whatever

Blog

my goofy kids

June 22, 2010

————————————————————————————————————————-

sean: i wish my last name was AWESOME.

————————————————————————————————————————-

————————————————————————————————————————-

sean: i bet there is no one in the world with the last name Chickenspray.

i bet he's right.
————————————————————————————————————————-

annie: MOM! sean is eating his breakfast in his underwear!
(she is also standing there in the kitchen telling me this….in her underwear!)

sean: annie…these aren't underwear. they are boxers.
Hunter eats his breakfast in his boxers all the time.
(Hunter is my teenage nephew that we have not seen in 6 months)

annie: well sean…HUNTERS are mean and do bad things like kill animals!
   (so confused)

————————————————————————————————————————-

————————————————————————————————————————-

me: would you both stop fighting! just try to get to along!!!

annie: hey sean…do you want to try that? should we just not fight and be nice?

sean: annie…when someone is bothering me i just try to not listen and ignore them.
   except when it's scott.
   he just annoys me so bad and i then i get so mad……

————————————————————————————————————————

annie calls raviolli "graveeoli"

she calls sharpies "pern-a-get mawkawrs"

she always says "in-specially" for especially.

————————————————————————————————————————

————————————————————————————————————————-

she said "chocolate rocks. vanilla does not rock…but chocolate does rock!"

————————————————————————————————————————

annie: "mom, can we have more babies in our house?"

me: "well…i would like that but it's up to God.
if God wants us to have more babies…we will."

annie: "ssshhhhhh…be quiet…… i hear jesus. he's says…..you get to have more babies!"

me: "HA HA HA…you'll have to tell daddy about that"
————————————————————————————————————————-

————————————————————————————————————————

annie said "today i'm going to bring my fake In-merican girl to school…AND MY WORMS!!"

————————————————————————————————————————

sean: "MOM…would you have the crown of knowledge from harry potter…
   or a pan of baked potatoes?"

before i could answer he said "i know i know…crown of knowledge. me too"
————————————————————————————————————————

————————————————————————————————————————-

ME: "i like ET because it was the first movie i saw in the theater.
   we didn't go to movies very often like you guys do.
   there weren't as many movies for kids and it was too much money"

talby: "so you were POOR?!"

ME: "yeah…we kind of were…sort of"

talby: "did everybody wear knee high socks?"

sean: "and those hair things….scruncies?!"

what in the world?

show hide 60 comments

add a comment

Funny Love Quotes - Very cute kid pictures. Nice work.

eds - I’m convinced you have the funniest kids on the face of the earth! I hope I get to have kids someday (wait — is that the voice of Jesus I hear, telling me that I will?! 🙂 and that they are half as funny! What a hoot!

Collette - I wanted to let you know that although my only child, a daughter, is now out of the house and a sophmore in college, I often find that “mom blogs” aren’t really something I can relate to much anymore, but I keep coming back here, (everyday;) ) because of your wit and the kids and the photos and the just general happy atmosphere, even when things seem out of your control you maintain, and in this day and age, even maintaining is a struggle. I appreciate you so much! Thanks, Col

crystal b - Loved this. You’ll look back on these conversations some day and miss them so much!

Heather - All hysterical, but the scrunchie comment put me over the edge! seriously, where do kids even hear about things like scrunchies? 🙂

Tonya - ET was my first movie theater movie too! Every time we are by that movie theater, I tell my kids about ET. I always point out my childhood house and grade school too. And, I’m a Kansas girl just like you!

Laura Phelps - I can not wait to meet your goofy kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sophie - How funny! I can’t believe you managed to remember all those conversations!!!

Kat - This will be great to look back on. Too funny.
Love the bit about having more babies. What did Craig say to that one?!

candace - hilarious! can you do a post like this every week?

kristine - ha ha hilarious! and i want annie’s sundae! that fudge looks GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Pitch perfect. And totally – the pan of baked potatoes! Duh.

Abby - hilarious!! I needed this post thanx!

Angie - I love your blog…thanks for making me smile everyday!
I voted for your picture…Hope you win!
Angie

Sugar Mama - I have read your blog for a while, and never commented (so sorry!) but your picture of Daylight Donuts just made me love your blog even more! I grew up in OK and spent many special morning eating donuts and sausage rolls from there…. and I miss it so much! Now I’m craving them ;o)

Rachel / cREaTe - love it. especially the hunter / underwear conversation. 🙂 hysterical.

Emily B. - Oh my goodness, I spotted a peanut butter donut! When my husband and I were dating we used to drive up to Druber’s just for the PB donuts, and the excuse to stay out later, together.
And the Chickenspray name is He-LAR-ious! I think he’s right, I haven’t seen that one in the phonebook.

Jennifer - Daylight Donuts!! I grew up in Clovis, NM and we had a Daylight Donuts. I thought it was the only one because I had never come across another and miss them terribly. And then it pops up on your blog and here I sit salivating…
I LOVE the kids conversations! What a fun post!

Christine Ishmael - Aren’t those donuts one of the things on your summer list? I hope you don’t mind but I borrowed (ok I copied) your idea for the summer check-off list…my kids loved it! I love how my little kids say things…I get so mad when my older kids correct the younger ones when they say something wrong…they’ll figure it out soon enough! Why do the older kids do that…thanks for sharing your summer days!

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - mmmmmm …. ice cream … i want some now!
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com

Lisa - Oh, that made my whole afternoon. I’m laughing so hard.

shelly @familyblt - That last one is the best! So are more babies in your future?!

Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - that’s hilarious. and i’m pretty for sure God wants you to have more babies.

Katy Stone - I woke up this morning, logged in to read my blogs and this, by far, made my morning! best thing i’ve read all day. can you please do this more often? (and the best thing is- you don’t have to PLAN anything, just remember!) 🙂

sara's art house - Hilarious!

Deedra P. - I had to laugh…most of these “conversations” sound like what is talked about at our house. From Harry Potter, to underwear (we call them “jockeys”), to being “poor”, and finally MORE BABIES LOL! Have a great day:))

Linnea - These are some of my favorite posts – just random quotes from the kids! Love it and it made me luagh out loud today! You are so blessed to have so many wonderful kids!

Julie - Makes me want babies right this second.

Kimberlee J. - Hysterical. Sean is totally cracking me up today.

Jill J. - OK, I have read the Harry Potter series like 4 times (hangs head in shame) and have never heard of the “crown of knowledge.” But, I’m sure I would like one rather than a pan of baked potatoes.
Love,
Mrs. Chickenspray 🙂

Carrie K - oh gees…i am CRYING these made me laugh so hard!!
you have the coolest crazy kids ever 🙂
oh and dont worry…i was poor and wore scruncies too! haahaahaahaahaaa

Heather Richter - According to google…no Mr. or Mrs. Chickenspray. Our girls have fakey In-American dolls, too. You always make me laugh.
~Heather R.

Michelle - This post cracked me up Meg!

Heather - so funny!! love the crown of knowledge or pan of baked potatoes question. awesome!

