Flying to Cali!!!!!

The big news is that we get to fly to California. Walter found tickets cheap enough to make it worth our money to fly. I am so excited no 2 day drive for us!!! Brenton is totally psyched and kylee is a little hesitant but i think she is excited too. I am somewhat worried as to how the baby will handle it. We have movie things for the kids to watch on the plane so they should be entertained well enough and it isn't a long flight. This is probably a perfect flight for a first time with kids since it is pretty quick. Although on our way back we have a 2 hour layover in Las Vegas where we switch planes, not really looking forward to that. I am so excited for my kids to experiance this, i didn't go on a plane until i was 14 years old and i had to go by myself, it was a little scary. I am kind of worried about how to pack stuff since there are so many restrictions on what you can put in your bags. AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I like being able to pack a big shampoo, lotion, toothpaste, etc..... for everyone. If anyone has any hints as to go about this please let me know and any hints on what to do with a 10 month old on a plane i would really appreciate it.


Love to all those who are excited for the Ruf's to fly to Cali!!!!!!!!!! PS Tessa came down with the croup last night UGH!! I guess i should be thankful it is happening now and not right before the trip. Brenton starts first grade tomorrow, he is growing up fast. Marci

Shopping FINALLY

I finally got to go shopping and i really really loved it. Yes, i enjoy spending money on cute clothes for my kids. I am not ashamed to say that i love doing this, you may call me shallow, I don't care. I have been called many things and i just let it roll off my back or i answer back saying, " yes, i am and i don't feel bad about it". My mom gave me a bunch of stuff that she had ordered from gap online and just never bothered to take it back and it had been sitting there forever. So she told me if i took it back i could have the money for the kids to get new school clothes. This is the sweetest deal i have ever heard of so i jumped on it. Guess what it came to? $300, woo hoo!!!!! So today i took the kids to gateway and let them run in the fountains for awhile and then we went school shopping and here is what we came away with. THANK YOU MOM, I LOVE YOU TONS AND TONS!!!!



here is brentons stuff that he picked out, but i don't think he really cared that much

Here is kylee's stuff that she also picked out all on her own, and she is very picky!!! And here is baby girls stuff for the winter

So the only one i am sending love to today is my mom because she let me do this. Love To Mom and Grandma Kristy Metcalf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes kylee did end up with more than anyone else. I honestly don't know how that happened???

SoYou Think You Can Dance, Life Stinks

And another week has gone by with absolutely nothing happening. It is really hard to make stuff happen when you have no money, and i really mean no money. I can't go anywhere because we can't afford the gas and if i could go anywhere i have no money to pay for anything. So i am stuck in my house slowly losing my mind, the shining anyone? Summer will be over soon and i am already depressed. All i can think is that school is starting in 2 weeks which means that the cold weather is coming and that makes me want to curl up in the fetal position and start crying and screaming. This is why i need to move to California where the weather doesn't change as drastically.

So You think you can dance finale was last week and i am disgusted with the people of america. they do not know how to vote or somebodyelse would have won. i am so angry that i want to say i refuse to watch the show ever again but i know that i can't do that so i won't say that. Here is my two cents on what should have went down....



Mark i will forever have a crush on you and your dancing, i think you should have gone farther than you did.
Twitch, between you and joshua i wanted you to win sooooooo bad, you were awesome.
Will i believe that you should have won the competition hands down. you were the very best dancer out there, no one could say anything bad about you. Love your dancing!!!!!!!!

Kylee actually started doing the robot and some hip hop moves to the hymn music in church on sunday. That girl can find any reason to rock out and i love her for that. I didn't see anyone else trying to groove to the music except my baby girl who believes that one day she will be on that show. Love to all the dancers, shakers, and movers out there, Marci

how long til vacation, anti taggies

well not alot has gone on this week so i haven't really had anything to blog about. summer continues to be hot and my kids keep asking me how many days until we go to california. we don't go until september 5 or 6 (depending on whether we drive or fly, here's to hoping we can fly!!). we are all anxious for our summer vacation to disneyland, seaworld, and the ocean and swimming pools. we do this vacation every other year so our kids are getting pretty well rehearsed in disney and sea world. and they are still just as excited to go as if it were their first time. they truly are children that came from me. walter never went to disneyland until i took him, i am not sure he gets it, maybe it has to do with being a kid and making those memories then that attach you to disneyland. i don't know really all i know is that i love it just as much as my first memory of it. all i need to make it through disneyland is to have a constant flow of cold coke and i can keep going.

i do i have one thing to moan about and that is taggies, inc. apparently there is a blanket out there that has a patent on the little blanket with ribbons around it. yes, i had no idea there was a blanket like that, i have never seen it anywhere. i saw them made on etsy and thought hey i can make those and maybe earn a little extra money. well apparently they are crazy about their patent and have lawyers constantly looking for people making their own and selling them (which was me). i had two blankets on sale for like 8-10 dollars and they shut me down. guess how much they sell their's for $25 and they don't even look that cute, mine are so much better. anyways i was looking around and found some sites about them and i read a story about someone who was selling them and the taggies people were trying to get her to sell them one so they could sue her. how crazy is that? geez, i am some lowly stay at home mom trying to earn a few bucks and watch out, they will sue me!!! anyways just letting any other crafter out there know about this since i had no idea. there is my gripe for the week. DON'T BUY THE REAL TAGGIES, MAKE YOUR OWN OR I WILL GIVE YOU ONE SINCE I MADE A BUNCH!! much love, marci




i threw this in for a good laugh, we had been walking in vegas all day and the kids were wasted. yes, we take our kids to vegas (gasp) we have ruined them for life!!