Teenager in the house!!!

We were so lucky to have my little sister Makayla come and stay with us! Its a huge change to have a teenager in the house, however could I have forgotten what it was like to be a teenager... Like how

Its impossible to keep there room clean... or that cleaning their room consists of stuffing everything under the bed(good thing I just shut the door on this)

Teenagers like to sleep as late as humanly possible and the only thing that will rouse them is the smell of food

Getting an unwilling teenager to pose for a picture when they are not in the mood is impossible!

They find the wierdest ways of entertaining themselves... (those are water drops from one of Mase's bottles)

Poor Makayla we are not the funnest people in the whole world but we kept her entertained with food, movies, shopping and lots of road trips!

We did the Portland zoo and she was cracking me up the whole time!

I believe she can fly, I believe she can touch the sky... think about it every hmmmm hm hm SPREAD HER WINGS AND FLY AGAIN!

She was loving this Vanilla bean Frap, while we took the Max across downtown Portland... (there is no coffee in that)

This was At Depoe Bay... I love this picture!

When ever we roadtripped somewhere she was in the backseat with screaming Mason and listening to her music loud and playing her DS!

Feeding the ducks was so fun, Eugene is the only place with ninja ducks they attack anyone with bread!

We are so glad Miki decided to visit us for her spring break and we hope she had fun hanging out at our apartment and chillin with lil man!

Happy Easter!!!

This has been a fun holiday and we have enjoyed having Micah with us for a whole day! Unfortunately, our house has a touch of the stomache flu and we enjoyed a day of togetherness in misery. In between boughts of worshipping the porcelain god on Saturday night, I decided to run to walmart for to do a quick basket for Mason... ummm empty aisles were all I found!


The Walmart aisles at 9 saturday night!

Mason only cried for a few minutes when we put him to bed on Saturday night, but when we went to check on him this is what we found.

My poor son...

This is him attacking his basket... the greedy little beast!

Here he is THRILLED that I bought him clothes, no one in the family, but me enjoys a new outfit!


I found this for 2 bucks and we spent the morning playing Horse... I gave up early and will remain a H-O-R until I agree to play again (lucky Micah).

Mason decided the new basket was his mouth!


Look how proud Mic is... can you see the lil hoops in his eyes!

Honest opinions needed...

Would you pay money for this and if you would how much would you pay? Ok lets be honest, this isn't a skirt that would be too difficult for any mother with a sewing machine to make... granted it did take a whole nap time (which most moms don't want to spend on a skirt) Here is the link to the basic pattern I used click here

So I would really like an honest opinion... some constructive criticism




This is what Mason was doing while I stitched together the Rose for the bottom of the skirt

Oh the Sea, the beautiful sea...

We decide at 5pm on Saturday to take a drive to coast... Micah had worked all day and could have worked through the night, but the day was so beautiful and warm so we packed the car with for a trip with Mase and out we headed. Our favorite beach is very small tucked between two rock ledges and a small river feeds into the ocean, the wind is blocked and the reef creates beautiful large waves...one day we will pay to have family pictures done on this beach. The water was too frigid even for our toes, but it was so peaceful watching the sun sink slowly into the ocean.

It was worth the 1 1/2 hour drive to get there, the carsickness I always get on curvy roads, mason crying on and off the whole trip... we need to betogether as a family! Its been a very long busy season and I have battled depression through it all. I only admitt to my spout of the blues, because some people seem to think I hold it (what ever 'it' is) together well... I don't and there were days my poor son stayed in his jammies and days I didn't shower or make dinner or clean and I would cry all day... As the season winds down and I have solid plans for trips and visitors I can feel myself coming back! I can see the stress of this time leaving my husbands shoulders and I thank god we made it!

So here is to a fun/happy/sunny summer, to more family time and a better strategy for next season! And a big giant thank you to Anna, she kept me off the ledge!


I love this place! I feel peace/content here...

When you wear a diaper any place is acceptable to take a "duke"! It stunk so bad! What could he have eaten to smell that aweful?

My handome guys... I love them soooo much!

Ahhh peace!

A weekend of projects...

I have caught the bug... the decorating bug (anything to help the time pass) This weekend I decided to make some changes to the decor of our apt (its about time) I also put the finishing touches on my baby shower gifts for Anna... and I started a very very small side business, so here they are tell me what you think!


