Memory Lane

Recently, the girls and I were looking through my shoebox of old pictures. The memories that it brought back. I think they thought their mom was always this "old". They loved laughing at my hair especially. I decided to flashback and post some of them.


Sophmore year. Even then I was ALWAYS on the phone. Probably to Jenny.

This had to be Freshman or Sophmore year because Jenny still lived in Phoenix. We dressed a like for the San Diego zoo. I remember us trying to find me a Rayon Red shirt and we went into a store asking if they had one. They looked at us crazy. The stores name was Cottons R Us. We were a little silly back then. Love ya Jen.

Daddy's little girl. I was 2 living in Germany. This picture reminds me of my middle daughter Katie. I wonder if I can find the wall -paper in the background for my house.

I think I'm in 4th or 5th grade. The singer is my cousin Amy, My sister Julie is the other back up singer. Wow my hair was short!



This was sometime in high school. This is Jenny one of my best friends growing up and still today. It's hard to tell on here, but my braces have blue rubber bands and I'm wearing blue eyeliner. Is blue eye liner even made anymore? Better then the fro picture at the top though. :)

It was nice to see these old pictures. I have always been silly, especially when I was younger, and they brought back a lot of good memories. But don't you worry Allie, Katie and Sean I am saving plenty of picutres to share with your children. Katie has recently given me a few for the files with cutting her hair. Not once but twice this past week. She now has NO BANGS too.

Traditions

Ever since I can remember my mom and dad have always bought me flowers on my birthday. Even when I was at college, I still received them. One simple act has meant so much over the years growing up. For the longest time I would not let Mondo buy flowers on my birthday, as this was my parents tradition. Now, I will accept flowers from whom ever wants to give them to me. :)

I started this tradition with the girls too. Mondo thought I was silly buying Allison flowers on her first birthday. "She's only 1," he said, "she won't know if you bought them or not." I'd know though. These are the little memories that mean so much as you grow older.

Thanks mom and dad for the tradition, it has meant so much to me over the years. More then you'll ever know. I always look forward to the delivery. This year it came a day early. It was a nice surprise. It's flowers made up to look like a slice of cake.

Now I have to figure out what tradition I am going to do for Sean every birthday. I guess, I could buy him flowers too. If you have any ideas let me know.

When I grow up I want to cut hair......

Today was a very fun day. My sister in law and I found a new splash pad with no other kids around. We had a wonderful time. In Phoenix it is still in the high 80's to high 90's. This time of year also comes with humidity, which I could do without. So cooling off in the water is always a treat. It was nice to spend the morning w/ the girls before school. They all seem to grow up so fast.


I also started a weight loss challenge with two of my friends today. We are doing something every month. This month, the one who looses the most weight gets a free pedicure , compliments of the other two. I could really really use that, as my feet look pretty bad from walking barefoot all the time. We are working out on my days off and I am going to be doing the elliptical and Tae Bo tapes during the kids nap time.



Tonight we did our workout and I got a frantic call from Allie and Mondo. Katie, our 4 1/2 year old, had decided she wanted a new hair cut. She went in the bathroom and cut her hair. She did this about a year ago, luckily just the underneath. The hair had just finally grown even. This time she cut it all over, most of it to her ears. I was mad, but couldn't stop laughing under my breath either. She was so proud of her work. Needless to say, we had to attempt to even it out. It is not exactly even, since she cut one side quite a bit shorter, but it will do. I felt bad for her, since she was crying the whole time we were having it cut, but then I reminded myself, she is the one who cut her hair. I am hoping this will remind her not to do it again, only time will tell. We went and bought some hair clips to help it out.

Everyone else is doing good. Mondo did have gout in his foot for about a week and was not able to walk, but that has since healed. Allison starts soccer practice this week and has started to do the kids Tae Bo tapes w/ me and daddy. She really is enjoying them. I will post pictures of the soccer games in the future. First game 09/13.


My sister in law Dori holding Sean

The baby is getting big. He is almost 3 months. He loves tummy time and is very strong. He is a very happy baby and is sleeping through the night. YEA He is very long and already in 6-9 months clothing. I love watching how he keeps changing.