A common sight...

How many times have you walked into a room and seen a sight like this...probably as many times as I have but it is still just as cute...

A day in the park with friends...

This is the neighborhood park and it is a great park...it is even more fun when you get to meet neighbors there :)

I think my favorite part of this picture is just seeing the view that we have from the park!

Why are babies so cute!!!

Why are babies so cute? Each baby that comes to earth is such a miracle and so precious and so darn cute. Their little souls shinning, sweetness brimming and of course help from evolutionary adaptations so we will love and kiss and snuggle and cuddle and hold and rock and FEED them thus ensuring the continuation of the human race. Well...call me highly evolved...overboard cuteness and love with Miss LizzyBeth. Babies are delightful (if it is not 3:00am :)...

Baby steps...

 Guess who is thinking about walking...her first steps today! She stood up and took a step without falling down...it won't be too long. So happy, so sad...
She has 3 weeks to start walking in order to be the second fastest walker in the family. I think she'll make it...

It is great...

 It is great to be 8!! And it is great to have Math in our family. He is such a fun and sweet little (not so little) guy. Math got some books in French and a ripstik for his birthday. He was pretty happy.

How about these cuties enjoying a wheel barrow ride from Gma...

Sunny Sunday

Danger is SO her middle name...she is way worse than most of the boys!!

Oh...and she is big enough to "ride" a bike. Sam pushing her is a little scary but she held on even when the g-force ramped up as Sam drove her quickly around the corners.

Add a caption...

Just for fun...these were a few of the funny moments today...
Both pictures represent something funny said so I'll let you have a quick guess and then add the real "caption"

Seth came out of his room (after changing out of church clothes) looking like this and proclaimed...

"I am Tyson. I am awesome!!"

*Tyson is my brother who always wears his hat backwards and always does a peace sign in every picture.

Sam had a comment about my shorts today...

"Oh no...you pants are broken. They have a hole. You need fix them."

seeing blue m&m's?

I hate blue M&M's. I agree that none of the colors are that natural but the blue ones really just...blah, I don't know. They make me cringe almost to the point where I can't eat them (almost). I can usually give them away to my kiddos or if you are over and want to share some M&M's you'll notice that they are mostly blue. It feels like there was a disproportionate amount of blue M&M's. It felt like every handful I got had way more blue M&M's than other colors. It was really irritating me but this was just an anecdotal accusation so I did a small study.
Over the last few weeks, every time I grabbed some M&M's I noted how many blue M&M's there were compared with the other colors. My initial findings are telling. The percentage of blue M&M's was 42%. Rather high don't you think? If it were an even and random distribution aka a flat distribution then the percentage of each color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown) should be right around 16.7%. Right now the only conclusion I can draw is that either Mars Co is targeting me or Mars actually puts in way more blue M&M's than they do other colors. Perhaps blue dye is just cheaper?
I realize this reveals a portion of my personality that probably shouldn't be revealed but I know there might be someone out there suffering like me. Again, this is only the preliminary result to see if this problem warrants further review and possibly a letter to the Mars Company. I will continue to see if over a longer time and larger amount the results change and if they don't I promise (it is an election year) to not rest till I have a reasonable explanation for the over use of blue!! (ps...don't think I won't, I have called grapenuts and oreo's before to ask questions)

Any thing you can do...

Anything you can do...Lizzy tries to do better. She really does try and keep up with those boys...this is her climbing into the little footstool. She is on rampage now!

I'm a big girl now...

This little one is not so little any more. Here she is tackling the stairs. She goes up great and she can almost go down by herself. She likes to stop and dance and stand up on her way down so she still needs a little supervision :)

Sept 1st...

You know what that means in our house....Christmas music season is open!!

An early treat for the many out there that wait till Dec...my favorite Christmas song.



See doesn't it feel cooler already...and right now there are no 90's in the 10 day forcast! :)