Tess is testing me

Tess has really been testing me lately. She has gotten such a lil tude. She has been trying to pick my flowers all summer. Finally a few weeks ago when I still had flowers I just gave up and let her pick them. She thought the whole flower behind the ear thing was so funny I had to get a pic.

Tess has discovered the therapeutic attributes of art. Apparently she was so into her painting (penning) she didn't see where the paper ended and where her arm started.

Tess thinks that everything and everyone is a chair if it's on the floor. If you are laying on the floor she will sit on your face like it's no big deal. Then when you protest she will move to your stomach and bounce up and down repeatedly.

Some of you will find this hard to believe but I don't wear lipstick much anymore. Not because I don't like it but because I just forget to get ready most days. Anyway I was truly shocked when I saw that Tess knew where to apply lipstick. She is such a naughty girl I found her like this, lipstick in hand, she knew she had done something very very bad.

Dressing our age

I couldn't agree more with my sisters post on dressing our age. It's really funny and worth the time to read. Here is a link to her blog http://grifandlisa.blogspot.com/ if this link doesn't work for some reason just click on "Lisa" under "Blogs I read."

Bathtub Trauma

My stomach is still churning and my body is still shaking from an exciting event that took place about 45 minutes ago here in the anything but exciting town, Vernal aka VernHell. I had just bathed Tess because she puked all over herself and me as a result of a coughing fit she had. When I got her all cleaned up I turned on Nemo in my bedroom and got in the bath. Tess is afraid of the shower and doesn’t like that I have to shut the shower door, so I have baths and leave the bathroom door open so she can check on me. When she’s in the bathroom she’s likes to stick her hands in the water and pat in on her cheeks. Then she hears what must be one of her favorite parts in the movie and runs out and watches it for a few minutes. Then, you guessed it, she’s back in splashing her hands in my bathtub water.

After a few “in-and-out’s” I noticed Tess was back in the bathroom as I had my head under the faucet to rinse the shampoo out of my hair. I didn’t look up to see her and continued on rinsing my hair. I then noticed that I wasn’t just hearing Tess’ voice. My first instinct was that Nat had come home for a minute like he often does throughout the day so I continued to rinse my hair. When I was done I looked up, and, to my horror, I saw Tess and my neighbor’s little boy Jett (3 years old) looking at me with huge smiles on their faces I screamed so loud I scared all three of us. Jett was only scared for a second and then started giggling and said “Hi Jah-chi!” I then proceeded to scream “Jett! Get out!” I was trying to cover my body and still have a free had to point to the door. His face melted from his normal happy go lucky smile to a scared, sad, worried look. I felt so bad but it was just my instant reaction.

After he fled I hurried and got out of the tub and called Annie, Jett’s mom. I didn’t want her to think I was exposing myself to her child. I’m sure “hey mommy I saw Jah-chi naked” wouldn’t sound quite right. Luckily Annie is way cool and would never suspect anything weird, she apologized profusely and we had some laughs.

For Jett's sake, I'll try and remember to lock my garadge door the next time I have a bath. I just hope Jett won’t have too much permanent damage from becoming witness to my doughy physique.

Annie's Porch...where I've spent my summer

My neighbor and good friend Annie has such a fun porch. She has sacrificed putting in a flower garden so Tess and her kids can play in the dirt and sometimes mud. Here are a few pics of where I have spent a lot of time this summer watching Tess play with Annie's adorable children Kelli and Jett. If I mention Kelli, Jett or Annie, Tess gets soooo excited and starts looking for her shoes (shoe-ezz as she calls them) so she can play with them.

Annie being camera shy

Jett and Kelli
Kelli insisted on wearing her hood for the picture
Not really sure why Jett is holding a squeegee



So Cute!



Annie refusing to cooperate, again.
I'm usually in the sweet rocking chair next to her looking through the pages of her latest tabloid magazine.
I refuse to walk the 10 yards to her house hence the scooter.



Not sure what this is about, pretty darn funny though.



This day should be a post all on it's own. Annie and I did not plan to let our kids go crazy in the mud. It started out so innocent with the kids just kind of digging around in the dirt, and then it escalated into the kids bringing water over to the flowerbed in solo cups from the swimming pool across the driveway. Before we knew it the kids were covered in mud. It was seriously such a fun day.



Tess in her element...dirty and naked.

WalMart

I just got back from WalMart, well more like an hour ago, its taken that long for me to calm down enough to write this. I had a hundred dollars cash (I know, who carries cash anymore) in my pocket and I thought for sure that would be enough for groceries, diapers, batteries, etc. Well the grand total was $274.66. I got in the car and actually started to CRY. I haven't cried real tears in a long time; I was actually BAWLING, red face, runny nose, you know the feeling. When I brought the groceries in the house I think Nat was a little scared of me. He asked me why I was crying and I responded with "HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK I SPENT ON GROCERIES!" "uh..$130?" Yeah I wish! Except for milk, eggs, and bread I'm not going to buy any more groceries until we are completely out of food! Canned food that has been lurking in my cupboards for way to long... say good bye to Susan comma lazy.

"Save Money Live Better" uh... more like "Spend Thousands Die Crying"

Scooter!

My sister-in-law Melissa entered Nat's name into a drawing for a scooter and he won! He was so excited that he had actually won something but his excitement soon ceased after he realized the scooter only goes 25 mph (top speed). Needless to say I ride it more than him. Here is a pic of my wonderful neighbor Annie and I posing for a "Dumb and Dumber" pic (her idea, I'm not that creative). Check out my sweet house behind us. The third car garage comes in handy for parking the scooter!

HOLFELTZ FAMILY REUNION

Some pics from the first (not sure if it's annual yet) Holfeltz Reunion July 18th-19th. We camped in Massy Meadows in Dry Fork (Vernal). Notice the fish below...yes that is a fish not the bait!