Letter of Love

 I share the following letter with some mixed feelings:
Yesterday I opened up my email, and found a quick note from Handsome's NaNa asking if it would be ok for her to write him a letter.

I replied, "Of course, that would be fine."

When I opened up the letter and began to read, tears filled my eyes.  I was once again reminded of the love Handsome's family has for him.  It is something that I never want to forget, the privilege that Jon and I have of raising him.  I start to feel guilty that they all love and miss him so much, but then I remind myself that all of my kids are a blessing and a privilege to have and raise.  Heavenly Father has entrusted me with the care of 7 girls and one boy, if you count my niece I raised for 4 years also.  They have all  been a challenge and a blessing all wrapped up into one little body.  A spirit sent here to earth to enjoy the journey, and for whatever reason, Handsome is in my home.  

He was a blessing to the family he was born into, and now a blessing in mine as well.  There can never be too many people loving him.  I learned this lesson with my step daughter and my niece.  Sometimes is causes interesting emotions and situations to have several families loving one child, but in the end it is all good.

It is love.

So with that, I wanted to post this letter from Nana (Handsome's Grandma) and tell her through this blog post, thank you.  Thanks for loving him, and sending him our way when you felt like it was the right time.  I hope your therapy goes well, and I know when it is time for Handsome to see you again he will indeed remember you and love you.  I am posting these letters here so he can read the entire journey when he is old enough to understand.  It is only right that he should see both sides and the love we all have for him.  

xoxo

I kiss him for us

I hug him for all

Forever and always our baby he will be

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My dearest Jordan;

I know that I have already written you a letter but it is funny how when things happen or go on and you think did I forget that or I should of included that.  I know that I have just started going to therapy to help me with dealing with things like for example you.  I have had the hardest time with you not here in my arms and not here to talk to to teach, but it is when I look at the blog that brings tears of joy and happiness and a big smile on my face to see how you are being raised, treated, and growing.  It is funny how the mind and the brain remembers things, it has been almost a yr now in Oct. that you have been gone and it has been only a month since I have been able to walk down stairs and remind myself that I do have a basement to my home.  I opened your bedroom door looking around with my eyes only filling up with tears remembering where your crib was looking at where I changed your diaper, the rocking chair that I sat in to sing songs to you and you dozed off to sleep.  After I looked in a strong feeling o panic came over me and I had to hurry close the door and then try to pretend it away, but I knew that it was going to always be there no matter what. So what I do to make me feel better is I get your book of pictures that your mamma and I have put together since you have been in your new family and look at how happy you are..........the smiles on your face the laughter from the stories that I remember reading, and now you are really going to laugh at your Nana the Whinnie the Pooh bear that I still cuddle with and sleep with because he was yours.  I have a feeling I will be sleeping with him until I meet you again and at that time you will be 18 and he will be 18 but old and flat..........but still yours.  I went through some of your stuff the other day clothes some of your toys, can I just say that I think it to be odd that I bought so much......lol 6 garbage bags filled with clothes and you my dear grandson went to your loving family at 18 months.  So I can honestly say I love you I wanted you to have the best of everything and life also.  Your mamma is going to school right now in Job Corps to be a Auto Mechanic and Machinery and Welding, lets just say that she is a tom boy more then ever, but she can still get all fussy dussy to go out and have a good time.  She wants to own her own shop that is what her goals are.  I am currently working on a cd that i am wanting to give you so that you can Liston to it as you sleep or just lisitn to it because you have such a love for music that way your NaNa did and does. We used to sing together every morning when you would wake up..........the little songs like Itsy Bitsy spider Patty Cake and all the fun songs.  The thing that I loved the most is that you would always want more more.  Every morning when you would wake up you would come up stairs and run across my hardwood floor knock and say NaNa open.  I would open the door and say Where's Jordan where is Nana's boy and you would say here I here. I would scoop you up in my arms and we would go and lay on my bed singing songs while you mamma would get ready for school and we would sing as I got you ready then breakfast was what you wanted always wanted and more of it too. So when I read that you are a hungry boy that does not surprise me...you were a hungry boy at home too.  Matter of fact I have some pictures that I need to get to your mamma of when you ate food for the first time or when you had your first Oreo......Oreos is a big part of a persons diet you know.  I talk to you every night, when I let my dogs out to roam the yard at the end of the night before bed I find a star and focus on it I tell you how much I love you and how much you are my everything, and how I know that you are being loved and cared for and how happy I am that you you are where you need to be.  The other night I fell asleep and dreamed about you all night dreamed that you and I talked all night long to each other and at the end of my dream I remember holding you crying and looking at you and saying please dont forget......please do not forget that I love you and that you are my boy!!!!!!  You are my everything Jordan.....you keep my heart going you keep my hopes always high, for I can hardly wait for the day when I get to see you again you are my chance at life.  I quit smoking the day we signed papers for you to go to your new home and I want to be healthy for the day that I get to hold you in my arms again so I have not picked one up since.  Your mamma is a smoker so that scares me so please do not fall into the temptation for that habit she is doing better she is down to 4 a day instead of a pack a day.  She fights and does what we can for you...........so that when we see each other again you are proud of where you came from.  You are my light to the rod Jordan you are my everything. I know that as time goes on there are going to be times to where I stop and think to myself of ohhh should of said that or I need to tell him this, so I want to say thanks to your wonderful parents now for the fact being that they are letting me write these letters and send them at will so that along the  way of your growing up you know that I have not forgotten you I love you more then ever!!!!!!  I talk to your heart every night and dream of you tons.  I am proud of who you have become already and it has only been 10 months since you have been gone, but I know that I will see you again and it will happen faster then I realize.......So for now I am going to say I love you Jordan more then you will ever know. I love you more today then yesterday but less then tomorrow..........you are my shining light my beacon especially when it is dark and I am feeling cold I think of you and I find my way and you warm my heart.  Nana loves you and your mamma loves you lets just say that everyone loves you......until we meet again my dearest grandson I will hold your hand in my heart forever until our hands meet again then I will be able to hold onto them forever and never let go.

