The concert that ALMOST was!!!

Having Fun!!!

Fun at Nonnie's with Kurt

Kelton and Makenley playing at Nonnie's
Guitar from Yuki and Kurt
Toys and clothes for Makenley!
Such a sweet smile..
She loves Kelton!!!!!

Too Much Blogging, Not Enough Filing

Notice the title of the book

Finally organized Finally Free!!

Well its working for me can't you tell!

I gotta get to work!

Girls, Girls, Girls!!!

Thanks for coming Max, love you!
So good to see you Courtney.

Just trying to beautify Slaton!

Well this is the section of town that Pember Insurance has to take care of, well I have not done a very good job but I am working on it, now I will buy some bark to fill in the rest because the watering system does not work.. I am on a blogging roll!

Favorite Characters

Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor, as the mother at the dinner table holding a knife, "I 'm gonna slip this in the crack of your a**

Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich "For the first time in my life I have people respecting me!"

Kevin Costner "The Guardian" " There will come a day when you have to choose who lives and who dies." Oh I love him, mmmmmm!

Pretty surprise!

I never knew that pansies could seed in the cracks of concrete but they can, kind of pretty, this is at Maybelle's house.

Awards Day

These pictures did not come out good, but awards day with Kelsey yesterday, she was inducted into National Junior Honor Society and she is here with her friend Taylor, Kelsey was so nervous!

Some foundation improvements

We just hired someone to fix alot of the cracks in the stucco and he did a great job, just need to paint and should look like new.

Well, the master bedroom is now a light khaki color, still need to paint the trim,
my sister and mother in law took the cabinet fronts off, and Kevin took the nasty sink
out and they also took the old ceiling tiles off and underneath is a beautiful flower pattern
wallpaper:) Okay Britta the room with the clouds is almost covered up, by this weekend it should be beige and white, I know that room scared you! (me too) I will take more pictures this weekend and show more progress, it has been slow with this rain going under the house, I could not paint until we got all of the moisture out of the house, anyway I will post more later.

My Talents

1. Well I am going to have to make up things for this one...
I think I am a talented mother I have juggled 4 kids for the last 15 yrs and I am
still standing, now that is talent!!!

2. I am a good multi tasker, I am a good contractor, give me a house and I will
redo it, slowly but surely!!

3.I am a good storyteller, only truth not fiction! (should I write a book too Averi?)

Well as pathetic as it is , it's all I got!

Fun Tradition

With both of my kids my mother in law has played" Granny travalot" she travels all over the world and sends post cards candy gifts, books, maps, she makes each grandchilds class a learning experience, for several years she has done this and usually reveals her true identity around the first grade, when my kids finally figure out that it is her. She starts in Pre K with the grandkids and so today was reveal day. My mother in law got all dressed up like a granny and walked in and Kelton was just shocked, it was so cute. The kids always want to be in the class that gets granny travalot, none of the kids could make the connection it was always Kelton's class(including Kelton) Great fun, I appreciate my mothter in law for all the fun for my kids and their classes

More to come!!

MOM'S

1. I think the best thing my mother taught me was that I could do anything I wanted to do, even flipping houses, I learned alot from my mother about redoing and fixing up things when you can't afford to hire it done!

2. We sat through alot of family pep talks at our house and we always complained but I truly have never forgotten any of those valuable life lessons I was taught. She would always say "remember who you are" !! And we knew exactly what that meant

3. She was a total fighter when it came to her (non cancerous) brain tumor. She was not really that scared and complained very little after it was over she's tough!!!
I Love my MOM!!!!!

I Would Love to hang out with these guys and girls!!!!!