Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Living The Glamorous Life




Well,  we thought we'd update you on our fabulous life..

You know....

Like those amazingly perfect christmas letters you get in the mail at christmas time....


Well,  we went to a pretty high end photo shoot....







The photographer is up and coming...
but we hear she is gonna be HUGE!!!!




We had a Very Exclusive Party with a Big name D.J.
Maybe you have heard of him.....





....First Name..Fisher last name... Price.  It was Hot!!!!

so Sorry we didn't see you there! 



We've been to some Really great Sports events  and we had some
amazing seats!




I hear you only get these seats if you know somebody!



What else....hmmmm...
well i guess we have just been pretty busy at our big time executive job...
I'm talkin'    glued to our Laptops and Cells if you know what i mean.......








Raises and awards and  all kinds of other Glamorous stuff  you know......
Well Happy Holidays...gotta go pack for our BIG Trip to our own Island off the coast of......blah blah blah...
Hope someday you are as amazing as us.....

the Hawkers


Not!!!

;)

We just keepin it real round these parts.

Happy holidays to Y'all.

and  uhhh... a Prasperous new Yer to ya's!

hahahahaha

love you all  

happy new year!!!!!


Monday, December 28, 2009

The Friends that God Sends...




The only person that i should compare myself with is Jesus Christ.


That is the only comparison that actually will count for something in the end.

I can take inspiration from others...

but i can never be someone else.




I am me...  My Strengths.......

and my weeknesses.


(and they should matter respectively to their Font size)

;)

I have a lot to offer this world, and my loved ones.

It takes all types.......

for this world to go round.

I am me.

I will aim for the Best me.

I will continue to strive to be consistent and motivated in

one main area of my life ;

Trying to become more like my Savior.

....and then what i can't seem to pull off,
no matter how hard i try....

He's got the rest.....

Thank you special friend.  You know who you are.  Thankyou for sharing your own
experiences and conclusions with me.

Thank God for Friends!

I love me mine!



xoxo  shell




Saturday, December 26, 2009

Wearing Them Out






Christmas Eve
Our 2nd annual Horse Carriage ride
around downtown to see the lights of the Temple!





Lou and Cousin play the Angels in the
Nativity Performance at G-ma Meanies.
( aunt marti was the lucky Mary this year!
and yes , baby Jesus was huge and sucking down a bubba!)




Christmas Morning we were all smiles!








And then we had our own lil'

Christmas Miracle ........








We wore those little suckers out!  ;)

Hope your Christmas was full of Happy - ness!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Inadequate on All Fronts



Dear Advice Column;

Night time....
Tired............
Probably not a good time to think outloud....

But i just am not that girl.

The one that only does smart things.

No ma'am that is not me.


I am sort of a rebel in that department.

I don't want to be necessarily........

but i am starting to figure something out....

I think......

I came here to Earth...."Pre-wired"...if you will.

I already had personality traits.

I have been trying to overcome some of them....

PROBLEM IS:

They are proving to be.........

as strong as genetics.

I am not a naturally self motivated person.

I am not naturally organized and orderly.

I  go through phases where i work really hard to be these things....

I pull it off sometimes....

For a minute...

THE OTHER PROBLEM:

I AM NOT NATURALLY A CONSISTENT PERSON.

I have the best of intentions...

I have the strongest desires to override my  natural tendencies.....

I  want so badly to be consistently productive...

health conscious...

organized and motivated....

I have ideas...BIG ONES....

They just don't get carried out very often.

and half of the time when they do...

they  don't   turn   out   well    at all.

but could it be that it is not in me???

Is it possible that i am just not wired that way.


What?????


Am i here to make people feel better about themselves???

I am whining ,  i know.


But it is really bothering me and  hurting my heart today.

I am aware of one thing..........


consistently  100% of the time i am

watching out for others.

If i know you well..........if we are close

I genuinely love you!

I  will take care of your heart at all costs...in any situation.

This, i never stray from!

