Sassy Senorita

Found the perfect shirt for Miss Jenna Pooh!!!!!!

Yes, she certainly IS a Sassy Senorita!! Caught her Pouty Face on camera yesterday! She's getting quite good at it!

And yes, I did find this at a..... Garage Sale! I will freely admit that I am addicted to the deals!!!

Last Day

Yesterday Bryce "Graduated" from preschool!!! It's hard to believe. Although, he is going to preschool again next year - I guess it's more of a Pre-K class, but technically, he's not done yet! BUT - he IS done at this school. He was very proud yesterday and had such a fun last day with his friends.

Here's a picture of Bryce and his 2 teachers. They are both such loving and kind women and I am so glad they got to play a role in Bryce's first years of school!

Bryce with is good buddies Sam & Ellie.

Grandma came up for the special occasion. :)

Caught the last time he will walk out of this building as a student..... sad!! Moving on to the next adventure is always fun though!

Feeling a little CrAzY!!

Holy buckets of HOTNESS!! It's been hot out! Hot, Hot, Hot! I love this time of year. Hanging out on the deck, playing in the front yard, going to soccer & baseball games, maybe a game of golf here and there, etc. Summer is coming!!

It's kind of bitter sweet for me though b/c of the migraines that I get from the heat. I've been getting them since I was a kid. It sucks. Sucks really bad. A normal game of golf in 80 degree weather that would just have most people sweating and craving a nice cold one, would likely bring on a massive migraine for me that only sleep, cool air and an ice pack will heal.

I really want to try to change my fate! I wish I could prevent the migraines. Maybe I can? I really haven't given it my all and REALLY tried to prevent them. (Besides just avoiding the heat!!)

So to start, I really need to drastically cut back on caffeine. The main culprit for me is..............

da, Da DA...... Mt. Dew!!!!!!!!!!! Just looking at the picture of that can makes my mouth water and I want one so bad!!!

I don't know how this is going to go. I do know that I will probably get very bad headaches from cutting the caffeine out. So I don't plan to do this cold turkey, like Nicky over at Momma Gets Real did. PROPS to you girl!!!!! Instead, I plan to gradually cut back and hopefully wean myself down to just 1 or 2 a WEEK!

I'm not even going to tell you how many I normally consume in 1 day. But I will say that yesterday I only had 2 and a half Mt Dews and that is REALLY good for me!! And I will also divulge that this can be an expensive habit!! :)

I am hoping that cutting back on caffeine will have multiple health benefits for me....

1. I'm hopeful that it will help prevent migraines.

2. I think I will drink more water, which obviously has a million benefits for one's health. I think I am probably more dehydrated than I realize and hopeful that even just more water will help with the migraines!

3. Less sugar & calories would definitely help with the whole weight loss idea and hopefully I can start working on getting back into shape.

4. I am sure there are many more health benefits, but you get the idea! If you know of one specifically, I'd love to hear it to give me more motivation!!!

I'm planning to have 2 Mt Dews today - and probably for the next few days. Then I'll try to cut back to 1.

Wish me luck!!!!!!!!!!

Trip #6 - They know us by name!! :)

First of all, a big Happy Birthday to my husband (yesterday)! We hope you had a special day!!! :)

Bryce made trip number 6 to the urgent care center yesterday!!!! He stepped on something in the yard and it punctured his foot. He bled, but we cleaned it up, put a magic bandaid on and we went right back to playing. About 5 hours later, he was limping and said he couldn't walk and was crying with each step. We took his shoe off to find that the bottom of his foot had swollen up and was bruised. It hurt to the touch and was hard underneath the swelling. We were afraid something may have gotten inside his foot. So, off to the urgent care center we went! They don't SERIOUSLY know us by name, but it almost seems as if they should!!! :)


