National Apron Day

Not kidding.

Its National Apron Day

www.nationalapronday.com

How awesome is that?

 Especially since today

Just Happens to be the day

that 

Very Jane

Is featuring Handi Andi's Apron Shop

as their deal of the day. 

Totally not planned that way,

but a really cool coincidence.

At least go and check me out.

Just because maybe you love me 

and want to help me out

by getting me lots of page views.

While you are there, 

go ahead and sign up for

Very Jane's Deal of the Day emails.

If you want to.

You don't have to

But...

Its all high quality, crafted/handmade stuff.

So cute and a good variety

with AMAZING PRICES/discounts

And if you are a

high quality, handmade, crafty, kind of person

and you might want to sell your stuff on Very Jane. 

Give them a little email

and tell them I sent you.

They are great to work with

very nice

and who couldn't use a little extra cash in their pockets?

Not gonna lie,

I have been a nervous wreck

wondering if I was even gonna sell one.

But I have also been super excited 

at the thought of selling even one.

So whether you have time to show the love

or not

Happy Apron Day to you!

Happy Apron Day to me!

The Giggle Pile

The straight faces and nice smiles don't last long

Because once one person starts giggling,

the whole pile starts to wobble 

 

and thats even funnier

and with every person laughing 

How could the babies resist 

such a huge pile of happiness

They didn't really get the point of the game

But they knew they wanted to be part of it.

And they laughed alongside the giggle pile

Because like I said

How could they resist.

The mood from a pile of happiness is contageous

Discovery Park with the Family

I love that

Family

in our little World

means so much more 

than just my brothers and sisters.

So when I say that the family went to the park

that means that

Logan

Silas

my sisters sister in law and her kids

Michael (pushing) and Carter (in Blue)

her brother and his kid

My sister

 and her husband 

Brynley Bug

 and kid

Vienna

India

and my sister in law with her two kids

Jovan, Cali and Hayli

Bryan

one of my very bestest friends and her kids

and Ryan 

 and I

 

and our kids went to the park,

 

oh, and one of Caden's friends from school.

Pretty safe to say we DOMINATED the park that day.

The weather was PERFECT and we had TONS of fun.

 Yay for the park in the springtime!

 P.S.- It is a really good thing

I decided not to bring my bow and arrows

or my horse

to the playground

because they are NOT allowed

This sign seriously cracked me up

Thanksgiving Point

One of the  

best investments we make every year

is a pass to Thanksgiving point

My kids never get tired of the dinosaur museum.

Never

 

They never get tired of 25 cent ice cream cones after either.

The babies have reached the

ripe old age of being able to eat dairy

so they got to have their first cones. 

It may be putting it midly 

to say that they loved it.

If it even looked like I was reaching for the cones 

they would shreak 

and arch

and clamp on with both hands

so that I could not take them away.

Collin made a huge mess

by eating the bottom of the cone first 

so whatever stayed in the top of the cone when upside down

then melted and ran out the bottom when turned right side up.

I don't know if Keegan spilled a drop. 

He ate every last piece of the dang thing.

I took this on the way out.

Cute kid huh?

I am such an observant mom 

that we were there for two hours

and as we were leaving

I noticed this.

Awesome 

What do you do huh?

I chose to laugh and move on

but secretly I was wondering how many people

were thinking 

"how the crap could his mom

let him leave the house that way."

But that quickly left too

and I just laughed again.

and got in the car

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

We were looking pretty shaggy 

as we approached the big day

and

My mother in law informed me 

 

that Keegan was starting to look 

kind of girly

I even got these text pictures

while she was babysitting one day

They made me laugh 

and I got the message.

So we had a little haircut party in the kitchen. 

 and they didn't love it so much,

But I love that Keegan

doesn't look homeless

and neglected anymore

 (however I miss playing with the wild, curly, silky hair)

and that Collin's is now short enough

that we can spike that blondness right up

Big Boys with Big Boy Haircuts

Pretty cute huh?

31 and a little bit of Voodoo Magic

 So no one really believed me

when I said I didn't really want anything,

and I didn't really want to do anything

for my birthday.

A relaxing day 

In my clean house,

with nothing to do

and no where to go

with good food

and a good movie 

sounded so nice.

Ryan kept trying to decide if this was a trick

and if he was going to be in big trouble 

if he didn't plan or do something elaborate.

I really meant it.

So he made me this chicken black bean salad 

I had been craving

and as his gift to me

(I begged him not to spend money)

He said that he would watch all the seasons of this tv show

I have been begging him to watch with me

(and that he has been avoiding like the plague)

and he would not complain

and he would TRY to like it.

(he has totally followed through)

and I have loved hanging out with him 

and watching the show again myself 

I thought it was the best gift EVER

and I was so excited.

Jovan made me some delish Tortilla soup 

and the brownies that we used for my  cake

since I insisted I didn't need a cake.

She also got us tickets to see 

REBA

in concert.

Oh my

I LOVE Reba!

I have since I was a little girl

and she knows it

We are going to have SO MUCH FUN at that concert.

I can't wait!

I also got books

(that I am already almost finished with and love)

and perfume

that was supposed to be a funny joke,

but that I actually love the smell of

and a gift card to the 

Nook and Cranny

(which we all know from previous posts)

I LOVE

and another amazing present arrived the next morning

(Good things do indeed come in pink boxes)

the donuts were part of it,

and a lovely part they were.

 

The maple bars with bacon were AMAZING

I do not lie about such things.

AMAZING 

 

and I liked every one that I tried.

So did the kids

They are only found in Portland

( featured in People magaizine this week as some of the best ever!)

But the realy prize was how they were delivered.

Holly, Cory and Brynley 

Drove them down to me from Oregon

and stayed for the week for their spring break.

another of

my best birthday presents ever!

(I got a lot of those this year)

Yay!

of course I have almost no pics of them

and the ones I do have are coming soon.

What an amazing day! 

I have such good friends and family.

Thanks to them all

and to all the facebookers that left me messages. 

I loved it.