Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Viva Las Vegas...

Friday, February 24, 2012

My top five blogs I visit every day continued...

She is my ALL time Favorite Style Girl right now.




I actually won a pillow giveaway that she did about a month ago!  I never win things.  I was beside myself with excitement!  The pillow was from this favorite girl over at this blog:


Caitlin is amazingly talented!  She has her own textiles too!

This is the pillow cover (that I won) that I  choose from her amazing pillow collection!

I still need to get a pillow form big enough to fit it!
I get butterflies each time I see it though.
Thank you Caitlin!


P.S.  There are SO many amazing blogs I love to visit.  We all have them.  My Jared laughs when he scrolls my favorites list.  It takes a good few minutes to scroll to the bottom.  
Like I said earlier, I asked a friend her top five off the top of her head.  
It was fun to hear hers.
Maybe it's fun to see mine?

Thursday, February 23, 2012

My top Five blogs I visit every day! Actually, my top six.

Of course my top blog that I visit every morning, or the first chance that I get to look at blogs each day is...
Nie Nie 

Who's dosen't?

I asked a good friend of mine what her top blogs were that she visited every day.  It was fun to hear.
In our little worlds we all have
different things that inspire us.
I think it is fun to see 
what inspires different people!  
Kinda like pinterest!

#1
                                                                  kaseybuick.com

I have loved her blog for years.  She is Real.  Super funny.  Her husband lost his well paying job about a year ago.  They packed up and moved to Hawaii for a year. They are living off of his minimum wages and tips he makes working at a high class resort.   

Stay tuned, I will add the other 4 soon!


Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Wait!!!!

These are older pictures of my babies! Jake even looks like a baby!



I was hit with the realization tonight at how quickly my boys are growing!  These pictures are over two years old!  I look at their baby faces and I want to hold them in my arms again! I must not wish THIS time away!  I ALWAYS find myself wishing for wealthier, different town days!  I am SO disappointed in me!!!!

I must drink these seconds up!  I am as wealthy as I have EVER wanted to be! Wealthy with my precious boys. Wealthy with my health.  I remember days of sitting in chemotherapy with not a stitch of hair, DREAMING of being able to have children! 
I am married to my Prince and I have healthy happy boys!  Who cares if my town isn't lined with palm trees! Most towns aren't!
From now on Kingman is the new Happening town!
Please come visit!   
My boys know how to PaRtY!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Have you seen my head? I think it is cut off, and I am running around without it!


You can laugh hysterically now!  My Mom called after she got the picture in the mail, she could barely get words out she was laughing so hard!  She asked where on earth we were?!!!  This is at the top of my street!  I thought it was fun.  Must be use to the barrenness of it. (notice bag in the back)
In October, I want  to host a spooky dinner in this field!  On a full moon night!  Thinking WAY ahead.

One of the twelve picture we took of  this same pose. We just could not get them all to smile!

Talmage wants to open his own restaurant and "have Ramen noodle day"
He loves ramen like I do! 

 Lunch/Cake Pop making day at Ashley's house, with fun Kingman friends!  We laugh a lot.  All transplanted here for a bit.

Barks asleep on the couch.  Seriously Barks, just relax.

Between Kingman and Vegas!  Quick drink stop! 
Jake opted out of the picture.


Jonah's Valentines Preschool box!
Jonah's Valentines for his friends!
Jared got this for me for Valentines!  He went to 8 antique shops looking for a cake stand for my collection! 
He found this amazing milk glass cake stand at his Eighth place! 

Yesterday,I ran the kids to school leaving the kitchen a gigantic mess of scissors, 
construction paper, candy, frosting, and wrappers.
He was home until 7:45 am yesterday. (very rare)
When I came home, the cake stand was sitting with this cute note.  He quickly cut that heart out and made 
that sweet note while I was taking the boys to school.  
It took my breath away when I walked in to find it sitting amid my mess!
We also had to construct R2D3!  Talmage had a robot report due today.  
Jared spent hours with Talmage making him.  This was half way through the project.
He also had to write a paper about R2D3.
He is R2D2's brother and tells stories to Talmage about the force, C3PO and R2D2.
His eye lights up and he even makes sounds just like R2D2.


All in all ,things have gone well this week.  However, my house is a gigantic mess! I have been getting things done by the skin of my teeth.  We run to the car in a mad panic!  Kinda fun. Kinda crazy!
Honestly I don't know where to start as far as cleaning.  
Jared and I are in charge of the
Blue and Gold Banquet for cub Scouts Tomorrow night.
Jared is Cub Master.  Should be fun...  If I can pull it all together.
I always think if I could just be more organized.  It just never happens.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Glimpses





The boys get out of school at 2:20!  Elementary school!  They start at 7:30! 
I like to have the boys get their homework done by 4:30.  Talmage (my character) has spelling words that we work on each night for his Thursday spelling test.  He is an awesome speller.  It doesn't come without some work.  He has a list of  three spelling "activities" that he has to cross off.  
One of them, was to do a hopscotch with his spelling words written in them.  It was really fun.  All three boys played hopscotch with Talmages spelling words.





Yesterday, after church, but before the Super Bowl, we walked across the street to take some Valentines pictures of the boys.  Jared's least favorite thing is trying to get the boys pictures.  It IS pretty funny.
Lacey...I need you!
I will post them as soon as we print and send their Grandparents their Valentines.  It truly was an act of LOVE Grandpa's and Grandma's!  

P.S.  My sweet computer is not with me for this post. :(  
Waiting for a repair.
Jared's computer is   s   l o     w!  It took him through med school and is on it's last leg! 
If you don't hear from me for a bit, it is because of this.