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!!!!!

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

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!

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!

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

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....

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!!!!!

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!