ENDURING WITH SMILES. TOGETHER!

Summer Camp for the Kids

2010-07-01T16:49:00.000-07:00

Well.....

i did it.

i finally had enough...

and i sent the children off for a while.

I packed them some towels and swim wear....

and bid them adieu.

Farewell my little ones....

always remember mommy loves you!

I'll see you in the Fall....

Just in time for School to start.

....and they were out the door.

I waved them on....

I thought i might cry...

they were....

but i just felt an overwhelming peace wash over our home....

i would miss them...

well: i woulda that is.......if i couldnt have heard them...

the

whole

time....

bummer...i know...

the little summer camp beach cottage trip that i

banished them to

was only in our backyard.

before you consider social services....

they would have been perfectly fine.

there is a ripe cherry tree, pea pods, lettuce...

and strawberries, all just right around ...

the neighborhood...

throughout various gardens and such.

Pretty nature was at thier fingertips....

it wasnt like they were being banished to

outer darkness or anything....

i just needed an afternoon all to myself...

but then guess who came home and put a stop

to all this "nonsense"... (i think thats what he called it).

.....

Ya~huh.

Hubby.

He was frowning upon my plan....

He thought they should be allowed in the house...

and that i should just learn to cope better with noise....

so just go ahead and guess where he slept that night?

Ya~huh.

Theyre all officially banished now.

It's Exile for that back talkin crew!

and i got the house to myself for ...

well....

(like only a half hour really....)

but it was worth all the nieghbors dirty looks.

xoxo shell

The Family that Stays Together....

2010-03-09T22:19:00.000-08:00

Gets to PLAY together!

i am aware it is a statement more commonly known the other way around....

but in our current circumstances...ie traveling to keep the family together...

this seemed to fit us better!

this is what happens when Dad is home on Sundays.

Meet Shrek Hawker.

Kids Gone Wild....

we had a bouncy fun playdate with some new friends.

the "R" family.

then we played in the backyard of another

new family of friends...

the "E" family.

We adore them both!

We will miss them when we leave Cali.

xoxo shell

Spirit Week

2010-03-06T17:09:00.000-08:00

This week we recieved a most wonderful package!

Inside there was this monkey.

We named him Chippy.

He was sent to us as our family Mascott

for Hawker Family Spirit Week!

Each day had a theme!

There was Monkey Story Day.

We enjoyed reading a monkey book and

the kids got a chance to write their very own

monkey stories!

There was a Crazy Hair Day.

(i didn't have the memory card in my camera

so the pictures are trapped in my cameras memory)

and a craft day....

We got to paint our own magnets in the park!

On Gratitude Day....

We got to decorate cards and write things

that we are grateful for on them!

This Pen pal of ours thought of everything!

She too is a mom and knows how

days can get overwhelming....

so she included

"just for mom"

gifts.

Like this beautiful watch.

which she maked just for me!!!

and some chocolate and a very pretty bookmark

and some lovely smelling soap.

A spirit week was exactly what we needed.

It's like this friend was living her life in such a

manner that she was in tune enough to be an instrument

in God's hands!

I don't know that she will ever know how much i love her

and appreciate her!

xoxo shell

Tiny and Terrifying

2010-02-27T22:20:00.000-08:00

How can something so itsy bitsy...

be so scary???

We were screaming and shivering while

trying to save this tiny mouse from the parking lot.

lou kept trying to convince me that we

should keep it....

Couldn't do it.

Isn't it funny that we can be so much bigger than

something , yet so afraid of it?

what freaks you out?

shell

Random Dancing (in my head)

2010-02-25T14:14:00.000-08:00

This post is going to be about ....

....nothing in particular.

I just want to be able to look back and remember

the little things someday.

(like my cool friend jillo)

I am loving the playgrounds here.

But i have to say.....

Castle Playgrounds are not for the lazy

mom.

You can never see all your kids at once

so you are running like mad all over the castle grounds

and peering into the lil' buildings calling out your

kids names.

****

Chuck E Cheese is the man.

He has my back on the days i cant do it all by myself.

He even has lunch handled.

Love that guy.

****

Everyday is a fight to get

Kenzie to do homeschooling.

It's gotten really stressful. She just wants to

be back home. at school. like "everyone else does".

sighhhhh

*****

Doing really good with the money thing.

budgeting, saving, putting off purchases

whenever possible.

I'm really getting a hang of this -delayed gratification- thingy.

feels good! Empowering.

Life isn't about money. It is about God. it's about Love.

It's about Family and Relationships.

It's about Personal Evolution, learning, and growth.

Richard paul Evans

It's not about ...What can i buy?

but about who can i call? who can i spend time with?

who can show love to?

How can i better the world today?

Who needs me this day?

rachelle

I'm feeding my good wolf.

How about you?

what wolf are you trying to feed?

or What wolf are you trying to starve for that matter?

xoxo shell

A Birthday for Bubby!

2010-02-24T14:40:00.000-08:00

Have you ever watched

a women giving birth on tv and

wondered why they were acting so crazy?

grungting and screaming and yelling at their hubby.

I have.

I rolled my eyes...

Until Bubby was born.

(stay tuned for further details)

Our Bubby is 4

He was born a week early

on February 24, 206

at Cottonwood Hospital

He was my smallest baby

6 lbs 13 oz

It was about 9 o'clock at night and I

was getting ready for bed but i hadn't been sleeping well

so i told Matt i was gonna take a hot shower and

a sleeping pill!

My friend jecca lived down the street and had

come down to chat a minute.

That is when the

Contractions started.

I doubted myself and figured they were Braxton hicks

contractions and that they would go away.

Matt was getting really excited.

He kept saying ....

"let's just go to the Hospital and see how much your dialated"

It was our 2nd child but our first BOY.

Daddy could hardly wait.

I ended up going to bed.

about 10 minutes later (10 pm)

I was in sooooo much pain

but i was soooo tired from the unisom sleeping pill,

that i could barely force myself to wake up and go get Matt.

I finally was in so much pain that i was fully alert!

I told Matt....

" WE GOTTA GO....NOW!"

My neighbor and sis in law came down to be with

kenzie as she slept.

I got to the Hospital and told them that i wasnt sure

but i thought that i might be in labor.

The nurse told me Probably not if i was walking

so easily and filling out paperwork at the counter

and was fine.

Inside the exam room,

They checked me and said

that i was dialated to a 7.

I had about 5 more minutes to get the

epidural or it would be pointless and too late.

I figured that if i was a 7 and i was still doing pretty good....

What the heck....

what's another 3 centimeters???

the nurse said i should just go for a natural

birth.

I agreed...(all brave and dumb like)...

One centimeter later ....

I was cussing and hateful.

I was sure my body was going to explode.

I just knew i was dying.

One could not survive this much pain.

I really felt for the savior in the garden.

every nerve in my body was screaming pain!

at 11:40 Kade Harley Hawker was born.

He cried from that point on.

All night....All day...

for the most part of 4 years now.

...and You know what????

I thank him for teaching me patience!

He has made me a better person by far!

I love him just the way he is!

He is my little man and i couldn't ask

for a sweeter child.

He is the gentlest soul and the most loving

boy i have ever met.

He is going to make a wonderful

man someday!

Happy Birthday my Bubby!

Nobody knows what a boy is worth,

we'll have to wait and see.

But every man in a noble place,

a boy once use to be.

xoxo mom

Kie's Bedtime Rundown

2010-02-23T10:38:00.000-08:00

Kie rie has a nightly list she has to

run down before she can do her little

wiggle back and forth, while humming,

(with her blanky tag rubbing her nose).

The lights in the hotel room are shut off.

It is dark, and quiet, and from down low in the playpen,

this is what we hear.....

"Goodnight Mama"

"Goodnight Dada"

"Goodnight Lou lou"

"Goodnight Kade"

and then unexpectedly......

........

...

"NIGHT PIG!"

..... Life is so entertaining with that

character around.

Sweetcakes now has a new nickname...

PIG.

HIde and PeEk

2010-02-18T09:44:00.000-08:00

I am officially renaming the

childhood game of

"hide and seek"

to:

"You go Hide and i will Peek"

is that too long of a name???

i was kinda thinkin' that too.

Ok,

let's go with :

"hide and peek"

short and to the point!

my kiddos are the funniest.

they can play hide and peek in our hotel room for hours.

Lou Lou just gets annoyed cuz the 2

younger siblings just hide in the same spot over and

over again.

if she hasnt found them within 7 seconds of

calling out

"READY OR NOT!".....

they yell...

"We're OVER HERE!"

and honestly....

How many places can you hide in

a one room hotel space?

My lil' troopers!

they are so wonderful through all this.

love

shell

Fashion and Faux Pas

2010-02-13T12:04:00.000-08:00

My Lou Lou is fond of using her creative ideas

to put together Fru fru outfits...

She's not partial to Fru fru ....

She designs "sweetie" outfits

and...

she goes funky somedays too!

Pants rolled up, purple hightops,

crazy hair with a bubble yum tee!

But........

The thing about Fashion ...

Well, it sometimes goes horribly wrong.

she said...

"It seemed like a good idea!"

I'll give her this...

It is very Origional! :)

Never stop Being yourself Lou!

I adore you just the way you are!

xoxo mom

Carousel

2010-02-11T22:11:00.000-08:00

This was the 1st

double decker Carousel that

i have ever seen....

A ride on it was a MUST!

Loved the lights, the ornate designs, and the 2 stories

full of whimsical animal creatures! ...

But the most precious thing i spotted, by far.....

My children's faces taking in the Awe and Wonder!

That's what it is all about!

Lovin my babies....

lovin my life....

shell

Bribery at it's finest!

2010-02-08T16:32:00.000-08:00

This one's for you jillybean;

I've said it before and i will say it again....

I am a fan of bribery....

Sometimes if done well...

It can help initiate and then encourage major change after the

bribing ends.

the kids have been cooped up in the hotel for over

a month without anywhere to escape from eachother

for some space or along time....

Thus fighting and bickering has become

the form of communication around here.

Matt and i simutaneously came up with the ....

Poinsts for Prizes Game

_________________

we give points for getting caught speaking kind

or helping one another, sharing , showing patience...etc...

Not every act of kindness recieves a point!

We are always suppose to show love to others....

So points are given randomly as a visual thankyou.

Points can be taken away for yelling, disobeying,

unkind words...etc

and likewise earned back by making a change.

There is such thing as "going in the hole" or negative amount of

points.

each time a point is recorded it is announced and accompanied by praises from mom or dad.

5 points by bedtime = picking a quarter or a small

Prize from a quarter machine!

If they don't have the 5 points at bedtime
we really encourage them to try so hard the next day
and tell them that we know they can do it!

The visual praise will not go on for long ...

it is expected of them to recognize that our

home is a happier place and they have peace in their hearts

when they are choosing the Right!

And then the game ends and the praises for

positive behavior continue without the visual "prize".

After 3 days of doing this ....

we have seen a 180 in their attitudes towards one another.

Next week 20 points, by weeks end , will mean that they
are invited on a fun outing with the family!

Call me naughty, call me lazy,

but bribery done right , in my opinion, takes a lot of consistency,
follow through, and energy and by no means is for lazy people!

Funny Bone

2010-02-05T14:36:00.000-08:00

We had a series of silly stuff come up

while we were at the playground this morning...

They tickled my funny bone so i had to record them here.

Potty Mouth

____________

Kade (3) was dumping wood chips from the playground

out of his fireman rain boots and kept saying...

" there's ouchy stuffs in my booties "

To which kenzie (6) replies....

" booties are baby shoes Kade.
So stop calling your boots " booties! "

Kade responds angrily to this demand...

"i'm not a baby! i have big boy booties!"

So me being the peace keeper of a Mom that i am and
wanting to end the argument....

I yell over across the entire playground...

"Their are all kinds of booties...

big ones and little ones! So stop
fighting over it! He can have big booties if he wants to!"

then i sunk down deep into the park bench reallizing what
I just Yelled in front of 3 moms, a gramma and
a park mower guy....

ha ha ha ha...

Swing Fluzy
________________________

Kie(2) is so funny at playgrounds...

She has to swing on each swing at the park everytime we go

One....

by....

One....

all in a row....
until she has swung them all...

There is no loyalty.

She is a true "Swinger"

so....

Kade wants to ride in the baby swings

and kie is screaming at him that he is too big!

"YOU NOT A BABY!"

She keeps telling him.

so kade thinks for a moment and reasons....

"well fat babies can go in it and i am a
skinny big boy, and i can fit in it. I'm like a baby heffer."

I just wanted to die!
we sounded like total potty mouth white trash
... it was time to go!

(this is the end result of kade in a baby swing)
he climbed into the wrong holes! lol

O.C.D.
__________

Kenzie was walking around the park

with an entire roll of paper towels from the truck

and wiping everything off before she would touch the

bars or slide down the slides....

People were concerned. Looking
over at me with judgement in there eyes!

i just laugh!

quite an eventful day at the park.

shell

(your thinking your family is pretty classy
in contrast to mine arent ya! )

;)

...glad we could help!

Bridges

2010-02-03T09:54:00.000-08:00

My lil' mon-chi-chi's

have definately sacrificed for the sake of the family.

They had to leave their friends and most of their toys behind

to travel.

They are troopers to say the least.

I always wondered why they didn't play like we did

when we were kids.

Do you remember using your imagination

to create worlds of fun?

I do.

The lil' kid size table would turn into a car

and we would slide under it with a lil shoe box full

of crayons and gadget-ma-do's so we could

pretend that we were fixing cars like we had seen daddy

doing in the garage.

We made up games and played house with nothing

but cardboard boxes and construction paper cut out food shapes.

We drew and colored A LOT!

We wrote stories for fun and built forts a plenty.

Well i now know why ........
......

-WE HAD NO TOYS-

or very few anyways.

and that was a privelage as far as i'm concerned.

We got to play in the magical land of

dreams and hopes...

armed with only our

Imnaginations...

we played happily for hours on end.

.....and now that we are on the road and the kids have

only one rubbermaid of belongings betwix the 3 of them...

they too have begun to spin wild and wonderful tales

to pass the time.

they have been building bridges to

Teribithia all morning.

There is a magical land on the other end...

"They" say that less is more.

and i for one....

am becoming a

*BELIEVER*

finding joy where we are,

Sincerely,

the Hawkers

Our Family Traditions

2010-02-01T14:59:00.000-08:00

We pride ourselves in Tradition.

We have a few of em...

One that we don't exactly look forward to

is .....

OUr AnNual

" Put SomEthiNg Up YouR NoSe ActivitY"

You may remember one of my first entries

Buried Pirate Treasure

Where Kade had, for the 3rd time, stuck something,

(tiny gold pirate coins to be exact), up his nose.

That day i discovered how not to go to the Dr.s' when

this happens.

I refused to go in fear of being labeled the

"Grossy Family"

Kenzie had done it once before that and we ended up in E.R.

and...............

Kie did it today.

Uh huh.

With popcorn kernals.

Yep.

not one...

but two popcorn kernals.

(this is before I noticed her messin with her nose and

discovered a second kernal up there!)

When we start a tradition...

Darn It.....

We stick to it!

on a slightly cooler note....

Amber is the giveaway winner!!!!

congrats! e mail me your address please!

shellbywoo2@aol.com

shell

um....
did this just happen???

Yes, yes it did.

and she has been eating doritos...

so the whole mouth on hers...

barfus!

Free Treasure

2010-01-29T18:01:00.000-08:00

hEY THERe LUCKY fRIEND,

This is my

100th Post!!!

Soooo,

I am going

TREASURE HUNTING

4 U

My Funny Valentine

2010-01-27T18:27:00.000-08:00

98 blog posts on the wall.......

98 blog posts....

Add one more....

have 'em rollin on the floor.....

99 blog posts on the wall!

#2 of the things i love...

Valentines.

Handmade or handwritten Valentines.

Speaking of Valentines....

I was in the grocery store today and

the clerk was a young, cool guy.

He was kinda flirty and i was just trying to

play it cool and be the mommy me to keep him

at bay. That is my flirt deflector mechanism.

I just go into total mom mode and converse with my kids.

But come on ...let's be honest...

I was all Kerbobbled cuz of his "googly eyes" at me.

I just tried to hurry through the checkout process

and when we had all our stuff in the cart and he handed

me the reciept... I started to step away and he

said loudly...

" There's my Valentine...."

so i looked back and said....

"oh no, not me.

I'm not a Valentine...

I'm just a mom."

i chuckled so he wouldn't feel dumb and I looked back at him....

He Was Totally Talking to

The Clerk Coming on Duty Next to Him!

Hurry up and Find me a rock.... or a small dark cave of sorts!!!!

somewhere i can go...fast.

and stay there forever!!!!

Let's just say....

I wont be going back there any time soon!

Or EVER.

whichever comes lastest!

xoxo shell

Cowboys in Small Jeans

2010-01-21T11:52:00.000-08:00

FAVORITE THINGS

Cowboys wearing small jeans.

but

not

you'd

think.....

.........

Having fun with my Family

is definately on the list of things i love!

Drop whatever it is you are doing and

play!

Those moments last forever.

2 more posts til the 100th

YEE HAH!

xoxo shell

Eatin it up

2010-01-17T19:49:00.000-08:00

Things i love # 4

When Nobody in the "house" is fighting,

yelling, whining, crying, begging, bugging, instagating or about to

do any of the above.

I know, I know

I Love.......

....

Thee Impossible.

But on the rare occasion

that it does happen.....

You better believe that

eatin'

like I am Little Jack Horner...

Sittin' in the corner....

Eating my Christmas Pie!

Just eatin' it up...

Scarf scarf yum yum ...

...burp.

