Everything Comes Full Circle

As I was driving home tonight I found myself in the neighborhood I lived in when I was sixteen. Those streets were the first ones driven and those hills gave my clutch a good workout. As I turned the sharp L shaped corner I had driven so many years ago my mind went back in time. I was driving to Pizza Hut for the evening shift, a special letter with handwriting that I knew so well lay on the seat next to me. I was singing at the top of my lungs and daydreaming, wondering if anything would come of the special pen pal friendship we had formed. If only I knew then how blessed I would be.....

A Boy and His Dinosaur

Grandma and Grandpa Erickson came into town last night and brought Ethan's birthday present with them. This dinosaur is truly loved! Ethan named him Greenie and Greenie hasn't left Ethan's sight in almost 24 hours. Greenie gets to sleep in bed and Ethan makes him happy by sharing his most beloved possession....BB.

Heaven In Low Cal Form

This is my new favorite breakfast. It's Yoplait Boston Cream Pie yogurt over fresh strawberries. The best part is it's only 130 calories!

Mmmmm......

Online Dating, Where You're Sure to Bag Yourself One Heck of a Loser!

The online dating protocol:

1. Guy likes girl, guy sends flirt.

2. If guy really likes girl he takes the time to send a message.

3. If girl likes guy she responds.

4. Messages are exchanged and maybe even a few IM conversations.

5. Guy gets courage to ask girl for her number.

6. Girl shows his profile to every one of her friends to get their opinion before giving up the digits.

7. Guy calls girl. This is where they lose me.

I got a call tonight from someone, we'll call him Jay, and it was one weird conversation. It went something like this:

Me: Hello?
Jay: Hi. This is Jay.
Me: Oh, hi. What are you up too?
Jay: I'm making jewelry.
Me: (Pause) Oh. Do you often make jewelry?
Jay: It's for my sisters wedding next week.

This is where my mind starts to wander. On one hand it's sweet that he's helping his sister with her wedding preparations. On the other hand how much jewelry has this guy made that he would be good enough to make necklaces for a wedding? Hmmmm.......

Me: Well that's really nice of you. You don't often hear of a guy doing something like that for his sister.
Jay: Yeah, I like to make jewelry. I like to stamp too.
Me: Um, stamp?
Jay: Yeah, I like to make cards and stamp things.
Me: Oh, okay.

Again, my mind wanders. I imagine that I'm married to this guy and I'm hosting a card party. All of my closest girlfriends are there.......and so is he. Hmmmmm..........

And before you go assuming that he's gay he talked a lot about making out.

(((NEXT)))

The Thriller Dance

Parley's school had their dance festival today. Parley's class did the Thriller dance, it was so cute. He was excited to perform and he was happy that I was recording it, he has changed so much this year!

My battery charger is still broken so I borrowed a camera and the quality of the video isn't great. Plus it would only record 60 seconds of video at a time so there are four videos if you want to watch the whole dance. Parley is the third one in, in the bright green shirt.

Movin' Up

Ethan had his preschool graduation and field day today. He was so excited to get his diploma.

After the graduation party it was time for field day. The preschool class got the field all to themselves and they had so much fun.

There was a hose and water balloons and lots of ways to get wet!



And popsicles of course.

Parley came out for recess while we were out there so they got to play together. This is Parley's best friend Jordan, they are hardly ever apart.

I got the best mother's day present I could ask for, both of my boys stood with the primary to sing to the mom's! I was in the back and I could hear Parley singing, it was so precious. Ethan was so scared to go up to the stand but Parley promised to hold his hand the whole time so Ethan decided to do it. This is the first Mother's day that either of them have gone up to sing, and they both went. I'm so happy to be their mom!!

Milk Weed Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Thanks for posting this Jenn. It will make a very cute goal skirt if I win. :)

Milk Weed Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!