A few things...well more than a few

First of all, I want to say Congratulations to my bff on the birth of her baby boy!

I love you Kristy-pooh and am so glad you and your sweet baby are doing well.

Okay so no blogging in a while equals lots of catching up, I'll start with stuff I like and then go into SOME of the stuff that we did.

I just got this beautiful bracelet in the mail

I bought on etsy. The store is called

Telee Couture; she's really has some beautiful things!

My new favorite thing is my nike plus/ipod.
It tracks my calories, time, distance and other stuff, all while I listen to (don't judge) my new favorite workout song by Madona and J.Temberlake

My friend Farrah
took this way cute pictures of my kiddo's.This is what Mr. Ian's head looked like without the band aid 2 days after he fell down the steps at the in-laws home.
Oski does this now every time the camera is pointed in his directions, there is no sound when he makes this face either.

I burned the Crap out of my legs, it took 3 weeks to heal.
For my b-day my sweet hubby took us on a surprise little vacation to the great wolf lodge.
Anyway, I put sun screen on the whole family and my top half but thought no, I don't need to do my legs, I'll be in the pool the whole time. So this is what I learned, sitting on the lounge chair while holding a sleeping baby for 2 hours will burn my pasty white self.
It was very PAINFUL!!!!

Josh was in his schools talent show; he and his best friend did the s.n.l. sole man....It was a HOOT!!

I've seen more than enough of this face lately...seriously it's everyday with the drama!!!!

I just wanted to balance out the last pic with a happier one!!!

Gordon's sister got married and I made the cakes. The cake decided to break in half so we made one out of rice crispy treats (I iced it, you couldn't tell it wasn't the real thing).
Gordons Aunt and Grandma, part of the many family members that came to visit.

It's all because of my hubby that I was able to handle the last few weeks.
Thanks baby!

That's all folks

What the kids are saying....

Dad: Ian it's your turn to pick 3 songs for family night.

Ian: O.K. I got it!
We will rock you,
I am a child of God,
and
He has sent me here.

WARNING- Don't read if you get grossed out easily!!!!

Have your sinuses ever been so plugged up you wish you could take a garden hose and go to town? If so, do have I got the product for you!
Introducing the Neti Pot, quite possibly the strangest bit of pottery you will ever own.

Here's what it looks like:

Here's what you do with it:

mmmmmmmm... bugers!

hehehe, this tickles!

Ahhhhhhh! Now that's how I spell refreshment!

Are you ready....

I know this song is crude, but I like it a little...okay a lot. Don't Judge!

A Post

Our 9th anniversary is this week.

Crazy right, it's hard to believe that this punk a__ teenager turned into a wife, a mother, and for some reason a wonderful man has been able to put up with me for so long.

Anyway, as I think back on it, the first thought is:

Where has the time gone?

If I've been married for nine years, can I still be 23...those numbers add up don't they?

Is it possible that I am in fact hotter now then I was at 23? (I did that to be funny, so not serious...well maybe a little)

I've had the best nine years I could ever hope for.

My last thought will now become a cry for help (don't worry, I still am in love with my hot lips)

WHAT SHOULD I GET GORDON FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY?????

Please help, any suggestions would be very much welcomed!

Okay lets hear them.....

People Love Me!!!

So I have a little business it's called Elephannie, I love it! I just started a little over a month ago and am doing quite well!

My friend and fellow etsy seller Farrah told me to Google my shop and see what I find, I thought that there would be nothing...I was wrong!

Design Milk

Green Magsterpie

Skimbaco

Pepermags

People Love Me and not because they have to!

****HERE IS A NEW ONE****

Wickedly chic

It's getting that time...

This weekend me and 2 of my girlfriends are going to see Michael Buble in concert...I am so excited I can't stand it!

I really don't have much more to blog so for now this video will have to do and I'll take pic's and do a post about our fun outing on Monday or Tuesday...well I don't know when I'll actually do the post but it will be someday.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fDQnkYwfNfk

(I can't get blogger to put the video up, I don't know if it's the same thing with the spell check)

Clines out!

What the kid's are saying...

Josh: Mom, I like to have odor (B.O)
Me: You do...why?
Josh: Because it means I'm turning into a man.

I am sick of being sick...

We've all been sick, and it's been an annoying aliment! There have been: come and go fevers, a little throwing-up, a lot of snot and even more coughs. We are now at the recovery stage, were we are still tired but not actual sick; Ella and Josh came home from school the first day back in a week and went right to bed...well Ella didn't actually make it to bed!
The point of my sorry post is:
1. To give Allyson something to read.
2. Explain my lack of blogging.
3. To get a little sympathy and maybe some gifts.

Have a great week and stay away from sick people!

I was trying to get him to laugh...it didn't work.
Ian is really sick but as soon as I point a camara at him he did this.
My poor little baby, it hurt me to have him so sick.
She slept for a good45 min.

come on Eileen

Carpoolers is my new favorite show...it really cracks me up!

What the kid's are saying...

Ian said today~

"Mommy I've lost my smile."

Tooth time

It's been a long couple of days....but we have teeth!!!
(I think it's funny that I still get excited about baby milestones)

7 things...

I was tagged way over a month ago by Allyson & Amber.

