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Dear Elle,

Elle,

I never got to see you in a long time and Elle, I love you.

And, Elle, I never got to see you yet. And I really wanted to see you.

And have a playdate.

And, ummmmm, Elle, I like you 'cause I've been wanting to have a playdate with you, but your mom is sooo busy, so that's why I don't get to have a playdate with you.

And..... that's all.

And, Elle, is your mom still busy?

And now I am going to draw a picture for you, Elle.

I haven't got to see you yet in a long time still.

Bye.

 Holly, I need you to write your name and Elle's name on this picture.

"Ok, but I don't know how to write Elle's name."

"Well, how do you think you write Elle's name?"

"Umm.... 'A?'... "

And Mom laughs really really hard.


"Oh! How about just an 'L'?"


That works just fine, Hol-E."


"That is just so crazy. Just an L. Crazy! Here ya go, Mom, thanks, Mom."
 

I've been blogging a lot... can't u tell?

You guys... there is this new blog that you've GOT TO SEE.

Seriously...

I highly recommend it! The author is so funny! And pretty! And skinny! Whoot woo!

Check me her out!


and for all you kids who live out west... make sure you visit that lovely site later this week! GIVING away tickets to the Casual Blogger Conference in Sandy, UT. You want those. That conference is gonna rock!

ps. when u get over to SeriouslyAHomemaker, PUHLEASE follow me! I will heart you forever! Also, please, if you ever get a hair to recommend me to your friends, don't tell them my last name! I am trying to see that on the DL over there...

stalkers and weirdies and such, ya know?

And now you know why I haven't been blogging here...

{smooches!}

Snowbody's Business

Welcome to Our House

We're a little under the weather right now.

 

We are accepting visitors... who have 4-wheel drive.

 

Because since it began snowing Friday night, we've only had ONE truck pass by with a plow on the front... not a "regulation, Utah-esque snowplow," but a guy in a a pickup truck. He came by once.

 

Dress appropriately! It's a good idea to wear pink in these parts. 

Works kinda like hunter orange in a sea of white.

Also, short-legged people beware. 

You could find yourself in deep doo-doo if you leave the beaten path. 

22 inches of it.

We'll leave the light on for ya.

Ever Fall Asleep in the Shower? Ha... hahaha

You know how important senior journalists go into war zones sometimes against their better judgment, just to get the interview, or photographs, that will propel them ahead in their careers?-- knowing that things may very well turn ugly and they could really regret being there?

Today I got a little spice of how they must feel.

I knew Lil' Bro was sleeping beautifully in his crib. I wanted to get a picture of him so I could show the world how beautifully wonderful he is. Especially when asleep.

So... I went into his bedroom...

tiptoe

tiptoe

squeak... PAUSE... don't move!!!

tiptoe

CLICK!

wiggle

CLICK!

squirm

SHHHHHHHH! OH CRAP....

oh, just... CLICK

k...

tiptoe

silently climb onto the toilet seat* to get a better angle... creeeeaaak!

wonder what the crap I am doing... DON'T WAKE HIM UP!

CLICK (why is the camera so loud?!)

Yes!

run out of the room...

Hello, beautiful boy! I LOOOOVVVVEEE YOUR LITTLE FACE!


Thank you for becoming such a good sleeper.

Did you guys realize that lately he's been sleeping through the night (sometimes)? Can I get an "Amen"?

AMEN! (thanks)


*Yes, yes he does sleep in the shower in the master bathroom. Kinda. He sleeps where the tub SHOULD be. How long can this last, you ask? Only until he is old enough to turn on the water.

Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

Tock.

Dang!

Wait!


Good morning, my dear!

I take back what I said about him being most beautiful when he sleeps.

This Snow is Freakin' Awesome!

Welcome to Virgina, lovely snow... again.

Only last time it snowed like this here, we were on our way to Utah for Christmas. So, we missed it all!

 

These pictures were taken this morning... and we got A LOT more snow after that. A LOT. 

Last night we took the Jeep over to the church parking lot and pulled the kids (and me!) around the on a sled. It was SO FUN! I had fun on the sled while Tom floored it and didn't look back... and when I fell off at full speed. Its cold when snow gets all up your back and up your pant-legs. I actually think the best part was listening to the kids giggle at me as I over-acted and jumped up from the deep snow and ran back to the sled, hiking my jeans up and hopping back on. They thought I was funny. 

Its way more fun to be a funny mom than a nagging mom who says, "eat your chicken!"

We'll post more pics tomorrow. Yay! This is so fun!

In-house Geek Squad

It dropped.... more than once, over it's lifetime. It lived with us and our 3 computer-literate kids, so those things can happen. Always on accident... and not very often, but over the course of 3 years, the damage to our mac laptop just added up! 

It died. 

And so we just needed to salvage the hard drive before laying it to rest...

And this is how my mac looks today.

Kind of a work of art... in a anti-tech way.

Apparently Tom does computer repair work like he does bathtub repair work.

Good News: I took all the buttons off the keyboard so that I can make a real work of art out of them someday. You know, like a sign that says,

or 

or 

or
 

I'd like to say the possibilities are endless, but they're not,

 

Same paper, different light (except for "waz up?") ... Weird, huh?