12 of 12

My friend Amie does this 12 of 12 thing that I've wanted to do for months. It's on the 12th of every month you take 12 pictures of what you did that day, what you ate, wore, house, kids, weather, projects, books, whatever. Then you blog or scrapbook it. It's just a random snapshot of whenever the 12th happens to fall that month. Seeing as I copy and paste my blog entries into my online journal I was excited about the idea. So if your interested in my little life beyond the "events" I typically post about...read on (and I will love you if you do :)).

Tommy broke this sign by slamming the door too hard. Tom used wood glue and clamps to get it back together. 4 hours later I hung it up. Then Tommy slammed the door too hard again and there you go...

Friday was a work, work, work day. I ironed my curtains for Tom to hang up. They haven't been hung since Virginia.

In a new quest to eat healthy we have started using this book/diet to do so. It's from the editors of Prevention magazine. So far, so good. I'll see if it sticks.

What I was reading that day.

See, normally I would have moved the tool box, but it was there and I guess I'm going for reality.

Cute Tommy

Darling Eliza (with her three bottom teeth only)

Goofy Samantha (who dressed herself I might add)

Tom working on the curtains

My neighborhood in the evening of what's been a fairly mild June.

This is definitely reality. I pick up those dang-blasted fruit pieces at least once a day.

Tom's "workshop". Just his sawhorses on the back patio...for now.

Flashback Friday

We had the bestest friends in the world in our first apartment when we got married. We would spend at least 3 nights of the week doing something together. (It's actually "Miss Berrie" in my sidebar). They threw a Murder Mystery party for a few couples in the ward and here we are in their apartment (notice the fabulous skyline they created in the background). I was a flapper, Tom a golfer. I was newly pregnant with Samantha, and I remember that that was the night we told them-which was a big deal because they'd been rooting for us to get pregnant for pretty much the entire time we were married.

I was the murderer.

"You are my Candy Girl..."

My darling little ballerina daughter had her dance recital this past weekend. She looked so stinkin' cute I could hardly stand it. Here's the video of the recital. The first is her dance "Sugar Sugar" and then the second is the one that Tom got to participate in. It was an optional Daddy/Daughter dance. Tom went to an extra rehearsal and the dress rehearsal to participate. If you only have time to watch one, watch the daddy one. It's precious and Samantha actually knows more of the steps.

Cute cute Samantha. It doesn't even matter she has no clue what she's doing. She's still darling.

I cried a little :). Oh, and by the way. Tom's the one doing the steps at the right time, not the Dad's around him. He practiced quite a bit, he was a little nervous

And here's some pictures of her big day.

WINNERS

So...it's been more than a week. I'm going to go with the excuse of unpacking. Thank you to Amy, Amber, Mom, Tiffani, Heidi, and Megan for playing.

So the answers to this quiz are:

1. C: Friends, Skyline, Tree's, My house. This was mostly answered correctly but the only other thing people choose was to replace my house with "Busch Gardens". I liked it, but not that much and I didn't write about it in my first blog post.
2. B: 3 Post about Disneyland-tricky. No one got it right-everyone choose 4
3. A: I'm sure I deserve the Mother-of-the-Year award for many reasons, but I wrote about letting Tommy eat cheerios off the ground.
4. D: Tricky, tricky, tricky. Only a couple got it right. But it clearly states at the bottom of my blog that Hot Tomily is named after a beta fish, named after us.
5. A: I love it when kids fall asleep on my shoulder
6. E (Answers A and C): No one got this right, I guess I choose something too obscure. Samantha has said to Eliza "Thank you for coming to live with us" but while praying she just said "Thank you for letting me hit my brother" and "thank you for daddy cleaning up all by himself"
7: B: Tommy wants Eliza to love CARS. Everyone got this right
8: C: We went to the Children's Museum for Samantha's birthday. Almost everyone got this right
9: D: MY OWN MOTHER GOT THIS WRONG. Eliza can crawl, not play peek-a-boo.
10: All answers-you're all good sports

And the winner is.....Megan. The point spread was Megan with 6, everyone else with 5.

