Random Things

The march on D.C., my friend Autumn talked me into this and I am sure happy that she did. It was a blast and made thankful for my right to protest even if the president flew to Minnesota, so he wouldn't have to be there to actually see that there were 1.7 million people that didn't agree with him.

Okay so this was a nice painting idea that turned into body painting. You can always count on children to take it in a whole other direction. Rossi is a monster here. Doesn't he look scary?

Annie is the one that started the body painting.

The kids in the box from the toilet that I installed by myself. I am still excited about that.

A church dance where you were suppose to dress from decades ago. My husband is supporting the nineties.

The children enjoying a dance with daddy.

This is Rossi dancing with Ellie. She wanted to dance with him so bad, he gave in for a moment then he realized that his leg hurt so he took off running. You have to laugh about that. I am sure one day he is going to be knocking on her door for a date.

Me (i was trying to pull off the 70's) I think I had the wrong dress for the era but It was cute and cheap from a thrift store. It was vintage. My friend Autumn and Katie both nailed the 80's.

The kids showing us their food. Rossi took me seriously that is why you only see his plate.

Uncle Colin stopped by on his way back to Utah and took what I was hoping for was a good family picture, this was the end result.
Family night at the zoo, I got to take my niece Josie and my nephew Gavin. It was a blast.

TBDBITL

Okay so thanks to my wonderful employer they got me tickets to see the OSU marching band. Tom was nice enough to not only get me tickets but he also reserved me a table. Since my husband and family were unable to go I got to take some of my friends. Okay so when I say Tom reserved me a table I mean we had the best seats in the the place. It was kind of funny I don't know how many times workers asked us if we a had a table in the area, lets just say we probably looked out of place. We were the only ones in the area with children. Anyway, I had an awesome time and it totally got me pumped for football season.Trying hard to get a picture by the sign but it was the end of the night. I didn't realize that Rossi pants were undone.

I love this picture. I am so happy that Katie and her four boys are back.

The Rehl's.

At the end of the night they put of fireworks. The kids loved it!!!

I love Ross and Reid's faces in this picture.

Ross took the camera and snapped these two pictures of Parker and Ellie. Not to bad since it was pitch dark.

Here the Drum Major took the kids to do script OHIO and I wanted Rossi to run but he told me no because he was "in the marching band" He took this very serious.

Look at how close we were to them.

Rossi is all smiles.

So, is Grayden cute or what? Oh yeah the other boys are too.

Even though my husband couldn't be there I had some pretty cute dates.

Funtimes in July

We have had a fun time this month. We went to the picnic with the pops, Maryland, and to my grandpa's house. This is at the picnic with the pops Rossi made himself fit right in with this group of kids. I will be honest this little guy is already drawn to older girls. That is why I took the picture. What am I to do?

Let the dancing begin.

They first did activities. Here is the art activity.

Playing the violin. He looks like a natural.Face painting or arm painting.

Thanks to Jacob's Dad I was able to enjoy this outing. It's nice to have friends in high places.

Parachute fun.

Ellie and Autumn got to come along since my husband wasn't feeling well. Can't let a perfectly good ticket go to waste. We had a blast with them.At the beach in Maryland.

I love this picture with my little girl.

At Great Shisler's house and in his rebuilt Dodge truck. Its a beauty.

More pictures of us in Maryland.Meeting Little Ethan was a treat.

Happy birthday and blessings

Okay so this week I got to celebrate my last birthday in my twenties. Can I just say that this has been one of my best birthdays since I can remember. To kick off the whole celebration I have this wonderful friend, Autumn who tagged around with my at an antique store three weeks prior so I could pick out my present. It is the wardrobe pictured above. Then on the Friday before my birthday Autumn had a Dutch Oven dinner and made me a poster and had balloons up . And the best part was her daughter Ellie so excited to be giving me a "birthday" party. She made me a cute present with a yellow bow. It was so nice of her to do that small kind act. Then on Saturday I got to pick out a new mailbox that I have been wanting for at least 2 years and that is what my mom got me. I know you are probably thinking a mailbox but I am practical and that is what I wanted. Plus, on Monday my wonderful in-laws sent me a beautiful card with money so I bought a zoo pass that I have been putting off. I had a wonderful day on my actual birthday too. I got to go to a free movie with my children and Jacob, plus Holly and her seven children, plus Mary Ann and her daughter. It was wonderful we took up an entire row and had four buckets of popcorn. Thank Heavens for the free refills. The whole day was filled with kind acts of others. My friend Bylle brought me wonderful cookie bars and a beautiful card. My friend Amanda brought me these to die for brownies that I was wanting my husband to make but she made them instead. This was so kind given both of her girls have been running fevers for days. Katie also brought me this darling dish bottle with pink dish soap in it and cute pink rubber gloves all tied together with a pink bow. One nice thing is she came during nap time so I got to visit with her for awhile. I felt bad when Bylle stopped by because I was having my daily power struggle with my son so I couldn't visit. I think she understood. Anyway, the day was just filled with many people calling to wish me a happy birthday. Heck, I even got a phone call from one of my childhood friends at 9:45 at night which woke me up to wish me happy birthday. As for the blessing part in my title, I just saw this as an opportunity to show how very grateful I am to have such a wonderful family and to have such wonderful friends that took time to remember my one my day. It made me realize that I need to do a better job at remembering them.

Welcome back Smith's

We are so excited to have our friends back. I honestly think I have spent more time with Katie since she has been back than before she left. Anyway, we are happy to have them back. I still find it hard to believe that they are back but I am very grateful.

Annie's 1 year pictures

These pictures were such a challenge. She was moving no stop, I am surprised I got one good picture out of it.

Vacation

Okay so it didn't seem like much of a vacation. Since, we spent the entire time with a stomach virus. Little Ross was sick for two days throwing up while he spent the rest of the days with diarrhea. We however managed to spend one action packed day at the jump yard and going out on Lindsay's parents speed boat. I managed to get sick too, so one day Ross and his dad took little Ross to D.C. so at least he got spend some time out. I will say that I enjoyed visiting with my sister-in-law Lindsay, I got to take her to her Doctor's appointment then she treated me to lunch. It is always nice to have some girl time. I guess the only bonus of the virus we spent a fraction of what we were planning. Family pictures always a challenge but these seem to have worked out.

Ross with his girl. She is so in love with him.

He is so much like me it is scary, he is my little sidekick.

Me and Lindsay, she is so much fun. We spent an entire day just talking, that was wonderful.

At the museum with Daddy.

Okay so this is Lindsay's parents house and it absolutely gorgeous. It backs up to the bay.

Yeah so this is the back. I love that walk out basement.

On the boat, It was fun. I just loved how Annie fit in this life jacket.

Rossi was so excited to get onto the boat. Love this picture.

At the jumpyard. this place was so nice we were the only people there. So it was like we were having our own little private party.

Ross and I even enjoyed the big slide. By the way I got rug burn from doing that.

All in all, it wasn't a bad trip I just wish we could have seen more. Thank heavens for Colin and his projection TV on the wall and for introducing us to the show Chuck. That is how we spent our sick days. Fun times!!!