Never too late to post about a tea party

For Hallie's birthday I threw together a last minute party for her and her friend Chloe, who's birthday is one day later. I thought a tea party would be so fun and I've done it before, so I went for it. I have a ton of tea cups from my grandma, so I used them and the girls thought they were so grown up. My niece helped put make-up on, paint nails, and served their every need while I cut out the crowns, which took a little longer than I anticipated, but that's ok. It went really great and everybody had a good time.

Need a Laugh?

Maybe this will help. Wynden's freshman year school picture. Love the cardigan.

Got Me an Apron

I have never had an apron my whole life (I really never cooked until after I was married), so maybe I only needed one the last 13 years. I have ruined a few shirts to grease splatters and so I have been looking for awhile now. I just couldn't spend $20-$30 on something I was going to wear to ruin. I even bought fabric to make one at a crafty night at church, but never ended up going :) Out shopping this past weekend with a great group of girls, I came across an apron for $7.99 at Marshalls. I couldn't pass it up. Wearing it for the first time my kids couldn't get over it "why are you wearing that and what is it?" A little girl I'm watching even told me it looked pretty. Now to see how similar it is to a treadmill...will I use it for more than one week?

Love Thy Neighbor?

This is a certified letter we got from our neighbor. Funny thing is is that we have no dog. My brother in law's dog lived with us for a little over two months this summer from July until the middle of September. He went from his kennel on our back patio to our fenced field every day. I just thought the letter was funny. The wife also accused our cow of ruining their yard and shrubs a year ago. Wynden told her that it was the other neighbor's cow, she didn't believe him and Wynden was like I helped him get it back in his field this morning. Good thing I am the type of neighbor that can laugh about this. Click on the letter to enlarge it, but you already probably knew that :)

Two Peas in a Pod

My two youngest girls are so entertaining for me to watch. It is interesting who everyone thinks they look like because really they don't look very much alike. With Karlee I usually get told that she looks a lot like Wynden's mom Susan. I think that some of the looks Karlee does look a lot like Susan too, but I do see some of my childhood pictures in her as well. It is funny how Karlee's personality resembles Susan's just a little too. Hallie on the other hand I get told quite often that she looks like my mom. She has the darker hair like my mom, but her skin is porcelain white just opposite of my mom's nice dark skin. I often times think that sometimes Hallie's personality also is a little like my mom's as well. A little crazy to think that I have my mom and my mother-in-law's clones bossing me around all day long. Ironic don't you think.

Warning do not stare at picture too long may cause extreme laughter

I get told by a lot people that their hair is just like mine, but they straighten it. Their hair is usually perfectly straight. I mean like smooth straight like Lexi's looks like when she straightens her hair. I have only straightened mine a hand full of times and it is pretty crazy looking. My nieces even took like over an hour straightening my hair and it still looked pretty funny. The other day the morning turned out to be a little crazy trying to get everyone out the door for school, so my hair was left up in a towel for way too long after my shower. I needed to wet it down again, so I could do my frizz control properly. I got a crazy idea that maybe my hair would straighten better without any product in it. Apparently not. I guess I just don't have the same hair as all those girls :)

The Days of Mutton Bustin are Over

Hunter rode a lot of sheep this summer. He rode I think 4 times at the fair. We were right next to the booth that was in charge of it, so she would just let me know if they had a spot for him. And then he got to ride both days of the rodeo. The first ride at the fair he did really good. The next few rides though were not that great of a showing. So for the rodeo I told him he better hold on tight because this was his last year to ride he will be too old next year. I tried to tell him a lot of other things, but I guess I have never rode on a sheep, so what do I know. He did really well at the rodeo taking second place both nights. I felt bad that he didn't win a trophy this year because Lexi did last year and Hunter was more proud of it than she was. He keeps saying that he wants to ride calves now.....

This is a video clip from talk it up Tv and Hunter was interviewed. Unfortunately they put his last name as VanDalen. I think his part is around the 2:22 mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrOZYPqvnpM