School Pictures

In my efforts to clean and organize the office better today, I found some little treasures. Well, don't you know there was no more cleaning and organizing for the rest of the day, as I was laying on the floor in the fetal position wondering what happened to these precious little faces...


They were both in Little Miracles Preschool, Dave in the little 2 1/2 year old class and Calvin in the 4 year old class. Dave was REALLY sick that year, I finally pulled him out. Like what did my baby need to be at preschool for anyhow??? I have always loved this picture. I have it in an 8x10 hanging on our walls.


Calvin @ Mountain Valley Academy (a homeschool charter school) and Dave @ Little Wonders Preschool


Okay, so not quite a 'school picture' but I also love this one, and have it hanging on our wall too. This would be Peter Pan & The Buzz.


I think this is after I started homeschooling on my own and had to do my own yearly school pictures. On this particular year, I timed it just right so I could have the toothless grin of my Calvi. I will always remember this day, they were total ya-hoo's and WOULD NOT settle down. We had been at the mall most of the day and who knows WHAT I fed them!


These are actual 'School Pictures' taken through a homeschool group we were involved in at the time. Look how scared my baby is. I don't like school pictures.


Ah, this is probably the picture I got taken of them to replace the one above. There is another on of these, where Calvin held the Dave upside down and little Dave's undies are showing. But I love how the Dave has his little thumb in his pocket in this one. Adorable.

Ready For Some Football

So it's football season again. Though it doesn't feel like it outside. I'm used to Calvin playing. I love it that Calvin plays. But this year, the family blind sided me. We're in Dick's Sporting Goods and I'm grabbing what Calvin needed for his season, when all of a sudden I'm told to get a cup for the Dave, get a mouth guard for the Dave, oh and get some cleats for the Dave.....WHOA, HOLD THE PHONE!!!! Yep, my Baby is playing football.



Look at him, one stiff breeze and the guy will tip over with that big helmet on. Ugh, I can't watch. This is why Dads need to take over, at some point, the upbringing of their boys. Us Moms are just too weak. We can't handle the pressure.



See my Calvi, he's big, he's allowed to play the football. He can handle the pressure, nobody's knocking him over.

But he's teaching his little brother how to look tough, Dave's got it down pretty good.



Here they are, they switched gear, Calvin nearly gave himself an aneurysm trying to put Dave's helmet on. It was funny.



But on a side note, I caught Sweetie smellin' his armpits. Classic. He's sooooo cute.

Thankful on a Thursday

1. Air Conditioning. Seriously. In my house and in my car and in my grocery store. It's the only reason I'm still alive.

2. My boy Calvin posing as the water delivery man, he replaces the big giant water bottles on the cooler for me so our thirsts are quenched. He likes to flex his muscles when he does it.

3. Sweetie doesn't work from home anymore, but we've found a way to make it all better, we flirt-email all day long.

4. Fall, Autumn, October....it's coming, I can see it on the calendar, I wish it would come a little faster, but I know it's coming.

5. Ceiling fans. In every room. A very important part of staying cool.

6. School supplies. I got a little giddy in the isles at the Walmart tonight.

7. My minivan and the ability to hual the ya-hoo's around.

8. My squishy pillow with a pink pillow case on it. "It's SOOOooooo squishy!"

9. The biblestudy I'm doing right now, Breaking Free by Beth Moore, it's a goody.

10. Going on facebook and seeing a status update from my sister.

Hope you were THANKFUL today.

WIWW (posted on a Thursday)

This was exhausting this week. Thinking WAY too much about what I wore. That can either be a good thing, cuz I normally walk around in sweats or jammies. But it just felt a little 'self-absorbed'. Plus taking pictures of myself, was not too good for my confidence level. Ugh, please tell me the camera adds like thirty pounds. But it was a little fun to try to look a little cuter, to pull different outfits together, and I know Sweetie appreciated seeing me in something OTHER than my jammies.

On a side note, I'm also waiting for Sara to comment her fashion do's & don'ts on my outfits. She's always been my fashion police, so please don't leave me hangin' girl.


