i am pissy, this is funny

i am still pissy today and this keeps making me laugh no matter how many times i keep watching it. tessa walks around the house singing "o o o o o o (you know what part i am talking about)". hope this makes you laugh on a pissy day too.




i just love JT, andy samberg, and paul rudd

PS Brenton wanted me to point out from my post yesterday that he DOES NOT wear floaties anymore...and for the most part neither does ky.

IT is neverending

IT just keeps coming...and coming...and coming. and just when you think that IT is going to stop and be done...IT comes again. IT is now giving me headaches and heartaches and sadness galore. i keep saying to my husband that IT and i do not get along and every year our fights are getting worse and worse. the IT and i cannot survive with eachother, i do not understand the IT and IT does not understand me. if IT did understand me IT would have left me alone now!

i should be driving around in my car with my windows down listening to

him above and him below

we are now in talks of getting somewhere where we can do some of THIS.

PS the him's are G Love and Jack Johnson (in case you didn't know)

friday funkiness

this is what happens when daddy is gone for the night...

it's red and juicy and...

tastes sooooo delightful with milk and a little bit of sugar on top. i actually found some good strawberries the other day at walmart (big shocker for me, i HATE their produce). so naturally my kids wanted strawberries and milk for their nightime snack. so yummy in their tummies...

tessa even got in on some strawberry action.

just look at that pink juice dribbling down her chin.

wordless wednesday

it was lovely

on Friday my sister nicole and i decided to head to Hogle Zoo and purchase our family membership and walk around with the kids. it was the MOST PERFECT DAY to do this activity. i am ACHING for it to feel that way right now.

Brady was doing the funniest dance to the music that this elephant makes. i wish so bad now that i had filmed it on my camera for you all to see. maybe the next time we go he will do it again for me. Tessa was loving the music and animals.

The two boys had to stand in front of the gorilla sign to see who measured up.

alas, we could not get ONE picture with four of them looking at the same time.


we are so excited to go back again...we just need spring to come already!!!

What the...

you all knew this post was a comin today, right?! well here it is ...

How can the weather be like THIS...

when we were doing THIS on Friday (B man was off looking at the tigers somewhere so he missed the picture op)? How i ask you, How??? I am afraid my husband is going to come home to a wife who has packed up a suitcase full of shorts, t shirts, and swimming suits. She will then start raving like a mad woman "i am packing up the car and am driving south until i hit the warm weather, call the kids school and tell them we are gone!!". Sadly, this has REALLY happened before, you can ask my husband. RUFS...OUT!!

you say it's your birthday!!

Happy Birthday Kyle!! Today is my FAVORITE brothers birthday. ok, he is my ONLY brother but, still my absolute FAVORITE. and i just have to say...IT IS SO VERY VERY NOT FAIR THAT YOU GET TO SPEND IT IN DISNEYLAND WITHOUT US THERE TOO!! he is in Cali with his girlfriend and two other friends having a grand ol time livin the Cali life. Kylee saw the promotion at DISNEYLAND where you can go on your BIRTHDAY and get in for free and get on all the rides quicker. her birthday is on April 6 and she keeps reminding me of the DISNEYLAND deal...oh, if only...

and now i present to you some pictures from Cali that my bro has been sending to everyone this week.

tickets to see Jay Leno

ky with his cute, sweet, lovely girlfriend Laura

eating breakfast on St Patricks Day

Happy Happy


Birthday Kyle

THE RUF'S LOVE YOU!!

from awhile ago...

here are some photos i forgot to post a long time ago. they are from Tessa's class at The Little Gym. She loved these classes, especially being able to run around and do whatever you want. After all, she is our supa dupa active child...always on the go!!

Ball Time-she loves to kick the ball

Her Favorite-the balance beamnow let me go dad, i can do this by myself!!

playing with the bubbles

practicing hanging on the bars...or making silly faces, whatever!

wordless wednesday

i'm so gettin' IRISH

a little "GREEN" from my day...

the obligatory GREEN in my clothing for the day
i know this isn't "GREEN" but, it is an IRISH dinner. my mother used to make us corned beef and cabbage every ST PATRICKS DAY. i am turning into my mother!!
my favorite GREEN sweater

someone wearing GREEN

my favorite "GREEN" cleaner

too cute for words my childrens GREEN surprise from a leprechaun
my GREEN eyes next to Molly's BLUE. my husband believes i have blue eyes and to all of you who agree with him, you can "KISS ME ARSE". they are GREEN i tell you, they are they are they are!!

for those of you who wanted to see my cute kiddos in their green today, they will be in my wordless post tomorrow

my DREADED chores for Monday

i really dislike these days. i wake up and can recall all of the things i have to do today that i DO NOT want to do. i already know what is waiting for me and i do not want to face it. i am a coward and would like to just go back to sleep and forget about my chores for this dreaded monday. granted, there are only two things that i am dreading. but, these two things suck the happy right out of me.

First, i have to clean the bathroom

from this...

to this...
Tessa makes this so very extremely hard for me. It is a race to see how fast i can get through all the cleaning and scrubbing before she gets into EVERYTHING (i have to put stuff on the floor while i clean the counters, and if i set down my cleaning supplies for a second she is off with them and the toothbrushes too). I DO NOT LIKE CLEANING THE BATHROOM FOR THOSE REASONS!

and my number two, i have my OB appt today. i just don't feel like putting forth the effort of going and then of having to tell him what meds i need and why. it's clear downtown and i wish i could just do this over the phone...but that is impossible, because...ya know.

HERE IS TO HOPING I HAVE EASIER CHORES TOMORROW...

vitamin D is GOOD for ME

Here is my celebration of the sun that has graced us with her gorgeous presence today.Colorful, springy flowers are starting to pop up in our "garden".
Let's just hope our friendly "giant" doesn't decide to squish them back where they came from.

Let's see what damage/help we can do with this...

Oh the joy of being able to play on the grass and not the frozen snow.

A wild dog in complete happiness of sunlight and grass. Check it out, i am even wearing me some flip flops today, hooray!!

So, we decided to take a walk and...

pick up these two stray hoodlums from school. They are pretty cute so i am thinking of keeping them for myself.

HAPPY WEEKEND!!