tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74447256193009685572024-03-06T00:24:55.445-05:00Denim and Daisy'sstaceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-85781995671027090122012-09-30T20:20:00.000-04:002012-09-30T20:20:19.665-04:00We are never aloneIt was really nice to get together with my new sisters in our ward and have a get together before the General RS broadcast. I feel like I now know some names and faces that go together.<br />
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I loved the broadcast. I really got the over all feeling that through the atonement we can do so much. That we are all Heavenly Fathers Divine daughters and our brother is always with us, he understands all that we are going through. It was a spiritually filling meeting. <a href="http://www.lds.org/broadcasts/watch/general-relief-society-meeting/2012/09?lang=eng&vid=1868438702001">http://www.lds.org/broadcasts/watch/general-relief-society-meeting/2012/09?lang=eng&vid=1868438702001</a>staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-1325243397827310982012-09-25T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-25T08:00:00.600-04:00Fair time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Went to the Emergency Preparendess Fair this last weekend, with my prep friend in crime, Susan. I love Emer. Prep Fairs, it's like going to a candy store. There are classes on bread making, couponing, budgeting, canning, food storage and many more. I love looking at all the different ideas and just soaking up all the information. Next year I hope to have a booth at the fair as a <a href="http://www.staceysstore.shelfreliance.com/">shelf reliance</a> consultant. The emergency prep fair is kinda like <a href="http://www.lds.org/church/events/members-and-friends-of-the-church-invited-to-participate-in-october-2012-general-conference?lang=eng">general conference</a> after attending I feel recharged to do the things I should be doing. I just love it!staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-80776054414915554902012-09-24T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-24T08:00:12.309-04:00JELLY<div style="text-align: center;">
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you make grape jelly.</div>
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This is my first time making grape jelly. I usually go for the jam, because I am a bit lazy, but she did all the hard work. So with my 4 C of juice I got my cute little jelly. Thank you Susan. I really do love canning.</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;">It was Holly's birthday. She wanted a rainbow cake and pizza for dinner. (Mommies homemade pizza has been the birthday pick for years). Any of you that know Holly she loves fruit, so she was way excited for this fruit rainbow cake. I had grand ideas of cupcake clouds, but put the cake on too small of a plate and then it was just silly looking.</span></div>
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Holly got some really cute new outfits from Grandma and Grandpa, she wanted to pose in her own way as I took these pictures.<br />
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Holly also got GIRL legos, Barbie clothes, high heel shoes (the only thing she wanted for her birthday when asked) and dress-up clothes from Oma and Opa. Josh got her earrings (which really means mommy bought and wrapped them and Josh handed them to her). We got her a mermaid Barbie, Barbie accessories, nail polish and something else. Even our sweet neighbors gave her a gift. This girl made out like a bandit!<br />
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Every summer the Zufelts have invited the kids and I to the zoo. I thought my kids were getting too old, but I was wrong. The zoo has added some fun things were the kids can play.</div>
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The petting zoo has been there for a while.</div>
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I love the butterfly house. Here Holly with her elephant ears ( no I am not making fun of her, but that is what she calls her pony tails) and Zoe trying to catch a butterfly.</div>
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Josh and Ainslee at the brand new water splash pad at the zoo. It was pretty amazing and the kids could have played there all day.</div>
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Water comes out of that giraffe's mouth.</div>
<br />staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-23018224321175930942012-09-18T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-18T08:00:07.840-04:00Thank you Brenda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer our wards playgroup was able to go swimming every other week at Brenda's community pool. It was so nice. Thank you Brenda for sharing with us.</div>
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Not only that but one day she bought us ice cream from the ice cream truck, something I never do because I am so cheap. It was a first for my kids and they thought it was so cool.</div>
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<br />staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-68373531828402921922012-09-17T08:00:00.000-04:002012-09-17T08:00:00.707-04:00Teed Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The kids and I drove to visit our good friends the Teeds. It was well worth the drive. We stopped at Katies in-laws the first night and went to Nauvoo for pioneer day (didn't even plan it that way). Here we are in the upper room of the Smith's general store. It was an overwhelming feeling to think this is the room where the Relief Society was organized, Sister's who had a desire to serve and give everything. I wanted to have a quite moment to myself and I could have blubbered, but with five kids running around it wasn't gonna happen. I will say that it was alot larger than I had expected.</div>
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As with everything we did this summer it was hot and humid it felt as if it was 100* out. Holly loved this place she loves playing home.</div>
