What???

I cut this tag off some jammies that kolby got for his birthday. Does anyone want to explain??? where can you find flame resistant jammies? i want some. I'm gonna start wearing only tight-fitting clothes so i don't catch on fire!

Oh what do you do in the summer time...?

have a photo shoot. what? you mean the rest of the world has moved on to fall? hmmm. I feel like I haven't posted about our "little mama" in awhile. Olivia definately has spunk! A few weeks ago she grabbed kolby's shirt with both fists and screamed and shook him so he would give her an M&M. She fearlessly jumped into grandma's pool and swimms like a little fish in the tub. She's also learned the word, "mine" and chooses to use it rather frequently. I caught her pretending to put on make-up as I got ready in the morning, eye-lash curler and all. She loves reading books, giving kisses, eating, listening to music, and teasing. It's so fun to have a girl too:) Here's a few (ha ha ha) pics of the kiddos at the neighbor's.

Bee Charmer I am not

Dear Mr. Bee, I'm sorry that i smashed you with my hand. I'm only 3 I didn't realize that you have feelings too. You really didn't need to sting me! It hurt really really really bad. Now i have baking soda, aloe, and a band-aid on my hand and you are lying dead next to the pool. Sorry about that. I promise to never do that again... at least not with my bare hand:) -kolby

Got Milk?

...yes finally! I've discovered that food storage actually applies way more to the after math of the natural disaster than to the actual time of the disaster. I realize that it seems so obvious but i really didn't expect there to be lines just to be let in to a grocery store, or limits on how much milk a family could buy, or for stores just being completely out of all milk and frozen goods almost a week after the storm hit. My mother-in-law and I ventured out today to H.E.B. and were pleased to finally see some full shelves. I think the gas shortage is almost solved in our area as well. I heard a story on the radio about people waiting in line for gas over 3 hrs and then getting to the pump to find out there was no more gas to be had. There was one case where a man got impatient, pulled out a knife, and a police officer shot him. Basically the past week we've stayed at home to save up our gas and tried to ration our milk to make it stretch as long as possible:) I just guzzled a whole glass without any guilt. mmmmmmm milk, it does a body good!

New book club choice

No crazy themed parties or anything to annoy those of you who don't share my "joy in the simple things of life" attitude. This is just an amazing book. I was reading it at midnight when we didn't have power with my head lamp on and balling my eyes out! So tragic, so inspirational, so touching!!! I highly highly reccommend!! It's a true story, the best I've read so far.

"mom, you need to buy some more power"

...says kolby last night after I tell him for the billionth time that you have to have power to turn on lights, watch tv, or listen to mama mia. This afternoon the power finally went back on! I was so excited. So excited that i did two loads of wash, vaccummed, and am now blogging:) Whew! life can get back to normal now. A recap of our huricane experience: *set up tents for a hurricane campout downstairs... *get flashlights for everyone... *act like crazy people at 2am before the storm hits... *Check out the damage the next morning... (fence fell down, cracked window) *Check out the neighborhood... *Call in the clean-up crew... *Get used to no power and some good'ol coleman stove cookin' Now I can say I've been in a hurricane....really not all its cracked up to be. I don't think i want to be in one ever again. Good bye IKE.

still standing

i'm at my in-law's house where there is power. We survived the storm. It was definately one of those experiences I'll never forget. Lots of trees and fences down but we feel very blessed. I think we slept for maybe 3 hours that night? I will post pictures if we ever get power back at our place;) Thanks for all the messages and prayers.

Land of the Crazies

This is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Basically complete panic all around the area. Standstill traffic, no gas at any gas stations, no milk, no bread, no batteries, no propane, no bottled water, no school. And Ike isn't supposed to hit til Saturday. I've been through a tornado (Ohio), earthquakes and windstorms (Seattle), blizzard (Idaho) and one time my house caught on fire....but this might be my first hurricane. Somehow natural disasters don't have the same sense of adventure when you're the parent. I feel kind of prepared thanks to food storage but I'm still hoping that this one will blow through like all the others... only time will tell.

My baby is 3!

My baby turned 3 today... Ok how lame is this? I totally cried this morning. ugh! I'm still not sure if it was bc I was happy or sad. I kept thinking how happy am I with my little family and how simple everything is. Don't get me wrong, there are days when I think, wouldn't it be great to have them both in school or at least both potty trained? But today I thought how "perfect" life is right at this moment and it made me cry. We started off the morning with his favorite, chocolate-chip "snowman" pancakes. Then we danced around the living room to songs on Seasame Street (while i was shedding silent tears). We talked to "ona" on the webcam, picked out some new clothes and a train set at the store, and ate chicken nuggets for lunch. Now he's taking a nap so I'm gonna document... A few things that I want to remember about Kolby right now: -you are a daddy's boy through and through -you love to run around in circles "dancing" -you sing "I am a Child of God", "Don't take the Girl", and "Little Bitty" before you go to sleep -you sleep with a billion toys and books and blankets in your dinosaur toddler bed -you love to take things apart and tell me not to fix them -you are cautious and particular about almost everything:) -you can sure make messes but you love to be clean -you get excited about all the little things -you say very sweet prayers (as long as we're all folding our arms the way you tell us to) -you are obsessed with "Cars" and monster trucks -you never fall alseep in the car or watching movies -you are more fun than I ever imagined!!!! Favorite phrases: "you share me" "daddy [will] put me down" "mommy you need to buy some more brownies" "ya ya dawg" "um I need to tell you som'n" "Next time I'll go poo on the potty, I'll put stickers on my chart, we can go to Sea World, and I'll wear underwear" (this NEVER actually happens) "Hey, watch this mommy, I'm soooo silly" "(whisper) lub you" I love you Kolby! Happy 3rd Birthday little man!

Down on the Farm

We celebrated kolby's 3rd birthday on Saturday "farm-style"! Thanks for the brainstorm session Britt, and helping cut out those invites. Thanks gma and gpa lawton and mark for being my station farmers! And a shout out to my hubby for not rolling his eyes when i asked him to shove 3 bales of hay in our car, or asking him to bake cupcakes at 11:00 the night before:) All in all i think the little tikes had fun and i just loved seeing kolby get so excited about every little detail. Who knew a card-board-box-cow and some paper could provide so much fun? The invite... The treats... (thanks for the book mom) The drinks... The barn... The "craft"... The little farmers... The stations.... The cuties...

Wishing we were nudists

Look what I did during naptime. This is what happens when you listen to your husband and keep putting laundry off for a week. Not featured are the two loads of towels and sheets. Would you believe I still have three more loads to wash? Yuck I hate laundry!

Brittany and Ryan Visit

I knew I should have posted these before my sister left. Now I'm balling....aren't sisters the best! This past week my sister and her hubby stopped by on their way from Georgia to BYU-Idaho. It was so great to see my kids absoluetely fall in love with them while I sat back and relaxed:) They had tons of fun making play dough, shopping, dancing, eating treats, going to Galeveston, and giggling non-stop. Perhaps the cutest thing ever was how attached Olivia and Ryan were. He was so protective of her and even rescued her from naptime for a snuggle instead. She followed him around like a puppy dog and is still wondering where her playmate went today. Thanks for visiting! We sure love ya!