As you can see in this picture, he was quite scared and very teary. He's BEEN there before, he's HAD stitches, he KNOWS it is not fun! But lots of hugs and kisses made him feel better and the x-rays showed nothing inside his foot, so they did not even need to dig around!! :) They sent us home with antibiotics to prevent infection and said to use motrin for the pain until the swelling goes down and it's easier for him to walk. I'm so glad nothing was inside his foot! :)

Back home to finish up my Sunday project. Our carpets really needed a good cleaning. We rented the cleaner from the store and did our front living room, dining room and our family room. The carpet definitely looks better. Not new or anything, but better. :) I'm sure it will be a matter of a week or 2, before the bad stains resurface. :(

Talk about good weather - man, it was HOT out yesterday! The kids enjoyed it though and spent some time with the neighbors playing in the water!

And one of our FAVORITE parts of Summer is the fruit!!!!! Yummy!

Here are the kids enjoying our first Watermelon of the season!! :)

Saturday we gathered with some friends for some outdoor play, a backyard firepit, some roasted marshmellows and a few beverages! :) Jenna and her partner in crime hit the pillows around 10 and went right to sleep!! How cute!

Not so much luck with the older two, they were up WAY past their bedtimes!!! But they had fun! Isn't that what being a kid is all about!? :)

MoJo

I lost my blogging mojo!!!!! I will work to get it back over the weekend! Here are some pictures from school this week. Jenna and I went to school with Bryce on Tuesday b/c they celebrated his birthday that day. Jenna had a blast and fit right in with the kids! :)

Happy Mother's Day 2010

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mommy readers out there! I hope you all enjoyed a great day with your kiddos! A special Happy Mother's Day to my Mom! Thank you for all you do for us!! We love you!

My hubby surprised me and the kids with breakfast in bed this morning... the works - eggs, hasbrowns, bacon, pancakes, toast! Yum! We all 4 ate upstairs in our bed while we watched Dora! It was great - however I did need to wash the sheets today!! :)

A little bribery to get a good picture! Brownies... they can work wonders!

Bryce made me a very special Mother's Day present at school! It's this heart picture holder for my desk at work! I love it! The home-made gifts are the BEST! So special! And Bryce always feel so special giving it to me! THE BEST!

The teachers also asked the kids some questions about their Moms and his answers were so cute! He said my favorite thing to watch on tv is "hospital shows" and what I do around the house is "clean and take care of Jenna". :) Today he offered to help me with Jenna since it's Mother's Day! How sweet! :)

A quick snuggle before bedtime to talk about what a great day we had! :)

And a good night kiss from my princess! Cory asked Jenna what she wanted to write inside my card, she said "M & M's". He said, yes, you can have M&M's, but what do you want to write in Mommy's card? "M & M's"! So that's what he wrote. Her note said, "Mommy - M&M's - I love you - Jenna"! :)

Love is...

Love is..... still hugging and cuddling with your sister even after she puked all over you that morning!

Jenna caught a stomach bug and spent a good portion of yesterday throwing up! The first time was in the van on the way to take Bryce & Sam to school. It got all over her and Bryce. What a mess! I would like to have a word with the manufacturers of carseats. WHAT is the point of all those cracks and crevices!?!? Seriously - do they not understand how hard they make it to clean up puke?! ;)

My little sweetie fell asleep on the couch watching Dora yesterday! She had a long day. Hopefully today will be better!!

Leighton Elizabeth

My sister, Sonya, had her precious baby girl on Saturday night!! Her name is Leighton Elizabeth. She was born at 10:44 pm and weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces. Look at how absolutely perfect and precious she is!!!


I was soooo excited that she arrived over the weekend! I took off on Sunday morning to go meet my new niece in the hospital! I couldn't wait to hold her and snuggle her!

Sonya looks great and is feeling pretty good! :) I can't believe my little sister is a Mom! She will be a GREAT Mom and baby Leighton is so lucky to have Sonya & Danny as parents!

A Big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Danny today! What a WONDERFUL birthday present!

I can't wait to go visit again! Look at that sweet little face! Irresistable!

Congrats Sonya & Danny!