question......

my white kitchen sink is looking dingy,

i need a sure fire way to make it 

sparkling white again.

i've tried a couple of things, and nothing

seems to be working.

help a sista' out!

leave your suggestions after the beep.

BEEP.

before and....

after!

better, right?

weekend update.

we had a fun weekend,

do you want to know about it?

ok, here goes.

it started off with  the ending of elizas camp.

she had a tea party. it was again, divine!

we picked her up and from there we headed

with our friends, the shupes, for a long weekend

at their ranch!

...with her fellow "campers"

aspen and ava!

so off to the ranch we went,

and we certainly entered with happy hearts!

how cute is that.

they have little sayings all over.

i should have taken more pictures of those!

at the ranch we.....

got the cutest outfit from susie for our baby,

we mauled jess,

we rode four wheelers,

played games,

snuggled amy,

had yummy food,

emma was the best helper,

had a fireworks extravaganza!

 and snuggled, and

adored sweet ella sue!

thanks for a great weekend shupes!

we had a blast, and can't wait until next time!

oh and if you are wondering

about the lack of pic's of ethan and josh,

they stayed home and had a boys weekend

because ethan had a soccer tournament.

they also had a great weekend consisting of

soccer, video games, eating out and real soccer tickets.

camps, camps, and more camps!

this summer each of the kids got to pick one camp

to attend.

sam chose skate camp.

he loves it.

next week i have to take my camera

 and get some action shots.

dude totally drops in off the 4, kick turns with an ollie.

(i have no idea what i just said)

who cares that he does

i love you instead of rock on, right?

he loves me and he is not

that bad---!

he's 7!

eliza chose an american girl doll camp.

oh my divine.

they've made necklaces,

bread and butter, and

learned a dance.

i'm not sure what today

 holds but i can hardly wait to see!

eliza and emily,

all ready to go!

every night we pick a new  outfit for her doll

to wear the next day.

its quite delightful!

ps. the eldest 2 children are not neglected.

ethan did a soccer camp(of course)

and emma did a golf camp.

i was just to lazy to break out my camera on those mornings!

We have a room.....

now we just need a baby!

and a few more accessories,

and some curtains, but who cares,

the room is done!!! yae!

from this....

to this!

i think he'll be happy here.

i mean all of eliza's dolls have

really seemed to enjoy themselves!

now i need a new project,

oh i know, SIT!

my day...in bullet point form.

*wake up 

*eat breakfast

*clean up breakfast

*get dressed

*do the morning pick up

*watch carpet people install carpet

in baby boy carmacks room

(now you're pumped)

*go retrieve crib, changing table,etc...

and set up room

*know that friends are laughing because they

know i can't possible wait until sept. to do this.

*take picture of room for blogging friends

*sit by lamplight in babies room and dream

of him being here.

hmmmm, what to do when all of the 

boys are gone?

mani/pedi's and dinner!

of course!

(the pedi pic. didn't turn out too well but their little toes look divine!)

quick mental note....

don't go to the parade of homes

when you are pregnant.

you just aren't rational.(direct quote from friend)

i usually don't let stuff get to me.

i like to go and get ideas,

and its a fun date night.

but last night i was unreasonable.

i wanted to figure out how we could

get ourselves into one of these houses.

josh just smiled and told me i was pretty.

that's what he usually does when i'm 

out of my mind.

ps. i really do love my house but a girl can dream right?

You know you're "nesty" when....

you dream of windex,your dyson,

and your mr. clean magic eraser.

no joke.

Scenes from the happiest of July 4ths!

highlights.
*family
*friends
*parades
*yummy breakfast(thanks mom)
*Naps

*BBq's
*sprinklers
*fireworks at home
*bedtime

i hope you all had a great holiday!

my fix.

i have this thing with checking blogs in the morning.

its like my fix.

some people have coffee.

some people have special K.

i have blogs.

now many don't blog in the night, i know.

but sometimes there is a new post

from one of you that starts my day off just right.

i usually have a little pal climb up on my lap

and start asking me questions,

"do you know them? is that your friend?

did you take that picture? do you wish you had that?"

you get the point.

i try really hard to not let it throw off my mo-jo.

this morning was not unlike the others.

*she crawled up for a little snuggie and mushie(her words, not mine)

and than proceeded to tell me i smell like the garden.

is that a good thing or a bad thing?

i'm not sure either.

although i did get up early to weed out there,

i didn't think i smelled that bad, or good.

i see a shower in my future.

anyways, this is my long rambling way of saying thank you

 to all of you late night, early morning bloggers.

you start my day off just right.

well that, the snuggie and peanut butter toast.

*actual photo from this very morning.