Family Pics!

Family pictures are always an adventure... Trying to get a 1 year old and a almost 5 year old to stay still is always a miracle an a half. This little exercise, was certainly an excerting experience for me. After 2 hours of trying to get a smile or a someone to stay still long of enough I was done! Mckenzie was crying, Riley was crying, I was almost crying and the photographer I think wanted to cry:) Needless to say we came away from the photoshoot with only 3 pics that were worth saving. We are going to try again in May!

Blogging... Why is it so hard?

Ok, I am not the best at this. For some reason blogging is not my forte. I look at my friends blogs and they do such cute and interesting things. Mine seem pretty boring compared to them. But I do want to make a good go at this so I am going to continue. So bare with me and I'll try and make this as painless as possible.

My favorite places to eat!

So I have been thinking about my favorite places to eat. I love food and I love variety. So my top three choice are all unique. Let's start with number 3: Le's Vietnamese in Ames. A little hole in the wall restaurant that I haven't been to in years. They serve Vietnamese cuisine that is yummy! They have a appetizer called Bo Boa. It is a white puff ball with meat inside. Yum! Next is number 2: Bali Satay in Ames. This is also another hole in the wall that serves Indian food. My fav drink is called Es Campur. It is made with coconut milk, jello and other unique ingredients. My friend Donna Jo introduced me to this place. Alright, my all time place to eat and is ranking number 1 is the The Latin King in Des Moines. I have special place in my heart for this restaurant. A lot of special occasions took place here and I love thier food. My must have are Antipasto, Fried Raviolis, Chicken Spiedini with Alfredo and last but not least Tira-mi-su. Excellent!

Hair Gone Bad!

Hair gone bad, kinda sounds like a kinky college commercial doesn't it? But that is so how my week went. I have always dyed my hair myself, mostly due to funds and not wanting to pay a fortune every couple of weeks. But $10 is cheap compared to what I had to pay this week. Embarrassment, 3 hours and $160 dollars later and I will never dye my hair again, myself. This is one of those let the professionals do there job. That's why there called professionals. So my new best friends name is Kara Hadley, from Hair West. She did such a great job and and didn't make me feel like a village idiot even though I did feel like one. So, here's what happened. For some reason, the hair dye didn't come out the way is was supposed to, instead I had fire engine red roots and poop brown tips. Really gross. So then I tried to fix it by dying my hair again, and that only made the problem worse. I drove around for about an hour and went to every hair stylist on the strip. Either people didn't have time to mess with it until next week or they wouldn't even touch my hair. They were afraid my hair my fall out. My hair is pretty tough, so I wasn't worried about that. So, now I'm beautiful again with a golden dark blond color. I love it! And Kara will be seeing me again in about 6 weeks for a touch up!

So, again it is Monday. And to be honest my day hasn't been to hectic. But my mom on the other hand has for sure had a "Manic Monday"! It all started with my 4 yr old son who ate way to many grapes yesterday. Let me tell you what happens when you eat that many, a REALLY big mess, or so my mother tells me. She says my son has been having diarrhea all day and it hasn't been pretty. It's hard to potty train a 4 yr old on a good day let alone on a sick day. Poor mom, she is such a trooper. Then the bathroom sink starts leak and almost all the toilet paper under the sink is ruined. Oops! My mom has certainly had a Manic Monday!

I thought that it would be fitting to have a weekly blog that I would call "Manic Monday". Being that today is the first of my attempts to starts this and it really has been a manic monday. My mom watches my two small children and is out sick with Strep so I had to find alternative daycare this morn. Which isn't hard, but what is hard to get two kids up, dressed, packed and out to the car in white out conditions. It has been snowing pretty good all morning and doesn't look to quit anytime soon. Now, driving around with my 2 kids in the backseat while the roads are crappy and the village idiots come out to drive doesn't help either. All in all, we made it to our destination but when I got to work, I had forgotten that I wasn't supposed to be in til 9am because I needed to attend my son's parent/teacher conference. Oops! Then my instrument that performs my CBC's went on the fritz! Nothing new, but for once could a Monday just go smoothly?

Twilight-my other obsession!

Bella Swan has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother, Renee remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington. She doesn't expect anything to change. Then, she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen , a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Most importantly, he's a vampire. Like all vampires, he's immortal. He doesn't drink human blood (they're vampire "vegetarians"), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular "hiking" trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James , Laurent , and Victoria come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is, "When you can live forever, what do you live for?"