So maybe that is what i am prewired with.

Yes, it is a good thing to be....consistently and genuinely kind.

But is that the extent of it?

I just AM SICK OF feeling real inadequate when i try so hard to outsmart the

natural me and  ,,,,,,,,,,,,


Well............... i CONSISTENTLY FAIL.

P.s.  not talkin about right and wrong.
or overcoming temptations...  i can handle that natural man in me .

Just talkin bout  being motivated, productive, and consistently that way.





sincerely,

Slacker - ish and discouraged 

shell


going to bed... gonna be embarressed tomorrow about spillin'   it all...

oh yah,  add one more thing to the list of things i am consistent at.....

i am consistently too much of an open book..

i am nothing if not real.
won't find me trying to portray something i'm not!

I promise you that!


Thursday, December 17, 2009

cLOTHES pIN dOllS













wHAT CAN yOU MAKE WITH

SCRAP FABRIC,

VINTAGE CLOTHES PINS,

AND   SOME PIPE cLEANER  YOU ASK????




"oH My!!!!!!!!"

yOU CAN

MAKE.........




eL MATADOR AND hIS LADY AND THEIR DOG
BY BECCA



nATIVITY




jOSEPH AND mARY




cOWGIRL AND HeR hORSE
bY MOLLY






WOODLAND FAIRY
BY BECCA


THESE ARE SO SIMPLE TO MAKE!

YOUR KIDS...
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL HAVE FUN!

yOU CAN DO AS SIMPLE OR AS INTRICATE AS YOU WANT!

SOOOOOOOOOO  CUTE!

VINTAGE CLOTHES PIN DOLLS



Friday, December 11, 2009

I'll show you not to sleep in my bed!



Last night i couldn't get any sleep because i was sneezing

all night long.

At 4 am i got up and put a piece of mint gum in
my mouth. 

That usually helps me stop sneezin'


I almost fell asleep and then Kie and Mekenzie

crawled into bed with me.

I thought i'd never get back to sleep.


At 10 am  i woke up and was wondering what happened

to my gum................


Kie sat up crying "stuck!"  "stuck!"

It was wadded up in her hair....

HA HA HA....


Wednesday, December 9, 2009

GET OUT! GET OUT! AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!!






Our Gingerbread house made on
Monday night for Family Home Evening!




We  let the kids have FREE REIGN over the
Decorating of Mr. Gingy's House.
(which is strangely hard to do.  Have  you ever tried to?)


F.Y.I.

Don't call us if you are looking for
an Architect.........









Run, Run, Run....

AS FAST  AS YOU CAN!!!

YOUR HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN MR.
GINGERBREAD MAN!!!!!


Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Bah Humbug!



Bah
Humbug!

Are you aware that by switching around the spots of just a couple of the above letters

You can create the saying....




Ahh...
Bumhug!


well i wasnt either until last Christmas someone switched the letter blocks

around on the shelf and hid the other "B" to create this lovely signage for all to see!

Everyone knew the joke but the decorator.......

So i've been having a hard time putting it out again this year......

It just kind of spoils the rest of the "reverent" Christmassy  spirit in the room Ya know!



I hope you are getting in the true mood of christmas.
Hopefully there is no bah humbugging or bumhugging going on out there!

;)

xoxo   shell

Merry Christmas!




Friday, November 27, 2009

They tiptoe around at night







I keep taking trip after trip to the D.I. to get rid of toys

 and still.....

EVERYWHERE  I LOOK.....

their are ....TOYS!!!!

The only logical explanation is that...

They tiptoe around in the Dark of Night ....

Multiplying and Replenishing their TOY BOX NATION.

So I decided to do a little experiment...

I locked up these 5 barbies in a box.







I had witnesses...
there were only 5 of them!!!


In the morning this is what was in that
box....




So there you have it.

I rest my case.








Wednesday, November 18, 2009

gIRLS wEEKeND





















hANGING WITH THE GIRLS.

