Just a quick post, my dad had a heart attack on Wed. and has been in ICU in critical condition, but is making great improvements, please pray for our family!! Thanks, Stacy

{When kids take pictures}

self portraits...

just keeping it real folks

peeping Cameron

another portrait...

abusing the furniture...

cuddling KC...

goofy girl...

And this girl is home today with swollen tonsils, no fever, just some pain and drainage, so she is gargling with salt water and taking some OTC's, gotta get her better for her party on Sat.
She came home around 1 yesterday from school and has been watching Witches of Waverly Place non stop for 2 days now, I have memorized this particular episode, (she dvr'd it) and watches it all day!!!! she takes care of her Webkinz, rests some, eats, and drinks Gatorade. I have been doing alot of heavy house cleaning this morning, feels good to get that done! Well, I need to dry my hair now or it will get too wavy!!!

Sometimes, when your feeling kinda blue or you need your spirits lifted

looking at things that are pleasing to the eye

can refresh your soul

I am still around, I have been a little under the weather this week but I am feeling much better now. Not too much going on here to report, I am getting ready for Miss Hannah's 8th birthday party on the 30th of this month. We are having it at a nail salon and the girls get mani/pedi and she is really excited! I had intentions of making her invitations but with my feeling bad I decided to go ahead and buy the fill in kind, it's really a crime for me to do that, I always make my kids invites, but that's okay they are really cute! ha! and she could care a less! we are not doing a theme party per se, I got her some really cute party supplies at Michaels for .50 a piece, it was in a big clearance area and I immediately snagged everythings, plates, napkins, candles, goody bags, invites, tablecloth, okay so I took a picture of it all and here it is!

{The ignored toy}

You see this barbie glamour jet, isn't is neat? don't you just love it? don't you wish you could play with it? Well, let me tell you the story, get a cup of coffee and kick back awhile, it all started when I saw this listed on the BlackFriday website that Kohl's would have these for $29.99 reg. price is $79.99 wow that is HUGE right? And I am like oh yeah that's it I'm getting that for Hannah, she never asked for it but I knew she would like it, now the deal is Kohl's was opening at 4:00 this year, but that's okay it's worth it, so on Tuesday I called our K and ask about this product and they said they had never seen them and couldn't promise they would have them because not every store has everything the ad offers, okay crap, I am not getting up at 3:15 to be busting through the door for nothing, so I called the corp. office, man I am desperate at this point, they checked the system and said my K would have 10 for Friday and that they may not have unloaded the specials truck and logged everything in yet, but yes they would have 10 of them. I am so happy at this point and have total reason to bust through the door at 4 a.m. like a freaking maniac. Ok so I am sooooo excited about this , I got to K at 3:30 and had a really good place in line, pretty close to the front, but still kinda nervous about it, my sis also met me there, we were fired up, the girl behind me says she wants a jet, I'm like "me too" and I am thinking that if I had to trip her to get mine, well, I would! ha! J/K anyway, doors open, we run in, and there they are in the middle of the aisle, all 10 of them, and I lunged for it, and got it, yes I did, and the box was huge and I held that box like it was gold, my sis grabbed one also in the spirit of things and so did the gal behind us, it was truly a euphoric moment, people would ask us through the store where we got it and of course there were no more left and we were so proud. So we finished our shopping and went to other stores. Then K started showing it on their commercials and I would point it out to H to get a reaction and she did love it, good deal eh? The deal is I was a huge Barbie player, I had to quit playing in 7th grade because I was entering the youth group at church and I was just getting too old for them, sad sad day it was. My sis and I had everything barbie and set up played for days straight, we had the good stuff too, cars, plazas, swimming pools, camper... so needless to say I heart Barbie. Move ahead Christmas day and she was totally pumped when she saw what Santa had brought, and guess what????? she has played with it maybe 3 times since, nuff said, I am crushed beyond words, I may have to force her to play with it on my behalf, she said she likes it, but I'm not so sure, she loves the Wii. Poor Barbie Glamour Jet I worked so hard to get you, I'm sorry...

{Ramblings about nothing}

I've got the "don't wannas" but, I have alot of things to do, I mean what kind of stay at home wife/mom sits on her couch all morning with a cup of coffee, reading blogs with her night pants, a t-shirt and... my ugg boots (the fake ones) I wore this to take Cameron to school and I look a-m-a-z-i-n-g really, I do, in fact I wear this getup most mornings, don't judge me people!!!! I need to pick up my vacum cleaner and that's another post by the way, go to grocery store, and make a few phone calls, you know, take care of life. I am really ticked at my dog, when I got back from school I saw he had gotten in the trash and eaten the sandwich that I had thrown away from C lunch yesterday that he decided not to eat, it was laying on the top of the trash, and somehow K new that, and some paper towels shredded up, an old coffee filter with grounds all over the place, what a mess, sooooo, I said some stuff under my breath **!& and yelled at him, the dude was sleeping on his sister's bed like he owned the place, I got his butt off the bed, and called him a bad dog, oh he knew what I was talking about, and I sent him to his bed, he literally tucked his tail between his legs and went. Okay, I really need to hop in the shower and get this show on the road, but I need just a little more coffee, but I promise I won't sit back down on the couch and read any more blogs!!!!

{This n' That}

I forgot to tell you about some of the movies that I watched over the holidays, I think I was the only person who had not seen Marley and Me, but I rented it and it was so good, even though the ending was sad it by no means ruined the movie, I would watch it again. Second, Julie & Julia, ooooh, how I loved that movie so much I think it may be one of my top movies, it made me feel happy and made me want to kick up my culinary skills. Third, the day after Christmas my sister, her m.inlaw, and sis/inlaw all went with the intentions of seeing "It's Complicated" but they were sold out and since we were already out we couldn't just go back home so we checked to see what was coming up in the next 30 min. and we ended up seeing "Have you Heard About The Morgans" with SJP & Hugh Grant, and it was a great movie also, we had a great time! I am so excited about Idol starting back up tonight, Hannah starts gym. back up tonight and they have moved to a new location so that will be interesting, so right after H gets done at 7:15 we have to hurry home for Idol!!!! Also, I haven't heard back from the vacum cleaner shop, I am curious as to what the verdict is???? ha! my house needs to be vacumed by darn!!!