TAG-O_RAMA!

I got tagged by my sweet friend Janet!! It's a first for me ;) And WHO KNEW it would be so complicated ;) You are supposed to pick the 4th picture from your 4th folder in your pictures. EASY, right!?!? I thought so until I got started. My 4th folder under my "pictures" application happens to be my IPHOTO library that houses ALL of my pictures. Once you click on that folder the pictures are organized by the year/month/day they were taken. So, once you click the "year" folder, you choose a "month" folder, then the "day" folder, THEN choose a picture!! Should still be simple, right?! I will just stick with the 4th theme and choose the 4th folder until I get to the pictures, then choose the 4th one! UMMMMMM- oh no..not so simple!

Ok, so with that said here comes the complicated part: when I went to my "4th" folder (IPHOTO library), there were ONLY TWO folders...2008/2009...NO 4th folder!!! AHHHH what do I do? Which one to choose? How about the 2nd one, to at least keep the "formula" in the evens category. I clicked on the 2009 folder and surprise...hello Cam..only ONE folder! DUH- it's January 2009!! So now my whole strategy had been really been thwarted! I really needed my friend Ryan Dalgliesh to help me out since he has an uncanny talent for all things patterned and numbered!! So I thought, "okay, I am a big girl, I can handle this...I will just have to settle with folder number one (2008) and then get back on track with everything 4th from there!"

2008 folder. Done. 4th month-April. Done. 4th day I loaded pictures- April 10th. Done. WHOOHOO, I was cooking on all cylinders now!! Only one more 4th and I am good to go to upload the pic and post my blog...then, guess what?? ONLY THREE pictures!!! I believe the pattern is out to get me and that I may be pattern challenged ;) SOOOOOOO- 30 minutes later...here is my 3RD picture, from my FOURTH folder, from my FOURTH folder, from my FIRST folder, from my FOURTH folder!!! Anyone still reading....... me either!!!

It's Aiden- last April, riding cowboy on our precious chocolate lab Finley ;) Can you BELIEVE how short Aiden's hair is?!?! Almost doesn't look like him!




I TAG:
Anyone who wants to follow MY formula ;)

2 In A Row!!!

Yahoo! Two consecutive blogs...I am on a roll! Heehee ;) I actually completely forgot about some pictures from Aiden's actual birthday! We went to Mr. Gatti's (a pizza place with games)! The boys love it!! It's actually pretty funny: Seth runs around the whole time trying to find the game that is most "worthy" of his tokens and usually ends up not spending ANY of them (penny pincher!) and Aiden can't seem to spend his tokens fast enough!! Anyway, we had a blast and here are some pics of that as well as a few I took yesterday. I swear my boys are the cutest in America ;)

Oh yeah...I also realized that my friend Janet tagged me...like a week or so ago...so I will post that one later!










My sweet boys:

Absentee Blogger....

I have officially become an absentee blogger! I honestly thought I would do really well at blogging on a semi-consistent basis or at least every few days...but life happens, kids get sick, the laundry pile takes over the house, etc. and somehow the fact that I haven't posted in WEEKS doesn't seem like the highest priority. Oh well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later! I suppose I will ditch the pressure to be an avid blogger and post when I post ;)

With that said, here are some pictures of Aiden's 2nd birthday party that I promised forever ago! We did a rock band theme because Aiden is our "music child!" He is constantly drumming with anything that closely resembles a drumstick, singing with daddy, or jamming to the radio!! Once again my super talented friend Kari did invites and Rachel (who we swear needs to get a job with Ace of Cakes) made the cake!! My mom found some inflatable guitars and other music instruments for party favors that the kids AND adults loved!! We had lots of fun!



Aiden with his guitar cake!


Aiden and daddy


partaking in sheer bliss!!


opening the "loot"


playing inflatable guitar

FUNNY!!!!

For those of you who really know Aiden and his funny little personality...this story will not surprise you! This weekend, we had his 2nd birthday party (pics to come soon), so my mom and step-dad were in town and my mom took the boys to Target. Somehow they came home without several bags of toys, which was a miracle! Anyway, in the midst of shopping, Seth needed to go potty. My mom was by herself, so of course Aiden had to be in there too! While Seth was going potty, Aiden was peeping underneath the stalls...typical of little ones. However, when my mom told him to get back in their stall because there was a lady next to them, he promptly began singing the song, "I see your hiney, it's white and shiny!!!!!" HHAHAHAHAHAAA I asked my mom what the lady did and my mom said she didn't know...they booked it out of there before she could get out of the stall!!! Oh man! What a character ;) I need to start posting more of the boys stories....some of them are hilarious!

Marathon Christmas= Marathon Post ;)

So seems like I should have at least added a new post once during the holidays, but I get so distracted viewing everyone else's blogs that by the time I get back to mine...I am exhausted!! Anyone else have this problem? Maybe i should post first, then browse :)

Anyway, I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and time with family (everyone seems to have from the bolgs i have read!)!! I indeed had a wonderful time, but let me tell you that I am SO GLAD to be home! So far, this Christmas, I spent a total of 1 1/2 days actually at home. Crazy, I know! We started off the week before Christmas in Artesia at my mom's house, then came home Christmas Eve, had Christmas day at home/in-laws, left the next day for Clovis, NM with Micah's fam (sans Micah- he was at a winter retreat), traveled to my grandparents on Saturday (they live close to Clovis), then made a trip back to Artesia with my mom so I could help her pack (they are moving to a diff. house)and FINALLY Christmas Eve, my mom took us halfway to meet Micah and we headed home sweet home! Then we had one whole day with Micah before he left on Friday to speak at a college retreat....you see why I call it "Mariano Madness??" Anyway, minus a few "episodes" here and there, and with all the traveling and shuffling, the boys have done great and have loved time with family. They got to spend some special time with my grandparents, Bibbi and PaPa, who I just absolutely adore! The boys warmed up right away and Aiden loved that PaPa set up a basketball rim for him on the door! We got him one for Christmas and he loves that thing more than any other presents...even the aquarium.

Santa brought the boys lots of fun things and an aquarium was one of them. Seth absolutely loves them and actually said at one point, "I love them and they love me!" So sweet!! He is a big helper already by feeding them and making sure to check the temperature of the tank! Aiden of course is oblivious to the fact that fish now exist in our home and I haven't decided if that is a good or bad thing yet. They also got those huge Kota Triceratops Dinos from Santa at my mom's house and their very first tricycles from Micah's parents...did they rake it in or what?? Poor things have a very messed up view of Santa now, they think he visits everywhere they travel and in fact when we got back to my mom's last Sunday, Seth asked where his presents were...uh oh! Anyway, sorry for the marathon post and here are some pics!


My grandma- Bibbi


Seth in his knight costume


Aiden, playing guitar....of course!



dinosaur sleeping bags...aren't they fun!?


"The Dino's"


our family...micah, me, my mom, Seth, my stepdad, Aiden, my brother, his girlfriend, her son. (Apparently Micah and I are the only ones that heard my aunt, who was taking the pic, say strike a pose!!!)


Aiden jumping with PaPa (my grampa)



Seth on his new bike...Aiden in the background on his tricycle.

P.S.- FINALLY on Christmas Day, I got to hold sweet little Corban! Oh man, he is just the cutest thing and he even smiled at me (I knew I was his favorite)!! I just love that little guy ;) By the way, he is doing SO great!