WOW - The City is Different

Well, we went to Santa Fe and sure enough it didn't disappoint! We saw real life Zombies (ok so that is an oxymoron and I had to explain to C that is the reason we do not celebrate Halloween - she thought they were real- and BTW no pics of the Zombies, SORRY) in the St Francis Cathedral Park, there was a normal guy that actually warned us to beware of the zombies before we saw them; we saw a mouse sitting on the back of a sad cat who was sitting next to a big dog,we ate at Del Charro where their were angry waitpeople who were cussing wildly and we thought we just might witness a brawl, and lasst but certainly not least - we saw HEAVEN (see pics below if interested in what heaven looks like)! Here are a few pictures from our wild adventure!

The City Different

I love SKYPE! I love living in the technical era of today! Last night I got on my computer one last time to check some email and my girlfriend, Smile, from California with some other very fun friends who are on a scrapbooking weekend in Big Bear, called my computer via SKYPE. We both have webcams and so it was like I was there with them. I love this technology age where we can keep in touch with each other in so many more personal ways - than just letter writing. By the way - those girls were having way too much fun!!!

Today, we are off to Santa Fe to show Jenny the sights of "the city different"! I was looking on the Santa Fe website and saw this was their slogan. So, this just goes to show that we are in for a real adventure! We are planning on walking around the square and sampling some fine dining (suggested by the lovely Mr and Mrs J) at Del Charro. I will post our atual adventure in "The City Different" soon!

Aubrey's Post!!!! :)

Today we went to the orthodontist and I got my braces!!!!!!!! They didn't really hurt except for when they put the little X in between my two front top teeth. They don't hurt right now. So here are two pictures:



We are having a blast with our buddy from California. Right now we are playing our video games and switching turns playing. We keep yelling at it and B tells us to stop all the time.


Aubrey

YET Another NEW Post

WOW! I am so overjoyed that there is still people checking in on me! I never expected to have 6 comments with my first post back!

We spent the day at our friends, Mike and Susan, painting cabinets and celebrating birthdays. I really tried to remember my camera so I could have pictures with my post - but I ended up forgetting and now will either have to have NO picture or wait until someone else blogs about this event and included their pics (Like Cody - totally saw you taking pictures!) and then I can steal their pics! This is quite the time of year for birthdays! Then we picked up our dear friend Jenny from California. She is in town for 2 weeks to hang with us. Check in on us to see what we are up to!

Thanks to Bob and Judy for the pictures!!

SURPRISE!!!!

So, I just figured that I would surprise the probably only reader I have managed to sustain on my blog and post a new posting after almost 2 and a half months!!!!

We have been having such a nice and relaxing Summer. We have been waiting and waiting for Laughter Thoughts and her family to come for a visit - We keep thinking that she might bring her sweet little Mowgli with her and of course all of her sweet little monkeys! We had to endure a 4th of July without them this year! We managed to have a good time though. We went to the Wrestling Mat's house and had a nice cookout and it rained! We haven't seen rain in ages (almost as long as you have seen a new post here!) Then we loaded up and saw fireworks. The wind calmed long enough for a great show, although I don't really think that the kids even noticed the fireworks! They were way tooooo busy launching their glow sticks into the dark.

We have been hanging out every Tuesday at the multi-generational center. They have a really fun sprinkler park and we just found out how fun it is to play follow the leader there! (I stole my pic from Blue Bicycle who also played follow the leader with us and she was wearing a skirt! You ROCK BB!)

Girls Weekend

Here are some pics of our weekend getaway to lovely Mesa, AZ for CKC Mesa. We had a blast and C did an amazing job. She worked the cash register like A did when she went with me. They both did fantabulous jobs. I am so thankful for my weekend trips with my girls.

Blue Smile

C got her braces on the front 4 teeth yesterday! She picked two different color blue for her bands. I think she looks GREAT!

Mmmmm!

Don't forget! Tuesday is FREE cone day at Ben and Jerry's! WE always try to make this and last year we got there just minutes after they ran out of ice cream! So, go early and often!!! Hope you are lucky enough to have one of the AWESOME ice cream shops in your neck of the woods! My favorite is Chocolate Fudge Brownie! Sound off and let me know your favorite!!!

YEAH! For Spring!

