Living the Fairytale

More Pinterest Craftiness

2012-02-01T09:45:00.004-07:00

More stuff I found to do on Pinterest.

Added Vinyl to my Mixer.

I have another light switch plate that is Aragorn. Yep. Nerd.

Rebekah's Hat. Will post some of the other kids soon.

Rice Krispie Coal for Christmas. It was super messy and made everyones mouth black.

And something on the wall of our room.

Tru Dat!

2012-01-27T08:12:00.001-07:00

Why the blog sucks

2012-01-26T09:04:00.002-07:00

Because this camera is better than the one I have at home. Bryon takes all the pics so I don't have any. Sad I know.

But now you are informed.

Craftin the crap out of the day!

2011-12-20T11:49:00.006-07:00

There really isn't another way to say it.

I haven't done ANYTHING remotely crafty for a really long time. Now I just can't stop. I blame it on Pinterest.

I made this washer necklace for me with the initials of the kids on the small one. Rebekah is frantically stamping away outside getting her friend gifts done for Christmas.
Another Pinterest find. Nest Necklaces for the girlies I love.
And finally. The craft project that had me saying not nice things.

First I couldn't find the clothes pins. Then I couldn't find my Mod Podge. Then I checked 5, yep FIVE stores and no one had any either. Michelle to the rescue!! I borrowed hers.

Then I couldn't find the Vinyl colors I wanted. Geez o Freakin Mighty I was ready to give my Mom a gift card at this point! Laurie and Terry to the Rescue!! I got what I needed from them.

I added the grandkids names in vinyl and a magnetic strip on the back. Now Grandma can hang pictures of the kids or drawings they have made etc. on the fridge or the hall mirror or the whiteboard...wherever.
They turned out so awesome I am going to make some for me. When the stores re-stock their Mod Podge of course. So Mid January!

Pirate Day in Kindergarten

2011-11-28T16:31:00.002-07:00

In his opinion. BEST DAY EVER!

General Conference

2011-11-28T16:07:00.003-07:00

We had a hard time with Conference in April. I didn't get to listen to hardly anything because the kids were so bored!

We made plans right after to help us improve for Oct.

Let me outline what we did.

Projector.

We borrowed a projector from the Mosers and rearranged the basement to make room for the GIANT screen. This in itself was an amazing difference.

Taped on the wall are our key words. I had a bunch of them and rotated the words each sessions. In this pic we are doing the Candy Game. Every time one of the words was spoken, the kids got to take a piece of candy from the bowl beneath the word.

Jack was entertaining.

Who has spoken.

I taped pics of the 12 and the first presidency on the door. Every time one of them spoke, we would write what they talked about. Then after the sessions was over, we would remove the pics. Then we knew who was coming up.
Conference Store.

I picked up a bunch of cheap treats and toys. I labeled each with a cent amount ranging from a penny to a quarter. Every time one the words on the cards were said, the kids that heard them got a penny. After the session was over, the kids could purchase stuff from the store or save the money for a bigger prize. Since the words were quite frequently said, they ended up with a lot of cashola! They loved this game. We only did the candy game one session because they liked the Store one better. The only down side to this game was the parent in charge of handing out the money. They were constantly pestered the entire time. I guess having the 5 year old simply listen to the older kids for the queue to get money.
Words for the money game. We finally taped them on the wall to keep Jack away from them.
Then we had the fall-backs of coloring pages, and crossword puzzles as well as Conference Bingo. All of these are available on www.lds.org
The entire weekend was amazing! I actually got a lot of crocheting done, which I MY semi-annual activity.

The kids loved the whole thing. And honestly how many times do kids say that about general conference weekend. The best part was that they listened. And we listened! And we all felt the Spirit.

We made a list for April with suggestions to make it even better.

All in All a total PLUS for mom and dad.

Oh the wonders

2011-11-19T09:43:00.002-07:00

This week was NUTS! I really think the powers of the universe got together and decided to dump everything in 2 days. I was able to rearrange one of those days for the funeral but the next day was a nightmare!

Friday I thought was going to be my rest day.

When the kids got home, the plan drastically changed.

We had to go shopping and then pick up Bryon for my cousins wedding reception.

Ethen and Sam have been wanting to buy a lego set together so they have been trying to earn and save money. Only 2 bucks to go, Ethen was on a rampage trying to get it earned so they could buy it when we went to the store.

He was doing laundry for me when he fell down the stairs taking a new load down.

The kid falls a lot. I used to say that his brain was cushioned by scar tissue from all the times he hit is head as a baby.

He has a pretty shrill scream. I am sure the neighbors heard when he hit. I heard him crying out "I can't! I can't" Little weird.

He managed to climb up most of the stairs before he stopped. I talked to him for a while to find out what happened. He had tripped and ended up hitting his head against the bookcase at the bottom of the stairs.

Two giant goose eggs developed.

This isn't anything new. Like I said, 3 boys=lots of falls.

I started to get worried when he told me the TV looked like he was cross eyed. Dizziness followed. We ended up taking him to the doctor just in case.

He had a hard time not falling asleep in the car, and I kept talking to him to get him to stay awake. He did lighten up from Lethargy when the doctor started all the neurological testing asking him all sorts of funny questions.

Diagnosis- 2nd degree concussion. I didn't know there were varying degrees, but the lightest is when symptoms last 15 minutes or less. His were 30-45 minutes before any improvement happened.

As the doctor is doing his exam he asked if Ethen had hit his face. Nope. No blood out of his nose or anything. Nope. Well he had a broken nose. Really! Good times. Old injury, but the doc did recommend he get it looked at.

Jr. Jazz doesn't start till next month, but we have to take him back in for a follow up before he can play.

After giving us a packet of information, he came back in and asked us if he was lethargic. Big fat uppers on that one. This kid doesn't hold still unless he has a fever or something. The doc told us he was considering a CT because he still hadn't perked up much since it happened 2 1/2 hours ago.

On the hospital we went. Ethen was freaking out a bit about the test until I described it as Avatar! Sliding table going into a donut.

On the way there, I thought about him screaming and asked if he remembered saying anything. He didn't. Had we not already been on the way to the hospital, I would have started that direction. He had blacked out.

They were waiting for us and we had the fastest hospital test EVER!

We needed to wait for the results...20 minutes....

When the doctor called us he told us there was no evidence of bleeding. Great news. Then he asked if Ethen had been congested. Nope. No colds or anything. Nope, but we have all had the rounds of it the last month. Surprise! The CT scan picked up a whopping sinus infection. What in the fetch?

