catch a fire

it's gonna be good....

i'm probably more excited about the party than he is, but thats okay. the invites turned out really cute...

the monkey isnt quite finished yet.. and the zebra's are a little, well.. lets just say, thats why i put a label on them.

...like a lamb to the slaughter.
these babies arent going to last long with 9 kids around!

pin the tail on the tiger. (compliments of my mom for the picture) THANKS!

and home made palm trees. every safari needs palm trees.

while in san diego we saw a local station showing this recipe for mushroom, red onion, and blue cheese pizza. the guy preparing it was sort of nutty, but it sounded good. so today b-dog whipped it up in no time and it was SOOO good. a bit gourmet, but EASY gourmet.

we had a toast in honor of jonesy's upcoming birthday

it's hard basking in the sun all day

oh.. our trip to cabo was SO nice. i mean, it would be hard to make it not nice. but its good to be home. sadly part of our trip was crapped out becuase we had to miss one of our port stops. a guy on our cruise had a heart attack and we had to return to cabo after we'd already left. that meant to make up the distance we had to skip ensenada and we were on the boat for 3 straight days.. talk about cabin fever! anways, san diego was probably our favorite part. we had 6 hours between getting off the boat and our flight leaving so we grabbed a rental car and toured the city, hit some beaches, and decided that california is WAAAAY better than utah. here are our pics.

laugh out loud

i know everybody thinks their own kid is the funniest, so i'm no different. but i'll tell you what. miss moo is quite a ham. she makes the funniest faces. just peruse below. we did these for fun and i'm counting them as the birthday pictures for the kids.

this one makes her look all soft and cuddley like you want to give her a big fat zerbert on her belly or pinch her bum, but did you notice the previous picture? um. dont.even.try.it.seriously.

and this one just made me laugh out loud.. hehe.. really it did.

and who doesnt love a good brush in the middle of the afternoon.. ooh me! me! i do.

danka

i (i = me, my kids, and our good friend jenilyn).. okay, so WE were out scouting for good places for pictures downtown and this place was great. i'd love to claim this pic as mine, but that would just be plain ol' rude! jenilyn was nice enough to let me jump in and snap it. great job missy. thanks so much, i love it.

skulls

oooh.. my new favorite!! i really dig this one..

finally!

its about time! she finally has enough hair for pig tails and i love it! she is so cute with them.

get ready.

so i started making these ties, and they are seriously so cute. i've decided to sell them and they would make perfect gifts for christmas. if you know of any little men you need to get gussied up for church or other events, then you need this! they are reversible, so really it's a two-in-one tie. they have a frayed edge for a little bit of fun. as well as a fat bottom for some manliness. if you need a special color combo, just let me know via my email on my profile! i have sizes from newborn to 5T. Spread the word!

flavors:

white circles * blue polka * green heavy stripe *

white w/ green stripe * green w/ yellow stripe * yellow solid *

blue stripe *

OR customize to what you need! i'm game for any option!

creativity

jonesy is starting to be imaginative and i think its so funny! ever since halloween, he'll knock on our bedroom door, open it, and say trick or treat. then i give him a pretend treat, and he says. mom, open it. so i have to open it up and then he gobbles it up. its so cute.

OH.MY.GOODNESS.

wow. really. thats about all i can say. wow. go check it. and then pay her whatever she asks to do your own. AMAZING! jessica Kettle i'm in love with them.

oh. and of course. THANK YOU!

dinnertime

somehow i missed this picture earlier, but i think its so funny! you'd think i'd said that we were going to have HER for dinner. that expression is great.

holy moses! seriously, this is the cutest hat EVER! i bought it off etsy, from everyday beautiful, and i had hoped it would be in time for our family pictures. im sure it would have, except my post man dallied around with it and i didnt get it. boo.. so i decided just to take my own. i LOVE this hat. its so fan-friggin-tastic.. anyways. if you want one, hit the link. she did a great job.

tie

i made jones a tie for church. it didnt take very long, but it turned out so cute! i just might make a couple more.

this picture is a little blurry, but its so cute.

supers

seriously, she's a nut. always putting grass and leaves and dirt and whatever else she can find in her mouth.. i love the sun on this one.

this is the cape i made for jonas. he's so funny. i made 2 of them and so he makes one of us put it on and run around the house with him and then he'll say, "whoa, i'm so fast."

We had our family pictures done on friday by Jessica Kettle, whom i love. and i can't wait to see them. i'll be sure to post some and her link. she's seriously great. mia wasnt to happy, so i hope we got a decent one of her. oh well. kids arent perfect. i know they'll be great pictures.

crossfit. it does a body good

if only my hubby had muscles like this...

oh. wait. he does. ;)

Look at those shoulders! Yowza! my handsome hubby has been doing the crossfit fitness program for the past year with some pretty stunning results, if i do say so myself!

talk about OLD school

i saw this on cher's blog and thought it was so funny. i had to do it.

yearbookyourself.com

so this is when my mom graduated. (69) oddly enough, it probably looks exactly like she would have, since i look exactly like her.

and when my dad graduated. (64)

i did jonas' just to be funny.. oh the hilarity.

this is 1970

1976

and 1980!

spooky treats

i bought this kit from JoAnn's last week for like 10$. it was so cute and i thought it would be a lot of fun for jonas and i to do. i decided to get caramel too because they taste much better that way. anyways, it was time consuming and messy, but lots of fun! too bad they dont turn out as pretty as the box. but im an amateur and we are just going to eat them anyways.

sun

i was practicing some photos with the sun, trying to get a good sun flare, but jones moves so fast, its a little hard. well, any 2 year old moves too fast. i thought they turned out good with the sun anyways. he's my little GAP man.

jones

he's a handsome devil, that little man of mine.

feeling blue

so when brody was out of town for another training i decided to paint, again. its easier to do it when he's gone, becuase then the house can be messy and i dont have to hear him complain about it!! i wasnt so sure about it at first. it was a bit darker than i had wanted, but i love it now..

~and yes, that's nemo on the tv. jonas' favorite new thing.

just for fun

she is so funny. she L.O.V.E.S. to eat grass. maybe she needs more fiber, i dont know. but everytime i put her in the grass its always in her mouth. and the second is her funny face when she wakes up. she's so cute.

slowly but surely

we are making progress... we have had 2 successful days of #2's in the potty! i'm so happy. hopefully this will be the start of a great new habit. i've promised him a chocolate cookie for when he does it and here he is in all his chocolate glory!