My neighbor and I went in together and bought some flowers from Spring Hill Nuseries. So, I thought this was as good as chance as ever to start FRESH! SB and I cleared out the old bed and tried to harvest some of the bulbs that I wanted to keep and rearrange. We'll see how I do at saving those and making that work! The flowers don't come in for a couple of weeks - but when they do we will be ready!!! Here is a picture of my blank canvas!

Amburgers and Wootbeer

I know this has been around for awhile BUT. . . we LOVE this! Go ahead and watch it only lasts a minute!

I have a New TOY! It is called Memory Mixer and it is a digital scrapbooking program. YEAH! This really interests me way more than actual scrapbooking!

Happy Easter

Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny

Did you guys know that the Tooth Fairy knows the Easter Bunny and if your child wants to tell the Easter Bunny something that they can write a letter to the EB and ask put it under the pillow and have the TF deliver it? Well, it is the truth!! I have it on eye witness that the TF and the EB play Bingo each Tuesday and Friday.

Funny things heard here at our house lately,

• Wow! I love my clean room! (B)



• What the Hillbilly! (All)

I love to hear the funny things! If you have any funny things you have heard kids say go ahead and post those here! I'd love to hear them!

Dream Kitchen OR the next Hung?

Those of you that know me - know that I have been on a qwest to get some big tv show to come in and make over my kitchen! We all know that Oprah has not come through (even though I sent in my big dream over 2 years ago - an awesome video, I must say!) and that Martha is just downright LAME. Well, SB sent me a link to a new reality tv show last week. It turns out that you have to be able to travel through the end of March (so we just missed it!) Anyway, I filled out the application and was reading the 4 page agreement and came across this:

• 
  Applicants acknowledge, understand, and agree that
  Companies’ use or revelation of Personal Information and
  Recordings may be embarrassing, unfavorable, humiliating,
  and/or derogatory and/or may portray him or her in a false
  light. Each applicant agrees to release, discharge and hold
  harmless the Companies from any and all claims (including,
  without limitation, claims for slander, libel, defamation,
  violation of rights of privacy, publicity, personality, and/or civil
  rights, depiction in a false light, intentional or negligent
  infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, and/or
  any other tort and/or damages arising from or in any way
  relating to the submission of a Participant Application,
  participation in the selection process, participation in the
  Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings
  and/or the use of the applicant's name, voice, and/or likeness
  in connection with the Program, or the promotion thereof in
  all media now known or hereafter devised. Applicants are
  required to sign Releases to this effect. "

Don't very well want to be the next William Hung!!!!

Am I old or WHAT?!!

We got back from Portland last Sunday and then my 16 year old niece came for her Spring Break. A had a lot of fun and we worked her hard! We worked LONG hours and only saw the hotel and the drive from the hotel to the convention center. What is the deal with all the no turns in downtown Portland. We had to go way around just to turn LEFT!!!

We had a GREAT time and I learned quite a bit last week. OF course we had to notice all the HOT guys (I had forgotten what it was like to be 16!!). So the big question of the week is:

What in the world does EMO mean? I will let you in on the lingo later in the week - until then go ahead and post your guesses!

Off to Portland

A and I are off on a mother/daughter trip. We are going to be working at CKC scrapbooking convention. I am very excited that A gets to come with me this time. So, if you check back and there are no new posts - that is why!

Problem Fixed

I have fixed the black issue from the previous post by making my header a little bigger. Although, now it is a bit too big. But. . . you will have to live with that little flaw for awhile. I am just excited to have a new look!

Our little C has started a family newsletter. She thought of it and put it together all on her own. It is so adorable and I think she might have a future in this area. She has it formatted with 3 columns and each article comes equipped with its own headline and she makes use of many fonts. She is amazing! It is in a weird program though so it can't be converted. But. . . here is one of her articles regarding the PTO President (Yours truely)
"The yearbook had to be ready in ten days, so please start working on the yearbook."

Our little editor is soooo CUTE!

UGHHH!!

I have a new header and I can't figure out how to get rid of the black padding behind it! Anyone have any suggestions. I played around with the numbers under header setting but can seem to get it right. When I do preview it looks GREAT and then when I go to save it, I get the black line!