4 hours after the injury we made it home. Just in time for the reception to be over and the snow storm to start.

Never a dull moment in Buchmillerville!

Musings

2011-11-16T20:18:00.003-07:00

After an amazing funeral and a 5th Ward Reunion (Bishop Alan said it first), I have a few things to ponder on. It is funny how I always think, while sitting in funerals, about what will be said at mine. I am hoping that the Butterfly tile made sense to them all. If not, I really made it as therapy for me anyway.

First off, I am not fantastical like Miss Gae, so there were many things that just didn't apply to me.

Second, it was awesome to hear her kids talk about how much they fought. Yelling at my boys a few minutes ago because they were beating up on each other.... It all turns out okay in the end I

guess

Third-How often to we really write actual notes now days? All the kids had numerous letters that their mother had written them. I need to do that more often.

Fourth-Family Motto. I have thought of this a few times in the past. Bryon says we already have one. No Whining! I think we need to get a bit more perspective.

Fifth-Intense Personalities. My kids have them. That is the reason they are so hard to deal with at times. Such strong spirits trying to figure out how life works. A bit more understanding might be in order. Thanks for that Adam.

Sixth-People actually read this! I ran into so many old and constant friends who were well aware of what was going on in Buchmillerville because of this blog. Stalk Away my friends, Stalk Away.

All of the kids were able to see the amount of people in the chapel while giving tribute to their mom, but the most priceless of all was Blake's expression while following the casket afterwards. He looked genuinely surprised that so many people were there.

Yes Blake. We all showed up because we love Miss Gae.

Thanks for being amazing.

Butterfly Commitee

2011-11-13T10:57:00.005-07:00

I had to steal this pic from the obituary. I haven't had the chance to go through all my photos yet.

This is Miss Gae Beckstrom. We always called her Miss Gae, she was a school teacher. She was my first YW president when I was a kid. She served in YW's up until I went to college. I even babysat her kids a time or two.

I was lucky enough to have continued a relationship with her through out the years. She bought Rebekah her first pair of Hiking Boots.

almost 4 years ago she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and I was able to watch from afar while she struggled with this disease.

When my parents returned home from their mission, my mother, who is a nurse was able to spend a great deal of time with Gae. She took her to doctors appointments, shopping and helped clean her house.

At the beginning of the school year, her condition took a sudden turn. She was discovered to have 200 tumors all throughout her body, many of which had ruptured making it impossible for her to have an MRI because of the intense pain of sitting in one position too long.

I was aware that she wasn't going to be around much longer, so I went to visit her a few weeks ago.

We talked for an hour of life and what was going on with all of her children. I am facebook or blog stalkers with most of them, so I was aware of a lot of things that were happening in her extended family life. Most of all we laughed.

One of the things that we laughed about most was when she died she was going to make sure and be in the line or "why didn't I get a beautiful singing voice" Her oldest two daughters were blessed with this talent and I sang with them on numerous occasions. That was her first

priority when getting to the other side. The next line she wanted to be in was for the Butterfly Committee. She wanted to make sure that butterfly's were kept beautiful and unique for the world.

It really got me thinking about what line I would stand in. We discussed patience, but decided that the line for that one was probably really long and I wouldn't have the patience to stand in it.

When she finally passed away on Thursday morning, I was once again shocked at how many memories I had of her and what an impact she had

on my life.

In an effort to help me feel as though I had done something for her, I asked my friend Andy at www.poppiesatplay.blogspot.com to design something to give to each of her kids.

In no time at all she had created this wonderful tribute to my friend. I can't wait to give it Erin, Emily, Adam and Jamilyn.

Pirate Babies

2011-10-26T08:28:00.003-06:00

Yes this happened in May.

I am a little behind.

Anywho....

This is Jack and Sienna. She is the directors daughter and they are 3 months apart. They played a great deal with each other during the rehearsals and as you can see there was a bit of PDA as well. Abby was awesomely thoughtful and got them matching shirts. All the kids and adults got them as well, so we ended up with 4 at our house. Isn't she adorable?

Hopefully he will grow up to be a one woman kinda guy. Not "The Playa" like Sam and his harem!

General RS Meeting Choir

2011-10-12T14:47:00.002-06:00

Way back in May-ish I got called into the bishops office to invite me to participate in the regional choir for the General RS Meeting in September. It seemed like a long way away then, but man did it creep fast.I won't report on all the details, since it would take me forever, but let me just say; as was our choir motto "these are days that will never be forgotten"

It was awesome having the opportunity to sing with 363 other women whose love of conveying the spirit though music matched my own. We attended practices at a local stake center as well as a dress rehearsal at the conference center. Nerve racking-Yep, Time Consuming-Surely, One of the best experiences of my life-Bingo.

On top of the awesomeness of it all, the entire experience was greatly boosted by the company I kept.

Thanks Michelle, Andy, Gina and Lisa for laughing at all the jokes I know full well weren't funny. I love you all.

The Vampire Boy

2011-09-19T14:55:00.002-06:00

For some weird reason, Jacks two front upper teeth were late coming in. Oh well, we like vamps in this family. Okay well some of us do.

They have since emerged so no worries that the condition is permanent.

Why o Why does he cause problems?

2011-09-19T14:50:00.002-06:00

Bek's 12!!! RUNNNNNN!

2011-09-09T14:31:00.000-06:00

WOWZA!

I keep doing it year after year. Filling my house full of crazy sugar high kids.

12 Twelve year olds for 5 hours!

Good thing it was tons of fun.

Our house isn't big enough...So they kept splitting up.
Foosball, Karaoke, dancing downstairs.
With all the treats, a bunch of which ended up on the floor.
WOW-they look like they are having fun??
Hair feathers, facials and marble nails upstairs.
Thanks Jana Horton. You are the bestest! (and kelly too who will have to make flies from something else this year)
Really wasn't a theme this year, so we just went with whatever.
How the cake looked after we killed it!
I had one attendant tell me- "well this party was a big success" Thanks Kenny. I though so too.

2011 Bow Hunt

2011-08-23T15:00:00.000-06:00

Skyline Drive is gorgeous!

Bryon loves to take landscape shots. We need to start hanging some in the house to remind us of all the places we love to go.

Silly kid would not take a nap!

Bek is finally old enough to hunt!

