Maddie's House of Hair

Maddie decided I needed a taste of my own medicine. We spent an afternoon doing my hair in piggies. She puts the elastics in soooo tight!! She learned that from her dad. She thought I looked so pretty and said I had to leave them in the whole day, so I did. Through football practice and a quick stop at the grocery store. Yikes!

"EVERYBODY'S GOT A DREAM. WHAT'S YOUR DREAM?"

Here is my dream. A beautiful front yard and approach to my front door.

What does my front yard currently look like you ask?





As you can see we have a lot of work and money to put into it before it will look so good, but I am up for the task. I have already spent a good amount of time clearing away weeds and debris and spreading topsoil. Curbing is scheduled for Wed. and sod will be coming on Thurs. Wish me luck!! :)

P.S. Can anyone name the movie that my title/quote is from? Hint: The quote is from the very end of the movie.

FREE STUFF (for me anyway)

I have added a little sumpin' sumpin' on my side bar. Yes, oh yes, it is an advertisement.

http://www.babyblissaccessories.com/index.html You know I just had to take Ally up on this offer, considering I spent $26 at her boutique a few weeks ago and only got half of what I wanted. (love your stuff Ally!) So here is a shout out for her wonderful little business.

Here is Maddie on the first day of school sporting one of Allison's pretty flower clips! Nice pose eh?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - 1995

As one might suspect there was a time in mine and Brandon's life when we were of average weight. Feast your eyes on these two love birds.

Vanessa, please don't kick my trash, but I just had to include this flashback in honor of the days at Southern Utah University. Love ya g/f!

Walker Family Campout July 2008

In July we went camping at Mirror Lake for five days with my side of the family. I love this annual camping trip and am grateful for my quirky family and all the problems we seem to have. In comparison, this year was relatively problem free.





Every evening we gather to have dinner together. Look at all the little ones! How sweet!
This is my absolute favorite place to fish when we go to Mirror Lake. This is a little pond area across the highway from the campground and a short hike off the highway. Please note the look on Brandon's face and then turn up your speakers for the following video.


I'm not sure why Brandon was so onry-- maybe it had to do with the fact that I was catching fish on his fly and he wasn't, or maybe it was because the kids kept catching fish and didn't want to let them go. They wanted to keep them and cook and eat them, which we do and then they eat two bites and say "that's all I want." And then we have stinky fish in our garbage for the rest of the trip. Or maybe because the kids got to do more fishing than he did because we caught so many all he had time to do was unhook, rebait, unhook, rebait, argue about keeping fish, unhook, rebait, argue.... etc. etc. etc.
Although after seeing this bad boy, he did feel a little better.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

WHAT JOB?!?!

I quit. The end. I'm done. My boss offered me a full-time position as an A/P processor (which is a step up from my current title) and I turned it down (this was in June). She then proceeded to tell me that at some point, around August, they would no longer need a filing clerk because we were buying the software to become a completely paperless office. So I started to think that I needed to look around for a new job. Then my daycare sent home a note saying that they were closing their doors for good. That they were not able to keep their facility up to Utah code. So that kind of put the nail in the coffin and I laid my employment with Boart Longyear to rest.

Now I will have time to make my blog smokin' hot!!! And post like everyday!!! Just kidding, no promises Vanessa and Jarvie.