I've been busy...

So tonite, my mom is over while Seth is on his man date with KJ's husband, Aaron...and Gwen's playing like Manny (my mom) is the famous, the amazing, the wonderful, Ms.Kathy...anyway, she luggs in 7 babies (Shrek, FiFi, Wilma, 2 actual babydolls, Cow and another baby Wilma) saying that she's dropping them off, here's the interaction between she and my mom:
Manny: Good morning! How are you?
Gwen: Fine, I'm running late so the babies need breakfast
Manny: OK, man you sure have alot of babies
Gwen: yeah, I've been busy
Manny: (thru laughs) I bet! (mom looks at me and we're both laughing so hard)
Gwen: I had 7 babies in my tummy...ok, well, gotta go
Manny: Have a good day!

FUNNY! I've been busy...all I have to say is that better be the ONLY time she says something like that until she's 3o and married...done...parenting lesson for the evening:)

In love with vampires

Yeah yeah, its a 'young adult book' but whatever...I'm on the fourth...maybe that's why I haven't been on this thing in 5,000 years...whatever...the 1st book is Twilight...New Moon...Eclipse...Breaking Dawn...I'm addicted, its true...I'm going to see the movie this Friday when it opens...some of the girls from work are coming with me! We're so excited...the actor who plays Edward (the BEAUTIFUL vampire in the book) also played Cedric Diggory in the 4th Harry Potter Book...just fyi...so anyway, meet me at the movies on Friday night, the late (9pm) show...Fossil Creek...we'll have a coke to stay awake.

my little abercrombie models & a little nkotb

OK, so I'm combining posts because of...well, several things: 1. Gwen and Daddy are having bath time (and Graelyn's asleep); 2. I can no longer look at my blog at work...I know, I almost cried; 3. I have limited amount of time before someone will holler my name and I'll have 1000 things to do all over again!
OK, so here is a picture of the girls today as we went to the punkin patch! Fun times....to me, they look a little like the abercrombie pictures we used to take at OBU...think Grand Canyon girls...reality is that Gwen had NO intentions of staying still with all the bounce houses and Graelyn was just chillin' as usual.

Sooo, the other thing...last Sunday night 3 of my friends and I (all 3 of these friends are from 3 different stages of my life and have become "blog" friends and now real friends...it was AWESOME to go with them) went to see New Kids on the Block...you heard right...the tickets were free and AMAZING! Even better, the show rocked and I've now become a fan all over again...the show really was great, they are older but so are we...it was great...we laughed (because this lady in front of us had the old school jacket from the late 80's, no lie, read KJ's blog about it...and the lady, not KJ was CRAZY!) we sang and we screamed...it was a hoot.

Here are some pictures:

And finally, here's a video of them singing...cool...yes, I'm a fan and YES I would have purchased a t-shirt and worn it proudly but let's face it $45 is a heck of a lot of money to pay for a t-shirt...unless it's the cutest t-shirt you've ever seen and it makes you look like you've lost 15 pounds...I'd pay $50 for that kind of t-shirt...

And then you remember...

I'm tired...yeah, I know, its 10:43pm, I have to get up at 5:15 (ok, 5:30 because I'll snooze) and I'm sitting here on this computer typing...but something must be said...surely someone wants to read it. I get up in the morning, tired, nay, exhausted at the thought of taking another shower, putting on my makeup and getting ready again for another day at school...don't get me wrong, I like what I do, I miss my girls more than I can say but I like what I do...it's the ideal situation for our family right now...but lately, I've been complaining, not to anyone mind you, but to myself. Yes, I'm admitting that I talk to myself...whatever, you do too, you just might not admit it to thousands (OK, 10's) of people! 

Anyway, I've been complaining to myself, not enough time, not enough money, not clean enough, nothing fits, no time to run, no time to run errands, no time!!! Just before this, I went into the girls' rooms, I do this every night before I go to bed, just to check...really just to take one more look at them, breathe them in before I collapse on my bed. They are so peaceful, so beautiful, so close to our God...these are the times when I speak to our Father...these are the times I feel closest to him...it's almost like this is how he sees us, peaceful, pure, open...and quiet enough and still enough to receive his grace and mercy and love.

I am gratefully blessed by these angels God has given me...grateful for their precious hearts and giving spirits...they already have Jesus with them and I see it when Graelyn gives her best friend Abby hugs over and over throughout the day at Ms. Kathy's and when Gwen volunteers to share everything I've packed in her lunch on Museum School days...she wants to share with my mom...and she even wants to share candy corn...her favorite fall candy.

I need to be more like them...I need to dole out the hugs and share my candy corn, again and again, just like my girls.

I promise not to preach anymore this week...maybe this month:)

BOWS! BOWS! And more BOWS!

Sooo, my lifelong friend Kelly and I have been slowly, quietly starting our own business. We've been to a few craft fairs and are going to more this fall...and now...we've launched our own website! If you are in the market for bows, paci clips and other kid/baby stuff, check it out...let us know what you think.

Feel free to order something and let me know if you don't see something that you want, we probably make it or can! And as always, it's a work in progress so we'll continue to add things all the time!

Oh yeah, and here's the website:

www.abbygrae.com

You've Got the Right Stuff...Baby

Ok girls, admit it, you were fans of NKOTB...whatever you were! I went to 2, yes 2 concerts when I was in middle school so don't play. Anyway, I found this FABULOUS new site...check out my sites below under "as if you didn't get enough celebrity above" and scroll down...this chica went to the new concert!!!! I'm just dying because she LOVED it!!! Sooo, ladies, the New Kids on the Block will be at the AAC (that's the American Airlines Center for you weirdos) on October 19th...who's in...we'll just make it a whole weekend together...SERIOUSLY????

Museum School

Soo, 2 weeks ago was Gwenie's first day of Museum School...SHE LOVED IT! My mom's taking her and she just had the best time...she had such a good time that I have to now pack her a lunch to eat in the car on the way back to Ms. Kathy's...funny stuff! She thinks she's so big with her lunch and school...I think I'm going to have to re-budget to get her into more school...maybe Rebekah's preschool or something...she LOVES school...but so did I...LOVED it...maybe that's why I'm still here...who knows.

Doesn't she look like SUCH a big girl...tear.