whatever

my babies.

talby and scott were laughing SO HARD watching this old video they found of themselves and sean.
i couldn't breathe when i was watching it...i laughed so hard i cried.
it is crazy and loud and nothing happens but my kids are LITTLE and their laughing is so funny.
i mean both those boys are taller than me and much bigger now. 

apparently they think getting their face IN the camera means they won.

and this is totally what spending some time with my kids can be like.... CHAOS. 

 

no one was injured during the making of this video.

i think it's 4 years old. 

oh boy.
they are so silly! 

 

and now.... i am going to sit back and wait for Disney to call.  
this has disney sitcom written all over it.

no?

are you sure?

ha ha ha 

 

 

sunny sunday.

craft weekend went well..fun group of ladies!
we added in a dairy farm visit on saturday.
my friend kerry had a sale out out her farm and we took the craft girls out there for lunch & shopping.
and a bonus was getting to see the cows up close too.

i came home sunday afternoon from Craft Weekend and it was absolutely PERFECT outside.
i watched my girls jumping on the trampoline and could not resist pulling out my camera with that gorgeous light pouring in through the yellow trees.










































i was happy to be back home with them.
we made a campfire and had s'mores and all night i was just overflowing with gratitude for.... all of it.
the sunlight....the turning leaves...the quiet....the beautiful setting....my kids....my husband....the stars...

and the left over cheesecake.
 
how was your weekend?
what did you do?

i pet a cow.

(and later....i found cow poop in my hair.   for reals.  but i lived.)

 

 

my brain....

i feel a little out of it.
i think it's all that is going on in my head preparing for Craft Weekend again.
lots of things to get ready.
all good...but just lots of things to remember.

i had six cups of coffee today. 
for real.
that can't be good for me i am guessing. 

waffle.
he is such a goober.



annie made a birthday card for me...she worked so hard.

 :)

i got The Help and a blender as my gifts. 
perfect gifts i think.
not kidding.

 some of you were asking to see the farm house and how i "decorated"  

ha.

this is my kitchen.

this is my kitchen when i make cheesecake.
i don't know why there is a lighter in the middle of that mess....


this is the front room...the room you walk into when you come in the house.
it has a big set of windows that faces the yard on the right side of this picture.
(one of my kids "hung" that paper star on the curtain hardware months ago... it's not a decoration) 

this is where i spend 95% of my time when i am home.
it gets the light. 
but there are no screens on the windows or door so it has no air flow whatesoever....it's a bummer. 

that door way in the back...goes to the garage.

the family computer is off to the right.

the coat hooks are to the left.... i showed this picture way back in the summer.



 
and this is our bathroom.
that we ALL share.
there is another bathroom upstairs but none of the kids like it so they all use this one.
there is a tub behind the door...and the toilet.
it's no wider than the the doorway.  :)

do you see why i miss my bathtub?  my big private bath tub in my private grown ups only bathroom???

 
this weekend i decided to reorganize my closet.
i took out everything and put it on my bed.
that is my bedroom....i am in my closet taking that photo.
there is nothing decorated in it either...just our furniture we got a long time ago....and some of my grandma's.


and there is my reorganized cleaned out closet....
craig has one 2 feet to the right of mine...but his isn't paneled...i am the lucky one.

this house is a rental.
i like living here but do not feel a desire to decorate.
i may someday....but i feel uninspired at this point.
we are still adjusting to the smaller sized space that is not really "ours".
all of us.

this was on my bed last week after a monsterous tantrum by annie.


she is pretty cute!

we have a no screen rule for the first hour home from school.
if you don't have homework you can read, draw or play.
she made this story....it's awesome.

ok...i am dead tired.
i am going to bed.

goodnight bloggy people.

:)

 

mondays.

