she sleeps where??

This is where we find kylee on most mornings...

if she hasn't moved further than this and blocked the door!

my birthday was nice except for the flu that i got!

more details later, i am still worn out from being sickly all weekend.

wedding week day 5 recovering!!

first and foremost i must announce that TODAY WAS KYLEE'S FIRST OFFICIAL DAY OF SCHOOL!!

she was soooo excited...and my kids were only a little late to school (really, by like a few minutes!). bonus, she got to wear her hairpiece from the wedding!!

now speaking of the wedding i have a ton, ton, ton of pics to share but i figure i will spread them out during the week, next week. but, i do want to share this little gem that i filmed last night. let me preface this with saying it was the very end of the night and in the middle of the reception kylee said she wanted to go home and go to bed...check the girl out!! my mom makes a special appearance too!

ps I HAVE A BIG FAT BIRTHDAY ON SUNDAY SOOOOOO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

wedding week day 4 THE WEDDING!!

INTRODUCING...

MR AND MRS METCALF (you see that laura you are a METCALF NOW!)

we have spent our morning/afternoon here

but, we spent our night before eating here


the four new sisters!! (at dinner last night)

our MANLY MEN

SURPRISE MOLLY, you successfully watched over 5 children at once!!

after picture time we all went to eat at Crown Burger...yum yum!

a gazillion more pictures to come...

wedding week day 3...

and it is my oldest childs FIRST DAY OF SECOND GRADE!!he got NEW SHOES AND A NEW SHIRT!! look how happy he is.

but, he is even more excited about going to the wedding dinner tonight.

i decided to make my girls something to wear to the dinner tonight. i even made saylee one to wear also. it took me forever to figure out how to sew with the elastic thread...BUT I DID IT!!

and here is where we will be laughing, eating, talking, and mingling tonight...up at the U!!

wedding week day 2

today is my childrens last day of summer...and it does not feel like summer out there!! they wanted to go swimming but so much for that idea, so i am taking them to the dino museum at thanksgiving point ($2 tuesday, yeah). i just have to make it back home in time to...

see this BEAUTIFUL GIRL-SOON TO BE SISTER
GO THROUGH THE TEMPLE FOR HER FIRST TIME

and my brother gets to be the one to welcome her!!

wedding week day 1 (hair)

Monday-all about getting the haircuts for the boys done and figuring out what i am doing with my hair!? Brenton of course picked the faux hawk and i am not sure what walt did since we left before he was done. and tonight i go...

only problem is this hairstyle is making me think i want to keep my hair long for the wedding because i loooove the boho hairstyle!!

hmm, maybe i will put a fuscia streak in the bottom of my hair to let the rebel out and then i will chop it off later. i mean come on, this hairstyle SCREAMS MARCI!!

wans there was a Brenton

every year at the beginning of summer, i go and buy the kids each a summer workbook to keep their brains functioning. each day they have to do a sheet of homework. i have decided to share an example of what Brenton did the other day because it made me laugh and i thought i would give everyone a Friday laugh too. here is how it went down...

this is what his worksheet said...

homonyms. the following words sound and are spelled the same but have two different meanings. write two sentences using different meanings.

bat: 1 a wooden stick that is used to hit a ball

2 a small animal that flies at night

Brenton then wrote these two sentences...(wans means once)

1 Wans there was a wooden stick it was a vere sad stick

2 There wans was a bat it was a verey happy bat


spring: 1 the season of the year between winter and summer

2 to jump or bounce in the air

Brenton then wrote these two sentences...

1 Spring is a season

2 To jump you need a spring

i then had him do it over and tried to give him some examples of what he could write instead...he ended up USING MY EXAMPLES!! when that child has to do HOMEWORK of any kind he has NO FOCUS or IMAGINATION. it is like he doesn't want to put forth the effort of thinking or using his brain. i am so thankful that i have had him do a sheet of summer homework each day to keep his brain muscles working. i wonder how he is going to do this year in school (even kylee was telling him how to do some of his homework)...

brad pitt, heidi klum, jon gosselin...oh my

my stupid camera is still NOT WORKING!!! so i am here to tell you about some stories that make me go. why oh why do these people have to speak. they really should pay someone to listen to them before they tell the world what they want to say. that way their hired help (since i think they have more money than they know what to do with) could say to them, "YOU SOUND LIKE AN IDIOT, DO NOT SAY THAT".

first story: i will admit that i loved the show jon and kate plus eight. it was so fun to watch back before they turned into money sucking vampires. which they claim is "for their children"?? mmm hmmm, keep telling yourselves that. sadly this year with them doing whatever they are doing this season it has lost its cute quality. here is where jon sounded like and idiot. he has gotten both his ears pierced now and was saying in the interview chair "people think i am going through a midlife crisis. i am not. i have always had my ears pierced i just put my earings back in. i am just going back to being who i used to be. i am not going through a midlife crisis" Jon, i think reverting back to childlike behavior is one of the definitions of a midlife crisis, you big, fat, whiny baby!! ps you sound like a bigger idiot whining about "not going through a midlife crisis" because you are doing it in front of the whole world...we can all see it dummy!



Brad Pitt took his two oldest kids to a Green Day concert. do you know how old his oldest are?? 8 and 5!!! what kind of an idiot father is he??? Green Day, really??? for an 8 and 5 year old, really??? the only person i can fathom taking my 8 and 6 year old to see is Jack Johnson. and walter told me he heard that he wants to legalize marijuana (honestly i don't care about that one) and make it so that there is no religion. i don't understand that last one since this country was built on religious freedom!!! so Brad Pitt you are a big, fat idiot!!



