JUST SAYIN': FACEBOOK BATHROOM SELF PORTRAITS

I love Facebook!

Don't you?

I love seeing what is going on in the lives of my friends or family that I either don't see or talk to frequently!

I love seeing photos of them getting fat therefore making me feel a little better!

Well there are two things I just don't understand.....

daily self portrait sessions and pics of their kids every breathing moment!

Seriously do not have anything better to do than take 500 pics of your kids with your iPhone (since when have iPhones replaced actual cameras?  I am not ok with that idea!).  I love pics!  I love pics of my kids!  I post pics of my kids!  I love seeing pics of your kids too!  I love pics of any kids but posting a new pic of your kid every two seconds gets truly annoying.  I don't need to see them eat, play, sleep, watch tv, sit, stand, pick their nose, eat again, play some more, play in the pool, play in the tub, poop, spit up, get into trouble, cry, whine, laugh, sleep again after eating again and pooping again, sneeze, cough, twirl their hair, climb onto things, hug you, kiss you, hug their brother, kiss their brother, eat their shoe, tear a magazine, read a book or pee EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. BEFORE. NOON! 

BUT THE WORST.....

are the ones who take 5 million self portraits again with their iPhone most of the time in the bathroom mirror.  Get a life!  Get the kid off the kitchen table and wipe their nose or go take a picture of it!  Why are they taking pictures in the bathroom anyway?  Why are they taking, editing and posting yet another picture of themselves?  We know you think you are the hottest person alive in your bathroom so give it up because I don't want yet another picture of you in the bathroom mirror holding your phone when I can tell you should spend a little more time cleaning the bathroom!  Oops Johnnie is playing in the toilet.....quick take a picture!

JUST SAYIN'!

FRIDAY HIGH FIVE

Time for Friday High Five!

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5 reasons I went to Springfield for the day yesterday

5. My Uncle's dog had puppies and my sister bought one so we went to pick it up!

4. TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE

3. Adult conversation ~ the four boys played, watched movies and ATE (that is a whole other post!!) while my sister and I talked and talked the whole way there and the whole way back!!

2. To take Grandma to put her jewelry in her safe deposit box. Since the whole tornado ordeal when she broke her pelvis she is paranoid that a tornado is going to carry her and the house away with her jewels in it! Since her bank is right by my Uncle's house I took her there. I listened to her stories about EVERY piece of jewelry. I now know who bought each piece, who gets it when she dies, when she got it and why and what each piece is made of.....wow....and the vault was so hot!! The funny thing is ~ she put the jewelry in the safe deposit box but the list saying who gets what and the meaning of the jewelry she is keeping at the house. Pretty much negates the purpose if you ask me but oh well maybe I'll remember just a portion of what she told me!!

#1

TO SEE GRANDMA!!

I love my Grandma and wish she was right here! Even though I saw her about a month ago and I talk to her weekly, I just wanted to see her and the boys did too! They love their Grandma "Souri" ~ that is what they call her ~ not Grandma, not Great Grandma, not Grandma Bryan, not Grandma Donna but Grandma "Souri" pronounced Zuri since well.....she lives in Missouri. She doesn't mind and I think she kind of likes that they made a name just for her and have stuck with it for so long ~ it makes her even more special.

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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!

Isaiah turned four a week ago today and he shared a birthday party with his two cousins, Nehemiah and Noah. We had it at the park where we always have his birthday. There was confusion on the cake and at the VERY last minute Shan offered to make a train cake. WE LOVE HER! In honor of the train cake and Isaiah excitement, he decided he needed to wear his "train man" costume to the party.

How cute is he!!The park has a splash pad; however, we did NOT have swimwear with us because we were told the water would DEFINITELY NOT be ON that weekend!

Little did that idiot lady who made our reservation know b/c the water was on and apparently the 50 some people there had advanced warning. NICE! So I called as many people as I could at the last minute to tell them to bring swimsuits.

NOW where in the world were my children ~ in the creek!

Heaven forbid they join the masses of kids in the clean water on the splash pad......NO.....that would mean they would have to pass up a chance for tadpoles, frogs, crawdads, fish and other nature things like DIRT!!!

Later Zay went to the splash pad but I think he was just trying to steal a birthday kiss from Quinlynne!! (Yes Shan I stole a pic or two!!)

THE CAKE

ISN'T IT COOL!!!

WE LOVED IT!

It was really really good too!

THANK YOU SHAN ~ WE LOVE YOU!!

My Mom had been giving bad weather forecasts all week.

