new tie

 This past week... one day...

Trent could not find his tie before school.

He had two ties (he wears a uniform to school- blue or red tie M-W.)

Had two ties, one was cheap- bought at the uniform store-

 and fell apart a week or two after the first day of school- lame.

So we were forced to resort to pulling out one of his Christmas presents!

The RED BOW TIE

Chloe encouraged him to go with a serious model pose for these pictures.

I'm in love with it & & him & I'm hoping he doesn't get beat up at school, if you know what I mean? 

Christmas is coming & I can't wait!

Graduate!

 It was a sad day here in the United States.

We mourn the loss of those beautiful children & their brave teachers.

We talked about it all- Brett & I- on our way up to Weber State University.

Our prayers go out to our whole country as we wonder?

What in the world? This has got to stop.

It was an important & long awaited day for our sweet Laura!

She is done- GRADUATED from College!

AH- sweet success- and just (who knows how long) before the twins arrive.

Of course we do not want them to come too soon....

but they are rowdies! She is lying down trying to keep them in place.

We are hoping to meet them officially in February.

 (blurry picture of Brian pushing Laura in a wheel chair to get her diploma-

 she is not allowed to stand that long)

We came home & she laid down and we had a GREAT big dinner with her family here.

I wish I would have taken photos, but I was too busy having fun & serving food & more food.

shoot- oh well.

We LOve You Laura

We are so proud of you & grateful our grandchildren have a smart mom.

and a cute mom!

HOw cute is this picture of Brian & Laura?

they will have the cute babies

Christmas Dance 2012

Well darn it all-

Look who is almost all grown up!

Chloe

She & a group of her friends took a lucky group of guys to the High School Christmas dance.

I snapped a few pictures before her & Clair ran off with the other girls to pick up their dates.



This was such a fun & festive dress-

I fell in love with it immediately & so did Chloe!

and the shoes!!!

 

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall...

but really - is there anything worse than your mom hanging out while you are on a date?

ya there is worse!

-I should have done it-

live and learn

just a few things

Last weekend (or maybe the weekend before-

all of these past weekends have been blending together.)

Brett & I went on a date!

We went shopping & had a little dinner

 

We checked out the new Paper Source store- first one in Utah- hooray.

We found these there for the twins!!

Love Them



Laura is on part time bed rest- not completely down anymore- and guess what?

 She graduates from college on Friday!!!!!

 WOOT WOOT- oh man we are so so excited.

 How fantastic is this!? Oh boy- what a blessing. We are so proud. HOnestly- just in time. It just couldn't be better timing. She will be 29 weeks the day after graduation.

 I only have one more cape to make. I think these super capes are just the bomb.com.

 Megan sent me this sweet picture of Joey last week.

Oh he is getting so big!

What a handsome fella- He looks a lot like his Papa- lucky kid.

 Two weeks ago we decorated our tree.

I'm just now posting.

Well some of us decorated the tree....

This Merry Christmas & I'm feeling much better post was brought to you by:

 Trent!

Who stayed home from school today with a little stomach issue & while he was here....

fixed my computer monitor!!!

Of course he was the one who broke it-- but hey it's fixed!

Thanks buddy

Somedays are just like that

-My computer is broken. Or at least the monitor is. It's bright red & burns your eyes to look at it.
-I'm using Brett's iPad while he's working & Trent's asleep.
-it was kind of a rough day.
-I got THE Christmas card I get every year today- you know the brAgging kind--- that rhymes.
-I'm not sending out cards this year. Or bragging letters.
-although I'm sure we could find all kinds of words that rhyme with malaria & Tourette?
-I'm reverting back to valentine's day cards.that way maybe we can include a photo of the twins!?
-Brett is working late after spending another long miserable afternoon & night doing homework with Trent. 4-5 hours most days. This is killing us. Most of the time Trent is trying to figure out ways/excuses to get out of the 30-45 minute work. So it takes hours & hours. He's mad -we're mad. It's not fun. Seventh grade is miserable. Again.
-I've spent the whole afternoon second guessing whether or not the charter school was the right choice?
-another hard day & I'm tired right now of hard days.

Sorry to complain but somedays are just like that.

found on my Iphone



Gotta admit- finding these on my phone was awesome.

thanksgiving in pictures 2012

I woke up on Thanksgiving day a little early to get the turkey going and--

asleep on the couch was my son Jack.

A flood of emotions came over me.

It was less than a year ago - when he came home from Brasil.

He has been so sick & slowly getting better.

Blessed- I felt & I FEEL blessed.

Blessed that he felt it was important enough to keep working while he was so very sick- he did keep working (I would have quit)- blessed that he is getting better. Happy- happy he is home. Well, in the same state anyway. He is rarely here but he is happy & doing well in school & working & having the time of his life at BYU- frankly I wouldn't have it any other way.

To be honest - I haven't always felt this way.

 (yes I was a little angry that he got sick, like that did any good?)

It's good to be on this side of this whole situation.

anyhow

THANKSGIVING WAS WONDERFUL

 (Johnny aka: world's best kiss thrower)

Probably my favorite part of Thanksgiving this year -- well one of many-- was this mural Ethan drew for me.  How fun & wonderful is this!?

Thanksgiving is becoming one of my favorite days of the whole year!

I hope yours was good too.

really... so long between posts?

It's been a seriously... 

busy busy

month here for me people!

In November-

I started redoing Hailey's room.

She moved into the boys old room in the basement & we (okay it was me) decided to turn her room into a guest room. We frequently have guests & it is only difficult because we always put them in Trent's room. That is a nightmare for me. So much work & it throws him off his schedule. So- In changing this room to a guest room-- my life will eventually be easier- right?

I have to say- all the wallpaper is down & I haven't even walked into the room since the friday before thanksgiving. No time.

One of Jack's best friends---

SETH CAME HOME FROM HIS MISSION!!!

So lucky for us Jack was home a little bit. 

He is so fun to have home.

Great News-

Hailey got a job at Cafe Rio!!!

FREE MEAL

-Oh ya-

She doesn't get to bring home free food I just love to yell free meal like they do.

Are you just sick about the whole Hostess going under business?

I may have ate my last raspberry filled powdered sugar donut?

I don't want to live in this kind of world? A world without twinkies?

Dear me--- can it be so?

SOMEONE FIX THIS!

A little update:

We LOVE having Brittany close & think she should eat dinner here every night.

Laura is on bed rest now-- she's 26 weeks--- much too soon for these little buggers to be wanting to come. So down she is!

I've been working nearly 30 hours a week & haven't had a day off in 10 days straight!

sigh- Christmas time + retail = crazy busy.

I've been in the last two Sunday nights after the store closed putting up Christmas floor sets.

Fun really-- but so tiring.

my window

ISN'T IT GORGEOUS!!!

I'm just a little over the top - proud of it.

I've also been making capes for Christmas- remember the super hero capes I made for Charlie & Joey?

Well-- I have had some orders & made 5 capes now! you know, just in my free time - still it's great for a little extra Christmas money & they are really fun to make!

Thank Heaven's for Brett- he is such a huge support & truly my sweet heart. 

I love to see him with his "other girls" Lavern & Shirley.

It just cracks me up!

They run to his as soon as he opens the back door. 

Thanksgiving Post 

(it was so much fun!) 

coming soon