Jennifer De Los Santos - I love the way Annie pronounces words. Kate is starting to really talk and it cracks us up the way she says things. “Night Night, sweep tight, not wet de bedbums bite” is one of our favorites. She also likes to go “simmin” in the pool.

katy - Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh this morning after I got 3 hours of preggo sleep with my sick two year old. 🙂

Erica - Oh my goodness… That sounds so great! haha =)

kelli - love it! {maybe even more than i love that drubers pb knot up there!}

Andria - Our oldest still calls boxers “boxsters”, he’s going into 6th. I guess we better tell him, we just think its so darn cute we’ve never corrected him. Our 6 year old says it too. I love the things kids say.

patti - too cute!
i have been trying to write down stuff as my kids say funny things. my mom has all these great things from when me and my brothers were little. like, i guess i used to ask my mom if there was electricity and television when she was a little girl (i am guessing i thought she grew up in “little house on the prairie times”.) – she loved me for that one! hahaha!

Kelsey - hahahaha!!! so cute = )

mandy friend - thanks for giving me a laugh so early in the morning…off to hide any scrunchie picturea before my kids can see…

Tracy - These quotes are the best! So funny, I’m truly laughing out loud! How wonderful to preserve all of this : ) My daughter loves reading your posts with me too….she loves Annie ❤

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - LOL ~ Oh, i needed to laugh! ET was my first movie, too 🙂 I want to be DB when I grown up!

Tracy - LOL too funny! The first movie I recall seeing at young ages were Jaws (at the drive-in movie) – I think I was SIX and it scared the beejeebees out of me and then I saw the black hole in the theatre. Kids are so funny but yours always crack me up because they are just too cute! :o)

Molly Pearce - I loved this!!! I don’t have any kids but I am going to do my own craft day of the week for myself. Your crafts look so fun! Can I come and craft with y’all? Have a happy Tuesday!!
~Molly P

tara pollard pakosta - these are awesome!!!
I love this post!
well, I love all your posts!
it’s like the highlight of my day, seriously! LOL!
sad, but true>
tara

Lisa - Should we try this? Should we try and not fight and get along? Priceless…I wish my boys would try it! 🙂

Lisa K - Hahahahahahaha thank you so much for this great post. I loved it. And I am so happy for you and your kids that you recorded all of that in print so it will never be forgotten 🙂 Precious and priceless. Love it!!

Krissa - these are hilarious…bahahahaha…thats awesome…i wanna read more!!!!!

vanessa - These are my favorite type of posts. I could listen to funny things kids say all day long! The Hunters was the best one.

purejoy - ummm i disagree. i think your name must be awesome. or one of your kids or something. they are so adorable and i love to hear how their minds process. thanks for sharing a window into your world!

Lynda - WHO TOLD THEM ABOUT THE SCRUNCIES!?!?!?!?!?!?!?;)
I like those “tiny”people!!!!
Lynda

Kate - How funny…my V calls ravioli “graveeoli” too…

Kari - My favorite was when Annie was confused about “Hunters” :)! Yay for school being out and you being able to engage in even more conversations with your kids…priceless!

Wendy - I love this post Meg. 🙂 Made me smile. My youngest used to call a bathing suit-“baby soup” and goggles-“gobbles” so it was great when she’d want to go for a swim. “Mom, I need my baby soup and gobbles!”. So sweet!

Lisa - You’re kids are so sweet. I love the stuff they come up with. I came across this blog and thought you would like this post…
http://bedifferentactnormal.blogspot.com/2010/06/rainbow-pudding-pops.html
Take Care,
Lisa

Shannon - I bet there are other bloggies who would want you to take pictures here in Atlanta if you make the trip …hint hint 🙂

Shannon - Well, why don’t you all come to Atlanta so you can see your neice and nephew — AND take Hunter’s Senior pictures!! 🙂 He goes in tomorrow for the tux/yearbook picture! I can’t believe he will be a Senior!

Dana D@BoysMyJoys - This in-specially made my day, Mrs. Awesome!
🙂

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

rambling….and craft thursday #4

June 21, 2010

i have an opening for photos this thursday JUNE 24 at 7 PM.
any one want to take it?
—————————————————————————————-

anyone know a cheap(er) way to get photoshop? (for a Mac)
where did you buy yours?
how much was it?

—————————————————————————————-

i made julie/heather's salted caramel cupcakes last week.

i loved them.
like really loooooved them.
i didn't have the candy for the top because i forget everything when i go to the store.
and they were just as good without.

—————————————————————————————-

we went to sugar sisters last week.

we heard they may be in financial trouble so we made sure to get there at least one more time.
i had the strawberry babycake.
it was the best cupcake i have had there yet.
yum yum yum.
it will be sad if they have to close….i like it there.

did you guess that my sugar ban is over?
i am all about moderation now.
i proved that i could do with out completely….and it makes me sick now when i have had much at all.
but a taste is good.
let's hope i can keep from becoming a junkie again.
—————————————————————————————-

two of my children went to camp yesterday.
i keep thinking i forgot someone…or i need to pick someone up.
this week should be a breeze having only three to keep tabs on.

—————————————————————————————-

at the Y last week i was jogging on the track.
my iPod was on (with my rap music) at the highest volume….just the way i like it.
two ladies were walking and talking together on the track ahead of me.
i thought "i wish i was talking with my friends" as i came up on them.
they turned to me as i was passing them and smiled and said "we love your blog"
at least that is what i think they said because my headphones were blasting.
ha!

ladies….you made my day.
🙂
the rest of my run was like i floating.
thanks.

—————————————————————————————-

this is the house i grew up in.
it was a lighter yellow back then…not quite so bright.
there used to be a porch swing on the right side of the porch.
craig and i sat out there for hours.
talking.

yeah…that's it….talking.

—————————————————————————————-
craft thursday…done on a friday…posted on a monday.

we choose another project from deep space sparkle.

we made tissue paper dragons.
it was difficult to change the mindset to having a perfect dragon to a free form dragon.
i kept saying "just tear and then find a way to make that shape work somewhere."
and the mantra of "it doesn't have to be perfect…it's ART"

sean disagreed.
he would have preferred to use scissors.
but talby and annie could "see" the dragon in the shapes.

i used watered down glue and our watercolor paint brushes.
our projects are almost always done on mediumweight Sketch Pad paper…found at walmart.

when we were done i outlined them in sharpie and cut them out to hang up.

talby

sean

annie

mine

another successful craft thursday.
yay!

————————————————————————————-

on saturday morning my friend kerry had a baby girl.
and i got to photograph her birth.
it was amazing and emotional and extremely humbling to be there.
i love her family so much.

her sweet baby Kyler is in the NICU now.
will you pray for them?
God hears every prayer.
He has a plan for them and He is in control.
i am sure of that.
—————————————————————————————-

show hide 60 comments

add a comment

webcams - I will definitely visit your site more often cause I like your ideas and the information you post. free les chat live chat adult finder free free chat

Lori - A prayer for sweet Kyler-done.

crystal - Those Dragons rock! I love your Blog too!!!!

