Just thankful

So school started today and I will post about that next but first I need to play catch up.

Monday I spent most of my day at the school selling PTA memberships, helping with money and volunteer forms and squeezing in a quick meeting with the girls teachers.

The day started off with tons of bad omens, Ana and Sadie fighting, trashing the house and breaking glasses on the floor and Wyatt crying consistently. Me forgetting to make cookies that I needed to bring that morning and picking up my babysitter and spacing and going the wrong way around the round about and almost crashing..let's just say I was about to cry......

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This was me :)

Now to the cool part....sometime last week I was having a pity party about the fact that since my mother had died, my girls would not get that special fun bonding/spoiling experiences from their grandmother. No shopping trips, girls only lunches, or just days with my mom etc etc. But Chris reminded me of all I had to be grateful for and I moved on or tried to.

Well I got an invite from this amazing friend of mine on Sunday to take my girls out to lunch and a little girl shopping time before school starts. She is a very beautiful, sweet and giving person.

....So on this horrible day she picks up my girls and takes them on as they quoted " The best day of their life". She spoiled them shamelessly and made them feel so very special.

I am so very grateful for this in ways she does not even know. It was exactly what I wished for...

I felt the spirit and knew that Heavenly Father was saying see I do understand you for feeling sad and wanting for your girls to have your mom here to spoil them. But that can not happen so instead I will send someone else who does love them.

So thank you Kirsten from the bottom of my heart! I only hope one day I can be the answer to someone else's deepest prayer :)

Blessing number two and three... coming home from this very long day at school to a very sweet girl babysitting Wyatt. Picture this...her rocking him and him deep asleep in her arms, facing outwards with his mouth wide open. precious!

#3 my sweet friend Lindsay for taking my girls home from the meet and greet until I could pick them up! The next best part of their day. They told me their day was the best ever and they will never ever forget it....neither will their mom. :)

Pictures :)

So Brian and Kelly's Lakeland reception was this past weekend. I was able to help out a little and do the flowers for the shin dig. I was super nervous and hoped that I would not totally mess them up! I got really lucky and received lots of help. I think they turned out pretty nice.

We had a great time with Chris's family. Brian and Kelly are awesome and as soon as I get some of their pics you will see them..they both look like GQ models..they are entirely way to gorgeous...and sweet and perfect for each other!!!!

Mike and Linda had these pics taken..she brought me the disk tonight and I am in love!! They are adorable!! Some need to be cropped etc but they are so sweet!!! Here is a quick look.

A little pain in the Back, skydiving and the comb over

This has been me the last few days. I did something to my back and instead of resting and taking it easy, I pulled sod, cleaned and took the kiddos to Busch Gardens. So on Sunday after hobbling around on 2 inch heels and the meds were no longer working, my husband decided to check it out. I guess I have done something to my lower back muscles which are doing something to my sciatic nerve or something like that. So thanks to some serious muscles relaxers and my good ole trusty heating pad I can walk around w/o limping and I am feeling better :) Let's just say..back pain is a beast and I am very grateful that I usually do not have it and will not miss it when it is gone.

This may be one of the only pics you see of a baby crawling on here..'cause Higgins does not want to move unless of course it is being carried, bounced or rocked by me... When I put him on the floor this is what he does...

so if he ever falls out of a plane he is ready but to crawl...not so much.

I can not tell if it is b/c he weights a ton or and he is just lazy....does it really start this early with boys??? but I did catch him on his knees in his crib so I know he can do it. Now i am just trying to decide do I want him to be mobile???

The Comb Over

Higgins has a serious comb over with a ting of alfalfa. I am trying to decide what to do...Cut it or try and tame it and wait until it all evens out. The problem is how it grows..straight down the middle towards the front and the back either sticks up or curls. I think it is called a suitcase handle or something like that. That is Bingham verbage so do not quote me on it :)

Just some Stuff!

Just call me Higgins!

Chris walked out this morning and saw Wyatt's outfit and said he looked like that old guy from Magnum PI...Higgins...I do see the resemblance...I guess Wyatt has a new nickname!!!

The gospel according to Sadie :)

So I was taking Sadie and her friend to a B-day party this morning. I had gotten Sadie a new swim suit at her fave store Justice and it only cost 7 dollars!!!! So sweet. There are still a few left if you all are interested....