ME, MY SISTER AND MOTHER....

GETTING AWAY  FOR THE WEEKEND.


JUST WHAT THE DR. ORDERED....

CUZ HE SPECIFICALLY TOLD ME....



Stay away from small naggy children as well as

large lazy  men.

and so i did!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

A New Dress

It is the cutest new dress.

A hot little number!

Silk Leopard print with Teal sequins and

a super



duper


adorable



little


vintage




flower



adorning the neck line.



Ain't it the pertiest lil' new Dress?



Thursday, November 12, 2009

French Script Table Cloth and Oven Mitts



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Giveaways are beautiful!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Our Redneck Baby is Two!




The baby of the family has turned 2....

That may have been a sad moment for some of you in your own lives'.....

However,   I couldnt be more extatic!

The toddler stage is my absolute favorite!

Toddlers exploring and testing and making messes...

I'll take all of that over feeding a baby in the night.

Kie Ellie Hawker
A.K.A.;

Kie rye Pottomus -like hippopotamus for her amazing ability to knock over
a full grown, unsuspecting, adult......This girl is rough and tough!

Mekenzie and kADE are flat out, no match for Kie.


Rye-Rye-  Big sis is Lou Lou...Their names are so nice....you say it twice!



Born on November 4th ,2007
three days after my birthday!
at
IHC hospital in Murray, UT

She was the 102nd  birth in the new hospital (after only about 1 month being opened)

So why is she our Redneck Baby????

I was awake all night, crampy and uncomfortable.

At one point i thought i had wet the bed so i got up and changed my self.

I wasnt due for 2 more weeks so it hadnt crossed my mind that my water had broke.

I tossed and turned until i was just exhausted.
I fell asleep finally at 4 in the morning wondering if i was in labor but too tired to care.

I could faintly hear the beep of an alarm clock going off.
 I remember thinking ...

"oh Matt must be off to work at Day Break"  (which was just up the road)

I was sure that i would rest for a couple hours and then call him, if I indeed was in labor,
to escort me to the hospital.

Well....I woke up in killer pain at 6am and was wondering why Matt had went to work so
early. I knew he had been gone for at least and hour or so.

Then it hit me like a ton of BRICKS!

MY HUSBAND WAS SKIPPING WORK TODAY TO GO HUNTING!

HE WAS NOT DOWN THE ROAD WORKING.

I AM IN FULL BLOWN LABOR AND MY HUSBAND IS IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A RIFLE
LOOKING FOR A FAT ELK.

THIS IS NO GOOD!

I could barely walk during contractions at this point but i managed to make
my way to the basement apartment where my mother lived.

" I gotta get to the hospital fast!"  that was all i had to say.

I got to the hospital at 6:47 am and they told me i was a 7.

My mom started calling around and my Brother in Law thought he
knew where Matt  MIGHT be hunting.
He volunteered to Hike around the Kamas area an hour and a half away
and try to find the father of my child.

None of the staff could believe that he was hunting and i was in labor.

Word spread quickly and it was a hot topic.
I got my epideral and was
 ready to start pushing at about 10:30 am when Matt and his dad,
dressed in full Camoflouge, and smelling like the forest ,(Thus the label "Redneck baby") , came hustling into the room.

Everyone was sure that this man was in the dog house!
Dr.'s, the aneshesiologist, nurses, and Matt's Mom....were all awaiting the blow up.

I was just happy he was there!
iT WAS A MIRACLE THAT BRO -IN-LAW HAD FOUND HIM!

The fun had only just begun!

I got sick from the anesthetic and started to vomit.

With one big HEAVE..... the rest of my water broke and shot out at the

unsuspecting Doctor.
He had no idea what was coming at him and he reacted so fast thinking  the baby was coming out at him
 that he went flying off his stool  hitting the floor.

He got up so fast thinking the baby had shot out and the nurses were all laughing hysterically.

I had puked her head out.

