Our Organized Chaos

Once there was a snowman

2010-12-22T14:59:00.001-08:00

Here's the song Kate's preschool class performed at the Christmas Sing. Kate is in the back row, between the two tall girls.

Lion House Rolls

2010-12-08T07:02:00.000-08:00

I absolutely LOVE the Lion House rolls. Don't they look amazing?

So I decided to try to make them. My first batch was flat. I searched online and found a video that shows how to form the rolls and place them on the pan. I love love love their technique for forming the rolls. It is so fast and easy ... and fun!

And look...it worked!

The inside is flaky and light.

The outside is perfect!

It's a Christmas Miracle! I made Lion House Rolls!!!

Here's the recipe:

Lion House Rolls
Ingredients:

* 2 cups warm water (110-115 degrees)
* 2/3 cup nonfat dry milk (instant)
* 2 Tb. dry yeast
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 2 tsp. salt
* 1/3 cup shortening (butter or margarine)
* 1 egg
* 5-5 1/2 cups flour, all purpose (bread flour can be used if you have it on hand)

Method:

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, combine the water and the milk powder and stir so the milk dissolves. Add the yeast to tthis mixture then the sugar, salt, shortening, egg and 2 cups of the flour. Mix on low speed of mixer until ingredients are wet, then turn to medium speed and mix for 2 minutes. Stop the mixer and add 2 more cups of flour then mix on low speed until the ingredients are wet, then turn mixer on medium speed and mix for 2 minutes. The dough will be getting stiff and you may need to remove the bowl from the mixer and mix in the remaining flour by hand. Add approximately 1/2 cup of flour and mix again. (This can be done by hand or mixer). The dough should be soft, not overly sticky, and not stiff. (It is not necessary to use the entire amount of flour). Scrape the dough off the sides of the bowl and pour approximately on tablespoon of vegetable oil all around the sides of the bowl. Turn the dough over in the bowl so it is covered with the oil. (This helps prevent the dough from drying out.) Cover with plastic and allow to rise in a warm place until double in size. Sprinkle a cutting board or counter with flour and put the dough on the flour. It is now ready to roll out and cut into desired shape and size of rolls. Place on greased (or parchment lined) baking pans. Let rise in a warm place until the rolls are double in size (approx. 1-1 1/2 hours). Bake in a 375-degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until they are browned to your satisfaction. Brush with melted butter while hout. Yields 2 to 2 1/2 dozen rolls.

Dying Easter Eggs

2010-04-02T09:09:00.000-07:00

Sorry folks, I'm here to inform you that although you may have liked your preschool teacher, I had the best preschool teacher.

(I'm on the ladder. Jimmy is in front of me, and I was in love with him.)

Mrs. Stetson lived in my neighborhood. My siblings and I frequently visited Mrs. Stetson. She made the best Chex Mix, pretended to be astounded when I showed her I could play "Birdy Birdy Where is your Nest?" on the piano, took us to the Ice Cream Parlor on our birthday, ... the list goes on and on. What a neat lady. My favorite memories with Mrs. Stetson are of dying Easter Eggs. Now, when I dye eggs with my kids, I always think of that very special preschool teacher.

Here are a couple pictures from this year's egg dying extravaganza. Matt had to work on a book report, and Josh is too cool for egg dying. So it was me, Kate, and Joey. :)

Kate was using the fan to speed up the drying process. She really really really wanted to put stickers on the eggs.

Even to this day, I keep in touch with my dear preschool teacher. Pat, thank you for being such a special friend to me all through these years.

The April Fools Tooth

2010-04-02T08:39:00.000-07:00

Kate's April Fools joke: "Mom, I think I have the chicken pox...April Fools Day!"

Kate had lots of fun sharing that joke with family and friends. What a girl.

At dinner time, Joey said his wiggly tooth hurt.

So the kid who got his first tooth at 14 months (notice no teeth in this pic)...

Finally lost his first tooth!

The tooth fairy visited him last night. In the middle of the night, he reached under his pillow and realized he had money there. He woke Matt up and told him. :)

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T15:24:00.000-08:00

To our dear family and friends,
Happy New Year! We wish you much happiness in the new year. We appreciate you all and feel very blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.
Love,
The Christensens

New Online Fabric Store!

