Sneaky peaky...

We did our annual family photo shoot.  Tony loves it more and more every year.

This is one of my faves... She looks so grown up I could weep into her baby blankets smile!  I will post more later, but I can't ruin the surprise of the Christmas cards, which I know you have all been anticipating more than the arrival of Santa himself!

Oh, and P.S. Thank heavens for photoshop!  That's all I'm sayin'.

We made it!

So we're all moved up here to Washington!  It was a pretty intense few days... moving is such a hassle!  I start out doing good, being all organized and efficient, and by the end there are ALWAYS 4 boxes labeled "Junk." 
Or other 4 letter words.

Top 5 most peculiar things I've seen since we've been here, in no particular order:

A 75 year old man with a Santa-esque figure leaving the tractor store.  In overalls.  On a bullet bike.  Yowzers.

Downtown business:  "Arreola's; Wheels and tires!"  I blushed.  And giggled.  Because I'm five like that.

The GIANT stack of paper work my kids brought home from school for me to fill out.  Then how half of all the papers were in Spanish.  So I only did the English half!  Hope that was okay...

The light fixtures in the house we're renting.  Imagine Top Ramen noodles spray painted gold.
The pick-up lane at the elementary school at about 3:00; more rhinestones than an 80's prom, y'all!  I am officially the least sparkly mom here.  Dang.

Go Mariners!!

Sometimes life sneaks up on you so fast, your head will literally spin off! 

We are moving. 

In 2 days. 

To Washington.

The fact that 96% of our things are boxed up neatly(ish) in storage suddenly sucks way less!

Also, someone hijacked my email.  And Microsoft won't let me back in because I cannot prove that I am not a robot.  (Should I be concerned?  Probably.)

allisonrjenks@gmail.com

I got with this new one because apparently Hotmail is not longer hip.  Who knew?

There's seriously one of these every week...

Lauren:  "Mom!  Did you know that this show is really getting on my worms!!"

Said after watching the same cartoon in the car for about a week, because I kept forgetting to get a new one.  Gotta watch out for the worms!! 

Beavers.

Hot summer.  Lots of boating with my parents.  With some seriously sweaty life vests...

Lauren: "I can't wait to take this dam life vest off!"

Me: "Did you just say dum?"

Lauren: "No mom. Dam.  Like a beaver dam!"

Me: "Uhhhh.  Well....."

Ohmigoshwearesobusymyheadisspinning...

This is what Tony got for Father's Day...

I mean just the picture. 

We've been collecting the kids for a few years now...

Hope you are all enjoying your fab summer!  We are busy little bees!

Jibber jabber...

Gage:  I sure do like these cartoons with Yosa-Mite Sam!

Krew jabbing Boone in the armpits with his fingers: "Chewey twickle twickle twickle!"

I set Boone down on a blanket so I could make dinner.  He immediately starts screaming...  and does so for about a squillion minutes.  My ears are on the verge of bleeding...

Lauren:  "Mom!  Boone is crying his nuts out!"
Smirk.  Me: "Oooh, that sounds bad."
Pause.
Me: "Do you mean crying his guts out?"
Lauren:  "Oh.  Yeah."

Tee hee hee.