I love you Jordan

Love your Nana

The Running Man

*Whether passionately executing the running man, or standing on the gymnasium outer rim side clap stepping, your song remains the same*

My friends, I choose to live life.

Sometimes this means I am busily engaged, and other times I am side stepping.  I feel as if I have been on the gymnasium sidelines of darkness for the past year, just hanging on for dear life {surviving} sometimes not even able to clap to the beat, but I was still living.  There were times I wanted to give up and float off into space, but I held on. 

There is some power to doing the running man.  It makes you sweat, and yes possibly look like and idiot, but at least it makes you present in your space in time. 

If I choose to stay on the sidelines of life, it will pass me by and nothing will change, my song remains the same...but man oh man, I will choose the running man if I have any ounce of strength in me that day. 

Life moves too fast to get by with the side step, if you want to enjoy the dance.

So I was dancing today and someone took a picture...!

{ok ok} Today I was running, and I felt a film start to disintegrate off my hibernating stressed out body.  It felt good, and I realized I was lunging off the sidelines and back into the center of the dance floor. 

and it feels good.

First Period

This video speaks for itself....

Heaven Help Jon if I'm gone!

Her First Period - watch more funny videos

Audrey Hepburn

I wanted to wish you a happy Friday and leave you with a thought to chew on.

 

See you next week!

Our plans include some boating, sleeping in tents in my parents forest, lighting off fireworks, and eating BBQ *my favorite* with family.  

Happy 24th of July

*if you live in Utah*

Sales Girl

Someday, somewhere, somehow I will reenact this video.  I LOVE these guys...ok ok I know I don't KNOW them, but does it matter when they can pull something as cool as this off?  I say not and is this a normal thing to have on a bucket list?  I should be doing this exercise today, but instead I am off to go on a sales call!

What?  I sales call you say?  Why yes.

After several years of being home bound with the kids for 15 years, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, I have decided it's time to branch out two days a week and venture into the wide world!

Exciting? Yes. Invigorating? Yes. Happy? Yes.

