9.29.2009~*~*Crazy Hair Day~*~*~

Today was crazy hair day at school. What to do with my kiddos hair?

Well--for my little man...not a lot of options. I could've painted his hair but tomorrow is picture day...and his hair is so light most paints do not completely wash out. I know this because it has happened...anywhoo...

I grabbed the hairspray and tried to make his hair stick up. Can you see it?

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Next is Stormy. Oh this girl. She didn't want me to fix her hair until she found out it was crazy hair day. And it totally suits her!

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And last but not least...Shayne. When she saw Stormy's hair she decided she wanted her hair done too! And of course...I did a little something something to make it different!

I teased it relentlessly. But her hair is so soft and fine...it only lasted a little while.

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The kids LOVED crazy hair day. Tomorrow may prove differently when I make them get dressed up for picture day. I hope they smile like normal looking people. Not the cheezy fake smiles I seem to get. Oh well...only time will tell because it takes forever before I get these pictures back!

9.27.2009--9.28.2009---can you tell what it is?

9.27.2009--I did take a picture this day with my cell phone. But my cell phone has a blank file in it's place. I don't even know what I took a picture of. {oh well}

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9.28.2009
Can you tell what is on my darling girl's face?

How about now?

An even closer, close up...She's trying to get away...hurry...look!Well....that would be white powdered donut residue on her face. Sigh.

9.26.2009~My cheerleader Shayne~

So--what does my Shayne look like when she's actually cheerleading?
A cheerleader of course! And what do I look like when I am coaching that cheerleading squad?
The answer...
Not nice. And on this particular day it was worse because I haven't been feeling that well. Nothing major. Just sinus and cold stuff. But just sinus and cold stuff does not mix well with cheerleading. I will yell with the girls sometimes to get them back on track to sound as a squad and not 12 girls all starting at different points. I also will yell for them to repeat the cheer until it is right. A LOT. I sound...like a drill sergeant. BUT if they are going to do this, they need to know how to do it correctly. And to pay attention before that THIRD GRADE BOY IN FULL FOOTBALL GEAR GETS THEM!!! Okay... I was losing my voice. My assistant coach had to take over because a coach croaking like a frog on the sidelines trying to yell for the girls to "DO IT AGAIN!!!" doesn't sound...right.
But the girls did well. It was so nice that my brother-in-law and his wife came out to watch! Thanks you guys!
And I think the girls on the squad were extremely happy that I couldn't yell at them to do it again...and again...and again...and...

9.25.2009~~~Finally...~~~

I held the baby hostage for a few minutes so I could gather enough of her hair to put in a pig tail...

And of course with a bow too. Have I mentioned I love this little girl of mine? Well...in case you were wondering...I do. Love. this. girl. of. mine.

9.24.2009~Holy Batman-Robin~

"HAAAHAAAHAAA....I have Connor's Batman and Robin ornament...he won't notice a few more teeth marks in it..."

"And even if he does...what's he gonna do?Momma will save me!"

so many blog posts...so much...therapy...

So-I have done two posts of funny things. Why not a little serious now? So a few questions/answers session...

1) When was the last time I cried? Friday night. I was really upset no one got to see Stormy at her cheerleading thing. She hasn't done any activities yet and the first thing ever for her...no one came. --NO GUILT from those that couldn't come. This is my blog and meant for me to get things out there that are sitting on my chest. I am not posting this to make you feel bad. I'm not upset about it anymore. I was. But not anymore. So keep reading... :)

2) What irritates me the most? A LOT. I have no patience for stupidity. Or the freakin calls that make ME press 1 for English. That shouldn't be an option. If you are in the United States of America...English should be the only option. DRAMA drives me crazy. Yeah-how ironic is it that drama makes me crazy and I am doing a post like this? Yep--pot-kettle...black here. Other things that irritate me...too many to type here.

3) What is my worst quality? My quickness to judge. It isn't something I am proud of. I try to reserve judgement. But in some cases...it is better. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...it's not a chicken.

4)What depresses me? Well if I say what depresses me about me? My weight. I HATE looking the way I look. Seriously. I don't even recognize the heavy chick in the mirror most days. Or in pictures...bleck. On a serious note...child abuse. OF any kind. I am the type that cries when I hear that an 18-year old raped a 8 day old baby. WTH is wrong with those people!?!?!?!

5) What is my favorite thing to do? I have a lot of things I like doing. I love playing with my kids. I love blogging. I love relaxing at night watching Golden Girls (seriously--one of my favorite night shows). I love photography stuff. I am still learning so much. I have heard that I am getting better. I hope that means I wasn't horrible to start with but I am learning new tricks. I love to read. I don't make enough time for it now but...maybe someday.

6) T/F..."Is it true you want more kids?!?" And the answer is....TRUE. Yep. I do want one more kid. I almost have Paul convinced. He has said (recently) that "yeah, one more kid would be good. I love kids (I think he meant our babies, because seriously...how could you not? Have you read my blog at all?) BUT we need to get our crap together." What he is referring to is getting debt paid down and what not. Some people were made to have a couple of kids and be done. Some were made for one. Some were made for 18 (or soon to be 19 like the Duggar family). I was not made for that many. BUT--I would like to think God has one more in store for me and Paul. If not, that is okay too. BUT--I really hope so. To think of never being pregnant again. Never having to deliver another baby. Never getting up a million times a night for a baby...is so sad for me. Being pregnant is the best, coolest thing I have ever done. No-I do not have the easiest of pregnancies. I have to have a cervical cerclage done with each pregnancy. Is it easy? NO. But I love all of it. And I don't mind the craziness that is my life with my four kids now. That is how God made me.

Any other questions that you can think of for me to answer?

So... funny... or not...

