Say it with cereal...

He loves me, he REALLY loves me!

You may look at this and think..."what?"

Or..."wow, she really needs to clean her pantry".

You may think "who eats that much cereal?"

Or, you may just think I am weird.

But, when I look at it, my heart melts.

Not because I have some weirdo love for cereal.

But, because I look at it and know that my husband LOVES me!!! Really, really loves me!

Jeff does most of the grocery shopping (and laundry, and dinners, and pretty much everything, but that is a whole other post!). So, anyway, Jeff does most of the grocery shopping. And I usually come in at some point after the shopping trip and rearrange/organize everything he and the kids put away after the shopping trip. You know, all of the milk on the bottom shelf in the fridge, all of the popcorn out of the box and into a bin, if there is a 12 pack of soda I unload all of the cans and throw the box out (why waste energy cooling the box?). I also pour all of the cereal into these oh-so-convient, see-thru, air-tight containers. They are so great for kids. And for me. I can see exactly how much is left, they can see exactly what cereal they are looking for, etc, etc. So, I usually do this. Jeff thinks I am crazy with this stuff. He doesn't understand the compulsion. He doesn't make fun of me, or give me a hard time or anything. He just doesn't really get it. So, I came home from work a couple of weeks ago (knowing he had gone shopping, thinking I had some organizing/etc. to do), and this is what I find. All of the cereals poured into the clear containers. AND, all of the boxes already thrown away.

If that isn't LOVE, then I don't know what is!!!!

Thanks Babe!!! I love you too!!

Thank you!!

Thanks Mom for the Halloween background! I love it!

Meet the Captain...

Have you met Capt. Noble?

I bet you didn't know we had a Captan in the family, did you?

Please, allow me to introduce you.

Capt. Noble
a.k.a. Jaxon

(Jeff has dubbed Jaxon "Capt. Noble" when he is in "super kiss up" mode.

We haven't come up with a name for his "other" side yet. So, if you have any suggestions, let me know. LOL!!)

But, today, he is Capt. Noble.

So, driving down the road with said Captain, the conversation that takes place goes like this:

Jaxon: "Mom, how do you get your hair to always look like that?"

(I am immediately having to fight back laughter and self concious feelings)

Me: "What do you mean? What does it look like?"

Jaxon: "Well, it always looks so perfect. Not like the other mommies. It is so perfect and pouffy & pretty all the time. How do you do it?"

(At this point I couldn't hold the laughter in anymore)

Me: "Well, thanks Jax. I guess it is because that is what I do for my job."

Jaxon: "WOW, mom, you are really good. You have a lot of incredible talent."

(love his vocab)

Me: "Well thanks Jaxon".

What a funny, funny kiddo! I love Capt. Noble. I love that other little monster side too, but Capt. Noble, really knows how to melt a mommy's heart!

Thanks Captain! I mean, Jaxon!

Going on today...

Not a lot.
Just the usual.

Fighting, bored crazy kids.
$1 movie at the "ghetto" theater at the mall.

Work.

Home.

Move 3 sleeping boys to their own beds.

Now, I can't sleep.

So, now what???

I guess I could write in my journal.

I found a pair of earings. Not hard to do in this big city. But these particular earings are special. Not the earrings themselves, but the memory. They remind me of a pair my Nana had. I don't know that I ever saw them in real life. I only remember them from a picture of her. My favorite picture of her. They are roses (Just a little bigger than the size of diamond studs). You see them everywhere now. Tilly's, Target & Walmart, amongst others. They vary in size and are usually plastic black, red, bright pink, etc.

Her's were gold with little diamonds in the centers. Since I first saw them starting to sprout up in stores, I have looked. Everytime I go to a retail store, I look. I found almost the exact same pair a while back. But, they were $54. I couldn't make myself spend $54 on earrings. I am cheap. I thought I could find them cheaper somewhere else (these were at Dillards). If I had known I wouldn't come across them again, I would have spent the $54. I should have. It has been months, probably almost a year in fact. And I finally found a pair. Not nearly as close to hers, but close enough that I couldn't pass them up. They are just plain silver, no diamond in the middle. But, close enough. I wore them today. It makes me feel close to her, like I have a piece of her with me. Weird, huh? That a pair of $5 earrings could do that! I love it!

The infamous (to me anyway) earrings...

So, you may only read this next part if you promise not to make fun of me.
{PROMISE}
I went online just now to try to find an image similar to this pair of earrings I have been looking for for oh, soooo long.
Well, DUH!!!
I just shared that I had been looking for these earrings for how long?
It never even crossed my mind to look online!! I am "slow to learn"!!

I thought my sisters and girly cousins would like to know where to find these. But, any of you chicks that just have to get your hands on a pair...
the pair I got were $5 at Tilly's. They are silver and have no diamond in the center.

The pair in the picture above (which look almost identical to hers) are from Juicy Couture online. They are $36 + shipping. And in about 5 minutes, one lucky pair will be on it's way to my house. YEAH!!!!! To go in my ears!!! :). I am soooo not passing these babies up. I learned my lesson the first time.
And now I shall have a pair in silver & gold!

I will insert that picture of Nana into this post when I can. I don't have it on this computer.


That is all for now. I will be back soon!!!

Maybe today...

...will be the turn around for my non-bloggy ways. Maybe...but probably not. LOL! I haven't blogged in almost a year. How sad is that? And we have had sooooooo much happen. It will take me forever to "catch up". But, I will do it. (Especially now that some of my favorite peeps live so far away!) So, for your reading pleasure, a brief overview of life for the past year:

We celebrated our 10 year anniversary (It goes by so fast, right?).

Then, we bought a house and moved in.

Jaxon was baptised.

Ryker turned 7.

Great hubby bought me a cute little car.

I switched jobs, then switched back.

Finally got to take the kiddos to the "Happiest Place on Earth" (Disneyland...& it sooo was!!!).

Aden turned 6 years old (my "baby").

All the boys "graduated" from their current grades.

Then, SUMMER hit!!

Which mean "summer movie fun" every week.

I started working a little from home for my Bro-In-Law.

A trip to Santa Barbara for a whole week to visit the Goodwins (who moved there in May).

Ryker lost a front tooth.

Aden lost his first tooth & finished summer school.

Family trip to San Diego with the ever fun company of the Mowers and the Kreins. (Many more beach trips to come.)

And to top all of that off, I am about to turn 30!!! I know this is weird, but I have always wanted to be 30. I don't know why, it just sounds good.

So, that pretty much wraps up the last year. Although, eventually I will expound on all of those events and blog each one specifically for this "journal" that I am so fabulously keeping (ha).

I will post more when I can figure out how to get my pictures onto this crazy computer. Posts with out pictures just aren't as fun.

p.s. I still haven't gone private yet...I keep going back and forth. I just can't decide. I will keep you "posted". (LOL)!!!