Everyday Moments

8 years, 1 week

So making sure I am still in the running for Mother of the Year I didn't want to let anymore weeks fly by without posting pictures of my baby's 8th birthday.  Sometimes I think I've missed so much with him.  It is second kid stuff...you know how you never spend quite as much dedicated time to the second kid.  He is so different and so very the same but mostly I can't believe he is 8.  What happened to 3 and 4 and 5???????????  I swear he was in Preschool just last year !

 

The Dude's b-day cake. 

S:  "So what kind of b-day cake do you want J?"

J:  "I want you to make me a chocolate cake mom."

S:  "Honey we can order one from the store...and you can have it decorated any way you want."

J:  "No mom, I want you to make one because you make the best things EVER."

How can I resist that?  The bowling pin idea came 2 days before the party!  Worked out pretty good I think!

 

Thank goodness for Jessie....trying to get everything in order before Dan and Marilyn arrived she was able to whip these together for me....she's such a good girl!

 

 

It was Soda, Popcorn, Pizza, Cake, Bowling, Golfing and the Arcade for the boys !

 

 

I bet I'll get a picture similar to this when he is 15!

 

The "Dude's"

 

Since I'm the keeper of the blog, i get to write that he gets his "cheesball-ness" from his Dad !

This was the first gift he got to open and it is from his best buddy Calin in Oregon

 

 

We are cruel, cruel parents.  Jake's birthday was SO BUSY.  Treats at school, Field Trip first thing in the morning, Hockey and Dance for Jess after school, homework, dinner and THEN finally presents.  This was the poor deprived boy waiting for word "go".

 

now that we have room, Daddy insisted that Jake get a REAL Bow for his birthday !

 

By this time, it is 8:00 pm and he is just rummy....being a goof ball with the musical card.  Thanks Chris and Sarah

 

 

It was dusk, but had to get a few shots with the new Bow the day after his b-day.

 

And finally, Jessie didn't want to bowl with the boys, so her and Grandpa bowled a game next to us!

 

From my two hands.............

to my head........

 

like I too often do, I got a few wild hairs up my creative little sleeves yesterday and

VIOLA.............

I made a hat!  As I giggled in delight at how my little hat was coming along last night, Jeff chuckled and said, "I just can't believe you are reading directions."  And so is our marriage! 

I don't DO directions, Jeff does.  From the simplest to the most difficult of instructions I just plain and simple don't like to read them...but for a couple of weeks now I have been thinking i would like to find a crochet pattern book that I could understand.  You see, i've never actually learned "how" to crochet, I've just been shown a stich or two.  I didn't even know what they were called or anythinng but I stumbled upon a pattern book yesterday and it said "BEGINNER" which gave me much needed hope.  I read and reread and reread over and over again, but it finally started to sink in and VIOLA, I have a hat! AND I READ THE DIRECTIONS!  Who knew you could do such marvelous things?

You can bet your sweet little booty i ran right down to Michaels again this morning for MORE yarn!

 

 

Oh my little pumpkins!

What a wonderful day!  Jeff's parents arrived from Oregon on Thursday and we all got to spend the day playing on Friday.  We jumped in the car and away we went over to Bay City.  We strolled through some shops, went and looked out over the river, had lunch in great little corner bar and then we went out to the county to the Pumpkin Patch.  After about 2 hours there we had done and seen nearly everything....including the Maise, Maze. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh my........

Just look at who came for a visit in our backyard this morning...........

 

 

 

LOVE all the "nature" we see here. 

So far:

-Deer

-Raccoon

-Fox (we think)

-Turkey (just down the road from us)

-Birds (all kinds, including cardinals which are so bright and beautiful)

-Snakes

-Lizards

-Frogs

-Skunks (lots down the road, thankfully none at our house!)

HELLO FALL...........

If asked at the beginning of each season I would say it is my favorite....but I truly love the changing of the tree's and the crisp sunny days of fall.  Here are a few snapshots from my yard.  The tree's have changed so much in just the last couple of days. 

 

 

 

So the other day I found this little treasure in my mail!  My dear cousin Deena cut this out of her paper and mailed it to me after my mention of his song "All Summer Long" in a previous post.  It seems a little like Taxi Cab confessions to say how giddy it made me!  Wierd!?!  but read on dear friends!!!!

So here I am a middle age, stay-at-home mom hiding my secret little obsession with Kid Rock.  It's true.  About two years ago we were driving along in Jeff's truck on our way to Central Oregon when this GREAT song came on the CD.  It was an OLD country song but it was being sung by this amazing VOICE.  Raspy, smooth, sensual....it gave me goosebumps.  I asked Jeff who the heck it was and to my surprise it was Kid Rock.......no way I exclaimed....he's a rapper....a dirty, slimy, drug head....he can't sing like that I said.  Jeff assured me it was in fact Kid Rock and that's when it happened.  Soon i discovered his song with one of my fav's, Sheryl Crow and yes at 41, a middle age, stay-at-home mom I found myself buying his latest CD a couple of months ago.  Now I'm the first to admit there are several songs on the CD that are completely inappropriate and nasty with bad, bad words...but there are a handful....maybe 4 or 5 that are FABULOUS.  He is really talented and when he wants to.....he can sing like nobody's business. 

So back to the "story" I got from Deena.....It made me really realize that you can't judge a book by it's cover.  You see, even though I love his voice I've always been a little ashamed to admit it....afterall he does give the impression of being an obsessed sex, drugs, and rock and roll kind of dude...but a glimpse into his home shows me that I like his style too......LOVE how he has decorated his California home.

Where do I go from here?  Well I don't think there is a big chance of me going to one of his concerts and I do have to eject the CD when the kids are in the car....but i will buy more CD's and still be obsessed with the smooth, sweet buttr' that rolls from his lips every now and again!

TWENTY-THREE ******EDITED********

.....on a scale of 1 to 10, his answer was 23 when asked how much he liked his new job at Dow Chemical.

 

i love that answer.

THE WINNER OF THE SCARF IS COMMENT #4----DAWAILA (YOU CAN THANK JAKE FOR PICKING THAT NUMBER!!!!)

KEEP DOING GOOD......remember..........IT JUST TAKES YOU !

Will draw for the scarf a little later.  Gotta run right now.