Monday, February 21, 2011

the kiddos museum on a holiday

let me first start by telling you I have been dying to go here since my cute friend Julie told me how fabulous it was…and boy was she right!

mama apes or April as she's really named invited me along with 5 of her kids, her sister Amy jo and two nephews for a day at the children's museum. considering that I was just stopping by her house for a quick visit for our girls to play and drop off a darling present (if I do say so myself) that was handmade by moi….who could resist?

so off we went rushing as usual when you have that many kids in-tow…to the children's museum. Amy jo had gotten free tickets and boy was that a savings for us all…

boy would I love a year membership here!

we played and played and didn't even make it all the way through but here is our day in pics

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this little piece of heaven was strapped to my chest today and oh can i just say…delicious?

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mama apes and i

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i swear she gets prettier by the day!

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oh darn i have to carry the 5week old baby brystal?!!!

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best buddies!

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gold rush days

I love a parade, the marching bands and neat old cars! the smiles and cheering from little girls on shoulders. I love the excitement and the horses, the clubs and schools who have been chosen…the silly things you see that you never thought you would see.

AND THIS PARADE DID NOT DISAPPOINT!

we took a drive last Saturday and ended up in Wickenburg on a gorgeous spring morning…where we got second row seats and waited for candy to be thrown at us as we people watched and cheered, giggled and grinned at the fun show unfolding before us! then we ate at Anita's …yummo! and walked around the big carnival eating chocolate covered strawberries on a stick and shopping and watching everyone go by.

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wonder what londy liked best?

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empty house

bitter sweet was the sale of my fabulous house! it was a must because of the divorce and a really good thing for me and londy to move to a great new area, where new adventures will be taking place. a new school, close to shopping, restaurants and family. but wow was it tough to close up that house and walk away.

here are a few….before the packing began and a few EMPTY afters!

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those last few moments were hard…I cried all the way home…we built that house, designed it, added pavers and flagstone, crown molding, venetian bronze everything and a backyard…we did it all ourselves and I loved it.

londy actually kissed and hugged the walls goodbye,,,thought I was gonna lose it then as I told her there would be new rooms to be made into home too!

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inside the pantry door….the old faithful measuring system…wow how time flies!

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Sunday, February 06, 2011

future books

when i was younger my best friend (kat) and i would spend hours upon hours making “future books”.   We would pour through magazines and JcPenny catalogs looking for our dream life. i would pay good money to find one of these books! we would cut and paste these pics into spiral notebooks. we would name our kids, dogs and our husbands. the jobs they would have, places we would shop, vacations we would take…it was our dreams on paper…

the “beyaz” commercial that is on tv right now reminded me of this…shopping for your spouse, your diploma, kids, house and more. if only life were that easy or fulfilling. i would be married to ken with 4 wonderful kids who did everything right and have  dogs who didnt have gas…(ewww bella, she is laying on the couch and lets just say something is not agreeing with her belly, ewww yuck!) but…. really thats not the world i would wish for. and although we all wish we could have things easier or better sometimes i love “my ken” and my kiddos, and my life.  some of these pictures are things i wanted then and some now…you decide which is which:)

red brick ranch style house with green lush yard

a big lifted red truck

 

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brown eyed, beautiful children with sweet spirits and talents

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vacations to tropical places where i can sip yummy drinks on the beach

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a golden retriever, the perfect family dog