Thursday, ran errands, did chores & office work.
HAT: petco park (padres)
CAMI: target
TOP: ann taylor loft (clearance)
BOTTOMS: ann taylor loft
FLIPS: my pink rainbows (my favs)


Friday, stayed home most of the day working in the office, as if you couldn't tell.
JAMMIES: target (from top to bottom)
SLIPPERS: my pink ugg slipper, the other favorite shoe


later on Friday, ran a couple of errands, meeting that night.
TOP: old navy
DRESS: old navy
HEADBAND: target


Saturday, watching friends' kids while they move.
TOP: eddie bauer (clearance)
BOTTOMS: kohl's (i think)
FLIPS: again with my pink rainbows


Sunday Morning, Church with the family
TANK TOP: target (jr. department) and yes, I'm aware that it needed to be ironed, please don't tell my Mama.
CARDIGAN: ann taylor loft (bought from local consignment shop downtown)
PANTS: ann taylor loft (so old)
SHOES: dsw shoes (so comfy)
HEADBAND: target


Monday Night, Date Night with the Sweetie
TOP: kohl's (have it in every color)
SKIRT: eddie bauer (because it was on clearance and because it's a size small and because I'm a sucker for a long skirt. My sister told me no, but I said yes.)
SHOES: kohl's clearance, and oh my so comfy.


Tuesday Night, Small Group Ladies Nite at Cheryl's house
TOP: j.jill (clearance)
BOTTOMS: ann taylor loft (clearance)

Whatcha think? Too many headbands?

If you've got some extra time, go check out what other's wore at The Pleated Poppy.

Putt-Putt Night & a Mess

After a wonderful & lazy Sunday afternoon of de-compressing, we got out and played a little putt-putt.







On a different note, my parents will be here in three weeks. And THIS is what my silverware drawer looks like.

My mama keeps a VERY tidy silverware drawer. I'm thinking she's gonna get a 'special' project when she gets here.

Super Heroes

So I live with boys. God saw fit to bless us with sons 14 & 12 years ago. And I'm thankful. Everyday. I'm thankful when I vacuum up 300 airsoft b.b.'s from the corners of everyroom. I'm thankful when I step on legos in the middle of the night. I'm thankful when I find dirty socks under the seat in my car. I'm thankful when I find un-eaten sandwiches hidden under t-shirts on the floor. And thankful when i see stray toys blown to pieces in the driveway covered in black soot. Good times, all the time.

And the following is another reason/reasons I'm so thankful I have boys. A couple months ago Sweetie and I found some extra guests in our room when we went to bed.



This is Luke Skywalker & some Storm Trooper, I think. They keep their watch over us from the TV bracket.





And this is Chewy and some other Trooper guy thing. They keep watch from the bookshelf.



And this, this sweet handsome guy, he's the Buzz. And he was a special gift to me from the Dave. And he's very strong in his masculinity to stay perched here amongst the girlie perfume bottles.



Sweetie and I sleep better knowing we are being guarded and watched over.

Thanks Dave, you're such a little lover.

Thankful Thursday

I took the boys to lunch the other day. The waiter came to our table and asked for our drink order....

Waiter: Mam? What can I get you to drink?
Me: Unsweet Iced Tea, please.
Waiter: (to Dave) And for you?
Dave: Dr. Pepper, please.
Waiter: (to Calvin) And for you?
Calvin: Bud Light, please.

{{cricket, cricket, cricket}}

Waiter: (leans in to Calvin) Dude, your braces kinda give you away. You get water.
Me: (laughing uncontrollably)

My Calvin, he's such a funny guy!

1. I'm thankful for laughter and the good times I have with my guys, all three of them.

2. My new (to me) books I'm reading.

3. My 'Yummy Grandma' lotion from a sweet friend, so yummy. I slather it on while I'm doing my bible study.

4. The ability to work, it makes me feel so good.

5. My 'JOY' mug with the verse that says....'the joy of the Lord is my strength'...I LOVE that verse.

6. The HUGE thunder, lightning & rain storm outside right now.

7. There is currently NO laundry piled in the hallway or on my bed.

8. The super-uber cheap, but yummy & healthy meal I made tonight for the fam. Big pot of beans & roasted corn.

9. Washing my hair after wearing a baseball cap all day, ahhhhhhhhh.

10. I taught Calvin how to do laundry this week, and he's taken upon himself to do, like, 4 loads without being asked. (Mom pride is beaming!)