Pumpkins and Booze just don't mix:
Please enjoy the Harvet Moon:
Rebecca's Birth Day
5 years ago
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The 4th of 4th
My cousin Jennie is so great. Go to her blog and read her post from Sun, Oct. 26th. Very sweet. She's a great mommy and bore a sweet testimony of prayer.
OK, so the next day, Jennie had a cute tag that I'm copying. What you do is choose the 4th photo file on your computer and then the 4th picture in that file and tell about it. Kinda fun! Here's mine:
This is of my baby brother Michael and his future wife, Becca. They are getting married in 3 weeks and 2 days, in the St. George, Utah Temple!! I can't wait, I'm so proud of them.
Here are some of their engagement photos. Bethi, A good friend of Michael's took them. She will be taking my family photos the day before Michael's wedding. I've bought all the clothes and can't wait to have a GREAT BIG FAMILY PHOTO to hang over my mantle!
OK, so the next day, Jennie had a cute tag that I'm copying. What you do is choose the 4th photo file on your computer and then the 4th picture in that file and tell about it. Kinda fun! Here's mine:
This is of my baby brother Michael and his future wife, Becca. They are getting married in 3 weeks and 2 days, in the St. George, Utah Temple!! I can't wait, I'm so proud of them.Here are some of their engagement photos. Bethi, A good friend of Michael's took them. She will be taking my family photos the day before Michael's wedding. I've bought all the clothes and can't wait to have a GREAT BIG FAMILY PHOTO to hang over my mantle! These are my two favorites. I love the color Bethi has washed them with. I think I want her to do this magical technique to my family photos. I think it must shave off 30 lbs. because Becca is thin, but she doesn't look like a pencil in real life. I'm counting on you Bethi, to make me look like Becca.
Bethi? I can hear you laughing your tail off, STOP THAT!!
I love these two shots, also. The bright "sunset in the hair" look.
And I think Becca has a really cute hiney. Lucky you, Michael!
I love this pretty photo, too. What a cute couple these two are!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
20 Worst Habits: PART FOUR
Welcome to the Final Installment of "My 20 Worst Habits." Did you miss the other shocking, self-revealing posts? If so, here are PART ONE, PART TWO, and PART THREE. I know you've all been waiting for the real nasty habits. Here they are. I hope you're satified with knowing my dirty secrets.
5. I'm a Pack Rat. I have saved every little scrap of art and piece of schoolwork me or my kids have ever done. I have one whole room dedicated just to scrapbooking. But now that I blog, I don't have time for it. Poor neglected stuff. If I ever die, Damian will light a big bonfire and toss the whole room in, with gleeful abandon. The guy who has hardly ANYTHING from his childhood and doesn't miss it a bit. Unfortunately, he hasn't influenced 4 of our children. Everyone, except Josh, is becoming my rival at saving JUNK and trinkets. We need help and the kids all want to call that annoying woman on CLEAN HOUSE to help me!! Luckily, they don't know how to dial long distance.
4. I hate grocery shopping as much as going to the doctor. Damian does most of it for me. You know what, hate isn't a strong enough word. I loathe and despise grocery shopping! It's a bad habit because we hardly ever have any food in the house and that rolls to #3:
3. I don't like cooking. It's the actual time it takes that bugs me. I never think about dinner until around 4pm and then it's too late to come up with anything good. My day is too busy to be bothered with planning and prep time before 4, I don't know how other women get to this chore. I know that I need to change my life style to accommodate healthy eating and joyful cooking.
I do like cooking with my son, Josh. He keeps everything from burning and doesn't let me miss ingredients in a recipe. I need to make dinner his responsibility. He can make out a shopping list, plan the cooking prep/baking times and make me a spreadsheet of how we'll implement his menu. Sort of like having a 4' personal chef, except I have to do all the knife work. And I'll get to sit back, watching a junior genius in his element.
2. I am an apparel SLOB. I take clothes off and throw them around the room like a teenager. My husband is the neatest, most orderly person in this universe and he is married to a total clothes looser. Poor, dear man. I wait until I have 5-6 loads of laundry to fold, all neatly piled in baskets along one wall of our bedroom. Then I call in "The Troops" and I manage their folding work. I really am a good manager of working children. I keep up on the washing, doing 1-2 loads first thing in the morning, but the folding comes in spurts.