He said one more dry heave and she'll be here....
...and so i did......dry heave....
...and she was born!

while he was sewing me up.... he again fell off of his stool....NO LIE.

He got up sooo embarassed...the nurses again in hysterics.

all my family could say was..."only to you shell...that could only happen to you."

It was like a circus of a birth.

Less than 2 hours later...

i found out my epideral had done the whole  1 in 270 chance  malfunction and blew a hole in
my spinal cord and spinal fluid was rushing to my brain giving me horrible migraines for
a week straight.  I had to have an unheard of, 3 blood transfusions from my arm to my spine.

to try to patch the hole with a "blood patch".

Each time, i couldnt move a single digit... for one entire hour after the transfusion.

And this my Friends....is why i am happy with 3 munchkids and do not plan on
having anymore!

bUT WE SHALL SEE IF GOD AGREES.











HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!





Saturday, November 7, 2009

Grampa's Swing






There just ain't anything finer than a Fall day warm enough

to enjoy grampa Stan's popsicles on his chippy old backyard swing!


(which he salvaged and de-rusted by the way...)


He too loves Junk treasures!





Happy Cozy Fall to You!

xoxo  shell


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Keeper of the Cherry Crown






In our family we have a very classy side!

This post is not about that side.


This here crown is passed from one family member to another as a person is deemed worthy

of the the head piece and more importantly...

the accompaning title of

The Reining Cherry  Queen ...... or King.



How does one earn the crown you ask?

Well  it's like this...

You gotta play dirty!

You literally have to do something dirty.

Here are some real life examples of things that have won the Cherry crown in the past:

*Attending a crowded event in last seasons  flip flops that use to be white but are now covered in

dirty toe and heel prints.

*Carrying a purse around way past it's prime.  Like when the bottom of it is covered in
stains from every dirty place it's been set down in the past year.

*The outer door of your car sporting spit out chocolate (with nuts in it) for over 3 months....

*Spray painting pinstripes on your vehicle at night and  waking up to

reallize you have slaughtered your ride with overspray and made just a bad decision in general!

* My post about my scarf dipping into the public restrooms toilet won me the crown
last week.

AND NOW FOR THE NEWEST WINNING ACT:

*Watching your dog take a hot stinky dump and picking it up with your bare hands!

AND JUST TO CLARIFY.......

THIS WAS NOT A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY!

BUT WE DECIDED TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION AND GO OUTSIDE THE FAMILY DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING NASTINESS OF SAID INCIDENT.

i MEAN WE ARE SOMETIMES CAUGHT IN LESS THAN IDEAL SITUATIONS....

BUT WE ARE NOT WHITE TRASH!


i can't exactly  go into how the name  of the Cherry Crown  came to be...

cuz ....brace yourself for this....i know it's gonna be hard to fathom...

but it's sorta poking fun at someone else that gave us the idea.

I know... I know...bad kitty!

but it was one small comment and then it just stuck around after that...


so anyhow....stay tuned for future updates on the Reining Royalty!

and do share if you catch yourself or someone else with something "cherry".





















Saturday, October 24, 2009

All i WANT aRE TIGHTS!







FOR HOW MUCH YOU SEE THESE IN

MAGAZINES AND ADVERTISEMENTS ETC....

I SURE CANNOT FIND THEM IN WALLA WALLA WASHINGTON.

SEARS, WALMART, SHOPKO....


HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT MALLS?

i AM NOT A VAIN PERSON BY ANY MEANS....

BUT AGAIN....I ASK...

HOW IN THE HELL DO PEOPLE LIVE WITHOUT MALLS?.....

AND WHO IS BUYING FOR THESE OTHER STORES?

I COULD BE A BUYER FOR THESE STORES!

i'M ALL ABOUT FASHION ON A BUDGET. 

I COULD DELIVER TO THE MASSES!




I KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT!

VOTE FOR ME!

(And look good doing it!)


that could be my slogan.   It's good  right?

         this ad was  paid for by friends of fashion and Rachelle.