Willis, Party of 6

It's been awhile...

2010-07-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

WOW

I have really neglected this blog for sometime now.

What have I been doing this whole time?

Well

let me bring you up to speed somewhat......

See this

lil' big man

well he is now

10 1/2 mths old

and weighs.....

are you ready for this....

25 lbs!

He is huge!

Try having to lug him around on your hip all the time.

I was able to visit my brother

who flew in from Arizona with his 2 daughters.

Here is the majority of our family.

Not pictured

my Fox

Isabel

my brothers fiance

and

her 2 daughters

and

Ashlea (my pregnant sister) fiance (because he was taking this picture).

I was also able to see my best friend

and

her daughter Rachel.

Me and Kristy
Isn't this the cutest looking butt!
Seriously...
I love this picture.
The blue's are so brilliant.

Lets see...
what else have I been up too?!?
Oh yah...
getting ready for my Fox's homecoming.
It will be here very very soon.
We are getting soooo excited
as you can imagine.

Something that Ian is really excited about is
getting new
twin beds.
He keeps telling me that
when lil' big man gets bigger
he wants to get
twin beds
so that they can sleep together in the same room.
He loves his baby brother.

Speaking of twins....

in case you haven't already
heard
or
seen
I had my mommy make over surgery.
You can read about it
and
see all my
before
and
after
pictures
here.

FREE blog design giveaway

2010-06-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

Do you like my new layout?!?Isn't it lovely?!?!Of course it is!

My brainy friend

Melissa

over at

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is hosting a

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All she needs is 70 followers before she draws a winner.

If your not following her...you best get on it.

I've even hooked you up with her super cute blog button to get started.

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CBC

2010-06-02T11:57:00.000-07:00

I finally blogged about my trip to the

CBC

over at

Goodnight moon

Go over and check it out.

It only took me

FOREVER and a DAY

to post it!

Sunday pics

2010-05-17T18:32:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

I honestly can't even remember what we did on Saturday.

My brain is fried.

And it's only Monday.

Sunday,

Isabel went to a birthday party.

I do remember that!

That is why she isn't in any of these pictures.

Ian always has so much fun climbing the trees in our front yard.

Yesterday he was bird watching.

Aren't his little PT shorts adorable!!!!!

Emma-Kay dressed herself yesterday.
Pink sweatshirt.
(even though it was in the high 80's yesterday...she said she was cold)
Pink tutu.
Pink razor scooter.
Pink borrowed purse from Vivian.
She also had on pink rainboots,
but it didn't take long before she was barefoot like the Flintstones.
She is my little Pinkalicious girl.
And my sweet Spitball.
He has been cutting his top teeth in all weekend long.

New wallet

2010-05-11T16:09:00.000-07:00

I've been on the hunt for a new wallet.

I've had the same old one,

for almost 3yrs now

and

I had really become bored with it.

UNTIL......

I found this lovely.

Isn't she dreamy?
It' a new line from
Vera Bradley
called
Frill.

Super cute....am I right?

Iphone...

2010-05-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

I love my IPhone.

I check facebook about 9875973493 times a day on it.
It's my "fake" husband while my "real" husband is gone.

It's my camcorder

My watch

My accessory

My flashlight in the dark.I can check my emails....

and the weather.

It's the perfect chew toy for my teething Spitball.

I take it to the bathroom with me to keep my company while I "dooooo" my business.

It's a game board for me and my chickens.

My GPS when I'm lost.

I wish it had a mirror in it,

so I could make sure I don't have food stuck between my teeth.

I can watch TV or Movies from it.

Listen to music.

I use it as my planning schedule because

I've got soooo many things going on in my life.

It handles all my banking.

I can even direct deposit a check into my account,

on the spot!

When I don't have my beautiful Nikon with me,

my IPhone takes its place.

Calculator.

Oh yah.....

I also use it as my cell phone.

My IPhone is all of this AND more.
Like for example....

when I'm having a "brown bag" moment,

my IPhone keeps me company

and

reassures me that I am loved.

It also keeps me company while I'm driving.

Especially

when I'm sitting at a red light.

It's always there for me,

holding my hand.

I love you IPhone.

Happy Mother's Day

2010-05-09T06:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day

to my Mother!

I love you and appreciate all the

love

and

support that you have always given me!

Happy Mother's Day

to my

Mother-in-Law.

And I get to spend my
Mother's Day
with all my chickens.
I sure have alot of them,
don't I?

I'm a guest blogger over at

Flip Flops & Combat Boots.
Make sure you go and check it out.

Happy Mother's Day

to all of you!

I will be spending my day

hosting a dinner

for some of my

milspouse lovelies,

who's Marines are also deployed.

How are you spending your day?

Sharing

2010-05-07T11:23:00.000-07:00

What else is there to say?

You.......

2010-05-06T19:11:00.000-07:00

I have found it interesting lately,

that we

ALL

think the same things

BUT

only some of us actually speak of it.

Here are some examples:

1. You hate that AFTER you take a shower,

you then get the sudden urge to poop?

2. Whenever you take off your underwear,

they ALWAYS land crusty side up.

3. Sometimes when you sneeze (as we get older *cough *cough) you sometimes tinkle in your undies.

4. You smell your own farts,

and feel complete satisfaction whey they stink like a rotten egg.

5. You see how long your hair will last before it gets so grease that it looks like lard on top of your head,

before you have to wash it.

6. You like to flick your boogers across the room and laugh when you hear it hit someone or something.

7. When your driving down the road,

and a bird is sitting right where your tire wheels go,

you secretly wish that it wouldn't move so you could "accidently" hit it.

8. When the gum that your chewing in your mouth gets old and un-flavorful,

you imagine yourself spitting it in someones hair.

9. When someone is getting on your nerves,

you imagine slamming their head against the wall.

10. When your outside wearing sunglasses and are engaged in a conversation with someone and your bored with listening to them,

you keep your head straight,

but your eyes are moving to look at other things going on in the distance.

11. You really enjoy scarring the crap out of your kids to the point that they cry.

12. You pee in the pool and PRAY that the water doesn't turn green.

Let's see....

what did I leave out?

I would love to hear some of your idea's of what we

ALL

think about,

but are too nervous to say yourself.

You can just use me as the

"you"

part.

I'm pretty open about anything....so please....speak your mind.

And the winner is.......

2010-05-06T05:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all my

Avatarian lovers

who entered to own their own personal copy of their homeland

AVATAR.

And now.....

with no further aAaAa-DoOoOo

THE WINNER IS.......

Life as a Sailor's Girl
Congrats
Mrs. Gambizzle

Email me your mailing info so you will receive your prize.

Would like like to know what my answer would be?

If I could get away with doing anything without being caught doing it, I would....
put the HOTTEST spiciest-lava fire engine red sauce I could find, and put it in the mouth of trash talkers.
Then I would pick my nose and put my crusty boogers in their mouth, and then fart in their face, and then draw all over their face with a permanent marker.

Update

2010-05-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

UPDATE:

When my chickens woke up this morning,

all the red spots on their heads were

G.O.N.E.

Weird...?

I'm still puzzled about it.

Anyways

on to more important matters.

Make sure you enter for your chance to win my giveaway.

Contest ends tomorrow night at midnight.

You know you wanna win.

And honestly,

your chances are pretty good right now.

SoOoOoO

if you dream of being an Avatarian

(yes that is a word I just made up)

aNd

you want to escape into a different realm

tHeN

click

HERE

to enter for your chance to win an Avatar DVD.

Just go do it already.....geshhhhhh!

Mysterious red spots

2010-05-03T17:22:00.000-07:00

WTC

are these mysterious red spots on my kids heads?

They cover,

and when I say cover,

I mean

COoOoOVER

their heads.

These pictures do

NOT

at all do the

mystery red spots justice.

This is the top of Emma-Kay's head and another view.

This is Ian's forehead and the top of his scalp.

and the top of his head.

And here are some spots on Evan's head.

Isabel is the only one that doesn't have them.

well

besides me of course.

Ian has them the worst?

Do you have any idea what these mystery red spots are from?

I did find a very small tick on Emma-Kay's head this afternoon

BUT

I am certain that the small little itty bitty tick could not have made all those red spots

especially

since Ian and Evan both have them.

What are your thoughts?

P.S

Don't forget to enter for your chance to win a FREE Avatar DVD.

Click HERE to enter.

Contest ends on Wednesday.

Spitball is 8mths

2010-04-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

Wow...

I can NOT believe that my Spitball is 8mths old today!

Where has the time gone?

Here is the proof of why I call him

Spitball.

The evidence is ALL over shirt.He says,

"momma" and "dadda" all the time now.
He went to the beach for the first time
last weekend while his Grandma Mary was here visiting.
Do you know what his bIgGeSt accomplishment is
in his young life of 8 mths?
Crawling!!!!!

Doesn't this picture look weird with him laying on his feet that way?

He is also starting to try and pull himself up to a standing position.
I said....starting.
He does have alot of weight packed onto his body.
He's like a sumo!

Oh...and here is the down fall.
He only takes 1 nap during the day.
THAT'S IT PEOPLE!!!!
Why does he do this to me?
I have no clue?

Happy 8mth Birthday Spitball.

Avatar Free Giveaway

2010-04-29T10:40:00.000-07:00

Since I had such a

great

turn out from my last giveaway,

I thought that I would host another one.

Ya'know....because I love all of you

ever so much.

Can you guess what I'm giving away?!?!

A brand new Avatar DVD.

I know

I'm

fReAkInG

awesome aren't I?

Have you seen how awesome this movie is yet?

The special effects were

aaaaa-mazing

uh-mazing

amazing!

Okay so down to business.

Here are the rules.........

1. You have to be a follower of

THIS

blog

AND

Goodnight moon

blog.

Annnnnnnd.....

