ADOBE DAYS

I took pics with my camera phone when we went to Adobe Days in Yucaipa a couple of weeks ago, but it seems I forgot to post them..oops! Mom wanted to take the kids to an "educational" experience at the Yucaipa Adobe, so I agreed, and the girls had a blast. Jacob's in his "that's boring, where's the video games" stage, but he didn't complain too much!. Here are some pics from the day. I might just throw out my washer and dryer and dabble a bit in child labor for a while.....


They made "whirlygigs"






Homemade candles (I made one but I dipped it in pink and then blue, and it ended up looking like a flesh colored severed member, so mom got embarrassed and made me throw it away...lol)


Corn husk dolls (mine's the cool one on the left with the bandana and tank top) lol


Beating the rugs (the girls wanted to do this forever and I had to PULL them away to go home...good therapy..I think I'll have to buy some rugs they can beat!


washing clothes (obviously these pics are in the wrong order but I'm lazy)





And mom holding ALL the things they made so they can continue beating the rugs. Have I mentioned lately that she's over 60 and looks THIS DARN GOOD? I'd be lucky to look HALF this good when I grow up! (not that I'll be ready to grow up any time soon!)

Camping out

In the livingroom!
So I just got back from the Great American Scrapbooking Convention in Arlington Texas. We had a total blast! I got some great deals, we swam every night, and we sold sold sold! Anyways...I brought some stuff home to sell to my friends, and I spent the morning going through them and sorting them, and meanwhile, Jordyn and Jadyn said they were gonna "go camping" in the livingroom, and started grabbing blankets and dollies and pillows. SO then they said they were making "fire" so they could roast marshmallows. I started to WORRY a bit, so I peeked around the corner, and this is what I saw....omg how freakin cute is this? I don't even know where they found the marshmallows and the sticks, but I'm sure glad the fire is made out of LEGOS! =)

It's a blessed day

Every day when I say goodbye to Aster at the busstop, she always leaves me with saying "have a blessed day" That's how I felt today when I gave her the gratitude journal I made for her. She was able to read what I wrote in the front of the book and she started to cry, and so did I ...right there on the street corner for everyone to see...lol

She hugged me tight and told me she loved me...even though she doesn't know me. Making her feel good made my whole day. I love knowing that I have the ability to make people feel good about themselves, it's easier than we all think, and we should all do it more often!

Here is a picture of Aster and her new Journal.




Have a great day!

Another gratitude journal

So there's this lady at the bus stop. She's the only other mom that ever comes, while everyone elses wild brat children are running wild up and down the sidewalk, hitting signs, tearing limbs off trees, throwing rocks at cars etc...we are the only ones that supervise our children. Aster is her name. She's from a small tribe near Isreal. She doesn't speak much english, and she doesn't have any friends around here. She is genuine, she is caring, giving, understanding, and a great listener.
The other day I was talking to her about my "diet woes" and how the scale doesn't seem to want to budge no matter how much I try to make it budge. No matter how many times a week I exercise and no matter how little calories I eat. She started telling me in her broken english how I am beautiful, and how my body is fine, I am HEALTHY, my kids are healthy, I have a roof over my head, and a great husband, and to just be happy with what I've got. She told me how her brothers were both killed in the war, and how her family is so far away that she never sees them, and we should both praise God for what we have, and not worry about our bodies so much. She made me cry...and then she cried..this lady that I hardly know..and then we stood on the corner crying and hugging eachother. It was awesome. I love my life, I love my friends, and I love the amazing people that I meet that make a difference In my life.

I made Aster a gratitude journal today during naptime, to thank her for putting my mind in the right perspective, and reminding me that I really DO have it good.

Here are some pics. I'm going to give it to her tomorrow at the busstop before I leave for another convention in Texas.





I'm sure we'll both cry again once she reads what I write on the inside cover...

I have an afro

So I got a perm..don't ask why..everyone tried to talk me out of it, but I wanted my hair to have some BODY. And I wanted to be able to go on this long vacation this summer and just be able to wet it, gel it and forget it!(sounds like an infomercial, huh!)

so anyways...I like it, noone else does...too darn bad, it'll go away eventually!