Robyn - i love this craft! so cute. i may try something similar but maybe with fish or birds.
i hope your friends baby i ok. my godson has been in and out of the nicu for a long time and its SO scary. life changing. and prayers have helped him come a long way. he has a long road still but the prayers have helped him come out of the woods!
so im adding your friends baby girl to my prayer list!

Whitney - I would suggest that you get one of the creative suites… I got Elements and was a little bored with it. I got it while I was in college and got a huge discount! Try to find someone in college who could use their ID for you! I have all of my old Id’s… I’ll just mail you a copy! 🙂
As for the sugar, I have been trying to avoid it too. I went 12 days and then had to have flourless chocolate cake-it was worth it, but also too sweet. I have been reading a book called “Potatoes Not Prozac”- it’s all about people who are sugar sensitive- very interesting and fit me to a t! I highly recommend it!
Just like the ladies walking on the track, I love your blog too!

Rachel / cREaTe - soooooooooo CUTE! LOVE that project!!!!! 🙂 and love that sean always crafts with goggles around his neck. ha!

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - Chloe got the swimsuit! And lives in it.
Financial trouble?! How can that be?! Poor Sugar Sisters 🙁

Lisa - I use PhotoShop all the time both at work and home. I always purchase my software from AcademicSuperstore.com Great prices for teachers and students! Hope this helps.

Gina - You can get the student version of photoshop because you have a student. You’ll need her to go with you and have her ID. It’s the same thing but WAY cheaper. We have it on our computer and it works fine. Not that I’d know because I have no clue how to use it…but my husband says it’s great…
If I could drive there Thursday night from Chicago, I’d take that appointment in a heartbeat. I’ll keep dreaming…

Emily B. - That was my friend Jodi and I at the Y! And we DID say that we love your blog! We were both so excited to see you. We realized that you might not have heard us and that it might have just looked like we were smiling and clapping at you as you went by! It made us laugh so hard that I let out a really loud and spastic laugh that echoed in the gym… what a goof. 🙂
I’m so glad it made your day! It made ours to see you!

kristine - sweet art!
will pray for kyler and fam. xo

Rachel - Definitely check out http://www.academicsuperstore.com/. The prices are significantly better and it’s totally legit. I use both LR and PS for editing. The workflow in LR is amazing and it’s really easy to bulk edit a bunch of pictures. Scott Kelby’s Lightroom 2 book really helped me to figure it out how to use it to it’s full potential. You can do way more with PS in terms of editing (ie. layers, masks, more brushes, tools etc). I find myself using PS more when I’m editing for clients or when I want to print something larger for myself. It’s still over my head though so I’m planning to take a PS course for photographers in the fall so I can get the most out of it.

Laura - What a lovely post. God is always in control! Isn’t it great!? I will be praying.

Courtney Walsh - I love those dragons!! How adorable! 🙂
…and I’ve always dreamed of a butter yellow house. Maybe someday…:) I’ll make sure if I have a porch swing talking is the ONLY thing done on it! hahahaha.

se7en - Those dragons are darling!!!

Laura - I bought Adobe Photoshop Elements from Amazon.com for $80-something. Adobe was having a $20 rebate (which happens occasionally). So, I got it for $60-something. I have worked on both and find Elements does exactly what I need – at a fraction of the price. I was thrilled to get such a great deal!
Good luck with your shopping!
Laura

shelly @familyblt - Great post today. I want photoshop too! I couldn’t justlfy it yet though. I want a cupcake now too. yum

tinycandi - I used the free trial of PS…but I wasn’t impressed enough to switch over from Paint Shop Pro. I have PSP Photo XI and absolutely love it. There are so many things I can do with just a click of a mouse. It’s so much more user friendly than PS. I am hoping to upgrade soon now that X3 is out. It’s so much cheaper than PS.

teresa - tell the kids i give their dragons two thumbs up! very nice!

tasha roe - bought mine with my student discount through journeyed.com huge savings!

Michelle - NOOOOO! Sugar Sister’s can’t close. That would make me so sad. I need to get there this week!

Shannon - Lots of memories in that big yellow house! I loved that house

Marie Tere - I just got the PS — $89 with $20 off, $69 wasn’t so bad.
Prayers to baby Kyler.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Praying for baby Kyler… please keep us updated. Thanks!

Georgia - Meg, the house you grew up in is like a dolls house!!!
Thats my dream house!!! lol
UK houses are not so picturesque as the usa. damn its unfair lol
Happy Monday!!!

jennifer - Love the photos of the cupcake shop. It looks adorable! And those dragons looks like a fun project too!
We’ve got an unused copy of PS Elements that I’d gladly barter, or just give you. 🙂 Let me just make sure I can find it! Let me know if you’re interested…

Lisa Currie-Gurney - IF WE LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, WE’D BE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS. YOU KNOW, THE KIND THAT WALKS IN WITHOUT KNOCKING. GRABS COFFEE FROM THE POT WITHOUT NEEDING TO BE OFFERED. TAKES THE KIDS SWIMMING FOR THE AFTERNOON.
YEAH… THAT WOULD BE US.
HUGS FROM MAINE

KK - Those are adorable dragons! I love each of them. It is amazing how, even though people work on the same project, they all come up with their own interpretation.
I will pray for Kyler and your friend! 🙂
Have a good day!

Patty - The dragons are wonderful. Again, I impressed with how you organize your days…not easy wrangling kids to do an art project on a hot, summer day. Tell Sean that I thought his dragon was very precise, despite the fact that no scissors were used!

Nicole Q. - Love all your random thoughts . . . I think I’ll have to do the dragon craft with my boys. Looks like a fun one! Have a good with a few less kiddos.

Vera - That dragon craft is AWESOME! We are so going to do that. Will pray for your friend’s baby!

patti - what a great craft! I’m going to look at that site now to get some ideas for my kids too. i know i’ve said it before, but i’m sure it’s nice to hear: thanks so much for sharing these everyday looks into your life. i really appreciate it!
cheers to a great week!

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - I love the dragons. Super cute. Will def pray for Kyle!
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com

Kirsten - Megan, you continue to inspire and amaze, even with photos of cupcakes! Prayers and hugs for your friends and sweet new little Kyler.
And I’m jealous that your kids get to wear swimsuits – we had a softball tournament get rained out this weekend…

Amber - i don’t see where anyone has mentioned this yet…but have you ever looked at http://www.academicsuperstore.com ? i believe ps is about half price there. i haven’t actually purchased from them…but if i were to make THE splurge…i would probably go w/ them. you are supposed to meet the qualifications…but i’m sure you could order via your children’s student i.d.

susie whyte - love the dragons, love the house, love everything. 🙂
sugar sisters was broken into. my husband had to interview one of the owners after the incident. they got a little over $240. if they’re in financial crisis, it’s cause they charge $2.50 a cupcake!! 🙂 haha. if they have to close, i will be so sad. maybe they’ll have to sell their plates. i want their plates so bad. the ones with the metal rims. and the blue melmac flower plates. haha!!

tara pollard pakosta - gorgeous dragons!
we are going to have to make those!
super CUTE!
praying for the sweet baby kyler–
God will hear us all….
bless your sweet blog, it’s amazing.
tara

Amber Zimmerman - Love the craft thursdays (and fridays) posts. 🙂 I’m glad you mentioned the paper you use too. As for photoshop – I have a student version which is much cheaper. It is the same thing, just cheaper for students. I’m not sure if you could ask a student to purchase for you at a local college (someone you know?) or if that is frowned upon? Worth a check at least! 🙂
Prayers for baby Kyler!

