He told me this morning, "Happy is the new Grumpy, Dear." So clever, that Derek. 🙂 I really think yesterday’s rant helped! Or maybe it’s that it’s Friday and we have a fun long weekend ahead.  My dad and stepmom are coming today.  We have a pool party with friends on Monday.  Now if I…

Not to be confused with Oscar.  And I’m not talking about Mayer. I’m a big fat Grouch lately.  Have been all week.  Maybe it’s the changes going on with back-to-school.  Maybe it’s hormones.  Maybe it’s fatigue.  Maybe it’s just that I’m grumpy.  Like so grumpy, that I overheard Caleb saying to himself last night, "She’s…

In the hall near my bedroom, I have pictures of Jacob and Caleb each one week before they turned 8 months.  They only have a diaper on and they’re in black and white.  I love them.  It started when my Aunt Lisa took some of Jacob at this age.  And then I decided to replicate…

He got a little teary as he hugged me, looked around and said, "I’m gonna miss this place."  Ever the one for dramatics…you’d think he was going off to college or something.  He’s so proud of his collared shirt, camo shorts and Tony Hawk shoes.  I let him pick his own new school clothes this…

What a summer it’s been for us… the beach the mountains the lake soccer camp golf camp swimming lessons friends family water fun a 5th b’day library visits playdates I do believe it’s probably one of the best summers of my life…just pure fun.  And now I’m excited to get back into a schedule.  To…

One day of waterpark fun + One day of lake fun = A very tired mommy We’ve had LOADS of fun the last two days.  Met some friends at a local water park (Hawaiian Falls) yesterday.  One friend watched Sam while I went on some rides with the kids.  Jacob and I got adventurous and…

Trying to bribe Jacob to share some of his trail mix with him, Caleb said, "I’ll buy you a new video game if you share with me." To which Jacob replied, "Nope, It’ll have be something more special than that." Caleb’s response, "A gun?"

For a GOOD laugh, with this one. When we were at the Pioneer Village in Utah, one "stop" was the photography shop.  It held old cameras and lots of old photos.  And the woman there could take your picture, digitally impose your faces on an old 1800s photograph and send it to you via e-mail.…

I put the baby on his stomach, and was trying to encourage him to roll over (which he still is not very interested in doing).  Caleb walks in and very matter-of-factly said, "It’s a good thing you’re teaching him how to roll.  ‘Cause one day when he’s a grown-up and there’s a fire, he’ll know…

On our way home from Utah, we passed through the SW corner of Colorado, headed for Santa Fe.  I was driving and all of the sudden we passed one of the most beautiful sights I had ever seen.  A HUGE field of sunflowers.  It was beautiful!  I felt like we were in Tuscany.  And I…