Capturing/Captioning My HEART

Ivy is the sure winner or the "Carson Crab leg Eating Contest"... She is a hungry beast for sure but this was a lot of eating, even for IVY! This picture reminds me of one of my dad's most embarrasing moments.......... We road tripped all the way from Los Angeles to Star Valley Wyoming one summer... We were ordering dinner at the only Diner/restaraunt in town and when it was my turn.... I politely told the waitress that I would like a Lobster tail and a side of sauteed mushrooms.... I was 10 years old at most...Needless to say, that was hardly an option and my dad still remembers it as the time he knew he had "CREATED A MONSTER".....

I think I know what these girls are after and they are........"OUT OF LUCK"..

That Tori! How does she do it??? Always smiling,bringing home the bacon,baking like Matha, Lovin like jenna... I think her secret lies in her right hand.......

Here he is in all his glory!!! He says, "Mom, Are you gonna rock with me or what?"

Neither Ivy or I can stand Ella's breath... Here she is capturing exactly the way I feel about it. She really is starting to get me... I could'nt be more pleased!

Mother like Daughter?

My Grandfather painted this portrait of me when I was around Ivy's age.. Resemblance?

I know there's not a lot of resemblance between my mom and I but I can only hope to have some of her beautiful spirit.....

She is One Hot Mama for sure!!!!

Alone at last

We were free for a whole 3 hours on Friday night. YaYa and Papa John had our little munchkins over to play and we were free to do as we pleased! I love bieng with my babies, but it is so fun to know that they are in good hands and go out to dinner with your husband every once in a while.

Thanks again for having the kids over to play

They love spending time over there.... And we love it too........................

Spam Moosabbi

When Ryan and Jenna were here over the holidays they made this. I was trying to be polite but at the same time thinking that there was simply no way in hell I would ever eat anything with the word spam in the title.... much less really used in the recipe. To my suprise it was soo delicious. I will admit that for some reason I found myself kind of embarrassed buying spam at the supermarket.Especially because I had lots of other things to be emarrased about that day such as Ivy having no socks on in below zero weather buts thats a whole other post.


The cast of Characters

Fry the mystery meat in a pan, steam some rice, roll in seaweed wrap... enjoy

Dip these bad boys in some sauce and you will be amazed at how tasty they are....

This is for you.... Lauryn

This post is for my friend Lauryn. She is the makeup nazi. More like the no-makeup nazi. Here's me braving my makeup-less face in support of our friendship and turning over a new leaf with less Blagging (bragging on your blog). I still wore lip gloss and have my eyelashes dyed black but hey, this was big for me...

On another note... Why in heck would I choose to look like the picture above when in 10 minutes I can be transformed into a much better version of myself? I still love makeup and probably always will. I can only hope to become one of those old ladies that sports orange lipstick, blue eyeshadow and overly penciled in eyebrows...

Skating for Haiti

This weekend at the local skating rink they had a "Skating for Haiti" fundraiser. We skated on saturday and sunday... Ate hamburgers and sipped hot chocolate. My thighs are still burning from the adventure. I love it!

Two eyes made out of oranges and a mouth made out of string cheese

KISSING COUSINS

In some states this kind of thing is illegal.... Good thing we live in IDAHO

Jaxon told me that while she sure is cute. Shes still a little drooly for his taste. That's what you get when your main squeeze in cutting teeth.

Ivy and Blaykers..............Bummin around the house

The little girls just love Jaxon

Lately he seems so old to me

He loves being a big brother. He's so proud when he teaches Ivy something new. I love to listen to their cute little conversations when they don't think I am listening....


This pig is the only way I can get this little nugget to sleep. She sucks on it's ear until she falls asleep. Tori told me that she cloroxed piggy the other day and Blayke was furious with the new taste of the ears. Pigs, Binky's, thumbs... (Whatever works)

Beside the occasional pinch or hair pull these girls are the sweetest little friends

Ivy Taylor AKA Axle Rose

"I hate to see you go but I love to see you walk away"

These two had such a great time at YaYa and Johns the other night. John lets them jump on the bed, plays puzzles, plays outside and even came and watched Jaxon at Judo this week. Now he can share my pain of watching Jax attempt jumping jacks. Is it bad that I cringe at the sight of them.

