I made a shirt!!!!!!

Okay, so here's the story: Some friends of ours invited us to go with them to a Mets game. My husband and I are big Mets fans and we wanted to show our support for the team. My husband has plenty of Mets gear, but I had none. We looked and we looked and either all of the shirts were too expensive or were too big. SO... I asked my little brother for help. He is a freak artist that can do just about anything (he's one of those "golden touch" people). Anyway, he has been making/designing his own shirts using this stuff called discharge paste. Basically, he buys a super cheap shirt, cuts out a stencil he designs, and then puts this stuff on. Well, I wanted to make one and he was more than willing to help (what a good little brother!). He helped me figure out what I wanted and printed out a copy of the picture that I wanted. All that was left for me to do was finish "designing" the stencil, cut it out, apply to shirt, apply paste, wait to dry, iron, and viola! Super cool shirt for only $8.

In case you are wondering who the guy is on my shirt, that is Jose Reyes. He's best known for stealing bases. Shane thought it would be hilarious if I put on the shirt "Stealing bases and stealing hearts." But I thought that was better served on one of those white trash air-brushed shirts. Here's a picture of the back of the shirt:


I'm so stinkin' proud of myself that I want to make more. lol, let's see if I actually find the time to do it!

My little gymnist!

We decided that since Kelly was in school now, Isabelle should have something fun to do every week. Since she is always climbing all over everything we thought she would enjoy gymnastics. Well, we didn't realize what a good fit it was going to be! She's already doing so well after only 2 lessons. The picture of her on the right is her swinging on the trapeze. They take turns swinging several times before dropping into the pit below. She's pretty brave for a 3yr old! Right now she's working on cartwheels, front roll-overs, balance beam, and the bars.

If you want to see a video of her on the trapeze, Click here

Tag you're it! (Thanks Keri!!!)

Jobs I've Had

• life guard
• babysitter
• smoothie maker
• hair salon receptionist (now THAT'S a riot)
• swim instructor

Movies I can watch over and over

• Hmm.... not much into watching movies, but.......
• NAPOLEON DYNOMITE!!!! It just gets funnier every time!

My Guilty Pleasures

• Chocolate and anything sweet
• did I say "chocolate"??
• naps
• I have no more "guilty pleasures" to add.... I need to get a freakin' life!

Places I'd like to Visit

• Spain
• My pretend hometown -- Chiquimula
• Alaska
• Mongolia

Places I've lived

• Kentucky
• Idaho
• Back to Kentucky

Shows I enjoy

• Lost
• The Office (I love you Dwight!)
• Jericho

What were the first things you thought of when you saw your significant other for the first time?

• That he looked nothing like his brother Loren. My roomate at the time (who introduced us) knew his brother very well and said they looked "just alike." I also didn't really think a whole lot about him that first time. His roommate was a lot funnier. LOL!

Places I've been on vacation

• Disney World (several times -- yeah, I'm spoiled)
• Atlanta, GA
• Alabama
• St. Louis
• Palmyra, NY
• Kirtland, OH
• Salt Lake City, UT
• Corvallis, OR
• Yes, it's true... I've never been out of the US......

Favorite Foods

• Anything Indian
• Anything Mexican, Guatemalan (except for pickled beets... yuck), Cuban, Peruvian, Chilean, etc. etc. (Did I mention 90% of my friends are hispanic?)
• Fish fish fish
• Beans and rice (which technically would fit under the latin foods category)

Websites I visit daily

• Drudge Report
• Hotmail
• MSN
• Gmail
• Courier Journal
• Facebook
• Youtube -- Daxflame is hard to resist

Body parts I have injured

• Shortly after my oldest daughter was born I became an extreme clutz. However, all of my clutziness was focused in one area of my body -- the middle toe on my left foot. I somehow smashed/jammed that toe at least once a week for several months. One day while visiting my parents I smashed it into a door once again. This time, the pain was unlike any of the other times. My brother made fun of me for making such a big deal out of the pain until he saw the damage that was done. My entire toe was purplish-blue and swollen twice its normal size. Other than that, nothing has happened to me.

Awards I have one

• I once won a spelling bee in this really small redneck town in Eastern KY. The winning word was "dolphin." (BTW... that was the 10-13 yr old age group) So sad.....
• Do swimming competitions count?? Won lots of those
• Marching Band/Color Guard championships

Nicknames I have been called

• Collie (thanks to my obnoxious brothers)
• Ollie Trolley
• Ollie Burger (from the Ollie Trolley)
• Olie (Pronounced oh-lee) Actually, this really wasn't a nickname. When I went to Ricks, sooooooooo many people couldn't pronounce my name. My bishop ALWAYS called me Olie.

Tag, you're it!

• Jackie
• Heather
• Jessica
• Tracy

Shane's idea of playing barbies with the girls

Shane gets very tired of playing "girly games" all the time with the girls. So every once in a while he'll throw in something just to remind everyone he's a boy. This one was classic:



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Puppy in my pocket

So today we took the girls to Walmart because they had saved up some money and wanted to buy something. Kelly found this little package of dogs called "Puppy in my pocket." It comes with several puppies, but only one little carrying case to hook on to your pocket. Well, that didn't satisfy Kelly. So, she walked out of her room to show us how she solved the problem. If you look closely, you'll see what I mean!

Finally! A BREAK!!!

Well, he finally finished! Shane has officially taken the bar. We won't find out if he passed or not until October, but it's hard to believe that he wouldn't. Friday and Saturday my parents watched the girls so we could finally have a break and celebrate after all that work. Friday night we went out to a restaurant called Seviche. We went with some friends of ours and ended up staying for almost 2 1/2 hours! We did the full experience. We ordered Appetizers, Main course, and dessert. And you know it's a fancy place when they hand you the dessert menu and there are no prices on it! YIKES! We have NEVER spent that much on a meal before, but let me tell you...... it was the best food and SOOOO worth it!

Afterwards we went to the movies since we hadn't been to the movie theater together in almost a year. We watched Transformers and to my surprise it was a lot of fun! The next morning we slept in until 11:00am. We had grand ideas of doing something cool on Saturday, but we were just too lazy. Instead we went to Denny's and had breakfast. Then we went comparison shopping for a dresser for the kids room. Later we helped clean the church building. Did I mention we really know how to have fun??? After cleaning we went to Shogun's Japanese restaurant (the kind where they cook in front of you). Our cook was by far the most un-enthusiastic cook in the entire building. Lucky for us we met another couple that sat at our table and we had some good laughs with them.

We are sooooooooooo relieved that school is finally done for Shane and that he can actually focus on work for the first time. Hopefully waiting for the results of the bar won't be too dreadful!

This video that I am posting has nothing to do with our "celebration" weekend, I just had to post it because it is really funny.



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