 

 

 

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                                                        annie - 2nd grade                                                            talby - 5th grade
 

                                                          sean - 6th grade                                                             scott - freshman
 
 


dorks.
i didn't see that the boys were not smiling....
oh well.
memories.

school is in full day swing already and i am enjoying the quiet days.
i can say that because then i love when they come home so much more than when there is no break for months.

lauren's first day was on a day with two-a-day volleyball practices so she left on her first day before 6 AM.
that is why she is not pictured.  :)

 

ok...
now i want you to click over to read about the CRAFT WEEKEND that we had two weeks ago.
it was another amazing time.
God is so good.

 

last day of summer F U N!!!

i was really ready for school to start but feeling like this summer was missing some FUN.
you know...REAL fun.
i felt tired and busy all summer.
and a bit checked out.
at the store i got the last minute school supplies i had forgotten before and as i grabbed the shaving cream that was on my grocery list...i had the idea.

                                

shaving cream fight.
it's been two years.
we needed to bring it back.

after dinner that night i called them out for a surprise.
i was nervous they were going to think they were too old for it.

           
 


clearly they were not too old for this awesomeness.
well, scott was...but you could tell he really wanted to come out.  
isn't it a bummer to get older and put all these "rules" on yourself?
because are you really ever too old to be in a shaving cream fight?
the answer is no.

       
 



 

 
i keep a few wet rags nearby for when someone gets it on their eye or mouth.
there were no tears this year or fighting.
YAY!!!



        





the yard smelled amazing.

         







waffle really wanted to come out and play.







        

                      





she did throw it at me.
it wiped off my camera.
and i had it all over my shirt....but that is no biggie.


best picture ever!!!



i sent them to the trampoline which was like i told them to get a third scoop of ice cream!
they were so happy.
         









THEN i turned on the sprinkler under the trampoline and they cleaned most of the shaving cream off of them.
they eventually went in one at a time and showered while i sprayed down the deck.

                   

it was the pefect last night of summer activity.
they said so many times how fun it was and how awesome all that shaving cream felt.

smile.

at least we ended on a good note.

goodbye summer.
you were too hot and kind of sucky.....autumn i expect more from you!

my advice today:

GO BUY TEN CANS OF BARBASOL AND TELL YOU KIDS TO GO NUTS!

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craft weekend post is coming on monday!
did you think i forgot?
no way.... those posts just always have so much goodness they take a long time to write.  :)

 

hello weekend....

hello.... new table with rainbow legs that now lives at the farm.
we will eat all of our meals on you and you make me very happy.

hello beautiful package that was so pretty i did not want to open from 
sparrow mercentile.

hello.... world's cutest lunch bag at Joann's that inspired a craft project at our house.

hello.... scott and sean's choir and band concert.

hello.... little girlie who fell asleep during a movie on my bed.




hello.... very funny eighth grade boys devouring their food at HuHot for scott's birthday.




hello.... dairy cows that live across our road.

annie shouted on saturday morning "MOM COME QUICK I HAVE A BIG SURPRISE!!!"
i came into the dining room and said "what is it?"
"LOOK!! the cows are eating up close right HERE! Go get your camera!"  
:) 

hello....new favorite photo.

 

hello.... craft time.

my little girls were busy playing when i had it ready to go so i just started drawing on my own.
soon i was joined by two crafty girls.
when one of us is drawing usually several others follow.




hello toothy smile that tells funny jokes and makes me laugh.


hello.... beautiful water colors.
and smiley snails. 

inspired by the lunch bag and this print at twoems shop

hello ....most beautiful spring evening to have a campfire in the yard.

hello...smores with two marshmallows please.



 hello.... cowgirl boots and rainbow gloves.

hello....mother's day flowers and breakfast in bed made by talby and annie!

hello.... my favorite thing to wear is "saets"  (sweats :)

hello....getting her started early on making coffee!


hello.... daisies at the craft house...with a teeny baby bunny hiding underneath.






hello...super long bike ride over to Sonic for a mother's day treat.




hello....riding bikes on country roads making my heart overflow with happiness.

hello.... very sore rear end from long bike ride.

 


hello....chocolate milk drinking goofball.

 

i am saying hello with lisa leonard today.

how was your weekend?
do tell.