.

(it was circus day at preschool-hence the face painting) 

Monday, March 5, 2012

lilly's breakfast



Apparently she REALLY wanted eggs.




The last 4 eggs I had,

That I purposefully saved for a recipe today

But to her credit: there isn't a single piece of shell in there.

Nice cracking lill-real nice.


Friday, February 17, 2012

Sophiiiiaaaaa




I could hear her crying

"Sophiiiaaaa where are you?"


"Soph?"



Look close...real close...up high


She's not even three people


Should I be worried?



Wednesday, February 8, 2012

poo

Seeing deer poo this morning... funny



Seeing more of it.... laughable




Seeing it spread across your entire driveway.....comical




Watching Jim trying to get rid of it..... downright hysterical!






Wednesday, February 1, 2012

RICH


Last week I attended a dinner with some dear friends.
One of our topics of discussion was about the word "Prosperity"

One woman said: "Do any of you dream of going to the grocery store and just buying butter? And buying it without giving any thought of it's price. Simply picking whatever looks good on the shelf instead of what price looks good"

We all laughed and agreed.

Buying butter without a price comparison=rich






Today I heard a good one:

I was on the phone with a friend who was dropping her kids off at pre-school. After they got out of the minivan she yelled: "hey will you please shut that door? We're not rich."

Now that's funny!

Automatic side doors on a mini van=rich.



What's your RICH?


Sunday, January 29, 2012

Mija



Mija es bonita! No?

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

I just don't know

“I Don’t Know How She Does It”

I found myself renting this little diddy a few days ago and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.

I rented it because I thought “Hey there’s a title I can relate to…why I can think of several occasions where I have thought that exact thing about myself.”

“I Don’t Know How She Does It.”

Well, here’s my review: ppppfffffttttttt

I know exactly how she does it. About 10 minutes into the movie I knew. It’s called a full-time nanny, house cleaner, cook, totally unrealistic overly understanding husband, a never ending supply of cash, ONLY 2 kids, a hyper metabolism or never eating thus not feeling the pressure to exercise…ever, a personal assistant, and most nights spent in a hotel room that has room service and the luxury of watching whatever you want…all night long.

REALLY PEOPLE? Who is writing this stuff? I get that this movie is based (loosely) on the reality of some women but I would LOVE to see it based on the reality of a stay-at-home-LDS- ward calling- PTA- mother of 2+,ages ranging from 0-18, on a budget-clips coupons-no nanny-no house cleaner-lucky to shower 2 times a week- daily uni is sweats-hair in a pony tail-and then ask the question “I don’t know how she does it” and the odds are that by the end of the movie you will find that she doesn’t….and it’s OK.

I know that woman won’t get her own show. Can you imagine “The Real Housewives of Stay at home-ville”: A “procedures” free face and body, no fancy shmancy clothing on a daily basis, rarely lunching with friends, doing her own pedicure on their bathroom floor trying to maneuver her thighs over her post baby belly which is taking a lot longer to get rid of because working out a and eating healthy is a joke. Eating those little gold fish and left over Halloween candy is sooo much easier than peeling an orange or blending together a green smoothie.

One review I read said: “Fun, Sexy, and Smart” yah, I was too before I got married and had kids.

Or- “A hilarious comedy about having it all. Because we deserve it.” What exactly is the “All” that they are talking about?

I am quite certain that their “All” and my “All” are very different.

My “All” right now isn’t remotely close to the world's definition. Although- I'm not gonna lie, most days I wish it was. But right now, right now it is about frozen nuggets, tantrums, laundry, making my own chicken stock from a chicken carcass to save a few dimes, wiping bums, doing puzzles, putting my almost 3 year old in time out for the 5th time today and asking daily (to one of my 4 girls) “Why are you crying?”

Tonight my “All” was listening (in complete exhaustion-head ready to hit the pillow) to said almost 3 year old plunk out a few keys on the piano and sing at the top of her lungs “My mom’s awesome. My mom’s nice. My mom’s bootiful”

She's my ALL.

And that's about ALL I can handle!