2. You HAVE to answer this question:

If you could get away with doing anything,

anything at all....

and never be caught doing it....

what would you do?

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES

Blog about it.

Spread the love.

Make sure that you leave me your total of entries in your comment.

I will be checking up on you...so don't try and cheat!

Cheaters will be disqualified!

I can NOT stand a cheater!

Cheaters remind me of my ex-husband ENOUGH said!

Good luck my fellow Avatar lovers!

Contest ends

Thursday

Cinco De Mayo

(that's May 5th peeps)

I will announce a winner on

Friday.

I can not wait to hear all your comments.

Candy Stick Lane

2010-04-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

Guess what I got in the mail today?!?!

Okay,

your right,

you would never be able to guess.

So let me just tell you.

Because I became the 100th follower

on the every sooooo lovely

Candy Stick Lane

blog.

Renee gave me a gift certificate to use in her lovely

Etsy shop.

I applied some of my extra cash...

and I ordered this for my youngest girlie girl chicken.
Isn't is simply adorable

Of course it is...silly question.

She made it from vintage fabric.

Can you imagine how many twirls my chicken will be making in this?

I'm telling you
Renee
is
aaaaaa-mazing
uh-mazing
aMaZiNg.

You need to visit her

Etsy shop

to see all her wonderful creations.

This dress is my aBsOlUtE favorite!!!!

I am simply grooling over it!

Isn't it divine?!?!

I wonder if she could make one in my size?

So....

go and check out

The FabUUUUlous

Renee!

You can also become her facebook fan.

Just click here.

Beach day with Grandma Mary

2010-04-24T21:22:00.000-07:00

Grandma Mary is here visiting us from Michigan.

My chickens are keeping her on her toes

ALLLLLL

day long!

We decided to head to Lejeune's beach this morning.

It was the best day for it.

The kids had a blast digging in the sand,

finding sharks teeth and shells,

and actually getting in the ocean.

Here are just a few pics that I took.

Enjoy.......

Emma-Kay said that she had to pee while we were there.

I told her to go into the water and pee in the ocean.

And don't act like that is nasty,

because its not.

You

KNOW

that all of you have peed in the ocean before.

She actually pulled her pants down,

and started to pee.

We had to run over to her and tell her to just pee in her pants,

since she was already wet.

She freaked out.

She hated the thought of peeing in her pants,

but didn't mind the fact that she was all wet and had sand in all her "area's".

The Grinch butt....in all it's glory.

I love this picture of the beach.....

All the kids had to undress

and

ride home na-ked

since I wasn't expecting them to get in the water.

Smiles all around.

The End.

Spa day

2010-04-23T17:07:00.000-07:00

Last year for my 30th birthday,

my great sister friends,

Jessica, Summer and Candace,

gave me a gift certificate for a

Day at a Spa.

I have been holding onto it,

kissing it every night and sleeping with it under my pillow.

You could say that I've been savoring it.

I loved knowing that I had it.

But I never knew when the

"right time was"

to use it.

Well,

that

"right time"

was today.

I was super excited,

mostly because when I called to make my appointment,

I found out that it not only was for a massage,

but also for a manicure and pedicure!

I was in heaven!!!!!

I got ready,

and headed out.

When I turned into the the

Deluxe Day Spa

I would've linked the site,

BUT,

that would be like giving them a tip,

and since I didn't tip them AT ALL today,

I'm not going to be giving them one now.

Let me explain........

Doesn't the spa look cute?

I loved the flowers in the front.

But

I was nervous about the

"OPEN"

light in the front window.

Well people...as you all know,

looks CAN,

and in this case

ARE

very deceiving.

As I walked into the "spa" as they call it,

I was asked to fill out a 3 page information sheet.

Yes...3 pages!

They wanted to know everything about me.

Who my doctor was?

Have I ever been hospitalized?

Was I allergic to anything?

I needed to list my emergency contact.

Do I eat my boogers?

Okay, well maybe not that one.

But seriously....my emergency contact?

What are they planning on doing to me?

I'm just getting a massage/mani/pedi.

I also had to sign a waiver stating that if anything happened to me while getting my massage,

that the massage therapist,

would not be held accountable.

That was probably my cue to walk out.

But I couldn't.

I had to use my gift certificate.

As I walked back to the massage room,

the massage therapist was looking over my 3 pages of information.

I had a feeling she was going to say something to me,

because I didn't fill out any of the information they were requesting,

but my name.

I'm pretty sure that me being allergic to Penicillin,

and her knowing that I've had 4 c-sections,

a tonsillectomy and my wisdom teeth removed,

wasn't needed for her to be able to rub the knots out of my neck.

Maybe.......

it would be needed if she was going to murder me,

cut my organs out of my body

and sell them behind the stores dumpster

for money to buy her a new hair weave.

The room was not at all relaxing.

Sure,

the lights were dimmed and there were candles in the corner shelves.

But the music she was playing,

was more for her,

and not so much for me.

She had her own personal Ipod in it's Ihome,

listening to her own personal play list.

Not to mention,

I felt like I was in Antarctica.

I quickly got na-ked....but looked at every inch of the room to make sure there were no hidden cameras.

I slide under the sheets with my face down in the donut,

and waited on her to come back in.

The massage was alllll-right,

not the best I've ever had,

but definitely the worst.

I'm not going to complain about that too much,

because I needed it,

and it felt good.

After my massage,

I got dressed

(again, really quickly)

and went to pick the color of polish I wanted on my nails.

I picked

"cotton candy apple",

in other words,

RED.

The girl that I am presented to,

that would be working on my hands and feet,

sat in front of me playing on her blackberry as we were introduced.

Again,

another cue to walk out!

Lets just call this chick.....

Skank...

you know,

for the sake of my blog.

Here is Skank,

working her magic on my feet.

Please take note:

she is wearing her sunglasses inside her work environment,

as a headband.

She also had some really weird cleavage going on,

but since I took these pictures with my Iphone,

I couldn't zoom in for you.

(Don't worry, if your wanting to see cleavage....remember I am getting my tube socks fixed, and will post pics when they are done.)

Anyways, back to my complaining about my free spa day.....

So,

here I am sitting in my massage chair,

reading a magazine and taking pictures of Skanks weird looking cleavage....

and she gets up and walks away from me.

She tells me that the purple crap she just coated on my feet needs to sit on them for 5-10mins.

Okay, fine....I'll buy that.

Oh,

also note that she is wearing gloves......are my feet that stinky?

Too stinky for a Skank?

Well

5-10 mins,

turns into 30mins.

I am fUmMmMiNg!!!!!

I'm texting my besties...telling them how freaking annoyed I am.

I was doing the nasty clearing of the throat technique...not working.

I try the glaring of my brown eye laser beams...again, not working.

I do the really annoying *sigh*...not working.

I even drop my magazine on the tile floor....nope, completely ignored.

Finally,

she comes back over to me.

At this point,

I then notice that she has the best looking nails I have

EVER

seen in my life!

Blue tip fake nails.....

I was so tempted to get them myself,

but then I remembered that I had already be in the freaking

"spa"

for

3 HOURS!

Would you like to know why it was taking the Skank sooo freaking long to finish me up?!?!

Because of.....

Old Lady Skank.

She was working on Old Lady Skank....

instead me,

Moi.
(Do you like how I used that word Michele?)

Note how the Old Lady Skank is wearing a very classy tube shirt.

She is also so freaking lucky,

because she has 2 sets of boobs...or maybe its a sidewards butt?

You be the judge.

She stole her jean shorts from her granddaughter,

no lie either.

I was privileged enough to actually listen to their

ENTIRE

conversation.

I will tell you that both the Skank and the Old Skank work in a bar together.

I'm sure you never would've guessed that.

As I was leaving,

I tried to get a picture of the Old Lady Skanks designer purse.

Again,

it was taken by my Iphone,

so it's fuzzy.

It's a very vintage piece,

dating back to 1981.

It's called A La Cocojean.

Thank you Jessica, Summer and Candace for my wonderful day at the spa!!!!!!

Le Creuset Winner

2010-04-21T21:28:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all my

old

AND

new

followers for all my lovely comments.

I loved reading what your favorite day of the year is.

I had a total of 125 comments.

That is aaaaaa-mazing!

Do you want to know what my favorite day of the year is?

probably not.

You just want to know who the winner of

THIS

is......

And the winner is......

Stephanie Toland.

(Stephanie, email me for the details on claming your prize)

Congrats Stephanie.

And in case you actually do care about what my favorite day of the year is.....

......it's daylight savings time.

I love it in the fall,

when we can

"fall back"

an hour and get an extra hour of sleep.

And then again in the spring,

when we

"spring ahead"

and the days grow longer and longer.

Thank you everyone for entering to win.

And just so you know,

I will be hosting another giveaway down the road...

So make sure you come back and check for that.

It's gonna be

BIG...BIG...BIG

I tell you!!!!!

I picked the winner,

but putting all your entries in a

BROWN PAPER BAG,

and pulled at random

a name out.

I felt the

BROWN PAPER BAG

was appropriate.

(Click on that link to see why.)

I HATE WEDNESDAYS

2010-04-21T11:15:00.000-07:00

I need to own this shirt!

Seriously.

If I did,

I know that I could make a cubillion dollars selling this shirt

to all the moms that live on base and have kids in preschool or primary schools.

Let me tell you why

I HATE WEDNESDAYS
and this one in particular.

-I wake up knowing that I have to go to the commiSCARY with 3 chickens in tow.

-The forecast today is calling for rain all day, with scattered thunderstorms in the early morning. The early morning of course is my destination time.

-I get to the commiSCARY and run into Renee. She is loading her car full of groceries and leaving, as I am just getting my kids in the cart to head in. What it must be like to go grocery shopping without ANY chickens.....someday (sigh).

