I think I might be broken!

So, every time (not kidding) Taylor goes out of town I get sick. Maybe it's the anticipation, maybe it's the fact that I am completely addicted to him, maybe it's that I don't sleep when he isn't here... what ever it is, it happens. Last Wednesday Talor left me for a "business" trip to Maine. I say "business" because it's the fall in Maine and I saw the freaking pictures. So, short story long, Friday afternoon I just fell apart. I got in bed at four o'clock in the afternoon and had Hunter take care of Cooper. I am ashamed already, but he really is an amazing brother, I listened intently to every detail. Hunter waited up for Taylor until 11pm. I have been a heap of tummy bug since Friday and eating hardly anything, and what I did eat was BLAND. Last night we watched Supersize me, the McDonalds will kill you documentary, and Taylor ate during the entire movie. Well that movie is backwards because all I could think about all day today is McDonalds and I oddly got crazy insane for food. So here I sit, sick in pain having just eaten pizza and french fries, who does that? ... I think I might be broken!

One day I will post again!

So, school started and I forgot to blog. I get so busy reading up on all of your lives I neglect to update you on mine, sorry.

see, he does go out like this!

We had a last day of summer celebration today, this really is what Coop wore all over Stonebriar mall and GattiTown.

Home Sweet Home

As many of you know we want to "relocate" and have had our house on the market for about a year. I have said a thousand times that when school starts the house is off the market, I am done messing with it. Well, that day is approaching quickly and of course a showing was scheduled 30 minutes before they wanted to come today. I am a pretty (ocd) neat/clean person so this is not a big deal, we stuffed the clean laundry in the washing machine, did the floors and wiped down the bathrooms. I baked cup cakes, and ran through the house spraying this delicious pear air freshener. I love that smell. We left and went to a movie. When we returned home 5 hours later I opened the door and breathed deeply to see if the smell of the yummy pear lingered. I looked at Taylor and said "It smells like a pear turd in here." I was annoyed by that. A little while passed and Taylor said, that pear stuff smells funky, what is it? Well, I went to go tee tee in the boys bathroom. I opened the lid to the toilet and there in the toilet was a giant turd and about an entire roll of toilet paper. I called to the kids to see what they knew and one of them confessed to doing this and closing the potty to hide it. I could absolutely die of embarrassment! So, for those of you who prayed for my house to sell, I think it will take some divine intervention to have that happen this year. I only share this because I know that all of you take such pleasure in the suffering of others (:

Trying to be a better mommy!

I have made a recent revelation, one that I am sad to admit. I have dressed, deciplined and trained my children in a certain way because I feel like they are a reflection of me. I don't know if this is something that is normal when you are a mom or something we define ourselves as but it made me really sad when I suddenly realized it. I find myself wanting my kids to look perfect, be the smartest, most athletic, bestest kids in the whole world because of the way it makes me look. I was so sad when I realized this because it came out of Hunter seeking my approval and his dads approval of his appearance, something I could tell he wanted to do but didn't. I was sad because I knew in that moment that I had made him insecure with his choices and his decisions. I am working really hard not to micro manage his wardrobe choices now, I do still pick out all of the clothes in the store but how he chooses to put them together is up to him! If you know Coop you know that he is very confident in himself and his choices. Every day he dresses himself, puts his bat-cape on and tells me how good he looks, even when NOTHING matches and I tell him nothing matches, he tells me he looks good. I love this about him! We bought black fingernail polish and painted his toes and fingers, he then wore flip flops so everyone could see how good they look. Now the great part about this is that even though it is not the "norm" for guys to do this, Taylor told him it was cool too. I really want to let them reflect who they are, not who I am! Now, I am a work in progress so I do still try to manage. Last week when I went to the dentist I laid out clothes for Coop to put on in an effort to make him match and be cute. What he did with what I laid out was a test, and I passed. This is how Cooper wore his shirt all day, in public, with me!

Tag, I'm it

I've been tagged by the lovely, UBER cool LC

The Rules:
1. Post the rules
2. List 8 random facts or habits about yourself.
3. If you are tagged, then you must Post the rules and list 8 random facts or habits about yourself.
4. After you post, tag 8 people and let them know they must read your blog for the rules.