Cuz it aint gonna last long.....

(this is what homeschooling looks like in our house)

....and it aint gonna happen again anytime soon.

forreal.

post #97

3 more until Treasure giveaway.

xoxo shell

What is that flap for?????

2010-01-11T16:11:00.000-08:00

Matt, my deep thinker of a hubby,

brought something to my attention yesterday....

and as insignificant and odd as it is .....

I cannot stop thinking about it.

Just

What

that flap for?

Nobody really takes the effort to

pull the layers aside, opening up the peek

hole while in the mens room do they?

(i mean...if i were a sir... i would nix that step and just

drop my drawers. I wouldnt play

"dig for the buried treasure".

I just don't got that kind of patience or time.

I dunno....

maybe they do.

Afterall....they don't usually have 5 children in

the restroom with them.

All of which are mix and match sexes.

(by the way when is a lil' boy too old to be going in the ladies room with me?)

(I can't imagine sending my 4 year old in the men's room alone.

He'd be asking a stranger to wipe his bum.

He is a tad bit of a scaredy cat so he won't wait outside alone.)

Anywho......

what is that flap for?

Is it a scratch hole?

A breather hole to keep the area

light and airy?

Does anybody have some insight?

Cuz i'm thinking it is just some extra material to
boost a man's ego.

I think its like a lightly padded bra...

What do you think????

your's truly...shell

P.s. i was gonna google the answer....

but i thought i might get more than i bargained for....

YIKES!

p.s.s. this is the 95th post and i love Fresh flowers around the house.

that is my "things i love" #5.

go and get ya some....!!!

**THIS JUST IN**

MY BRAVE BROTHER AND HIS FUN
WIFE DISCOVER PART OF THE ANSWER.

They googled and discovered.....

it is....
an extra lining for....

" Post Urination Drip"

that explains the 2 layers...
but why the flap?

Check out that Grill

2010-01-09T15:51:00.000-08:00

Have You ever seen a movie about the
Projects and thought to yourself....

"I am so glad that i dont live there!"

Yah- me too.

But...........

guess what.

Where we are staying....

It's pretty dang close to the Project Atmosphere.

Let's just say .......i hope we dont fit in.

EVER.

and it is definately a

MOTIVATOR!

We have been teasing Kenzie that she looks like she

got Jumped!

and she has a grill to prove it!

She has lost 2 teeth in the past 2 weeks due to bonking her face on

hard objects.....

A chair and then the Shopping Cart.

I love going through this stuff with my kids.

Kenzie being the oldest...

She is showing me how fun your kids getting older can be.

#6 of things i love....

in honor of the countdown to 100 posts....

......

Birthdays!

( unbirthdays are pretty cool too)

So if today is your birthday....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

and if it is not....

WELL- A VERY MERRY UNBIRTHDAY TO YOU!

xoxo shell

RUST

2010-01-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

wHAT CAN I SAY?

#7 OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT LIFE...

(THEY HAVE BEEN IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)

would have to be..............

rust.

yessir......

ya heard me right....

RUST!

Let us refer to it as "natures patina".

i would chew on rusty decor if i wouldn't contract some nasty metal disease.

I JUST LOVE ME SOME

RUST!

so leave out something metal in the rain

all year...and then wrap her up for me come christmas!

ahhhh yahhhh!

xoxo rustchelle

(6 more posts til a cali treasure give away)

mIS fAVoRiTOS

2010-01-06T21:31:00.000-08:00

cOUNTDOwn TO 100th pOSt:

tOP 10 ThInGs I LovE

#10 the sound of a baby breathing

#9 chasing fireflies on summer nights

and

#8 genuinely happy people ;)

I Love it when people are so

HAPPY THAT IT IS CONTAGIOUS!!!

....stay tuned for 7 more posts until my

100th post!!!

with a GIVEAWAY!!!

xoxo shell

Off to See the Wizard....

2010-01-04T18:27:00.000-08:00

HEY TOTO,

Well we are..... most certainly, absolutely, most definately, positively......

NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!

We have Arrived in Oz.

(well.....Vacaville, CA if you prefer to get technical)

And have begun our 4 month stint in our new hotel.

It's an extended stay so it has a kitchen....(cooking expected)

with dishes to hand wash and no daily house keepers....

I'm sure we will chat about that agian later....

Infact i can almost Promise...it will come up again!!!!

(I mean let's face it ....those were some of the only highpoints

to my hotel living life)

But I shall remain entirely focused on the reasons I am here.

*family

*financial redemption

*and no church callings

Haha ha...the last one is a joke....

maybe.....