More embarrassing moments…

Again with the most embarrassing stuff. But you know this is awesome therapy.

1) I backed into my garage door when I was 17. AND AGAIN when I was 21 or so…Seriously blonde sometimes.
2) I butchered my hair after Stormy was born. And it looked horrible on me. I only have a couple of pictures in existence of this because of how atrocious it really looked. And my brother-in-law can attest to it. The first time he saw me after he said (I will edit some of the adult content) “WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?” He didn’t say hi. He didn’t say what’s up? He said “WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR???” Yeah—it really was that bad.
3) When I was 19 or 20 (man how time flies) I went and washed my car at the car wash. I forgot until I got home to put the back wiper down. I’m sure I looked really cool driving down the street with it sticking up like it was an antenna.
4) This one isn’t embarrassing…it’s just funny. I always make my twin do the really stupid stuff while I am driving. Like telling her to hang her head out to see if the tire is flat. I can’t stop laughing while typing that. I have done it to her a few times. Worse? She keeps listening to me.

Didn't do...

Been awhile since I have done one of these types of posts so... why not?

I did not finish off a ton of rice krispy treats. I also did not finish off a ton of brownies. I most certainly did not see my son pee off of the front porch--more than in the bathroom these days. I also would never think "can't wait for winter and see if he continues to do that" and smirk about how his face will look when the cold air hits him...you know where. I did not hear my daughter say "that is freakin weird" about something she saw.

Can you believe all of that stuff I didn't do? Nor would I ever tell anyone about that stuff even if I had.Ahem.

whew...

9.23.2009~~"How do I get my snacks out of this?~~

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9.21.2009~So cheezy...I can't get her to smile normal anymore...

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9.20.2009~~~A gorgeous family shot...I love this one...Thank you so much for letting me do these!

9.21.2009

I haven't seen her in awhile but to my niece Aunesty...

Happy Birthday sweetie.

9.19.2009---Let's P-A-R-T-Y!!---

So Saturday was like always...full of stuff. Shayne's game and I also had to make a cake for my little brother's party. My little brother is the one that just turned 30. I couldn't go out for the full night of fun everyone had planned, but I did my small part and did the cake...and delivered it...and gave the birthday boy a hug and $5 for one drink on me.

So here is me with 3 of my siblings. Only my biggest sis is missing. Wish she lived closer so we could see more of her. We all miss her. A LOT. And we also know...that she would have made the party even more of a party. That is just how she is. Anyhow...

The three in the picture that got to go out...are a walking party all on their own. I hope you guys had fun. Maybe someday I will get to go out. For now, I will enjoy coming home to my little ones. And the poor suckers I convince to watch them for short periods of time only. HA HA!

9.18.2009~~**FINALLY STORMY GETS TO~~**

Finally Stormy gets to do an event...
Our first born child has gotten to do way more activities than the other children. That is the advantage to getting to the party first I guess you could say. Now that Stormy is in kindergarten there are doors opening for events for her. And I couldn't be happier for her. We signed her up for a cheer clinic! Which she went to last weekend. And on Friday night (the 18th) she got to go to the high school game and cheer with the big cheerleaders for the first quarter of the game. Stormy was...Stormy. My little walking whirlwind. She kind of had no clue what was going on. Such is Stormy. And it makes me smile just typing that. She makes me CRAZY a lot. She sasses back like no other. She likes to announce when she has passed gas (and asks if you can smell it). She stands up for her brother even if he is being a pain to her. She has the most devilish little smile and laugh you ever did hear. And...she is our Stormy... I digress...

She was disappointed no one came to see her at her one time event (as was I). Her Aunt Carrie did. And although she couldn't see Stormy from where she had to sit, Stormy knew she was there and that mattered. But Stormy managed to have fun. Yeah...like that is an issue for her.

Our whirlwind little girl. Oh. Stormy.

9.17.2009---Photo shoot---

I was super excited when my neighbor asked me to do a shoot for her kiddos. I have watched these babies grow over the past four years. Crazy I tell you. I will post a couple of my personal favorites...

Picture catch-up...

9.14.2009~~**~~**Why do they always play with the box instead of what came out of it?~~**~~**

9.15.2009**This boy makes me smile and scream most days!!**

9.16.2009~~**~~**"Come here baby, Shayne will save you..."**~~**~~**

about that party...

I did get a ton of great shots of almost everyone that came to Sage's party. But...even though I did ask a couple of people if it was okay if I put their kids up on my blog (and they said yes), I didn't. But I want everyone to know that I can't tell you how much I appreciate you coming to celebrate Sage's First birthday with us. I have so many pictures it's scary. But...fifty years from now...I will never regret having too many pictures.

So I did take pictures of your kiddos. TONS of them. They may make the blog on another post. But I decided to leave her first birthday blog post strictly for her...My sweet little baby's first birthday...sigh.

9.13.2009~*~*I wanna party all day...~*~*~*

The big day. The big, big day. Yep...Sage's first birthday party. And her theme, as you probably know was cupcakes...I was crazy busy baking cupcakes...like 54 of them. Not including the cake for Sage.

Our party started with play-time!! We got two moonwalks from my best friend's sister-in-law. One was called Puppyland. It was for the little ones. The other moonwalk was a obstacle course kind of. It was for the bigger kids. The scary moment was when my little buddy, Owen got the wind knocked out of him! He quickly recovered and was ready to play.

After a lot of play time it was present time! Sage received some great gifts. I am partial to the "camera" she got. It's her first one after all. And you know...like mother, like daughter!

Presents were quickly followed by cake and my sweetie dove right in. Literally.

She was also upset shortly after. She was so tired. It was really hard work making the mess she made...Seriously.

Seriously.