THERE IS DUST ON MY SUNGLASSES

So anyway the deal is i'm attempting to update my pics on this here blog but i absolutely do not have time to do so at the moment and they are uploading at a RIDICULOUSLY SLOW PACE. Therefore i must stop for now with a sincere promise to add more as time allows.

Look for pics under christmas and new years soon. (promise) (really. you'll be sick of looking at my family)

Happy 2008!

So last night we had fun bringing in the new years with some cosmic bowling and then hanging with friends over at Jon's house. The kids rocked guitar hero and i fiddled with my new toy which hopefully i will have the chance to share some results soon, but anyway i have no idea what i'm doing, so right now it's just rather frustrating.
Look! I lost something!

i thought about taking the red eye out but decided against it being that it added to the overall enjoyment of the picture
i'm such a party animal


Noah rockin it
the kids playing foosball
for those of you who don't know- steph is thoroughly entertaining
my tat
it's getting late...
i'm not as young as i used to be, you know.
and for the grand finale...

Anywho, i had ONE drink the whole night,(i am a former example you know), and did not play one single game so that was kinda a bummer, but made up for that today at Sarah's. So now i am happy. (and hesitant to announce - cause i do know about pride/the fall etc.. but since i cannot help myself, i just realized that it has been over 6 months since anyone has beat me at Princes of Florence. And yes, now that i have that in print i know that it is just a matter of time).

So here i am to the point of this post.

I AM GOING TO LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR THIS YEAR. (dammit)

There are so many things in life that we really aren't in control of, and yet so many we are. And though this may seem like a trivial thing to you all, it is not to me. There is a dusty Taylor sitting in my bedroom right now, and it is just a complete and total crying shame. And now that this is in print i know you will all make sure i do something about it. Right? (and i also promise to try my best at all you all's wonderful suggestions also- shout out to jeremy and ash).

Anyone else?

A Poll

Ashby: "Who thinks you should go tell your mom if you see ella doing something wrong?"

Blythe: "And who thinks you should have fun no matter what?"

Merry Christmas

i love how ella thinks she can boss cause she found someone smaller than her. and i also love how davis is giving her attitude.
wow. look at those simply fabulous scarves.






yes. she is eating a candy cane with her toes.

We have a new family member.
Meet Camelia (aka Cami) the Veiled Chameleon

Ella joins her Daddy on a Xmas day tradition


i made it (phew!)

what i've been doing

So i realize it's been quite uninteresting around here and i apologize for the inconvenience and any role i may have played in your boredom.
As a lot of you know it's a rather busy time of year and i feel like i especially this month have a hard time keeping up with life. Here's just a snapshot of what i've been up to.

With the season comes the parties and since, as you all know, we are all so very popular, the calendar is filled with such events.
Unfortunately for the big people in this family, our party last weekend came with homework as well as a best gingerbread house title to defend and thus our entire saturday was dedicated (that is beyond chauffeuring to two other parties and one indoor soccer game and a partridge in a pear tree) to our little ski lodge and winter playground. (Please do not ask if we accomplished our goal. It's just too soon)



Also...i have taken up knitting. Below is my first...uh...piece.
I call it "loin cloth" (or pony tail warmer or cool wrap around your hand and stick your thumb threw thingy)

And of course been doing a little shopping...
with help of course.

And also we got our tree and so far i have even let the kids decorate it and i haven't even moved it all around. Yet. It looks very very special.

So...back to Mt Laundry for me. Seeya!

Its beginning to look a lot like...

me: So what are you going to ask santa for?

Blythe: hmmm I don't know what i should ask.

me: How about to end hunger and world peace?

Blythe: Huh? What's that?

me: It means that no one in the world would be hungry cause there would be enough food for everyone to eat and that there would be no more fighting and no more wars in the whole world too.

Blythe: Mo-omm. I don't wanna ask for that.

me: Why in the world not?

Blythe: Cause that's not fun.

Indiglo

So this is our cat, Indigo, for those of you who haven't yet been introduced.
And that shiny streak all the way down her back is strawberry toothpaste that someone decided she should wear.
And she would like for you to feel just a bit of the pain of living in this madhouse.
(and she also wishes that this picture was scratch-and-sniff cause she sure does smell fruit-a-licious!)