2009-09-25T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! I've launched a new online fabric store. It's called Flannel Queen, and it specializes in flannel fabric. It is independent (not through eBay or etsy), and I'm so excited about it!
Sneak peek:

My sewing/fabric blog My Fabric Obesssion tells all about it. If you like to sew, be sure to enter my giveaway (ends Oct 2).

Other than that, what have we been up to? Josh and Matt continue to do well in football, Matt is a rascal in school (I got the "Mom, I'm calling you because I can't control myself in the classroom" phone call), Joey got 5 stitches in his chin from falling off his bike, and Kate is queen of her tumbling class and preschool class. Life is good!

First Day of School

2009-09-01T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of the boys on the first day of school. Don't they look excited.

Here are some pictures of Kate on the first day of preschool. She is REALLY excited.

I had to explain to her that we don't take purses and toys to preschool.

After school, we took this one.

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2009-08-22T15:31:00.001-07:00

Back in May, Bryan's cousin told us about the Hobble Creek Half Marathon. He said it's a fast race - gentle downhill slope a lot of the way. Bryan and I decided to give it a shot (our first race ever). We followed a 12-week training plan we found online. We did short runs 2 days a week, cross-trained 2 days a week, and did a long run on Saturday mornings. Each week, the short runs and long runs got progressively longer. I have to say, I loved the training. I never thought I would/could run 10 miles just for the fun of it. But I did, and I loved the challenge. Bryan was always faster than me, though. That kind of ticked me off. :)

Today was race day! We got up at 4:30 AM, drove to Mapleton, and the 1200 runners were bussed up Hobble Creek Canyon to the start line. It's true, it was a fast race. I ran faster than my training pace. Unfortunately, Bryan donated blood earlier this week, so his lack of red blood cells hurt his speed. Even so, he ran at his training pace. My favorite part was seeing my cute kids at the finish line. Claire was nice enough to take them to the race.

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

Bryan: 1 hr 57 min
Sara: 1 hr 55 min
The picture is in black and white so you don't have to stare at our sweatiness!

What's in a name?

2009-07-28T12:04:00.001-07:00

Kate (whose full name is Kathryn) came to us with lots of attitude. So did her cousin Kathryn. My sister and I have consequently joked that you need to be careful when naming a child Kathryn. Last night, we took the kids swimming at the community pool. As soon as Kate got in the water, she found a new friend. Her friend's name is Kate. It turns out, this new Kate is also 3 1/2. Her birthday is 2 days after our Kate. And this new Kate is also bossy. She and Kate had a great time bossing each other around. As the new Kate was leaving with her family, she says to me, "What's your phone number?" Her mom was shocked. I wasn't. After all, it's something my Kate would have said!

Swimming: Kate is fearless. She can't swim yet, but she spends most of the time with her head underwater. It's a little stressful for the lifeguards. Joey can swim, and happily goes around doing his own thing. He went off the diving board a few times. Matt and Josh spent the whole time going off the diving board and the high-dive. They both did flips off the high-dive, and ended up over-rotating. Can you say OUCH???

A garden!

2009-06-24T13:28:00.000-07:00

This year I decided to grow a vegetable garden. Look...vegetables are growing!

Yellow squash...

Zuccini...

I also planted bell peppers, but I don't have any veggies on that plant yet.

OK, so here's the whole truth. I don't have a designated spot for a garden, so I planted veggies in pots. I knew I would have to water by hand whatever I planted, so I started small.

This is a picture of my WHOLE garden...

Isn't it cute? It's okay if you are laughing right now. I am too.

Football Bribery

2009-06-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

Matt and Josh both play tackle football. It starts in late August. I want them to start practicing now, so they'll be better prepared for tryouts. The problem is, these two fine boys CANNOT play catch without getting into an arguement almost instantaneously. It drives me nuts! So I came up with a plan. It's not a perfect plan, but it will have to do...until I can come up with a better plan. I offered to play catch with them. Every time they catch the ball, they earn 5 cents. Every time they drop the ball, they lose 5 cents. And we play to $1. They were a little surprised that I knew how to throw a ball. :)
Two days of this, and I already see improvement. One of the boys got down to negative 40 cents the first day. He ended up only earning 35 cents. He didn't go negative at all today, and they both earned $1. So while this is not the ideal senerio, I guess it will have to do!

