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This is my Mom...

Isn't she pretty? This is at my brother's wedding reception, I don't really have many photo's of her, because she's like me and hates getting her picture taken! But I liked this one, and if she gets mad at me for posting it...oh well! Today is her Birthday, and I just wanted to take a few minutes to wish her a very Happy Birthday. Last year I told you about her journey as a mother, and some of the struggles she's been through and how strong she is. You can click here if you missed it. She really is the glue that holds our family together, and I just wanted her to know how much I love her and appreciate her! We're going to the ReAL game tonight...I'm so excited! She's never been to one, but she's heard me endlessly ramble on about how fun they are, so I'm excited to introduce her to the fun! Happy Birthday Mom!

Do you say "field trip" or do you say "fieldwork"?

Why my school ROCKS! Part 1 Okay, so it's not actually MY school. But I am blessed to have been very involved in the founding of our little K-9 school. I serve on the board of trustees and have responsibility for helping insure that the vision and mission of our charter are adhered to. To learn more about public charter schools go here . It's been a long, rocky road these first 4 years (actually 6 if you count the time spent before we actually opened our doors!), but I wouldn't trade the experience away. Although if you had asked me a few weeks ago, I may have jumped ship eagerly! More on that another time. But for all the anxiety involved with my responsibilities and the stress I have felt these past few months particularly, the trade off has been an educational experience for my children that I know they could not have received at any other public school. I said before I would share why I think our school is so awesome, so today is the first installment! One of the things

The "bomb", and "Da BOMB"!

Hello my friends! Friday already? Guess it's time to link up to Mimi's "bleep-bomb" Friday . That's what I've decided to call it from now on...I have Young Women who read this blog! I know I'm a weirdo, but it just sounds not quite as bad to me. Not that I'm saying you're bad MiMi! Okay, I am. KIDDING! I love your guts - you know that! Anyramble...on to the story. This comes from a couple years back when Cowgirl was turning 8. My kids don't get "friend" birthday parties every year. Only on "milestone" birthdays. 8 is a special birthday because that is the age you are able to be baptized - so 8 is a very big deal birthday. Cowgirl had chosen, what else? A cowgirl-themed party. 16 girls! So I was scrambling around trying to get ready while she and Bookworm were at school. Pixie was helping me out, since she was in Kindergarten at the time and only had half-day school. This would make Monkey just about ready to turn 2. I sent

Gettin' my groove back...

2 posts in 2 days! Can you believe it? Yeah, I'm totally gettin my bloggin' groove back! And I plan to get my crafting groove on this summer too because I have been SLACK-ING! Today I'm taking a baby step and linking up an old post for the Dollar Store Challenge . But first things first...Yesterday I told you about my dear Hubby's Birthday. How interesting is it that my husband's birthday is just 3 days before my boyfriend's birthday? Yeah...Chris Wingert turns 28 today. Yes, I know he's a little young for me, but age is just a number right? Happy Birthday Chris!!! I told Tanielle I was thinking of jumping out of a cake for him, and she offered to bake it for me. But I think it would have taken all the bags of flour in her whole food storage to bake a cake that huge. It's the thought that counts, right? Now on to the challenge! I did these projects last fall, and I know we're going into summer, but I thought this was such a fun party that I just co

This guy...

Dontcha just love him? Sunday was Hubby's 38th Birthday! I know...he's totally an old man. But what can I say? I like older men. This guy is really amazing. I've said before how hard working he is. But I don't think that really does justice to how much he has really sacrificed. When we started our family, we made the decision that I would quit working outside the home, and be a full-time stay at home mom to our children. My husband has worked 2 jobs for basically our whole marriage up until the last few years. And once we started our business, before he quit his day job to concentrate completely on our carpet cleaning company, he was basically working 2 FULL TIME jobs. Hard, physical labor jobs. He would go to work a little before 8 in the morning to the pipe manufacturing company he worked shipping and receiving for. He would work out in the hot sun or cold wet rain or snow, loading and unloading trucks until 4 or 5, come home, grab a bite to eat and head out to clean

OOPS!! And an awesome night!

What a FANTASTIC night we had on Wednesday! Of course, knowing Tanielle and myself...you have to KNOW the night would also include a perfect moment to link up to my best girl MiMi's awesome Friday linky party . So here's the recap! We started off with some delicioso (like how I said it in Spanish?) Mexican fare from La Luna's, a local family owned spot that is quaint and tasty! You know we had to document everything...including us enjoying mexican Dr. Pepper! Okay, I just said it was Mexican DP because we were at a mexican restaurant. Whatever... We visited the team store earlier that day and scored these sweet ReAL caps so we could show our team spirit! We also picked up some cobalt and claret (team colors, yeah that's fancy talk for blue and red) polish for our toes! Keep reading if you want to see the snazzy ReAL tattoos we also sported later on during the night. After dinner we headed to the stadium. Traffic was sorta slow because of folks heading to the game. Of

I'm back! I'm really back!

PHEW! School. Is. Out. I thought it would never get here! But I'm pretty sure I'm really back! There are still things to take care of, and I'll share more of my school adventures another day. But for now I am just relishing my being backness....ahhhh. I'm totally excited for tomorrow night! Wanna know why? Tomorrow I get to see THIS guy! Yeah...I like this guy. Real Salt Lake #17 Chris Wingert in case you're new here. Sadly...Tanielle will NOT get to see this guy... Yeah...Tanielle likes this guy. Real Salt Lake #5 Kyle Beckerman in case you were wondering. Unfortunately he is injured and will not be able to play. Don't EVEN say you like her guy better than MY guy. Just warnin' ya. Luckily...we both get to see THIS guy! David Cook is singing the National Anthem tomorrow night, and performing a post game concert! I'm really excited to have a girls' night out with Tanielle. In case you don't remember, she had to miss our Daughtry concert because