Whats at my....

Front Door.




The picture of Kade is from a week or two ago, I dont know what happened to the date stamp on it. Kade is patiently waiting for his dad to come home. It was too cute, I had to take a picture of it and post as a view from my front door.

Back Door.




For those of you who have not done this challenge what is the view from your front and back door??

Just for Fun this week...

I fixed a bracelet for a friend and made two others.





We went to Brock's Orchestra concert. He is the only cello and did awesome when he had to play a solo!





And finally this face says it all ! Cissy was not very happy with me when she found out that I took her to the Doctors to get a shot. She did so good and was happier with me afterwords when I took her for a treat.

The WestWind Bag Pipe Band

The McNeil of Barra Tartan

I was looking on line today for a picture of the McNeil Tartan and I accidentally found pictures of my Father in Law and his Bag Pipe Band the "West Wind Band". My Father in Law (Lloyd) in the first picture is the one in the middle holding the blue drum sticks (dont know their real name) and in the second picture he is the one with the big premier drum. I have known he is in a band but I have never seen him IN his tartan all decked out! How fun to find these pictures. Now I have more I can scrap about.

By the way I have been asked several time what scottish men wear under their kilts and the answer is: true scotts dont wear anything. NO I DO NOT have first hand experience for all of you thinking bad things.

Happy Mother's Day!!

Just a few Mother's Day quotes I found and I thought I would share.

Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.

T. DeWitt Talmage

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.

Tenneva Jordan

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

Victor Hugo

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Irish Proverb

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.

Anonymous

Something fun.

Last night about nine-thirty Kirt went swimming and Brock and Kade soon followed. I grabbed our camera and took a few pictures. These are not great but I love the way the light reflects in the water and how the waves look in the light. Some of the patterns the light and water were creating were pretty. I tried to capture it the best I knew how. I also like the way the water distorted Brocks arms and legs. So this was nothing special but just a little fun to do:)

Just when...

Just when I was feeling like throwing in the proverbial towel on being a Mom,( you know,where if you here the name "mom" one more time you are going to go running out of the house screaming like a mad women), I find this letter, left by my daughter, for me to read!

The little Things like this are what makes it worth while, and puts a different perspective on things! I am really grateful for the little thing that mean so much:)

(credits: Tangie baxter sjd purple & ww wordart)

I am a proud Mom!

About a month ago we received an invitation from the Principal of Taylor Jr High inviting us to an awards ceremony. The letter stated that Chantel had been chosen to receive an award. We did not know what award she would be receiving until the Honor Ceremony. Tuesday night was the night and Chantel was one of a few students chosen to receive the Principals Award. After the ceremony we took her to Neilson's for a concrete and she had fun making faces for me and talking with her friend Kelsey!

So yes I am a proud Mom! I am in awe of my daughter in all that she can do and excel at:)

Too much...

Lately there has been to much going on here for me to blog about! I would love to post pictures but my camera broke and I cant find the SD card for the second one we have. Oh well! Any suggestions for a new one???

I want to blog about other things but I cant! Maybe I will later! Just some more stress and complaining that happens every time I have to get ready to go out of town. My brother in law Sven is getting married on the 25th of May in Colorado! So all of you moms probably know why I am stressed out ! I have to find new (hopefully matching) Sunday outfits for everyone (except Kirt he has to wear a tux). I need some clothes to wear up there because it is still a little cold there! Try to find time to go shopping(for food and clothing) around babysitting and picking up kids. Have everything taken care of for church on the Sunday's I will be gone. Get housework done so I don't have to worry about it when we get back.

Whew!! I am tired just thinking about all that needs to be done! Anyway thanks for letting me vent!

I hope you all are having a wonderful day!!

Rainbows

This morning Kade asked me if he could se a rainbow in the sky. My reply to him was that we would have to ask Heavenly Father to send rain so we could se a rainbow. We said a sweet little prayer and as soon as we were done he ran to the window and with pure, innocent, full faith he said "Mom it is raining, Look! Whoohoo we get to see a rainbow". I did not have the heart to tell him that it was not raining. I thought what an example of faith and maybe I should be more like that. He is still telling me that it is going to rain and he will see a rainbow! I have sure got some repenting to do!