Friday, April 26, 2013
What a deal!
This little number is so cute with cowgirl boots. $20.00
Emily picked this dress to wear under her graduation gown. $20.00
I caught Emily mid laugh when I pointed out that her socks matched this dress. $14.00
All business here and it is LTU's colors. $24.00
Four really great dresses on sale or clearance = $82.68
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The things I find in my laundry!
Believe it or not these are things I have actually found either in my washer or dryer. My husband has a problem with forgetting to empty his pockets and years ago I gave up on emptying them for him. There are days that I just shake my head and want to scream at him but every so often I find this.....
and I tuck it in my pocket and treat myself to lunch or maybe the Dairy Queen!
How a girl gets asked to prom
First, you show up dressed like this.
Second, you have beautiful orange roses (her favorite color)
Third, you have a unique invitation.
Church Prom
I love that our church puts on a prom every year for all youth ages 14 - 18. The dress code is strictly followed and the girls can not wear anything too short (it should come to the knee) or cut too low or strapless. Easy fix, throw on a shrug. Jeremy asked if he could get this striped shirt because all of his other dress shirts are white.
Emily sat for this picture and it wasn't until later that I realized that she looks like she is sitting for her official portrait. A friend of hers at karate has really long hair and her mother offered to do Emily's hair for prom. I know I wouldn't be able to do such a great job.
Problem solved
The above picture is of the side yard we have that connects us with the next neighborhood. Until two years ago there was a rickety wooden fence up dividing the two yards. A couple of years back the fence started falling down with every storm we had and the neighbor in the blue house took the rest of it down. This has become a sore topic at our house because for a while it was ok but then the neighbors daughter and all of her friends started using our yard and driveway as their personal path into our neighborhood and to sneak out at night. There was really nothing we could do because purchasing new fencing was just not in our budget.
This is the other side of our house. I didn't know Rob was going to do this so I only got a picture of the last couple of fence panels still up and the post all laying in wait for their new location.
Rob apparently was sick of the unwanted foot traffic that now included the neighbor in the green house walking his dog in our yard and also that same neighbor using the opening to come over and harass our very nice neighbor. So in a matter of an afternoon, the fence on the left side of our house is now on the right side blocking the way for all passer-throughs.
And the left side of our yard is open and once the grass is green will look awesome. We really like our neighbors on that side of our house and they can use our yard any day they want!
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
How to ask a guy out
Emily got creative when she asked her boyfriend to her prom. She made him an Easter basket with these eggs and some candy. He was really surprised.
Easter eggs
All set up and ready to dye.
At our house each kids gets one dozen eggs. They can do whatever they want.
I had 2 extra eggs this year so Rob got in on the action. He made me a purple and yellow egg.
Jeremy's egg had a crack that looked like a vein. It was cool. With Emily heading off to college and me having to twist Jeremy's arm to do this I realized that this is probably the last of the egg coloring at our house. How sad.
Friends
I love that my near 18 year old still loves to play outside with her friends. A couple of weekends ago her friends Maddie, Jonathan and Jason came over after they had been bowling. They climbed a tree.
Played king of the snow mound. I think Jason lost.
They had a snow ball fight too. I don't have a picture of the snowman they built out on the lake :(
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