If you have read about our business section, you know that we own a building maintenance company in Utah {RBM Services} and because I am a salesman now and supposed to stake my claim *says our sales training system Griffin Hill* I am supposed to say "The largest solely owned janitorial company in Utah", which sounds a bit braggy to me, but they have done their homework and that is their advice.  We take care of companies such as Novell, Franklin Covey, State contracts, Zango, and many more. We have contracts in Wyoming and plan on expanding to Arizona Las Vegas, and Denver Colorado next.

SO

If you are my blog friend, and I dont' know you, but you know me, and want to help me prove my worth to my own company...give me a call!  If you know of a building anywhere from a bank or Dr's size and up, then send me their way!  If you own the building, I will be able to come meet you in person and give a walk through of the building and an estimate on price.  If you don't own the building, but know of or work for someone that needs help in this area...give me a call!

Am I scaring you yet?

It makes me laugh but I have had so much fun  being part of our business.  After all, Jon and I talk about it everyday so why not be there a few days a week?  One day a week I hang out at the office and go to meetings and the other day I want to find some new clients.

It has been extremely refreshing to have some adult conversations, and thank goodness my kids all love and adore Maria because I think they are excited when I leave the house for a bit.  I plan on seeing how 10 hours a week goes and taking it from there.

If you have any leads, email me at: shmonae@gmail.com or respond to this post.

Thanks again,
Love your new sales gal in the slacks...hahaha slacks....that reminds me of another video for your watching entertainingment! Give me a call at 1-800-imdesperate

Planning to be Spontaneous

 

My dear darling sister in law Emmy called me yesterday and said, 

"So, I was thinking we could get together sometime soon, what do you think?  

I answered, "Well, maybe Friday or next week would work..."

She went on..."You see, I am planning on being more spontaneous!"

I couldn't help but laugh and said,

"So let me get this right, you are PLANNING on being more SPONTANEOUS?"

"Well Yes!"

and we both laughed because it was rather funny, but is possible you needed to be there to get the full effect.  I knew at this point that I needed to let her into my little world.  The Janae kind of world where everything is spontaneous, so I said...

"Let me teach you how to be spontaneous..., you say, JANAE what are you doing right now? and I say not much just laundry, and then you say ...Well can I come visit you right now?  and I say YES"

"Are you SERIOUS?"

"Why yes!"

She chuckled have nervous and half with anticipation and tried it out.

"Janae, what are you doing right now, and can I come down?"

"SURE!!"

So she jumped in her car with all three little kiddos and drove to my house!  When she walked in, she sat down and explained that her stomach hurt because she was thinking of all the thing she didn't plan like a change of clothes for the kids and what to make for dinner.

It was at that point that I realized that her kind of planning would make me feel just as uncomfortable as her choice to drop everything and run.  We decided together that a combination of the two styles would be just about right.  After all, she came from a family that has vacations down to the time, planned a year in advance and my family will come home from a long day at work and say

"Let's go water skiing...!"

and we just do.

I believe that after a long day of not knowing what was coming next, we were both happy to have spent it together.

We jumped on the tramp in the pouring rain, ate Popsicles, relaxed on the couch...

 

 

 

 

 

I told the story of the three bears, shmonae style to try and get them to lay down for a minute, but they weren't having it.  Eventually Jon called and talked us into going to Chucky Cheese with our kids, Emmy and her kids, and Heather's kids who I was watching that night.  That totals 10 at the time, what an adventure!

 

 

 

 

and my little Samantha would stop running the entire 2 hours.  She is a busy body and kept me on my tired toes, but I loved chasing her around.  She was so stinkin' cute trying to sneak other little kids balloons and basketballs.

 

And Ella made the party even more grand by face painting to her hearts content!  I think she used almost all the paint because it was so thick we could barely get it off.

So my lovely Emmy, this is how to be spontaneous, maybe next week you can teach me how to be planned.

Adoption Final

Can you believe Handsome has been in our home for almost 10 months?  

