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Crazy Eights....



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8 things I look forward to...



1.Working

2.Thanksgiving

3.Christmas

4.Crisp cool air

5.pumpkins

6.Andy working Days instead of nights

7.reading 8 more entries similar to this one (no need to list any names)

8.fires in the fireplace

Behave or be hived

Ben has followed A.J. around for a long time now. I guess he has been copying him since he could walk. He now wants everything to be exactly like A.J.'s. I don't necessarily remember my little sister being that way. I do recall a time when it was impossible to be alone for more than 2 minutes at a time. Long enough to go to the bathroom. A.J. is o.k. with it at the moment. I pray that he remains patient with Ben. Here they are, "surviving". Survival is a game that A.J. loves to play, but never cleans up. Hes always looking for "supplies" and stuffing bags full of everything he deems necessary. They are cuteness!

Micah, had a rough weekend. We went to Southlake Town Square on Thursday and had coconut gelatin at PICCOMOLO. Of course we had to share the goodness. she also just finished Amoxicillin 3 days before. So there is an allergy that we have narrowed down. She woke up covered in hives Sat. morning. Poor baby. After lots of sleep and a dose of Zyrtec. She is in recovery. The hives aren't completely gone but looking much better!

I thought she looked really strong in this picture. A natural Superwoman.

Here is a glimpse of the 80's party. This one is me after I had been drinking and took off my humongo heart hoop earrings!

I don't like any of the pictures that were taken with me in them. This one is the worst! My shirt is sitting on me in a funny way. Check out our neighbors though. Look at the Zebra striped spandex. He also had on black cowboy boots and a hand drawn tat. We had a blast. I wish more people had dressed up!

huffin and puffin, my house was blown down

Not really. It just feels like it. I think? Cat pee, self dressed 2 yr old, Kiss impressions, Doggy visits and night long coughing. Forgive me for the lack of interesting content. Been up with a hacking child last couple nights.

Apparently I need to go back to school because Ben seems to think I don't know which is front and which is back. He changes clothes at least 3 times a day and if I try to help him, He always redoes it.

Here is Andy teaching Ben how to make a Kiss face. This is their thing.

Stoli is visiting for the week. He is A.J.'s favorite Dog ever! A,J, is a little upset with him tonight because Stoli won't snuggle.

Oh, The Cat pee. I woke up around 12am the other night and smelled cat pee. The worst smell! I thought maybe my cat had an infection or something and I would hunt for it in the morning. 1:30 rolls around and I wake to my cat fighting another cat in the hallway, right in front of Micah's door. Naya chased the other cat away. There was cat hair everywhere. The next morning, I discovered that my rug and recliner and a couple pillows were sprayed by this mystery cat. GRRRRRRR! Relieved Naya didn't get hurt. Someone elses' cat must have though! The pet door is eternally shut now!

We luv Visits....

So sorry I have slacked on the blog.........Gotta let some things slide for awhile. I have not even had time to take pictures. Guess how many were on my camera when I downloaded just now? 7 - yes, It was quick! Normally I take any where between 50 and 100 a week. I do have to say some of my free time has been retrieved. It was taking 3 or 4 times to dry one load of laundry. We had some Air hawks put in and it now takes only once! They cleaned the existing air hawk where the dryer vents through. Thanks "worker man"!

My kids seem to need every second of mine.

Andy's Dad and Step-mom visited last week. That was nice! The kids love their Nanna and Bopa!

Playing piggies!!

Easter

I woke the kids up around 8 am so we could do our egg hunt and Easter

treats before Church. G-pa joined us this morning and for lunch after church. I always take those colored eggs and make deviled eggs out of them. Or egg salad sandwiches. Ben did not want his picture taken so this was the best I got.

After all the festivities I was exhausted!!. I plopped down on the couch and watched the kids play out back. There was such a nice breeze and I got that sleepy feeling. I sometimes think I could possibly be borderline narcoleptic. In a matter of seconds I find myself nodding off during the most non-nap time moments. So to keep myself entertained, I tried taking some self portraits. After all, I'm always the one behind the camera. My profile pic is some 2 years old? Anyway, the most depressing thing happened Saturday. I went shopping for Easter attire. It was so, aweful. I use to love shopping for clothes. After that day and thumbing through the self portraits, I have been hard on myself. I can tell I'm aging, duh, and it isn't pretty from the side I am on. I know, Motherhood, x 3, self neglect, gravity, and the fact that nursing is draining all the life out of my skin and hair! please keep your comments to yourself. I really am working this out with God. In the grand scheme of things, I really am looking to captivate him, right!

So fresh and so .... dirty

I'll give you the low down on the fresh first. Blueberry, banana muffins That's right, mmmmmm. I have the best recipe for muffins. You can cook them with any type of fruit you want!

I also love, love, love making my own salsa.

I like it chunky. Want the recipe? O.K. I'll give it up.

1 large very ripe tomato- chopped

1 can original Rotel

1 can diced tomatoes

1 cup of chopped cilantro

1/4 cup of diced red onion

(Garlic salt
sea salt

and cracked black pepper

To Taste)
MIX it UP- yummy!

For the dirty part..........

A.J. and I planted flowers.

He did a great job choosing what to put in which pot!




Then I let the boys have their way with the backyard.

I'm not sure what they are doing, but they were having fun!!

They both got very dirty! I know that much!