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Yeah, I am glad I wasn't born in the pioneer times, I have no idea how they were not fainting all the time without ac and with so many layers on. In the winter it might have been nice, but in the summer torcher.</div>
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Here they're learning to make twine. This was a really fun spot in Nauvoo. They had several demostrations that the kids really got into. Josh liked the candle making and twine making. Learning about how they baked bread in their bundle ovens was fasinating and did you know they made cloth out of reed. They soaked them until they were soft and then brushed them and through a process made cloth. Everything they did then was so time consuming, we have so many conviances. We want cloth we go to a fabric store. Or better yet a sweater we hit some buttons on a computer and 2 days later Amazon sends it to our house. It took them 2 years to make a wool coat from start (shearing the lamb) to finish. I should never think that I do not have enough time, I should think I need to better prioritize my time.</div>
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This was one of the best parts of the day. Josh just wanted to be with the Christus. He said mom I don't want to leave him. I was able to take my kids a side and bear my testimony to them and let them know that I know that Jesus is my Savior and that he loved both of the kids, that he died for them that they may live again with their Heavenly Father. It was a precious moment.</div>
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Later that week we went to the lake with the kids. It was perfect. The depth was not too deep and they had a great time. It wasn't too this day and Katie and I just sat in the shallow water talking and watching our children play.</div>
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The kids so desperatly wanted to make a sand castle. It had rained the night before and the sand was really wet and didn't want to hold shape. Luckily someone had made this big hole. Holly filled the middle with sand and wah-la a sand castle.</div>
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Don't have a picture of this, but on one of the days I was there we thought where is Faye ( the littlest one) Katie found her outside on the hammock with all the other kids (Josh 8, Holly and Mabel 5, Charlie 3 and Faye almost 2). Josh was reading them the Bible and the kids were just sitting there listening. Wish I could have gotten a picture.</div>
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I really miss Katie. She is a friend I could just turn up at her house for no reason at all and just hang out. Our kids get along really well and we can play Skip-bo for hours, actually we can play any game for hours as our kids play in the background. She is funny, sweet, down to earth, and spiritual, some day I hope to be like her. I really hope the sisters in her ward know how lucky they are to have her.</div>
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Holly loves to mow the lawn with Don. She thinks that it is fun. They looked so cute out there together. I was so proud of Don, it was hot outside and letting Holly help takes twice the time, but he was bonding with his girl.</div>
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Holly loves her daddy, and her little smile melts his heart. I can see many daddy daughter dates in the future.</div>
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We went to Mormon day at our local baseball field to watch a baseball game. It was dollar hot dog day. The concession stand person said they have never sold so many hot dogs. I thought she has never had so many Mormon's there before, we are a frugal people!</div>
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Holly loved hang out with the other girls from our stake. Some older girls (actually young adults) took the kids to the kids place area to play. Can you dig Holly's side pony tail? She did it herself.</div>
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And us, should never go with someone taking a picture going up, but going down. I love when we get to go together as family. One of the best parts was we got in free because of a reading thing the kids did. They each got two free tickets. I think this may have to be a family tradition as long as we can cash in on that. We didn't stay for the whole game or we would have been there to midnight it was slow going but Don and I enjoyed it.</div>
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One of the things we like to do every now and then as a family is bowl.</div>
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Holly does pretty good with bumpers.</div>
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Josh is trying to not granny it. You know, he is getting older. I just have a hard time explaining to him how to hold it because he is left handed an I'm right handed.</div>
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We went to Mississippi for the fourth of July. We decided to take a road trip to Shiloh and see the historical site.</div>
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This is inside the museum.</div>
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Here we are at the cemetery, did I mention it was quite HOT!</div>
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Checking out the headstone.</div>
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We also went to some cemeteries in Mississippi to see some family headstones. Every year before school is out we make a list of fun things to do, going to a cementary was one of Holly's ideas.</div>
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Holly in grandma's curlers. Just had to add it because it is cute.</div>
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We went berry pickin' with our friends the Pehrson's and</div>
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Susan. My kids love Susan. Every Monday we go to her house so I can quilt and they watched Netflix and had a cookie or two that Susan always had ready for them. I think going to her house was one of the things the kids would miss when school started again.</div>