Sam, Bailee, Chesley and Ethen in the Hammock. That thing was hours of entertainment for all!

A sometimes futile attempt to keep Jack from rolling in the dirt-Tarp and toys.

Success rate was nominal, but it usually is. We go for the fun of being together, not necessarily the deer.

Father's and Son's Campout

2011-07-31T08:30:00.000-06:00

I wasn't there, so there will be no captions to these photos

Angry Birds-GRRRRRR

2011-07-22T08:54:00.008-06:00

I hate how I forget until the end that I uploaded the pictures in the wrong order!

Anyhoo-Ethen's Birthday is June 1st, but we never seem to be able to get a party together because it is the beginning of summer. After Nagging and Nagging I finally gave in and did one yesterday.

The last game we played (because we are going in reverse) was Water Balloon Angry Birds. I gathered up a bunch of storage type boxes, let them build their own contraptions and have at it. They loved trying to build a structure that would withstand the onslaught.

Middle game was Capture the Egg.

I divided the boys into Birds and Pigs, complete with colored arm bands. They headed over to the park across the street.

The Jail!

We tired a more traditional Angry Birds game at the beginning. This time with small cardboard boxes, duct tape balls and a slingshot.

The boys had a harder time than I thought with the slingshot, so we ended up just throwing the balls.

And the ever adaptable...Bird Bird Pig game while we waited for everyone to show up.

I decorated with things that I found online.

The paper birds were from "little plastic men"

Walmart had these wall stickers. I bought them a while ago in preparation of the party that didn't happen in June. Sam wanted to be part of the action. The kids had a TON of fun putting them all over the house.
Party Favors I made from just paper cups in the party section of Walmart. Add some googlie eyes and feathers to paper belly's, beaks, and eyebrows! Super Easy

And the Bestest Part. Cake.

This was my first attempt at fondant and I had a lot of helpers. I think the pigs turned out the best.

Hours went into the main cake. I was so depressed about cutting it up that I almost didn't.

Best Cake EVER!!

Cheese Experiment

2011-07-05T15:52:00.002-06:00

After reading this article and having a killer cheese deal, I decided to try it.
So...this is sitting in my storage room...on a shelf...
We will see how it goes. Let me be your guinea pig if you are afraid to try it.

http://preparetodaywardnewsletter.blogspot.com/2011/06/waxing-cheese-shelf-stable-eggs.html

Cone Heads Sno Cones and Suckers

2011-06-30T12:03:00.002-06:00

Rebekah bought herself a sno cone maker. Two weeks ago she held her first sale and we did it again today, with the addition of Ethen selling suckers (which is A LOT more work for me)
The neighbor boys get free merchandise for advertising (riding their bikes around the neighborhood and yelling), and Sam needs to be kept away so he doesn't eat all the goods.

Today a couple of firemen were out testing the hydrants.

Ethen comes running in the house yelling that the ambulance just turned around and they were getting out to buy stuff.
I guess that is how you know your business has made it.

Corrupted from Infancy

2011-06-30T11:57:00.001-06:00

I don't think any description is needed.

Jack now cries anytime anyone walks by with a piece and doesn't let him have any.

Thanks Dad.

Beware the Triple B's!!!

2011-06-23T09:22:00.003-06:00

That would be...

BALD BUCHMILLER BOYS

There is never any questions like-"what did the mailman look like?" in my house.
I have cookie cutter kids. Everyone one of them look like their amazing daddy. Especially with their summer hair cuts!!!
Of course there never was a better mini me than that daughter of mine.
This pic was after her 11 year old Day Camp.

What a great night to be a parent.

2011-05-24T21:00:00.003-06:00

Pulled out all the stops tonight.

I would like to blame it on the fact that I haven't felt good for a couple days and somehow i hurt my ankle, but I can only take so much responsibility.

My kids were just plain naughty!

Rebekah trapped Ethen in the storage room because he wouldn't get HER kind of cereal to bring upstairs. Which bought on all sorts of threats to property belonging to both.

Sam refused to get dressed after his shower UNLESS I agreed to read to him (45 minutes after bedtime!)

And Jack? Well his was just tired but wouldn't go to sleep.

Needless to say...lots of days grounded, birthday parties will be missed and extra chores will be divvy'd out.

On a positive note-Sam complied and is not sleeping naked.

Week 3 part-1

2011-05-17T11:42:00.003-06:00

25 boxes of pasta

6 boxes of Hamburger Helper

2 nail polish

$4.50

The only thing I paid for was the Hamburger Helper at $.75 a box. Everything else was FFFFFFRRRRREEEEEE.

I have enough coupons to get 15 more boxes of pasta but both Smiths and Walmart are out of the that kind. I was thinking about going back tonight and seeing if they restocked. The sale ends tonight for those so I have to jump on them.

TOO LATE-OBSESSED

2011-05-09T15:09:00.003-06:00

Couponing Week 2This was my haul from today's trip. Please take into account that some of the coupons that I brought didn't work because of smith's new policy...but you live you learn right?

Smiths

10 boxes of Cereal

10 bottles of BBQ sauce

12 toothbrushes

2 pks of sheet protectors

scissors (cuz I forgot mine. No worries, I had a coupon)

Lunchable for Sam (not shown because it was gone before we got home)

Total Value $100 My Price with coupons and store discounts-$28.00

Walgreens

3 pks of Carefree pads

3 boxes of bandaids

2 Pantene Shampoo

1 drink

1 sucker

I had planned on getting a ton of Pantene, but store policy was one per day. Going tomorrow.

Total value $26.00 My price 4.00

Coupons --the good and the bad

2011-04-23T21:06:00.003-06:00

After watching a few episodes of Extreme Couponing (freaks by the way) Bryon and I have decided to try a few things out.

We are working on our 3-month food storage and were struggling with how to get everything done money wise with needing to build a room in the basement for Rebekah, buying a car and a bunch of other things that are coming up.

I think we have found our answer.

Bryon has done most of the leg work finding website and printing out coupons.

Now he says he has unleashed the beast....In me.

My favorite day of the year is Black Friday. I L-O-V-E killer deals! Now I can get that same rush weekly.

I tried out my first round of couponing today. Didn't go as planned, just because I was a newbie. Here is what shoulda-woulda happened if I was paying more attention.

