Not what I was going for...

I thought that it would be fun to take a pic of me with my girls... I'm never in pictures!
So I thought we'd all sit in front of this old mirror.
Yeah... not so good.  You can't see anything much.  The mirror is too old.

Then I thought... We'll all go in the bath room and take a sweet girls pic.
Yeah... that didn't work either.
In fact, it turned into quite something different.
But that's okay.... it was quite humorous and I had fun :)

Sadie shifted into the sink...naturally.

Alice took the opportunity to practice her animal sounds...Sadie thoroughly appreciates this.

 

Then, in the midst of the playing, Sadie discovers the handle on the faucet...   

 

And let the fun begin!

All in all... worth the mess.

FUNNY GIRLS

Sadie stuffing mulberries into the alligator's mouth... just cute.

All of my girls are spunky.  (for those of you who know me in person, you're chuckling and nodding your heads.)  Alice -my oldest- is so crazy, quirky, rough, and so smart.  She's like a boy with really pretty, although fuzzy hair.  Elsie is as sweet as sugar with sparkly eyes, yet has an explosive emotional side (typical girl, I guess).  Sadie is Alice and Elsie mutated into one scary yet irresistible package.  She's tiny, but packed with a mighty punch!  Sadie is so smart, so aggressive, emotionally explosive, and yet sweet and hilarious all at the same time!!  (big sigh... what's a mom to do?)  Every time I have another little girl I hope that this one will be the docile one...that this one will sit back and take the world in.  Yeah, right- Sadie blew those hopes out of the water!!   For being a household of girls, it sure is a crazy, loud, aggressive household.  For heaven sakes, they ALL growl like animals on a regular basis as a standard form of communication!  (I often catch Alice licking Sadie's head, like she's cleaning her.)  BUT no complaints here... I wouldn't trade any of it ...but you already knew I was going to say that :)

WHATEVER...

I sent Meg over at WHATEVER  a little gift the other day and she mentioned me on her blog!!  How fun!!  Meg is one of those people that I'm always looking up at... you know, one of those people that you can relate to or admire, but is in the next step ahead of you in life.  I've admired her since I was little actually... she was my sister-in-law's best friend in high school in my home town.  My niece's middle name is Megan in honor of her...  She was so pretty and was dating the star basketball player!  Now I admire her for her creativity, her vintage style, her ambitions, the fact that she has five kids, her faith, and her GORGEOUS HOME!  I think it's good to have people like that in your life... they keep you pressing forward.  So thanks, Meg... God has blessed you, thanks for blessing us with your beautiful blog!

Happy Thing...My Creative Space

I wanted to share with you my office/creative space... In our last house, the office was part of our bedroom (see Our Little Home).  And as a result, I was quite confined by space and felt the need to make the office fit the decor of the bedroom.  I hid all my stationery, supplies, inspiration, and work away in drawers and under the bed!  It's been so nice, here, to have a separate room for my office.  Half of it is reserved for toys... but still, the decor is what ever my suits my fancy.  Any colors...anything goes!  I've been able to leave out all my junk... and enjoy it.  For me it's just a room full of Happy Things!!  Now I know, as far a creative spaces go, it's nothing to brag about.  For heaven's sake... have you seen some of the work spaces out there?!  Talk about having issues with coveting!! Someday..... (big sigh.)   But for now... I'm enjoying my space... it's definitely a Happy Thing :)

SO FUN!

The blogging world is so fun... don't  you think?  I found a fun blog the other night created by a girl who reminds me alot of myself... before kids :)  She nominated my for the Versatile Blogger award... How fun!! So thank you Bec! I'm honored :)  Check out her spunky blog here.

According to the rules of the award I have to do a few things...

1. Thank the person who gave you this award

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic! (in no particular order...)

