I love this picture. She was so sleepy and content. Isn't she delicious?
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Yay! Cousins again!
I love this picture. She was so sleepy and content. Isn't she delicious?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Courtney
-you were named after your great-great grandma Emma...
-your dad and I liked the name...
-JUST BECAUSE, Dang it, its your name and you cant change it!
Anyways, the other night we are driving home and Emma starts in about her name again. Only this time she is ready, she says "From now on I will only answer to Courtney" I say, "I'm sorry Emma, you CANNOT change your name" which leads to "yes I can and call me COURTNEY!" I try to explain that it takes more than answering to another name and writing your new name on school papers to change a name. She just doesn't get it!
So the next day, I posted something on facebook about Emma/Courtney. Her teacher sees this and comes up with a plan to ask her about it in class. After school she comes up to me and tells me that she tried to call on someone named Courtney. Emma pipes up and says, "There is someone in High School named Courtney but no one in this class, Mrs. Rusk" So Emily, seeing that Emma wasn't going to fall into a trap that way, asks her later what name she would pick if she could change her name. Emma at first is confused, "What do you mean". Emily tries again, "If you could pick one name that you wanted to change your name to, what would you pick?"
Emma says, "Courtney!" So Emily asks her why. Emma's answer...
"I get so bored being Emma...Courtney would never be bored!"
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
More Randomness
25 revelations about myself
(and just when I thought that I was on my way to normal...the phone conversation with my sister just proved this right again! But we are definitely not going into that...)
Random
1. Started your own blog.2. Slept under the stars.3. Played in a band.4. Visited Hawaii.5. Watched a meteor shower.6. Given more than you can afford to charity.7. Been to Disneyworld.8. Climbed a mountain.9. Held a praying mantis.10. Sang a solo.11. Bungee jumped.12. Visited Paris.13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.15. Adopted a child.16. Had food poisoning.17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.18. Grown your own vegetables.19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.20. Slept on an overnight train.21. Had a pillow fight.22. Hitch hiked.23. Taken a sick day when you're not sick.24. Built a snow fort.25. Held a lamb.26. Gone skinny dipping. 27. Run a marathon.28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.29. Seen a total eclipse.30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.31. Hit a home run. 32. Been on a cruise.33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.35. Seen an Amish community.36. Taught your self a new language.37. Had enough money to truly be satisfied.38. Seen the leaning tower of Pisa in person.39. Gone rock climbing.40. Seen Michelangelo's David.41. Sung karaoke.42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.44. Visited Africa.45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.46. Been transported in an ambulance.47. Had your portrait painted.48. Gone deep sea fishing.49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.52. Kissed in the rain.53. Played in the mud.54. Gone to a drive-in theater.55. Been in a movie.56. Visited the Great Wall of China.57. Started a business.58. Taken a martial arts class. 59. Visited Russia.60. Served in a soup kitchen.61. Sold Girl Scout cookies.62. Gone whale watching.63. Gotten flowers for no reason.64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma.65. Gone sky diving.66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp.67. Bounced a check. 68. Flown in a helicopter.69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.71. Eaten caviar.72. Pieced a quilt.73. Stood in Times Square.74. Toured the Everglades.75. Been fired from a job.76. Seen the changing of the guards in London.77. Broken a bone.78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.80. Published a book.81. Been to the Vatican.82. Bought a brand new car.83. Walked in Jerusalem.84. Had your picture in the paper.85. Read the entire Bible.86. Visited the White House.87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.88. Had the chickenpox.89. Saved someone's life.90. Sat on a jury.91. Met someone famous.92. Joined a book club.93. Lost a loved one.94. Had a baby.95. Seen the Alamo in person.96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake.97. Been involved in a lawsuit.98. Owned a cell phone.99. Been stung by a bee.100. Read an entire book in one day.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
25 revelations about myself
Yes, its true...I'm sorry. You have no idea how difficult it is to be contradictory with yourself!
(on the bright side...you will only have to read one more of these...)
Trick or Treat!
Cassidy was more interested in taking candy OUT of the bag than she was in putting it IN the bag.
A few other costumes we seen on Halloween!
Cousins
Baby Claire. We got to see her for the first time! Isn't she squeezable!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
25 revelations about myself
I'm sure people probably think I'm grouchy or unsociable sometimes, but really, I'm not. I would just rather be sitting and talking with a couple close friends than be at a party with 50 people who have to scream small talk at each other.