Wednesday she said, "You know there is a 30% chance of rain Saturday?!?"

Thursday she said, "You know there is a 40% chance of rain Saturday?!?"

Friday she said, "You know there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow?!?!"

I said, "Ok negative Nelly that is it I am calling everyone to say if it is raining they are to come to your house...keep it up!!"

So the party started, the kids played while the adults talked then at 4 o'clock an hour into the party I notice the sky is turning black. I rounded up the kids to do cake and presents before the rain came. It got chilly, windy and started to rain. The cake was a hit!

The other birthday boys

my nephews Nehemiah and Noah

The presents were opened so quickly that I didn't even know what he got until after we were home but THANK YOU everyone!!

Apparently in a hurry to make her awesome cake, Shan was unable to go buy a birthday bag.......

Too funny!!

Now what do kids at a birthday party do in the rain?

They play in it!

At first we tried to stop them but gave up and let them play!!

My niece Majesty

We went home and made birthday pizza!

What is that you ask.....


.....homemade pizza with candles that wouldn't stay put!!

THE FIRST DANCE

We have officially attended our very first dance recital. A couple of weeks ago we went to Quinlynne's dance recital. Somehow Shan conveniently left out the fact that Mayfest was on the same street as the PAC.

NO PARKING!

I had ONE DOLLAR in cash and short of walking miles with two little boys I needed to pay to park. Luckily a lady parked near the PAC was leaving and I inserted my ONE dollar into the FIVE dollar slot hoping they had not emptied her money yet and praying I would NOT get towed. Due to the parking dilemma we were late and couldn't find Shan and the rest of Q's fan club. It was so dark in the theatre and the ushers were rude and worthless. I could go on and on about the ushers; however, I will save you from that rant. The good news is parents left after their children performed so after moving from the nose bleed section then three more times we ended up on the VERY front row when Q performed her little heart out! She was so darn cute!! I happened to take just a few pics (imagine that right!!) even though the lighting was horrible (like all theaters) for photography BUT you all know I edited and tried to make them better.

She is just so cute!

I am not biased of my future daughter-in-law at all I tell you!!

Afterwards we tried to take of pic of IQ and Elijah but just like every other attempt I got:

I think it is impossible for the three of them to...

hold still.....

smile.....

hold still.....

look at the camera......

hold still......

UGH!

Still cute though!

Then with some magical editing I came up with this little diddy that I love

Aren't they the cutest!!!

Shan we are going to have some beautiful grand babies to torture these two!!!

I HEART FACES! ~ BLURB PHOTO CONTEST

Week 19 ~ Pick your favorite face photo!

This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Isaiah. This was taken after his 2nd birthday party and he was tuckered out! He just looks so innocent in this picture ~ maybe that is why I like it so much!

"I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites."

I NEED OPINIONS!

I need your opinions! This is for I ♥ Faces this week and will be one of many winners chosen this week. The winnerSSSS will be published in a book!!

Which one do you like best??

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

I had a poll but it wasn't working so just leave me your pick in a comment!

A THOUSAND WORDS THURSDAY

What happens when you go to the zoo in the spring?

WAIT

First to totally understand this post, you must read #1 of THIS POST .

Go ahead I'll wait while you go read!

WAITING

WAITING

Now Sunday we took the boys to the zoo where this occurred

Mating season is in full swing at the black bear exhibit in the Tulsa Zoo.

Isaiah said, "Wook Mommy the bears are fighting!"

Elijah says, "Nooooo Isaiah they are just lazy like my ladybugs and that one needs a piggy back ride!"

My thoughts exactly!!

They just would not stop and we moved on as many adult onlookers covered the eyes of their children who didn't even realize what was happening. So we go into another building. When you come out of the building, you end up walking passed the other side of the black bear cage. Needless to say like most males this black bear was NOT giving up and now they were only a few feet from us.

Elijah says, "Look Mom that bear is still trying to ride the other bear! That is one really lazy bear!"

Yep! Now moving on.....

WORDFUL WEDNESDAY ~ MOTHER'S DAY

My Grandmother, two Uncles and my Aunt were supposed to come from Missouri on Saturday for a big Mother's Day celebration with my entire family plus my Uncle and cousins who live here. However, we received a call Thursday morning that changed the plans. A bad storm hit their town and on the way back from the shelter the wind blew into my Grandmother's umbrella and threw her to the ground breaking her pelvic bone. We went ahead with the Saturday plans for all of us here then my parents and Uncle drove there Sunday morning to visit my Grandmother in the hospital. Pray she recovers quickly!