Smith's has cereal on sale for 4 for $10. Plus they give you a $5 gift card for your next purchase with the deal! Also Hershey's gave a $5 coupon if you spent $20 on candy (which I did). So after buying one round of cereal and easter candy I had $10 to spend-free. Hello four new boxes of cereal, then another $5 gift card. Found 55 cents off coupons for the cereal, and some 75 cents off too!

So 4 boxes of cereal-Free

4 more boxes of cereal with $5 gift card from last order and coupons-$3.10

Oh do that again-$3.10

Leaving with another $5 gift card for the next time I want to go in.

All in all-----12 boxes of cereal for $6.10 (or if you want to subtract the gift card I could use next time $1.10!)

Either way that is 50 cents per box!!

Monday I have another trip planned.

More cereal at 50 cents a box

Diapers 4.00 for a 60 count package

Snacks for Free! Yep Free!

Now the task is not to become obsessed with it!

Blue and Gold

2011-03-27T09:56:00.002-06:00

It was pizza night at the Blue and Gold Banquet. All the boys had to bring a pizza to be judged and eaten by everyone.
It was a special night for Ethen. He got his wolf, 6 belt loops and 2 pins. LOADED.
He told me I wasn't very nice when I painted his face.
For the best part of the night, he won the Early Bird award for being on time. It was a huge bucket of candy and toys. Can't find the pic, but I will post it when I do. He quickly became the most popular boy in the room.

The chubbers

2011-03-27T09:43:00.002-06:00

After his bath this morning, the kids kept running around and hiding Jack's clothes so that I couldn't get him dressed.
I finally took pictures so that they would let me get the poor kid dressed.

Cupcakes everywhere!!

2011-03-19T09:48:00.000-06:00

Bryon's grandma had her 80th birthday open house and I made the cupcakes. 217 of them. The kitchen was full of frosting and muffin pans for days.

Luckily I had CaMarley to keep Sam busy while I frosted them all.

Phew, I was glad to get my kitchen back.

2011-03-13T16:52:00.001-06:00

Words of Wisdom

2011-02-19T19:36:00.003-07:00

Disclaimer-nothing is amiss. I was just thinking about an amazing person who has had a big affect in my life. She offered me some good council when I told her I was engaged.

Life is full of wrinkles. Just make sure that you iron them together.

Ever wonder what you are doing in your church calling? Changing the world.

Thanks Miss Gae, Susie Q, Tammy Faye and all my other amazing Young Women leaders for

changing MY world.

I will love you forever.

Yummmmm Carrots!!!

2011-01-31T12:13:00.000-07:00

Bryon's 36!!!

2011-01-31T12:07:00.002-07:00

We stayed at home for Bryon's birthday. He did too. That was fantastic for the kids. I haven't seem them get up so excited since christmas.

We opened presents first thing. Funny how boring presents get when you are older.

He got a pull up bar that hangs over the doorframe and clothes.

The rest of the day was lazy until dinner time. Then I went nuts.

In honor of his love for Chess...

And Dinner!

He alternates every few years between his favorite birthday meal. This year is was Cordon Bleu. I hardly ever make it because it is so labor intensive, but man was it good.

Just when you think you aren't doing any good.

2011-01-14T18:37:00.002-07:00

This week has been filled with sickness.

Rebekah started out with a cold-ish-ness on Monday and ended up home 3 days with fever, cough, sore throat etc. I just knew it was going to continue through the fam, so when Sam came in our room early Thursday with a fever I thought...two down. Of course Sam didn't stay down all day like Rebekah would and by noon he wouldn't even take a nap.

I got home from work and the store late last night and then couldn't sleep, so it was after midnight before I finally slept.

2am-Jack needs to eat

3am-Sam in our room on the floor complaining.

3:30-I hear this "hello! hello! can anyone hear me? I need help!" Get out of bed to find Ethen in the bathroom on the floor. He had a stomach ache and a fever. I end up just covering him up and let him try to sleep in there.

3 hours later, he has whined and been given bread and water and medicine and the thermometer.

6:30 he finally throws up and then falls deeply asleep on the bathroom floor.

Sigh. Long night

Best part of it though was at 4 something, I had just got back into bed from getting something for Ethen and Sam pops up like he hasn't been asleep for an hour and loudly proclaims---

"MOM! I know what to do!" I think he is dreaming until he runs into the bathroom and I hear him say (quietly) "Ethen-you just need to say a pray to feel better." Then he went back to bed.

Nice to see that something sinks in...

Tha-tha-tha Thunder Thighs!!!

2011-01-10T11:48:00.002-07:00

And yep! They are eatable.

Glad this week is over

2011-01-07T14:40:00.002-07:00

Not because it was particularly busy, or stressful. In fact it was the opposite. I literally sat around and did nothing most of the time. Not because I was overly tired, because I always am. But simply because I was LAZY AS HECK!!!

I think I wasn't quite ready to get back to life after such an amazing winter break.

Bryon was off for all but two days of it and we seriously just hung out and played games and had a ton of fun. Not wanting it to end caused serious issues for me this week. I just didn't do anything.

Dahn cousin get together

2011-01-01T18:24:00.001-07:00

Yeah for Me!!!

2010-12-09T17:17:00.003-07:00

At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 40 NEW books this year. Quite the feat since last year I only read 18. But thanks to bed rest and easy reads I did it.

Here is my list

The Dragon Heir-Chima

Persuasion-Austen

The Hiding Place- ten Boom

Artemes Fowl-Colfer

101 things you didn't know about Lincoln-Thornton

Percy Jackson #1-Riordon

Percy Jackson #2-

The Girl who Heard Dragons-McCaffery

The Wizard Heir-Chima

The Picture of Dorian Gray-Wilde

Incarceron-Fisher

The Crown Rose-Aery

Last Man Standing-Baldacci

The Historian-Kostova

The Bright of the Sky-Keynon

The Kite Runner-Hosseni

Fabelhaven #4-Mull

Wake-McMann

Wicked Lovely-Marr

The Arthurian Omen-Vandigriff

Fade-McMann

Ink Exchange-Marr

Fragile Eternity-Marr

Gone-McMann

Shadowmarch-Williams

Beautiful Creatures-Garcia

Shadowplay-Williams

The Dark Divine-Despain

Dragonflight-McCaffery

Dragonquest-McCaffery

Thirteenth Child-Wrede

The Game of Thrones-Martin

The Clash of Kings-Martin

Storm of Swords-Martin

Pillars of the Earth-Follett

Mockingjay-Collins

Atonement

The Time Travelers Wife-Niffeneggar

The Demon King-Chima

Tunnels-Gordon/Williams

I still have three weeks left.....