I got 3 of these huge pictures for free in AK, (it pays to be nice to the maintenance guys) I love that they take up space, but the frames were all gold...yuck!

So I took apart the first picture apart and accidentally broke the glass (oops) I taped the other 2, and spray painted the frames black... poor mase got a front row seat!

All painted... phew! (this picture reminds Micah of Star Valley... precious!)

How sexy are these now



I know most of the people that check my blog have read/heard me mention my GF Anna, well she is 8 months pregnant with a lil boy! I wanted to make sure to give her something nice for her shower to show how awesome I think she is (because I wouldn't leave the house if it weren't for her), but I'm on a pretty tight budget... so of course I started sewing & sewing & sewing! I made several versions of everything (I couldn't get the colors right), so of course I have a few left overs...


When Anna opened her gift at the shower several of the women loved the different things I made... especially the crayon roll. So thus my lil venture for some extra pocket change.





Oh and Ava Dorney is getting the crayon roll... Debbie just tell me what her favorite colors are! (I'm guessing pink or yellow, I have this cute pink and blue print its fruity, although I am loving lime grn/brwn just what ever she likes!)

My 100th post and a "give me"!

Yeah my life is complete, I have some how managed to post 100 times on our blog... my new super power is ... journaling!!! (i was hoping for X-ray vision) Honestly its mostly that i love talking about my guys, and what better place to brag than the web! I really can't decided if making it to a 100th post is an accomplishment or proof that I need to get a few more hobbies!

So here are a couple of cutie pie pictures of Mason, taken today!!


our lunch was penne pasta... the perfect finger food for the ultimate lil do it your self-er... see how neat and clean he keeps himself!

Dessert was 1/2 an oreo... don't judge me! He did so good feeding himself, he earned it!

This is the awesome stroller I got (thanks Anna for watching the ads) $25 bucks @ Big lots!!


I keep thinking i should give something away to my loyal followers! (all 5 of you) So if there is something I have sewn (crayon roll, nursing cover, coffee cozy... ect) that you would love me to make for you... comment what your 'Give Me' is and Mic can pick who I will make something for!

One test down three to go!!

We are so thrilled that Mic passed his first test! There are 3 more tests to go and then Mic is an honest to god real CPA! The count down for the end of busy season has begun!

Micah so excited he passed FAR with a 92!!!

All 4 of his front top teeth are in... that makes 8 total!

This outfit is dedicated to our very fashion awesome uncle Charles!!

My girl Maeli!

Her awesome Rockstar parents!

Mason and Mic rocking out!

This morning getting ready! I wonder why he likes to be naked so much?

A full week!

Mason and I made a trip to Wally World on Friday to get toppings for our pizzas. What trip to walmart is complete with out a visit to the toy aisle? I have been thinking about putting together a ball pit for Mason and hoping to do a lil pricing so it was a good excuse to head to toy land. The first aisle we turned down we found an eeyore toy and Mason's reaction was hilarious!
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Mason curled up with a blankie watching SPROUT! This is how our early mornings look!

We went to the Science Factory with our friends Anna & Sophie... Mason hogged the ball pit and then had a cow when the lil boy in the mirror wouldn't play with him... my kid head butts the mirror... he couldn't possibly be a Clinger could he!


Our friends the Widmer's invited us to play rock band on Wed. night, we loved it! We have plans to take our show on the road!

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This is how he was for 2 hours, I had to kick him to get a turn!

Twizzlers are our friends & an easy recipe!

Mason got a treat when we went for a drink on Tuesday... he was not thrilled when it was time to get cleaned up!



I hate Barney!!! but Mason loves the songs so for now I will endure...





I try and make these with most of our dinners...
Easy Breadsticks
Time:30 mins makes: a cookie sheet full


1 T Yeast
1 1/2 C Warm water
2 T sugar
2 1/2- 3 C Flour
Garlic Salt, Parm cheese, 1/2 cube butter, Cheese *optional

Mix yeast, water, and sugar... allow to sit for yeast to work 3-5 mins
add flour and mix (add the last cup slowly to make sure you need all 3 cups)
Knead dow for 3 mins let rest for 10min
Melt a 1/4 Cube of butter in a reg size cookie sheet, roll out dough in pan (it does not need to look perfect or touch the sides evenly)
Use a pizza cutter to cut dough into strips (as big our as small as you like, the cuts aren't going to go all the way across its ok)
Melt and paint with rest of butter, sprinkle with garlic salt and parm... or cover with cheese for cheese sticks. Bake 375 for 20 mins

*I add a Cup of wheat flour... no one seems to notice (it makes them look Golden brown and its that much healthier!)