I can't, but by the looks of this picture, he can.  He is a smiley happy growing  boy with big brown eyes, and energy times ten.  He is speaking as well as any of my children and isn't having any more fits of anger other than the random frustration that any two year old feels.  Not to say that he won't ever struggle, but he has done a remarkable job at fitting in nicely into our family.  

We were ready to take a visit to the courts to finalize the adoption.  We knew that it wouldn't be stopped by anyone, but there is something about having it in writing.  

indeed, it was a day to celebrate!

We woke up and got everyone ready...and can you believe that Handsome has grown so much that when I went to put on his Sunday best, it didn't fit him!  He has grown out of all the clothes we bought him when he came to live with us.  Not that he is a big dude, but he is a solid size two and that is great!  All that eating is paying off!

Luckily Maria was there that day and helped me with Handsome's mini photo shoot.

Handsome has learned to pose for me...he has no chance with all the girls taking pictures of him all the time!  Afterward we jumped into the car and rushed to the judge.

There was an anticipation in the air that you could cut with a knife.  All my girls were excited and nervous.  They didn't know what to expect because a judge to them is scary in a way.  Jon and I assured them that all would go well.  

A nice man let us into the court room and it was completely empty.  The girls were all whispering and they sat down on the front row bench.  When it was time for the judge to enter they announced her name and said, "all arise"...you should have seen the look on Whitney's face, she didn't know what to think.  

Jon and I sat in front of the kids at a table with microphones attached, as Handsome ran back and forth between sitting with the kids and sitting on my lap.  Jon thought ahead and had little skittles to bribe Handsome with (I don't know if he will ever realize that this makes kids more hyper...?)

The judge went through all of the papers so they could be recorded and then said, "Will you raise your arms to the square and swear to tell nothing but the truth...?"

Next thing you know, ALL FIVE GIRLS stood up and raised their arms to the square.  It was so cute and the judge couldn't help but giggle.  She herself had five girls in her family and you could tell she was getting a kick out of watching them all.  

"You don't have to stand up you sweet girls, but you sure can if you want to."

So she swore us all in.

After all, we are all promising to make him one of our own forever.

First she started on Jon..."Jon do you swear to treat Jordan as one of your own...etc etc" and Jon answered with a resounding "Yes." His voice was firm and unbending.  He sounded so confident and regal each time he promised, and then it was my turn.

"Janae, do you promise to treat him like one of your own..etc etc..."and I was strong in my mind but all that came out were tears.  Couldn't those tears answer for me?  Couldn't the lady recording the proceedings just write what she knew I wanted to say out loud?  

"Mrs. Moss, you have to respond so that we can hear what you are thinking."

So I gutted out a Yes, through tears of joy and emotion up to my ears.  Yes. Yes, of course we would treat him like one of our own, we already do and we always will.  He was sent to us, to be with us and we had already bonded.  We had spent countless nights helping him to feel comfortable.  We have spent numerous hours teaching him the correct ways to be upset and how to use his words.  We had cuddled him, watched him play with his sisters and wrestled for hours.  

Yes.

We will accept him forever and love him forever.  We hug him for all the families out there that can't be with him.  We kiss him for a mother, family and grandparents that have chosen to meet him later, for him.  

After we were finished, the sweet judge took the time to interview each of our children "under oath" and ask them why they loved Handsome.

Kinley: I love Handsome because he is so sweet and I love being with him.

Whitney: At first it was hard, but I am so happy he is my brother.

Brighton: I love to baby sit him and play with him.

Ella:  I love to play with him outside.

Halle: *in a hushed nervous whisper* We watch TV together and eat cereal.

Next the judge gave Brighton some advice on how to become a judge, one of the things she is considering among a CIA agent, and a scientist.  Her advice was keep good friends, learn how to read and write well, and work hard.  Thank goodness she made the day so fun!

Yes, it was a day to remember.

We are so blessed to have Handsome legally ours!

I'm only saying this once

My husband

My dear sweet husband

Might be crazy

In fact, I am quite sure it is so.