DADDY DAUGHTER Faith in God Night.

2010-11-12T09:11:00.002-07:00

The amazing Activity day leaders in our ward prepared a celebration for what the girls have accomplished in the Faith in God program this year.

Bryon won the pie eating contest. Yep whole chocolate pie.

Rebekah wanted to work on developing her talents, so she decided to bake and decorate a cake. This is what she came up with. She did all the frosting (except the crumb coat) by her self.

It was yummy too.

Halloween

2010-11-12T08:50:00.003-07:00

A Frankenstein, a Zombie and Optimus Prime

Carving Pumpkins. The boys had a hard time jumping in.
The haul from the big kids.

Phineas And Ferb

2010-11-12T08:46:00.001-07:00

2010-11-11T17:22:00.002-07:00

I had a librarian ask me where I got my awesome bag when I was at the city library today.Yep that says Library Of Congress. One of the coolest places I visited on my week long trip with Bryon to DC in 2005

Just a Preview

2010-10-23T17:05:00.005-06:00

Just a quick look at some of our family pictures. These are just the first that were edited.
Adria is amazing.
www.anomephoto.com

Sam got ahold of the Camera

2010-10-06T17:05:00.001-06:00

Things they did while I was on Bed Rest.

2010-09-27T11:29:00.000-06:00

Jack Jack

2010-09-06T17:04:00.003-06:00

This is so totally out of date since he is three weeks old tomorrow.
Sorry to all of you who don't have Facebook.

JACK HUNTER BUCHMILLER

Born 8/17/10

1:41 am

8lbs 3oz 19 inches

Tha-ree days. Three, 3, tres. Yep. Three

2010-08-15T11:30:00.002-06:00

Forget the counter to the right. I am being induced on the 18th.

Good thing since yesterday I finally lost the last two of the knuckles on my hands. Now they are just pits. Give me a few more days and the crevice of a belly-button might actually pop. That would be the first time ever!

Worried that the poor kid is going to be addicted to Percocet. I am trying to only take one a day, but between the migraines, killer contractions and the amount of water I am retaining, sometimes it doesn't work. I feel like I am an old lady with all the medications I have now and I haven't even given birth yet.

I was taking to Rebekah this morning about the plan of Grandma coming to stay and waiting until Jack is born and then taking the kids to the Bow Hunt. As soon as I mentioned that she would get to come to the hospital and hold him, she got all giddy and excited. I laughed and she fell over on the bed and started giggling. "I am so excited!" She told me.

Me too babe. Me too.

Missing my mommy and daddy though. Of course I won't have to worry about grandma peeking around the curtain in the delivery room this time.

Ward Movie Night

2010-07-27T17:57:00.000-06:00

Another activity I didn't attend. Yep not bored or anything around here.

The ward set up a blow up movie screen and had popcorn for an activity. When I asked Sam what the movie was about, he couldn't tell me. All he remembered about the night was that Bailey and Kylie were there. At least he was paying attention to his friends.

Oh, and that's my girl.

Can't tell can you?

Ethen Gets his BOBCAT (and a whole bunch of other stuff)

2010-07-26T17:46:00.000-06:00

He looks so proud that they asked him to hold the flag. Same ended up with it for most of the night though and I tried to keep him from hitting people with it.Because of Day Camp the week before, there were a lot of awards to give out.
Ethen not only earned his Bobcat badge, but 6 belt loops. Archery, BB Guns, Baseball, Chess and I can't remember the others ones.Bryon got to paint his face. I got around of applause because I squatted down to take that picture. Took a bit to get back up. Bryon told me that he needed to work on his artwork for the next time he gets to paint Ethen's face. And yes that badge is totally crooked, but after sewing on so many with swollen fingers I wasn't about to fix it.

They played a flag football type game to get the night started. With so many boys (We have one of the largest packs in the district) it was chaotic. I am glad I stayed in my chair.

Cute little Blake got dressed up for the occasion. His mom is pretty hot too and I am not just saying that because she is the bishops wife.

Sometimes it is just better not to ask

2010-07-20T17:44:00.000-06:00

2010-07-19T17:39:00.002-06:00

The aunts and Grandma Dot took the kids to see the floats for the 24th parade.

Apparently there were face painters and balloon people.

That same day they also went to lunch, dinner, a movie and had snow cones at Aunt Lois'.

Too bad they had to come home to boring old mom in bed.

Fishin!

2010-07-18T15:44:00.004-06:00

Grandma Patsy took the kids fishing in Helper.
Rebekah didn't really like this fish

Ethen Liked his!

"I'm not going to kiss the fish!"

No seriously, Not going to kiss it.

Sam caught 7! Fisher indeed.

Oh, I think she likes this one.

Sam #2 I think. He caught so many, who knows.

Waiting.

Oh, there is Grandma

Holy Crap is he cute!

Camp Jeremiah Johnson

2010-07-16T15:23:00.001-06:00

According to Ethen "the Best Day Of My Life"
It was only later that he told me why it was the best day of his life "Because Dad came with me."
Making Rockets

Ethen Archer

Man those Saftey Goggles are Awesome!

"Boy, he's a dead eye!"

Game where they had to fill up a pipe with water. There were a ton of holes that the rest of the boys had to plug up while Ethen poured. He is concentrating really hard.

Canoe Tag

Yep, that is Ethen's oar.

I had it a minute ago!

Airplane Craft

All the boys in the car.

Breaking the ToothFairy Bank and Trust.

2010-06-28T16:57:00.001-06:00

I think it was his third this month. Poor kid can hardly chew.

More randomness

2010-06-28T16:53:00.002-06:00

BBQ at my aunts house.

We made smores with the biggest marshmellows I have ever seenYou can tell how big it was by looking at the prongs on the roaster. It took two to hold the thing while it cooked. Rebekah was in heaven. Notice the nicely browned color of the mellow. She got that fabulous technique from me.

And Ethen's wishful thinking! Don't know why but the hair cutting always seems to turn into some sort of show at our house. Mohawks and skunks and all other sorts of things. Just glad it all washed off.

A little girl and her dream

2010-06-14T10:04:00.002-06:00

A promise from her daddy.

-Keep your room clean for one month (feb). Check
-Earn all the money for paraphernalia (cage, toys, food, bedding, chew sticks,treats, animal itself). Check

Presenting

RUBY THE HAMSTER (it would have been Rhino but they didn't have any boys)

I think she has a nicer house than mine!