I was so busy that I forgot.

The rules are:
-Share seven random facts about yourself, in your blog.
-Include these rules.
-Link back to the person who tagged you.
-Tag seven more people and list their names & blogs.

I know you all are waiting on the edge of your seats to find out more about me, so here we go:

1. I am a worrier

2. I have an incredible sense of hearing; it's quite annoying to both myself and my husband

3. One of my favorite shows is the Avatar

4.I still get home sick

5. I have an addictive personality

6. I skipped out on my H.S graduation (my parents were taking my brother to the M.T.C so I figured it would be pointless)

7. I hate giving talks/ teaching at church...I HATE IT!

Okay that's it!

I don't have anyone else to "tag", 7 things has come to an end.

I'm out!

I was just thinking...

I was lying in my bath tonight thinking about how I labored with 3 of my 4 children in this very same bathroom (different tub same room) and then it occurred to me: I have had all 4 kids with no drugs, not a single thing.
I am not bragging.
I just don't know how I did it,
I am in total awe of my pain tolerance...seriously I DO NOT know how I did it (I'm the girl that gets hurt on a daily bases). Did I psych myself up during the 9 months (is that why we are pregnant that long), was it because I used mid-wife's, or was it Gordon's refusals to take me to the hospital when I begged?

For what ever the reason, I am grateful for each one of those experiences and know that I am better from them.

I do want to know what you think is the reason...be honest!

That pic is of me pregers with Ian. We were in the middle of re-modeling; I made sure the tub was in and worked before his arrival.

Toys

What happened to the simple toys? The ones that you don't have to practically cut your hand off trying to remove them from the package or the simple Lego set that just builds houses or castles...basically anything that's square; not a freaky fish or some strange alien/robot thing that would quite frankly give me nightmares if I were 7.

I'm just sayin...

Top 10 reasons I loved Enchanted:

10. It's a feel good Movie

9. McDreamy is in it

8. I wasn't the only one in the theater laughing (i.e. it's hilarious)

7. Amy Adams portrayed a perfect cartoon like princess

6. It's clean

5. The songs were fun

4. Ella and I giggled through the whole movie

3. Josh, Ian and Gordon giggled too

2. It took place in the Big Apple and I love the Big Apple!

1. It made me feel like a little girl

I got my hair did!!!

Recently my hair has been getting on my nerves! I haven't liked the length and it's been such a long time since I have had highlights it's become quite noticeable that my hair color is no longer Blond. So tonight I went to see my new favorite hair colorist, she matched the bottom hair color to the top hair color, gave me very subtle golden highlights to match; it's all quite natural looking.

But the best part is that it cost 40 smackers!!!! I am used to paying a lot more for crappy highlights that I have to go back and get touched up ever 6 weeks.

So really what I am saying is: I have a great inexpensive place to get my hair done and I am happy with the way I look!

This is a crappy picture, our camera ran out of batteries and all I had was my camera phone, and just so you know my hair's not quite that dark.

WHAT!?!?

I am going to preface this post by saying that Josh has been sick with a fever and rash, his actions may have something to do with that.

This morning Josh came to me and said "Mom, look how many eyelashes I've pulled out!" I looked down at his hand and was surprised to see 50 or more little brown eyelash hairs covering his palm. In complete shock I said "Son, didn't that hurt?"

"A little" he replied. I then looked at his eye and saw that my son (bless his heart) pulled out almost half of his eyelashes on the upper lid and half his eyelashes on the lower lid.

I didn't know whether I should get angry or cry, what was he thinking?

I composed myself and said "Joshua why did you do that?"

He was quick to answer, "because Mom, blowing eyelashes is good luck"

He's so pretty!!!!!!

The year of the Pecans.

Six and a half years ago when we first moved into this house I was very irritated by the neighbor's pecan trees. Every fall they would drop massive amounts of pecans on our yard, and terrible gobs of gunk would drop out of them onto our cars and stain them horribly. I still hate the way they stain the cars, but I must admit that I have come to love those trees.

I first started to love them three years ago when I first realized that I could pick up the pecans from off the yard and put them into my mouth (after shelling them first of course). They were the most delicious pecans ever, and I LOVE pecans! That year I gathered lot's of pecans and made pecan pie, pecan bars, pecan cookies, and added pecans to nearly everything else I ate. It was wonderful.

Unfortunately the last couple of years have been too dry for the poor trees and no pecans have dropped. This hasn't stopped the nasty car-staining stuff from dropping though. The good news is that with all the rain that we've had this summer the trees are back to their old selves again and there is a pecan explosion underway in my yard!

I am in full squirrel mode now, and I've got my family on nut-patrol as well. We snatch-up every pecan that dares fall on our side of the fence and we've even gone out hunting for more trees we can harvest from. One thing is for certain:

MORE PECANS = MORE HAPPINESS

This Morning I had to switch to our huge bowl, and it's already overflowing.

Sweet/Crazy Ella

My sweet/crazy baby girl turned 6 yesterday. I can't believe she's 6, where has the time gone?

I love this little girl so much, she is so much fun and so full of spunk and I look forward to watching her grow into a beautiful, sweet, intelligent, righteous women.

She is one of my greatest accomplishments.

Happy Birthday Lulu!