AshleyAnn - Those are gorgeous! I am looking forward to the days my kids can do projects like that…one down 3 to go…

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Great craft. Those kids are GOOD.
I had someone recognize me at the gym the other day too. It was really surreal. I felt famous…so I get it. I think I had a goofy grin on my face the rest of the day:)
That house you grew up in was just adorable. I was just thinking the other night how I missed the days when Honey and I would just “talk” for what seemed like hours. Oh to be a youngin’ again.

Juli - Kyler and his family will be on my prayer list.
I adore those dragons and I love your childhood home. Why in the world would anyone take down a porch swing? My hubby’s HS/College yrs were in 1930’s bungalow with a front porch swing. He & I sat and “talked” plenty there. I would swing my niece, while singing her “Edelweiss” as a tiny infant on that swing, when I came home from college. That tiny “baby” got engaged this weekend!

Julie K. - Hey Megan! I LOVE your dragons. So cute.
I use Lightroom for 95% of my work and then Photoshop Elements for any detail work on occasion. It’s so much easier to navigate. The combo of the two are just perfect. But I really really LOVE Lightroom. Just my two cents.
xo ~julie

Tam - The cupcakes look devine! I would like one for breakfast! I also want to purchase PS, i’m thinking Elements is more my speed though. The dragons are wicked cool.

mom - I use PS Elements too at work. I went to a PS workshop and the elements are easier to understand. But you are the professional! It might be good to enroll in a class after you purchase it – it really did help.

Bec - I use full blown photoshop to edit my pictures and honestly, it took me almost 3 years to really come to terms with it and truly start using it to it’s potential. I still have a whole lot to learn, but I’m getting there. I would highly suggest, if you are only going to use it for photo editing, getting photoshop elements. The same controls as photoshop but not overwhelming. I wish I would have gone that route to start with.

Melanie - The cupcakes look delish. I sure whis I had one:)

Patty - Thank you for the mention of the paper you use for Craft Thursdays. Prayers for baby Kyler. Happy day to you.

Christy - Awesome dragons! The house where you grew up is so cute!

katie - i made those cupcakes too…. HEAVEN!!!

Jill - LOVE those dragons! Great work, kids! (and Meg!)

A pocket full of posies... - Covering baby Kyler with many, many prayers!!! (and new mommy and daddy too!)
Many Blessings!
Jill

Amy Cygan - I have lightroom. Really easy learning curve and can export to photoshop if more editing needs to be done. It does a lot. It’s inbetween elements and photoshop as far as what it can do.
I got mine through acedemic superstore. If have to fax/email student report card/ proof of student, and you’ll get a great price. I’ve ordered several times from there. Think about Adobe lightroom. e-mail me if you got questions really. Amy paris626@earthlink.net
I have a dslr and been using lightroom since it’s first version. I do have CS3 but hardly use it.

kat - said a prayer for your friend 🙂
the dragons are cute !

Michelle - The dragons are awesome! Those cupcakes are on my list to make… I just need an occasion.

the road less traveled - two words for your photoshop question…
e bay.
🙂
love the tissue dragons.
and your childhood home~ lovely.

Kimberlee J. - We hit sugar sisters this weekend too. They made Ella’s birthday cupcakes. 🙂

Jodi - Yes, the best way to purchase PS for a MAC is to buy the student version at the Apple Store. Take in your high school daughter, have her show her student ID, and voila, it’s yours for a fraction of the cost. Whoops…hope I don’t get in trouble for telling you that. Mine is a bootleg from a friend of a friend. I LOVE it.
The dragon tissue project is perfect!

Sally Mangham - In regards to photoshop! Have you considered Photoshop Elements? I have been asking a dear friend of mine who runs a tech/imagining business and he suggested that I look at Photoshop Elments because he said if you haven’t ever learned Photoshop it’s a great start with the same editing advantage. Also, I recently discovered an online wk shop — http://everydayelementsonline.com/ . I purchased mine at Fry’s Electronics.
If you decided that you have enough experience and are ready to purchase Photoshop here is a great link http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/80-best-photoshop-text-effects-tutorials-part-iii/
Good luck! Sally M.

Gemma - Hi Meg,
Those cupcakes look yummy! Might have to give them a try. Loved your craft Thrusday/Friday.
Gemma X
http://musings-of-a-gem.blogspot.com/

Kevyn - I made those same cupcakes from Julie’s blog- for my husband for part of his father’s day. HE LOVED THEM. He is not a cupcake person but thought these were awesome. Love your blog! 🙂

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

flowers

June 19, 2010

in my yard….

have i mentioned how much i love summer?
and mature gardens that require NO work this year?

well….i do.

show hide 34 comments

add a comment

crystal b - Love these photos. Can I tell you how much I miss Hollyhocks. I do.

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - love, love, love!
this is what i have growing in my garden: http://kellyloves.wordpress.com/category/diggin-my-garden/

Rhonda - Lovely.

jodi @ back40life - love all your flowers but especially your hydrangeas…I’m a hydrangea junkie 🙂 happy summer!

Julie - Very beautiful Meg! Do bumblebees sleep on your cone flowers?!

Sarah - Ahhh look at all the pretty

the road less traveled - gorgeous summer flowers….
love the hydrangea photo with all the lovely bokeh.
so pretty.

jaz - Ar! Hollyhocks and hydrangeas and echinacias! Ar!!!! Beautiful!! I bet your garden is a lovely lovely place to be!!

Annie - these are gorgeous shots, Meg!

linda lou - just beautiful………i love flowers of almost any kind (:
lindalou

Melanie - The flowers are beautiful and I too love summer!

Rachel J - Love this! (Now I have to pull out my plant book to figure out what a few of these are!)

Marcie Bowman - Do you live at Botanica? 🙂 Gorgeous flowers!!

Debi Sewell - Man! How fantastic! I wish my yard looked like that, but we’re working on it. Thanks for the motivation!

Gemma - Lovely pics Meg! Looking forward to seeing your craft Thursday/Friday lol.
Gemma X

Rhonda - Your flowers are beautiful!
and your camera is fabulous! It sure beats mine!~

Krista - Gosh your garden is so gorgeous and lush! Waiting for everything here to get blooming, slowly but surely!

Andria - Meg what a beautiful garden. Your photography keeps getting better and better, its always good. Your blog brings so much joy to my life and such inspiration. Please don’t ever go away!!!