Random:
1. I did study abroad in Spain when I was 20 and I have wanted to move there since then. It was fantastic. I also have a minor in Spanish, but I don't like to speak Spanish, only listen.
2. Before the moment I saw Hunter, I never wanted to have kids. After I looked at his beautiful face I wanted 14!
3. I wash my face 2 times, like the first time didn't get it clean enough.
4. I hate to call people to do stuff, but I always want other people to call me to do stuff.
5. I laugh hysterically when I get hurt, it's actually freaky.
6. I can not physically force myself to go over 4 miles faster than the speed limit. 5 miles over and I start to panic.
7. I have all the irrational fears Keri has plus more that I am sure to discover! (like getting a speeding ticket)
8. I played tennis in middle and high school and for a minute in college. I am not a competitive person so college sports...
not for me!

That was one FAST turtle!

I FREAKING LOVE MY HUSBAND! Taylor and I have gotten to have 2 short trips alone this summer and it has been awesome. Our moms have both taken the boys for a few days so Taylor and I could make a quick get away. I am a complete Quality time person so I am happy as a lark! We went to Las Vegas last weekend with our lovely, sweet, fun friends Robbie and Jordan. It was so great just to play around and enjoy adult conversation.

I stole this from Stephanie, Shout out MHS

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I do exist

Maybe some of you can realte to me, I know for a fact others of you certainly can not. I take a thousand pictures, my friends and family are adorable. As I go back through my endless photo albums I wonder if I am a figment of my own imagination. I do not exist in pictures for a number of reasons. First of all I am usually holding the camera and I don't have that desire to turn it around and snap one of myself with outstretched arms. Second reason is that when people do try to take my picture I say no don't I look bad and scurry away. When we went to Colorado my mother in law, who takes 25x more pictures than I do, confirmed my existance (thank you Kathy). So this is my shout out to me, and my non-photogenicness (I like to make up words, shut up).

Step up the spell check already

Aye hav just red mi blog and aye kant spel at al. I uze the spel chek and it is not gud enuf for mee. Blogtopia kneeds to step up the spel chek so mi dumnes is not so obvos.

The all American Boy Vacation!

We just spent 8-12 days in the beautiful San Juan mountains having an all boy vacation, are you so jealous? We just had a great time playing and getting dirty and just enjoying the beauty of creation that is sometimes hard to find in the concrete metropolis we live in. Our days were filled with hiking, fishing, four wheeling, rafting, parades, and camp fires. If you get the chance to take a vacation with your children where you can truly spend time with them and just enjoy life together I highly suggest it. We often rush for amusement parks, movies and other organized activities and just miss the beauty of nature and the excitement that our children find in it. Creativity abounds where technology can't! I don't know that the boys ever wanted to come home (Taylor included).

In this picture you will find a worm that is longer than my nine inch foot


Here is me inside a giant alligator bounce house, holding up a scuba diver's legs (he didn't make it)

Yeah, this is my fanny pack, and it is HOTT!

Look into the back window, you will find the naked booty of someone at the nudie 5k

The boys and I hanging in my mother in laws closet during a Tornado warning

So, I have this super fun, super honest friend. I really treasure honesty in people because it seems we are all so busy being nice that we are never honest. I understand that I often say more than I should but so many people just leave the truth out of all conversations. (off the soap box) This friend told me that I only hang out with the popular people, what the heck does that mean? I first of all don't really hang out with anyone, and if it's only the popular people you need to know, you are loosing cool points by hanging out with me. I wanted to give you a list of all the dorky things I do so that you can see me clearly and not through your rose colored lenses. (This might be hard for some of you to read, I am sorry to shatter the image)
1. I am making a list of all the dorky things I do.
2. I pee my pants when I am tickled
3. I sleep in my retainers
4. I like to show my kids up on the trampoline
5. I took my kids to the pool and sat there doing needle point the whole time, and liked it.
6. I run with a fanny pack
7. I asked my friend to take a picture of the fanny pack as evidence
8. I am too chicken to watch previews of scary movies
9. I obsess about cleanliness, not yours
10. I like to play scrabble (especially with my dyslexic husband)
11. I love paddle boats
12. I would rather have a coke than dinner (no I don't skip dinner, I would just choose the coke over dinner)
13. I have multiple photos of myself mooning in famous places
14. I run races at nudist colonies with all my clothes on
15. I laugh really loudly at my own jokes but no one else does
16. I am the funniest person I know
17. I love ketsup on steak, but I make Taylor ask for it
18. My favorite resturant is Gattitown
19. I know my foot is 9 inches long
20. Me and the kids hide in the closet every time there is a tornado warning (while Taylor makes fun of me from the other room)
I guess this is sufficient proof that I am a big dork! Hope you are a big dork too, but I doubt it. I only hang out with cool people after all.

