LOOK WHAT I MADE.... AND CATCHING UP.

I just had to post this picture of one of my beautiful children. Although they are all gorgeous human beings inside and out, only one of them gets their picture taken by a professional on a regular basis. She emailed me this one the other day. And although I wish she'd wear a one piece bathing suit, a cover up, and a large wool coat!! I gotta say the kid works dang hard to look this good! Well and then there was that little gift of DNA from her mommy....I CAN BAKE ME SOME PRETTY BABIES!










I've been neglecting some of the tags that I've received. I get so far behind sometimes....I think we all should get paid to blog so we can quit our jobs! Maybe we can form a Union! Anyway some of these came along with the awards below...and some of them were just tags.

The first one was from Kyley over at Crazy Kyley....if you haven't met her yet....you HAVE to go over to her blog. I'm pretty sure there isn't a sweeter, funnier, more generous woman on the planet. She makes me laugh and cry and just feel all fuzzy!

She tagged me with the following questions:

What were you doing 10 years ago? I was living in Utah...designing kitchens for an amazing company.....a single mom raising my kids....and thinking about moving to Massachusetts and marrying my precious Steve.

What is on your todo list? Get my hair done...it's been too long and the gray is showing!!!.....finish the Christmas craft projects I was dopey enough to think I could actually do.......and clean the haystack and mud bog off my family room floor...courtesy of my dogs and my backyard redo!

Favorite snack? Chocolate, chocolate...and when I'm feeling adventurous...chocolate!
If you were a millionaire what would you do? Buy a house on the beach and never work another day, put some away for my kids so they can buy houses when they're ready, Get a new truck for me me me! And take a much yearned for trip to Europe with my sweetie.

I'm also supposed to tell 5 things I want to do:

See Europe

Be a grandma when the time is finally right

Quit my job so I can blog all day

Retire someday soon with my hubby so we can spend some quality time enjoying each other.

And see my UTAH JAZZ finally win a CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!

French Fancy who has this wonderful blog...It's a fun variety of stories and weird information and I come away feeling smarter than when I arrived. And also Sandie from Quirky musings of a loony mama who is funny funny and more funny! (prepare to spitlaugh when you visit) both tagged me with "6 random things" You get to decide if you think these are true or false.

I was a jock in school...volleyball, basketball, track (which I sucked at), gymnastics and baseball. I wasn't that great at any of them....but I was from a small school and there wasn't much to pick from.

I had the pleasure of seeing "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway in New York. It was one of the highlights of my life.

I've done design work for Mitt Romney, Jerry Seinfeld, and several people who are on the "Forbes richest men in America" list.

I've had dinner sitting between a brain surgeon and a billionaire. And I vacationed with the man (and his wife) who owned "Oscar Mayer".

I single handedly keep Coca Cola in business...I even drink coke for breakfast.

I had all three of my kids by natural child birth....no painkillers at all. The longest labor was 27 hours...the shortest 6 hours.

And now that i've put you all to sleep....some very much appreciated awards.

Bridget at My Silly Blog Gave me this beauty. I've known Bridget from way back in the RMS days. Her blog is really great....her comments to me and to other people always crack me up...the woman is a nut!...and she is this AMAZING artist. You should see the beautiful things she paints. Go visit her if for no other reason that to oogle her art!
Tam over at Yakiddy yak yak was nice enough to give me this festive award. I've only been visiting Tam's blog for a little while. But I got hooked really fast. You will too I'm sure...so go see her! I know you got lots of spare time on your hands!



This fancy pink number was generously bestowed by Heather from Nobody but yourself. Heather has some really insightful posts and I always learn something new when I visit her....and she can write posts faster than any lady I know. I don't know how she does it!

And lastly.....this wonderful award (I like it cuz it looks like I could shop with it!) Comes from Ally who's bloggy place is called Mommy Love. She always posts the cutest dang pictures! And she is a great mommy!

Thanks ladies....I really appreciate the bloggy love!