4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

SO HERE'S THE 7 THINGS ABOUT MYSELF:

1. I can't whistle.  I'm kind of sensitive about this... well, I kind of can, but I look really funny when I do it.

2. I'm addicted to Sonic diet cokes... tried to kick it so many times.  Never works. 

3. I used to be in love with my husband's brother... he, he :)

4. I was born in a tiny, tiny town in the pan handle of OK... Balko.  My dad was the pastor at a church there.

5. I used to want 10 babies.  Yeah, that's a little much, huh?  I'll be very pleased to get my 4 now :)

6. My youngest daughter, Sadie, was a twin.  We lost Sophie in the second trimester of the pregnancy.  I often imagine the two of them playing together. ...I'm so thankful for my Sadie.  She's our little miracle.

7. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior... my friend, my helper, my true love.  He's the only reason I'm able to face this world each morning.

 Alright! These are some fun blogs that I've enjoyed reading lately so check em' out!


My nominations for the Versatile Blogger Award go to...


Erin@ http://skootsandcuddles.blogspot.com/
Ashley@http://rahouck.blogspot.com/
Vera@http://verassong.blogspot.com/
Megan@http://itsadarngoodlife.blogspot.com/
Melissa@http://puddinpopdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jessica@http://thehibbings.blogspot.com/
Her Royal Highness@http://clumsycrafter.blogspot.com/
Alice@http://theshadowofthecross.blogspot.com/
Melissa@http://theperfecttrio.blogspot.com/
Carisa@http://alittleknitting.blogspot.com/
Maribeth@http://malahy.blogspot.com/
Weza@http://everythingbytwos.blogspot.com/
Sara@http://queen-of-the-house.blogspot.com/
Amber@http://amberzimm.blogspot.com/
Anna@http://theluxuriouslifeofanna.blogspot.com/

Nominees, copy the award to your blog... if you'd like!

Surprisingly full Saturday...

 

 

Our plans for Saturday included: sleeping-in- as much as you can with little ones, doing some cleaning, and bumming.  This was the first weekend with nothing going on in what seemed like forever. Well, my mom called before we were all really up.  I answer, then : "Amy? (she always says my name like she's surprise that's it's really me) Can we come see you?"
"Yes, of course you can!" (to be honest I had to force a positive excited tone on this one)
"Oh, good!  We're right outside of Wichita; We'll be there in an hour and a half."  They were already an hour and a half into their drive... classic :) Alrighty.

Well...they came and we ended up having a very enjoyable time together.  We decided to finished the day up at Pops.  Pops is a local (actually in Arcadia, 10 min. away) novelty restaurant/gas station.  It features a unique structure with glass walls lined with hundreds of bottles of pop.  We thought my parents would enjoy it.  The only thing is, my dad is a pastor back in KS and he has a thing about Saturday nights.  Every Saturday night, for as long as I can remember, he has gone to the church after supper to make final revisions on his sermon and practice it on stage.  He was already being quite gracious to be gone on a Saturday (it was to please my mom)... he had decided that it would be okay as long as they left right after supper (it's a 3 hr. drive from where we live back to KS).

Well, we got to Pops and it was crazy busy.  We played outside for awhile... while my dad slept in the car (that is also something he as done for as long as I can remember) and we were seated after 35 min.  Not too bad really. But then... we sat in our booth, for an HOUR!... waiting for our food.  I ordered a chili dog.  Everyone else had hamburgers... really?  an hour?   Just imagine, 3 small children stuck in a tight booth, hungry, tired, and full of uncontrollable energy.  My poor father, fidgeting, looking around, desperately scanning for what might be our food coming.  It was fun.  Not really.   I felt really bad for my dad... you could tell he was really anxious about the time.  He acted so gracious, but you knew it was really stressing him.    But our food did finally come, and it was good!  We even got a discount on our meal and coupons for free sodas next time we came.  Smart move on the manager's part.... otherwise I don't think we would have come back.  My parents headed off... I'm sure my dad sped all the way home :)  But it was actually a really good day.  Always nice to see my parents, even if we weren't planning on it.

Yeah!

Good things happen when you stay up till past 2:30 in the morn.... I figured out that I could update my Post Editor (now it's so much easier to place photos where you want them!), and I realized there was a wider formatted template...to make pictures BIGGER!!!  Yeah!!