Two Little Darlings

I was lucky enough to take pictures of two of my favorite little girls. They are so much fun to take pictures of! We do sessions twice a year and I love seeing them grow and watch their little personalities change. Two girls. The exact opposite of my children. I loved their outfits and seeing sisters play together.

Little Miss was so happy the entire time! This picture is my absolute favorite. Look at her squeal with delight! I would be happy too if I had those cute red shoes!

I'm loving the location which I admit was a last minute change. I'm now on a quest to find outfits for my boys so I can go take their pictures. Thanks Kerry for sharing your darling little girls with me. I always have fun spending an afternoon with them.

Savings Madness!

I'm giving myself a huge pat on the back today. I started using a free online coupon savings site and it is wonderful! They just extended to California so check out www.grocerysmarts.com All my food today was only $37.42 and I SAVED over $91!!! Cereal for only 50 cents a box and free lunch meat... I'm one happy girl! Besides the savings on food I now have 40 cents off each gallon of gas at my next fill up! I would have even saved more but my two little helpers each earned a package of gum. Damon is proud and I'm happy to have more money in my pocket. I'm loving this!

For Sale

Please don't laugh at me but I have a new item for sale. Last year I bought a new desk. I love it. It's beautiful and ALMOST all of it worked out perfectly! This piece was suppose to go on top of one section but I didn't measure correctly! It's been sitting in my room for a year. I can't part with it until now... for sale for $50.

Life on the Beat

A few weeks ago was take your child to work day so I packed the boys up in the car and we went to go see Daddy at work! Once the boys are older they will be able to go to work with Damon on this day and even go on calls! Super fun. We had never seen Daddy's office and the boys loved it. Damon took us around showing us off and Trevor and Shane loved the offerings of candy at each stop! The cubical was full of family pictures, Guatemalan art, and police stuff. The cases were stacked on his desk but I must say it's a clean desk. Future Detective in training. The boys already play police and have a little more advanced police officer rolls while playing. I will hear them say, "Get your hands out of your pockets." "Show me your hands!" "Get on the ground" And then the hand cuffs come out. I think most kids their ages just run around saying freeze!

Shane is so polite when he meets adults. He knows to shake hands and then say nice to meet you. It cracks me up!

Once we were finished with the tour we went out to lunch at Metro Pizza. We had fun with the other Detectives and their children having lunch and talking cop. The best part, lunch at half price because we were with men with badges!

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***This was all done on their own and as you can see they thought they were so funny!

missing them

A week without my two side kicks went by too fast but I sure am missing them. Quiet is nice but sometimes it turns into boring. All week I wondered what I use to do before kids! They bring life into my life! We laugh, we play, we love and I am missing that.

Shane can always talk me into stopping for lunch. Since he was a baby and would scream french fry I seem to stop and get him a bite.

I'm missing my lunch date buddy. Trevor is always with me and keeps lunch dates lively. Instead I had quiet conversation this week which was an oddly relaxing lunch!

Bubble tubs are given daily or almost daily or whenever depending on my energy level. Trevor loves his time getting clean and as you can see is never bored while getting clean.

I love how they ask for a treat and then I don't feel so guilty stopping to get a Diet Coke. Don't you just love how Trevor eats a donut? He puts it through his finger and bites all around. Pretty smart I must say.

It is time to go pick up our little buys. They had a blast without us but I'm sure they missed us some times. We'll be back to our crazy life again soon and then I will wonder why I ever got bored in my quiet house.

Quiet Week

My life is usually crazy. Running around, working, cleaning, referring fights, endless loads of laundry, filling up sippy cups, trips to the park, cooking meals but this week has been quiet. After Shane's birthday Damon's parents asked if they could take the boys back to California. Shane would miss T Ball and school but the thought of a quiet house sounded like true bliss. One week alone with my husband. We packed the boys up and planned a week of fun. Damon had to work but we still had his week-end and after work.

Kisses were given and we waved good-bye. Shane and Trevor couldn't wait for a vacation without mom and dad and Grandma and Grandpa couldn't be more thrilled either! First stop, we went to look at cars but ended up coming home with this. We love it. Not something we were planning on but it made sense to get rid of the Sequoia and not have any car problems.Then, we planned on getting a pedicure. Something Damon has NEVER done. It would be fun and relaxing and then we would be off to lunch. The weather was warming up and a perfect day which means crime starts to pick up and ruined our day! Instead I went with my regular pedicure buddy, Julie, and Damon worked.While I have been enjoying lunches, dinner, and fun with friends Damon has been stuck at work. Working an extra 45 hours this week! He was out solving a murder and finding justice for various victims of violent crimes getting only 2 hours of sleep one night. Me, I made our year supply of freezer jam and went to movie. Shopped a little and hung out with friends. Sometimes I did get a little lonely and not quit sure what to do with myself. On Tuesday I cleaned the house. We had a house full of company and I went from room to room to clean everything up. Today it still looks like it did on Tuesday and I haven't done one thing since!No messes in Shane's room to pick up. And no messes in Trevor's room to pick up!

I have only done one load of laundry and one load in the dish washer! This has given me time to do so many other things! I actually played the piano this week. Some times I have been lonely and misses those cute boys but I have needed a quiet week alone.

The week with my husband didn't go as planned. We didn't see shows, stay at a hotel, or get pedicures but he still got a little pampered and had his first experience with waxing! My neighbor came to wax my eye brows and Damon reluctantly waxed his neck! I will say, men are such wimps about these things.


One thing that hasn't stayed clean is my desk. I have been working away at Piggies and Paws in time for Mother's Day. I am not clean when I am busy working away so a clean desk will just have to wait!

The boys haven't missed us once and are having a blast with their Grandparents and cousins. Life couldn't be any better for all of us!