Shoe addiction?

There was once a time in my life when things were so much simpler in my shoe closet. Many years ago I cared little for the fashion of my shoes. I didn't need many shoes and I didn't care what they looked like. If they were comfortable and they fit.. then I was good! I had one pair of tennis shoes, one pair of sandals, and one pair of church shoes... that was it! Well...... then I got married. My dear sweet mother in law just didn't know what to do with me when she found out I hated to go shoe shopping! lol. The first 2 or 3 times we moved she would help move the stuff in the closet and she could hardly believe that I only had 3 pairs!!! She has been so patient with me. Finaly.... I admit defeat..... I now have a shoe fetish!!

I can openly admit that I now desire to have cute shoes... that match my outfit! Becky has been buying me shoes now and then (I think because she couldn't take how bare my closet was of shoes). Slowly I have come to appreciate the beauty of the shoe. Today I openly admit defeat.... I am a shoe lover! My favorite pair of sandals that I wear EVERYDAY...broke! Being me... I didn't have another pair. In desparation I went searching for a new pair of sandals. I found a pair at Walmart for 5$.... I figured "hey, cheep! These will be great". I get them home and start wearing them and realize... these don't really go with just any outfit.... in fact... they are kindof ugly!! That just wouldnt do. I tried to stop myself... I really did.... but this morning I found myself at the checkout counter of Ross with 2 more pairs of sandals!!! EEK! Yep... that is right... It took me not one.... not two... but THREE pairs of shoes to replace my fallen favorites. So you want to see my new CUTE shoes! WOO HOO! I have worn all three pairs today! LOL (now that I have cuter shoes I appreciate the comfort of my 5$ walmart buy)

from left to right- my black comfy and cute pair - my brown SUPER cute, but not so comfortable shoes- and my tan not very cute but REALLY comfy shoes! I am set! I have a 'sandal' for every occasion........ to bad it is September.....

And of course Amalyssa is thrilled with all my new shoes. She has been a shoe lover since she was 1 year old. (really... I would bribe her to be good in the store by saying we could go look at the shoes if she behaved!.... her favorite present for her 1 year b-day was a pair of shoes!) She wanted to pose with my shoes while I was taking pictures of them! HAHA..... oh it is great to be a blogger!!

Some days........

Some days I just can't think of anything to blog about. Sure you would all LOVE to read about how I spent the morning cleaning cheerios off the floor (because I would NEVER feed my kids chocolate chip zucchini bread for breakfast!), or about how messy the toy room got AGAIN, or even about the mega tantrums and siblings fights I deal with every day..... but somehow.... re-living them through writing just doesn't draw me to my blog some days.

The last few weeks have been full of days like these. So I apologize for my long silent blog. I am sure some of you are just in pain without my blog updates!

I think part of my problem is that I have a hard time blogging when I don't have pictures! I haven't taken any pictures in the last few weeks.... therefore... no blog post!

I did have a fun day last Thursday though! I invited all my girl friends over for a scrapping/crafty day! We let the kids run to their hearts content in my back yard and the mothers got to play too! We each had our own table to work on and then a big community share table! It was SO MUCH FUN! It was so much fun in fact... that I FORGOT to take pictures of the mess we made! (it acctualy stayed pretty organized!) Anyway, not to many people made it, but those who did had a great time! I think I will do another one end of Sept. This time I will give you more than 3 days warning though!

Are you TACKY enough!????

Did I wait long enough to post this!?? It has been almost a week since the party! Just trying to be Tacky still!! LOL (or I've been sick all week and didn't care to post anything... your pick)

Tacky Party definition:
a HILARIOUS party thrown by the only one who could... Scotts grandma.
Come and be as tacky as you can be with your family around to witness the laughs.

I have to tell you that I TOTALLY LOVE Scotts grandma! She is SO SO FUNNY!!!!! She throws the BEST parties!!! The Tacky Party is kind of a family tradition for them. This is maybe the 3rd or 4th one they have had. My first time coming though! I LOVED IT!!! G-ma had the whole place decorated AWFUL! picture a classic beautiful spotless home... with fly paper hanging around the Steinway! She even went to the police station and got some police line tape from them!! she had it across the door with a body sketch in the drive way!!! Along with the random elements left haphazardly around her lawn (hose, lawn mower, and several pink flamingos!) The tables were great too! Lined with news paper and centerpices of beer bottles with fake flowers shoved in them! (this at an all LDS family party no less!!! She got them from a neighbor!) LOL Here is a page I did with pictures from the party! I will post some individual ones so you can see them a little better. G-ma is the one in the LO with the 'long hair'.