Guilty Pleasure #231 (Collecting Magnets)

Is it too late for Christmas cards?

My sister Calyn and fam came to visit today and I forced her to take our Christmas Card photo.. I know that Chrismas is over so I thought a "Happy New Year Card" may be the next best thing. At this rate I will be sending these pictures on a card with a huge smiling heart that says, "Be Mine"...

We heart Chainsaws, Turbans and Leggings

The most fun you can have with your clothes on... "Chain Sawing"

Ivy loves her "Snow Turban" it's what all the cool chicks wear

And I love leggings with white socks!

precious moments

Lately it's been way below zero. It's so cold here that the public schools closed for the last couple days. I guess if it's 30 below zero the schools here close. I think it may be because there would always be one crazy mom that sent her kid out to wait for the bus in the morning and the poor little sucker would be a snowball in about one minute....

It's also too cold to pour concrete so this is Ross looking super cool sleeping on the couch.. How cool do you have to be to sleeep with your shades on? I have no idea because I don't think I could even pretend to be this cool.

Yesterday Jax invited me to an "Animal Party" in his room. He thinks if he calls it a party it suddenly becomes much more fun. He honestly apologized for not having any decorations up and for not having treats. In case you were curious (because I was) at what goes on at an "Animal Party". Heres the inside scoop...We one by one named all of the stuffed animals names of family members or by what they did or what they looked like. We tucked them into bed because he told me they were tired... I thought the party was over and then he told me that there was a huge fight between bernice and bernie (Husband and wife bears) upper left in the photo. We put them both in time out and the party was over.

They are finally starting to play together. Siblings are the best.Nobody knows the joys and trials of your childhood like they do. They are the only real witnesses of your life. I can't say enough about my sisters or little brother....

Look who's getting married (in 20-30 years)

Ivy has no clue yet that I may have pre arranged a wedding for her and Whit Griffin in the next 25 years. I can't help but think about how tall their children would be and all of the money I could make off of the NBA career of one of their spawn. Those scratch lotto tickets I have been buying for many years now still haven't paid me yet and so I am forced to explore other options. Look for the "Save the Date" cards in the mail soon......




Not only would they be tall....Their children would have the most gorgeous eyes ever!

What you never see on a blog post

I love/hate looking at every one's blog sometimes. Sugar coated stories about perfect couples that never argue, booger less kids that always have clean hair, vacations to all most amazing destinations. I am so guilty of this brag type of blogging too. I'm going to go out on a limb here and tell you a few "non-blog worthy secrets and I hope you will tell me yours... I sometimes late night blog stalk some of my peeps and random friends of theirs too.I go to bed thinking that I must be a bad mom because so many people are doing the most creative fun things with their kids everyday. I think... I should have made my husband his favorite Belgium waffles wearing an apron with full hair and makeup before he headed of the work this morning. Why didn't I take my four year old to that weird sing along story time at that creepy art center? I am also usually thinking in my head as I'm taking a picture... "That is so bloggable"! Smile for mommy and look super cute so Gramma can see you on the blog!!! I read the funniest blog that is a total joke called www.seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com ... Some guy/girl updates it all the time about their perfect life and all the juicy details. no one knew it was a hoax for a while and it has gained a cult following on the web.. Here's a few secrets you never get to see on a blog. I can't wait to see yours!

- Sometimes my kids eat cheetos and mandrin oranges from a can for dinner
- I ran out of bottle liners and instead of going to the store I'm using ziploc baggies
- My guest bathroom tub is coated with spray tan solution
- Ivy slept with me the other morning and I woke up and couldn't find her.. She was in the rabbit cage...
- At 8 am I have convinced Jax that it's the middle of the night and he needs to hurry and go back to sleep just so I could sleep in.
- I have threatened to call Medusa over to babysit in a desperate moment
- I secretly can't wait until Ivy is old enough to sit and watch a whole cartoon

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