First day of school

Home Life

First Day of School!
 Presley, 1st grade.
 Zoe, Kindergarten. 

Zoe's first day of school socks. High and Tight. Some days are harder than others to not stifle Zoe's fashion works. 

2nd day of school. 

I love my three girls!

Sam, put your big girl panties on!
She tried. 

Sam's Town

Sam, get off the table!

Now.

Cheer up!

Zoe's Creations

Zoe loves the trees in the back yard!

My girl.

Fashion's finest. 

Peanut Barrel

My peanut!

The glue that holds us together!

Home School/ Home Work

Homemade pencil containers. 

A+ Presley!

Zoe's container displays two things she is really into,  Peace signs and Zebra patterns. How does this happen?

Zoe's first homework sample. Project Make Me. I don't want to criticize  this self portrait, but Gallagher came to mind. 

Gallagher came to mind again.
Zoe, honey, if you are old enough to read these blog archives, I love you and truly believe in your artistic abilities. You were born an artist!

So focused.  See you are an artist!
We decided that Project Make Me might need some sprucing up. 

Now, This is my Zoe!

Perfection!
Lots of Zebra strips, I told you.

Home Cooking

We will be discussing corn on the cob.

 Sam LOVES corn on the cob.

Great snack, but doesn't always fit in my snack bowl, so...

Just throw it on the carpet and grab the ipad. Mom doesn't care. Why would she worry about the corn when she has this pile of laundry to worry about.

Okay, seriously, I just learned that corn on the cob only needs 2 minutes in boiling water. I have always cooked it for 8 minutes. 2 minutes work better. Thanks Aunt Susan for the lesson.

Home decorating

Booby trapped stairway designed by the kids.

Multi-purpose design that can also be used to hang naughty animals.

Sam's monster wall, because she is a monster...

A cute monster. Sam, get off the table!

Woody

Woody was up a tree.

Home flashback



Monster 1 and 2



Monster 2 and 3

One Shining Moment

Hi. I see that my last blog was in April. I recall, awhile back, reading a blog about blogging. One guiding principle was...Blog regularly (so you don't lose your audience). Are you lost? Be found.

Also, we moved. California was tough. Tough times there. Now, we live in Colorado. We will be moving into our new home next week. Then, maybe then, I'll do some more homey things like...home schooling, home cooking, home decorating...ya know, the things I should be blogging about. I also know that I should not end a sentence with a preposition. Another rule I don't follow.

So this blog is intended to catch ya up on a few rough times and a few good times. We've had a lot of both.

Lets get the rough times out of the way...

Woody has been hanging on by a thin thread too!

Presley's mascara application.

No, the hand to the cheek doesn't help.

Camera Theft. Look in the mirror for evidence.

That's enough of the rough times! Now, for our late spring and summer shining moments...Wait, speaking of shining moments, I just learned this year about college basketball's "One Shining Moment"...kind of a big deal after the Final Four. Note to self; if watching Final Four with actual basketball fans, DO NOT change the channel or go to bed until "One Shining Moment" is completed! Thought you should know. Wish I would have known that little rule. So, if you know the tune, go ahead and play it in your head while you look through these highlights...

My shining moment in Tehachapi's last spring snow.

Presley is proud!

An uncle's shining moment if I ever saw one.

"One Shining Moment" Come on...sing along.

First taste of the Missouri River.

Zoe is very shiny.

Name that movie ...

•  "Is there a different mailroom?"
• " No. This is the only one."
• " It's not very shiny."
  (hint: one of my favorite Xmas movies)

The man who educated me on "One Shining Moment"
He too had an uncle's shining moment by giving the girls an amazing day on the river

Oh ya!

Presley caught air. Olympic style. 

That is all for now. I really hope you are found.