The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

We just got home yesterday afternoon from a fun filled week in the Valley. Here's the breakdown.

The Good

My Grandma loves to play games! Every time you go to her house she will say "You wanna play a game of Yahtzee?" Or whatever game she is in the mood for. It might be Skip-bo, Phase 10 or Farkel. She is so fun to play with because she gets to excited. I love to tease her that she is a cheater. She's not, but some how she gets A LOT of Yahteez's! Like 5 in one game one time.

On Friday I picked up my friend Monica with her twins and we headed out to Casa Grande to see our friend Gina. We had so much fun visiting and catching up. Plus, the kids were too cute.

On Saturday my Grandma invited all the girls to lunch. The only person missing was my oldest sister, Bethany. It was fun to laugh and eat, two of my favorite things to do. My mom is behind the camera so she isn't pictured. Heather and I laughed when we saw this picture because it looks like Grandma is saying "word to your mother" all gangsta like.
One of my worst pet peeves is when people eat chips with their mouths closed. I know it's the polite thing to do but I would rather see crumbs falling from your mouth than have to listen to you crunch them like you have a microphone in your mouth! Let Heather demonstrate. This chip is made up of about 40 individual ones. A chip crunchers nightmare!

We had Sunday dinner with my parents and afterwards sat outside and chatted. My favorite thing to do at their house. I also got to hang out with a few of my favorite people.

My cool little brother, Taylor.

My Dad. Always love that. Notice his shirt? It's a Sneezy Boys shirt, courtesy of my sister, Heather. They are a couple of Apache Indians from the San Carlos Reservation who are surprisingly talented. They basically steal other people's music and perform it without permission. I don't think they understand the word "copyright." Seriously. My family loves them and I think it was a proud moment for my dad when Heather gave him the loot.

By the way, if you read the link about the signed CD and wonder why every sentence ends with "nick-o-dee," it's something the lead singer says on his radio show. I think it means okay. I think.

Back on subject. I also got to laugh at this kid. He's so nerdy and makes me laugh. He's my cousin, Derek. He also asked me to take his Sr. pictures. We'll see how that goes. I hope he can smile better than this.

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie. I actually like this little dog. I am not an animal person but this little thing is such a good dog. He is so well behaved that I actually don't mind him.

Next. Addie enjoyed some good conversations with her Dad. She looks like she is the one giving the advice here.

The best part of everything for my girls was being around cousins. Michael and Tara's kids are so fun to be around so my girls were in heaven.

Addie and Raife played so good. He was even nice enough to play Barbie's with her, although he swore he didn't like it.

I love this little guy. Cameron is so sweet. He and Kimber had such a good time playing on these things together. (Whatever they are called.)

I loved it when my girls would crash at night. (Thanks AGAIN Savannah for giving up your bedroom AGAIN for us!)

Ahhhhhh, flip flops. And no cold toes. Heavenly.Before we headed home yesterday I took my girls to the mall to play on the toys while we were waiting to got the hospital to meet.....

this little munchkin. She belongs to my brother Ben and his wife Briana. She as cute as a button and as sweet as can be. She also has 5 big brothers to protect her.

The Bad

First of all- Kimber had yet another ear infection. Thankfully I have good sister in laws. It was Friday afternoon and I was suspicious that she had one so I had my brother, who is in Med. school check her out. He said it was so I planned on taking Kimber into an Urgent Care Saturday morning. My two sisters in law (who are also sisters) would not have that! They called their brother up (who happens to be Kimber's pediatrician) and explained the situation. I talked to him about it more thoroughly and he called in a prescription for us. Life savers!!!!

98 degrees! Yuck! That's too hot for April.

Along with that warm weather comes this. A/C, and not just A/C, Max A/C! I'm a whimp!

The freeways. You forget they exist when you don't use them on a regular basis. Thank goodness for the new 202 though. It's such a time saver and it's never jammed.

While driving into the Valley I followed this guy for quite a ways. At first he was bothering me but I suddenly found myself wishing I was him. It looked so fun.
But I was so glad not to be.....

They were a long way from nothing.

The Ugly

I know that I am probably going to make some of my friends mad, especially those who are Arizona natives but I have to do this anyway. Also, I must tell you that although I took these pictures while driving, I did it safely!

Although I have lived in Arizona all my life and spent over 20 years of it in the desert, I have never liked it! I don't like cacti, I don't like sagebrush, I don't like palo verde trees. Give me lush green grass, tall trees and flowers like tulips and daises.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

We just got home yesterday afternoon from a fun filled week in the Valley. Here's the breakdown.

