The playhouse that Aria got for her second birthday did not last long at all. Not even a full year. It was plastic and was pretty much destroyed by two things: 1) the sun, and 2) our boys. Our boys!! They play in our yard with the soccer ball and baseball as if they are […]
Designing Women
Avery had to design a dress to earn one of her badges in Girl Scouts. She had a pattern to go by, and she chose the paper and made all the cuts, and here is her dress with handbag accessory. Cute, huh? It’s glued on a canvas backing. Aislynn wanted to get in on the […]
some serious air time
This weekend’s baseball game… A.J. on first base and he’s OUT! Who says white boys can’t jump? This photo just cracks me up. Look how high he gets off the ground to catch that ball! Not too bad for an 8 year old, huh? Yep, he’s heading for the big […]
BMX Birthday!
So the “new” thing that I’m trying this week…is editing my photos. I have never been much into editing, so this is all new territory for me. Below is my recap of A.J.’s birthday party, along with some of my favorite photos. Each one is edited using different techniques found in Picnik. ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~ A.J.’s […]
My Beautiful Boy
Sometimes my little Andrew…well, he just takes my breath away. I am loving this photo that I just took of him. We were at the petting zoo, and instead of petting and holding the bunnies and all the other animals, he chose to play on the playground. I snapped this quick photo of him […]
Baseball
*photos courtesy of John Dunphy I have never been much of baseball fan…until my A.J. took a liking to the sport. Now, I LOVE watching baseball games — of course, only when he’s playing in them I’m linked up with the Meet Me on Monday blog hop. Here are this week’s getting-to-know-you questions: […]
Where’s My Camera?
Sometimes my camera “disappears” when I leave it on the charger. I look everywhere…and then a few hours (or days!) later, it magically appears on a table or the kitchen counter. And to find out who had my camera, all I need to do is download the pictures…. and this week’s featured photographer is…… ANDREW!!! […]
fifteen & two
Afton and Aria having some fun with iPhoto. I just love moments like these. Captured forever. linking up with
more limericks and random happenings
There once was a boy dressed in green Who has never once had a vaccine Doctor visits are few Never sick with the flu In fact, his health record is clean! This girl? She can be kinda flirty With straight A’s she is actually quite nerdy But the boys they do call And dad chases […]
Choking
Choking. This is a fear of mine. Would you know what to do if you were eating alone and began to choke? If you suddenly were not getting any air? Most of us would panic. It’s a very scary feeling. According to Wikipedia, choking, – which is caused by food or another foreign object becoming […]
My 8 year old
Today is A.J.’s 8th birthday! Even though I’m laid up in bed while I heal, I wanted to be sure that he had a special day. So I sent Rich to Target with all the kids, and each one picked out their own gift for A.J. Then at the end of the […]
the interview
Sometimes I interview my kids. I like to hear their answers to my random questions. I sit with them and write down what they say, word for word. Here is one I did on Alex back in January 2010 when he was 10 years old. I just found it in my drawer and I thought […]
Andrew
Andrew Last weekend Rich took Alex, Avery, A.J., Aislynn, and Andrew on a 3 day camping/dirt bike riding trip in our local desert. A bunch of families from his fire department were going. I decided to stay home with Aria and the three older teens (who didn’t really want to go) and enjoyed a quiet, […]
Winter Formal Photos
My two oldest daughters went to their high school’s Winter Formal dance last weekend. It is customary for the girls to ask the guys to this particular dance, and both girls asked a friend to be their “date”. So just to be clear: the “dates” are not “boyfriends” but just friends! Audriana and her […]
5-point harness carseats
This photo is one of my absolute favorites. It was taken a little over three years ago (before Aria came along) and in case you cannot tell, this is the inside of our van. There are 5 carseats in this van (you can see little Aislynn’s head popping out from the very back seat!) and […]
this is what happens when I leave my computer unattended…
My Mac is upstairs in our hallway’s media center, and I don’t always turn it off when I walk away from it. And if it’s left unattended for too long, one by one the kids will walk by and cannot resist the urge to take photos of themselves with the iPhoto Booth camera. Days, maybe […]
love/hate relationship
BACK THEN and RIGHT NOW These two girls might take nice photos together — but that’s where the niceness ends. As soon as the photo is taken, they quickly separate and rarely talk unless they are barking an order at each other, or accusing the other of taking her hairbrush, or getting angry that […]
This is when…
This when our house is quiet. The three youngest + sleep = a calm and quiet house This photo makes me laugh because you notice how Andrew is in his jeans? He wasn’t ready for bed yet, but Aislynn and Aria had already been bathed and were sleeping in my room. Andrew must have wandered […]
Mommy’s Little Helper
Aria has taken a real interest in our laundry lately. Whenever she hears me in the laundry room, she runs over to me and says, “I help?” She helps me load the washer with clothes, then she likes to take the wet clothes out of the washer and put them into the dryer. Once […]
potty mouth
This sweet little thing has picked up some rather unpleasant language lately. “Okay, stupid.” “Shut up, stupid” “I hate you” are the three ugly sentences that come out of this pretty little mouth throughout the day. She doesn’t get this talk from her older siblings, but from the movies we watch. Movies like “Home […]