;)

This is my 91st post and i will be doing a

Giveaway in 8 more posts....

But in honor of the coming event....

A Countdown of my Favorite things

#10 the sound of baby breathing

#9 Chasing fireflies (lightening bugs) on dark summer nights....

Magic, I Say......

PURE

MAGIC.

xoxo shell

90 Posts and Counting...

2010-01-01T11:18:00.000-08:00

THIS IS MY 90TH POST:

So.....

in 9 more Posts.....

An ANTIQUE
TREASURE ALL THE WAY FROM

CALIFORNIA .......

GIVEAWAY!!!!

See you @ the countdown posts to follow....

They will be the Top 9 (cuz 10 is on this post) things i love about life....

(in no particular order)

#10

The sound of a baby's breathing...

one of Heavens most precious gifts ....

tiny breaths....

xoxo shell

Living The Glamorous Life

2009-12-30T12:44:00.000-08:00

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...

2009-12-28T20:57:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-26T15:31:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-20T22:35:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-17T20:08:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-12-11T17:59:00.000-08:00

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!!!!

2009-12-09T10:25:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-12-01T10:06:00.000-08:00

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!

They tiptoe around at night

2009-11-27T15:35:00.000-08:00

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.

gIRLS wEEKeND

2009-11-18T20:03:00.000-08:00

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!

A New Dress

2009-11-15T11:31:00.000-08:00

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?

French Script Table Cloth and Oven Mitts

2009-11-12T13:58:00.000-08:00

Go to this blog and leave a comment.

That's all.

and be entered to win these lovely items.

For FREE.

Giveaways are beautiful!

Our Redneck Baby is Two!

2009-11-10T19:04:00.000-08:00

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!

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!

Grampa's Swing

2009-11-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

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

The Keeper of the Cherry Crown

2009-10-27T14:38:00.000-07:00

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".

All i WANT aRE TIGHTS!

2009-10-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

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.

Visit Gypsy Lemonade blog For The Giveaway!

2009-10-19T11:04:00.000-07:00

Go to my Gypsy Lemonade blog and get in on the

First Ever Giveaway!

To kickstart your holiday shopping.

CLick on the link above or go to;

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Her is Tying Her Own Shoes!

2009-10-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

Blowing Bubble Gum Bubbles for the first time....

Learning to tie your own shoes....

Ahhhhh childhood was magical wasn't it.

Matt took the laced card that i got from Star Mill in American Fork....

and said..."lou Lou, it's time to tie your own shoes...."

...and then he showed her how .....

and she did it!

Hmmm....why did i put it off until she was 6 and a half?

maybe cuz she only wears flip flops.....

Takes after her mom i guess.

Now pretend i have a sword......

Mekenzie of South Jordania, Utahnia....

I now Dubb you

Master of the Important things of childhood.....

.......

Picture me placing the sword on either side of her head....

O.k....... it's over now ........you can go......

No, Seriously.......

there are no refreshments or anything......

I just threw that ceremony together in my head like 2 minutes ago....

there wasn't time for proper menu planning or anything.....

Thanks for stopping by though!...

Next time you should bring it upon yourself to bring the treats if youre really

that upset about it!

hee hee hee

Blowing Bubbles

2009-10-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

Kenzie is amongst the throng of bubble blowers now!

She has blown them before but couldnt figure out exactly how to do it again......

She is now a shoe-in for the Annual Bubble Yum bubble blowing contest......

(there is no annual bubble yum bubble blowing contest)

But if there were.......

she'd be a shoe-in!

She was sooo excited!

Now that we have the important stuff outta the way...

i can teach her to tie her shoes.

I can remember my first bubble. It was at my gramma's house.

I ran around just giddy!

Can you still remember your 1st bubble?

If so ....do share!

New Moon....

2009-10-10T20:34:00.000-07:00

I will be returning home to slc utah in november for a mumber of reasons.

One being ......

New Moon. The Movie.

I am attending a Twilight party hosted by my super cool sister Becca before heading off to the

midnight showing of the movie on the 19th of november.

In preparation of said event....

I have begun to read the book again to get in the Mood!

So bear with me , but i thought i owed it to my family to say.....

Dear family,

i regret to inform you that i am indeed

reading New Moon ....again.

I reallize that i have read it already

and that i am not very attentive or productive

at all

while reading the Twilight series.

I apologize ahead of time for any neglect that may occur over the next

24 - 48 hours.

I will pick up right where i left off with my motherly duties

as soon as i finish page 561.