The Good

My Grandma loves to play games! Every time you go to her house she will say "You wanna play a game of Yahtzee?" Or whatever game she is in the mood for. It might be Skip-bo, Phase 10 or Farkel. She is so fun to play with because she gets to excited. I love to tease her that she is a cheater. She's not, but some how she gets A LOT of Yahteez's! Like 5 in one game one time.

On Friday I picked up my friend Monica with her twins and we headed out to Casa Grande to see our friend Gina. We had so much fun visiting and catching up. Plus, the kids were too cute.

On Saturday my Grandma invited all the girls to lunch. The only person missing was my oldest sister, Bethany. It was fun to laugh and eat, two of my favorite things to do. My mom is behind the camera so she isn't pictured. Heather and I laughed when we saw this picture because it looks like Grandma is saying "word to your mother" all gangsta like.
One of my worst pet peeves is when people eat chips with their mouths closed. I know it's the polite thing to do but I would rather see crumbs falling from your mouth than have to listen to you crunch them like you have a microphone in your mouth! Let Heather demonstrate. This chip is made up of about 40 individual ones. A chip crunchers nightmare!

We had Sunday dinner with my parents and afterwards sat outside and chatted. My favorite thing to do at their house. I also got to hang out with a few of my favorite people.

My cool little brother, Taylor.

My Dad. Always love that. Notice his shirt? It's a Sneezy Boys shirt, courtesy of my sister, Heather. They are a couple of Apache Indians from the San Carlos Reservation who are surprisingly talented. They basically steal other people's music and perform it without permission. I don't think they understand the word "copyright." Seriously. My family loves them and I think it was a proud moment for my dad when Heather gave him the loot.

By the way, if you read the link about the signed CD and wonder why every sentence ends with "nick-o-dee," it's something the lead singer says on his radio show. I think it means okay. I think.

Back on subject. I also got to laugh at this kid. He's so nerdy and makes me laugh. He's my cousin, Derek. He also asked me to take his Sr. pictures. We'll see how that goes. I hope he can smile better than this.

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie. I actually like this little dog. I am not an animal person but this little thing is such a good dog. He is so well behaved that I actually don't mind him.

Next. Addie enjoyed some good conversations with her Dad. She looks like she is the one giving the advice here.

The best part of everything for my girls was being around cousins. Michael and Tara's kids are so fun to be around so my girls were in heaven.

Addie and Raife played so good. He was even nice enough to play Barbie's with her, although he swore he didn't like it.

I love this little guy. Cameron is so sweet. He and Kimber had such a good time playing on these things together. (Whatever they are called.)

I loved it when my girls would crash at night. (Thanks AGAIN Savannah for giving up your bedroom AGAIN for us!)

Ahhhhhh, flip flops. And no cold toes. Heavenly.Before we headed home yesterday I took my girls to the mall to play on the toys while we were waiting to got the hospital to meet.....

this little munchkin. She belongs to my brother Ben and his wife Briana. She as cute as a button and as sweet as can be. She also has 5 big brothers to protect her.

The Bad

First of all- Kimber had yet another ear infection. Thankfully I have good sister in laws. It was Friday afternoon and I was suspicious that she had one so I had my brother, who is in Med. school check her out. He said it was so I planned on taking Kimber into an Urgent Care Saturday morning. My two sisters in law (who are also sisters) would not have that! They called their brother up (who happens to be Kimber's pediatrician) and explained the situation. I talked to him about it more thoroughly and he called in a prescription for us. Life savers!!!!

98 degrees! Yuck! That's too hot for April.

Along with that warm weather comes this. A/C, and not just A/C, Max A/C! I'm a whimp!

The freeways. You forget they exist when you don't use them on a regular basis. Thank goodness for the new 202 though. It's such a time saver and it's never jammed.

While driving into the Valley I followed this guy for quite a ways. At first he was bothering me but I suddenly found myself wishing I was him. It looked so fun.
But I was so glad not to be.....

They were a long way from nothing.

The Ugly

I know that I am probably going to make some of my friends mad, especially those who are Arizona natives but I have to do this anyway. Also, I must tell you that although I took these pictures while driving, I did it safely!

Although I have lived in Arizona all my life and spent over 20 years of it in the desert, I have never liked it! I don't like cacti, I don't like sagebrush, I don't like palo verde trees. Give me lush green grass, tall trees and flowers like tulips and daises.

