Things that make you go hmmmm!

AAggghhh!!! Does anyone else get those tiny holes in the front, at belly button height, of your shirts? Oh they are driving me crazy! I just pulled out one of my newest shirts, only about a month old and there they are, these tiny little pin prick holes, like my belly button wants to see out or something. OK, so maybe I have a toxic bellybutton or something because I am the only one in the family that gets them. I'm sure it can't be the washing machine or our closet because John doesn't get them. I don't wear belts, (have enough of a belly to keep my pants up). I think it's conspiracy against mom's because I hear of so many other women having the same problem. My theory is the kitchen counter. I am the only one who does dishes & cooks umpteen times a day. I am so done with spending more than $7 on a shirt. Oh and by the way, it only happens to my cotton t-shirt style shirts. I think Satan is in our closets just to cause frustrations for us, to cause us to scream, (LOL). What does anyone else think? I know others have had the same problem I have had, what does your research tell you?

Mother's Day (a day late for a reason)

So I had to share how wonderful and thoughtful my husband is. I love my husband so much and sometimes he just goes well beyond what I could have ever thought of.

Sunday morning he did the usual event of getting the kiddos up early to prepare everything so it's all laid out when I get up in the morning. They usually have the coffee table set up with all kinds of creatively hand made cards from the kids and gifts from John. They always try to make me feel so special and loved. This morning was not different from any other Mother's day..... until we left church!! On our way home he didn't say a thing about what we would be doing next. Next thing I knew we were at our friend's house and Emma is skipping out of the car "yahoo we get to spend the night at Audrey's house"

"WHAT????? They're spending the night???? What is going on????" John then informs me that we are going to Eagle Crest for the night and the kids are staying at the Murray's (well except the baby but she doesn't really count, she doesn't do much except be adorably cute). So we head home to pack up the stuff (with my jaw on the floor) and low and behold, everything is already packed.....all the way down to the clothes I would be wearing the next day (which he did a very good job doing). The bags were packed, the dog was taken care of and the kids were going to have fun with the Murray's.

We left at around noon on Sunday and didn't return until about 4pm Monday. Husband points were earned this weekend. The added bonus in all this is that it was a Sunday night so John has one less day at work this week, yahoo!!! I told him he has a new standard to live up to every year now. What's next year, a trip to Hawaii??? We'd have to win the lottery that we don't play to do that one.

Tag, I'm It!!!

I've been tagged by Angie!

3 of my favorite things???

Well I don't think I'd be able to name only 3 of them because there are actually 4

1. John

2. Emma

3. Riah

4. Sarah

Sorry, had to name 4 and I couldn't leave one of them out. I know those are cliche answers but hey what can I say about the family that God has blessed me with.

I was actually thinking of the creation vs. evolution debate the other day. One more reason that we can say that God created the universe and everything/one within it. If we had evolved from apes, (that just sounds too funny to say), how is it that we evolved at just the right age. Had the first person or set of persons been a baby, how would civilization survived??? Had the first person or set of persons been elderly and not child bearing years, how would civilization survived??? Just one more thing to think about. God did it just perfectly and has a perfect plan. God's beginning was perfect and I know His ending will be perfect too.

Again, I love my family and I know that God created them and gave them to me for a purpose. What is that purpose? I don't know but I guess we'll find out as we venture into each day, prayer first!

Hannah Montana....No More!!

This week we heard about the photos of Miley Cyrus taken for Vanity Fair. I am just disgusted and appalled. Now, I would agree with everyone else that the picture itself is actually very beautiful and a form of art, my children are my own art on camera BUT Miley is only 15 years old AND she is watched by Kindergarteners. My best friend has decided that Miley Cyrus is not allowed in their home anymore and I think I completely agree with it. I don't want to be one of those parents that just because one christian family doesn't do something then we shouldn't do it either but we as a society have conditioned ourselves to accept this kind of thing. One thing happens and we say "AAgggghhh, I'm so disgusted" and we make a big protest, for example, Carls Jr, and then the more we see it the more we get used to it and then we say "well it will be over in a minute" and then we find ourselves eventually laughing and accepting it as normal. This is not OK or normal. I wish that these young teenage girls that are being watched would realize that they are being watched by young girls. Is Miley the next Brittney Spears or Lindsey Lohan??? I've always hoped that she would be better then that considering who her dad is but I'm afraid she might not be immune.

This is just my spout at society today. I wish we would open our eyes and see that this is NOT OK!!!!! Now that I've done my soap box for the day, have a grand day!

More Tulips....

More pictures of the Tulip Festival. I have to tell you that I did start out with 435 photos of the day but I was able to narrow it down to 150. Enjoy the few that I was able to upload.

Wooden Shoe

We went to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn this weekend. This place is gorgeous and lots of fun. It's really nice because there isn't an overwhelming amount of stuff to do but there is enough that we all had fun. John had to work this weekend so Mom & I took the kids up there and had a blast in the warm sun smelling beautiful flowers and of course, taking gorgeous pictures. I love creating art out of my children and I think Emma is taking up a liking of photography also. She had her camera around her neck for most of the time (except when I was being serious about art and wanted it off of her) taking all kinds of pictures. She was giving instructions to us all of what pose to have and which way to be looking. She actually might be pretty good at this. It was a very nice day to just relax and look at the beauty that God created around us. You have to imagine about 40 acres of rows and rows of tulips amongst the back drop of the Cascades. Emma had a blast on this bungee trampoline thing. It was quite intense but looked like a blast. Riah decided that she wanted to do the normal bounce house, I guess 4 year olds aren't ready for the intensity of bungee jumping. OK, let me clarify, Emma did NOT go bungee jumping!!! She jumped on a trampoline with a harness on her while suspending in the air. It looked like a blast! The Tulip Festival is an event we try to go to every year and is highly recommended to all.

Speaking of Dolphins....

If you have never met Riah, what a treat it is to know her. She is a riot and keeps us on our toes. She said to John last night "Speaking of Dolphins....". Keep in mind that no one was speaking of dolphins she just came up with this in her crazy 4 year old mind. I'll go on, "What if a dolphin was still alive and went up to heaven and killed Jesus?". What do you say to that???? "Well honey, no one can kill Jesus, besides, how does a dolphin that is still alive get to heaven?" Out of the mouths of babes!