Changing the subject....
Last Night, Emma and I were reading her book from school. When she finished I was asking her what words rhymed with Tap, Cat, Am, etc
Me: Whats words rhyme with Am?
Emma: "Jam, Mam, Pam, lamb, Ham, Da...." and she throws her hand over her mouth!
This is also the kid who sings, "Toes in the water, BUTT in the sand, Not a worry in the world, COLD SODA in my hand!"
I can't even make her cuss! You would never know that this is the kid who once told my dad to "Shut the door or I'll kick your A**!"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
25 revelations about myself
And I read them bedtime stories. Granted sometimes I make sure there are about 3 words on a page.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
little Rocky
So on the way home, Emma is sitting there quietly and suddenly she says, "Don't tell Daddy that Ellen hit me in the eye! Just tell him I got into a fight with another kid!"
...Your guess is as good as mine!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Them Crazy Kids of Mine
This is how Cassidy bowls! Strike every time, if you can believe that!
25 revelations about myself
***MOST days this is true, There are some days where I think that 2 is the perfect number. You know why? Because there are two bedrooms in my house and contemplate locking one in each room! Two kids...two bedrooms...Coincidence....I think not! No, just kidding of course, they actually are both great kids. However, I do wonder how people that have kids very close together manage! Mine are 4 years apart, I think I would like the next one a little less apart than that. But then again, once they are 4, they are pretty self-sufficient!
Cassidy and the "ssseeee"s
Then she walks over to the gate and leans through hollering at the top of her lungs at them. Seriously, I should have taken a video!
Friday, October 23, 2009
25 revelations about myself
20. I am an extremely unorganized person but find that with each child I improve a little bit.
No really, I am horrible! But I am somewhat improving! For Example:
- Emma's school papers are all in one spot. Granted that is in a stack on top of our filing cabinet inside our closet. Hey at least they are in one spot and out of site!
- My kids have a "regular" bedtime routine. I use the "s because regular for us means that it is just an improvement on our previous habits. Such as Emma actually has a general bedtime now. She used to just go to bed whenever we did. And Cassidy has to go to sleep in her own bed, or I should say, Emma's bed.
- My clean socks are now in one general basket instead of scattered throughout the rest of the clean laundry that is waiting to be folded (or worn, whichever comes first).
Ahh...Its the little things that make me feel structured!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
25 revelations about myself
(hehe...Jon wanted me to delete the cowboy hat picture a loonnnng time ago...hehe)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
25 revelations about myself
Well, ....that and being low-maintenance allows me to get me, Emma and Cassidy ready and out the door in 50 minutes or less! Yep, don't have to worry about me taking 3 hours to get ready! Although I do confess, I do try to fix my hair at least 3 days a week.
(besides when it's curly, it looks better in a ponytail) :)
Monday, October 19, 2009
25 revelations about myself
Myles and I. September 13, 2003
I loved my flowers, they were beautiful!
The Cake.
It was amazing. Frannie made it, so of course it tasted good. And the flowers were awesome, when I envisioned the cake with all the roses I had this picture in my mind. It turned out completely different and so much better than I ever imaged!
The Kiss.
I have always hated pictures of people kissing. Not sure why, just one of my little quirks. I guess it just seems intrusive to me. I put this picture on here to show the gazebo and the flowers. I did like that, it was simple but still pretty.
The Wedding Party.
It's a little blurry, I couldn't seem to find a good one.
** A funny story from my wedding: (see there was a bright spot!) I remember standing in the room getting dressed and I could see the groomsmen out behind the house, hiding and sneaking whiskey. Clayton ran off to go pee, and then they stand there awhile longer and he goes off to pee again, then again! I could see him pulling at his tie and sweating...then he says, "Man, I don't know why but I am nervous!" To this day I associate being nervous with peeing because of Clay.
Also, Bologna was riding horses with Myles and the groomsmen that day. He had his old horse, Kim, and her baby with him. They had been drinking all day and Bologna was trashed. In fact, he never got off his horse even during the ceremony. I'm not sure he could've gotten back on. Anyways, I remember looking out there and seeing my mom's dad walking across the yard to go talk "horse" with Bologna, and cringing because here was my prim and proper grandpa with good intentions going out to talk to the drunk guy who wouldn't get off his horse! Such a conflicting pair!