Turkey Day

We all hope that everyone had a blessed, yummy Thanksgiving! I did these little videos with the kids a couple years ago, so I thought we'd do it again. Oh, how they are older and wiser.

Kindergarten Graduation Video

Back to July

Last July was busy for us. Coy turned six, we celebrated the Fourth of July, Coy graduated from preschool, Christian went to his first summer camp, and we took a trip to Santa Barbara. Lots of fun memories.

Blog Ignored

Just out of complete boredom, and the fact that I was trying to escape the lovely squeals of John belting out Showboat, I stumbled onto this old blog. I almost forgot I had it. I think I stopped making posts back in July because of many reasons. I had nothing interesting to say, I had way too many pictures to post (like I really have to post them all), and because once school started, I blinked and three months flew by. I forgot that I like perusing other blogs, especially when the husband is pretending to be a dashing young 1930's actor belting out show tunes. So, I'm going to make an effort to get up to date with the goings-on of the family. I have enough I want and need to read in real life, and I'm sure the feeling is mutual, so words will be few and pictures will be plenty.

Babies in a Tub

This is a little difficult to see, but the frame is so wide; it was the best I could do to show the whole picture. This was a birthday present I got for my mom this year. She has had these pictures of her grandkids laying around for a while. I'm not sure how this tradition started, but after I had Christian's picture taken in a little tub, Bethany and I had all the kids take one at around 9 months old. My mom had tried to display a few of them in her powder room bathroom with several different frames, but it looked a little cluttered. I searched and searched for one single frame that had eight 5x7 openings to display all of her "lambies." I found a seller on Etsy who will basically make any kind of frame you want. It's a white-washed, cottage kind of frame, and it looks really cute in her beachy bathroom.

The Big 3-O!!!

John turned 30 in June, and I attempted to throw my first surprise birthday party. John's mom and sister were able to come into town which made it extra special. He was actually completely surprised, which means he is really oblivious. It's true what they say; guys get better looking with age. I'm going to have to lock him in the house when he's 40. I love my John!!!

Visit From the Toof Fairy

Coy has waited a long time to lose his first tooth. It's hard having a big brother who gets regular visits from the tooth fairy. He finally lost his first last week, and John promptly misplaced it as it flew across the room when he was helping Coy yank it out. Good thing we have the tooth fairy's phone number; it's right there in our contacts after Santa. She assured Coy that these things happen and not to worry; her magic can instantly find his tooth in that crazy high carpet. So, after begging to go to bed and coming into my room at 2 am and 4am, letting me know there was nothing under his pillow yet, he woke up in the morning to find a dollar bill under his pillow. He was thrilled. The hard part came when we found the tooth a few days later. He couldn't understand how he could still have his tooth and the dollar. Lucky for us, a quick "don't worry about" satisfied his questioning.

Saw This One Coming

So True, So True

My sister got me this shirt for Christmas, and I've only worn it once...to the gym. I thought it was only appropriate to pull it out a couple of nights ago when I went to see Eclipse at midnight with all the other 14 year old girls. This was the first time I went to one of the Twilight movies the night it opened. I went with a couple of pretty cool ladies for a momma's night out, and lucky them; they got to experience my personal life on a whole new level. :-/ Oh, Me!!!

Let me tell ya, it was just fun to stand in line and do some people watching. Especially entertaining are all the dudes that are there; either with a girlfriend, wife, or daughter. We all know they secretly like it.

But alas, my coolness warning system kicked in, and I changed my shirt at the last second before I left the house.

Dad Life

A church in Tulsa, OK made this video. It's almost as good as "The Swagger Wagon". Dads are way cool.

Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.