He dropped a bomb on me 

Last Night

And it went something like

this

"So I was thinking, wouldn't it be great if we could adopt another boy so Handsome could have a brother.  I'm really enjoying being a dad to all the kids and we could help out one more kid to have a life with us."

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"I would want to adopt a baby boy so he would be younger than him, so it would need to be relatively soon."

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{Yes these dots are me thinking he is crazy, and I'm crazy for even listening to him}

With most people you can

take them half seriously

but with Jon,

 you know he will find a way if he really wants to.

"janae, how about you post it on your blog and just see if you get any response?"

{and you realize he has never once asked me to post anything specifically, and you also realize I was always the one saying it was time for another baby, and you realize we are pretty busy as it is, and you realize I am semi freaking out at the mere thought because you just never know what craziness will come into our lives, ....because it always does, and you realize I love being a mom to all my kids.}

So I am saying this once. I am asking this only once. 

for Jon

If you know of someone pregnant with a little boy or has a lil' baby that is looking to find a home, let us know.

Smarty Pants and Rapunzel

My little man is growing up so fast!

He is smart and cute and funny and cuddly.

The other day he came up to me and said, "mama, I pooped."  

I asked him to go and get a diaper and wipes because that's what I do in those sort of situations.

He looked at me and said, "Noooo, because the floor is cooooold."

{Yes it is normal for me to plop his little cute butt down on the wood floor and change him wherever I may be at the time.  Each room in the house has been christened with every child's rear end at one point or another!

After going back and forth for a minute or two, he ran away {I assumed to bet the diaper}.

Next thing I know, he shows up dragging the entryway rug into the kitchen and proceeds to lay it down. He pulled out the diaper and wipes and lays right down on that comfy rug and says...

"Now I ready mama!"

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Yesterday I took my sweet patient Ella out for a Mommy/daughter day.  

She has waited years to get me all alone, and now was her chance!  We decided that first off, she was much in need of a hair trimming.  We loved those beautiful long Rapunzelesk locks of love, but we couldn't get a stinkin' brush through it to save our lives, so it was off to the Barbers for us.

Her favorite part was getting her hair washed and I thought, "yep my kid is smart".  That IS the best part of getting your hair cut!  

After she was all spiffied up, I asked her what was next on her list of things to do and she exclaimed, "Can I get glitter toe nails?!"  and I thought she must be brilliant because it was such a great idea, so we rushed down that hall to the nail place.  That's the nice thing about a mall you know, everything is in one ginormous building of love.

When we arrived they told us that there was an hour wait, so we told them we would come back and find something to fill our time.  It was at that moment that I realized it would be a perfect moment in time to get her little *almost 8* year old ears pierced!  

So she sat down in that chair in Claire's and held Mr. Bear tight, and by the looks of that bear...well he had been held before!  He was tattered and torn like something from "The Velveteen Rabbit"!  But he had been loved, needed, and cried upon for seemingly years!

My Ella sat down and tried not to tear up.  

She said, "Mom, I'm brave and I can do this."

I agreed that "Yes honey, I know you can do anything you want to!"

And she waited for that gun with a pretty little blue earring in it to come toward her virgin ears.

she grimaced....

and was in shock after the first ear...

and by the second, she was a pro.

That little chick didn't even cry....she just kind of looked shocked.

I was waiting for something to happen, but she just looked at me with big eyes.

As you can see, Ella is happy with two more holes in her body, freshly cut hair, new shoes and toes ta boot!  Afterward we went to Mimi's Cafe to relax and talk after all the intense body changing experiences and she exclaimed, 

"Mom, this has been the best day of my life!! Thank you!"

oh, and after that I dropped off Ella, picked up Kinley and enjoyed a relaxing afternoon at the gyno.  It can't get much better than that and when they asked if Kinley wanted to come into my 5 yearly pap smear, I said that I thought she might be messed up for life.  

After they gave me a piece of paper to put on the bottom half and something that looked like a child's dress up that tied in the back for my top half, I know I was right.

Even better?

