Monday, May 20, 2013

Top 10 Reasons that I love that man of mine!

I'm back!
We had our 10 year anniversary last week
so we left the boys with my parents
and went to the beach to celebrate.

It was beyond awesome!

As a little gift to Roger, I've compiled a list
of all the reasons that I love him.
One reason for each year!

I don't write about him often on here
cause he's a super private person
but he's just gonna have to deal 
while I shower him with some Blog love!


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 10. He wears a cowboy hat and Elvis sunglasses on the beach.

9. He taught me how to cook and didn't get annoyed even once if I burned dinner or if the salt shaker lid accidentally fell off
and dropped too much salt into a dish.

8. He dances like James Brown.

7. If I walk past him at any given moment, he always smacks my butt.

6. He follows directions well. Like when I told him when we were dating how much I love to get flowers
 and now at every special occasion I get a bouquet.
Even if he has to leave the house at midnight to fetch them.

5. From the moment he walks in the door from work
to the moment that our children are in bed, he is fully engaged 
and doing all sorts of daddy duties.

4. He calls me on his drive to work to tell me that he misses me.

3. He prays with me.

2. He loves all Jane Austen movies but also loves to hunt.

1. I always feel safe when he's near.



Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Happiness Project :: Week 10

  
Turns out that we have a family of armadillos 
living under our front porch.
 I know this because I saw a mama and her 4 babies
parade in a line through my front yard like it was
 flippin' armadillo appreciation day. 
They practically threw candy at me as they passed.

My dad did a little research and
came over Friday evening with
all the supplies needed to trap an armadillo.

Don't worry,
no animals were harmed
in the making of this post!


The men set to the task
of making a little channel
to guide them into a live trap.

It was an event.


We woke up the next morning with
a little critter stuck in the cage!

Knowing that they can carry leprosy,
no one handled the little guy, I promise.

My husband wanted to send it to
the pearly gates and be over with it
but the children begged and pleaded
to simply relocate it.


In the end, we drove 5 miles over the county line,
pulled over to the side of a non-trafficy road,
and let the armadillo out by the bank of a river.

The boys unstrapped their seatbelts
and leaned out the window to bid farewell to "Billy".


He scooted off to his new home
happy and sniffing around like nobody's business.

I love it that my kids have such compassion for animals
and you can bet that Roger got extra smooches
later that evening for taking the time
to give "Billy" a chance at a new life by the river.

Only 5 more armadillos to go!


 


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Monday, May 13, 2013

I am one blessed mama!


Mother's day was awesome!
My mama made a deal with the lady
at our Kroger bakery
that if my she brought in a gluten free cake,
the baker would ice it with pretty flowers.

It was such a treat
cause us gluten free folks
don't get super fancy cakes, ever.


Roger and the boys gave me flowers!
I suspected I would get them
because the night before Koen said
"Mama loves flowers the most!"
Then he slapped his hand over his mouth
and shouted "Oops, I shouldn't have said that!"

I totally acted surprised, though.


My refrigerator art gallery 
gained some amazing kid made art.


Griffin drew a wonderful poratrait
of me that kind of looked like
Clint Eastwood.

 

My big gift was a hammock for the backyard.
Roger stood and guarded me from the boys
who were super excited and wanted to 
kick me out of my gift and swing in it.

He stood there and shooed off the boys
for 7 whole minutes.

It was the best 7 minutes of my day!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Throwback Thursday : An Ode to the Wildest Girls in Town



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I think that wild flowers
are the most brazen of all the flowers
and have a deep respect for them.

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No one plants them,
they grow where ever they sprout up.
No one tends to them,
they can take care of themselves.

They are so much more bawdy
than a pruned rose bush that blooms in a person's front yard.
These are not pampered flowers.
They are resilient.

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They usually hang around the side of the road.
Sometimes, they even creep right up to the asphalt.
They almost look defiant as they line up beside the road.
Their beautiful colors seem so bold
next to the hot concrete.

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They bend in the rush of the cars passing by
and the wind flutters their petals.
They must feel so much freedom and exhilaration
as they sway and spin around.

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I'd like to think that if I were a flower
that I would be one of these gutsy girls.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Mother's Day Tea


Koen's class threw a little Mother's Day celebration.
It was so fun because we did a child led learning activity together.
We decided to build the tallest tower in the history of all tall towers.
 

Then Koen proudly presented me
with some flowers made of egg cartons and pipe cleaners.
Those are best kind of flowers in the whole universe.


We had a lovely little tea party
complete with sweets and fresh flowers on the table.


We made a bead together that will
be fired and made into a beautiful necklace.


It was the sweetest day ever!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The Happiness Project :: Week 9


Sometimes the simplest things make me happy.
Like reading a little bedtime story to The Hulk!
Ain't childhood grand?

 


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