New Blogger Alert

My very long lost friends, Janie and Hill, whom I lived with for a couple of months right before my wedding has joined the blogging community. I am so excited to have a way other than the telephone (which hasn't worked too well over the years) of keeping up on what's going on with them. So, WELCOME!!!!

Mommy Necklace

I just love my "mommy" necklace. My friend Sillybug and Sandi gave it to me for helping them in LA at the CHA show. I cried when they gave it to me - never mind the fact that I hadn't really slept AT ALL for a few nights and was pretty much emotionally wiped - I have never had "mommy" jewlery! I love it!

Papa Smurf

I am not going to go on and on about where I have been or why I haven't been blogging - suffice (used that word just for you Kelly) it to say that I have been ignoring the blogging world lately. I know many of you are nodding your heads in heavy agreement about that right about now. I don't know if I will be back on track or not BUT. . . we'll just take it one day at a time!

SO - What in the world is gonna happen with Papa Smurf tonight? Is he gonna bail and do you think he broke his ribs? I thought maybe he was ok after eating pig snout last week. That just goes to show you what being hungry and having too much adrenaline can do for you! (if you are lost then that is because you aren't watching survivor!)

Let me know what you all think. I will even take comments about this subject after tonight's show.

All I Want for My Birthday is My Two Front Teeth

Finally! After about two months of literally looser than loose front teeth - THEY BOTH FELL OUT!

Edited to say - tonight when he was headed to bed and wanted his tooth that I had put in a little baggie - well, I couldn't find it anywhere! Turns out that I had thrown it away and SB had thrown the trash out! SB had to go digging through the dumpster!

NORTH DAKOTA??

Well, it snowed again! At least this time it was only a couple of inches and it wasn't as cold so it didn't really stick to the roads. I am beginning to wonder if someone up and moved us to North Dakota while I was sleeping a few weeks back.

Have a great Lord's Day!

Happy New Year!!!

Dreamin

It is only January and I am dreaming on WARM Sunny weather! I am sorry that my bloggin has come down to complaining about the weather - BUT in all fairness the desert is NOT supposed to be this cold EVER! I was watching the news last night and they are forecasting more snow for tonight through Saturday and they say this is a BIG one! yeah - well they are just trying to cover their rears because last time they said we were just going to get a quick inch and 18 inches later we were covered!

Here is my picture for the day - I did not take this - just found it will DREAMING! Speaking of pictures, I found this challenge called A Photo A Day where you take a picture a day and there is theme to follow and paste it to your blog - I have set up a new blog with my photo a day pictures. If you are interested click here!

NOT AGAIN!!!!

It may look like you have seen these pictures before, BUT... you haven't! We are in the middle of yet another snow storm! This time it isn't any little measly 8 inch storm - so far we have over 15 inches and it is still snowing! I am sure these pictures speak for themselves!

Winter Wonderland

It started snowing yesterday morning and is still lightly snowing. So far we have gotten 8 inches! It's beginning to look alot like Christmas!!! Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!! (couldn't help myself!!!)

Elevator in China!

SB and I went to finish up our last minute Christmas shopping yesterday. Our travels took us to the mall where we needed to go upstairs. I don't know if many of you realize that handicap accessible doesn't mean convenient! Well, it is the honest truth and yesterday proves that! We decided to go up the escalator (yes! I did mean the escalator and not the elevator!) and when we got ready to come down the escalator there was a sign - a professionally made sign, not a hand written sign - that said "Elavator in China"! I couldn't help but to laugh! It took me until we got most of the way down the escalator to realize that it meant that the elevator was to be found in the china department (fine dishes)! All that I could wrap my mind around was that someone had finally SAW THE LIGHT!! and had decided to publish what I have known for over 20 years - accessibility doesn't mean convenient!!!!

Calendar Woes

It is that time of the year when the calendar starts to run out and it is time to get a new one! I had found a wonderful calendar this last year and went to get another one just like it but . . . of course they didn't have the one I wanted - which sent me looking for a new one! I found one I think I am going to really like but the cover wasn't going to work for me. I ripped off the cover and made a new one. I put cute little ribbon tabs where the months started and joila - THE PERFECT calendar for my new year!