Sunday was a GREAT day!

The boys and Martez bought me flowers and a pretty cake (more about the "top secret" cake ordeal in another post). Then we got ready and went to the zoo. The weather was PERFECT! The best weather for a visit to the zoo.....much better than summer weather. It sprinkled a bit but we just went into the buildings. Weird for Oklahoma in May but it was actually chilly. Fine by me! We had a great time then went to eat at my favorite Mexican restaurant where the unusual bad service didn't even damper my day!

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A PARTY & A GOODBYE ALL IN ONE AFTERNOON

About a month ago we finally did our end of season Basketball party. Our team did awesome this year and ended the season in third place. I tried for over a month to plan the end of season party but every time I planned it the forecast would be rain and I would have to reschedule. Finally our other coach Bryan who also helped coach our football team found out last minute he would be moving to California b/c of a job offer and it was do or die planning. We planned the party in a day and ended up inviting our entire football team also so he could say goodbye to his boys. We consider our basketball team and football team (made mostly of the same boys) to be family and we all stick together. We got really lucky to have such a great team of kids and parents who all got along. We were all very sad to say goodbye to Bryan. He is an amazing coach and great with the boys who all love him and look up to him. Often when asked which boy on the field was his he would say, "They ALL are!" Bryan loves them all. He is an amazing motivator and he will truly be missed. Any team would be lucky to have him as a Coach. His Mom should be very proud of the man she raised. Secretly we are all hoping he hates California and moves back before football season starts again since it will be weird without him.....keep your fingers crossed. They kicked off the party by playing a game of football. They were all glad to see each other again and had a ball!

That's my boy!
Isaiah was less than enthused to be left out plus he was sick!

BA Storm with their 3rd place trophies

Elijah is so cute!

The football team and coaches

BA Gold 2008 CHAMPIONS

It was nice to see them all and only 3 couldn't make it!

I know if you have been a reader from the beginning then you won't believe I am saying this but....

I CAN'T WAIT FOR FOOTBALL SEASON TO START!!!

HE'S ALL SMILES!

A few weeks ago Isaiah had his first trip to the Dentist. He has been asking to go for months since he waited for the other boys and got to play. In fact between the boys and I, I went to 5 dentist appts within a week b/c of insurance reasons. Not fun!! The day of Zay's appointment he cried all morning and did not want to go. I promised I would get him McD's if he went and did NOT cry. This really was a stupid bargaining tool since I knew once he got there he would be fine. If you are in my area, then you really should try Family Smiles Dentistry because the kids LOVE it there. They have a giant soft block room for the younger kids and a video game waiting room for the older kids complete with four or five giant TVs and PlayStations. The office is decorated really cool too......that might be my favorite part. They are GREAT with children and the entire staff is EXTREMELY POSITIVE. By extremely I mean I don't know if a group of people any where on Earth could be more positive but it makes the kids ultra comfortable so it is bearable and the ENTIRE staff is sweet and accommodating. Isaiah used to be EXTREMELY scared of doctors of all kinds which was a horrible fear to have since he used to be sick ALL. OF. THE. TIME. Now he is fine and it is soooo much easier!!! However, I still thought the giant moving Xray machine would scare the crap out of him.

But it didn't and it just made him look so tiny!
She gave him his own pair of gloves. She must have known that he loves gloves. They came home with us and have definitely seen their better days.


He got to operate "Mr. Silly Straw" all by himself while sporting the ultra cool shades!

He did great and now his "teef" are all "queen"!!

JUST BECAUSE.......

Remember this sweet baby girl.......

Weeeellllll now she is this little girl........

Isn't she just the cutest?!?!?!

I love her! She has to be the happiest baby I've ever met. Addison is beautiful and always has a smile for me. I get the pleasure of seeing her every morning and dropping her off with my Mom who babysits her. This is one of her first tastes of baby food. This girl loves her food. Isaiah is totally in love with her pretty much verges on obsession but that is okay since this will be his only baby "sister"!! He gets in her face just about a million times a day and says, "Hi baby geeeeeol!" She just smiles and he says, "Oh her loves me!" Yep!

A THOUSAND WORDS THURSDAY: BUBBLES

My friends' girls are probably the closest I will get to having my own little girl now that my nieces are all grown up. I oblige by letting them come over whenever they want. This week I got to watch America's Next Top Model with a girlie girl and I must say it was a lot more fun that way! Recently Avani was over blowing bubbles and you know I love bubble pictures so I could not resist my urge! Here's my girl:

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