Jamie and Company

.Spring Break.

2011-04-15T16:04:00.000-07:00

skateland. cousins from idaho. bbq. Rango. craft day with grandma. never say never. golf. batting cages. donuts. more donuts. subway picnic. basketball. park days. renewal home inspection. spring cleaning.

31.

2011-04-06T22:07:00.000-07:00

Yep. I did it. I went and turned another year older. I was spoiled for doing so.

Friday I was surprised with a wonderful breakfast with some of my favorite girls to be around! (I get to work with them too!) Joe's Coffee shop, my favorite breakfast burrito, a sparkley cupcake, and a goodie basket filled with pampering products from the lovelies I work with. What a way to start the day! Put in a few hours of work, then it was time for pedicures with Samantha!

Saturday we put the show on the road! Love road trips, especially with some Justin Bieber! First stop: Pima Air and Space Museum.

Then it was back in the car, next stop, TOMBSTONE.

Funny story. We raced to get there by the gun fight show time. And guess what?! It would've cost another sixty bucks. We were thinking gun fight= in the streets of tombstone. Nope, its on a stage, with tickets needed. What kind of gun fight is that?!

Thank goodness we snapped that awesome picture of the kids with the actors before the "show". The kids were so nervous just to get in the picture. That's some good actors!

We stayed, walked the town, saw come crazy people, saw lots of things that poppa would've loved, which made it all worth the drive.

To finish the party day we headed back to Tucson. We did a lot of getting lost around there. How hard is it to find 1 of 23 eeegees?! Pretty hard. We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse off the highway to simplify life. Ethan expressed "I think I'd like to go back to Gilbert now ". And with full bellies we headed home.

.Happiness.

2011-03-31T09:29:00.000-07:00

Just spent the last 2 weeks (and a day!) with these four fun, sweet, crazy, hilarious, beautiful, loud, entertaining, and exceptional children. I'm in love.

.Favorite List.

2011-03-08T07:30:00.000-08:00

40% off at Gap for the next few weeks. One item each Wednesday. Yes, please!

LilyGene's Playroom Rules

(you will have to come for a visit to see which color I chose...)

Check out her fun and adorable prints, I could buy them all!

Bumble and Bumble Color Support Shampoo/Conditioner

*I really think this stuff has helped keep the red away, and adds lots of shine! Found at Dolce.

essie for j. crew in milky way (yum.)

Merriest Christmas!

2010-12-30T11:28:00.001-08:00

Back in Black and White

2010-10-26T13:03:00.001-07:00

Want to know why I named my Audrey after THE Audrey? See above.

Spring Breakin'

2010-05-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

It's so fun to have Steve home with us for a week of the kids 2 1/2 weeks off! We stayed busy doing lots around the house. We made sure we spent lots of time outside enjoying the perfect weather. I love planting new spring flowers, and we took up gardening this year! One whole tomato plant! The kids got to have their first sleepover on the trampoline. Funny thing was there wasn't much sleeping.... we have the nosiest sleeping neighbors?? And it got a lot cooler than expected!

Easter

2009-04-14T11:43:00.000-07:00

Spring is here! My favorite months of the year! This year for Easter we had my family over for a fun lunch and an egg hunt! Earlier in the week we shared an evening with them at the Temple to see the Easter Pageant.

I LOVE Love

2009-01-22T22:09:00.000-08:00

A favorite photographer of mine once said perfectly "I love Love!" And I could not have thought of a better theme for my New Year! Love! I love sooo much! And it's about time I think about those things more often! I've been stuck in a negative funk lately, the blahs. But time to move forward and LOVE!

I LOVE this girl, and how much she loves to take pictures in Photo Booth! Those are just a few.... I'm often surprised and giggle while looking through all that she has taken of herself while mommy is busy!

Mr. Photogenic

2008-12-09T20:36:00.000-08:00

I've seemed to forgotten someone in my "about me" there on the side of this page. Mommy to four and wife to one special guy does not quite complete me really. You see, I got this present for my birthday last year, and he's a huge part "about me". He's drives me crazy with all his hair, makes me angry when he begs, smells from time to time, frustrates me like no other, is restless some nights, and still doesn't "Shake!".

He IS so tolerable, BLACK, adorable, loving (total momma's boy)( and daddy's too sometimes), born of award winning blocky "headed" parents, happy, and believe it or not calm! **Which is exactly what was on our wanted list!

I give you "JET" ("jetdawg", "jetpuppy", "jettie" (from audrey). Our Black Lab.

