silly little game

alright i thought this would be fun since i actually have an ipod these days and my music selection is so bi-polar. so let's see how this goes.

1. Put your ipod, windows media player, etc. on shuffle.
2. For each Question press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

ready, set, go....


1. IF SOMEONE SAYS ARE YOU OKAY YOU SAY? i'm gonna getcha good

2. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF? rolling in the deep

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GIRL/GUY? sh-boom

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL? don't!

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE PURPOSE? all i wanna do

6. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU? f**kin' perfect

7. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? picture

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BESTFRIEND? nightingale

9. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? steve mcqueen

10. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? rescue is coming

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? that don't impress me much

13. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? take it all

14. WHAT IS YOUR PASSION IN LIFE? dear john

15. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR? hoedown throwdown

16. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?  get down

17. WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW? i saw the light

18. WHAT DOES YOUR LOVE THINK ABOUT YOU? the story

19. WHAT WILL YOU TITLE THIS NOTE AS? forever and for always


ok, so i must say that numbers 6 & 11 made me giggle.
(and yes i have hannah montana, p!nk, shania twain & david crowder all on the same ipod...i'm pretty sure it might just implode because of that)
 
that was a fun little way to waste time.

zoo

today grammy (my mom) and i took the boys to the zoo. woodland park has always (always) been my favorite and it didn't let me down today!!
we saw all kinds of animals (almost all of them) and to top it all off the weather was B.E.A.utiful!!

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as i was getting ready to take this picture i said "solomon! look over here" and i guy that was walking by stopped and said "you know, solomon is the name of the artist who created this sculpture" we thought that was pretty cool:

my little monkeys at the zoo:

we got to see this elephant do it's business (#1 and #2) moses was thoroughly impressed!!

it was a really great day

*** moses' one liner of the day: while watching the elk eat carrots one elk turned to walk away and when moses saw his "bare" (light colored) bum he said "*gasp* hims butts is gone!! holy smokes!!"

i love that kid!!! ***

i'm baaaack!!!

alright, brace yourselves, this is going to be a long one. we're going WAY back to december 21st and then all the way back to today. (keep in mind. i put captions above my pictures)

dec. 21st.- the lovey brothers at their best. it might look like solly is squishing moses...but, really moses took brother down!
dec. 23.- we went out and enjoyed the christmas ship festival. it was cold but fun

as you can see. solly had fun:

moses & i just tried to stay warm:

dec. 24th- i grew up always getting stocking on christmas eve (mainly because we didn't believe in santa clause) so i have passed this onto my kids (and hubby).
dec. 25th- a full day of christmas for us! 3 christmas' in one day. starting with a nice quiet family, pj, present opening at home:
and then onto my parents. with about 18 of my family members.
and then we finished up our day with a trip up to jakes parents on whidby island where we spent the night. all in all the boys had an amazing christmas!
dec. 26th- we headed home. the view from the ferry dock:
jan. 1st- moses learned to take pictures of himself!! these are some of my favorite shots of him:

jake also learned how to use the camera :)
jan 2nd- one of my close friends had a baby shower...and of course i made cupcakes!!
the prettiest mama to-be that i know!!
jan. 3rd.-jake and i went to put the boys to bed...and we found them cuddled together in solly's bed reading books together!!
and it just kept getting cuter!
and once they were in bed rose, luke, jake & i played monopoly...i think rose is still confused!:
(we won't talk about who won...again!)
jan. 7th- i went to keep my pretty sister company while she was at work!!! isn't she adorable?!:
jan. 8th- my boys were invited to a friends birthday party today. it was during school so, being the cool mom that i am. i let solly skip. the boys had a GREAT time. it was at a gymnastics place so they got out a LOT of energy!

& they also had a blow up mega slide!!! moses is the blur at the end of the slide:
and there is solly as a blur!:
(i think it's time for a new camera)
poor solly did suffer a minor injury while at the party, there was a rope swing there and he walked right in front of a girl and got kicked in the neck...ouch!
we had a wonderful christmas break! but, i am happy to be a week back into our normal schedule!! and hopefully i can get back to my regular blogging...cause i know you've all missed my "exciting" life.

