profesh photos: chandler

profesh photos: mom & girls

i just got some of the photos back from malea at tickled pink photo--it was seriously better than christmas morning!

to quote chandler bing, "could i BE any happier?" i think not.

you need to check malea's action out--she was simply stellar.

next up is a family photo in may--hope you will be able to contain your excitement until then....

profesh photos: kaitlyn

5 lessons learned from the 11 year old's birthday party or hb chandi!

1. never underestimate the power of a small group of girls. frankly, it's a tad bit frightening.

2. $2.00 showing of "marley and me" had many, MANY people sobbing loudly at the end. (cue eye rolling by the mother who's a cold-hearted beyotch)

3. $2.00 was two dollars too much to pay for showing of "marley and me". period.

4. having an aunt megan who will make you a soccer cake is more valuable than gold.

5. a single issue of "tiger beat" will entertain 5 adolescent girls for up to 40 minutes.

frenemies

madi stayed with us for 3 days a few weeks ago while her parents were roughing it in hawaii.

most of the time, life was good.

in a few instances, though, life was bad:

mia displayed an appalling lack of sympathy to madi's overall predicament:

it was also discovered that the best place for an impromptu picnic was chandler's bed:

thankful thursday

this week i am thankful for:

lunch with my new blogging bff, melissa--she was witty and charming and beautiful and i'm happy to report that the romance can continue on in person.... (thank goodness!! now you can stop worrying~)

breakfast with my blogging bff kami & ex-blogging- bff- now -facebook- bff- becky--i love when people show up in santa jorge and i get to hug on them a little. or, in their case, a LOT.

plus i love it even more when said bff's bring me an awesome rose ring that i vow never to take off. because it looks so CUTE.

the cutest flippin' lg lotus phone that my valentine surprised me with on valentines.

have i mentioned that it's PURPLE with FLOWERS?? oh, my. i am SOOOOO utterly predictable. and he knows me so well--

make your own polariod pictures HERE

{thanks, kami~}

hb chandler!

hb to my darling chandi-girl!!

11 years old=BIG TIME.

we love you!!

hb dad!!

hb to my DAD--

bringing sexy back since 1941.

guess who's coming to dinner PHOTO

do you remember the post i wrote titled guess who's coming to dinner?

my mom found the photo! it totally makes me giggle.

DO'S and DONT'S for an 8 year old's birthday or hb abbey!

DO invite 8 of your bestest buddies
DON'T worry about the scary decibel level that screaming in unison might reach.
DO have a "pirate party" and have your aunt megan make an adorable treasure chest cake

DO go to pirate island pizza for fun & games
DON'T worry that your dad & mom will have to take out a small second mortgage just to finance it

DO have your uncle mike show up for some free pizza

DON'T be scared when he appears to be pedophile on camera.


but, most importantly.........

DO have a complete and total blast surrounded by friends & family!

we love our abbey!

my picture book of songs or my mother's songbook that was what my childhood was made of

whenever i think of presidents day, i think of this picture--it was in my mother's my picture book of songs that we had on our piano growing up.


we learned almost every song out of this songbook, and i spent hours and hours as a child looking through the illustrations and picking out my favorites.

the book was first published in 1947 by alene dalton, myriel ashton, & erla young. i purchased my own copy about 10 years ago at deseret book, but i think that you can only get them through private buyers now.

my favorite illustration, hands down, was always this valentines day one--

i blame my early dating relationship failures on this picture.

when the boy showed up SANS white doves, love letters, and a whistle, it was ALL DOWN HILL from there.

chandi *hearts* quinn

aaaahhhh. young love.

hb abbey!

{photo by malea, tickled pink photo}

hb to my valentine baby--8 years old is a BIG DEAL.

i love you!

thankful for my birthday thursday

ahhhhhh. it's good to be 39. my day was fabulouso--i received lots of great gifts including, but not limited to, dinnerware, flowers, slugs/snails of a somewhat-creepy- in -a -good -way nature, and gym attire. it was heavenly.

my loni sent me this off the hook stamped card

my tiburon sent me the ticket stub diary that i've been drooling over--good thing this little gem will be put to good use!

(if i could only find my ticket stub to the jets/stacy q/jermaine stewart concert at the dixie center, 1988, then my life would be complete.)

my kami sent this wonderful magnet board which i heart--

but the best part of her gift was my "mindi mix cd" she sent--one of my favorite songs on it is THIS total money mix of dave matthew's band crash into me.

even though i didn't go to kelly kapour's "america's got talent" party, i still have my own mug.

sweet.

my favorite birthday card this year--from my bestie, dannielle.