Thank You for your understanding.

Signed- Your Mom/ Wife

fyi:

Google the New Moon and click on images.....

and feast upon the sight!

youre welcome.

IM TRYING SOMETHING OUT HERE....

2009-10-06T10:35:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE TO BE LINKED TO ANOTHER POST.

I just learned how to add a link to my posts. Here's how:

***SO TO OFFER READERS A LINK TO ANOTHER BLOG OR EVEN ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR OWN POSTS.....

1. JUST GO TO THE BLOG YOU WANT TO LINK READERS TO AND RIGHT CLICK AND COPY THE ADDRESS FROM THE LONG ADDRESS BAR ON THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

CLICK ON THE EXACT POST YOU WANT TO LEAD READERS TO AND IT'S SPECIFIC ADDRESS WILL APPEAR IN THE ADDRESS BAR ON THE VERY TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

RIGHT CLICK AND COPY THAT.

2. THEN GO TO NEW POST JUST LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO AND TYPE LIKE NORMAL....

WHEN YOU REACH THE SPOT IN YOUR STORY WHERE YOU WANT TO ADD THE LINK IN....

3. TYPE AND HIGHLITE A KEY WORD LIKE SO:

HEY YALL COME AND SEE THIS OTHER POST ON MY ENDURING WITH SMILES BLOG.

or just TYPE AND HIGHLITE "CLICK HERE"

CLICK HERE TO CONNECT TO MY OTHER POST.

4. EITHER WAY, ONCE YOU CLICK ON THE WORD AND HIGHLITE IT...

CLICK ON THE LINK BUTTON ON THE BAR UNDER YOUR POST TITLE....

5. IT WILL THEN HAVE A BOX WHERE YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK AND PASTE

THE ADDRESS YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY COPIED.

TA-DA!!!!!

YOU HAVE NOW ADDED A LINK INTO YOUR POST!

recap

right click, highlite and copy the web address you want to link to

go to your new post screen and when ready add in your choice of key word

right click , highlite and click the LINK button atop your post's box.

in the box that pops up...right click and paste the address you copied.

KINDA FUN RIGHT!

NOW YOU CAN SAY YOU LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY!

HORRENDOUS!

2009-10-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN IN EITHER OF OUR LAST 2 HOMES IN THE PAST

5 YEARS........

YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY SEEN THE GIANT DEER HEAD HANGING ON THE WALL.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE BATTLES I DIDN'T PICK.......

SO IT REMAINS THERE.....

I THREATENED TO PUT A TOP HAT AND BOW TIE ON IT OR SOME GLITTER ...

JUST TO MAKE IT FIT IN BETTER WITH OUR DECOR.

ANYWAYS... IT'S THERE.

BUT AT LEAST IT'S NOT A HALF PANDA HALF DEER HEAD!!!

THIS IS AN ACTUAL ROOM.

SOMEONE LIKES IT.

THEY THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.

GOOD ENOUGH TO SHARE ON A DECORATING WEB SITE....

AND THEY'RE SERIOUS.

IT'S NOT EVEN A JOKE.

wHAT tHE FRANKENSTEIN??????

(AS KADE SAYS ALL THE TIME....

BUT THIS TIME IT ACTUALLY FITS!)

NOW YOU ALL KNOW I'M PRETTY RANDOM....

BUT COME ON...EVEN THIS IS TOO MUCH FOR ME.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.....

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON THIS MONSTROSITY?

THE BEACH...OREGON COAST

2009-09-28T20:10:00.000-07:00

BEACH BUMS

bURIED IN THE sANd

pLAYING CHICKEN WITH tHE wAVES

bAILY THE tRAVELING dOG

SANDY BOOGERS!

VAMPIRE BABY STRIKES

2009-09-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

WHEN I READ THE DESCRIPTION OF BELLA AND

EDWARD'S BABY ...RENESME, I COULDNT HELP BUT LAUGH CUZ

KIE HAS THAT CURLY HAIR AND SHE IS ROCK SOLID ...I SWEAR THAT GIRL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOO BIG FOR HER AGE. OOH... AND I WOULD BET SHE COULD CATCH AN ELK BARE HANDED FOR SUPPER IF SHE NEEDED TO....LOL

ANYWAYS... SHE BIT THROUGH HER CHIN SKIN...RIGHT THROUGH...

CLEAR THROUGH THE FLESH....

IT WAS BLEEDIN INSIDE AND OUT. YIKES.

SHE CRIED FOR 2 SECONDS AND THEN SHE WANTED DOWN TO PLAY.

