Franny + 50th Wedding Anniversary

Last week, we had a couple of parties. Franny got a job in another city, so we threw a little surprise going away party for her. **Picture Heavy post, I was too lazy to make lots of storyboards, sorry!**

On the left is Jackie's amazing Pineapple Upside Down Cake. OMG! Amazing. She really needs her own bakery. I'm sure it would be world famous. I'll even take food pictures for her walls.

Onto the 50th Anniversary.

Mila and her Uncle Michael. So cute! I love this picture. 

The cake. My mom and cousin, Sydney, made it. It tasted as good as it looked.

Sydney also make some pineapple cupcakes, they were good too.

My new favorite picture of my grandparents. We made them blow out the candles. 50 years!

Ian ran around like a crazy. The. Whole. Time.

Aaron... GQ chatting. You can see Lisa and my mom working hard in the background.

Jackie and Mila. I think Mila looks really long here! It's amazing how she's grown.

Michael and his gf. <3

Sydney and her cupcake. :)

That is all. Goodnight!

Ten on Tuesday

Head on over to Chelsea's blog and link it up! I'll try and remember to do that this time. Wait... I need to start brewing the coffee... Ok. Let the good times roll.

1. Do you listen to the radio in your car? If so, what type of station do you like?Yes, I listen to several different ones. In the morning, I listen to the Bobby Bones Show on 96.7. I loves it, Stephen does not, he likes that 101.5 show. I'll listen to them during the day. Also 94.5? I think that's it... 100.7 and some other station I can't remember, they're all programmed. Then, I also have a classical station programmed in, you know, for when I'm trying to be sneaky and trick the babies into sleeping. It only works if I'm not tired too.

2. What is the best concert you have ever attended?
Oh geez, I have no idea! I really like ACL because there are 5 trillion shows. Though, the Blink 182 show, that was my very first show ever, was pretty f-amazing. So, I'd go with Blink.


3. What is the most embarrassing concert you have ever attended?
Oh God. This one stands out. The Black and White Years. I went with my family. We had an extra ticket. My dad and Stephen told me to just give it to somebody, so I tried to give it to the person behind me... who was the band. The assholes didn't tell me! (Excuse my french). It was so embarrassing. I tried to give the band tickets to their own show. I'm such an idiot.


4. If you could have the singing voice of anyone in the world, who would it be?
Jackie Jormp-Jomp. Do you watch 30 Rock? No?


5. You’re auditioning for American Idol. What song do you sing?
Baby Bleu by Danny Malone because it's Ian's favorite song.


6. If your previous weekend had its own soundtrack, what would be a few of the songs?
Really? I have no clue! Lots of party songs?


7. Most annoying television show theme song ever:
Any of the theme songs to the animes that Stephen watches.


8. Are you and your significant other music-compatible?
For the most part. We like lots of same music, but then like lots of things that the other does not like.


9. A song that brings me back to middle school:
Baby got Back


10. A song that brings me back to high school:
For some reason, I'm drawing a blank. What's wrong with me? Insert Bowling for Soup song here.


11. A guilty pleasure song (or three):

Insert a Justin Bieber song... Ha! I love songs that make me want to dance too, so any of those, I don't discriminate.

Ian's First Sleepover!

I am painting, so I'm letting one coat dry, then I'm going to get back out there and finish.... hopefully. I'm already pretty tired. But, I'm tired of not having a bookshelf and I've put it off long enough!

Anyways, onto Ian's first sleepover. My friend Jackie and I have been wanting to have a Weeds-athon lately, where we stay up late (for mom's) and drink and watch/catch up on Weeds. So, we did just that. And, it worked out quite perfectly, if I must say so myself. Around 8, I put on Word World for them to watch. I conveniently put on the "Duck's First Sleepover" episode. Note: They jump on their beds in this show! But, the boys did not! :)

Aren't they so stinking cute?! Ian went to bed really quick for the first time in  his life. But, it was hilarious. Ian started fake snoring and then Julian joined in. I swear, it was taking everything in me (and I'm sure Jackie too) not to burst out into laughter. They were so funny! Then, I guess Ian got pretty tired because she actually told Julian to shhh and then was asleep quickly thereafter.

Julian had a case of the giggles, I'm sure from excitement, come on people, first sleepover! But, Jackie was a superwoman, er... mom, and got him down.

They changed positions a lot, but Julian slept in pretty late (730) and Ian only woke up once at night where he tried to crawl onto the couch with Jackie, then play with some toys, but she put him back to bed... haha!

Sleepover = success. Next time, I think I'll make some waffles with fruit or something. Or maybe pancakes that spell things, or make fruit faces on them. I don't know, but we have got to do it more often! It was a blast.

We also noticed that their play is getting to be really sweet, as in totally awesome. They actually solve some of their problems on their own now!!