The projects continue...

Today I made these for my girls. Ironic, because I am really weird about not telling people what their names are and this will most likely provoke questions....but they are still cute.

The projects continue...

Today I made these for my girls. Ironic, because I am really weird about not telling people what their names are and this will most likely provoke questions....but they are still cute.

These are a few of their favorite things

My girls are still little but I am always amazed at how fast they grow and how their likes and dislikes change with their age. I want them to be able to look back and see how much they've changed so I am documenting some of their favorite things. Some of the answers are my own and some are theirs.

Addie

Favorite snack: Hands down, popcorn and M&M's. In the pictures that I lost I have a few of her eating it around the time she was one or so. I remember when I used to have to break the popcorn up so that she didn't choke on it. (Sorry to say, I don't think I would do that now.) We eat it almost every single day at our house. If you come to my house and we don't have at least 3- 4 lb. bags in the pantry you know something has gone terribly wrong!

Favorite meal: Steak and baked potatoes. We have to cut her steak up into little tiny pieces and only give it to her after she eats a few bites of the other food on her plate, other wise she will devour it! She also loves hamburgers, spaghetti (had it for dinner tonight in fact) and pizza- homemade preferably. She loves to top her own.

Favorite outfit: Definitely her jeans with the "stripes on the pockets" (a pair of Old Navy jeans with velvet lined front pockets.) and her purple peasant top. She also loves her little red velour outfit. (She is wearing it in the previous post.) The thing about that outfit is that it is size 3T, so a size too small.

Fruit: That's a toss up between grapes and strawberries. She loves them both and eats them by the handful. Those are the only two she will eat, as hard as I try to get her to try others.

Veggie: Corn. No doubt. The only other vegetable she will touch is tomatoes. We are going to work on that when she helps with the garden this summer. This should help too.

Place: Annie's house. She LOVES her Aunt Annie. I mean, who wouldn't? She's cute, she's fun, and she's totally cool. Not to mention she is only 10 years older than Addie.

Vacation: Disneyland and the beach. She said it not me. Although I have to agree.

Toy: Barbie's and her Polly Pockets. She (although I should say WE) plays with them everyday for at least a few hours.

Song: I lived in Heaven. She knows the first two verses perfectly and sings it all the time. Right now in fact!

Favorite thing to do outside: Oooh, do I say play in the sandbox or swing on the swing set? Since the swing set is still new it's a wonder of sorts.

Show: It's a tie between Hannah Montana and Calliou. Side note, I hate Calliou! But, that's a topic for another day.

Kimber

While I was writing this I realized how similar my girls are! They love so many of the same things.

Favorite snack: Again, no question. Popcorn and M&M's!

Favorite meal: Steak and potatoes, hamburgers and spaghetti. She likes pizza too but not to the degree that Addie does.

Favorite outfit: Pajamas! She is her mother's child!

Fruit: Bananas. (Sick! I hate them!) Of course she loves grapes and strawberries too. Thankfully she will eat pretty much any fruit I give her.

Veggie: She will eat pretty much any vegetable I give her. Thank goodness! And I really try to push them. I don't think that I can pin point just one but she has been big on cucumbers and tomatoes lately.

Place: That's a hard one because she can't tell me where she loves to be. (Although she makes it pretty clear where she doesn't love to be! Nursery being one of those places.) But, if I had to pick some where I would say with one of her Aunts, Bethany, Heather or Annie. She loves all of them Just today she was asking to go to Bethany's house.

Vacation: Okay, she is sort of ripped off here. Her vacations consist of trips to the Valley to see the family. Poor girl. We are talking about another Disneyland trip soon and this time she gets to go.

Toy: Right now she never goes anywhere without her sunglasses, a purse filled with things from their toy kitchen and a stroller and baby. She has even tired sleeping with the stroller.

Song: This sounds crazy but I catch her singing the part from The Little Mermaid her Ariel goes "ahahahahah." That little bit is probably more confusing than anything. Hopefully you will know what I am talking about.

Favorite thing to do outside: Again, it's a toss up between the sandbox and the swing set. She also loves to ride bikes and drive the Barbie Jeep.

Show: Dora. She loves it! She also loves Calliou- ugh.

It's a sad reality that kids grow too fast. I know how fast the last 4 years have gone with Addie and the last 2 with Kimber. I also know that it's not going to slow down so I better enjoy the little moments. They'll be grown before I know it.