Flashback Friday

Samantha's so cute in this photo right? Just darling. Looks like an angel, very sweet, like a doll....Well, looks can be deceiving.

I've had some doozy of days/times with my kids, we all have. But, this was the.worst.ever!!!!!! We were in Utah for Paul and Sarah's wedding almost 2 years ago. So Tommy was a baby and not sleeping through the night yet, new place, new beds, LONG flight from VA and we were still on Eastern time I think. We basically got to stay one weekend for the wedding, and it was really hard to make two cross-country flights in one weekend.

Well, let me tell you, Samantha acted out. The day of the wedding was hot (August) and I was miserable and tired. The sealing was great because I didn't have either of my kids but then after pictures we had the luncheon. Let me reiterate, I was hungry, tired, hot, miserable and I guess Samantha was too. She just screamed during the luncheon, so I took her out. I held her outside of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building while she screamed herself to sleep. So I thought I could go back inside right? WRONG! Every time I shifted she screamed. So I sat there. Tom, the sweetie that he always is, came outside to try to take her, but seeing as she screamed each time that wasn't happening-plus I was angry beyond reason *. And other people came out to tell me really helpful things like "The food's been served, so if you want some then you need to come inside" I pretty much wanted to kill everyone.

But she slept, I eventually ate, it cooled down, I never felt any less tired, but she sure was darling at the reception that night...she had had a nap.

* If this doesn't sound that bad to you, I suppose you just had to be experiencing it. I really don't think I've ever been so mad at a child before or since.

Flashback Friday

Tom's cute siblings when he was about 4. So this can be about Tom because he's technically an author on this blog even if really he only functions as tech support. I also wanted to flashback to this picture because baby Paul totally looks like Eliza right? You can tell what side came through for her.

My Blog's 1st Birthday!! (And a quiz!)

This month is my one year anniversary of the blog I created because all the cool kids were doing it. In celebration, I've created a quiz for all of you to take regarding...my blog!!! I will send awesome prizes to all who tie for the high score (whatever that may be). Put your multiple choice answers in the comments section. Awesome though the prizes may be, don't cheat because they're not worth it. I've taken questions from the first few posts I clicked on and a lot of sidebar stuff. This favors those who live in Virginia (because I started it when they were my friends), and family. But the SAT favored smart people so we all have our burdens to bear.

Okay:

1. What four things do I miss most from Virginia?:
a. Friends, Busch Gardens, Skyline, Trees
b. Atlantic Ocean, Skyline, Trees, my house
c. Friends, Skyline, Trees, my house
d. My neighborhood, trees, skyline, dunkin' donuts

2. How many posts have I done about Disneyland?:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. Every post is secretly about Disneyland

3. Why do I deserve the Mother of the Year Award?
a. Because I let Tommy eat Cheerio's off the ground
b. Because I take my kids to the library every week
c. Because all of them get fed three meals a day
d. Because I'm awesome

4. What is our blog named after?:
a. I don't care, and I hate this quiz
b. Candy
c. A twist on our names
d. A beta fish

5. What do kids do that I love more than anything?
a. Fall asleep on my shoulder
b. Clean something
c. Go away
d. Let me sleep

6. While praying-what is Samantha grateful for?
a. That she could hit her baby brother
b. That Eliza could come and live with us
c. That Daddy cleaned up all by himself
d. All of the above
e. Answer a and c

7. What does Tommy try to enthuse Eliza about:
a. Trucks
b. CARS (dvd)
c. cars
d. Trains

8. What did we do for Samantha's 4th Birthday party:
a. Have a blow out party with friends
b. Nothing
c. Children's Museum and gifts at home
d. Made her do extra chores

9. What can't Eliza do yet?
a. Crawl
b. Roll over front to back and vice versa
c. Clap her hands
d. Play peek a boo

10. Do you wish your blog was this awesome?:
a. Yes
b. Absolutely
c. Without a doubt
d. With all my heart.

You have a week. Then I will post answers.