Elizabeth Gleason - Hydrangeas are my favorite! Enjoy mine are just popping up.

mary beth - I am seriously lusting after your camera and your mature plants! Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures with us!

laurenjean - Wonderful pictures !

Kat - Beautiful pics Meg.
Did you spend much time establishing your garden?
Yes winter in Australia here too, but further south being Tasmania and summer definitely feels a long way off!

Michelle - And in Australia it is mid-winter. But thankfully I live in the sub-tropics so it’s 23 degrees Celsius here today. That is 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit. I love it. Thanks for reminding us that Spring is only 8 weeks away here!

Janine - Simply beautiful. Kansas seems to bloom about a month before the East Coast (Long Island). Our Day lillies just opened but hydrangea and purple cone flowers are nearly a month away from blooming. Those are all mid July and August flowers for us. Thanks for sharing.

shelly @familyblt - My yard has serious yard envy. Those pics are delovely!

Jennifer - These are beautiful…thanks for sharing!! 🙂

april - love it!!! ENJOY!!!! I am drinking your margarita recipe RIGHT NOW!!!! SOOOO GOOD!!!! LOLS

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - Just beautiful:) Lucky you…oh and I found you in a magazine tonight! Honey and I were at Barnes and Noble and I picked up Flea Market Style and voila…there you were on page 28. Congratulations. You go girl!!!

gloria - Really beautiful. I wish we could grow hollyhocks, but our cool summers in Alaska just don’t produce them often.

Amber P - Have I mentioned how much I love your photography?? Gorgeous!

Lorilee - My garden is 11 years old now! I am still constantly weeding! I am also still constantly adding beds and plants. Now I want to add to my small collection of day lilies. Your flowers are gorgeous!
Blessings,
Lorilee

Stephanie - Beautiful!! I can’t wait till I have a bigger yard that gets more sun. I would especially love a mature garden like yours, because I’m not much of a gardener…

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh meg… these are beautiful! I love them!

Megan - Wow, amazing photos! I love the 7th one up from the bottom because you captured a little bug crawling on it, how cool!

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

yesterday

June 18, 2010

as we left swimming lessons i saw this car parked in front of my big truck.

i said "oh….that is pretty….ohhhhh…..i like that car"
sean looked at it and said "but mom, there are only two seats!"
and talby said "exactly. one for her and one for dad."
i smiled.
annie didn't miss a beat "WELL…i'm gonna need 2 CAMPER CARS when i have my 12 kids!"

we went to the zoo for a short visit.
it was hot.
very hot.

the zoo had the misters everywhere to cool the kids off.
sean's hair was so funny.

all the animals were loving the kids.

we gave him some ice.
he liked it.

we were alone by the lions.
all three were asleep.
sean gave this very realistic roar a few times….woke up the daddy.
that got them very excited.
he got up and walked right up to the glass and started pawing at the glass and showing his teeth.
if there was no glass….he would have killed us.
he was not playing with us.
the zoo keeper came over and stood there till we left…..kind of to get us to leave.

the tigers were asleep too.
until we sat down next to them.
then they were wide eyed.
the were convinced that talby & annie's yellow shirts were the cause of the animals liking them today.

snow cone break.

we saw these in the gift shop and we were inspired for craft thursday.
which will be craft friday again this week.

then to the car.
hot drive home.
quiet drive home.

oh how i love the dvd player and wireless headphones.

we came home and every child went somewhere seperate….by choice.
they each played quietly….for hours.
it was like there were no children here!
crazy.
i took a book to my lawn chair in my swimsuit and vegged for an hour.

i needed that.
it rocked.

show hide 36 comments

add a comment

Vannessa Gabbett - Wow! The car is definitely pretty, but I guess, your kids didn’t appreciate the beauty of the car, but instead, they noticed how many seats the car has. It only shows that they do want to come along with you every time you have a date with your husband. Heheh. I’m just kidding. Your kids did have a great time in the zoo. I can see it all over their faces. 🙂

Tyra Shortino - You have such lovely kids. It’s kind of funny how they noticed that the car has only two seats, one for you and for your husband. Heheh. You need to buy two of those so that your 3 kids can ride with you. 🙂 But the car is definitely pretty. Though I wonder how it would accelerate in an open highway.

ana from australia - just saw these, the animal pics are FANTASTIC…. thank god for thick glass hey?

Musings Of A Gem - That Lion looked crazy!!!
Gemma X

Trina McNeilly - sounds like a fun day and the perfect ending.. some quiet alone time! I can’t believe the how close you are to the hippo & how the cats were so animated – wow …..sooooo coool!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - I’m thinking a trip to the zoo is in order. Those were great pics. That lion looked a little pissed;)

Jenn - Isn’t it crazy that kids don’t get freaked out by lions getting mad at them?! I took my daughter to the Denver Aquarium last summer and they have tigers there. She wasn’t even two and was just standing there at the glass and a tiger totally charged at her. Everyone else took an involuntary step back and she just stood there all happy just to see the tiger! Can’t wait until we can {finally} get some nice weather to go to the zoo. Glad you had such a fun day!

Lauren - Such a fun zoo day! Glad to see that you guys are fellow QT supporters…love their great fountain drink deals!! It’s the little things in life, right? 🙂

jen - Separate by choice and quiet for hours? Was there Benadryl in that QT cup?

heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - looks like an amazingly awesome day for all – EVEN you!! Love that. Can I order up one of the same for me???

Jessica - That lion looks too scary… even behind that wall… No thanks.. i think i would have ran! 🙂 The hippo is my fav!

Melanie - Sounds like you had a great day and I just love what Talby said about you and Craig:)

tara pollard pakosta - what a nice day!!!
we need a Zoo day!
my girls will often do that after
a full day out, just find somewhere, alone
in their room or wherever and just read a book,
draw, go on their laptops etc. they need alone time!!
great pix as always!

Sixty Fifth Aveune - Amazing pictures, as usual! We visit the zoo all the time and we would be lucky to get one cool animal shot. What a great day!

Lori - Awww. Summertime is great, isn’t it? I love the tiger picture and the snow cone.

shelly - That lion picture looks fake, which is good, because knowing it is real-is a little freaky to me. What a fun day though!

heike - how funny! may i show you which picture i posted just today?
i had to laugh a lot when i realized this coincidence… ;o)
it’s all about hippos…
http://koelnformat.blogspot.com/2010/06/ein-tag-im-zoo-macht-froh.html

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - lions, tigers and hippos — what a fun day!!!
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com

jennifer - We went to the zoo yesterday too! SO hot!
And the lawn chair in the backyard with a book by myself… my favorite!

Staci - We’ve had VBS all week….I’m looking forward to veggin’ ALOT next week myself 🙂

Kelly - great day! Kelly

jack - Oh! Wireless headphones! I didn’t know they even existed. I’m off to investigate…..

Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - those are some serious teeth on that tiger. looking forward to taking our kids to the zoo…it’s a big trip for us, an hour and a half each way. wish we could just pop over for the morning like that. glad you got a quiet afternoon. 🙂

Stacia - Oh my gosh I love QT pops in the summer! I live in Colorado and we don’t have QT 🙁

Debbie S. - My husband and I always talk about when all four kids are grown, we are going to reward outselves for surviving parenthood with a two-seater car and a white couch!!

Jocelyn Stott - What a great day and oh my goodness, that lion!!!! Super cool but also slightly creepy. It is humbling how magnificent those animals are.

Dana@Bungalow'56 - What a wonderful day. I LOVE misters. We don’t get heat for very long, but when it comes it is HOT. At our local street performer festival they attach the misters to the hydrants. I wish I had one in our backyard. (It would go nicely with the pool : ) Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your quiet time, its hard work keeping us up to date. But I for one really appreciate it.
Dana

Gekakel - Beautiful pictures of your family to the zoo!

beth - Gosh it has been ages since I went to the Atlanta Zoo…what fun you all had…loved all the pics and can’t wait to see your craft Friday from the inspiration pic.
Ahh the sound of silence when kids are with you…nothing but a great gift from them…peace and love among them all.
Oh yeah I see that car and I will raise you on it…oops sorry have nothing to raise on it..lol
Loving your blog as always Meg! Have a great weekend and can’t wait to be back on Monday…I so look forward to your piece of life each day!

Kacey - I want to go to the zoo! Sadly, I think we would melt right now. No zoo in the triple-digits for this girl!
You always have so much fun with everything! Love your outlook on life.
Kacey
P.S. A whole HOUR by yourself with a book with kids at home? Fantastic!

Kimberlee J. - We’re hitting the zoo tomorrow for Ella’s birthday. Did I hear it right? 100 degrees!!!! I hope they have the misters on for us, too! Love ya!

Heather - what i wouldn’t give for an hour with a book. ahhhh. sounds heavenly.

Julie - Oh, and when we do go to the zoo, we will wear yellow to test your kids’ theory 🙂

Julie - Those zoo pictures are unreal! It always seems like the animals are hiding or sleeping when we are there. The zoo is on our summer to-do list… now I’m pumped. I want the zookeeper to come stare us down because the lions are aggitated and threatening us. Haha! Not really–that would put me way out of my comfort zone.
We were able to squeeze in Craft Thursday yesterday… letter mosaics. I found the idea through a link on your blog. The kids each made one for themselves and I made one for baby on the way and then the boys decorated D-A-D with items from the toolbox… for dad for Father’s Day. So much fun and way less messy than I thought it would be. Yay for that!

Georgia - WOW how big are them Tigers teeth!!!!! I went to our local zoo a week ago and was really close to a tiger and i couldnt believe how BIG their paws were…. !!! huge.
The Lion pic’s funny. Looks like hes making goofy faces on the glass…
🙂

Sophie - Looks like such a fun day!
Darn, I want to go to the zoo now! 😀
Sophie
x

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

lightning bugs

June 17, 2010

they only come out in june.
they only come out for about 30 minutes each night…when the sun is just about set.
and they are so easy to catch.

i hadn't even seen one this year but i told annie at lunch time "i think tonight we'll catch lightening bugs"
because it just felt like it was time.

and sure enough there they were.
and annie heard cicadas and said to talby "what is that noise that is so loud?!"
it is definitely summer.

this activity was on the summer list…..check!

annie was so excited and yelling "i got one!" every other minute.
talby got as many as she could at once before coming back to the jar.
sean was so into it last year but this year he just kept swimming….
growing up i guess.

it was time for bed.
i think they caught every one in our yard.

and then it was time to let them go.

so we could catch them all again tomorrow night.

show hide 77 comments

add a comment

Supra Shoes For Girl - The authors concluded that “although BCT produced slightly higher response rates and longer median progression-free survival than CVD alone, this was not associated with either improved overall survival or durable responses. Considering the extra toxicity and complexity, this concurrent BCT regimen cannot be recommended for patients with metastatic melanoma.”
. While he hasn’t been able tasdfo develop phonetic reading skills yet, he is becoming quite adept at what is known as “sight” reading where he memorizes and recalls whole words, and he sure knows his planets!

Juicy Couture Bags - “I love San Juan Capistrano, our lifestyle, the people, the city’s small town atmosphere. Both my wife Chris and I are active in our community every day.”

Supra Skytop - EO EO EO EO …..DON’T WANNA IT THAT WAY…..YEAH-EN-YEAH…..

Rockwall Christmas Lights - Really enjoyed this. I can remember watching them in amazement with my little girl as what seemed to be thousamds of them would light up the entire campsite. She’s all grown up now, but we still enjoy our lightning bug hunts.

Heather Warren - I loved reading about this. I have two boys. Clayton who is 14 and B aka Bryce who is 9. We are in Heltersberg, Germany and just spent our first time outside looking for fireflies. I was told by one of my German friends that she has never seen them here before but saw them for the first time a few days ago. We saw them tonight and caught one. It was an amazing feeling to share this moment with my boys. 🙂

MommyTopics.com - I’m a Southern California Girl and I’ve never, NEVER, seen lightning bugs. NEVER! I have a dream.
You just brought me a little closer today.
Thank you.
I knew they were really out there and that little kids really do collect them in jars. I just knew it!
I’m linking to this post on Monday in my gratitude post. You’ll be able to find it at MommyTopics.com, Monday morning, June 28, 2010.
Blessings
Rachymommy – MommyTopics.com

crystal b - I’ve never seen a lighting bug. I’m so glad you posted pictures of one up close so I could see how it lights up. I read about a really fun lightening bug party just yesterday — I think it was in Family Fun, the July issue. You should check it out — it looks like something you would love. They also had a fun robot craft made of tin cans.
P.S. Loved that dragon craft.

Rach - Oh how I miss lightening bugs and long summer walks. I wish we had them out here. 🙁

Stephanie - I enjoy your blog and amazing photos! My sons were having fun last night when they noticed the lightning bugs, so I grabbed my camera…but my pics do not even come close to yours!! You are so creative! Please share with me how you got such great photos of the bugs lighting up, I am trying to learn new things with my camera…maybe I need to put it on the correct setting?!?!

Aimee @ In THIS Life - Oh, wow! I’m jealous. We moved back to the West Coast last year, and fireflies are one of the things I miss!

Meredith - Oh Meg, If you don’t have Faith Hill’s song “Fireflies”stop what you’re doing and download it right now!! 🙂

Diana - wow, come to our neighborhood, we have always had the lightning bugs since mid-may and they’re with us all evening and all night (maybe ’cause we’re near the creek?)… when the grandkids come over in the summer, there have been times we camped in the backyard and watched them in the wee hours of the night… when i can’t sleep, i sit in the backyard and watch them, so cool to see them all over the yard and in the sky in the dark of the night 🙂

Carol - I remember catching fireflies when I was a kid. It was such sweet, innocent fun. And those lions, they would have freaked me out! Glad you had fun!!

