Favorite Things Friday!!!

Top of the Mornin' to you.

{okay, it's not the morning, but...whatever}

So, did you watch it?

You know...

IT?

The Royal Wedding???

I TIVOed three different networks to make sure I 

got all of the ins and outs.

A little over the top?

Maybe.

But there's a reason why I was so excited 

about the wedding.

One of my fondest memories growing up is 

this:

Okay...I was only like three when this happened, 

but my oldest sister had an extreme obsession with weddings.

She had so many books on Princess Diana

and the wedding.

I remember sitting and looking at those

books for hours! 

So, with the anticipation of Kate and Will's wedding,

I couldn't wait to see what her dress

 looked like.

And what did I think about the Royal dress?

Beautiful? Yes.

Classic? Yes.

Everything I hoped it would be? Eeeehhhh....

Kate has become a fashion icon!

I think she played it way too safe.

I was hoping to see something more along the lines of

This:

This....

Or THIS:

Oooohhhhh....or THIS:

Or This!!!!

And the train?

Well, the image of Diana's train will 

always be ingrained in my mind!

it took forever to get it out of the carriage!

It.was.so.looooong.

Kate's was nice,

It really was.

But, it could have been longer, No?

 I didn't even have a train on my dress...

so I guess I can't really talk!

ha!

And remember Diana's enormous
bouquet???



What WAS Kate carrying?



Can it even be classified as a bouquet?
It looked like something one of the
adorable little girls should have
been carrying.



Don't get me wrong...
I think she looked absolutely gorgeous!
How could she not?
But I still think she could have done better.

What say you?

Did you like it?

Hate it?

Hope you're having a beautiful Friday!

Mmmmmm....

Making 

THIS

for dinner tonight. 

Mmmmmmmm.

Beautiful Easter

Is it just me, or does Carson look like

he's about 28?

?

Doesn't Carson look like a politician?! 

Hope you had a beautiful Easter!

Favorite Things Friday!!!

Can I be real? 

I mean, can I be REAL? 

This has been a rough week.

Nah...if I'm REALLY gonna keep it real, 

I have to admit that it's been a rough

three years.

But anyway, back to this week.

We had the best start to the week.

The weather was so gorgeous and we were 

outside constantly.

Then a storm rolled in.

The barometric pressure changed...

in more ways than one,

if you catch my drift.

The boys have been whiny, clingy,

foaming-at-the-mouth

little monsters this week.

{I told you I was gonna keep it real}.

Do I love my children? 

Of course.

Have I liked them this week?

Not especially.

 It's.been.a.rough.week.

So, you're wondering to yourself either

one of two things.

1) Should we call CPS?

2) What does any of this have to do

with Favorite Things Friday?

Well, I'm glad you asked. 

I bumped into a friend this week. 

She looked equally frazzled.

Through conversation we were both so

incredibly

relieved

to learn that the other was having such a 

hard Mommy week. 

We both had come to a breaking point with

our kids and thrown our hands up.

We handled the stress a little differently though--

she merely told her kids that she quit, 

to which her son said, "Don't quit

being my mommy!"

I chose a much more graphic way 

to express to my husband my level

of frustration with the kids.

I  told him that I was

ready to donate our children to the state. 

It's just easier to donate them...

that way we don't have to deal with investigators,

a long drawn-out trial and most likely jail time for

child abuse.

(relax. I'm just kidding. It wasn't

THAT bad of a week)

My friend (whose identity will remain

anonymous to protect the guilty)

said, "See...that's why I love having you as a friend.

I feel like I'm normal, rather than crazy."

Well...either that, or misery just loves company.

If she has to be miserable, at least she knows

I'm miserable too, and vice versa.

At any rate, it was great to 

make a connection on such an

honest level. 

Mommies have good days and BAD days.

But most of the time we 

feel like we can't 

let other people know that

we're struggling

Mommies, be REAL with yourselves

and with your good girlfriends.

Trust me, they've had those bad days too.

You're NOT alone.

{my favorite thing}

Favorite Things Friday!!!

What UP, my Peeps?
I don't mean to startle you by actually posting
a Favorite Things Friday ON a Friday! (ha!)

I can't begin to tell you how much I 

love 

this favorite thing. 

It's not so much because I love to

do this particular thing...

but because it's nice enough outside

that we can!

Today the boys and I went to the 

zoo 

with my sweet friend and her cutie. 

We rode the tractor out to see

 the 

farm babies

Yes. 

It was a John Deere.

Then we got to sit on a  Deere

and act like they were driving it. 

When he sat on it,

Carson said, "Why isn't it moving?" 

I said, "We can't really drive it. It doesn't work".

That wasn't acceptable to him. He insisted on knowing

who

broke it!
I'm shocked that he didn't crawl under it and
insist that he could fix it!

Somehow I coaxed him out of the barn and 

convinced him it was time to go

eat corn dogs.

It was such gorgeous day for a 

fun trip to the 

zoo 

with friends.

My favorite thing.

{What did YOU do this beautiful Friday?}

Beautiful Day

Dear Spring,

We've missed you so much. 

Even though we have a pool of

muddy water in the back yard, I let the boys

go to town today. 

 Yes, we still have a little bit of snow left, 

but we're confident that you can

get rid of that in the next few days!

 Carson "mowed" the lawn

While Tiegan went up and down

the slide fifty or sixty times.

Yes, I had to change their clothes

three times today,

because they were 

covered from head to toe in 

mud, but it's a small price to pay for 

them being able to enjoy the sunshine and 

fresh air after being cooped up 

all winter!

 We took our evening walk, and the boys 

ran the entire time! 

Mommy and daddy soon realized that the

boys are in 

WAY 

better shape than we both are!

So, thank you for the beautiful day,

Spring.

Why don't you take your shoes off

and stay a while!

Things I've been meaning to do...

I've been meaning to hang this

closet door back up.

It fell down when the boys were playing in the

closet...about a month and a half ago.

I've been meaning to 

get back on my Weight Watcher's 

program for a week now...ever since I came back

from visiting family. 

Today's my first day back on the wagon...

after gaining 6 pounds. 

I've been meaning
to paint my sons' dresser
FOREVER.
Our neighbor used to work at a university,
and came home one day with some old, beat-up
sad looking dressers.
I saw the potential in it, so I said, "I'll take one!!! I'll have
it looking cute as a button in no time!".

It only took 6 years.

(I'll post the "after" later...it's pretty fabulous!)

What have YOU been meaning to do?