Kate - Stitches and Dancing

2009-05-21T11:51:00.000-07:00

Last week we were dealing with strep throat. This week, we are dealing with hay fever and ... stitches!

On Tuesday, I had to be at scouts at the same time as Josh's baseball game. Grandma Jodi and Grandpa Vern are in town visiting, so Bryan and the grandparents took the kids to the game. I got a call from Bryan saying Kate needed stitches. Matt had been off by himself practicing is batting swing. Kate came up behind him without him noticing, and the bat hit her in the eye. When I met Bryan at the Instacare, Kate was in good spirits, eating a lollipop and talking non-stop. She listened to the Dr, nodding her head and being very polite. When it was time to stitch her up, they wrapped her in a blanket to keep her arms down. A nurse held her head still. Kate got so comfy, she fell asleep! The Dr was very impressed with his model patient. It was the same Dr that stitched up Matt after his sledding accident. We are getting quite a reputation at the Instacare. Kate ended up with 4 stitches above her right eye.

The next morning, Kate woke up with one eye puffy from the stitches, and the other eye glued shut because of hay fever. It was pretty funny (but not to her). A donut cheered her up.

Last night, Kate and cousin Tatum had a dance recital (tumbling show) to finish off their year of tumbling classes. It was hilarious. Kate was wandering around chatting with people the whole time. Little busy-body. Tatum was much more serious about doing the things she was supposed to be doing. But she kept on messing up when Julie would tell her to smile. Apparently, Tatum has not yet mastered smiling WHILE tumbling.

BUGS!

2009-05-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

Josh has about a trillion projects due before school gets out in 2 weeks. For his science project, he has to classify 10 different bugs and 10 different leaves. For about a week now, everyone's been helping him catch bugs. Once caught, the bugs spent some quality time in the "kill jar" where the nail polish remover did it's thing.
Here's his bug display:

Appetizing, huh?

Elk sighting

2009-04-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

We were visited by the elk again today. Usually we can see them about a mile away in the hills, but sometimes they get closer. Today we could see them from the road leading into our neighborhood. And we've been getting a lot of rain, so everything is nice and green.

Click on the picture to go to the photo album.

04-2009 Elk

A thank you note

2009-03-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

I like doing the dishes. As a result, I don't ask anyone else to do them. I know, I need to let the kids do the dishes once in awhile so they learn how to do them. I'm really good at asking them to do the things I hate doing. But the dishes haven't made it to that list yet.

Yesterday, Bryan asked Josh to do the dishes. I walked into the kitchen, and there was Josh, busily trying to figure out how to load the dishwasher.

Today after church, Josh handed me this note:

(smile)

Evidence of Kate's Drama

2009-03-13T16:15:00.000-07:00

This video shows some of Kate's drama. I know, it's a little long, but you have to see the very end.

Joey's Poem

2009-03-06T13:29:00.000-08:00

OK, it's a first. I finally figured out how to get the videos off the camcorder and into a format that works. At least, I think it works. You'll have to let me know.

Joey memorized a poem for the Storytelling Festival at his school. He was one of 4 Kindergarteners who told their poem for the K-3 grades at an assembly earlier this week. And he won first place for the Kindergarten age group!

Today they had a special little story telling time where any Kindergarteners who wanted to could say their poems. We filmed Joey doing his poem. And it's a little hard to hear, so these are the words:

If I were the color blue, I'd sing sad songs for you.
If I were the color yellow, I'd be a happy fellow.
If I were the color green, I'd grow like a big string bean.
If I were the color brown, I'd be a chocolate town.
If I were the color pink, I'd be a lemonade drink.
If I were the color purple, nothing would rhyme with me!
(I found the poem somewhere in the internet, in case you were wondering)

It's a snowman!

2009-02-19T13:53:00.001-08:00

Don't you love it when a plan comes together?
I was sick of complaining about the snow, so I thought it would be a good idea to make Joey's birthday party a "snowman party".
We had a snowman cake...

Played Pin the Nose on the Snowman...

Played Pass the Snowball (like hot-potato),
Made Snowman pictures...

And made real snowmen!