Its only Monday.....

Today we got an ok start on the day... than at 9:30 Mason had a melt down during breakfast... the kind of melt down that sends cereal across the room, and messy hands digging into and ripping out clean hair (our worst tantrum... yet) So I pick lil napolean up and try to nurse him, thats when I catch the blood in his mouth, again! The last front tooth has finally stopped the bulging and gotten down to business... I held Mase all morning and finally got him to down for a nap... got our menu for the rest of the month figured out and then a grocery list, paid some bills, balanced our check book and started some laundry.

When Mason woke up I am felt like a stud-ett, so i pack him up and head to winco and it all fell apart! He screamed the whole way there, I almost ran out of gas trying to find a gas station, I hit winco at 4:00 just intime for late rush, I almost got hit by some fool, Mason continued to cry through the store, some lady tisk tisked tisked me, i told her to mind her own business, it started raining again as soon as I walked out into the parking lot, I forgot half the ingredients for dinner tonight, I just realized the laundry has sat all day and need to be washed again, Mason cryed while i put away the groceries, and just now he cryed him self to sleep....
IS IT REALLY ONLY MONDAY?

Why is it no one tells you about days like this in Home Ec... seriously?

Oh well at least i put an old lady in her place! and for now my child has tylenol for the pain, cheerios in his tummy, and dreams on his lil mind!

An easy going weekend...

Our weekend was super chill... it didn't really start until Sunday (Micah worked on Sat) So of course we played hooky from church... your all shocked I know!

Micah got up at 7 and brought Mason into our bed. Mase decided that it was time to play (we were both tired and more comatose than not) So he crawled between the 2 of us slapping both of our faces hoping and waiting for a response... after 15 mins of that we got him settled back down, I was feeding him, and Micah of course went right back to sleep snoring very loudly! Mason decided to snore too... he would close his eyes and snore deep in his throat 2-3 times and then he would open his eyes and look at Micah. How can you sleep when something funny like that happens... we laughed for a few minutes and were back asleep before 7:30.


I made a yummy breakfast for my guys and Micah and Mase fought over the twice baked potatoes...I pulled rank and Mason won!

Mason was more than ready to eat

He even help push his chair up to the table... you know he's hungry when he's trying to crawl into his seat.

washing down a yummy salty breakfast.
We got ready and took a drive... our new fav thing is to hit up the open houses... it kills me what some people think their homes are worth! No we aren't buying a home anytime soon... its just nice to see whats out there and get ideas for what we want!

Mason waiting for Micah to stop chatting with the realtor... the last of dad's dum dum sure helped!

I though this was such a funny chubby shot last night


Our lil man is 8 1/2 Months old!

A new camera, a new beginning!

I will do a better longer post later this weekend, but just a quick party dance... I got a new camera... Micah spoils me (he really was just tired of my whining)! Its a super cute Cannon powershot SD790 WAAAHOOO! I got it on sale at BestBuy for 169.00 and then bought the 4G card so the whole bill was like 182.00... Good Deal!!!

Here are some funny pictures of Mase... he has been making the silliest faces lately... these are just a small sample! He is not constipated or even angry... just randomnly he does this and then he will growl... I know he didn't get this from my side! hahaha

Stupid broken camera!

So it may be a while before I post any new pics, my cute camera is not taking pics... I think the flash is broken! So sorry until i decide whether to buy a new camera or have mine fixed our blog will run picture free!

Our lives are good, Micah took his test, but he just feel very confident that he passed... he said that he rocked the test in the beginning all through the muliple choice the better he did the harder it got (dumb smart tests) and he thinks he rocked the first simulation and got slammed on the second with some very obscure foreign entities, trading blah blah blah (while he was explaining this question my eyes glazed over and I fell alseep) Long story short the very last question was incredible difficult and even though he studied for 3 months we will cross our fingers and hope for the best.

Mason is moving and progressing way too fast for me... he is standing very confidently now and can crawl across the room with out stopping...

I am doing better now that I have my husband in the late evening, I try more and more recipes and our waists are quickly widening(dang) I dream of having great legs again (my ankles are still pretty hot FYI) I am searching for an easy quilt pattern and learning to knit... I know boring!