Holy Embarrassing!

Today we were out running around, as we do and we saw this guy. We were walking into Target to pick up the 500th perscription this month and this guy was standing in the parking lot, the sign says "I stole $ from my family". Sometimes revenge is sweet! I wonder what it is I have done to someone else that they would like for me to stand in the parking lot with a sign proclaming my misconduct. What would your sign say?
PS:Notice he is standing right next to a brand new Tahoe. Good thief.

I just want all of you to know that Adam and Tarrah Lancaster are the coolest people I know! After Cooper broke his arm on Friday I told him that he could have a batman cast (he loves batman more than he loves chocolate). I am a good enough artist that I could make this happen but I talked to Tarrah and we nominated Adam to do it. So they were so sweet to let us crash them before their dinner company and Adam painted the cast with a perfect bat symbol!

What did you do this weekend?

Today we had our first experience with stiches, I don't suggest trying it.

Friday Cooper fell and broke his tiny little arm

Hunter totally rocked the talent show at school with a rousing hula-hoop performanc

We had 3 soccer games this Saturday, and it was so fun!

World's toughest boy!

Yesterday we were driving down the road chatting it up. Hunter tells me about running into a girl at school and I notice that his loose tooth is even looser. I told him, "that tooth is just dangling, pull it." Hunter gives a tiny, not so serious tug and says "it won't come out." Hunter is always a bit more "tender" than your average boy, so I told him, "no grab and pull it" He grabbed the tooth and pulled it right out. He was shocked, he looked at me and said "it came out." He was so cute, and is now the proudest boy in the whole world. We have bragged to no end how tough he is, maybe it will encourage future toughness. I hope so...

I grew up in a small town called Pampa, no it's not in Florida. Every year the high school band brought in a carnival as a fund raiser. I LOVED the carnival so much. My dad was one of those guys who loved to play the games and wanted to try all the treats. Well now I love rides, I love corn dogs and cotton candy, I can hardly pass a funnel cake with out actually drooling, and I not so secretly want Taylor to win me the BIG stuffed animal. I love fairs, carnivals and theme parks. I try to drag the fam to every function for a hundred miles. Maybe there is some sort of nostalgia a sense of home, maybe the deep fried every thing really is that good. We went to the Main street art festival this weekend and it was okay. I learned that art is really expensive and corn dogs ROCK!

What the innies can't do

My mom, bless her heart tried to make me girlie and lady like. You all know that didn't really work (despite her BEST efforts.) The good news is Maggie Water tower, Taylors one true love is however lady like. She never sits down without crossing her legs first!

How committed to your addictions are you?

Cooper, our super spunky 3 year old is full on addicted to chocolate. I venture to say he could shame chocoholics everywhere. On halloween we went to a church carnival. There were dozens of games to play and candy was the prize for each one. As we progressed from game to game Hunter collected some serious loot. Cooper on the other hand would play the game, examine the candy and anything not chocolate he would wave his hand at and say "no thank you." Those workers had no idea why he refused their candy. Fast forward to Easter. We had 4 egg hunts this weekend and Cooper opened each egg, removed the candy, ate all the chocolate and gave away all the non-chocolate candy. Imagine his disappointment when Hunter found the Wonka golden egg. This was a giant gold foil wrapped chocolate egg. Hunter quickly opened the egg, bit a hole in the top and dumped out the fantastic prize of 4 sweet tarts inside. Over it, he gave his drooling brother the giant egg. Cooper took a giant bite out of the egg. He eats the bite and looks at the egg confused and says "How can this be yucky?" I guess he has also become a chocolate snob! He put the egg down and went back to eating cadbury eggs whole! Do they have a group in CR for chocoholics?

I wanna be like Stephanie!

So my favorite imaginary friend Stephanie always has this fun "blog" thing with cute stories and pictures on it. I am a brat and want to make ugly comments on her site, problem is you have to make one to comment on one. So I am an old lady blogger (also young and hot on my-space). I am computer illiterate so be nice!
Just to prove she is not imaginary, here is photo documentation! She's the one on the right.