Melanie - I love those bugs. When we lived in Georgia, we had a lot of them. Now that we are in Cincy, I don’t see them so much.

Kendra - We’re in Wichita and our lightning bugs stay for hours!

Sarah - This is the first year my kids were old enough to enjoy catching lightning bugs, but enjoy it we have! The other night we ran around the yard shreaking and laughing while we caught them. Such fun!

jimaiemarie - This is SO fun, I’ve never seen one in real life and I just know my kids would get such a kick out of them!! I so wish we had them here in California, very cool!!

Mica - never ever have I seen a real one… My husband saw his first ones last year when he was in Philadelphia…. Someday maybe…Looks like your kiddos had an awesome time out with them…Mica/The Child’s Paper

Bluebell - Thank you for this post! It was a wonderful trip down memory lane…from my childhood in Indiana. I know live in Idaho and there aren’t any lightning bugs in my area…so this was a wonderful way to relive a great time in my life!

Jeanne - Everytime I read your posts I just want to move next door to you and we are BFF:-)

Jenny - Nothing says summer to me like fireflies! These pics are great!

Anya - Wow, we don’t get anything like around my place! Love them, so amazing. So cool.

the road less traveled - it’s officially summer to me the first night i see the fireflies.
love your romper 🙂

DreamGirlLisa - What a marvel Mother Nature is, those are so cool! I wish we had them here in CA.

tara pollard pakosta - My girls have been wanting to do this the past few nights, but then forgot as night came around….I need to get a few jars, the last one we had outside broke in a storm!
awesome pix!
tara

Krista - Love the one with the bug lighting up as Annie is holding it, your pics are awesome!

jennifer - Lightning bugs remind of when I was little and we lived in Chicago. We left when I was seven and I always missed the lightning bugs!

Ruth - i just saw my very first fireflies in uganda last month! a leeeeetle bit overexcited…

Sharon - So much fun!

Kirsten - Oh the memories…we visited my great-grandma when I was little in Garden City, Kansas, and they were so magical. I wish I had pictures. I barely remember…and the noisy cicadas.

Robyn - that is AMAZING!
the photo of her holding the bug all lit up is perfect!

Lora - One of my favorite childhood memories! I like how you captured their lit up be-hinds :O)

Christy - I have been in Phx for over 20 years & we don’t have them hear. 🙁 I so miss that about summer. Catching the bugs & “wearing” them were one of my all time favorite childhood memories, the best spot to collect them was my granparents farm.

Ellen - We did the same thing last night! And it was also on our summer list (stolen from you, of course) 🙂 Is it weird that it makes my day that you and I thought alike? Ha!

Kimberlee J. - I looked out my kitchen window last night and my entire front yard was full of them. Yep, it’s totally summer. And I’m loving it.

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, I love those bugs!!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - One of my favorite memories of summer. Thanks for that:)

Naomi - DEF miss lightnin’ bugs!

jaz - Look at their cute little bums!

Katie - I am from your area, too, and these little glowing guys are everywhere. I bet if you go to the edge of town at dusk, you would seen many. My little friend, Rylee, and I caught lots the other night in Elbing 🙂

Sandy - I’ve always lived in Ohio so I’ve grown up and grown “old” with them. After reading the comments I realize I’ve taken them for granted! I didn’t realize so many areas don’t have them. Great memories of catching them in the jars…now I watch my dog jump through the yard catching them. They are awesome!

Heather - so cool! i wish we had those in az. love the photo of annie holding one while lit up.

Jaime - Oh my goodness… I so miss living anywhere but Arizona. I miss the lightning bugs and cicadas (kinda). Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you and Annie!

Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - i love summer. great photos!

Kat - I love your photos, Meg…these are GREAT! 🙂 We’ve been catching lightning bugs around here too…but seeing these photos are magical :). Thanks!

Julie - Seeing a lightning bug is on my list of things to do before I die. I’m almost 30 and I have yet to see one! They know better than to come to LA…

Heidi - Thank you, thank you, thank you! I miss seeing lightening bugs and was just thinking about it last week. I immigrated to Holland many years ago and they are not here. You gave me a little piece of my childhood again reading this and seeing the photos. Thanks so much for that!
Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi

Julie - Man do I miss catching lightening bugs. Kinda hate that my kids don’t get to do this. Really nice to see your kids enjoying their summer ~ looks like fun!

Tracy - I miss these days both for me and my children. My kids (like your Lauren) are all too grown up (so they think) to do these kinds of things anymore. However, even though I am a grown-up – I wish I could be carefree all summer long catching lightning bugs instead of making the commute to NYC for work every day! LOL Glad you got something else checked off your summer list. Have a great day hun! xoxoxo :o)

Liz - Meg! Catch them again tonight, take the jar inside and let the girls fall asleep with them as nightlights in their dark rooms! It’s so much fun. After a while you can take them back outside and let them go.

Nicole Q. - I didn’t grow up with lightening bugs so i think this is so cool. last year we let the kids keep their jar in their room while falling asleep, it’s like a night light. So cool.

Sixty Fifth Aveune - You got some really awesome pictures Meg! This is on our list too, how fun!

Art Cant Hurt - my birthday is june 20th and growing up i knew it was almost time for my birthday when the first lightning bugs came out….now my kids see them and say “momma, it’s almost your day!” and it makes my heart smile!
thanks for sharing megan!

Liz - Love your pictures! Looks like they had a great time. We too are busy crossing fun activities off our list!

Amanda - Great photos!!! Looks fun!

Dana@Bungalow'56 - I’ve often read about lightning bugs or seen cartoon versions of them on some Disney cartoons (I can’t remember which ones right now), but I had no idea they lit up like that? That was very cool to see. I’m going to show my kids.
Thanks

Natasha Burns - Wow, these are amazing! Are they the same thing as fireflies? We don’t have these in Autralia, wish we did!

Jessica Hoffman - I miss lightning bugs…i use to catch them when i was little living in Texas… they are magical.

Megan - You can never be too old for lightning bugs!

Melissa - Ooooh how fun I remember doing this as a child!

Sophie - This is going to sound so dumb, but I didn’t know they even existed! I’m from London, so we don’t have any bugs like that here. Just the boring ones. 😛

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - I grew up with lightning bugs and it breaks my heart that it’s too hot in Florida for them. But we do have love bugs and my son and I catch those each spring.
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com

Dina - We did the SAME thing the other night. I kept trying to get pics of their “light bulb tushies”… that’s what my kids call them;-)… but I just wasn’t fast enough…. and I think my son left them in the jar a little too long. They were pretty slow moving when we finally released — but no casualties:-)

Tam - I want to do this with the boys, I was hoping to do it Saturday night! 🙂 Photos are great, thanks for sharing!

`Kelly - We had those fun little creatures where I grew up in the midwest. Now living on the West Coast with my own family, I miss them. I wish my boys could grow up with those same childhood memories I had.

Lora - Awesome pics! you guys are so fun!

melissa*320 sycamore - meg~this is our first summer we have ever had lightning bugs! I didn’t know they were so short lived~we’ll have to plan a catching party pronto. such great pics.

