cake

I love this cake. My friend, Melissa, made it for her son. It is so sweet and fun.

Love this

A new Look

I was trying to convince my mom to grow her hair long or at least mix it up. I love this website to work on it. What do you think?

Music and What the .....?

When Rich got home last night I said to him,

" I need a few minutes to myself. "

Since there is no where to go in our house, I put my headphones on and listened to music and read. I enjoyed the songs I chose and found myself starting to sing along. LOUDLY. Then I started to clap. Clap, Clap, Clap. Then I even did an air guitar. Then it hit me! I am totally turning into this guy......





Totally my dad. Headphone wearing, singing loudly, clapping, strumming dad. He does this ALL the time. In the blue chair. In his living room. When I see my dad like this I usually end up having to say, "Dad, you're too loud!"

"WHAT?", he yells. He thinks he is talking in a regular voice but the music is up so loud.....

Then this happened to me...

"Mom, STOP, you're too LOUD!"

"WHAT??"

Yep, I'm totally turning into my dad.



P.S. It's not a bad thing.

Dear
Jody, Natalie and Natali,

Remember when we LOVED Illuminations? They had awesome decorations and we loved working on our candles. I especially loved planning what I was going to do that month with my cylinders in my pass through window. Remember when the boys went on boys weekends they would take pictures of themselves going into Illuminations and they would be bring home all sorts of treasures for the women they left behind. Remember that it all went south? Illuminations, sucked. They quit carrying all of the wonderful candles, the cylinder bottoms, ect....

Well, yesterday Dayne and I went into an Illumination store....it was so wonderful. Look at all the amazing Halloween items they are carrying. They are trying to make a come back. And I will Welcome them back.

The only problem I now have? Rich broke 2 of my cylinders this year. Now I get to, I mean, I must start over!!!!

Love-crazy-as-ever,
Ash

Think Pink

October is a great month. Halloween, the start of Fall (in some places), apples, pumpkins, making applesauce and corn fields. It is also breast cancer awareness month. I have always felt strongly about research for breast cancer. I don't have cancer nor do I know anyone with breast cancer. But I do have boobs. And friends with boobs. We need to help our future. We need to protect Dayne, Addison and Rebecca, their future. Their future boobs.

There are lots of things you can do to help support research and support survivors. There are walks, donations or much more fun, shopping. I can't afford much but when I am buying household items this month, I buy pink. So far we have pink hand soap and I plan on buying the breast cancer research stamps. May I also suggest:
Stepping off my soap box.

One more thing, if you leave a comment I will send you a bracelet. Wear it this month. Be proud. Do self exams and be supportive.

The Story of Today

We had a rocky start getting ready for church today. Dayne has not been napping for the past 2 days. Grrr! This morning she was finally asleep and so we waited (and waited) for her to wake up. Dayne got up, drank a bottle, changed her clothes and she was ready. Doesn't she look cute?

This is how Crewe felt about the whole thing!


The End

* Wish us luck. Our sweet boy is having dental surgery tomorrow. He will be put to sleep for about 2 hours and then need to recover for about 2 hours. Plus the hospital in in San Francisco. So we will come home in at the end of the day. One Long Day.

the TV rundown

If you had any type of superficial conversation with me this summer (who didn't?) then you know I was suffering from MAJOR t.v. depression. Gilmore Girls (seven years I've been loyal) ended. Veronica Mars, abruptly got the rug pulled out from it. And Grey's Anatomy, oh the drain you were starting to circle. If you recall, I HATED the second 1/2 of the season not to mention, the final show of the season. I blogged about, emailed about it and chatted with anyone who would listen.

*note to self- get a life!

But until then.....here is my rundown from last night.

Hate Alex's big hair and his facial hair (And I love Hairy men). I think they were trying to make him appear older, more mature, not so assish, ect...

My feelings are still conflicted about the derek/merdith issue. I guess I am happy about the end of them not being so final.

Lame. Lame. Deer surgery. Thank goodness for dvr and the ability to fast forward. Oh, George and "the love"- Double barf and not believable.

I like the new sister.

The original interns having interns.....not sure if I like this path. Overall, I was more pleased than I thought I would be. I guess, I will continue to watch and make blogs about it. So look head people, TV is back!