Heidi Klum...i love you and i HATE you!! in an interview they asked her this question (oh yes, let me remind you she is preggo with her 4th child). what was your wardrobe while filming Project Runway? her answer, " my stylist tries to find things that are not maternity clothes, so i've been wearing alot from The Row, by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. I love their clothes. Marc Jacobs, too. You just buy things in a size 10-when you're doing a show on fashion, you still have to bring it on." i didn't realize she was a walking popsicle stick because apparently a size 10 is a tent on her!! A SIZE FREAKIN 10!! why couldn't she just say you buy clothes in a really big size


anyways, i decided to rant today about the stupid things i have to read/hear about those who... think they are greater than us lowly size 10's/don't know what this country is based on or know what concert is appropriate for little children/oh man, jon still sounds and looks like a big fat idiot...i don't know what to say about him. discuss amongst yourselves. maybe i sound like a big fat idiot...

ps. i still love heidi, her baby girl is going to be gorgeous...i HATE HER!!

wordless wednesday sorta

Movies I Wanna See

Inglorious Basterds
Adam
All About Steve

9

Anyone Is Welcome To Join Me...Anytime!

too angry

today i am too angry to do much with this blog.

tessa got into my diaper bag.

unzipped my money bag.

took out all my money and cards and whateverelse was in there.

dismissed my clear lip gloss, my neutral lipstick, and opened my MAC RED LIPSTICK.

she then put it all over HERSELF, HER CLOTHES, HER WIPES, AND THE CARPET.

when i took a shower she then got to my pin cushion that i have hidden in my sewing basket (that is sitting on the kitchen table with all the chairs tucked in so she cannot climb up there) and took out all my sewing pins and put them all over the floor.

HOW SHE DOES THIS, I DO NOT KNOW. ALL I KNOW IS THAT I AM TOO ANGRY TO DO ANYTHING TODAY!!

my alien addiction

first off, it is monday...boo. secondly, i cannot get my camera to download any of my photos...booboo. thirdly, i am pmsing like no other...boobooboo. fourth, i am just having a really bad day.

i had meant to talk about the movie the traveler's wife, which i saw with my girlies for a bachelorette party. but, i want to be able to put up some of the pictures that i took to tie in with my funny stories...oh was that a night for the books!! i have been banned from putting up a picture of me doing something that Lisa said "DO NOT PUT THAT ON YOUR BLOG". so i am sorry blogworld, you will not see my funny bachelorette photo. not that i can get any of the pictures onto my computer anyways!!!

so back to what i will discuss, my husband and i decided to see district 9 on saturday night. we had been told that people had walked out and thought it was an awful show. i guess my only question for them is...did you know it was rated r because beyond that i didn't see anything wrong with it.

maybe i was expecting alot worse and so it didn't seem as bad as my own thoughts were coming up with. the violence wasn't as bad as the war movies SAVING PRIVATE RYAN or BLACK HAWK DOWN (in fact, i thought those were worse).and i thought the cgi was awesome...doesn't that alien look real? although i must say aliens are supposed to look like that picture from the book communion (oh i was obbsessed with looking at that picture! my mom had the book) and getting to my point, I AM ADDICTED TO ANYTHING ALIEN RELATED!! wanna know why??? BECAUSE THEY ARE REAL!! i truly believe this. can someone get me the x-file poster that david duchovny had up in his office "I WANT TO BELIEVE"? thanks. that belongs in my bedroom or by my computer.

but as i say "i never recommend movies to anyone". everyone has their own opinions and is given the right love or hate whatever they want. and i have no idea what offends/delights/enjoys/hates other people in the movies. all i know is what i like, and i am NOT recommending it to anyone!!!

lake-dipping (part 2)

the lake continued

and last but not LEAST, i need to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LISA!!
this picture is from when she first saw New Kids on the Block come out on stage...i on the other hand was cracking up!! Love ya like a sister!!

lake-dipping (part 1)

a friend of mine, Lisa, told me and nic about a lake they have in Herriman. we decided to go and give it a try...

the three mums
kylee and hudson (lisa's little boy)

getting into the food

making it out to the water

look at how long and blonde kylee's hair was...crazy! i don't think i ever posted that she got to donate it cause she had enough to give. it's nice to think it went to a good cause!

say, hudson, and brady

(see lisa, i got some of your pics posted!! more of mine for tomorrow)

wordless wednesday

something discovered

while i was looking through one of my many magazines i discovered something. i have a crush on gary oldman. luckily i have an understanding husband who has to hear about my hollywood crushes all the time and teases me about it. because he was sitting right next to me when i decided out loud "honey, i think i have a crush on gary oldman".

maybe it has a little something to do with this character he potrayed...because my family knows i am seriously attached to sirius black.
but look at that face. it is such a cute one. yeah, i have weird crushes, i already know that.

swimming lessons

i finally got my kids into swimming lessons which they desperately needed.

kylee is still hesitant about jumping off the diving board

i call this the "SWAN DIVE"

waiting in line

getting ready...this child had no fear of jumping off the board.

and off he goes

ky finally gained enough courage to jump from the high board!

just keep swimming...

swimming, swimming, and swimming!!