Reflection of a Middle-Aged Mother: July 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008

Brady water skiing

Brady Water skiing

We went up to Island Park this weekend with our neighbors. We had a really good time. Brady and Brittain both decided to try their hand at water skiing. Brady got up on the first time and the second time he took off from the dock. We were so proud of him.

Tagged

I was tagged by my Friend Jen, so here are some random things about me...

Four Places I've Lived:

1. Lynnwood, Washington

2. Roseville, CA

3. Gresham, OR

4. Banks, OR

Four Favorite Books

1. The Other Boleyn Girl

2. The Work and the Glory Series

3. Holes

4. Twilight Series

Four Favorite Movies

1. Ever After

2. Steel Magnolias

3. Hope Floats

4. August Rush

Four Embarrassing Facts About Me

1. I snore (according to my husband)

2. I always wait until the last day possible to pay my house payment.

3. I dropped my underwear on the bus (after a sleepover with a friend) in high school and the boys played keep away with them.
4. I hate to go to weddings.

Four Dreams of Mine
1. To travel the world
2. To travel the world
3. I want to live long enough to see my children and their children become great people.
4. To play at a 4.0 level in tennis.

Four Pet Peeves
1. Feet (everything about them)
2. People who are offended by my being a picky eater.
3. Parents who let their kids feel entitled to do or say whatever they want even if its intrusive, wrong or just plain mean.
4. When my children get into my stuff when they know they are not supposed to

I tag

!. Viki
2. Megan
3. Tyler

Friday, July 18, 2008

Memory Tag

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Tiger and Tucson

As most of you know, my friend Jen is breaking into the photography business. She has a natural talent and has taken some amazing pictures. I thought I would share a few of my little neighbor boys that she took the other day. What beautiful kids.

Monday, July 14, 2008

My slide show

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Tyler

Photos taken by Jen Lucas

Syd

Photos taken by Jen Lucas

McKenzie

Photos taken By Jen Lucas

Jen is doing some experimenting with different lighting and decided she wanted to do a picture with my shoes in there. We came up with an idea for a really cool photo layout. You will have to wait for it in it's entirety, but it is a really cool idea.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Ty and Brady

Kids Say The Darndest Things

BRADY - "I'm kinda glad Tyler still remembers how to speak American." 10-10-11
On our way to Vegas we stopped and had lunch with Brooke because Syd insisted. She said, "Mom I need a serious dose of sarcasm right now."
Syd was talking about a date her friends were setting her up on. Brady was sitting with us and he says, " I don't know why you would want to go on a date with a blind guy." We both looked at each other and started laughing. We realized when she talked about a "blind date" he thought we literally meant he was blind.
I have a friend named Brooke. My girls adore her. She is funny, witty, and as sarcastic as they come. Sydney said to me the other day. "Mom, I need a Brooke of my own. I hope that when I get older I will find me a Brooke."
So Brady was having a conversation with his friend on the way home from school and he says, "do you know what an exchange student is"? Gage says, "No". Well it's like when your brother goes to college or something and you get someone from another country to come live at your house".
Brady and Andrew were driving down the road and he says to Drew, "It would be fun to be a fireman because you could bring marshmallows and chocolate and stuff and for the first minute you could make smores and then you could put out the fire."
We are on our way to lunch on the last day of school and Landon says, "we all got award's today". I reply, "oh really, what did you get one for?" So he preceeds for read it to me. "The ornery award for critical thinker. I start to laugh and say, oh boy Mrs. Shenton sure knows you if she gave you the ornery award." Then I look at the paper and it says, honarary award for most "critical thinker". I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.
We were discussing a family in the ward that blessed their baby today, and we were saying that the baby had a name that all three names ended in "un" sound. I told the kids I tried really hard not to give them names that all three had the same ending. Such as...Conner Ryder Porter. Brady then says, "I'm going to try real hard not to name my kids nu, nu, nun.

Favorite Quotes

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
"Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing." Dr. Phil
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people think about you, if you knew how seldom they did." Dr. Phil
"Worrying is like rocking in a rocking chair. You can do it all day, but it won't get you anywhere."
"My friend is one... who takes me for what I am."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain."
"Live while you are alive. Life is too short for drama & petty things, so laugh hard, love truly and forgive quickly. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance. Lost time can never again be found."
"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."