"adventure is out there!!"

i've been watching 'UP' over and over and over again the past 2 days...not by choice (although it is a billion times better than watching "choo, choo"(a.k.a. Thomas & friends) again) i've really been enjoying the scenery (& the music) in the movie...so i did a little googling

"paradise falls" from UP:

angel falls, venezuela:

after doing some googling and looking through the pictures it almost makes me want to travel and visit venezuela (and if you know me...i'm not one that has ever wanted to travel any farther than i have to) but, who knows thanks to a cartoon, maybe i'll branch out a little now. maybe not south america & definitely not anytime soon but it's good to know that "adventure is out there"

reasons why i like today:

#1 IT'S A BOY!!! my kaydee found out today that she is having a bouncing baby boy!

#2 rose is here for visit!!!

#3 jake had the WHOLE day off (may not be good for the paycheck, but i love having him around)

#4 i found something to take away my toothache...and it's perfectly legal

#5 moses did NOT throw up on me (for the first time in 4 days)

#6 i am in love with the pen i stole from the mac store this morning!

#7 i got cotton candy today...from disneyland!

#8 did i mention rose is here?!?!

#9 i don't need an ipod...cause my husband makes 'beautiful' music for me all day long

#10 cause it's thursday...my favorite day of the week!

got 20 minutes?

cause if you do, i have something fabulous for you to watch. an old friend, brandon lippard, just happens to be a cinematographer these days and he shot the most amazing film. check it out:

Butterfly Circus

i have a boyfirend...

...his name? i'm not sure i'm ready to share that just yet.

maybe i should tell you about him. he's tall, dark and handsome. he can always put me in a good mood. he can melt a headache & enjoying him is my favorite way to start the day.

♥ ♥ ♥

ok, ok i'll tell you his name is diet coke. you know how some people can't start there day without coffee? well, that's pretty much how i am with diet coke!


i know there are so many more of you diet coke addicts...oh...i mean uh "lovers". as a matter of fact i found another diet coke fanatic here.

and i know, i know....i've heard how bad it is for you and blah blah blah. but right now i don't care. cause, i'm in love ♥

honest s-crap

thanks ashley for passing this "award" on to me...gives me something to do on such a hot day.

the rules:
***thank the person who gave you this award(thanks ash)
***post 10 honest facts about yourself
***pass this award on to 7 others (i too will not pass this on to 7 people...but rather 2 people)

1) i'm pretty sure that i would be close to the perfect mom and wife...if only i could learn (or even want to learn) to cook. i have the baking thing down...i just hate to cook.

2) i have no will power. i have been over weight for about 8 or 9 years. and even thought i HATE the way i look. i cannot seem to find the motivation to loose the weight.

3) i have been happily married for 7 years, 11 months and 25 days. and although a LOT has changed in that time and we're not where we hoped we'd be i am still happy!! there are a million reason i love jake, and everyday i find at least one more reason.

4) i miss my friends from "back in the day" and i feel like because i was the first to get married and move away that it's my fault that we're no longer in touch.

5) someday i'll go to beauty school. but not until both my boys are in school. my current job keeps me too busy for school.

6) i am addicted to the following: diet coke, farkle, facebook, pineapple, jodi picolt books, grey's anatomy, football, band of brothers and blogging.

7) sometimes i think that having another baby would be fun...and then i remember sleepless nights, nursing, and just plain starting all over again and then i remember why i'm happy with two boys. i'll enjoy other peoples babies until i have grandchildren!

8) someday i want to drive on route 66 from one end to the other. "It winds from Chicago to LA, more than two thousand miles all the way. Get your kicks on Route sixty-six"

9) i find it really strange that i like to blog. because i have always HATED to write. and even more, i HATE even more when people read what i write. but blogging is fun and i love it when people read and comment on my posts.

10) i wish i could knock some sense into church's....they need to realize that my husband is a GREAT youth pastor!

and now i pass this "award" onto heavy metal & bryndaline (you know who you are)