Photo shy Princess

Even though Big sissy has been avoiding the camera like the plague... I have been able to catch a few pictures of her adorable little face. Sometimes she forgets that she "doesn't like to take pictures" anymore. :) And when she forgets, I am there ready and willing to snap away! I was feeling a bit bad about not putting any pictures of her up last time, so I thought I better get my act together and search out a good one. (This night, she had taken all of her stuff out of her Easter basket and was carrying around just her chocolate bunny... waiting until we said she could have the ears)... and this my friends is the moment I said she may!

kisses...

Our little Monkey LOVES to get kisses AND she loves to take pictures. She laughs and smiles from ear to ear whenever a camera is around or someone makes a smooch sound.



BUT our Big Sissy is in a strange new phase in which she wipes off our kisses on occasion AND runs from the camera! What has happened? Am I in an alternate universe? My eldest is normally a serious ham! But for about the past month, it's been like pulling teeth to get a good picture out of her (one in which she is actually smiling... heck I would even take her front side with no smile if she wasn't hiding her face!)

So the result is this, I have about 3 million cute pictures of monkey and about 3 cute pictures of big sissy. I guess We will survive and some day (hopefully sooner than later) big sissy will get her inner supermodel back!

lemons

On Sunday afternoon my husband and I were sitting on the couch relaxing while the kiddos napped. And low and behold our door bell rang (which hardly ever happens unless its a landscape guy or Jehovah witness). I answered the door fully prepared to be annoyed that I was forced to get my lazy buns off the couch. But when I opened the door it was our neighbor! He's an older gentleman that lives two doors down. He is always waving at us and hurling a howdy our way while on walks. Nice guy. So he hands over a grocery bag filled with lemons! Apparently they have four trees in their backyard and he thought we would like some. AND WE DO! I am going to make some lovely things with these lemons (tonight I am trying a baked lemon chicken recipe with brown rice!)

Anywho, these lemons are beautiful and I was super stoked that he thought of us.
You know what they say... When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE!!!

So that was my first order of business! :) Next order of business... FINDING OUT LOVELY NEIGHBORS NAME!!!

spring fling!

Well, Spring is here! And I decided that it was time to fling some hair. Here in Cali it has been in the high 70's and 80's (and this weather begs for a new hair cut if you ask me!) So I made the appointment and had my hair cut short again! (short for me, that is.) My husband begged me not to do it. And I actually felt a little bad having it cut against his wishes so to speak. He loves when my hair is long. BUT I simply don't have the time to blow dry and style all that hair. And when you wear your hair in a pony tail everyday you start to feel blah... like it's time for some mom jeans! ugh! So clearly I was saving our marriage by stopping the blahdum (and yes that is a word... google it! okay maybe not!) Anywho, I'm happy with it. And J has even come around and admitted that he likes it too. Yay! :)

Happy 101!!!

A few days ago I received the Happy 101 Award from Christine over at A Leap of Faith http://cecoakley.blogspot.com (for the life of me, I can't figure out how to make the web address a working link)!!!


So, here are the rules as I understand them to the Happy 101 Award:


1.)When you have received this award you must thank the person that awarded you this in the new post.
THANK YOU CHRISTINE!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! ... I think I forgot to say thanks! :)


2.) Name the 10 things that make you happy


3.) Pass this award onto 10 other bloggers and inform the winners

I guess I better lay it on ya'll!

#1. MY GIRLS! I LOVE LOVE LOVE MY GIRLS!!!


#2.MY HUSBAND! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT MAN!!!




#3. Slim, our newest addition!
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#4. FAMILY!


#5. The color Green!


#6. EATING!!! A girls gotta eat... right?


#7. Friends... TRUE friends!


#8. California!!!


#9. Coffee!


#10. Goofing off with my girls!


And now I will pass this award onto 10 blogs I follow! (I apologize for not being able to make these links work!)
1. Kate over at Sometimes Life is Messy http://my-mess-my-life.blogspot.com/
2. The Mrs. over at Trying Our Best http://tryingourbest.blogspot.com/
3. JG over at Me and My SoldierMan http://meandmysoldierman.blogspot.com/
4. Callie over at Through Clouded Glass http://throughcloudedglass.blogspot.com/
5. Leanne over at 'Our Letters to You' - Military Blog on MilitaryAvenue.com
6. Becca over at Lovely Yellow Ribbons http://shaywilliams.blogspot.com/
7. Riding the roller Coaster http://militaryspouserollercoasterride.blogspot.com/
8. K over at A Bee & His Honey http://abeeandhishoney.blogspot.com/
9. Sam over at Sandwich365 http://sandwich365.blogspot.com/
10. Daniella over at A Grateful People http://chuckandjoshiella.blogspot.com/

Thanks again Christine! This was fun! :)

busy bees

First and for most I apologize for my lengthy absence. I am out of town at the moment. My Grandpa has started his chemo and radiation and my mom just had cervical surgery. So, I have had my hands extra full these days. Just trying to make things a little easier on my Dad and Grandma for a week, helping out where I can. I will be heading home on Friday or Saturday. And that first night I get to sleep in my own bed will be glorious! I just had a moment while Monkey and my Mom were napping, so I thought I would let everyone know that I have not dropped off the face of the planet, just trying to keep my head above water these days. Until I'm home again...

Today is a better day!

Today has been a MUCH better day. The weather is beautiful and the girls are a tiny bit better. Still too sick to take to the park and infect the whole community. BUT we did play outside at home. Which was nice. The girls acted like they had forgotten what sunshine looked like! And I think it was good for mommy too. I feel a million times better and all it took was opening that garage door and pulling out some toys. Who would have thought. :) Now they are napping and I am enjoying the peace a quite. It's funny how much you can enjoy life when you let that stinking attitude go for a minute!
I hope everyone is having a great day. Now I'm going to go bake some cookies and cook a shepherd's pie for one of my friend's who just had a c-section. Thanks for the encouragement ladies!