Jason says that HE now gets to sleep with 3 poodles at night...

I walked into the house and Jadyn looked at me and said "you're ugly!" and walked away...sigh....I like it....I THINK I like it...does anyone else like it??

Klo's gratitude journal is finished!

Considering I fly to Texas to meet up with Klo on Wednesday, I figured I'd better get a move on and finish her gratitude journal.

Remember the cover? (taken in really bad lighting...)










She likes animals and critters..that's why we're friends..lol So that's why I flooded her journal with little cute creatures! enjoy!

As I sit here...

putting baby Kenzie down for her nap....I realize I need to blog more often. I get on a roll and then a couple of weeks goes by with nothing..sooooo...I have nothing much to say today, but I wanna keep my blog rolling...hhhmmmnn...a random picture would be nice, right? Ok here's what Jason and I satisfied our boredom with before bed last night...



Bellas's been reading too much lately as well.

what? what did you expect to see a picture of? Sheesh..dirty minded people....heh

Four eyes

So I read...I read and I read and I read...I read for hours..every day...and now....I need glasses..cause I read TOO much...lol

So here I am...with my new glasses. Jacob calls me Madame Librarian. Jason says they're sexy...I think they make me look 12 years old. But at least I can KEEP ON READIN! woot!




PS- have you ever seen so many roses one one bush? And 10 more show up everyday! crazy....

hang in there...

i'll figure out this template thing soon enough..i finally found one that i love, and i can't figure out how to download it! =(

Happy Memorial Day!

My brother Kevin and his family came for a visit this weekend and stayed with us for 2 nights. My hubby Jason was the inlaw with the mostest and surprised us all by renting a pontoon boat for all of us to enjoy up in Big Bear! The kids all had a blast and we got soaked, thanks to Jasons obsession with riding other boats wakes..haha

Here are some great pics from yesterday. Weather is amazing in So Cali right now.





















We also went to the pool for a bit today.





Wish this whole summer felt this darn good!
Happy Memorial Day!!

Corinna kidnapped my blog...

and I think it puked up some color...haha

I am in serious need of some good blog bling and template that rocks...I hate my blog...will make it better ASAP!

Date night..woot woot!

So Jasons brother Daryn was nice enough to give us some tickets to a Padres/Cubs game for yesterday that he got at work. Mom watched the kids for us so we could go, and we drove to San Diego and got to the game just seconds before it started. I have to say that Petco stadium so totally rocks! The layout was great, the weather was amazing, it was clean, a million bathrooms and more food than I've ever seen in my life! (Thank God for self control, cause I wanted to eat everything I smelled, and we ate NOTHING there..yay us!) So we had great seats, and watched the game for a while....




and then left and went to our hotel cause we were exhausted! We got a priceline room and it sent us to the Manchester Hyatt, which is probably the NICEST hotel I've ever been in outside of Vegas!

Had breakfast in the morning (can you tell I skipped past all the hotel details? hehe) and then went to COstco to load up on food cause my brother Kevin and his family will be here any minute to spend the weekend with us. More pics from this weekend will be posted Monday! Have a great weekend and a safe HOliday!

Backyard spring blooms

Ok just have to share something that made me happy today. Everything is blooming in my backyard! Now granted....some of these are probably wild weeds and NOT flowers, but they're pretty so I don't care! Have a happy day!

a gratitude journal for Kloey

So I have this amazing friend name Klo. She's famous but she won't admit it..so we have this running Joke that EVERYONE knows Klo..cause it's kinda true..in the scrapbooking industry that is! So I made her a gratitude journal. ANd I'm lazy and I don't have a lot of time, so I took this picture fast in bad lighting and it's blurry and a really bad pic with bad color, but you get the point! Here is the cover of her gratitude journal. Don't tell her, cause she doesn't get to see it till Texas in 2 weeks! hehe (ps...click on the pic to blow it up so you can read what's in the word bubbles!)