getting shots update!

Maybe the girls have good reason not to like getting shots, other than the obvious poking! Makayla's arm swelled up like crazy....the next day it was worse...I called the nurse and I had to take her to Children's. She had a mild allergic reaction to one of her shots...hives...swelling...severe redness..and it was really hot! I would provide pictures..but I don't have time..must go paint!!! maybe I'll have time for pictures tomorrow. So..if your kid gets a shot..and they complain and complain about it itching really bad....take a min. to look at it..don't wait 24 hrs. like I did and tell them to "suck it up." Oops! My mommy skills were not honed in very well apparently! lesson learned....Crisis averted!

deep thoughts...by Hana Vick

After going to the Doctor Yesterday I over heard my girls having quite the conversation...it goes as fallows.

Hana: Makayla...I don't think I liked that trip to the doctor. They have poky sharp things!
Makayla: Ya...that's just what they do sometimes. Mine hurt worse because I got 6 and you only got two.
Hana: ya...mine hurt worser too! Well I don't think it's nice to get shot and I don't like getting shot at by the doctor!
Makayla: Hana...you got shots....not SHOT!
Hana: Well I don't think I want to do that again! Let's never go back!
Makayla: Ya...let's never go back. Mom, do we ever have to go back?

I looked in the rear view mirror and the girls were holding hands...looking at each other very sympathetically..and I thought to myself..."I've got my very own version of preschool Thelma and Louise." I could just imagine them holding hands...riding their tricycles off into the sunset...vowing to never go back! That is...after their wounds have healed.

P.S. They are both doing better today...Mak has one swollen arm and she is milking it for all it's worth! Hana is officially 2 oz lighter than her sister, and only 2 inches shorter. I thought they weighed the same...but I didn't think it was as close as 40.2 and 40.4 lbs. Amazing how different..and the same kids can be :)

Wonderfully infuriating afternoon!

We went to the park for pictures! My friend Kerri is a really great photographer and we had a lot of fun. As you can see we picked a really sunny day! oops :) Kerri can do pretty amazing things with her program though..so she can make ANYTHING look not sunny...or more sunny...or even...A little Alien-like! She took a little liberty with this one!

Silly poses (while Dj is on the phone)


"I said smile...if you don't stop being silly we aren't going to play at the play area"....cheese! I was the perfect Jeckle and Hyde of a mother this day ;) Now everyone pretend like we are having fun!!

Sweet Makayla up a tree!

Hana. She liked the 'up the tree thing' for about two seconds. After two shots, " I want down now."

Now hold hands and pretend your going on a slow walk!

I wish I could say this was a spontaneous loving moment shared between sisters....but it would be a lie! But it is sweet :)

We ended up playing at the park after we were all done with pictures! Kerri was amazingly patient and we had a great time. And I am not showing you the best pictures of all..the ones that we chose for our Christmas card...

those will remain a secret!

Thanks Kerri for a great Day!

Merry Pre-Christmas 'To Do' list season!!!

Oh how I LOATHE thee Cell phone bill!!!

Long story short ~

Dj: Wow babe...your a little out of control on your phone.

Me: (by the tone of his voice, totally calm and collected, I was thinking I was a little out of control)

Dj: you should maybe call and get that checked out.

Me: (At this moment still not really saying anything but starting to sweat a little)

I opened the phone bill up and I was amazed! Something had happened...I think my bill procreated and had sextuplets or something! Yikes!! Here I thought I was going to be painting extra boards to pay for my new jeans...looks like you may not see me for a while...and when I do I'll be covered in paint....cuz I've got a bill to pay! How does one rack up a $205 cell phone bill (more than three times what it normally is)????? I believe the term is...

TEXT-A-HOLIC!

I need to go to text-a-holics anonymous! See you on the outside ~ of my garage that is :( painting till I run out of cell phone bill!

My First Pro Football Game!!!

GO Seahawks!!!

This is our view

of the field

from our seats!!

Pretty good eh?

I think we are watching

a field goal here!!!

The Bunch of us!!

The Boys!!

Me and Allie!

Before I got cold

enough for my hat!!

Smile!!!

Me, Sherene,

and Lindy :)

The girls!!

Me and Dj in front

of qwuest (sp?) field

after the game!

We had a ton of

fun...Seahawks beat

the Bears 30-23!

The game was very

exciting...I totally

want to do it again :)

Sometimes it just feels good to be sad!!!

So....I love this song...and I know it's going to sound a bit self loathing...but sometimes it just feels good to cry....or to feel sad...or to know that it's ok to feel sad! I just got this CD for my birthday...and I can't find the song to play it on my page...so I thought I'd write it out! Everyone needs a song that they can just listen to over and over when they need a little time to think...cry...be alone...question...whatever! So this is mine right now..and I love it. Honestly I haven't really listened to it in a sad moment...but I like the honesty that this writer (sara groves) speaks of.

did you ever need a song that's soft and low
mood indigo...just because
did you ever need a Sabbath's pace...to sit and face
what no one does....
Or to take off your skin and start over again
to lay on your back and cry......
The kind that comes to wash your soul...scrub you clean and leave you whole...
The kind that leaves you heavy sighing....
Did you ever need to take account..of all you found
what's true or not
Did you ever need to bare your soul...to be truly known by a loving God.
Oh to take of your skin and to start over again....to lay on your back and cry...
The kind that leaves you puffy eyed...weighted with strange peace inside...the kind that leaves you heavy sighing.....