-I get stuck behind this little old lady. She insists on pushing her cart (that is much taller and weighs way more then she does soaking wet), down BOTH lanes of traffic. I was down the cake aisle, just inches from the end of the aisle were I could hurry up and make a sharp turn and avoid being behind her....BUT.....she is now blocking traffic and taking her sweet ol' time looking through coupons. She must be able to feel my HUGE BROWN LASER EYE BEAMS starring at her, because she turns to me and says, "are you waiting on me"? "yes I am"!!!!! I'm thinking that she doesn't have her hearing aids in because she continued taking her time. I finally got fed up, that I made a U-turn even though I was just inches away from the end of the aisle.

-Somehow....I end up behind this same old lady again....

-When I come out of the commiSCARY, it is pouring down rain. Of course it is!

-The oriental bagger (yes, I said oriental, leave me alone...this is my vent), put her cart full of my groceries right behind my car, leaving me blocked out, so I couldn't get my 3 chickens in the car. All our feathers were soaking wet!

-I laid all my chickens down for a nap, after I put all the groceries away. This is to include my baby baby chicken who is teething and not sleeping well.

-I decided to treat myself to a very much needed nap. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out for the count! But I knew I could only nap for about an hour or so,

because today after all is

WEDNESDAY.

This means its early release for Isabel in school.

Instead of getting out at their normal time of 3:15,

they get out out 1:45.

This might not seem like a bad thing right?

WRONG

it is the

WORST THING EVER!!!!

-I figured my natural motherly internal clock would remember to wake up in time, to get the other chickens up, and get in the car to pick up Isabel since it is pouring down rain.

-NOPE, my natural motherly internal clock must of ran out of batteries. Because I was way into drool city when I heard a noise. That noise was the ONLY reason I woke up.

-I had to rush, and wake up ALL of my chickens. Remember that baby baby chicken I have that is teething?.....Well I had to wake him up from his deep dark dreamland.

-I still have to get my house clean, because my mother-in-law will be my house guest for the next 5 days, starting tomorrow. I plan on leaving her with the kids as much as possible and fleeing far far away...for as long as I can.

It's only 3pm,

and

this

WEDNESDAY

isn't even close to being over yet.

I'm sure that since I am blogging this....it will only mean one thing.......

even more really really ridiculously bad things will happen.

I HATE WEDNESDAYS!

Pile of Feathers

2010-04-20T18:48:00.000-07:00

The devil took over this chickens actions today. The devil

"made"

him do something inconceivable,

to his younger chicken sibling.

This was the instrument that was used.

And this is the 1st pile of feathers I found laying on the carpet.

and the 2nd pile.....

and the 3rd pile.....

and the 4th pile.....

and the 5th pile.......

And here is the full nest of feathers.

I'm pretty sure that a real live bird could have used this to make an

ENTIRE

nest for her baby birds.

Now my baby chicken has a mullet.

Yeah...

you didn't know that chickens could have mullets

did you?

Either did I.

Did you know that it took this

sweet,

lovable,

saucy,

chicken her

ENTIRE LIFE

2 1/2 yrs

to grow that many feathers?

Needless to say,

Mother Hen was none to pleased!

She grounded the devil possessed chicken to the coop for the

ENTIRE

day,

and he was warned,

if he

EVER

does that action again,

Mother Hen

will take him to the farmer and will have his

ENTIRE

head plucked!

After/Before...stupid blogger!

2010-04-19T11:44:00.000-07:00

So......

I have this uH-mAzInG neighbor,

Amanda.

(click on her name and visit her blog)

She was sadly unable to use the

Photoshop

program she bought for her Mac.

So,

she willingly just handed it over to me since I have a PC.

I'm telling you

this chic is da' bomb!

I've been playing around with my pictures and trying to figure out how Photoshop works.

Here are some of the pictures I've edited so far.

And blogger is stupid today.

They were suppose to be

Before/After....

but instead they are

After/Before.

After

BeforeAfter
Before

After

(this one is my fav)

Before

After

Before

After

(I also lOvE this one)Before

I always thought that I had a nice camera and took O.K pictures.

BUT NOW

I am so in love with my camera

AND

Photoshop.

I would take a picture knowing how I would want the picture to turn out

once I downloaded it onto my computer....

but once it was downloaded,

it was never as good as I thought it would be.

It was as if I was colored blind before,

and now

I can see color!

I am so inlove!

Thank you Amanda!!!!!

Le Creuset Giveaway

2010-04-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

That's right my lovely blog followers.....

I am hosting my very first

FREE GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

I am super excited.

This lovely

Le Creuset

is what I am giving away.

Isn't it dreamy!

Doesn't it make you want to cook?

It does me....especially since I haven't been doing that alot lately.

My poor chickens have been eating alot of cereal for breakfast

AND

dinner.

Hey,

at least I'm feeding them!

Anyways,

back to this red hOt giveaway......

So
here are the rules to enter.
I know, I know...
there are always strings attached isn't there?

1. You have to be a follower of THIS blog.
AND
2. Answer this question:
What's your favorite day of the year?

See, that wasn't so bad was it?!?

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES:
Become a follower on my other blog,
Goodnight moon!

Okay.....do you want even MORE entry points?!?!
You can become followers of my besties......
HunDuddle Hussy
and
Soldier's Lady.

Did you add all that up?
You have
4
chances to win!

So,
go on.....
start following....
and answer my question.

Contest ends,
Wednesday, April 21th at midnight.
I will announce the winner on Thursday morning.

Don't you want to be part of the cool crowd?
Then start following already!!!!!!

P.S.

Make sure you tell me how many entries you have...

and don't try to cheat either!

Cheaters will be disqualified.

Trip to Grandma & Grandpa's house in pictures

2010-04-15T17:37:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of my dad with my chickens....

sadly,

my Spitball is missing....

he was fast asleep during this photo-op. This picture is so funny.

We were watching a vampire and werewolf movie

(I can't remember the name of it though)

...and no,

it wasn't Twilight or New Moon.
Emma-Kay and Ian were scared.

I love their expressions.

Ian is so intense.

My dad always puts the kids to work when we go visit.

They LOVE helping Grandpa.
Look at those muscles.

Emma-Kay was really into watching Grandpa clean the machine.

She sat on his leg and watched him,

and of course

asked him a million and one questions about it.

Emma-Kay and Millie are friends.

Let me explain:

If Emma-Kay didn't want anymore of her food,

she would

"accidentally"

let Millie take it from her little hands.

So,

they have a win win relationship.

My Spitball sat in the highchair that I used when I was a baby.

I LOVE this picture of Emma-Kay with her Grandma.

"What are you talking about Willis?"

Millie girl.

Ian with his stinky rain boots.

He has to wear them with NO socks!

bLeCk!

The kids made mud pie's.

Look at Spitball's turtle lips.

Ian is always loving on his baby brother.

They are best friends.

I have more pictures,

but I didn't want to overload you all in one post,

as I am sure I already have.
sOrRy!

TV Stand

2010-04-15T10:06:00.000-07:00

One

of the things

that my sexy Fox and I

said we wanted to buy while he is deployed

(and he gave me his blessing to buy),

is a new TV stand.

This is the TV that we have for our living room.

And as of right now,

it sits on an old, black, cheap, broken, TV stand,

that my Fox had from his bachelor days.

It has seen better days.

I'm surprised that it is still standing after making through 7 moves.

I've been looking for something NEW for it to be sitting on.

I think I need a

corner TV stand.

In all the times we have moved,

we always seem to put the TV in the corner.

Then it only makes sense to get a

corner TV stand,

doesn't it?!?

What do you have your TV sitting on?!?!

Field of flowers

2010-04-14T18:25:00.000-07:00

Last week I went up to Virginia to visit my parents for Spring Break.

On your way to their house,

you travel on a really lovely farm country road.

There are quite a few horse and cow ranches.

It's a very peaceful drive.

As we would come and go from my mom's house,

we would pass this field of beautiful wild yellow flowers.

And every time we would pass them,

I would say that I wanted to stop and take pictures of the kids in them.

And so I did......

My dad came along with us,

and

took this picture of me with all my chickens.

I felt very rushed taking these pictures because Evan was screaming his head off almost the entire time.

I also wished I had waited to take them around 7pm,

so the sunset would've been prettier.

Oh well....

Vaca

2010-04-05T20:15:00.001-07:00

I'm on vaca right now.

I know your all missing me soooo much!

I'm visiting my parents in VA,

and will be back home next week.

So until then,

if your wanting to hear from me,

check out

Goodnight moon!

Thanks lovelies!!!!

Fupa & Tube Socks

2010-04-01T17:24:00.001-07:00

Would you like to read about my

mommy make-over

consultation appointment?

I talk about my fupa

AND

my tube socks.

After my procedures,

I'll post my

BEFORE

and

AFTER

pictures.

Visit my

Goodnight moon!

blog to read all about it.

Click

HERE.

And if your not following me,

just do it already.

Seriously,

all the cool cats are doing it.

MEOWWWWWW

You don't want to be left out do you?

Spitball is 7mths

2010-03-31T20:38:00.000-07:00

Today

my sweet slobbery Spitball is 7 mths young.

It's hard to believe how fast his short little life has flown by.

I remember when he looked like a wrinkled old man.

And now he has baby boobies.

Look at all that chunkiness!

He is so yummy.

As you can see, he can sit up all on his own now.

He says, "muuummma" all the time.

He eats crackers

(Yes, big people's food. Don't judge me, I know what I'm doing, he IS my 4th.)

He is starting to reach for me to pick him up.

AND

he tells me everyday how much he loves and misses his daddy.

(When he's crying that is.)

Happy 7 mth young birthday.

Muuummma loves you!

Charity

2010-03-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

Spread the word for charity.

It's that simple!

