HOUSTON....WE HAVE A PROBLEM

How does one feed one's

"blogging addiction"

when one's laptop is dead?

I'M BACK!

Did you miss me? I missed you!

I'm back from Time Out...it was hard...I barely survived.

I got to spend it with these 3 lovely ladies.
(apparently they were naughty too) This is a facade - we really are not enjoying ourselves...no...not one bit.
In time out they make you drive down one way roads the wrong way...SCARY!

(this is TOUR GUIDE BARBIE, she's for hire...)

In Time Out, they made us eat lots and lots of this...painful I tell you.
shopping...we did lots of this while in time out...I know...feel bad for me...
We had to eat lunch on the sidewalk...
cold soup and fresh fruit - (delish!)
This is my BSIL! (beautiful sister-n-law) I think I will continue to be naughty...just so I can hang out with these three gals again. We had a blast! Too much laughing, chocolate consumption and good times. Thanks Rachael, Laura and Jenny!

TOFW

I've been bad.

My family is sending me to

"TIME OUT"

I promise to be good when I return.

(YAHOO!....I mean shoot.)

NAPPING...

While I was napping...

my dough apparently wasn't.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

AH, PUBERTY

How NOT to shave your legs.

(OUCH!)

By Kayla Orton (age 13)

first time leg shaver

(permission granted to share this picture)

Any questions?

BEN'S NEW WEBSITE

Ben's website has been moved. Pack your bags and come visit! You can click his picture on the sidebar or click his link here: http://benjaminorton.blogspot.com/

I will be updating his site on a monthly so please check back often.

BLOGGING PARTY

CALLING ALL BLOGGERS!

The

BOSTON TEMPLE MATRON

is inviting YOU to a

"Bloggers Luncheon"

at her home

Details:

October 9th

10am session

followed by lunch

bring a friend or three

RSVP on my comment section

Looking forward to seeing you there!

(yes...this means YOU!)

PS: Nobody says "NO" to Priscilla!:)

PPS: This party is for anyone that wants to come - not just bloggers, so all you "blog stalkers" are invited too. Don't be shy!

MOTHER/DAUGHTER CAMPOUT

This weekend was our mother/daughter campout. We had a super great time!:) Thanks Jenny and Rachael for bringing your girls, providing the mattresses and for all the laughs. This is what we did for 3 hours. This is what THEY did while WE blew up mattresses. Here are the older, more "mature" cousins.
Here we have the "not so mature" cousins.:)
Sara Hutchins enjoying some hot chocolate with her whipped cream.
Gathering in the mess hall for some midnight snacks. We had overbaked nachos, watery hot chocolate and some seriously good water....see picture below! (YIKES) No joke, this is what my cup of water looked like. I guess it was okay that I forgot my IRON pills because all I had to do was down this "cup O Iron"!
Cuteness comes in two.
Oh, my daughter, will she ever grow up normal???
This is the "We're to cool to sleep with everyone else" group. They hid away in the other room.
Good morning! This is what we look like after being up all night... We celebrated Abbey's birthday in the morning.
Happy birthday Abber Dabbers!
Love these girls!

Fun times with my peeps.

See you gals nextweekend at TOFW!

THANKYOU

Tonight we went to our local fire department (and police department) to deliver some yummy cinnamon rolls and to thank our local heroes for all that they do for us. (thanks for the idea LL) As a treat to our family the firefighters gave us a personal tour of the fire department. (Kaleb still has a fever and wasn't able to go) The firefighters graced Ben with his very own hat.
Two of the three fire fighters on duty tonight.
Stevie sliding down the pole.
Ben checking out the truck.
Huh? What on earth is this???

*****

THANK YOU, WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

REMEMBER...

In Memory of the HEROES on 9/11.

We'll NEVER forget!

GOD BLESS THE USA

(this photo was taken the Friday after 9/11, when the whole United States stopped for a moment of silence. This picture of Steve and Kayla was picked up by the associated press and printed nationwide.)

RUNNING ON A FEVER

This is a picture of a kid playing soccer with a FEVER!

(who happens to be my child)

Fever boy still managed to assist on a goal.

And then score one himself.

They won 3-2.

The END.

MY NEW BEST FRIEND

Dear Mom,

I know I just got back from the Dr.'s office where I was told that my iron was really, really low and we had a nice conversation about my new diet and how it should contain lots and lots of "iron rich" foods. Well...after doing much research on my handy-dandy computer, I realized how much a diet rich in chocolate could help me with my iron problem. I got straight to work on my new diet by eating a WHOLE cadbury chocolate bar for lunch, and you know what? It even had ALMONDS in it - total BONUS. I'm feeling much better already!

(or is that the seratonin?)

Your loving daughter,

Becky

STEVIE MAREE

This morning as Stevie was getting ready for school I pulled out my camera to take a picture of her, don't know why...I was in the moment I guess. I just wanted ONE picture, a nice...smiling...picture. This is how the session went down. (All I know is this is NOT my child - don't know where THESE genes came from ...her dad?)

OH BROTHER!

AMEN!

WEEKEND GETAWAY

Thanks to my good husband, I was able to escape for the whole weekend. I spent it with fellow blogging friends, (thanks a bunch Smart Mama!), played a thousand games of scrabble with my parents, ate 3 lobsters with my mom, (thanks dad!) took a few naps and got to see my TWIN BROTHER for a whole day!

We talked, we ate, we laughed and laughed some more and then we went home...

(thanks for the picture LL)
Do we look anything like twins?:)
Mi Madre - I just love her...
We even got Ben into a game of scrabble - nice frito fingers...

See you next month for OUR birthday Ben!

**********

Here's a shout out to my parents for being married for

47 years TODAY!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!