All told, with everything she bought, Rebekah spent about $70 in the last 4 months to get ready for her new addition. A bit ridiculous how all of the sudden she had a little "baby" to take care of. She feeds it carrots everyday and makes sure to pet and play with her and put her in her ball to run around.

The boys are fascinated by her as well and I caught Sam shoving handfuls of treats into the cage.

I of course "STRONGLY" objected to the purchase of the rodent, but I was out voted. How can you argue with a constantly clean room?

When we brought her home and put her in her cage for the first time, I got my dues for being so willing to compromise.

The dumb thing bit me hard enough to draw blood!

Ethen's Baptism

2010-06-07T16:59:00.004-06:00

Pics from the day. We missed you Mom and Dad!

Ethen's Birthday Surprise of Brotherly Love

2010-06-07T16:27:00.003-06:00

Rebekah's Late Over

2010-06-01T16:45:00.001-06:00

The Schmidt girls came over for a day+night of fun.

Here are the results of the "Blind-folded" make overs.

Random Ethen

2010-05-24T16:36:00.004-06:00

Why he has a camera now, I don't know. When I find things like this on his memory card.

Sam

2010-05-24T16:21:00.000-06:00

More pics from Ethen's Camera

2nd Grade Dance Fesitval

2010-05-21T16:27:00.000-06:00

Every Year the Second Grade classes put on a Dance Festival.
Each Class has a different "folk" type dance from a different country. This year, Ethen's class did the German Clapping Dance.

Then Everyone joined in the "Chicken Dance", which was the best one of all. Especially for Ethen, with those talented hips of his.

Ethen's ONLY Baseball Game (so far)

2010-05-19T16:25:00.000-06:00

Because of the CRAPPY weather we have been having, We have only had one game and several of the practices have been cancelled.

Lofty Goal?

2010-05-18T16:36:00.002-06:00

40 books in 2010.

New books, mind you.

Re-reads don't count.

I am already up to 23.

This one nailed it!

2010-04-30T16:40:00.001-06:00

So what is the Deal?!?!

2010-04-30T16:00:00.002-06:00

The Terrible Two's. Right! Three's are much harder. But Sam decided to drop a bombshell the week after he turned 4.

He has been more aggressive than his brother, but I think that is for obvious reason. Ethen actually has someone to wrestle with now. But Sam decided to take things to extreme. He hits and kicks, most of the time for no reason.

During Sacrament Meeting, in the middle of the Sacrament, he decided that he wanted to use Ethen's notebook. I took out some pages from the notebook to appease both boys, but this wasn't what Sam wanted. He started his fit.
I gave him a few seconds and then grabbed him in order to calm him down. He started kicking and hitting me. So much so, that I stood up and dragged him out of the chapel. I had to pin his legs so that he didn't kick poor Sister Cannon in the pew in front of us. Of course as soon as he realized he was going out, he screamed. Loud.

Now our ward isn't a quiet ward. There are A LOT of kids in there, but holy cow, he vibrated the walls as I was walking out with him.
I confined him in my arms until we were at the back of the building (all the while, kicking my belly of course, which is a tender area lately).
As soon as I put him down to try and talk to him, he bolted. Running down the other side of the building, he just about made it back into the chapel before I caught him. Prego in a dress and high-heeled boots, running down the hall after the tornado child.
Then we went outside, because he started to scream again.

Thus began the 30 minute confinement period. I sat on the grass and pinned him to my lap while he screamed and kicked and tired to hit me. Then the scratching began. He got me a few times, but the blood wasn't drawn until later on the in the day.
He is crying, I am crying and trying not to loose it and...well you get the idea.

Unfortunately it happened again later that night. Twice. Bryon was gone most of the day so it was not a good Sunday.
The same thing happened again last night and got really close a couple of times today.

After some pondering, I have realized that two stars need to be aligned for this devil to emerge.
First, he has to be hungry. Weird
And Second, he has to be tired.

I am starting to think that maybe he is hypo-glycemic or something. What else could cause such a personality change in the blink of an eye?

Oh the things 'they' don't tell you about parenthood.

Prince's and the Pee

2010-04-13T16:04:00.002-06:00

Oh too too funny to not post.

Early Monday morning, Sam came into our room and told me that he pee'd in his bed. That hasn't happened for a while. It took me a minute before I realized that he had asked to sleep on the floor when I put him to bed that night. Great, here comes the carpet cleaner.

And Monday night, during DWTS, Sam had only been in bed for about 10 minutes, when he started screaming at Ethen. The older two had gotten into trouble for fighting and had to go to bed early. Ethen had been asleep about an hour.
I went in to see what Sam's deal was and witnessed Ethen getting back into bed.
Sam was screaming "Ethen pee'd on my blanket!" Sure enough, the blanket had a rather large wet spot that seeped into the sheet and there were splatter marks on the floor. The kid had gotten out of bed, and wizzed on his brother. Just thankful for the blanket being there.
Of course Ethen remember nothing about it in the morning.

I just couldn't stop laughing and being grateful that it wasn't the TV.

Should I be Worried

2010-03-02T10:14:00.002-07:00

Just posted two new widgets.
Am thinking that I might be in trouble because of the closeness of dates....

The Secret is Out

2010-01-30T16:51:00.002-07:00

Seriously I wanted to wait until at least 15 weeks, maybe even longer to let the word out, but the kids and Bryon wanted to tell the world that I was pregnant.

So I did the only 21 Century thing to do when you have something to say. I posted it on Facebook.

Now it isn't that I am not excited about this one. I am. There were just a lot of things that played into keeping it private for a while.

1st- It is the 4th. Seriously, who cares right??

2nd- Other people we love are on there first, way more important.

3rd-The issues with my lungs still hasn't been completely resolved, but when the OB told me I should probably wait, it was already too late. 5 weeks too late.

4th-After a friend lost her own baby so close to delivery, it really seemed like a bad time.

But then Bryon got to talking to his brother about the Bow Hunt. Of course I will not be attending this year, being due the week before. He was struggling to come up with a good reason why he hadn't bought his license yet. Frustrated I finally gave him the go ahead to spill the beans. That just opened the flood gate. Rebekah told 7 people at school the next day! I guess that I still get credit for announcing it to the most people because of FB.

I just hope that my parents read this soon...Since we haven't officially told them yet....

Love ya.