HERE

and you can make a donation in your name by simply becoming

a facebook fan,

twitting it,

or blogging it.

You can either pick for your donation to go here.....
or here.....

or here.....

Now,

go and do it,

so you can help raise money for these amazing charities!

Evan talks.....

2010-03-30T19:06:00.000-07:00

Under Construction

2010-03-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

Alot of construction is going on with my other blog.

First of all,

I changed the name of it from

Dear Matt

to.....

Goodnight moon!

Secondly,

I am having a fabulous blogger friend over at

Lovely Yellow Ribbons,

spice it up with a brand new look.

It's going to be all shiny and new looking,

and I can NOT wait!

So please bare with me.

Right now it's so plain, blah and bleck!

If your not already a follower of

Goodnight moon

then go and be one already!

All the cool kids are doing it.

You don't want to be left out, do you?

Grab a button while your at it too....show me some love.

You know, I am really lonely since my fox is deployed.

Don't make me cry.

I Heart Faces Photography Dramatic B&W

2010-03-29T08:50:00.000-07:00

I thought I would enter another photo contest.....

(thanks Candace)

I Heart Faces Photography.
(click on the link above to check out all the other uh-mazing enteries)

I'm pretty sure that I won't win,

but....there's always that slim chance.....right?!?

The challenge for this weeks theme is "Dramatic B&W".

I decided on this picture because I love the natural lighting that is coming in through the window,

showing the blinds shadows.

I also love the way my husband is looking down at our 4th chicken in his arms.

And big brother Ian,

looking at his baby "bruther" with such love.

I Heart My Family:)

BUTT rash

2010-03-29T07:52:00.000-07:00

I have always

loved loved loved

Pamper diapers.

I swear by them!

My last 3 chickens have ALWAYS used Pamper diapers, ALWAYS.

Nothing BUT Pampers.

One day last week,

I was walking in Target and thought that I would try their Up &Up brand of diapers.

After all,

they were $5 cheaper

AND

offered more diapers in a box,

compared to my LOVED Pampers.

So,

I bought a huge box of them,

and went on my way.

I finished using all the Pamper diapers for Evan's little chubby butt,

before I tried the new ones.

THEN.....this happened.......

My poor sweet spitball's butt and peanut area was raised,
bright red,
and bleeding with every wipe I took with the baby wipes.
He was SCREAMING bloody murder,
(just ask Michele).
I thought he was going to have a seizure because his poor little body was shaking in pure pain.
I had been talking to Jessica and she had mentioned that if she ever switched her babies diapers, they would break out with diaper rash from the difference in the diaper material.
That made perfect sense!
My spitball has only EVER worn Pampers.
He must have sensitive skin.

So,
we are now back to the BEST diapers EVER.

His chubby butt-butt,
looks so much better now!

I wonder if Pampers will send me some FREE diapers for posting this?!?!

Where is Emma-Kay?

2010-03-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

This is how I found her this morning.

ZooShoo giveaway

2010-03-22T18:37:00.000-07:00

Here is another fab giveaway.

I know, I know...

I'm doing all this leg work for you to be able to enter for your chances to win.

Just promise...if you win, that you will let me borrow these uh-mazing shoes!

Aren't they divine!

Whatever DeeDee Wants

{she's gonna get it},

is giving away these,

ZooShoo shoes.

Grab her button while your checking out her great blog!

And if your grabbing buttons....you should grab my button to my deployment journal to Matt.

You know you wannnnn-aaaa, so just DO IT already

Please!!!!!

And the winner is......ME!

2010-03-18T05:31:00.000-07:00

Remember when I posted a blog about

The Vintage Pearl

giveaway?

Well.....Erin picked two winners.....one was her pick, and the other was a random pick.

She had 921 entries, and with that being sad,
here are the winners....go ahead and read what she wrote.....

The winner I picked was Amber who said: "Well, I'm sure that my entry won't win the most cReAtIvE...but here it is....since my hubby is deployed to Afghan...I will be heading up from NC, to VA with my four chickens in tow, to spend some time with my parents. I know that might sound boring, but I'm really looking forward to it. One of my favorite things, is to watch my parents with my kids. It just warms my heart:)"

---because I simply cannot imagine being on my own with all 4 kids! Amber, that is amazing! Please email me!

And the randomly picked winner is Rachel who said " wish I could say we had some fabulous trip planned, or that I was allowed to leave the house for something other than a doctors appointment. Not so. Instead I'm on the couch creating a super comfy womb for my twin boys who will be born any day now!! Now THAT would be something special over our spring break!!! I would love to win, & I have been scoping out several items I LOVE that will display our boys' names. =)"

Congrats Rachel! Email me!

Isn't that freaking awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU ERIN!!!!!!

My Wish List

2010-03-15T19:13:00.000-07:00

My Wish List:

1. For all my chickens to be well mannered and behaved at ALL times.

2. To be able to stay in my bed all day long on the next rainy day, and sleep with NO interruption's....in translation....all my chickens would be free lanced out for the day.

3. Me and my bestie Jessica (aka The Hussy) would LOVE LOVE LOVE nothing more, but to have Stephanie...(aka, Nienie)...to comment on our blogs. All of our dreams would come true....well, maybe not all of them....but we would be so smitten!

(For those of you how don't know who Nienie is, you must be living under a rock. She is such a beautiful inspiration to ALL!)

You can also find Nienie, along with another uh-mazingly beautiful women, Katja on

"Nie and You"!
( I love starting my mornings with these two women!)

Okay okay, so out of my daydream and back to my wish list.....

4. I've been wanting some new bedding for my "sand box"...my bed. I've been looking all over for exactly what I want, but I'm having such a hard time finding it. Have any of you seen Cougar Town? I love the bedding in Courtney Cox's room. I think this might be it? But I'm not 100% sure?

I also thought about getting this bedding. I know, they are two totally different looks.

5. I would also like to get a new shower curtain for my bathroom. I love this beauty, but I could NEVER do an all white ANYTHING in my house with my chickens running around.

6. I can't wait for this to be dangling from my neck! I bought this from Etsy, and I'm impatiently waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

7. I can't wait to be in the arms of this guy again! Not a minute goes by that I don't think about him. He is the love of my life, and I miss him so incredibly bad.
(You can follow my deployment journal to him, HERE.)

8. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to get this sexy skinny bathing suit for myself. Isn't it just lovely! So chic! Look at the flowers going down the center of it, they would totally hide my fupa, not to mention it's black!

So, to finish this up, since this is ONLY my wish list, I'm going to end it BIG!

I would LOVE to be laying in this bed, with my sexy man, with or maybe withOUT the above swimsuit on, at this resort.

Life would be grand if I had everything on my wish list!

But...
I am truly grateful for the life I live, my friends and family that support me and a husband who is so in love with me, and beautiful, healthy chickens.
Life is pretty grand afterall!

Mudd

2010-03-14T20:08:00.000-07:00

It has been such a beautiful weekend.

I had to take Emma-Kay to the doctor.

Aunt Courtney was nice enough to watch my other chickens for me,

so I didn't have to tow all of them with me.

While I was gone,

I received a text from Court.

Court: your going to be so mad at Isabel

Me: why?

Court: You'll see:)

Me: I'll be home in a bit

Court: Can't wait:)

Me: Give me a hint

Court: Mud. Everywhere.

Me: In the house?

Court: No

This is what Courtney was talking about.......

Isabel with her friend Vivien.
I think this was Vivien's 3rd outfit change,

and 3rd time she continued to get muddy.
Isabel and Nora

All my neighbors kids were playing in the ditch water...except for that one kid that is completely clean.........that would be Ian.

Emma-Kay is too prissy to even entertain the thought to get muddy.

Look at those fancy shoe's she has on.

Now,

lets fast forward to this morning.

Michele had come over to use my computer,

which meant that she brought both her boys over....meaning,

namely Cole...

Emma-Kay's "friend".

All the kids were outside playing,

when Isabel came into the house to tell me that Emma-Kay had gotten into the mud.

Here's a little closer look at those really cute fancy shoe's that use to be WHITE!

Do you want to know why Emma-Kay went into the mud?

Because Cole did!

The Vintage Pearl Giveaway

2010-03-12T11:16:00.000-08:00

The Vintage Pearl

is having another fabulous giveaway!

I'm blogging about it,

because I'm wanting another entry point,

NOT

because I want YOU to enter,

because it will lessen my chances to win.

Erin

is giving away one maybe TWO $50 gift certificate to her website.

Here are a few of my favorites.

Matt actually got me this beauty for Christmas with all my chickens names on it.

I LOVE it!!!!!

These sweet earrings would look lovely hanging from my ears.
And I know,
call me a copy cat because Jessica..aka The Hussy,
has this hanging from her neck.
I love the simpleness of it.

BUT,

if I do win....

I'm thinking that I might use the gift certificate,

and get a certain somebody a gift.

Hair clip + upper lip = crying 4yr old

2010-03-11T17:46:00.000-08:00

I heard Ian crying as he was walking down the hallway tonight.

I just figured that Isabel was picking on him,

or he stubbed his toe.....

BUT

when he rounded the corner into the dinning room,

I saw why he was crying.
I'm not to sure what possessed him to snap a hair clip on his upper lip,
but as you can tell,
it didn't feel good!
I can't help but laugh when I saw him.
And yes...
instead of immediately removing the hair clip,
I needed to snap a picture....
you know,
so I could blog about it.
I know,
I'm such a great mom aren't I!
I love the drool strung from his mouth to his hand.

(Oh, BTW....this is my 400th post!!!!!!)

Brown paper bag

2010-03-10T14:45:00.000-08:00

So,

I've been told that I have a

"forgettable face".....

well...

not directly,

but indirectly I have been.