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We picked blueberries and Susan picked blackberries. Yum, but man it was hot!</div>
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Josh has been counting down until the time he could go to Cub Scouts. He goes to a troop that meets at our church building. His den leader is awesome, she has a ton of boys since the beginning of summer. Oma and Opa gave him part of his uniform and we got the rest. <br />
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One of their activities they went to the firehouse and took a tour. The firemen got a call while we were there, but they came back shortly after leaving. The firemen were very patient and answered all our questions.<br />
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I think this was the best part of the tour. They turned on the hose and the boys played in the spray that dropped from the main stream. He has gone swimming, picked up trash at the park, worked on Faith in God and other goals, and he is still excited.<br />
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I can't believe he is already this old. My little bug already baptized. From the moment I entered the room I started to cry. The Elders had set up the font and room. They put out the nice chairs had a table with the podium on it; another table with tablecloth on it and pictures of children and Christ and a small round table with flowers and a place for programs and to sign-in at the door. They even pushed in the piano. It was beautiful! That started the cry fest right there.</div>
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Don was the one to baptize Josh. As he said the prayer he choked up, it was sweet. Josh was beaming when he came out of the water.</div>
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We tried to make it a family affair, unfortunately Don's parents couldn't make it at the end so we rearrange somethings. I wanted all the grandparents to be involved for sure. I had Holly give the opening prayer, Aunt Arwen gave a talk on Baptism, Don baptized and Uncle Mike and Opa witnessed, the cousins sang a song, Oma gave a talk on the Holy Ghost and I said the closing prayer. It was a spiritual experience that I will always cherish, I think Josh liked it too.</div>
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Josh turned eight this summer, yay. Our kids only get parties on certain birthdays, this was one of those years, he was so EXCITED!<br />
We set a slip n slide and sprinklers and a huge beach ball that sprayed water out of it (thanks Uncle Mike and Aunt Arwen). That's one of the perks of a summer birthday you just set up a bunch of water stuff have some water guns and let them go at it. Through in a Spiderman pinata at the end (thanks Oma and Opa) and can life get any better. The draw back to a summer birthday is that many of your friends are out of town, due to family trips, but <br />
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Holly enjoyed all of her cousins, she has three girl cousins so there was always someone to hang out with, ah that's the life.</div>
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Josh opening a ton of presents!</div>
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So here we go, the summer review. Sometimes I think back about a summer and think that was a busy summer, but what did we really do. Thank goodness for pictures. So for the next week we will have summer review/catchup.<br />
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My brother Mike and his wife Arwen and their kids: Dallin, Eden, Marion, and Emmalynn came for a quick visit and we loved every moment of it. They live overseas so anytime we get to see them is <br />
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<br />staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-72155263902944727662012-09-09T11:53:00.001-04:002012-09-09T11:53:44.980-04:00Love to quilt!<div style="text-align: center;">
I love to quilt, especially baby quilts by the time I start to get bored or anxious for a new project I am done. Here are a few of my newest quilts, I have to post them to my site<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/suebandme">www.etsy.com/shop/suebandme</a> still.</div>
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This is my "Retro Butterfly"</div>
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this is "Beatrix Potter"</div>
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It's amazing. When the room goes from this</div>
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A little more sanding and then priming and painting. Yay!</div>
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Yup! It's that time again it's reno time. We are now working on, what will be, Josh's bedroom. Above you can see his doorway area, next a wall with a built-in and last the closet area. Don has been cooking it on this project the last week and 1/2. After I took these pics. He finished the framing, insulating and has even put up some dry wall. He says I should get ready to paint the first week of September. I am super excited!<br />
<br />staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-45603241034485891652012-08-26T21:18:00.005-04:002012-08-26T21:18:40.520-04:00First day of School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time again. The first day of school! Ok, so I might be a little late on posting these. The kids were super excited for their first day of school. I would like to point out that I enhanced Josh's plain black backpack. The backpack was a hit one of his friends wanted one just like it. Yay!<br />
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Holly picked out her own outfit and I think she looks very cute. She wanted to do her hair herself. She is growing up sooo fast. <br />
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This year mommy has time to herself for the whole school time. Holly is in first grade and Josh 3rd. Not lying! Next thing you know they'll be driving and dating!<br />