Oh and the Jelly Bean? That is what we are calling the little squid until we know which direction things are pointing.

Cricut

2010-01-23T15:13:00.002-07:00

It has been suggested that we start a list of people in the neighborhood who have cartridges for our fantastic Cricut's. That way we can swap and have a huge library available for all of our creative fingers.
If you would like to be apart of this not-exclusive, semi-beneficial club, comment and let me know what you have. I will keep a listing on the blog here so that everyone can access it.

New Years 2010

2010-01-04T13:24:00.003-07:00

We stayed at home this year because the weather man said there would be a big storm. Of course there wasn't and we missed a rockin party in Monroe. We tried to make up for it.

Flashlight Dance Party in Rebekah's room. The lights were off and the music was loud!

We played card games and Wii until midnight. Even Sam stayed up even though I tried several times to put him down. He just kept coming downstairs. I guess he didn't want to miss the fun.

A Christmas Carol

2010-01-04T12:46:00.003-07:00

The kids had so much fun preparing for the school play. Rebekah was the one that tried out and then Ethen was asked to play the part of Tiny Tim since the neighbor that had been playing him for the last two years was getting too big. He was so excited.
They loved going to rehearsals and getting their costumes done and make-up'ed the nights of the performances.
I think this is something they will continue to enjoy.

Fred's Daughter Tiny Tim

Sledding In Price

2009-12-31T13:20:00.000-07:00

Erik was nice enough to take the kids and CaMarley on the 4-wheeler.

Christmas 2009

2009-12-30T13:14:00.000-07:00

Classic New Pajama's on Christmas Eve.

Another Classic. Top of the stairs in order of age. The kids are always so anxious that they have a hard time holding still for this one.

Do I Even Try??

2009-12-14T15:11:00.001-07:00

Is it worth trying to catch up at this point????

OOOOO. Counting down to June Already.

2009-12-04T17:33:00.001-07:00

Stolen from StephU (Because I love her).

Eclipse baby!!!!

Young Women in Excellence

2009-11-14T12:00:00.002-07:00

We did adventures in excellecnce for our theme.
6 1/2 hours total for set up the event and take down. That was a bit long, but everything turned out great.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-14T11:58:00.000-07:00

We went cheapo this year and it was funny that the kids were so exicted. Apparently a hobo has to be angry at something.Pardon the diaper. It was early in the morning before school, but Sam was a fireman.

Student of the Month

2009-11-14T11:55:00.002-07:00

From Mr. Runolfson this time.

Poop and chalk art

2009-11-14T11:47:00.004-07:00

Okay this one is just because he is cute. Mom and Dad filled up the truck with compost when they went to the dump and brought it out. I was super sick this day so I didn't get to help. They unloaded it all.

We finally had to close the garage because the Eagle Mountain wind was bringing too much of it inside.

While I was watching I discovered some chalk art that Ethen and Sam had done earlier in the day. It was cute to see all their drawings

Until I saw this one. What the HECK!!!

Apparently Sam ate a dinosaur and had to get rid of it.

Why would I be worried????

PEACHES

2009-11-14T11:38:00.003-07:00

The last day of Summer type weather. The kids hung out in the semi-heat while Mom and I worked like crazy doing peaches.

This was my last chance to have her help me before she left and there was no way I was going without for 18 months. Sam was an awesome help. He had to pour the peaches in the jars and got mad if you didn't let him.

Rebekah helped a bit when she got home then went to the out doors to play.

Count Down Begins

2009-11-03T15:17:00.002-07:00

I went to the OB today and had my parents watch Sam. As I was driving away, I realized this is the last time they will babysit for me until they get home. I had a hard time with the tears. Bryon was no help. Luckily I texted a few of my peeps and they made me feel better.

With only 6 days left, I am trying hard not to think much about more than the logistics of getting them on the plane. Everything else is a bit too hard.

Check out their blog.

www.smithmission.blogspot.com

Arghhhhhhh (not the pirate type)

2009-10-17T17:57:00.002-06:00

I have contracted Rebekah's cold. Boo Hoo you say and rightly you should.

However, even though I don't have asthma, I have had colds turn into pneumonia three times in 2 calendar years. The worst lasted for 6 WEEKS!

Needless to say I am being a bit cautious because I have WAY to many things going on right now that would suffer from my illness.
So if you notice me being a wimp and spending a great deal of time in bed, it is only partly lazniness. The other part in premptive.

At least Bryon can't say Team Alice caused this bout.

Melt my heart

2009-10-16T14:53:00.001-06:00

I was telling my friend Laurie an update about one of the other night managers at the LC. Her husband is in ICU with pneumonia and Swine flu and in a coma. We have put together a fund to get her a Wal-mart gift card for groceries because neither one of them are working obviously. I told Laurie how it didn't look to good for him and how worried I was.
I didn't know Rebekah was listening.
After I was off the phone, she came and gave me a handful of change.
"Will you put this in the envelope for Leslee? This is all I have."
It was 20 cents.
It was hard to look at her with the tears in my eyes and tell her I would.
What a kind heart.

One for the record books

2009-10-12T10:25:00.002-06:00

Once upon a time there was a man who spent entirely too much time in the mountains west of Cedar Fort looking for Elk Antlers.

One day, after a particularly successful hike he realized that he had a hole in his pants pocket.

Of course he kept his cell phone in that pocket and noticed that is was missing. Where among the expanse of the 10 mile hike did he loose the device? After looking harder than he did for antlers, he gave up and went home. After acquiring a new phone, it seemed like the one was not only lost but forgotten.

Every time he went back on the mountain after that, the cell phone came to mind. Feelings of regret for the lost monetary value plagued his mind.

Fast Foward TWO YEARS LATER!!

Yep two whole years and what does he find?...

Unbelievable.

That is all I have to say.

My Love-Hate Relationship

2009-10-12T10:23:00.002-06:00

I love that there is a Walmart so close to us now.
I hate that it only takes me one trip to BLOW my paycheck there.
Seriously, How much food does it take to feed a family of 5?.....

Conumdrum

2009-10-08T09:00:00.001-06:00

Ethen fell off the tramp on Monday. I took him to the Urgent Care Tuesday, just to be safe. They told me that it wasn't broken, but here we are Thursday and he is still complaining.

They didn't even mention anything about it being sprained, she just put and ace bandage on it to appease him. So do I take him to the pediatrician who will send me all the way to Orem to get an x-ray or do I wait it out for the weekend. Perhaps he is just being a sissy. It has been known to happen.