Let me explain,

I have come in contact with people,

whom I have met,

engaged in conversation,

and have been at functions together with.

We've exchanged jokes, smiles and laughs together.

BUT THEN...

the next time that I see the person or personS,

they act like they have NEVER seen me before.

Seriously,

WTC!!!

I don't understand this?

I mean,

I've made eye contact with you,

we shook hands and exchaged names,

but you can't remember me?

WHY?

So,

I've decided that I am going to be making appearance,

and would like to be referred to as the,

Brown Paper bag.

Maybe then,
people will remember me!
Who can miss a brown paper bag,
with a body hanging out the bottom of it?

Prayers

2010-03-09T17:07:00.000-08:00

Here are the kids saying their prayers at dinner time.

(For the life of me, I can not figure out how to upload video's normal on here?!?)

Amen.

Swinging

2010-03-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

Here is a fun video of the kids, swinging Emma-Kay, in Evan's swing. Enjoy!

No more training wheels

2010-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

Today was such a beautiful day. I decided to take the training wheels off of Ian's bike, and show him how to ride it like a big boy. He did so awesome! He did much better then I thought he would do, he only crashed a few times. He hasn't quite figured out his "dismount" yet, but he will. I ran right beside him as he was riding, just in case he needed me to help balance himself back out again. I am so proud of him, and only wished that Matt couldn't been here to watch him.

Enjoy the video. This is my first time uploading a video (the video is from my IPhone), so I haven't figured out the ins/outs of it yet.

Notice how he crashes into the mailbox as his "dismount".

Today's pics

2010-03-02T16:13:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pics from today......

I found Emma-Kay and Ian,

on the kitchen counter,

with their hands IN the sugar jar.

Caught ya!!!!!

Does she looked surprised, or what?!?

Aunt Courtney was so nice today.

She went to pick up Isabel from school for me.

Instead of driving to the school,

she decided to walk,

which is fine normally,

but today,

it was pouring rain.

Oh,

and the umbrella that she took of mine,

was broke,

so every time the wind blew,

the umbrella went inside out.

Stupid blogger mixed up the order of these last two pics....

My sweet 6 mth old spitball,

woke up with a sharp object in his mouth.

Can you guess what it is?!?

A brand new tooth!
You might have to enlarge the picture to actually see it,

but it IS there!

(Blogger is also screwing up the spacing on this post!)

Dress-up shoes

2010-03-02T05:25:00.000-08:00

My littlest princess. She loves her dress-up shoe's that Aunt Kristy got her.

Unfortunately,

Aunt Courtney can't stand them in the early morning hours,

as they are click and clack down the hallway in the morning.

I love that sound myself.

(Notice Emma-Kay's new tutu. She's in love.)

Sleeping babies

2010-02-28T20:18:00.000-08:00

This little guy,

is 6 whole months young today!

It seems like it was only September 1st,

yesterday.

I have no idea where the last six months have gone?

I just want to soak him all in,

since he is my last baby.

Here is my sweet poko-pie sleeping with her daddy pillow.
And Ian.....

And Isabel.

Each night,

they give daddy a hug and a kiss goodnight,

and tell him they love him.

It is the sweetest thing!

Baby Legs

2010-02-25T17:26:00.000-08:00

I decided to put the kids Baby Legs to use tonight.

I'm thinking Emma-Kay looks like a munchkin from the Wizard of Oz,

a circus clown?

She really does love her mommy:)
Notice that Evan is wearing his Baby Legs,
on his arms and legs.
He matches so well, doesn't he?
Also notice how BIG Evan looks in Emma-Kay's arms.
He looks just as big as she does, if not BIGGER.
Aunt Courtney was making fun of the way he was dressed.
He has ALOT of different designs going on.
I thought he looked cute,
she disagreed.
We went and ate at Asian Fusion tonight,
and the waitress said that his outfit was the cutest thing!
Soooo,
IN YOUR FACE COURTNEY!
If you like Evan's booties....go HERE, and put your order to Denise to custom make a pair for you.

No memory card!

2010-02-24T17:38:00.000-08:00

So,

this is what a great mom I am......

Isabel's class has been learning about the Winter Olympics,

and hosted an opening ceremony yesterday.

Aunt Courtney, myself and my other chickens walked up to the school to attended the short, and I mean short ceremony.

I brought my camera with me, so that I could take pictures of her....only to realize that when I went to take a picture, I FORGOT the memory card that was in my computer!!!!!!

I was sooooo mad at myself!

(The Nikon D60, has NO internal memory.)

But, okay, I forgave myself because this morning was what really mattered.

It was the day of 8 different events, that they hosted at their Olympics.

Before we headed out this morning to take Isabel to school, I wanted to take a few pictures so I could email them to Matt.

(the kids are wearing yellow shirts, because Isabel was representing Team China)

And yes mom and dad...here is a picture of me!

Well, after our photo op....I hurried up and downloaded these pictures so I could email them to Matt.
I very quickly emailed them to him, and we were out the door.
I'm guessing you know where I'm heading with this.....
we go to THE ceremony today....and I pull out my camera to take a picture of Aunt Courtney sitting with the kids before Isabel's class came out...
and CRAP,
I forgot the stinkin memory card in the computer AGAIN!!!!!!
Grrrrrrrr!!!!!

Here are a few pictures of my butterball.
Look how talented he is.
He can still stick his foot in his mouth, when with all those chubby rolls!

What a hard life

2010-02-23T17:17:00.000-08:00

Sassafras

2010-02-22T19:32:00.000-08:00

Look at my little Sassafras!

I will admit,

she is a tad bit spoiled....can you blame her with those eyes?

Seriously....

she's like a little doll baby!

Oh yah,

and she does have a sassy saucy personality!

Handmade with love

2010-02-21T18:34:00.000-08:00

Aren't these cards lovely!

We got them in the mail from Matt.

He mailed them out from Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan,

before he headed down to

Camp Beulah Wood.

A group of ladies from California,

made all these cards with the help of school age kids.

They made them for the marines and mailed them to Afghanistan,

so they could mail Valentine cards home to their loved ones.

It is so great to know that people really do care and support our troops.

Guessing game....

2010-02-20T19:49:00.000-08:00

Let's play a little game.

It's called the

Guessing Game.

Can you guess what the red stuff is on Emma-Kay's nose?If you guessed marker...you are actually wrong.

But that would've been a very good guess considering her "marker" episodes this past week.

The correct answer is,

BLOOD!

She decided to shove a Lego up her nose, and by doing so, it made her nose bleed.

She didn't mind though, she thinks blood is cool!

Can you guess what this is?

Answer:

It would be,

POOP!

It was traveling up the back of Evan's diaper.

It was the kind of poop that got under my fingernail,

and the kind of poop that you couldn't figure out how to change without getting it all over the place.

Can you guess what this is?

If you guessed sperm in a bowl, you are wrong!

Shocker, I know!!!

Doesn't it look like that though?

Bleck!!!!

The answer is,

Quinoa.

Umm, yah...I had no idea whatsoever what that was either.

Michele brought it over for dinner tonight.

It was good, and has a lot of protein in it.......

get your mind out of the gutter people!!!!!

I hope you enjoyed playing this round of the

Guessing Game.

Big boy

2010-02-19T14:32:00.000-08:00

Look at this guy!

He has gotten so big!

I wish his daddy could see him doing this,

he would be so proud of him.

5 1/2mths and "If I were president"

2010-02-18T13:07:00.000-08:00

My sweet Evan John is 5 1/2 mths young.

He had his 4mth well-baby check up this morning...

I know, I know....

I'm just 1 1/2 mths behind on that...but it is like pulling teeth to make an appointment at the peds clinic on base.

Anyways...back to my sweet baby of mine....

He weighs 18 lbs now, and I don't remember what his height is?

How am I suppose to remember anything when I had a 4yr old and a 2yr old in the exam room with me,

that were screaming and crying the ENTIRE time I was trying to talk to the doctor.

Ian had brought markers and a coloring book with him to keep himself occupied.

Those markers he brought,

were the same ones that Emma-Kay did all her artistic coloring with yesterday...the SAME markers that I threw away...but somehow, Ian ended up with them?!?

Well,

Emma-Kay did it again,

and she colored on the wall in the exam room.

So, again, back to my sweet baby boy.....I had three concerns,

a.) his cry sounded "sick" this morning, as if his throat was hurting him?

b.) he has insomnia during the day

c.) he has dry spots on his head, forehead and legs

Answers to "a and b",

he has an ear infection that is pretty bad in his left year.

I had no idea, since he has never had a fever. I feel so bad complaining about how much he hasn't been sleeping. Poor little guy had an ear infection and he must of been so uncomfortable. Good thing I had a well baby check up today, because otherwise, I never would've known he was uncomfortable and in pain.

Answer to "c"

he has eczema.

WHAT!!!!!

Aren't baby's suppose to have baby soft skin?

I got a prescription lotion for him, that I am hoping will do the trick.

Oh, and

FYI....

I'm gonna let you ALL in on a little secret......

Athlete Foot Creme,

is the cure all for almost EVERYTHING.....but more importantly,

EVERYTHING

that is yeast related!!!!!

Lets just use the example of...lets say....yeast on your nipples from breastfeeding...

use

Athlete Foot Creme...

and your nipples are cured!

(Not that I know that from experience or anything.)

And what if your baby has a yeast infection in his/her diaper area....

use

Athlete Foot Creme....

and your baby's private area is cured!!!!!

Your all welcome for that valuable information!
Yesterday, Isabel was asked to answer this question for her homework:

"What would you do if you were President?"

This is her answer:

Seriously......

2010-02-17T14:51:00.000-08:00

Seriously.....

I keep finding things all around the house that have Emma-Kay's "mark" all over them!!!!!

I can't believe I've just done 3 post on this,
within the last hour.
I wonder if anything else will pop up?!?