SHE IS MY LIL' RENESME...I'M THINKING ABOUT CASTING HER FOR THE MOVIE
ON THE FOURTH BOOK. HA HA HA

MIS-PRINT

2009-09-28T18:39:00.000-07:00

WELL, APPARENTLY I HAD POSTED THE WRONG LINK IN MY LAST POST.....

SORRY BOUT THAT! LOL

APPARENTLY THE LINK SENT YOU TO A BLOG CALLED ...

"OLD FARTS RUMBLE"....THAT IS PRETTY AWESOME BUT NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND!

I ACTUALLY WAS INTENDING TO GUIDE YOU TO......

http://www.gypsylemonade.blogspot.com/

...BUT IF YOU THINK OLD FARTS RUMBLING SOUNDS INTERESTING....

THEN LEAVE A COMMENT AND I WILL SEND YOU THE OTHER LINK.

=) LOVE YA - SHELL

KIND OF BEING A SLACKER

2009-09-27T08:24:00.000-07:00

IT'S HARD TO HOMESCHOOL IN A HOTEL

WHILE ENTERTAINING 2 YOUNGER KIDS

AND THEN TO KEEP UP WITH TWO BLOGS IS

JUST THE CHERRY ON TOP....

SO IF YOU WANT TO .......

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO VISIT US ON OUR TRIP.....

http://www.gypsylemonade.blogspot.com/

WE MISS YOU ALL!

STAY IN TOUCH PLEASE!!!!

Who Eats the Cereal Part Anyways?

2009-09-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

so i woke up and all was silent in the Hawker home.

Then Kenzie awoke and climbed into my bed to snuggle.

Not too long after Kade came in to join.

I kept hushing the two of them.... reminding them that Kie was asleep still.

(and we wouldnt want to spoil that now would we)

After a good 30 minutes....Kade decided he was going to go down stairs and play on his

motorcycle game. He left....and then quickly returned......

to notify me that Kie was not asleep... in fact...she was awake and

had already made her first big mess of the day.

She had apparently ate the parts of the Lucky Charms that she

wanted anything to do with , and then simply helped the other pieces

(the nutritious parts of course)

on their way.

GOOD MORNING MOMMY?

What Now?

2009-09-17T09:36:00.000-07:00

I'll tell you.....

an infection in the skin...cellulitis.....i think the Dr. called it.

Poor Kie was all Kwazee Modo (the hunchback of notre dame)

She looked like she got in a fight.....with a light socket ....and lost.

This was on top of a double ear infection.

oh the poor dear!

My Mom's Birthday Party

2009-09-17T09:19:00.000-07:00

Becca (my sister) and Mekenzie (my daughter) together throw

one fabulous party.

Becca picked up the cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes and came bearing adorable gifts.

Mekenzie...who is only 6.... set up the outdoor dining table with a beautiful

arrangement of a cupid vase filled with tiny white petals....

and then planned for us to all take a turn, saying what we love the most

about My mom.

It was just precious.....

and then it got a little crazy.

Kenzie is very sentimental....but she also has a need for fun!

She made us each individually sing gramma a song and do a dance for her.

It was a great night.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

yOU ARe Soo LOVeD!

Fashion 101 with The Hawkers

2009-09-02T18:49:00.000-07:00

As you may as well know....

we here at the Hawker household take our

appearances seriously.

We are always trying to stay up on the latest , hottest trends,

Kie has decided to get this started and see if it takes off.......

fabulous.. dont you think?

and it is so versatile...

you can where it at work or play.

yes- those are mekenzie's underwear wrapped around her thighs.

We arent sure how long she had them on for.

We took her dress off outside in the backyard so she could frolic in the

sprinklers for one last summer bash...

and this is what we found!

all i could say was...

"SUE ~ WEET NIBLETS WHAT IS SHE WEARING?"

so dont hate on us cuz we are so in the know...

cuz now you can get you a pair and be in style..........Your Welcome!

2009-09-01T11:19:00.000-07:00

You were not made to just exist! You were made to do great things! A product is as good as it's Maker! If you could see yourself for a second through Gods eyes you would see just how great you truly are! Keep your head up and keep movin with God ALL things are possible!

THE PERFECT PICNIC

2009-08-31T14:50:00.000-07:00

The layout was perfect.....

The Food was perfect

The weather was perfect.

...and the company was just Perfect!

Bonko

Thanksgiving Point on aug. 10th

surrounded by beautiful flowers...

Becca threw the perfect picnic for us!

Thanks sis!

xoxo shell