bear lake

one of my most favorite places on earth is bear lake. i love it up there and we try to go at least once a year. this year my grandma cathy rented a cabin and had a mini reunion. we got off to sort of a rough start when james noticed that the the dates on the invoice were a day off! my parents got it figured out though, and we were off. we had alot of fun despite having to switch cabins and no air conditioning. my parents rented a boat one day and the kids loved it. ezra even fell asleep on the boat he was so pooped out. we can't wait to go back and enjoy bear lake.

Pinata Pinafore GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!

Pinata Pinafore GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!
again i'm trying to win this cute outfit for margo. i love this one. margo doesn't look like a little mexican girl but addie might grow into it soon. check it out!

keeping us busy

keeping clothing on, or clean for that matter is an accomplishment in its own right...
i found this boy looking at himself in the mirror and saying how handsome he was. he told me he needed chap stick. 5 minutes later he had crawled onto the counter and found the "chap stick" in plum, and took matters into his own hands.
our garden is fun but hard work. ( not that i really do any of it with this huge belly in the way) james spends alot of time working in the yard and garden making it look nice.
our raspberries! those little buddie's are hard to get to but taste so good.

keeping up with a house and yardwork is so hard. how do you all do it? i get tired just getting my kids dressed and fed. i think it's time to visit the flylady again... my favorite tip is to do a ten minute tidy several times a day. i set a timer for 10 minutes and clean like crazy until the timer goes off. the kids like doing it too. your turn, tell me your favorite yard and home tips...

Ice Cream Social Frock Giveaway!!!!

Ice Cream Social Frock Giveaway!!!!
i looove the blog and the amazing things that this talented lady makes. i want to win this dress for my cutey neice margo , i think it would be silly on eli or ezra! go check it out.

want recipes? me too!

i love to cook and collect recipes. So does this gal. she is putting together a recipe collection and spreading the love. more info here. i already know my contributions. now go get to it.

so tired and hippos-

sorry for the lack of post. i have never been so tired in my whole damn life. also , sorry for saying damn, i swear alot when i am tired, and mad, and grumpy and bored and pretty much all the time. my mom actually asked james if he "could control his wife" on sunday. it got me thinking... i have only been married to james and lived with him for 5 years but i have known and lived with my mom for much longer. so wouldn't it be my moms fault that i swear so much??
back to being tired. last month at my appointment my doctor asked how i was doing. i told him i was extremely exhausted and felt that no matter what i did i couldn't keep up with life or build any energy. he asked me how old my kids were to which i replied " 3 and 1" he laughed and said " sorry i can't help, it's just your life that's exhausting"
i would have liked to thought that it ( meaning life with kids) gets easier, but i know better. i see my mom and other ladies with teenagers and really it doesn't get any easier anytime soon. plus you have to deal with that ugly awkward stage they go through ( not looking forward to that, hopefully my kids won't be that bad? i was pretty ugly for a while there...)




while pregnant with ezra, james and i were watching a show on the discovery channel about hippos. apparently the "king" of the hippos is called a beach master. somehow i got stuck being called beach master...and tick tock ( from the creepy return to oz movie) and preggie piggy and i'm sure other names i have blocked out. whoever thought it was a good idea to be pregnant in the summer needs to die. seriously i am feeling like a beach master and i still have 2 months to go. although at this time, feeling like a beach master is sounding better than having 3 kids to take care of. enough whining- i will try to post some kid pictures tomorrow. i leave you with this picure to think about.

old timey boys

want to have some fun with pictures? my cute friend annie just posted this on her blog. you just put your pictures into the website and it converts them to old timey style. thanks for the fun idea annie! these are my favorites...