Is it bedtime yet?!?!

Marker war continued........

2010-02-17T14:16:00.000-08:00

I simply walked into Evan's room to pick him up after his nap,

and while I was changing his diaper,

and being sweet with him......

I walk out into the living room to find

THIS......
Oh,

and it's PERMANENT!!!!!!

Chalk vs Marker

2010-02-17T13:04:00.000-08:00

Marker.... Marker also on the handle bars.....
Chalk on the sidewalk......

Marker on the sidewalk.....

Chalk on the tree......

Marker on the tree......

The pitiful culprit......

Emma-Kay's "friend"

2010-02-16T17:39:00.000-08:00

Whenever Michele comes over with her boys for dinner,

Emma-Kay loves to follow them around where ever they go,

especially,

Cole.

When they came over for Valentine's Day,

all the kids were watching TV,

and as you can see,

Cole is really engrossed into the show.

Well......

Emma-Kay is really into sitting right up on Cole.

Cole is oblivious to her being right beside him.

(caution, these pictures where taken with my Iphone...so you need to swinish your eyes for clarity.)

At one point,

she was even stroking his hair.

Again,

Cole was completely oblivious.

I'm not sure what exactly this means?

Will Emma-Kay be into older guys when she gets older?

Time will only tell.....and she has years, upon years until she needs to worry about that!!!!

She really likes her "friend" named Cole.

I'm going to win!!!!!!

2010-02-15T16:49:00.000-08:00

Jessica,

a.k.a.

HunDuddle Hussy....

is having her 12 week give-uh-ways going on.

This is the 11th week...and boy is it a good one!!!!

Her sister,

Lindsay,

(is an artist that lives in San Fran),

is giving away a series of 3 pictures.

She will make whatever you want.

(And if you don't win, because I plan on winning this one....you can commission her to make you whatever your little heart desires.

She has MAD skills!!!!)

This is a glimpse of her work........

So cute, right?!?!

She can do....farm animals, fairies, tree's, fruit, superhero...

WHATEVER YOU WANT!!!!!
The possibilities are endless.
Let your imagination run wild!

All you you have to do is,
go on Jessica's blog,
leave a comment and you have entered for your chance to win.

While your at it,
you should check out her
HunDuddle Hussy Vblog.

Snow day/Valentine's day

2010-02-15T08:46:00.000-08:00

It actually snowed here,

at Camp Lejeune.

It started coming down Friday night,

and when we woke up on Saturday morning,

everything was covered in a blanket of white snow.

The kids were so anxious to get out and play in it.

They ate a quick breakfast,

and they got all bundled up, and we all went outside,

as Evan took a nap.

They loved eating the snow more then anything.

They enjoyed making snow angels.

All the neighborhood kids were out playing.

Here is Isabel, with her friend Nora.

Do you like how I put plastic bags on Ian and Emma-Kays shoes?

They didn't have snow boots,

so I went ghetto,

and put plastic bags over their shoes so they would stay dry.
It worked!

After the kids were done playing outside,

I made them all lunch,

and then we headed out to drop off some yummy Valentine treats that I had made for a few friends.

We came home,

took baths to warm ourselves up,

and then watched a movie together.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yesterday was Valentine's Day.

I was really missing my Valentine,

but the kids really made up for that.

I got up and went to the commissary with all the kids.

I made it in and out within an hour!

WooHoo!

After we got home, Isabel helped me put all the groceries away.

Our friend Shannon stopped by to see us,

which was a really special treat.

Then we turned on the cd player in the kitchen,

the kids were requesting to listen to Mama Mia.

We sang and danced in the kitchen as we made Valentine cupcakes.

Evan had so much fun watching us,

that he actually passed out sitting in his highchair.

Aren't these yummy looking?!?!

Emma-Kay of course had to take a picture right by the cupcakes.

She enjoyed licking them all night long.

Yes,

she licked all the icing off,

and then threw the cake part in the trash,

and went onto the next cupcake.

Awww, they love each other.

Doesn't Isabel look so enthused to be in the picture.

She was on her way outside to play with what was left of the snow.

Michele and her boys came over last night to celebrate Valentine's Day,

since both our honey's are deployed.

We made cheese Fondue, which was amazing!

I got a recipe from The Melting Pot,

so you know it was good!

It was a Swiss Cheddar fondue.

I cut up carrots, cauliflower, green apples and bread to dip into it.

Then for dessert,

we had chocolate and peanut butter chocolate fondue.

We dipped in strawberries, banana's, black bean brownies, and cheesecake.

It was a good night.

I even got two Valentine presents.

Michele gave me heart pj pants, a cute new headband and a little memo pad that says,
"It's okay, It's organic" as two girls are about to eat cupcakes.

Jessica also surprised me and brought some homemade strawberry jam.

It is sooooooooooooooo deeeeeeelish!!!!

I hope you all had a great Valentine's!!!

HunDuddle Hussy

2010-02-14T21:27:00.000-08:00

Do you want to check out,

the COOLEST blog EVER?

(Well, besides mine of course.)

Then check out Jessica's new blog,

HunDuddle Hussy!

Just make sure you empty your bladder before you watch it,

otherwise,

you'll be sitting in a wet computer chair.

TRUST ME!

So.......

go and check out

HunDuddle Hussy

NOW....

and grab a button for your blog while your at it.

Become a follower

AND

comment.....

you know, because we all love our comments,

especially Hussy's like Jessica!

GO AND DO IT!!!!

Spread the Hussy Love!!!!!

Praying for our troops

2010-02-13T18:18:00.001-08:00

Please keep all our marines and military in your thoughts and prayers.

Afghanistan,

or as Emma-Kay calls it,

"Annaistan",

has MAJOR operations going on right now.

My marine,

as well as over 30,000 other military are taking over Marjah,

in efforts to take out the Taliban.

They suspect that there are anywhere between 400-1,000 Taliban hiding in the city of Marjah.

This is the biggest event in the war,

since 2001.

Don't forget to check out my deployment journal to Matt.

Grab my button while you at it!

www.mydeploymentjournaldearmatt.blogspot.com

Happy 5yr Anniversary to me

2010-02-12T12:44:00.000-08:00

Today,

is our

5 year Wedding Anniversary!

I can't believe it's been 5yrs already!

Time sure does fly when you sharing it with the love of your life.

I can't wait to enjoy the next 5 yrs together with my sexy man.

I will be spending the evening celebrating with my friend Michele and her boys.

They are coming over and bringing dinner...and chocolate covered strawberries that Michele's husband sent her for Valentines Day.

(Thanks Dan!)

I was asked a really good question today....

How would Matt and I spend the day, if he wasn't deployed to Afghanistan?

Answer:

I would get a babysitter,

and Matt and I would head down to Wilmington and eat at one of our favorite restaurants on the water,

Elijah's....or George's.....

and then spend the evening at the Front Street Inn.

(Its a bed and breakfast that Matt and I have ALWAYS wanted to stay at from the time that we dated,

but sadly,

it has never worked out for us to be able to.)

I love you babe,

and wish that we could be together today,

so we could share our love for one another.

I'm loving and missing you like crazy!!!!

XOXO

Submitted Picture Day 4

2010-02-12T07:10:00.000-08:00

Today is the last day of the photo contest over at

The Pioneer Woman.

This is the picture that I submitted today.

Again,

I am NO professional.

I have enjoyed looking at all the other beautiful submissions.

I am just excited because,

the picture that I entered yesterday,

had 25 views!!!!

25 BABY!!!!

I even had people leave me comments on my flickr account about my pictures.

That made me SOOO happy!

Today is the last day to submit a picture.

The Pioneer Woman will post a winner on Monday.

I am 110% sure,

that it WON'T be me.
I'm just happy that I did this and that people appreciated my "eye".

The Vintage Pearl

2010-02-12T07:04:00.000-08:00

Just in time for Valentine's Day on Sunday.....

The Vintage Pearl

is giving away another fabulous giveaway!!!!!

Check out her sweet blog,

for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate!!!!

What would you purchase with it?!?

Pic updates

2010-02-11T18:50:00.000-08:00

I've not been in the mood to really blog alot lately,

well,

at least blog with any amount of substance.

So,

with that being said,

here are some pictures for you.

Ian drew on his leg,

an upside down smiley face.

Since Emma-Kay watched her brother draw on his leg,

this is what she did.....monkey see, monkey do!
But who could get mad at a face like this,
especially since she still had her shiner.

Emma-Kay didn't want to eat her grilled cheese sandwich that I made her,

so she "accidentally" spilt her apple juice on her plate so she wouldn't have to eat anymore.

She claimed,

"the clown did it".

But again,

who could get mad at a face like this?

Here is some brotherly love.

It melts my heart to watch these two guys together.

They are going to be best friends!

I never noticed until Summer's oldest daughter pointed out,

that Evan has "pointy" ears,

like an elf!

Emma-Kay got herself dressed the other morning to take Isabel to school.

This is what she wore.

Her dress was inside out,

she wore her "Dorothy" shoes with no socks,

a pumpkin headband,

and a huge smile.

She was very proud of herself,

can't you tell?

Look at those lips.....they are so kissable!

Evan loves to play in his exersaucer now.

I know,

I'm a horrible mom....I don't have any pictures of Isabel on this post.

I took all of these while she was at school.

I can tell you that she made ALL her class,

handmade Valentine's Day cards.

She told me that she didn't want me to buy them this year,

she wanted to make them all herself.

So she did!

Today she got a personal note home from a boy named Alex in her class,

he wrote to her,

"your hair is so beautiful".

I think I'm going to need to meet this boy!

Submitted Picture Day 4

2010-02-11T07:24:00.000-08:00

Today I submitted this picture for the

Pioneer Woman photograph contest.