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<br />staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-46685689949336722032012-03-04T21:16:00.002-05:002012-03-04T21:27:37.056-05:00School Field TripMy kids' principal is an adventurous woman. She decided to take the WHOLE school on a field<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNnjoyAfIdAdwRu2H3J4MSfEDiUTpbjBy4IHAJMNnNdU89dqMfIEU1sqPqkiyEJB1pxINa3iMu_Jfu3HN2dXuK6I35pml_97VvwadMakGbu7BUUlXQ239w1jHcazWNOOLLWKB7k7kOnc/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716232043051925714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNnjoyAfIdAdwRu2H3J4MSfEDiUTpbjBy4IHAJMNnNdU89dqMfIEU1sqPqkiyEJB1pxINa3iMu_Jfu3HN2dXuK6I35pml_97VvwadMakGbu7BUUlXQ239w1jHcazWNOOLLWKB7k7kOnc/s320/images.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>trip! This last week it was Dr. Seuss' birthday. 'The Lorax' the movie was coming out, so what perfect timing. The kids studied from Dr. Seuss books the last two weeks. In Josh's class they talked about pollution and the enviroment. Even math was taught in a Seussy way.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The kids were soooo excited to go. I went to chaperone in Holly's class. I guess we had a huge chaperone turn out, because the only kid I was asked to watch was Holly.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Each child got a High-C and a small bag of popcorn. It was great and I loved the movie. I thought it had a powerful message, and it has inspired me to do a new baby quilt. I am so blessed to be able to go with the kids to things like these.</div>staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-9689272329207317452012-03-04T21:04:00.002-05:002012-03-04T21:14:49.119-05:00We started!This saturday we started to demo, the soon (ok soon is a relative term) to be Josh room. Don and I went in there with hammers and a crow bar and started to demolish the exisiting walls. Special note to the people who previously owned this home. When doing a remodel job;<br />1. Don't just staple the wires to the framing, you go to hang up a picture and the next thing you know you are electricuted!<br /><br />2. When framing your studs should not go flat against the cinder block, but T into it.<br /><br />3. Seal all foundation before you close it up. You know fill in the cracks and then seal it so moisture doesn't build up and cause mold or such.<br /><br />4. Insallation is important to put in, it will cut down your power bill.<br /><br />5. Covering power lines with crown molding doesn't work either. <br /><br />6. We do thank you for putting in a newer window.<br /><br />7. Doors are liked on bedrooms.<br /><br />8. Lastly, power boxes do not belong in closets, even if the closet was an after thought, it can be a fire safety issue.<br /><br />We thank you for the idea of the room. It helped us to envision what it could be when buying the home and now we hope to fix all these errors and make a bedroom for our son.staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-74341070167922569842012-03-04T20:59:00.003-05:002012-03-04T21:04:20.563-05:00HealthyNope this is not about Weight Watchers. The other day I was getting Josh's lunch ready and being quite lazy. I didn't want to put a healthy snack in just a quick one. He saw what I was putting in and said, "Mom, I don't like those.". <br />I looked down and said, "Fruit snacks? <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Spider man</span> fruit snacks?".<br />Josh, "Yep.".<br />Me, "What don't you like about them?". <br />Josh " I don't like the way they taste, and they're not healthy for you either.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8nh35bWzQzNc-w0JnWZ_am3i90i5ofYoQVqoC_gGc68CwDM7LLGvNtDiE3aF6iztjALEWBKLNbRviiblUtZIeUj30fkOlQTniLc7LMPEsrxKr7CCsL_gwjVOiim8mRqR34CowNGDVl4/s1600/Picture+5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716226912217844066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8nh35bWzQzNc-w0JnWZ_am3i90i5ofYoQVqoC_gGc68CwDM7LLGvNtDiE3aF6iztjALEWBKLNbRviiblUtZIeUj30fkOlQTniLc7LMPEsrxKr7CCsL_gwjVOiim8mRqR34CowNGDVl4/s320/Picture+5.jpg" /></a><br />Me: Dumbfounded look on my face!<br />So there you have it from a 7 year old boy.<br />WE SHOULD EAT THINGS THAT ARE HEALTHY FOR US!!!!staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-44321173309840012012012-02-26T21:57:00.002-05:002012-02-26T22:03:29.662-05:00Downton Abbey!Who else LOVESSSSS this series. I was so addicted and now I have to wait practically a year to see the next season. If you haven't watched it check it out on Netflix. You can currently watch the 2 sesson on PBS but only until next week. So hurry. Watch it when you can. It is wonderful. My mom said there are books, so maybe I will have read those, while I wait for the next sesson. <br /><br />I love the way Anna says Mr Bates. It so interesting to see the houses and the customs, the outfits. Can you imagine dressing for dinner every night? I know if I lived then I would be part of the down stairs cast and not the upstairs.staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7444725619300968557.post-86694171046582302992012-02-26T21:48:00.002-05:002012-02-26T21:55:39.346-05:00Holly's style<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXykAXYg2-MLOGM6CVEK7tEaw7D9TEIkpjnsork2WkzxQbTIP8Gc7qTNRfr3izroCQ5Sfp4jowa-cMzn82oDaKgI_hIABnlGIr8pqMmv0Gu-KsvqEkeVboM8-5dURBFEOq4D2U3SxMcI/s1600/IMG_0929%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713642654080636562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXykAXYg2-MLOGM6CVEK7tEaw7D9TEIkpjnsork2WkzxQbTIP8Gc7qTNRfr3izroCQ5Sfp4jowa-cMzn82oDaKgI_hIABnlGIr8pqMmv0Gu-KsvqEkeVboM8-5dURBFEOq4D2U3SxMcI/s320/IMG_0929%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Holly picked out this outfit all by herself and I thought she looked so cute. she looked kinda grown up. Or it could be that the jean jacket brought me back to JR high days and I pictured her as a teenager. She needs to stop growing, stop looking cute, stop having crushes on 12 yr old boys, stop wanting make-up, stop loving high heel shoes, just STOP.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh by the way. I was on the phone with my mom the other day and Holly wanted to know what the weather was like in her (meaning my mom) land. My parents live in California.</div>staceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02952814790007134099noreply@blogger.com0