monday blog hop -- link up and enjoy the ride!

a monday blog hop and random blah blah

i've been pretty happy with how i'm gaining readers.  blogging has turned into a fun little look into my mind.  i didn't want my blog to be a complete mommy blog, i mean how many of those are there.  what? a gazillion.  do we really need yet another mom spilling her guts on what works for her? and, do you find yourself thinking "is her life really like that?  or, is she fluffing it just a bit?"  

so, this is me.  i mean, really.  i am totally r-e-a-l. i think that's what my friends love about me.  i won't sugar coat things for you.  i just won't.  if your bootay looks big in those jeans, hunie, i'm going to tell you.  if your zipper is down, i'm gonna let'cha know.  and, to be quite honest, it's what i look for in a friend too.  so, in my closer than close girl friends, i expect to be told that the shirt i'm wearing makes me look pregnant and lord knows that's not the look i was going for, cuz well, i'm not pregnant, lol.  so, thanks if you are being honest.  ha.

i'm at a point in my life that i'm really cherishing my girlfriends.  i'm   coming into my own and falling in love with that style that screams "me". i couldn't be happier.  i want to be the room mom in my son's kindergarten class next year.  i want to take pictures at the school dances, and at other functions and have them be used for the year book.  i would love nothing more than to make really fun crafty treats and take them to the kids' class rooms for their parties.  and, do this with my close knit of friends i have made these last couple of years.  

thursday's my girlfriends and i have decided to have a craft day.  we are going to teach one another a craft.  i for one will be showcasing my favorite crafts from my oh so favorite blog

 The Idea Room because she is oh so crafty and i love her blog so!  now i just have to decide which craft to do first.  i was thinking about a wreath because it's fall and i need a new one for my door...and for that it will be pinterest to the rescue!  i may have to have friday's a special day to blog all about my thursday girlfriend day!  oooh i can't wait!  this thursday will be our first get together.  now, what to name our little club??

any ideas?

so, my blog may not be all about mothering...it's more like what makes me well, me.  and yes, my kids and my family make my life what it is.  i love my girlfriends and have come to realize that they make my life tick too.  i'm a lover of my camera...i don't leave home without it.  i love building things -- renovating things...and i can thank jen aka "ying" and i would be "yang" or i would be pnut butta and she jelly [lol] for all that...i love wreaths...again, jen...i love cottage-y things...that would be an emily thing...i really dig crafting...both jen and ems can be thanked for that...really, my friends just rock the house.  and, they inspire me! so, ya.  i am just one lucky chick to have these fabulous women in my life.  you too will be inspired by them!  wanna hear something funny? jen and ems haven't even met yet...oh, they are going to just kill me for that one!  thursdays are going to be my most favorite day from now on!!!  

went to a bday party this weekend.  got a few great shots ...

water balloon fights are the best...

we also spent time at ying's house this weekend..so, i took time to take pics of some of my favorite things in her home...oh how i love jen's house...

hello crayon art!

look at these pillows...why yes, they are napkins.  aren't they dandy?



is this not the cutest wreath eva???

this is the perfect saying for jen.  it speaks volumes about the person she is...

i love my camera!

i have no idea what took me so long to get a DSLR...oh i'm never going back to the "other side" hee hee....

it's time for cub scouts!  

xoxoxo 

w-o-r-d-l-e-s-s = w-e-d-n-e-s-d-a-y [it brings out the kid in me]

wordless wednesday
[a linking party on a school night]


ww #1 [it brings out the kid in me]


this is my first entry for wordless wednesday.  so, i figured there was no better way than to show you who i am by finding little tidbits of inspirational photography that brings out my inner child.  i love [LURV] being a wife and mom.  i am THAT mom who {rEaLlY} plays with her kids.  i mean, gets on their level, even if that means on the floor, in the dirt, in her best jeans, rolling, YES, rolling in it, laughing [LoUdLy], because they can be washed & this moment, the one right now, yes, right now, where i am on the ground, in the dirt, with my child, rolling around, and seeing the gleam in his eyes, that, THAT, will be etched in his memory fOrEvEr, & he will one day, reenact it, & his heart will over flow with the joy that he gets from the gleam he sees in his child's eyes.  the jeans won't matter.  the dirt won't matter.  making memories.  it's about the memories.  below are all captured memories.  sometimes we all just need to sit back and take ourselves there again...even if just for a moment.

finger painting...lets get dirty

mummy cino

bike ride...with the family

a bloggable life

swing...really high

clay in his hands

lay on a hammock...and take a nap

en paper

sidewalk art...for the whole family

life in liberty canyon

this bike is just so retro...i love it

a bloggable life

run in the grass barefoot...play tag...freeze tag!

sgt and mrs hub

get the biggest lolli you can find...and share it.  

mcp actions

i love rain boots.  wearing them reminds me of being a kid.

sarah jio

go rollerskating...and play shoot the duck!

roller skates

go puddle jumping...

christina captures

what are your favorite things to do with your kids that bring you back to your childhood?  what about those huge slides at the fair?  if they'd let me, i'd go in the jumpy castle =) share your stories in the comments section!  can't wait to see what you have to say!

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