After looking at all the pictures she has selected to showcase,

thus far,

I've realized that I don't have the camera lens to be able to have the ability to take a picture of "depth".

But,

I'm still having fun submitting these.

Submitted Pic Day 3

2010-02-10T15:39:00.000-08:00

This is the picture that I submitted today for the

Pioneer Women photo contest.

My pictures are no where near the one's she has selected to showcase.

(click on the above link to check out the competition)

But,

I don't mind......

you can always dream, right?

Submitted Pic 2

2010-02-09T07:22:00.000-08:00

Today,

I submitted this picture in the photo contest for

The Pioneer Women.

(you can click on the link above to see who made it in round 1)

Submitted Picture 1

2010-02-08T09:20:00.000-08:00

I have been following a blog called,

The Pioneer Woman.

She is awesome!!!

You should go and check her out!!!!!

She has homemade recipes that she shares with everyone,

including one that I am going to try and make,

homemade glazed doughnuts!

My mouth is watering just thinking about them!

Anyways,

she has has posts on photography.

I am by no means,

a professional,

but I thought that I would try and enter this ONE.

You can enter 1 picture per day, and she will announce a winner next Monday.

This is the picture that I submitted today.

It has to be "field" related.

I took this picture at Mike's Tree Farm.

The kids had been bringing me "flowers" from the field,

and I put them on the rocking chair arm and took a picture of them.

Baby Batman

2010-02-07T13:57:00.000-08:00

My favorite things

2010-02-06T19:41:00.000-08:00

When I went to visit my parents last,

I decided to take more pictures of some my favorite things that I love to look at,

or things that hold a special place in my heart.

This was in the garage.

I forgot to ask my dad about it,

but I'm thinking that this belonged to my Grandpa Pavy?

I LOVE IT!!!

This has always sat on top of my mom's frig.

It has fallen off a few times,

but thankfully has NEVER broken.

It is very old!

This dog figurine,

(if I can remember correctly),

was a gift to my mother from her Great Uncle Ben Banta,

but it was given to him by his father.

It dates back to 1890.

I have actually tagged this item.

This is an old cup that was my mothers growing up.

On very special occasions,

she was allowed to have coke in this cup.
This is the front of the cup.......

and look into the mirror in the background,

you can see the design on the back of it.

This little evil clown holding a weapon of some sort...I think maybe an axe?
He sits on the kitchen windowsill.
Emma-Kay doesn't like him too much.

This tri-fold mirror is beautiful!
The picture doesn't at all do it justice.
This belonged to my Great Aunt TT.

I might be biased about this piece,
and that's because I made it for my mom.
Again,
the picture doesn't show off the piece very good.
The colors are so rich and vibrant.

This fiddle belonged to my Great Grandpa Trinkle.
Can you imagine all the songs that he played on it?

Now,
this piece scares me,
I think it is beautiful,
but where it sits at in my parents house,
I'm always so afraid that one of my kids are going to knock it over and break it.
It belonged to my Great Aunt TT also.

This is a plate,
that obviously looks like the shape of a heart.
I bought this for my mom for her birthday when I was really poor and hardly had any money.
I got it at an antique store in 29 Palms for $5.
I told you I was poor people!
She's lucky that she even got it,
because I love it,
and still do!
It hangs on the wall now.

There is something about this picture that I just love looking at.
It hangs in the laundry room,
above the wash sink.

My parents got this when we lived in Ireland.
It is also in the laundry room.

Now...
this is an old oil lamp.
This use to be used in Great Great Grandparents house.
Isn't it beautiful!!!!
Look at the detail of it.
Just imagine all the history and conversations that were held around this light.

And last,
but not least.....
I love this piece of furniture.
This is a painted piece that my mom got in Bahrain.

I love it!!!!

Okay,
so since I've blogged all these items....I "call them"!!!!
Put my tag on them now,
thanks mom!!!!

Evan is 5mths young

2010-01-31T13:30:00.000-08:00

5mths ago today,

my sweet baby boy was born.

I can't believe how fast 5mths have flown by!

He was once our little silver back gorilla.

and now he is our spitball......

He always has a smile on his face
and
makes my heart melt every time
I look into his beautiful brown eyes.

Some of his accomplishments of life thus far include,
being able to stick his feet in his mouth,
rolling over from his back to his belly,
reaching for objects and holding them,
he can said "mama",
he can do the alphabet in sign language,
and
he says,
"I miss dada".

Okay okay,
maybe he hasn't said "mama"
(BUT THAT WILL BE HIS FIRST WORD)
or knows sign language yet...but he can do everything else.
Especially when he says,
"I miss dada",
he says that every time that he cries.

(click HERE
to see what else Evan looks like.)

Cole's Marine Birthday Party

2010-01-31T09:38:00.000-08:00

Last weekend,

the kids and I attended Cole's Marine birthday party.

The kids wore their cammies,

and were really excited about going....

as you can note by Ian's face.

Look at Isabel's salute!

That is tight!!!!

Isabel asked me if I could put her hair in a bun,

so that she could look like a women marine.

Here is Cole,

the birthday boy!

Look at those marines standing around "drinking".

The only WM's at the party.

(women Marines)

This was the group of kids,

minus Isabel.

Look at the other WM's eyes.

That might have to be reported!!!

No fraternization is allowed!

Michele was awesome,

she called around and got some old used tires and put them in the backyard to have an

"O" course for the kids.

Jessica's Lover,

was the drill instructor.

It was so fun to watch the kids run the course.

They ALL loved it!!!!
There is the birthday boy.....

Capt Jacob was next.

He actually ran the course the fastest,

and won a blowup gun.

(note how Izey is holding up the truck tire waiting for his big brother)

Aidin,

which is Michele's youngest went next.

The drill instructor had to help him do his push-ups.

His big brother,

Cole,

was right there to motivate him to finish.

Then there was this WM,

Capt Kora,

with her peacock headband on.

I'm not sure if that is within regulations to be worn with cammies.

And then there was 1st Lt Ian.

I was so proud of him!

He did awesome going through the tires.

The drill instructor did good yelling at him to pick up his pace!

And Capt Miah,

did awesome too!

After the Marines ran the "O" course,

Cole lined his Marines up.

They didn't look that sqaured away,

so he had them all

DROP

and gave him 5!
(thats Marine talk, for having to do push-ups

Do you like that little Marine in pink making sure everyone was doing their push-ups)

Michele gave prizes away for the 3 fastest Marines to finish the "O" course.

Capt Jacob got first place

Capt Kora got 2nd place

(she was being "pinned" by the drill instructor)
And the birthday boy himself,

got 3rd place.

Thanks Cole for having a great birthday party!

That kind of day

2010-01-30T14:25:00.000-08:00

This is how I found my sweet poko-pie in her room,

sitting in her baby's crib.

(thank goodness it is made of wood)

She was crying for her paci.
She said that grandma had it in her pocket.
Also note,
her legs covered in pen marks,
and her cute headband she put on herself.

It's just been THAT kind of day for us around here.

Giveaway

2010-01-27T11:58:00.000-08:00

I follow a blog called

The Vintage Pearl.

I have a beautiful necklace made by the ever so talented

Erin.

(mine has all my babies names on it)

She is having a giveaway for a new design she came up with.

Isn't it dreamy?!?
I would love to have one with it saying,
amber & matt.

It would be a great necklace for my 5 yr wedding anniversary
(which is next month),
that I will be spending alone since Matt is in Afghanistan.

A week of injuries

2010-01-27T07:31:00.000-08:00

This has been such a week with the kids getting injured.

I knew that things would happen while Matt was gone,

but this week,

3 out of 4 of my kids have been hurt.

First, Emma-Kay.....

This past Saturday, we were at Cole's birthday party, and Emma-Kay was running on Michele's hardwood floors with her socks on,

she tripped,

fell and hit Michele's brand new coffee table with the corner of her eye.

It instantly bruised and left her with a knot.

Thank goodness I had a room full of eye witnesses when it happened.

Otherwise,

I'm sure DSS would've been contacted.

These pictures aren't the best because I took them all with my Iphone.

This is what her eye looked like the next morning after she fell.

Both her top and bottom eyelids were swollen.

Now,

she has a really nice shiner.
On Sunday,
Ian was carrying around the toolbox/treasure chest,
that him and my dad built together.
I've been telling him NOT to carry it around,
because if he were to drop it on his toe,
it would hurt.
WELL......
that is exactly what he did!
His toenail instantly turned black.
I even think that he broke it,
but why would I take him into the ER to get it xrayed,
just for them to tell me that they can't do anything for a broken toe.

And this brings us to last night......
Isabel was running around the house,
like she WASN'T suppose to be doing.
Somehow she hit her big toe against the bottom of the couch,
and the next thing I heard,
Isabel was screaming bloody murder!!!!!
Her big toenail was pulled backwards and was barely hanging on.
When I looked at it,
I IMMEDIATELY wanted to vomit!
I don't handle stuff like that very well.
Evan was crying and was hungry and wanted to go to bed,
Emma-Kay and Ian were freaking out at the sight of Isabel's toenail.
And I had someone delivering a piece of furniture to me and was due in within the hour.
Thank goodness I have amazing friends to jump to my rescue.
I called Jessica,
and she came over to sit with the 3 little kids for me.
THANK YOU JESSICA!!!!!!!
WARNING:
what your about to look at is VERY graphic.

I took Isabel to the ER on base,

they took xrays and said that she probably broke the tip of her toe.

The worst part was,

they had to stick a needle in her toe to numb it,

so they could REMOVE her toenail,

and then scrub the crap out of it,

so it won't get infected.

I'm pretty sure that Matt probably heard Isabel screaming all the way in Afghanistan.

It was horrible to see her in all that pain.

I wish I could've taken the pain away for her.

I cried with her as I held her hand tight.