I wasn't sure the whole "real snowman" thing was going to work, but it did! The kids had so much fun. Definitely a success!

For decorations, I cut out a bunch of snowflakes.

After making a few pretty lame ones (like the one on the left), I found a really neat website where you can print out snowflakes templates. Very easy to do, and the snowflakes look oh-so-professional! After the party, Kate wanted it to snow in her room. So now some of the snowflakes are hanging from her curtain rod. And now Joey wants it to snow in his room...

The Boss

2009-02-17T14:30:00.000-08:00

Anyone who knows Kate (3 yrs old) knows that she always thinks she's in charge. After church on Sunday, I asked her how her class was. She said, "My teacher calls me 'jefe', and that means I'm the boss." Sure enough, "jefe" means "boss" in Spanish. I think her church teacher knows her pretty well.

A mystery

2009-02-07T13:26:00.000-08:00

I don't know who would do a donut like this...

Certainly no one I know. And certainly not in this rental car with me in the passenger seat...

Ouch!

2009-01-23T10:30:00.000-08:00

Most of you (family and friends) are already aware of this incident, but here is the whole story...

On Saturday, I went out with my sister Julie. While I was gone, Matt and Joey went sledding at the park by our house. They were sledding with a couple other kids, and a neighbor mom, Marcia, was there watching. She was going to leave, but her son asked her to stay just a little longer to watch the sledding. I'm so grateful she stayed. Matt sledded down the hill and tried to go under the metal park bench. His head hit the back of the bench. Huge head wound. Marcia yelled for the younger kids to go get help while she held a snow hat to Matt's wound. Bryan was home, and he took Matt to the Instacare. Matt ended up with stitches both below the surface and on the surface. He is lucky to be alive. He took a Tylenol with Codeine that night, and a regular Tylenol the next morning...and that's it! He has felt no pain. I have him doing indoor recess this week. I am sure if he was outside with his friends, he would forget about the head issue and run around like a wild man. Poor kid.

A nice neighbor covered up the bloody snow at the park before I got a chance to do it. However, a few days later enough snow had melted so I could see the blood. It was everywhere. I am so grateful that Matt is okay. I am so grateful that Marcia was there to help. It could have been so much worse. I love my Matty!

Wow, isn't it lovely?

Sunday, before church, Matt, Joey and Kate put on their (Kate's) butterfly wings and "danced" around. Can I just say it is close to impossible for Matt to take it easy? We had to buzz his head, so his hair wouldn't get in the wound. The only problem is that the wound is SO obvious with a bald head. It caused quite a commotion at church.

Another entry in Matt's book of adventure!

I'm Stuck!

2009-01-07T16:11:00.000-08:00

This afternoon, Josh yelled in a tattling voice, "Mom, Matt's throwing snowballs at the window!" It was the window right by where Josh was doing his homework, so he was annoyed. And any opportunity to tattle on Matt is fun for Josh. So I opened the front door and yelled for Matt to knock it off. Then I hear "I'm stuck!" I peeked outside, and all I see is the top half of Matt. The bottom half is in the snow. Do I run to help him? Oh no, I run to find the camera. I got the camera, got my snow boots on, and went out to see Matt. I informed him that I was going to get him out, but first I had to take a few pictures. :)

I asked him how in the world this happened! He said he was walking on the sidewalk (um, hello, it's under a few feet of snow!) and was doing fine until he sank. And then he was stuck. Good thing this happened in front of our house, so he could throw snowballs at the window to get our attention! We had a little talk about walking in the street instead of the "sidewalk" when the snow is this deep.

Tale of a blanket

2008-12-22T19:16:00.000-08:00

I made a rag quilt for Kate when she was born. Well, I actually had some help finishing it (thanks Jess and Jodi). Kate has been VERY attached to froggie blankie. A couple weeks ago, froggie blankie went missing. This is very strange, because there really aren't many places it could hide. But I couldn't find it anywhere. I was secretly happy, because the poor blanket was getting really tattered and faded. And I secretly hoped I could find it first, so I could "accidentally" throw it away. Kind of like I'm sure my dad "accidentally" threw away my bikini as a teenager. It took a few days, but Kate eventually stopped asking for her favorite blanket. Bryan and I went to the store tonight, and left the kids instructions to clean up the basement. When we got home, Kate was standing at the door, hugging her favorite froggie blankie. NOOOOO!!!!! The kids had found it in the Christmas Tree box in the basement. I had to act fast, so the previous blankie attachment would not reattach. I showed Kate this picture:

We talked about how nice and bright her blankie used to be. And now it's not looking so good. So we decided to take a picture of her with her blankie one more time:

Then we hung the blankie in her closet "so it won't get more worn out." We'll see how long this arrangement lasts!

