Thursday, August 28, 2008
Burtons*north goes pink
Our BFF's are having a girl! A new little friend for Penny and future college roommate. She'll be here in January...Wahoooooo! congrats, guys!
First day of School:
Sophie looked so small going into that big middle school this morning. She had her lock all ready to go so she could could drop her stuff in her locker and get to her first class in "the 400 hall." Such teenager verbage. I can't wait to hear all about her first day this afternoon.
Owen was nervous and when we were standing in line waiting to meet his teacher he started getting teary. I gave him a hug but he pulled back and told me that his eyes were just melting because it was so hot outside. (at 8:30am). Then we met one of the little boys and they started talking about Lego Starwars and Lego Indiana Jones and he seemed just fine after that. No more melty eyes.
Sophie looked so small going into that big middle school this morning. She had her lock all ready to go so she could could drop her stuff in her locker and get to her first class in "the 400 hall." Such teenager verbage. I can't wait to hear all about her first day this afternoon.
Owen was nervous and when we were standing in line waiting to meet his teacher he started getting teary. I gave him a hug but he pulled back and told me that his eyes were just melting because it was so hot outside. (at 8:30am). Then we met one of the little boys and they started talking about Lego Starwars and Lego Indiana Jones and he seemed just fine after that. No more melty eyes.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Saturday, August 23, 2008
JibJab!!
After seeing Ned and Rachel's sweet JibJab video, (seriously, go check it out. It's hilarious) Sophie created a few for our family and posted below. They're awesome.
If you can help...
Many of you have probably heard about this already, but a "blog friend" Stephanie of Nie Nie Dialogues and her husband were in a plane crash in Arizona last week. It was extremely severe and both of them have critical injuries that will keep them in the burn unit for months. The flight instructor passed away in the hospital, his funeral is today. They are members of the church and have 4 kids and it has been amazing to witness overwhelming support from the blog world. (That's one for the blogs!) Fasting, prayers, balloon launches, donations, etc. It appears the world is rallying around this family.
C Jane Run has all the information if anyone wants to donate to their recovery fund. I have been sick about this all week. It makes me want to hug my kids and never let go, it's a reminder to feel grateful for my little life.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
The love-hate thing.
This perfectly describes how I feel about blogging, 100%. I LOVE checking in on the UT and AZ cousins to hear their funny quotes and to see them grow up even though we are so far away. Or checking out what our friends are doing. I LOVE feeling inspired by the the energy and creativity of fellow bloggers; especially when i can steal their good ideas and they don't even know it because in all likelihood we don't even live in the same city and we've probably never met before. I also love to look back and see what my family has done over the past 2 years. I'm ready to order my Blurb books for 2006 and 2007 (something I discovered though a blog) and it makes me want to continue documenting our little family.
But.. I'm also at a serious plateau. (Clearly, since i've not posted for the past month.) Sometimes all of those amazing people get in my head and make me feel inadequate. Am I seriously the only person in the blogosphere without an etsy shop full of sweet handmade goods? And then sometimes I get crazy irate over some loud, stupid opinions people throw around out there. I've actually had to ban myself from certain blogs. (ha ha.) I don't know...I guess maybe that means i was spending too much time blog surfing, hence the hiatus. And i hate ignoring my family while I'm trying to write. Owen just got in trouble because he kept asking me if we could get a dog over and over again while I tried to type that last sentence. Maybe it'll all get easier when the kids go back to school on Monday. Aargh, love/hate.
Anyway, not sure why i'm throwing all of this up here. Nice back to posting post.
But just for some good vibes, I'll throw in some pics of the kidlets.
oh, by the way...
Penny LOVES Ross. Let's face it, most people do, but it's pretty significant because Penny doesn't like anybody but her mama. Her daddy even had to work for it and all that hard work may have gone out the window when he flew to Philly this week. I guess we'll see when he gets back. So, for whatever reason, Ross is IN with my baby girl. (who happens to be trying really hard to rock up to her knees right now. wahoo!)
But.. I'm also at a serious plateau. (Clearly, since i've not posted for the past month.) Sometimes all of those amazing people get in my head and make me feel inadequate. Am I seriously the only person in the blogosphere without an etsy shop full of sweet handmade goods? And then sometimes I get crazy irate over some loud, stupid opinions people throw around out there. I've actually had to ban myself from certain blogs. (ha ha.) I don't know...I guess maybe that means i was spending too much time blog surfing, hence the hiatus. And i hate ignoring my family while I'm trying to write. Owen just got in trouble because he kept asking me if we could get a dog over and over again while I tried to type that last sentence. Maybe it'll all get easier when the kids go back to school on Monday. Aargh, love/hate.
Anyway, not sure why i'm throwing all of this up here. Nice back to posting post.
But just for some good vibes, I'll throw in some pics of the kidlets.
oh, by the way...
Penny LOVES Ross. Let's face it, most people do, but it's pretty significant because Penny doesn't like anybody but her mama. Her daddy even had to work for it and all that hard work may have gone out the window when he flew to Philly this week. I guess we'll see when he gets back. So, for whatever reason, Ross is IN with my baby girl. (who happens to be trying really hard to rock up to her knees right now. wahoo!)
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
5 things that make me happy. (I always do lists when i don't have much to say. ha ha)
5. My once ugly brown-red-mauve cabinets are now a gleaming white and i have new countertops with cabinets under them. It's almost like it's a legit kitchen...tiny, but legit.
4. The trampoline is a major hit.
3. We have awesome next door neighbors.
2. Doug is a master craftsman. After watching all the renovations I'm pretty convinced he could build a house. Especially after a few red bulls. (Last night he was in the garage whacking down a little room in the corner with a sledge hammer and some crazy tool that looks like a giantic nail. (nail and hammer, not fingernail.) I think he felt pretty manly.
1. This awesome bench at the top of Runyon Canyon. Check out that fog/smog!
4. The trampoline is a major hit.
3. We have awesome next door neighbors.
2. Doug is a master craftsman. After watching all the renovations I'm pretty convinced he could build a house. Especially after a few red bulls. (Last night he was in the garage whacking down a little room in the corner with a sledge hammer and some crazy tool that looks like a giantic nail. (nail and hammer, not fingernail.) I think he felt pretty manly.
1. This awesome bench at the top of Runyon Canyon. Check out that fog/smog!
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