1. I loose official documents. If you are related to me, you are nodding your head in exasperation right now. I am always trying to find my license and usually drive without it. There are weeks I can't spend any money because I can't find my debit card, license and/or checkbooks. I get a lot of purses as gifts, from helpful relatives. Then, I loose those. I barely found my passport in time to go to the Bahamas. And each year I have a Kindergarten kid I spend weeks finding their birth certificates/immunizations records. Finally, Damian took all those to his office, so I couldn't loose them again.
I don't loose library books, although I do rack up exorbitant fees because I'm not finished with my stack, yet! I don't loose fingernail files/clippers, or chapstick (probably because I have about 30 of each in strategic locations around the house). OK, FINE!! I've never lost a child and that's all that matters.
LASTLY, My ULTIMATE WORST HABIT is that I blog too much. I didn't want to put that on the list because I'm not ready to deal with this new obsession, just yet!
5. I'm a Pack Rat. I have saved every little scrap of art and piece of schoolwork me or my kids have ever done. I have one whole room dedicated just to scrapbooking. But now that I blog, I don't have time for it. Poor neglected stuff. If I ever die, Damian will light a big bonfire and toss the whole room in, with gleeful abandon. The guy who has hardly ANYTHING from his childhood and doesn't miss it a bit. Unfortunately, he hasn't influenced 4 of our children. Everyone, except Josh, is becoming my rival at saving JUNK and trinkets. We need help and the kids all want to call that annoying woman on CLEAN HOUSE to help me!! Luckily, they don't know how to dial long distance.
4. I hate grocery shopping as much as going to the doctor. Damian does most of it for me. You know what, hate isn't a strong enough word. I loathe and despise grocery shopping! It's a bad habit because we hardly ever have any food in the house and that rolls to #3:
3. I don't like cooking. It's the actual time it takes that bugs me. I never think about dinner until around 4pm and then it's too late to come up with anything good. My day is too busy to be bothered with planning and prep time before 4, I don't know how other women get to this chore. I know that I need to change my life style to accommodate healthy eating and joyful cooking.
I do like cooking with my son, Josh. He keeps everything from burning and doesn't let me miss ingredients in a recipe. I need to make dinner his responsibility. He can make out a shopping list, plan the cooking prep/baking times and make me a spreadsheet of how we'll implement his menu. Sort of like having a 4' personal chef, except I have to do all the knife work. And I'll get to sit back, watching a junior genius in his element.
2. I am an apparel SLOB. I take clothes off and throw them around the room like a teenager. My husband is the neatest, most orderly person in this universe and he is married to a total clothes looser. Poor, dear man. I wait until I have 5-6 loads of laundry to fold, all neatly piled in baskets along one wall of our bedroom. Then I call in "The Troops" and I manage their folding work. I really am a good manager of working children. I keep up on the washing, doing 1-2 loads first thing in the morning, but the folding comes in spurts.
1. I loose official documents. If you are related to me, you are nodding your head in exasperation right now. I am always trying to find my license and usually drive without it. There are weeks I can't spend any money because I can't find my debit card, license and/or checkbooks. I get a lot of purses as gifts, from helpful relatives. Then, I loose those. I barely found my passport in time to go to the Bahamas. And each year I have a Kindergarten kid I spend weeks finding their birth certificates/immunizations records. Finally, Damian took all those to his office, so I couldn't loose them again.
I don't loose library books, although I do rack up exorbitant fees because I'm not finished with my stack, yet! I don't loose fingernail files/clippers, or chapstick (probably because I have about 30 of each in strategic locations around the house). OK, FINE!! I've never lost a child and that's all that matters.
LASTLY, My ULTIMATE WORST HABIT is that I blog too much. I didn't want to put that on the list because I'm not ready to deal with this new obsession, just yet!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Josh's Birthday Party
Josh had a great 10th party. He planned it all himself, even writing and delivering all the invites while I was in Italy. In fact, when I returned on a Monday, he informed me that his party was that Wednesday. So I took him shopping for favors and he planned all the games (mostly Sardine Tag) himself. It was great.
