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I have to say, that my kids are keepers.  Why?  Because they are good kids.  They are not in sports, or take piano because let's face it, that stuff is not cheap.  Instead they live in make believe, they go outside and get dirty, they play games together, Ryan even goes down the street to his friend's house now.  But, they do what they have to do.  Sure they gripe sometimes, but that is a kids job.  They follow the rules, accept responsibility, are honest, and treat others with kindness.  So yeah, I am a proud Mom.  And I will keep them. Are you a proud Mom/Aunt/Grandma/Caregiver???  Link up with EmmyMom and Kmama and share.

I haven't participated with Mamarazzi and CrazyMama and their weekly Meme of We Want To Know!  Each week they ask 5 questions and well, you answer them.  Simple.  The fun part?  The questions!  You never know what they are going to be asking. So here are the questions this week: (1) What is the usual summer high temperature where you live? (2) How do you keep cool? Do you have central air? (3) Do you swim? If you get in the water do you get your hair and make-up wet? (4) What is your favorite summer look? As far as outfit , shoe choice and hairstyle? (Pics are rad or just describe it.) Do you wear less make-up in the summer? (5) What is your favorite summer meal to make or eat, either way? (Score extra cool points for a recipe.) 1.  What is the usual summer high temperature where you live? We live in the desert region so it can get pretty dang hot here.  One summer it got all the way up to 114.  Yep.  I would say the average temp f...

*Just a notice that I am doing this from my email.  My computer is having a major meltdown right down and I am doing what I can with what I have.* When Kristin and I went to her friend's graduation, I brought my camera because I am a camera person and I was certain she would want pictures.  I got some good shots.  At least, I hoped I did as I couldn't tell if they were good, the sun was shinning and I couldn't see the image display.  When I got home that night, I uploaded the pictures I took and started editing them.  I want a better program.  Yeah the one that costs a lot of money. I digress.  I did my magic with the one I have.  And the pictures came out looking..."decent."  I quickly uploaded them to Facebook and tagged the friend and his parents(as promised) and then on Sunday his mom thanked me and told me what great pictures they were.  I smiled and told her I was disappointed that they were grainy and wished I had u...

Just near my husband's work is place where old cars are restored to their former glory.  I get to see them come together over time as I drop him off each day.  It's fun.  Most recently, a mustang was brought in.  And not just any mustang.  This one is a convertible.  And they are doing it right.  They are painting it red. I have been wanting this car since I was in high school I think.  I just sat and stared at it for a while.  Then I took a picture, because as you know it will last longer!  Ryan asked me why I took the picture.  I told him because I really wanted that car, and then I said it, "but I can't have it."  Wait a second.  Who says I can't???  I can have any car I want thank you very much!  And I want that one!  I can hear it rumbling as I drive off.  Oh!  Can you feel the power?  Oh yeah!  Just look at it.  It was then that I corrected my mistake.  "Well, I can ha...

I was thinking last night how my kids have grown.  It occurred to me as I dropped my girls off for camp.  And my son spent the entire day at his friend's house.  My house was so very quiet.  It was weird.  Even the cat was quiet.  It's a bittersweet kind of thing to watch them grow.  Having Emily go off to camp is a real sign of maturity.  She was so very excited.  Me?  A bundle of nerves.  What if she gets one of her nasty nose bleeds?  What if she gets lost, because as Kristin says, "Emily doesn't stop to smell the roses, she replants them."  What if ....and the list goes on.  Ryan spending a whole day with friends.  You know the old fashion way, "Can I go see if B can play?"  And off he goes.  I love that.  But it's sad too. It's hard to let our kids grow, but we do.  We let them, we cry with them, we laugh with them and share with them.  So while it is sad in a way, the journey is s...

Today the girls are going to Girls camp.  It is Emily's first year.  She is excited.  I am freaking out.  I did this the first time Kristin went too.  She had a blast.  Emily will too. These two made a very hard and grown up decision.  They decided, that for now it would be best to be friends.  Now he can focus on his mission(in my church a young man serves a mission for two years.) He is going soon.  And Kristin won't have to worry about keeping any promises.  And the cool thing, they really are friends and honestly it is almost as if nothing will have changed.  Right now they are sad (of course) and their hearts need to mend but I know they made a good choice.  I am pleased with both of them.  I am an idiot.  Want  to know why?  I was walking (climbing really) through my sons room to open his window.  I tripped and landed on his train table.  It looks worse now.  What's goin...

When you were little you went through many phases of what you wanted to be when you grew up.  For a while I wanted to be a doctor.  Mainly because I had an awesome one.  He was funny, kind, and good at his job.  I wanted to be like him.  But it didn't take long for me figure out I could not be a doctor.  I do not sickness.  I hate germs.  Yep, I'm a germ-a-phobe.  You can't be a very good doctor if you can't handle that.  I also wanted to be a teacher.  I had some cool ones.  And when you are a kid, having an awesome teacher has an impact.  But I realized, I am not especially good with kids.  So that was probably not a good choice for me either.  Funny, now I am in Primary! Ha! So why am I bringing this up?  Well, on Saturday there was a pool party at our Bishop's house.  I was talking to a recent high school graduate, who just so happens to be a friend of Kristin's also.  She is heading to col...