Julian has a car Ian wants.
Ian - "Have it, car! Have it!"
Julian hands Ian the car.
Ian - "Thank you Julian" and he hands Julian another car.
**Long Pause**
Ian - "Julian, say 'you're welcome'"


Hahah! They're so funny!

Until next time... paint awaits me.

Memoirs of a Mom

Dear Ian,

You are not getting enough sleep when you try and come into mommy and daddy's bedroom, but cannot quite make it.

I'm aware that you love your cars. I love them too. Especially when they do awesome things like watch you eat or play on the playground.

And it's good to know that you take care of them, you know, by driving them up to, then into the water because they are thirsty. It is good to lookout for others.

You are hilarious and exhausting. So, I'm going to bed now. See you in the morning.

I love you.

Love,

Mom

Changes

Yesterday, I was a dumb ass. I was cleaning the entertainment center and put a glass bowl on the coffee table. Ian kept pushing it, I sternly told him to cut it out, so, he looks at me and proceeds to push it off the table, shattering it everywhere, awesome.

There were some war wounds... But I'm ok... Ha! The kids are too.

Mommy made some drastic changes...



The rug is up because I wasn't satisfied with the glass being picked up, and after my battle wounds, I didn't want the babies to get hurt. I made the living room tiny and I removed the coffee table. Which is a Mila-related story, she was trying to go to the hospital I think. She wouldn't stop climbing it and falling and it is metal, so it is happily in its new home, the garage, until further notice.

Now, new day....

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Oops

I forgot to blog last night. But you can go read about this new "over booked children" idea over at pioneer woman.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pioneerwoman-full-rss-feed/~3/8yNRBToq9Pg/

I'll write a real blog today, I think. And hopefully do the dishes... And clean the living room.

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Provided by Rachel at Rachel Heather.

1. What do you do for a living?
I am a photographer slash stay at home mom. And I love it! I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm loving spending so much time with the babies and getting to devote time to a beloved hobby.

2. What’s your favorite thing about your job?
Getting to spend time with my kids when they actually want to spend time with me. I am  hoping that they always want to, but I don't know. So, I am getting as much time with them as possible until then. And with the other job? As a photographer? I love capturing special moments for other families. I love lifestyle photography, to capture families' personalities during that time frame. So awesome! I'm actually pretty lucky. :) So is Deana!

3. What’s your least favorite thing about your job?

Sometimes it can be overwhelming, like if I need to get something done. For example, today I was only able to accomplish getting the dishes done. Two mobile kiddos is a huge adjustment for me... I'm hoping to fully adjust soon.

4. If you weren’t a ____________, what would you be?
A mommy? I don't know! I love being a mommy. I love being around kids. I love doing "business" type things... I think I have the best of both worlds. I think in the future I may go back to school (when the kiddos go to school) and get my certification to teach. Though, I can't really decide what I want to teach! I guess I have a few years to decide on that.

5. What is something that you would love to get paid for that you think no one would every pay you for?
Um... staying at home with the babies and photography! I love both so much. Though, I don't know why they call it "stay at home" mom, because we don't really stay here too much, unless I'm having a lazy day. Someone should pay me to Zumba... it's my newest addiction. Oh, nobody would ever pay me to cook, but I'm really loving it lately. My sweet husband pretends to like everything too... it's wonderful.

6. If you could have any job for exactly one day, what would it be?
Hmmm... I'm assuming it means other than mine... there are so many jobs! I'm currently watching 30 Rock, so I'd want to do 2 things, 1. See what it's like on the 30 Rock set and 2. See how similar it is to an actual writing job. :) How fun would that job be?! Amazing!

7. If you had to do manual labor, what would you do?
What?! You want me to do manual labor? I would say that my previous job in child care was manual labor... and I loved it! So, I'd do that again. Does baking count? Jackie bakes and loves it, so if that's manual labor, I also want to do that.

8. What is something you were forced to learn in high school that was supposed to be super important, but you never actually use?
Hmm... calculus? I don't currently use that, though I'm sure if I had a math-type job, I would.

9. Who was your favorite boss?  Why?
Well, I loved, loved,loved, Rhonda Hauser. Best boss ever, but that was for an internship. She thought everything I did was awesome. That was very cool and made me pretty confident and wanting to do more. I haven't really had any 'bad' bosses, I think I've liked almost all of them. Minus the other job I had at UT. But, I've been extremely lucky here, Laura Colangelo was super awesome too. And now, I'm my own boss, and I too, rock.

10. Where would you rather work: Dunder Mifflin Paper Company (The Office), Wernham Hogg Paper Company (The Office, UK), or Initech (Office Space)?

Dunder Mifflin. I have a horrid confession to make, I haven't seen the Office, UK because I can't understand what they're saying and I have to focus too much. Initech, really??! Dunder Mifflin is the bomb.