Chicken Soup - Christensen Style

2008-12-12T15:51:00.001-08:00

The boys spent some quality time sledding...

...and warmed up with some hot chocolate. Even Joey, who doesn't like chocolate (he got that from me, I guess), slurped it down.

While they were sledding, I whipped up a batch of our family favorite: chicken noodle soup. I love two things about this recipe. 1) it's so easy to make, and hard to mess up; and 2) everyone loves it!

The recipe was originally based on the Chicken Vegetable Soup recipe found in the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book.

Chicken Noodle Soup - Christensen Style
3 1/2 qts chicken broth (or 3 1/2 qts water and 5 chicken bullion cubes)
1/2 cup onion
1/2 tsp garlic
1/2 tsp dried crushed oregano (I use whatever spices I have on hand, and I'm not exact with the measurements)
1/2 tsp dried crushed basil
1/2 lb fresh or frozen sliced carrots
1 bay leaf
salt
pepper
1 lb chicken
5-6 handfuls dry noodles

In a large pot: combine water, bullion cubes, onion, garlic, spices, carrots. Add a few shakes of salt and pepper. Add bay leaf. Bring to boil.

In a medium pot: fill 2/3 full with water, add some salt and pepper, add the chicken, and bring to boil. Let the chicken boil while the soup is cooking.

Be sure to watch both pots, or they will boil over.

Fast method: Once the large pot is boiling, add the dry noodles. Cook according to the noodle package directions.

Longer method: If you have extra time, let the large pot boil for 15 minutes or so before adding the noodles. Then add the dry noodles. Cook according to the noodle package directions.

Once noodles are cooked, remove chicken from medium pot, chop up, and add to the soup. Salt and pepper to taste, and you're done!

Additional note: The water the chicken cooked in is a good chicken broth now. I usually strain some of it and add it to the soup at the end.

The noodles I use are the Country Pasta Homemade Style Egg Pasta. You can find them at Walmart or Costco.

Nativities

2008-12-12T15:39:00.000-08:00

Kate has inherited my love of nativities. She has a plastic Precious Moments one (gma Jodi gave it to us when Josh was little) that she plays with all of the time. My Willow Tree nativity is on the entry table. Kate can't help herself. She is constantly moving the pieces around. Here's a picture of her playing with the Willow Tree nativity. She added some black chess pieces, because I guess they needed to be part of the nativity too. And the little white sheep are from her Precious Moments nativity.

I just started busting up. I realized that Kate looks so cute and well-behaved in this picture. On the Sunday this picture was taken, I wasn't feeling well, so I was going to stay home from church. A few minutes after this picture was taken, it was time for everyone to go to church. Kate threw a major, monumental tantrum about something and had to stay home from church with me. She was not happy about that. But it's still a cute picture.

Halloween Report

2008-11-02T19:20:00.000-08:00

Here's our Halloween report:

Josh was a nerd.

Joey was a soldier, Matt was Einstein, Kate was a pink princess.

Kate played the part well.

Matt's pumpkin is barfing. Kate's is pretty. Josh's has stitches and his brains coming out. Joey's is happy. How typical is that!

Now this may look like the typical eat-your-Halloween-candy picture. But look closely. Yes, the 2-yr-old ORGANIZED HER CANDY! I was speechless.

The weather cooperated with us this year. It was in the 70's during the day. The kids did get rained on a bit while they trick-or-treated, but it wasn't very cold. They all had a great time. Yea, Halloween is over! Now it's time to get ready for Thanksgiving!

Picture Time!

2008-10-29T08:05:00.000-07:00

This year I decided not to get school pictures. I did buy the class picture, just not the individual ones. Instead, I wanted to get some individual and family pictures taken outside with the fall colors. Well, that didn't happen. By the time I got around to taking the pictures, the fall colors were almost gone. But the field grass was still really pretty. Julie and crew met up with us, and we took a bunch of pictures. Some even turned out decent! :)

Yea, it's over!