Here is my favorite costume of the evening. Every time I saw her I would just bust out in laughter!!! She even had toilet paper stuck to her shoe!!! HAHA!




Here is the whole motley crew! What a fun bunch of nuts!



There was a peanut spitting contest. Both of my boys put in a good show. Scott almost got the farthest.... (except for that Jack and Artur... they just HAD to spit the peanuts into G-ma's garden!!) Braden 'won' for spitting the most peanuts I think. He was putting them in and spitting them out as fast as a baseball pitching machine! We had to keep them coming or he would go the the ones in the grass for a second try! lol



And of course the costume you have all been waiting to see.... the lovely.....incredible..... amazingly beautiful..... me



And last but not least... the dessert I brought...



Yes it really is a dessert....Kitty Litter Cake! Now for the really tacky ending to my story... There was SO MUCH of my cake left over... (it is 2 box cakes layered with pudding and cookie crumbs on top) Scott and I had a dinner party on Monday night with friends.... (at lease I hope they will still be our friends when they read this....)I took the 'turds' off the cake (tootsie rolls) and dumped it into a fancy bowl... added some chocolate chips and a bit more pudding on the top... called it trifle.... HAHAHA! HOW TACKY AM I! They loved the fancy dessert though!! HEHE.... gratefully Amalyssa didn't recognize the cake anymore either... or she would have told my secret for sure (while they where happily eating it)!!!

Well... there you have it! The Tacky Party report!! Hope you got a little chuckle at least!

Birthday fun for everyone!

YIKES! How does time go so fast? Another Aug. week of madness has passed us by! This last week is the busiest week of the year around here... and this year was no exception!!!

Scott and I had our anniversary. It has really flown by!
Big sis had her birthday. That was a busy day!!!! This year I threw a friends party for her. She had SO MUCH FUN! She planned most of it (really... she told me everything that she wanted, including "lots of party guests so that I can get LOTS of presents!") It was a fairy themed party and she and several guests were dressed in fairy costumes. They colored fairy pictures and made fairy wands and I even managed to make a fairy cake!!! WOOT! GO ME! (hey... it was my first real decorated cake... and I did good! lol) She had a great time at the party and thanks to my good friend I had a good time too!!! She is a WONDERFUL friend who came to help me with the party (of course her son was a guest as well) Later in the evening when dad got home we took her out to the restaurant of her choice. After dinner she got to open family presents. She was pretty sure even the sun revolved around her by the end of the day.... she loved it! Here are some picts of the B-day girl!

And last but not least is my birthday! Hubby took the day off from work as an anniversary/birthday celebration day. He took me out on a date and we saw "Dark Knight" (very good!) then he took the kids and I out for ice cream!!!! YUMMERS!!!!
For my b-day I got some WONDERFUL gifts!!!



I got "Breaking Dawn" (a book that I have wanted SOOO MUCH) from hubby. I can't WAIT to start reading it!!! My mom gave me a cute shirt and another year subscription to "Memory Makers" magazine! MIL got me a Cuttlebug machine!! WOOT! Hubby also gave me some money (from the kids... hehe) So big sis and I went shopping and got more things for my Cuttlebug!! We had SO MUCH FUN making cards this afternoon!!!! Here are some of the cards I made!!!





Overall it has been a great week!! Lots of fun and great memories!! Tomorow will be a blast too!!! Grandma is throwing a 'Tacky Party'!!!! What is that you ask?? Guess you will have to check back in a day or two and find out!!!!!! Same bat time... Same bat channel!!!!

Funny cow story

So... one quick story for you who acctually read my blog. Please don't think me terrible for posting this story on my blog... I just find it SO FUNNY!

I am driving home with Amalyssa today and we pass a field with cow's in it. She is commenting on how big the cows are. All of a sudden..... one of the cows jumps up onto the back of another cow..... ahem..... Amalyssa says
"Mommy... did you see what those cows just did!!!"
"Yes dear, I did"
"I have NEVER seen cows do THAT before"
"Neither have I dear" (trying not to bust up laughing)
"That is a NEAT TRICK!!!!!"

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Oh to be innocent!!! She is too funny!! She thought is was the neatest thing she had ever seen cows do! It took everything I had not to bust up laughing right there!! I didn't want to have to explain WHY mommy was laughing!! hehe.