P.S. He kept my feet warm under the desk the entire time I was posting this. (momma's boy :)

Changes

2008-11-30T22:47:00.000-08:00

A new look for the blog, new hair color and style, new month! (where did November go?), and new Family pictures!

Don't I have the best looking crew?!

Lastly, a reNEWed goal to

blog more often! Boy, do I have a lot to catch up on!

a post about posting

2008-10-14T18:44:00.001-07:00

Posting about the concert was fun in itself! I added more New Kids to my playlist!

Kaylie came around to the dancing :)

Oh, that's my day after hair! :)

Who'd you hang out with last night?

2008-10-14T17:53:00.000-07:00

My sis and I (cover girls if you were wondering...) got to hang out with the COOLEST boys (okay men) from Boston. I had a BLAST and that word doesn't even come close to explain the THRILL! And considering Jenea' wasn't able to stop dancing and screaming I would say she had some fun too! We were on the floor, row 12, AISLE seats (more dancing room :)!!! Yep saw everything, and CLOSE! Did I mention we we're shown on their HUGE screen on the stage, and the screens in the nose bleeds??!! Yep, famous and cover girls, Lovin' the New Kids Forever!
*Nea I added "one song" for you** sorry they didn't perform it for you, they obviously didn't know who we were! hehe!

More pics to come!! And the stories that made the night AWESOME!

My First, Because He's 26 Today!

2008-09-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

Yep, my first post. That's how special my Brother Jon is to me! He's 26! And I'm older than that! Mann, time has flown by!

Even though he is my little brother, he has always taken care of us girls in the family like he was my older brother. Ever so protective, always looking out for us. (remember Fiesta Mall) (still sorry nea) At times he went to great lengths to make sure we were safe from loser boys.

My brother is Hilarious! I remember getting a call on my cell one night (10+ yrs ago) and finding out Jon had dislocated his shoulder during football practice. I was so scared to see him hurt but headed straight to the hospital. I went back to his room in the ER, and he was in an immense amount of pain, but, it took all of about 2 minutes for me to be laughing with everyone else in the room at all of the HILARIOUS things he was saying. Only Jon! I can't think of a time growing up that Jon didn't have a sense of humor about him. When he was learning to tie his shoes, he wore 2 different color converse sneakers, just to be funny, and sure, somewhat of a trend setter. I always look forward to being with Jon because I know I'll laugh.

Jon has a very serious side to him as well. One that he and our family hold with great importance. My brother is a U.S. Army Sergeant. He has dedicated over five years in the Military. It has been an amazing and sometimes scary (especially for my mom) time in our lives. He is based out of Denver, CO and is a Signal Support System Specialist. I was able to fly with most of our family to his promotion ceremony. I felt so overwhelmed with gratitude for each solider there. There for each other, there for me. The courage to be there. I'm so very proud of my brother. My Soldier, My Hero.

Jon recently decided to add Photography to his long list of accomplishments. And on top of that has designed his own website to showcase his photos. He has such beautiful surroundings in Colorado, and captures them perfectly. He has inspired us enough to go and buy our own SLR but my pictures are nothing to compare!

My brother has always been a teacher to himself. As kids he would always be asked to fix our family computer. That knowledge has landed him some awesome jobs. Currently he is working as a Network Engineer. He sends us "before" and "after" photos of the job sites he is sent to around the U.S. He called earlier this week so we could chat before they send him to a site in Ohio. The kids heard the message and excitedly yelled to me in the shower "Uncle Jon is coming!!" Come to find out if he was visiting he would fly into PHOENIX. They weren't as excited to hear it was Ohio State.

Each time Jon visits he is always willing to work! And for some reason we always have projects that need working on! At our old house I was pregnant with Zack and past the HOA's time allowed to get our front yard in. We had lots of rock left to shovel and I wasn't making significant progress, if you know what I mean?! Well Jon was in town from Flagstaff, and he and his bud Gene, got up EARLY and finished with all the rock before I woke up. And were already onto playing Xbox!

Jon has always been a gentleman. And has a HUGE heart! He has bought cards and flowers many times for my mom, Jenea', and I.

He loves every CrAzY minute spent with his nieces and nephews! And bought a webcam to be able to see them more! Which they (the kiddos) adore, partly cause they can see his kitty too! :)

You really are one of the coolest people I know Bud! I love ya Bobo! Happy 25th, I mean 26th (hehe)!