whatever

it turned out to be a very nice mother’s day.
scott made me this card . . .
supermom.
very cute.

friday night we went to my parents’ house.
my mom had an ice cream Yoda cake for scott.
it was a big hit.

early saturday morning my mom peeked in the door and said “megan there is a garage sale that dad says we have to go to . . . wake up”
i got up, got dressed and we were there within 30 minutes.
we scored big time.
cool house stuff but
mostly clothes for lauren.
it was too much fun.
when we came back craig said “i am going to tell you there is a great garage sale every saturday. you have never gotten up that fast before.”
ha ha ha

we did a bit more shopping.
looking for antiques – found a fun stool for the craft room.

in the afternoon talby, annie & i went to my nieces birthday party.
macy is 6 & maya will be 1.
macy was loving the attention and the gifts and the cake and the playtime.
that is exactly what she is supposed to do!
the blurry picture captures the crazy fun we had.

then all 7 duerksens went to Elizabeth’s graduation party.
she is the beautiful girl in the b&w photo on the right.
she is soon to be an elementary teacher.
all grown up.
such a sweet girl.
her puppy was everyone’s favorite toy at the party.
it was good to see craig’s family too.
our children drank lots of pop and filled up on cake.
we got in the car at almost 10:00 pm.
(2 hour drive)
it was one of worst rides home in history.

note to self: no more pop & cake for kids at night.

And then mother’s day today.
it was just nice.
quiet.
peaceful.
i went to our nursery (by myself)
and came home with pretty flowers to get planted this week.
that is a wonderful way to spend some time on mother’s day.
it was even hot.
loved it.

may 10 was Scott’s birthday!
he had a great day!
the little girls and i picked him up for lunch.
he came running out of school with the biggest smile on his face.
i was so glad to have captured it.
he chose pizza hut buffet.
everyone behaved beautifully and ate bunches of pizza and cinnamon sticks.
we sent him back with terribly sweet cupcakes from dillons (grocery store).
i had good intentions of making cupcakes myself but the dillons garden center distracted me.
we were there for waaaay too long and ran out of cupcake making time.
kids probably like the dillons ones better anyway.
in the afternoon i made the cake.
it went a little crooked and the frosting got runny but it still resembled a basketball.
thank goodness i didn’t try to make YODA like he asked.
we had birthday dinner.
opened gifts – nerf guns, star wars action figures, baseball things, legos
we ate cake and ice cream outside on a gorgeous spring evening.
the light breeze was too much for the candles though so we had to fake it.
he got lots of birthday calls all day . . . big smiles.

he was born on mother’s day 9 years ago.
that was cool.
i remember when i was in labor with him . . .
i asked for drugs and craig said “you are doing great – you don’t need it”
then the dr. said “you are almost done”
i did NOT beleive either one of them.
and then 5 minutes later . . .
there he was.

good memories.
right craig?

today is my niece Morgan’s 10th birthday!!

I don’t have any digital photos of her so i can’t show the world how pretty she is.
she is so darling.
she loves all babies.
she loves cheerleading.
she is very into fashion.
she can sing very beautifully . . . she sings for us each christmas.
she was the cutest baby! those big blue eyes and curly hair.
just precious.

we love you sweetheart!
can’t wait to see you this summer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG 10 YEAR OLD GIRL!

i have said before that i have a naughty baby.

she is always escaping.
when i can’t find her i always check the trampoline first.
i looked out the kitchen window and this is what i saw.

i put pictures of the NEW CRAFT ROOM in an album on the left bottom corner.
i can’t wait to make something.
anything.
it is going to be so much fun.
craig has joked that i will never leave it now.
maybe i will come out sometimes . . . for food and coffee.

Kansas weather is so bad right now.
tornados . . . flash floods . . . hail . . . lightening
LOUD thunder and crazy wind!

but for now it’s calmed.
we went out this morning to splash around.
annie just walked through the puddles at first – cautiously.
then watching talby she got brave and was jumping.
they were soaked!
they had to pour their boots out half way through.
finally i couldn’t stand it . . .
i put my camera away and jumped in myself.
sometimes you just gotta play.

the one of sean is from the storm on sunday.
our poor gutters.

click on the one of annie getting splashed in the face.
i love the detail.

yesterday as we walked home from the park there was a robin who couldn’t fly.
he was speed walking away from talby and annie who were in hot pursuit.
then the bird stopped at the curb and talby shouted
“He’s looking both ways for cars!”

while planting flowers i found a big fat beetle.
i showed it to annie.
it was on it’s back and it’s legs were waving like crazy to try to flip over.
annie says “He needs a diaper change!”

i told the kids that i was tossing worms i’d found in the dirt to a robin that was sneaking around me.
it would wait till i turned my head and run in and grab the worm.
seans thinks awhile and then says
“if i were a worm . . . i would HATE my life!”

sean is usually thinking about other things when the rest of us are talking.
dinner at our house is always loud.
the entire meal is spent passing & passing again & then cleaning up the milk that spilled or the whole jar of applesauce that spilled out when a 5 year old tried to pour it.
every night.
but it’s family time.
someday they will know what they are doing and maybe a meal will go smoothly.
maybe.
anyway . . . back to sean being in his own world.
each of these comments were out of the blue having nothing to do with any conversation.
moday night dinner as soon as craig said “amen” sean says
“ladybugs have a very bad smell on their legs that makes birds not want to eat them”
then later “what’s your middle name?”
little later “you should really play 20 questions sometime”
and then “i wish i was a chameleon – they have horns to push animals in a fight.”
ending his meal he says “i know how to make a really big snowman”

that was almost all he said during the meal.
no other small talk.
just statements.
he is deep thinker.
iphoto has a photo booth feature.
the kids have taken 734 picture of themselves since january.
it has lots of special effects that they love to use.
here is one i found of sean.
fitting.

i am trying everything to get out of this bad mood.
there is no real reason for it . . . logically.
craig is gone but that’s just life. i am happy for him to be with friends and golf.
the house is a mess but the craft room is almost clean!
the laundry is piling up again and the dishes are overflowing in the sink.
i haven’t slept well the past two nights.
but these things normally do not bother me.
which makes me feel that this mood is definitely hormone related.
so i am trying all my favorite things to help me beat the mood i am in.
the ice cream helped ALOT!