Tell Me What You Know By Sara Groves Release date: 06 November, 2007

Confessions of a tired Mama!

So this morning the girls woke up at 6:45am~ OUCH! I did what any normal mom would do....I turned PBS on and went back to bed...

The girls came in and woke me up because they wanted breakfast....I had every intention of getting up but alas...I fell asleep! (I'm a really hard sleeper) About 20 mins went by and the girls walked into my room apologizing...by this time I was sitting up...trying to find my slippers.

"we are sorry mommy....we are sorry we didn't ask to eat it."

My kids ate an entire tub ( a new one) of cream cheese....probably just with their fingers....and then ate the gross (I wouldn't have eaten them...hopefully they were not fermented) grapes that were somewhere in the fridge. I didn't even know we had grapes ok!

With all that said...I hope they don't get sick! And Tomorrow when my kids get up at an ungodly hour...I too shall get up and make pancakes and eggs.....out of love...and guilt!

Ahoy!!! Ocean Park!

This past weekend Dj was invited to speak at a youth retreat! It just so happens that it was scheduled to be at my Grandparents...and I got to see my dad too! We had a ton of fun on the Washington coast!

This is the view of the bay from my dad's boat...still parked!

Say Hello to the Sentinel...my dad's fishing boat

This is my dad, Steve, untying the boat...getting it ready for take off. Makayala was adamant on taking the boat out for a ride.

First Captain Makayla reporting for Duty!

This is my dad's lucky fishing hat...I didn't know he had one...but apparently he does ;)


The girls' favorite part was going down below in the sleeping quarters. Makayla literally fell down into the sleeping quarters...(you crawl down a latter to get to the beds). She survived! I don't think she wanted to cry in front of Papa on his boat.

The girls climbing into the bunks.




We had such a fun time on the boat. It was cute...Makayla wanted to take it out so bad...then when we got out on the water...and the Harbor got smaller and smaller...she said....."I think we better head back now...we don't want to be far away." My cautious little adventurer. We even saw a seal...but I didn't get any pictures!

The girls relaxed while sipping hot cocoa with Papa and watching chirp, peep, and quack! (a cartoon....not a movie about mental breakdowns)


Hana and great grandpa watterberg (my grandpa) nearing his 80th birthday! She really enjoyed her snuggle time with grandpa and grandma!



They love their Papa!

Every trip to the coast has got to have a seagull feather in it!


The kids got ice cream! Dj with his standard bubble gum and the girls with chocolate chip mint.

We got to see a real live train derail! They were cleaning it up ... It was amazing..it totally messed the rails up...but it was pretty cool to see! I It was a freight train..I don't believe there were any injuries!

One of the super fun part of the trip was when we all went swimming together at the camp pool...but we were all in the pool...so no pictures were taken! Also...it didn't rain...it lightly sprinkles for an hour or so.....other than that..the weather was amazing..Dj had a great time with the youth...and we made some new memories as a family :)

Harvest and Halloween

We celebrated Harvest and Halloween this year. Makayla's preschool class had a Harvest party. We had a great time. Hana was invited too! That's always a plus. We decorated pumpkins....

Mak was sick and missed a day of school...so I didn't get the note about bringing a pumpkin to class until I was on the way to the party...so I stopped by the store and grabbed one. By the time I got there they had already given Mak a pumpkin...so I let Hana use the one we got. Hana's was 5x's bigger than any other pumpkin in the class! Ooops.

We decorated sugar cookies!

We ate Sugar cookies (Before Lunch!)

See what I mean....Hana's is the mommy pumpkins and all the other ones are the babies!

Halloween: AKA: Fall Family Fun Fest at Church!

Sweet girls...Mak didn't want to take any pictures by herself....she wanted Hana in all of them. (This is new)

A semi-formal looking pose :) They are funny.
Silly faces!!!

What does a doggy do?

Hana throwing Marshmallows at Goliath!

The girls with their own personal super man. Their little buddy Jack-Jack

Who says princesses can't be rough and tumble? Mak jumping around in a big blow up thing at church.

Amazingly enough....no fighting broke out during the sharing of the Cotton candy! I was so proud.

Bubbles the Clown!!

Dj and Ben...Both on staff at the church! Shows how much I know...I thought they were dressed up as the same person...just 'home' and 'away'...but Dj was a sea hawk and Ben was a Cowboy or something! Whatever.

Trunk or treating!!! Now this is where my camera is really stinky...the flash is pretty weak so outside shots aren't that great. But about 30 or more people from our church dressed the trunks of their cars up super cool and the kids "trunk or treat" from car to car! It's pretty fun stuff.

I liked this one..it was bright and easy to take a picture of. There was one family that made the trunk of their car like a puppet show and talked to the kids and took song requests and the puppets sang to the kids and stuff. It was so cute!

Tired girl eating candy on the way home.....I was driving so I couldn't get a picture of Hana too. Bad Angle.....I later realized that I should have been a mean mommy and not let them have any candy till the morning...we had a hard time falling asleep!

All in all...we had a great Harvest/Halloween...whatever you want to call it. Fun Candy time...or Candy in Fall...or Dress up day with Candy! It was fun!