In case you didn't already know, Josh already does most of the cooking for me, as well as other household chores. I think I will have him plan and execute all my other kids Birthday Parties from now on. He's a great party planner and all-around wonderful boy! Thanks Josh, for making my life easy, even when you spring a party 2 days out on me!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Briana and Sem, Newlywed Series 2
My only sister was married 2 weeks ago in Bosa, Sardinia, Italy. I pretended to know what I was doing as the photographer. Thank goodness for Photoshop, it greatly improved my "work!"
Click here for photos of her actual wedding.
Click here for the first series of Newlywed photos I took.
Our second "photo shoot" location was on a retaining wall where Temo River meets the ocean. This was the site that Briana and Sem took a walk after their first date, and had their first kiss. The rest is HISTORY!!
Our last location was Cala Cumpoltitu, a beautiful beach 10 minutes from Bosa. You have to hike down to it, so Briana changed to Tevas. She and Sem strolled along the water, then jumped into the sea, from a cliff, IN THEIR WEDDING CLOTHES!!
They took the words: Taking the Plunge . . . literally!
Click here for photos of her actual wedding.
Click here for the first series of Newlywed photos I took.
Our second "photo shoot" location was on a retaining wall where Temo River meets the ocean. This was the site that Briana and Sem took a walk after their first date, and had their first kiss. The rest is HISTORY!!
Our last location was Cala Cumpoltitu, a beautiful beach 10 minutes from Bosa. You have to hike down to it, so Briana changed to Tevas. She and Sem strolled along the water, then jumped into the sea, from a cliff, IN THEIR WEDDING CLOTHES!!
They took the words: Taking the Plunge . . . literally!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Texas Goodies
Damian's cousin Lana, from Texas, sent me a little package. It was an unexpected and fun surprise, THANKS LANA!!
First, it included some candied Pecans. I didn't picture them because I ate them ALL before I got my camera out of the bag. You can see all the other "treasures" Lana included in the package:
First, it included some candied Pecans. I didn't picture them because I ate them ALL before I got my camera out of the bag. You can see all the other "treasures" Lana included in the package:
Texas "Rush Hour" postcard and Texas mints in a cute tin . . .
Armadillo Droppings (chocolate covered sunflower seeds)
My kids REALLY loved these!
And last, but not least, Longhorn earings and necklace. Lana recommended I wear these at my sister's wedding, but ALAS, the package arrived after I'd already left for Italy. Too Bad!
Thank you Lana for thinking of me. You are so generous and sweet. I know your secret motive was to convert me from ALASKA to TEXAS. I think I'm almost converted . . . just a few more armadillo droppings to go, OH WAIT, I just forgot:
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Briana and Sem, Newlywed Series 1
I really wanted my sister to have some nice photos in her wedding dress. She was married at noon and the sun was too bright, plus the pictures were rushed (click HERE for her wedding day photos).
The day I left Italy, we did a "Photo Shoot" and went around to pretty local spots. I can't say that her husband, Sem was too thrilled. He was worried his friends would see him and make up a funny song to mock him during Carnivale. So we went to some "Out of the Way" locations.
Briana lives in Bosa, a city founded in Medival times, with an old castle that "looks down" over her inhabitants.
This is the view of the castle, from the Temo River in Bosa.
This is the view from Briana's kitchen/dining room of the castle. Our first Photo Shoot Location was the castle wall and then we shot some overlooking Bosa.
The day I left Italy, we did a "Photo Shoot" and went around to pretty local spots. I can't say that her husband, Sem was too thrilled. He was worried his friends would see him and make up a funny song to mock him during Carnivale. So we went to some "Out of the Way" locations.
Briana lives in Bosa, a city founded in Medival times, with an old castle that "looks down" over her inhabitants.
This is the view of the castle, from the Temo River in Bosa.
This is the view from Briana's kitchen/dining room of the castle. Our first Photo Shoot Location was the castle wall and then we shot some overlooking Bosa.
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