Christmas Tree Cutting Expedition

This weekend we drove out to the mountains and chopped down our very own Christmas Tree! It was definitely a first for all of us. We had such a great time. Our tree is very cute and has such character! The part I liked best is that we got to pick it!! Here is a tip though for those who have never done this and think they might want to - the trees look smaller in the wild! We thought ours was going to be tiny in our house, but. . . it is pretty full. Someone had told us to make sure that SB stood next to it and make sure it wasn't going to be too tall! We did manage not to get a tree that was too tall.There was snow still in the mountains too - so the kids made snowballs! We had a great time. We celebrated C's birthday also with a trip to Frontier for breakfast.

SURPRISE!!!!

I am here and alive! I think this might be the longest blog lag in the history of my blog! Well here I am and here is a recap on my last month.

• Trip to Pheonix and Phantom of the Opera was awesome! We totally surprised the kids and they didn't figure out we were on our way to Pheonix until after we were already out of town! They thought we were just going the wrong way to school! Once we were there, SB surprised A with Dallas Cowboys vs Arizona Cardinal tickets that we got from Treasure's Father-in-law. Dallas won, by the way!
• I am officially all healed and feeling GREAT!!!
• I am working with my friend doing ad work for her new business, Across The Street (scrapbooking manufacturing business)! Marchelle and her partner, Sandi, really are geniuses with really great ideas. I completed my first ad for a real life magazine just this week. It is fun being creative and BOY, do I have alot to learn.
• We are getting ready for C's birthday and for Jesus' birthday! It is hard to believe that another year has come and is almost gone! It just doesn't seem possible.
  

That is just a small recap and I am sorry that I haven't been so diligent and I fear that I have lost some readers and have fallen into that category of long forgotten boring blogs like this one here Bergan Brand! If you happen to click on this one - you will notice the last entry is JUNE 17!!!! I never want that kind of fate for my dear beloved blog! I will try to make a better effort at keeping my blog ALIVE!!!

Phantom

SB and I are going to see "The Phantom of the Opera" tonight! His parents bought us tickets as kind of a" recovering and getting back in the swing of living" treat! I have never seen this show, but it is one I have really wanted to see and just never have! We are going to get dressed up and have a great time! Great big shout out to Muggins and Gumpa for our big night!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Time for a new post! Wouldn't you agree?!!

This past weekend was marked by yet another year of my life passing away! I had decided years ago that 35 was going to be the perfect year - I have since decided that all the years are the perfect year! Each year is special and holds dear memories for different reasons. I am really enjoying being me! I love my husband, my awesome kids, my extended family, my friends both far and near AND I am absolutely loving my new VACUUM cleaner (thanks mom and dad for getting me an ORECK!!!!!- all in all I am really loving life. My mother and father in law bought SB and I tickets to see Phantom of the Opera this week. I have never ever seen this before in any form and am very excited to get to do something so different.

We celebrated the passing of the year with a trip to the zoo and a ride on the zoo train. It was a gorgeous day and felt great to be outside hanging out with those I love. While at the zoo, I took this picture and I think it is one of my all time favorites - Mugs, A says you should paint this one! Notice B's pants are his baseball pants and in his hip pocket is his camera! He is really getting tall!

Poppin Fresh Dance

Thanks to Laughter Thoughts for this great site and for one of the biggest laughs I have had in a long time. This is a video of SixBit's and me doing a fun dance - click here for the laugh of your life! (not sure SB has seen this video!)
Also, A and C have made a dance video. C has grown quite a bit and A is a bit pushy in this video - click here for their video.

ENJOY and better sit for these!

Sponge Curlers

We curled A's hair last night with the sponge rollers. How many reading this post have used the sponge rollers in your life? How many put panties on their head while they were sleeping to keep the rollers from falling out? (well actually - how many mothers made you sleep with the panties on your head?) Here are the end results - I don't remember mine ever looking so curly and pretty!



WOW! I am on a roll today - 2 posts in less than 30 minutes!

This One is for you - Kel

Last week after our official Survivor night we went outside and found this written on the driveway in chalk! HHmmmmm could it be that someone was watching from the window?

New Blog

YAY! Megan is finally a part of our blogging world. I am so glad you have come out of the ranks of lurkers and anonymous posters! I can't wait to see your blog grow along with your new addition!