I was so proud of her though,

she was so brave.

I just hope that this isn't the snowball effect,

and its only going to get worse from here.

I don't need anymore drama!

In the woods

2010-01-24T13:49:00.000-08:00

My parents have 3 acres of woods behind their house.

The day that my mom took my kids in the backyard to go on a little adventure and then got lost and couldn't find her way home,

Courtney and I decided to go back there and check it out for ourselves.

I felt like a kid again!

It was so much fun!!!!

This is what the beavers did to a TON of tree's by the creek.

We couldn't get over how awesome it was to see it in person.
Look at all the wood chips on the ground.

It was starting to get dark out,

so we decided to head back.

Courtney and I crossed the creek on a tree that had fallen across it.

She started by sitting down to get across.....

but then she stood up and walked all the way across it.

Tadaaaaa.

As for me,

I was too scared to walk across.

I thought I would fall into the creek.

I had my Iphone and camera with me.

I didn't want to chance them falling into the water.
Courtney actually walked back over to me,

on the log,

grabbed my camera and took pics of me trying to get across.

I took this picture for my mother!

Love you mom.

I look HUGE in this picture.

Partly because I am huge,

but partly because I was wearing Matt's sweat pants.
I did just have a baby.....4 months ago...can I still use that excuse?

Super Star, Courtney!

Thanks sister friend for making me feel like a kid again!

Love ya!

Toolbox

2010-01-24T13:13:00.000-08:00

While we were at my parents house visiting,

Grandpa made plans to build a toolbox with Ian.

Before we came up,

he already had the wood pre-cut.

Ian was really excited about the whole project.

It took them over 2hrs from start to finish.

Of course,

I went out and checked on them from time to time to "capture" the moments of progress.

Grandpa let Ian use the drill and sand the wood,

all by himself.

Thank you Grandpa.

I love you and miss you.

Love,

Ian

Handmade booties

2010-01-21T13:39:00.000-08:00

When I came home from my trip yesterday,

I had a big yellow envelope in my mailbox waiting on me.

It was from my friend Denise,

who lives in Sunny California.

We've been friends for almost 2yrs now.

She is a mommy of three adorable girls,

and knows how to find a deal.

She is also a fellow marine wife,

and is really crafty!

In fact, she is sooo crafty,

that she made my spitball these adorable shoes!

Evan loves them!
They keep his little toeies warm.

Check out more of Denise's work, HERE.

She will also be featured in one of Jessica's,
12 week Give-Uh-Ways.
So make sure you check her blog for your chance to win a pair of these cute little booties for your own spitball.

You can email Denise and commission her to make you a pair of booties for your little one.
She can custom make whatever you want.

Thanks Denise for the adorable booties for my spitball!
I love them!!!!!
Your the best!

Kristy & Rachel's visit

2010-01-21T12:50:00.000-08:00

While I was at my parents house,

my best friend,

Kristy and her sweet daughter Rachel,

came down to visit us from Maryland.

We haven't seen them in over a year,

which means that it was her first time getting to meet my spitball,

Evan.

We decided to go out to eat at Ledo's pizza for lunch.

I love Ledo's!!!!

(It's just an UP north thing.)

Here is Rachel and Isabel.

Rachel adores Isabel,

and does whatever Isabel tells her to do!

Isabel of course loves this.

KrisPy and Emma-Kay.

(Emma-Kay kept calling Kristy, KrisPy, or Kristmas.

It was so cute!)

Kristy came bearing gifts for my kids,

(which made me feel like a total turd since I didn't have anything to give Rachel).
She gave Ian toy soldiers.

Ian LOVED them,

and hasn't stopped playing with them since.
He had brought them outside to play,

while Isabel and Rachel played in the woods.

(Notice the shadows, I thought it was neat.)

This is a REALLY hideous picture of me.

This was the day before I cut my hair off.

I look like death!

Remember,

I did say that I've been in a slump lately!
Rachel wanted me to french braid her hair,

so I did.

Again,

this is a horrible picture of me....

but I had to post it since I was hanging with my best friend!

(Notice my nasty goiter!

Isn't it HUGE!)

Thank you Kristy and Rachel for driving down to see us!

We had a great time visiting with you for the day.

Trip home to my parents house

2010-01-21T08:35:00.000-08:00

I decided since Isabel had a couple days off of school for Martin Luther King Day,

that we would take a trip up to visit my parents in Virginia.

Since my sister Ashlea, found out I was going,

her and Aidan decided to tag along for the ride.

We had 2 moms, and 5 kids on our travel.

As you can imagine, it was a great road trip.

We just mostly sat around the house and relaxed.

I always love going to my parents house.

It feels so much like home,

even though they have only lived in their house for 2yrs now.

Grandpa played with all the grandkids the entire time.

Look at all those Lego's!

These were my brothers Lego's that we had when we were kids.

Can you imagine how much all those would cost now-a-days?

Ian was in heaven!

Ian helped grandpa get the ribs ready for grandma.
Evan was sporting his Ohio State onesie that Great Uncle Matt and Great Aunt Angie bought him.
(Shh, don't let Matt know he was wearing it.)
This is Evan's hang out.
He gets stuck on his side when he is trying to roll over.

There was still alittle bit of snow left from the holidays.
They kids made mini snowmen.

There's my daddy.

I don't know what it is about the dogs kennel,

but the kids loved playing in it!

I love these last two pictures of my dad with my boys.

Thanks mom, dad and Aunt Courtney for a fun visit.

We love, miss you and will see you again soon.

Super Hero Friday

2010-01-21T08:23:00.000-08:00

Last Friday was Super Hero day at Isabel's school.

The kids got to dress up as a Super Hero and get to have their picture taken for the yearbook.

Thank goodness Aunt Courtney bought Isabel her Wonder Women costume for Christmas.

(Thanks Aunt Courtney)

Of course Ian wanted to dress up too.

He wore his Storm Trooper costume that Aunt Courtney bought him for Christmas.
Isabel and Kora were sitting right beside each other, and didn't know it.
Isabel had no idea that Batman, was Kora.

Look at those Super Hero Marines!

That cute little guy holding his "cover" is Cole...he's Michele's spawn.

I was surprised with the amount of kids that dressed up.

A little late....

2010-01-20T17:26:00.000-08:00

I know you've all been waiting on me to update my hairy leg picture!

Yup, that's ALL me!

I'm thinking that I might need to shave soon?

Especially since the weather is getting nice out.

I will need to start sporting capri's,

and I think that

hairy legs + capri's = HOT MOMMA,

(HOT as in....my legs would get really hot with all that hairiness going on.)

Jessica's 12 Week Give-Uh-Way

2010-01-19T05:22:00.000-08:00

Go and check out Jessica's bloggity smoggity!

She has been hosting the 12 week of Give-Uh-Ways.

That's right, 12 WEEKS!

You don't have to enter to win,

because then that will weaken my chances of winning,

but check her blog out anyways.

She's a pretty funny cat!

(Check out my deployment blog HERE, and grab a button while your at it.)

Grab my button

2010-01-14T12:57:00.001-08:00

I now have a cute little,

made with love,

button for my deployment blog.

(click HERE to read it)

The wonderful and talented Artist that lives in San Fran,

Lindsay,

made it for me.

(she also has the cutest little baby monster.

He is so yummy looking.

I can't wait to eat him.)

(check out her portfolio HERE.)

Isn't she so nice?

I think so,

despite what her big sister Jessica says about her.

But really,

she is so awesome.

If you want to see more of her work,

click

HERE

to check it out.

You can commission her to draw something for you.

She is going to be really famous one day,

and work for Disney Pixar.

I can't wait to see her work on the BIG screen one day.

She even made a short clip,

click HERE to watch.

She even has an etsy shop.

I'm telling you, this girl ROCKS!

Anyways,

back to my button.....

go ahead and grab one and start following my deployment blog,

Dear Matt.

Go,

on...

DO IT!!!!!!

Show your support!!!!!

It's on the top left sidebar.

Now,

go and

DO IT ALREADY!!!!!

Hot chocolate or coffee?

2010-01-12T14:42:00.000-08:00

After Ian saw that the girls were drinking hot chocolate,

he wanted some too.

Of course he just took the initiative to go

ahead and make it by himself.

(we have a Keurig so don't freak out!)

He asked me if he made hot chocolate, or daddy's coffee?

I told him that he would have to drink it to find out.

Can you guess what he was drinking?

Hot chocolate

2010-01-12T14:26:00.000-08:00

Isabel had a friend over today after school,

little sweet Ava (she is Gia's daughter).

It' so funny to listen to them talk to each other.

They have the funniest things to say.

Such "adult like" conversations.

They were sitting, drinking hot chocolate and talking to each other.

Of course,

Emma-Kay

HAD

to sit with the big girls and be apart of their convo.

She repeated everything that they were saying to each other,

and laughed when they laughed.

She is such a big girl!

Club U.S.A

2010-01-11T13:18:00.000-08:00

Isabel came home from school today with a new backpack.

I thought that maybe they had some "store" purchase thing at school today,

and she decided she was going to buy herself a new backpack,

and then I would be left with a $30 bill to pay.

But, she actually got this backpack,

as well as

EVERYTHING

below,

for

FREE!

She got a pack of markers, crayons, a pack of pens, a journal, notepad, stuffed animal, pencils, pencil sharper, envelopes, 2 Hallmark cards, ruler, erasers, glue, key chain, bracelet, pencil holder, yoyou

AND

the backpack.

And do you know why?

Because Isabel's dad is deployed.

Yup,

that's right,

she is the lucky winner of all this FREE stuff,

so she can write her daddy letters in Afghanistan.

She is now apart of Club U.S.A at school.

They meet with the kids of deployed parents and spend some one on one time with them,

letting them know that they aren't alone.

Today they got to watch a movie.