Good Attitude

2008-10-21T11:38:00.000-07:00

I am definitely a summer person! As the weather gets colder, I'm really doing my best to keep a good attitude. So I decided to share some of my favorite things about autumn:

1. Pumpkin Bars. My friend Carrie got me hooked on pumpkin bars many many years ago. In turn, I've gotten a lot of people hooked on them too! The recipe is super-easy and highly addictive.

Pumpkin Bars:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cloves
1 cup oil (can subst. applesauce)
15 oz can pumpkin
4 eggs

Mix everything together. Pour into greased jelly roll pan (a deep cookie sheet).
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.

Frosting
2 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup margarine
3 oz cream cheese
1 Tbs milk
1 Tbs vanilla

Spread frosting on cooled pumpking bars.

2. Scentsy Wickless Candles. My friend Julie got me hooked on Scentsy. I love the fact that it's wickless, and it's really easy to change out scents. I enjoy my Scentsy candle warmer (the Zensy) all year long. Havana Cabana is my favorite summer scent. I've just switched to more fall-type scents like Pumpkin Roll and Clove & Cinnamon.

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OK, I'm in trouble. Those are the only 2 things I could come up with! I'll keep thinking.

(2 days later) I thought of one more:

3. All of the grasses that were causing my allergies are dying, so after 3 weeks my ears are finally unplugged! I'm very grateful for that.

See what a great attitude I have?

This Morning's Outing

2008-10-16T14:43:00.001-07:00

Julie and I took the kids to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens this morning. The gardens really are unbelievably pretty all times of year!

Here's a slideshow of the adventure:

To view my comments on each picture (and to view larger versions of the pictures), go to the web album.

Talk about a fun group of kids.

The Surgery Song

2008-10-12T19:15:00.001-07:00

Grandma Jodi had her appendix out a couple days ago. Josh wrote this note to her:

Get well soon, Grandma Jodi!

SNOW!

2008-10-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

The snow has officially arrived. I am NOT ready for this! Good thing it's supposed to be 70 degrees by next weekend.

Football in the rain

2008-10-06T12:23:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning, Matt had a football game, and it was mid 50's and POURING RAIN! We were soaked, but we could still feel our fingers and toes.

The other team's awnings were tilted to shelter them against the driving rain.

Matt at half time.

Joey, Kate and Josh trying to stay dry and warm. I LOVE the double jogging stroller. It comes in handy when I have a ton of stuff to haul to the games.

Murphy's Law

2008-09-20T16:19:00.000-07:00

Thursday, I finally took Matt and Joey to the doctor to get their cough's checked. Sure enough, seasonal allergies are the cause. Matt also had an ear infection. Friday, Kate's week-old bee sting on her toe started swelling up again. By the end of the day, her foot was swollen so bad that we couldn't get shoes on.

Murphy's law: Part A. If you take the kids to the Dr, the one you didn't take will need to be taken in the next day for something. Part B. Usually it is 4:30 on a Friday when you decide you HAVE to take your child in to the Dr. Thank goodness for doctors who have After Hours clinics!

P.S. Kate's bee sting got infected. Weird, huh?

Trip to California

2008-09-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

Yes, we are delinquent parents and took our kids out of school to go on vacation. I'm sure they'll recover. We went to California for a week. It was THE BEST vacation. Here is some proof:

We went to Legoland with Ben and Amanda and their kids. The cousins always have fun together, and this was my first time meeting baby William in person. What a cutie.

We went to a Dodger game. Loved it!

But most of all, we loved the beach.

Darn it, I could have sworn I took numerous pictures of me in a bathingsuit.
They must have been deleted on accident.

BTW, if you click on the picture collages, you can view them up-close-and-personal!

Hello out there!

2008-09-16T09:15:00.001-07:00

So this is it. The day has arrived. I have officially caved to the INTENSE peer pressure and have started a blog. I'm not really sure the point of a blog, but I guess I'll just see where it goes. Primarily, this will be a place to show off my very cool husband and kids. Sounds like a blast, right? Thought so.