Little Girls in Easter Dresses

Easter 2008 Belle and Rose, (Spencer was with his dad this year) we missed him.















I seriously tried to get a posed smiling shot.....not gonna happen with these two! As you can see, Belle's "make up" did not wear off. She insisted that her primary teacher really loved it.

WARNING....WHY MOTHERS CAN'T TAKE NAPS!!!!!!

So Rose was down for a nap, I absolutely zonked out, because I hardly slept last night, and this is what I wake up to. I am not quite sure of the look she was going for.....but I can't get this off. I am really hoping that it will be gone by Easter Sunday. I just don't think that the hot pink will go with her yellow dress real well.

Today Belle came in from outside and announced she found a toe nail. I said oooo yuck throw it away! Belle said no mommy I can put something in the wall with it.....oh, I said, a nail! Then she says oh you are just teasing me.

Today Rose decided she wanted to sit on the potty! All her own idea, how do I get her to figure out that you pee in the toilet, and not swim???

one year old

As of March 9, 2007, my blog turned one years old! Wow, who would have thought that I would make it through a whole year of family pictures, adventures and painting! I must say that during this past year, my painting has gotten better, my kids have grown a bit larger, my life has gotten more complicated, and I have grown a little more tired! Wow, what a year will do! When Spencer comes home on Wednesday, I will post a then and now picture of the kids!

Janae Tagged me

10 Years Ago I was doing........

Lets see that would make me 31. I was finally the thinnest I had been since high school, and dating up a storm!!!!

Five things on my list today........

Only five?
*Get my prescription filled
* clean the kitchen floors
*make dinner
*buy a rake painting brush, blender brush, and some mineral spirits
*work on Mike and Karla's painting

3 Bad Habits?


*Disorganized, Disorganized, Disorganized. The only way I know how to organize something is to throw it away. (this has really been bugging me lately like huge)
*impatience
*procrastination

Snacks I enjoy

Cake, warm brownies and ice cream, yogurt with granola, apples with peanut butter

Five places I have lived

*Las Vegas
*St Anthony, Id
*Rexburg, Id
*Green River Wyoming
*Utah

Five Jobs I have had

* motherhood
* hostess at resteraunt
* Waitress for about five minutes
* Social worker
* Real Estate agent

Five things you don't know about me

*I bet you didn't know that I have a magic sink. The minute that I have put all the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, the sink is immediately replenished with more dirty dishes!
*I don't like jewelry unless it is real, and even then I have a hard time wearing it....I am just not a detail person.
* I wish it was socially acceptable for women to have hairy legs. I would be perfectly happy in Europe. (sorry mom)
* I am a bit of a loner....but I still get lonely....what an oxymoron that is.

If I suddenly had a million dollars

Hire a nanny, and paint, and take lots of classes from different teachers, travel and take lots of pictures so I could paint them, and I would take my kids to fun places like Disney land a lot. I would also get central vac like tomorrow. Oh yeah, pay off all my bills.

Well, there ya go.....that's me in a nutshell!

The Hand of God

My sister LaRae started a journal of sorts to start recognizing the hand of God in her life. I committed to doing the same thing, and can't believe that a week has gone by without me doing a thing. Now you might think this means I don't really want to do the journal. This is something that I do want to do. I am finding it really hard to balance all the things in my life. (A common theme of my blog I am sure most of you have noticed.) Either I am busy with kids, husband, painting or house....and then I leave the rest to haphazard occasional moments. I know that I have neglected my Spiritual health immensely in the past few years, and that is not something I want to continue to do. I do want to set a good example to my children, and showing them a well balanced wife, mother and daughter of our Heavenly Father. I know that the hand of God is in my life, but I let all the noise drown him out. The fights between little ones, discouragement, money problems, physical problems, and just surviving day to day eat up all of my energy. Yet, somewhere deep in my soul, I know that I need this to not only survive, but to be a happy person. Everyone is busy, and using being busy is just an excuse. At this point in my life, I don't think I can commit to doing this everyday, but I know that I can do it at least three times a week. So next week I commit to myself that I will have something to share about how the hand of God affects me.

My Messy Rose

Who would think that a delicate petite little girl of almost two could be a total hurricane! Every day we have at least one major catastrophic clean up. She really is amazing this child! Here was her latest total mess that she got into...........









She really looked a lot worse with her clothes on, that would be the black ash looking cloth to the right of her. She was so heart broken when we had to take "me me" into the wash, (her blankie). I wonder if this trend is going to continue into adult hood?