FYI. I mostly read this summer but I did check out a few random shows. I discovered a great show. The new Adventures of the Old Christine. Well, at least one episode. I have it on my dvr and I watch EVERY week. And laugh, and laugh and laugh and laugh....you get the idea. Check it out.

the zoo-A picture post

Yesterday we went to the zoo. This was Dayne's first time at the Oakland Zoo. It was such a nice day. Hot and beautiful!

Crewe needed a show when we got home. Time to relaX!

Look, Look

Look at my what my friend, Trieste, brought me this morning. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this bag. She made it! It made me so happy to have a new cute bag. Check out her website,www.triesteprusso.com. (she also has a blog and an etsy shop) Thanks, friend!

Dayne likes it too!

what is going on?

What have we been up to this week:1. My children have been getting up ASS early. There is no other way to describe it. It is awful. I am thinking of refusing to acknowledge daylight savings at the end of October. It will be too hard to change my kids. We will be known as Arizona.

2. I made these cookies. Oatmeal with pecans. The recipe is from www.thepioneerwomanwhocooksalotofreallyfreakinstuff.com (can't remember her exact blog). Then I decided that we didn't need all of the cookies, so we made plates and delivered them to friends and family.

3. I have not touched a book in almost a month. However, I did read this month's Vanity Fair. I want to be smart enough to care about the magazine but I need more fluff. I do always love the cover story.

4. Rich signed us up to go on the ward camping trip. (Quit laughing.) I have heard a rumor that camping involves the outdoors. Ewww! On Friday, Rich ended up working and working and by the time he got home the camping trip was looking more like a "camping night". We drove up to the campgrounds and were ALMOST there when it started to rain. To make a boring story short, we came home and let Crewe sleep in a sleeping bag on his floor.

Note*Crewe was in his bed by 11pm. Even sleeping on the floor in your own house SUCKS!

5. We watched "Year of Dogs" tonight. Suck-a-roni. Suck-a-roo. Stay far away from the this movie. And I like Molly Shannon and DOGS. Puke!

But to end on a good note, I did like watching the movie with Rich.

why?

Why I might lose my license to mother?

At playgroup:
Friend: Come here my kids, it is cold outside and you MUST wear a jacket.

I look outside to Crewe sans-jacket. Ok, he also was running around barefoot.

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In the car:

I mumble: My bra is driving me crazy.

Crewe yells from the back: My bra is driving me crazy too!

(Don't worry, Crewe is not wearing a bra but should I be discussing this with a 4 year old?)


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Rich: Crewe, if you say bad words YOU WILL BE put in time out!

Crewe: What about when mom says S**T?

clothes from long ago

I bought this dress for Dayne last October.(my mom bought the rest of th outfit) I had just found out I was having a girl. I thought she would never be big enough to wear. Look at her now!

My dad bought these shoes for Crewe last October. Today is the first day he is wearing them.

October is a good future shopping month for us ! Good thing it is almost October.

Join Us at the River

Time for the Delta.

Dayne had to wake up to join in the fun day at the River.

We go to this magical place called "The Delta", "The River" or "The Cabin". We love it and spend most weekends there from May until Oct. It is so wonderful. Here is what a day can look like at the river. Won't you join us?
Here we are at the dock. Steve and Rich are loading up the boat. Turn around and take a little look at the cabin. It is small and simple but a perfect place to lay around at the end of the day. There is also a great deck for BBQ'ing and eating fudge bars.

Let's go get on the boat. Today we will travel light but usually we bring snacks, water, beach toys and sometimes our floats.

Dayne is ready for the boat. She is not sure if she likes the wind when we go fast but she is learning.

Captian Crewe at the wheel.

We are at the beach. It is not the sandy beaches of Hawaii but Crewe never complains.

Boys at the beach. We are known for setting up chairs and umbrellas so we can stay for awhile at the beach. I have also been found reading a book laying on the docked boat while beach playing is going on.

Cute boys on the boat.

Swimming or taking a drink.

Time to wake board. You can watch from the beach or ride on the boat.

Yes, that is Crewe AND Richard.

We planned on ordering in from the local Mexican restaurant but our kids were too tired. So we headed home early (usually be come home right at bed time so they will fall asleep on the way). No sunburns today. It was quite day. A good day. A great day.