random...

not feeling great today...and I get to take the kids to the circus-oh what fun ( insert sarcastic voice)!

some random shots... a monkey with daddy's deer

 A Valentines shot of a Monkey who's growing up WAY too fast...

another V-day shot...

this kid is all personality

and  spidergirl

who climbs walls like a real monkey could...

On a seperate note I'll be happy to share my House Rules with Scripture references too but I'm gonna wait till my head is less cloudy (on second thought you may be waiting a loooong time for that so we'll say 'when I'm not sick instead'  ;  )   )

and note to self:  Don't EVER buy peanuts in their shell as snack for 4 kids unless you enjoy cleaning up the busted shells and the little filmy skins all day!

God Bless,

Mandy

happy things...

Happiness is...

a pair of new cowboy boots (60% off)

cherry blossoms

cute shoes in all colors

blooming trees

ugly chairs that I can transform into something lovely (stay tuned)

the new Flea Market Style magazine and my favorite quilt

another project...letters covered in vintage sheet music

(actually I wanted to spell out HOME or NEST but I grew impatient waiting for the store to get more 'e's in!)

Finally typing out and framing our  "House Rules"

a spoonfull (or 4) of Nutella

And  looking foreward to BUNCO night on Friday
(I'll have to take my camera along this time)!!!

Happiness IS NOT:

realizing that as I ran around taking blog pictures these two monkeys were catapulting then crushing fish crackers about the living room...

  God Bless,

Mandy

Our Trip

Not last weekend but the one before we got out of town for about 5 days.  Honey's best friends live in Salem and so we bunked at their place.  We hit up the zoo and OMSI in Portland, Chucke Cheese and random fun in Salem.  I honestly think though that the monkeys had more fun playing with the kids than anything else!

the bird cage is a favorite.

a fun filled time!


momism: if you can believe it , my printer stopped working again.  I thought no way could I have another ROCK in my printer...nope...a kix.  That's right, a piece of cereal.  So if you have random foriegn objects impairing your printers performance you must be a mom!!


God Bless,
Mandy