My Girl

2009-10-08T08:56:00.003-06:00

We got to practice a bit early on Tuesday so I went into the gym to warm up with Rebekah while she waited for her coach.

She needs to work on her serve, so I went to the other side of the net and told her if she hit it over I would bump it back to her. It took a few tries but when she did get it over we ended up in a volley for a few minutes. Just the tow of us on this big 'ol court. I was so proud!

I went to the other side to give her a high five. She hugged me and said "I love you, mom".

Proud moment. That's my girl.

Day of ROFL and LMBO

2009-10-02T07:58:00.002-06:00

It must have been a full moon on Thursday. Or something.
Bryon sent me a really funny spoof on Twilight that I will not post because of gore and language. But it was really funny and talks about how We should kill vampires not date them.

That was just the beginning.
With Dane's hilarious Facebook video and Holly's comments about getting a OCD stickers (obsessive Cullen disorder) for the van, I seemed to be the target of many a laugh. Bryon even suggested that we should teach the killing concept in RS or YW. Don't think that will fly.

Much to my surprise when I came home from work, it continued into my new guilty pleasure, The Vampire Diaries. Loosely based on the books, it has good acting and drama. Last night's episode left me rolling when Damon (equal to James) is sitting on a bed with a very familiar black book and starts asking what is wrong with Bella. The next few minutes were spent as one fictional vampire bashes another fictional vampire. I had to pause the show until I could stop laughing.

Now that was some good writing.

List of Wednesday Tasks

2009-09-30T10:36:00.002-06:00

Get kids off to school
6 batches of laundry
pull out and wash winter clothing (additional laundry)
clean kitchen
call on donations (2 or 3 hours)
play with Sam so he doesn't think his mom is a work-aholic
kids home (homework, then play practice)
Make dinner
YW at 7.

Any Ideas on how I am going to get all this done?????

More YW

2009-09-25T11:19:00.002-06:00

Naylor Girls doing Irish Dance

YW Talent Show

2009-09-25T10:19:00.003-06:00

This is going to take sever posts because of all the video I have.

We had a Talent Show on Wed.
I am AMAZED at how mant extrodinary girls we have.

Here is a few of them

Brooke and her guitar.

Jo and Bell

Hearts for the Holidays

2009-09-25T10:12:00.002-06:00

This year the RS is making these adorable crocheted bags to give for Hearts for the Holidays.
I wasn't going to be at enrichment because I had a Team Alice meeting that night so I got the pattern ahead of time to start working on some.

My first attempt.

Then I got this amazing idea swinging through the empty space in my head.
Guess what all the incoming beehives are getting next year!! I had to modify the pattern a bit to make it bigger, but I think it turned out so dang cute.

The bags only take about 2 1/2 hours to make and I am addicted. I have made three already. Packed with all of the New Beehive Goodies.

Amazing Maddie

2009-09-25T10:09:00.003-06:00

I have been meaning to post this one forever.
A couple of Sundays ago, we got a knock on the door. It was one of the beehives to deliver this fabulous cake that she made for me. She told me that she was impressed by my lesson on Service the week before that and decided to do some for me.
She did it all on her own and the kids couldn't stop eating it. They even asked for it for breakfast.
Love you Maddie. Thanks for thinking of me.

Catch up 1

2009-09-25T10:05:00.002-06:00

Rebekah begged to be in Volleyball this year, so we caved. This is the first time she has played so she is still working on her skills. She hasn't been this dedicated to something in a while. She always wants to go out and practice her serve, and likes to come to work now because she can go in the gyms and play while she waits for Dad to come get her.

Surprise

2009-09-03T18:31:00.001-06:00

People feed my fetish. Literally.
I found two of these in my box today when I went into work.

Whoever you were, you are my new hero!

Thanks LEX!!!

2009-09-03T16:39:00.002-06:00

I wish the rest of the magazine and fan websites would do this good of a job investigating. It should would make us UBER fans a lot happier.
See what they figured out with the newest Rob and Kristen couples rumor.

http://www.twilightlexicon.com/

Forgive all the Twilight-ness. Okay don't

2009-09-02T09:34:00.004-06:00

Thanks to Twitter, we have this fabulous pic of Taylor doing a flip (from standing still).

That 30 pounds of muscle did Shark Boy's body good.

The evilness of Vampires!!

2009-08-28T09:00:00.005-06:00

Good Golly Miss Molly (as I commented on AmyO's blog) This are fantastic.

Summit and People Magazine released some pictures of the Volturi. This one earned and Uber Fan Girl Scream!!
Aro, Caius and Alec

MarcusDemetri and Alice (duh)

Miss Jane Caius

Jane and Hey! who is that in the red robe....?

Aro Alec

So for all those who don't like the whimpy sparklie vampires of Twilight---BACK OFF!! We have really bad guys too.

NOVEMBER AIN'T COMING FAST ENOUGH!!!!

Oh my Lovely

2009-08-26T08:17:00.003-06:00

Just got a peak at the Team Alice shirts.

Totally stoked. I can't wait to get mine next week.

If you see someone wearing one, tell them Hi for me, (unless it is me, then you can just say hi).

Woot Woot

Go Team Alice.

www.eventsbyalice.com

Thanks a TON!

2009-08-25T10:53:00.002-06:00

Rebekah's Favorite store.

I decided that it was time for her to start wearing cami's underneath her shirts (for obvious almost 10 year old reasons), so we went and picked some out the other day.

We forgot the 40% off coupon we got in the mail, so I had to come back another day to get them. I went Monday while school was in.

Rebekah was really excited because she had another coupon for a free gift for me and one for her so she made sure that I didn't forget to get her gift bag.

I just put the sack of clothes and gift bags in her room so that she could see them when she got home.

After her friends went home she asked me about her gift bag. She said she didn't understand what it was so I went into her room to find two bags of Always samples, with pads and tampons open all over her bed. She just didn't get what they were.

I had already planned on having a conversation with her about the cami's so what is one more subject right. She was really curious and kept asking me questions. So yep, she got a talk about the deep dark red demon that visits every month.

Sweetness!

After she had tried on the cami's and the questions seemed to be ebbing, she said in a sweet little voice.

"Ahhh, your little girl is growing up!"

I'd like to thank the wonderful people at Justice for providing me with this opportunity. I couldn't have done it without you.

Tip; Don't take free stuff unless you know what is in it.