Nancy - When we visit arkansas every summer, the girls look forward to that. We just don’t have those here in our concrete jungle known as Southern California. 🙁

Jen CD - thank you for this post. We miss cicadas and fireflies so much.

Sarah - There is a field near our house in Manhattan that was loaded with lightening bugs, like someone laid a net of Christmas lights over the field, only better. My husband drove through it one night coming home late from work and insisted on taking the kids to see it. He was right. My two year old kept saying “it’s amazing”. They are magical little bugs.

Lisa K - We don’t have lightning bugs where I live, but I have some really warm memories of a summer vacation over the fourth of July one year – I was elementary school age and we stayed with friends in a big homey house in some rolling hills in TN. We caught lightning bugs and watched a parade and fireworks. It was like a dream. 🙂 Thanks, Megan, for reminding me.

kristine - awesome. great pics of them lighting up!!

candace - i love being out in the country where it looks like it is raining little lights out in the fields! and amen to that comment just above. 🙂

Vanessa {Bloom Right Here!} - Isn’t God amazing? Every time I see a lightning bug I am just in awe. What a creative God we have….He created a bug whose rearend actually lights up! Love ’em!

Elisa - love fireflies!! I was watching them on my bedroom porch door last night 🙂

Nikki - I love this post… we don’t have these bugs in Australia. Our kids have a three week winter break… I need to write a list of fun things to do.
xx

Gemma - I so wish we had them here in the UK..they look magical!! Very unusual!
Gemma X
http://musings-of-a-gem.blogspot.com/

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

speaking of cousins….

June 16, 2010

me, my cousin katie and my sister at world's of fun in 1980-something.

i bet you could buy my romper RIGHT NOW….they are everywhere.

show hide 38 comments

add a comment

qekhqxeo - [url=”http://www.jerseys-cheap-nfl.com/nfl-hats?zenid=e2d49f5fb1a79760876f30a2dc657886″]Cheapest NFL Jerseys[/url]

kari - that picture is absolutely classic. so cute. love the romper!

www.Kellyloves.wordpress.com - i love your romper!!!
http://www.kellyloves.wordpress.com

Dana@Bungalow'56 - Your face! It hasn’t changed. Amazing.

nora - omg, i love your outfit in this picture! that is definitely something my cousin would have worn and i would be so excited to wear the next summer. 🙂

Gemma - Heehee…Meg you look exactly the same!!
Gemma X

Sophie - Talby looks SO much like you! (:
Me and my mom are like that. When I was younger, I saw a picture of her as a three year old on a beach and until she told me, I thought it was me!

Tasha Griffin - I LOVED Worlds of Fun when I was a kid! I always wanted to get those giant tissue paper flowers they sold at the front entrance. I was just thinking about the crazy aqua blue water on the Viking Voyager.
And wow – you look exactly the same now as you did then!

amy jupin - meg, check out your guns in that pic! you have some major arm muscles girl! whoa–don’t mess with the girl in the rainbow romper! (i’m cracking myself up with this, can’t ya tell?!)

Bec - My cousins and I have some pretty awesome pictures from growing up 🙂 They are great blackmail at family get togethers. We all end up laughing at our past selves.

Beth - Talby looks SO much like you! It really is amazing!!!
The pictures are so cute!

AShley - Old School! Love it! And yes…those stinkin’ rompers are EVERYWHERE!!! But for adults! Not so adorable on adults! You’d have to totally undress to pee! They’re like onesies!

Kimberlee J. - Well, now I know what we’re looking for on our next shopping trip. 🙂

Lisa - Tee-Hee,
I guess you’ve always liked rainbows 🙂
Take Care,
Lisa

jaz - what a cute kid!!

jami - Oh gosh, I daydreamed about owning a romper like that when I was about that age!

jennifer wood - I love that romper! I miss the 80’s, I know people say why would you miss the 80’s but I loved them!

kristine - you’ve been rockin the rainbow since age 8!

Jan Ashmore - I still remember that day – Katie was grumpy, sunburned and exhausted. Your Mother told the rest of the story, which still makes us laugh hysterically.
Katie’s Mom

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - So cute. I have some that look exactly like that.

Sarah@Clover Lane - Nothing better than a rainbow romper.

Heather - love the little smirk and crossed arms. you look like you’re about to be up to something. haha!

brianna - i’m seeing lauren in your sister a little bit, and def talby and annie in you.. i love how crazy genetics can be!

Melanie - I do not like the new romper thing that is going on. I guess that I am to old for that:) Love the picture though!

Lisa - Rainbows then, rainbows now. 🙂

Meg's mom - In Katie’s defense, this was at the end of the day when we were walking out of World’s of Fun. It had been a long day and she was hot, tired and sunburned. This was the trip that we always talk about where she was sitting on the hump (so illegal now!), fell asleep, fell backwards and knocked the gear shift into neutral while we were driving on the interstate. Too funny!

Sara @ It's Good to be Queen - well cousin katie sure looks like she’s having a blast.

chris - You can see just how much Talby looks like you , amazing

Melissa Morrill - WOW!!! You were a gorgeous kid! And I’m pretty sure I saw that romper at Target this morning 🙂

Jess - I can’t believe how much you look like Talby (or I guess she looks like you)!! Hope you guys are having a good summer. Tell Miss Talby hello!

Debbie S. - $14.50 at Old Navy 🙂

Tara - had 47 million of those rompers. I also had the strapless kind that were tops…I think we called them boob tubes.

Kameron - You look the same! It is funny because some people seem to look the same all through growing up (I’m one of them) and you do too!

Jules - Wow- does Talby ever look like you! Adorable!

Beth K. - I had a very similar outfit to the one that your sister has on and my two sisters had similar ones too. We would wear them at the same time. YIKES! I just have to tell you that I really enjoy your blog – always brings a smile to my face. 🙂

Sandy - WOW…Lauren look alike!

Cindy Ashmore - Ha! Katie sure doesn’t look happy.

Sharla - You are so right! If I had a girl, I would buy one for her 🙂

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

check it

June 16, 2010

guest posting at heather's today…..

an oldie but goodie.

show hide 5 comments

add a comment

melody - stopping by from Heather’s and just have to send KUDOS this looks like so much fun!

Jenny - I have let my kids do this inside, but just letting them get it on their hands. This is a MUCH better idea!! We will definately be doing this sometime this summer! Thanks!!

kristine - super cute! hooray for guest posting. i love BLN so it’s fun to see you there! xo

Gemma - Really love this idea! Def gonna do this this summer hols with my young siblings!!
Gemma X

Kait - That’s one of my favorite posts of yours. I keep meaning to do it with my girls but maybe today is the day!

Share on Facebook•Tweet this Post•Pin Images to Pinterest•Back to Top

« Newer Posts
1
…
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
…
269
Older Posts

search

Search for:
Instagram
Categories

Categories
Archives
Archives

search

Instagram

Categories

Archives