I now know my amazing Dr Judd in real life because he is Whitney's best friends grandpa/dad, and opening up to him in that sort of way was different than when he delivered Halle and I didnt' now him in that sort of way.  But he made it comfortable...as comfortable as it can be being mostly naked on a hard table with my feet in stirups...

giddy up.

So afterward, we shook it all off by buying stuff for Kinley's Harry Potter costume at Savers for the premier tomorrow and I was jealous of her time she took carving her wand.  

How is that for a mother?..

And to top off this perfect day?  I found some cute cute cute clothes for myself and the kids at Savers.  Yes, I sometimes shop at old thrift stores.  I have found some of my all time favorite finds there.

good day.

Pinterest

man oh man oh man.

Source: tinywhitedaisies.tumblr.com via Janae on Pinterest

I am pretty behind on my blog...I have pictures stacked up to here and there.   I guess that is what summer is about, making memories and not just writing them.  Just to name a few posts yet to write? Handsome's adoption finalization day, the fourth of July, our family pony party, visiting my bestie in Arkansaw.... and so much more.

But because today, I have no pictures downloaded yet....I wanted to tell you about something I am newly obsessed with.  Do you know how as a kid you would rip things out of magazines and save them because for whatever reason it made your heart go pitter patter? I did, but inevitably eventually the picture get's lost and you have lost the inspiration with it. (in my case anyway).

Well.

There is this thing called Pinterest, and it is an online file cabinet of sorts for everything you love.  I found out about it from a friend and I love. love. love. it.  In fact you can be "friends" on pinterest and share all of your pictures with each other!  Amazing?  Yes.  Addicting? Yes.  In fact, I spent probably 5 hours on pinterest as we traveled up and back to our cabin over the fourth of July!

Want to see what I mean?  Just click here.

And if you want to see what I pin...well I know there is a way to find me and I'm not quite sure how yet.  It is under my name (janae moss) SO, if you get an itch to shop without spending money?  Take a minute to check it out.  Here are a few pictures I have saved to get your juices going!

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You see...?

Fabulous!

  I have been decorating my next home, buying clothes, cooking, and laughing at sayings there for days now.  I have to say, it encouraged me to find a few outfits that I otherwise wouldn't have found....so beware!

Pearl Give-Away Questions

I decided after much thought, that if a person took enough time to answer all of these questions....well then they should get a pearl necklace just for taking the time.

SO

I have posted the answers for you to read because it was fun for me!  Don't worry, I am sending them out today (or tomorrow :)  Here are the questions I asked:

1.  What animal freaks me out more than any other and why?

Llama

2.  What is the name of Hubster's grandma...the one I love sharing stories about *and share a story about her quickly that I have shared*

Grandma Ginny

3.  What is the funniest story I have told here on Pink Moss and why?

4. What animals have been tortured at our home *on accident*

Hampsters

5.  What holiday always produces the biggest party at our house?

Halloween

6.  What question do you ask yourself over and over as you read my crazy posts?

7.  What is my favorite thing to do in the summer and what is yours *if you want to share*

waterski

8.  What was the nastiest treat one of my kids left at the park for someone to find?

poop!...I can't find the story right now...

9.  What is a similarity or a difference between you and I? 

10. What country are you from and where did you find Pink Moss?

AND HERE ARE THE ANSWERS PEOPLE ENTERED:

1.Lady bugs- They stink! and they lay lots of nasty eggs. They are beetles too yuck!
2- Grandma Ginny- She ate a pie a day as a waitress and she looks great!
3- Hamsters can't swim- By far my favorite post! it was hilarious to invision those poor little guys and what they were going through while your kids were just "loving" them!
4- Hamsters
5-Christmas of course
6- How do you do it! and how do you look so amazing doing it! What a super woman
7- California trip with your girl friends. - I love to lay out in the sun!
8- Bug left a poopie!
9- We are both blonde mommies. We have a very similar sense of humor as well! differences are you a super mom of 7 gorgeous kids and I am a super mom of only 1 gorgeous girl so far.
10- I live here in the USofA - I actually started reading your blog because of your amazing dad Dave! I work with him at his office, and he told me to look up this fun blog. I started reading and I was hooked the first day! he then told me it was his daughter and I was more hooked knowing that he is a hilarious man and you got his wit. He comes down to my desk daily to laugh and read with me. LOVE IT!

