Friday, February 26, 2010

49, 50 & 51/365


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The many faces of Miss Elliot

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This is Elliot's first real drawing. She told me it was a bunny....not bad!

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Thursday we also learned how to play UNO. Not so much for family game night as it was to get my kids to learn their numbers....since they had gotten schooled the day before at a playdate!

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And Thursday daddy was finally home...for 24 hrs! Aren't my boys so sweet?

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51/365 Our Happenin' Friday night (note the clock)
The kids were asleep by 7:45! But Keaton just woke up crying. I think we may have another ear infection...

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

48/365

You know by the looks of this its going to be a good story...

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So yesterday we came home from school and I had a splitting headache due to forgetting my daily quotient of coffee. The kids were sitting on the bed, watching cartoons like little angels, and I told them that I was going to lay back in the chair and rest my eyes for a minute. I could not have dosed off for more than 10 minutes and I woke up to complete destruction by a certain set of twins.

First, I was awoken to Keaton crying that he was covered in something sticky. At first glance it looks like he had gotten into the Dawn dish soap. Not to harmless. I wipe him off and as I go down to survey the damage I notice two forks and a dumped out bag of Cheetos in the middle of my bed. Blood starting to simmer but not boiling yet.

I head down the stairs and first see TWO empty egg cartons and a dumped out cup of old chocolate pudding. Yes, it was old and I hadn't thrown it out of my frig. I can only do so much! As I turned the corner of the kitchen my initial shock was quickly overcome by my blood hitting full blown BOIL. There were broken eggs EVERYWHERE, the mysterious blue gel everywhere and something that was really shiny all over the cabinets.

Apparently the kids had made supper while I had dosed off. Remember, less than 10 minutes here. They had cracked ONE AND ONE HALF DOZEN eggs in a frying pan and some that apparently missed and hit the floor. They had also decided that busting open all the dishwasher tabs would be a good addition to their concoction. I then notice that they had two plates with the egg mixture and two spoons out on the kitchen table where they appeared to have dined together. They both said that they did eat some and "it was belicious". (I braced for a long night of terrible #3s but thankfully the Lord spared me of this!)

After yelling at my children and "spanking them hard" according to Elliot, I sent them upstairs and tackled the super bowl of kitchen messes. Have you ever tried to pick up eggs off of wooden floors with paper towels? Let's just say its about as easy as picking up oil with tweezers.

Wondering what the shiny substance on the counters was yet??? Well, to top everything off they appeared to try to fry the eggs as they had emptied out a container full of old fried okra grease into the pan and all over the counters.

Needless to say my kids probably learned some new words yesterday and they have told enough people today that they got spankings for making a mess that hopefully this will be a one time only occurrence.

So, once again, enjoy a laugh at our expense. That's what we seem to be on this earth for.

OH, did I forget to mention that Ryan is out of town this week?

OH and did I not mention that the night before the kids pulled off the shower drain and Keaton decided to drop the kids off???

I need a massage!

Monday, February 22, 2010

Weekend Update

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Spring teaser
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Happy 80th Memaw! We enjoyed celebrating at Monte Ne!

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I'm thinking about renaming my blog...Noodles in my Washer. Seriously, I found this in my washer Saturday morning and after taking this picture, I put my camera up and then washed another load...WITH THE NOODLE STILL IN THERE! I seriously need a vacation!

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Look at these lashes!

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I found the kids laying like this after their bath the other night. So sweet.

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Playdoh Love

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

AHA Go Red!

So here is what I have been up to these last few months. I was asked to take pictures of the featured survivors this year for the American Heart Association. Each survivors picture and story are featured on the posters you see below and will travel to all the AHA events this year! I had so much fun taking these photos, especially all the little ones! I hope you all are involved with some sort of organization that raises money for children and/or medical research. You dollar does make a difference! Congrats to all who put the Go Red for Women luncheon on yesterday. You did a fabulous job and I can't wait for next year!

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Is he not precious?
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Thanks Tina for snapping this pic for me!
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This is not one of the poster but an actual picture from one of the shoots that I just had to include. This precious, precious little miracle was such a little ham! She was so easy to photograph and was not shy one bit! I had to include this picture because it is probably my favorite from all the shoots. This sweetheart was at the luncheon yesterday and seeing her made my day!

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If your kids needs a little extra vitamins and you can't get them to take them, try these. My kids LOVE them. In fact, they constantly ask for them...ALL DAY LONG! I just went down and snapped this picture for the day because Bubba just asked if he could have "2 biteamins".

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Weekend in Benton

Have I mentioned how unbelievably happy I am that my brother and his family moved back to Arkansas? We had the best time with them and all the cousins are starting to really grow close to one another. It is so sweet seeing them all snuggled up watching a movie or crowded around a iphone.

We were able to go home this weekend to celebrate Ryan, Mandy & Tori's birthdays for this month. The highlight of the weekend was a trip to the #2 Burger joint in America according to the travel channel...Cotham's! (I would include their website but it seems it has blown up after being featured on the Travel Channel.) But luckily I took along the camera to capture the yumminess.

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Friday playdate
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My favorite pic from the weekend. My baby and my daddy....LOVE THIS!!!
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Still has the original sign...
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There was the best balloon artist there to entertain the kids before the food came.
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Seriously , how cute are they? SO glad they are home!!!
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The Double Hubcap
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Trying to fit it in...
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The aftermath
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The table decorations
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The outside. How cool is this old building. Love the half torn down Alcoa sign!
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Later that night we went to watch Trae play basketball.
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Prayer before tip off...
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Just can't figure out where Trae gets her competitive side???
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Keaton with his favorite hobby....the iphone
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Sunday we went to Northside and if you've ever been there then you know this tree.
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These are the branches I climbed up as a kid
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Monday night the kids decided to watch tv in their bumbos. TINEY HINEYS!
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