59/365

I’ve been out of town for seven of the last ten days.  This is only the beginning of the things I need to do to get caught up around the house.  I know that one day I will really, REALLY miss all the activity and laundry and stuff that is here because our family is busy, but for today, I want someone else to do it all.

58/365

Pickles played in her last Upward basketball game of the year… and forever.  Sad momma today! These kids just grow up way too fast…

57/365

SuperGirl FINALLY stopped saying she was bored and asking to go swim at the hotel.

56/365

BVCHEA 12U Girls Team played in the state homeschool basketball tournament this weekend.

55/365

On this day, last year…

54/365

I’m considering some blonde highlights now…

53/365

Johnny Depp’s star was the one to find!  And we found it!!

52/365

Posing with the “free hugs” guy on the Santa Monica Pier.

51/365

Enjoying a very cold, wet day at the happiest place on earth… Disneyland!

50/365

Oh, how I wanted to stop here.  I really, really did.  That show is my guilty pleasure! 

49/365

Packed light for LA!!

{this blog post was blogged on the run from my iPhone!}

48/365

After school treats!!

47/365

Summer just HAD to know how to make the letter “X” while in first period.  Here you go.

46/365

I {LOVE} getting texts like this from my kids…

45/365

We love because God first loved us.
1 John 4:19

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

44/365

My mother-in-law has made every birthday cake for my girls.  That is 34 cakes!  I bought her this cupcake pan last year and she has been dying to use it. She did a great job!!  SuperGirl thought the strawberry on top was a REAL strawberry!!

43/365

Yep. This is EXACTLY what you want to see 24 hours prior to having a house full of guests.

42/365

This little man and I got to hang out the other day.  Mostly he hung out with Pickles… I hardly even knew he was here!  Anyhoo… he came bearing “gifts” that day… a tin of fresh baked “muffins.” His momma raised him right… always bribe the sitter with food… or lots and lots of cuteness!

41/365

Who needs motivation when you have this wise guy around?

40/365

And I.love.her. {sweet!!}

39/365

Happy birthday, Pickles!!  It’s hard to believe she’s 12… next year she’ll be a teenager.  Yikes.  {birthday dinner at Chuy’s… and birthday sopapillas… and our little RBug!}

the good, the bad, and the ugly

the good: tomorrow is sweet pickle's birthday.
the bad: she just dropped her phone in the toilet.
the ugly: you guessed it... dropping occurred prior to flushing.

38/365

Happy Monday.  Time to make the donuts…

37/365

The best picture of the day!  Cold, fun, powdery snow.  And you can bet your cold wet boots that this was followed up with sitting by the fire and drinking hot chocolate.

36/365

Snow day00, snow day… WELCOME snow day!

35/365

Pickles had a good game this week.  I think it was the braids…

34/365

I’m thinking I should just be glad she set her clothes out before she went to bed, right? 

This came after taking WAY TOO LONG to get ready for bed, having to rebrush her teeth (which I don’t believe she brushed in the first place), and a stern talking to including the statement that I would get to pick her clothes out in the morning because she didn’t do it before bed. 

She thinks she “showed me” by picking out her clothes anyway (and leaving me a “threatening” note) but I won… I didn’t have to pick out her clothes and getting dressed this morning was a breeze!

33/365

A winter storm blew in last night… there were fences down and trampolines in the road… our little stop sign didn’t fare too well, but it did better than Hubby’s truck… it ended up with a basketball goal on the hood!

32/365

Another one in braces!