- Cassie Johnson 

1.  What animal freaks me out more than any other and why? This was hard, because I learned that you aren’t much of an animal person at all, especially bugs. I know you hate Zoo Zoo pets, but I’m going to guess you mean a real animal :-) so I’ll go with ladybugs and it’s because they have too many offspring! :-)
2.  What is the name of Hubster's grandma...the one I love sharing stories about *and share a story about her quickly that I have shared* 

Grandma Ginny. I love the Christmas post you did where your daughter got a pair of Grandma Ginny’s shoes in the “elephant exchange”
3.  What is the funniest story I have told here on Pink Moss and why? There are so many but the one where Bug pooped in the park was pretty darn funny. That would totally happen to me! :-) Your family always looks like it is having SO much fun in all of your posts! (especially the Christmas ones! :-)

4. What animals have been tortured at our home *on accident* Hamsters! Those poor hamsters! :-)

5.  What holiday always produces the biggest party at our house? Christmas

6.  What question do you ask yourself over and over as you read my crazy posts? HOW DOES SHE DO IT!??!?! I lose my mind (sometimes) with two children! :-)

7.  What is my favorite thing to do in the summer and what is yours *if you want to share* Swimming/boating/being on the water. My favorite thing to do in the summer is go to the beach, or the pool.
8.  What was the nastiest treat one of my kids left at the park for someone to find? Poop :-)

9.  What is a similarity or a difference between you and I? You are way more organized and creative (can we say your daughters wedding!??!? WOW!!!) then I am! :-)

10. What country are you from and where did you find Pink Moss? I am from the United States. I found Pink Moss right when you adopted Handsome and had posted on BlogFrog about it. I’m so glad I did! :-)

Thanks again for the chance to win this awesome prize! :)

Christina Gomez

1.      Zoo  pets
2.      Ginny
3.      I do not know if it was that funny but to me it is when you were resting
(I think) and the kids were taking care of one another, daughters were putting the little kids on their feet and playing
4.      Hamster hell
5.      Christmas
6.      Can my girls come and hang out at your house for the weekend. It sounds like a riot, oh and is she ever going to give away one of those amazing purses again
7.      Water skiing, drinking water (haha)
8.      Do you mean when you thought you were letting her pee on the ground and she poo’d
9.      I have a bunch of girls and only one boy. He feels so left out and even asked his daddy to divorce me when he found out the last was a girl
10.     I am from the US and I wish I remembered I think maybe from mckmamma or was It my little life. Hmm, cannot remember but glad I did.
Pam

Congratulations!!

the "secret" is out

it's me, mrs. excited, laying on a couch in ARKANSAS visiting my best friend from college!! The "secret" is finally leaked after months of planning. Kori's hubby is indeed brilliant and had the idea to fly me out for her Happy Birthday surprise! All of your well wishes for a new baby or to be grandma had me rolling in laughter, I guess this is the next best thing!

ps... you should have seen her reaction!

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The Secret

 

Have you ever had to hold in a secret that you just didn't think you could hold?

I have, and it's happening right now (if I be so bold)

I want to shout my little excitement from the rooftops, not repress it all tucked away nice and pretty inside my bulging with anticipation, bubbly body.

But instead, my news is locked up inside where nobody can see, I've swallowed that key

so I'm sorry, guess you will have to wait to hear the message from me.

You could ask questions, but I just won't tell.

You could try and drag it out of me, tickle, pinch, or bribe, but to no avail.

This secret is stuck right where it needs to be

repressed, tied down, hidden from you, them, and he.

Soon you will know because I'm sure I will burst

The secret will be unleashed, *AHHH this is the worst*

But not today.

Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth of July my friends! We kicked off the weekend at Jackson Hole, enjoying one of our favorite restaurants "Merry Piglets" and visiting the old fashion candy store. T. T. F. N.

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