The small issue is that when she jumps around it comes up a little on her stomach. We usually do not do tankini's for this reason so this was a huge concern for her. She wants to be super modest...yay for us!!! So as we were driving to the party she was telling her friend all about the new suit and that it occasionally rides up etc. She says to her..you know how I am so concern about modesty..well that means I am a good member of the church...:) hee hee:) .... they then proceed to discuss baptism. She tells her friend you know how when we play Moshi monster together?? Her friend say yes...

Sadie replies "Well my mom and dad like brought me a membership so I get a few more benefits of the game well that is like baptism, you still get to play before you are baptized but once you are baptized you get a lot more cool stuff .

So Lindsay and James..no thanks necessary! Sophie is now completely ready for her baptism :)

Never send a man to do a woman's job!!!

I asked Chris to help the girls pick out new earrings for the upcoming school year b/c I had to go and feed Wyatt in the car. Well when they came out this is what I saw.....

bling here we come..

I screeched..you can not have a 5 year wear these to school..his reply.."why not???"... men!

I feel crafty!!!

I decided to copy my friend Caroline's tutorial on her blog about making these flowers..they are super easy and look great. I am embellishing these dresses for Kelly and Brian's wedding. These are her colors and both girls wanted to have different ones so it worked well.

I am quite pleased with how they looked!! Thank you Caroline!!!!!

Time flies when you are having fun!

Wow this summer has flown. I am sure as I look back I will just smile and say remember those awesome summer days..I wish we could go back...but right now I am exhausted.

There are four different bags setting by my back door..beach/pool bag, water park bag, Busch Garden bag and playgroup bag. I made the mistake of grabbing the wrong bag and well goggles at Bush Gardens are not all that fun.

And we have no pics 'cause all this going is hard on my poor camera and she is all scratched up.

I fall into bed every night and sleep like a rock until Wyatt wakes me up and sometimes that has been at the lovely 3-5 o'clock hour in the am *sigh* but like I said we are having FuN.

And sometimes he is this cute at night :)

Us ladies were all able to go out for our sweet friend Sheri's going away dinner. She is heading over the pond to Jolly Ole England. We will miss her sooo Much!!! But us Bingham's plan to make a habit of visiting them and kicking up our heels in London and all the other cool places over that way. Here hoping her girlies wind up with those darling accents :)

One half of the table....

The other half!

Sheri we will miss you!!!!

I am old, "the day the Lights went out"

My mom moments...

A few weeks ago I asked my girls to get ready to go to the store and yelled out "make sure you are dressed" (if you live in my house you know why I say this ) to which my oldest replied..."Oh that is so classic Mom".When did I start having classic sayings???...and she sounds just like me when I use to talk about my mom...I guess I now have sayings...*sigh* it is all downhill from here. Next she will be saying "oh mom you do not know everything"....wait I think she has already said that. :(

I then walk into the kitchen and see a white powdery substance all over the floor and all over the cabinets. It is everywhere!!! I yell ANA GET In HERE!!!! Who else would it be? I ask her what it is and why it is not cleaned up? To this she replies..I do not know what the bag said..you have not taught me how to read..and I did clean it up....you should have seen it a few minutes ago.

*sigh* I made her vacuum it up and then mop..she is smiling the whole time and I ask why? "Oh well", she tells me, "now I am really doing good stuff, mom just like you". That kid....she can make me mad and laugh all in a matter of seconds...and just for the record..she is reading just not well :)

The day the Lights went out

So like the crazy dork that I am I decided to become a board member on my daughter's school PTA board. Not like I do not have a zillion things on my plate so why not....let's add another...*sigh* anyways so we could go to a training this last weekend at a very nice resort. We were super excited 'cause there was golf for Chris and an awesome monster pool for the girls and a little alone time for Mom. Could not be more perfect..oh did I mention we did not have to pay for it!!!!So off I go to meet Chris there later. We have a pretty good afternoon and I loved having someone unload my car for me and carry all of our bags to our room. Snazzy!! We later met up with some friends and had dinner. After dinner we went back to our room to get ready for the fun day we had planned. As we got ready for bed Sadie started to complain of a stomach ache. She had complained earlier in the day but I kinda thought it was car sickness and dismissed it. Boy was I wrong. She shortly got really sick and got sick and got sick...I hope you get the picture...well actually it was so gross I hope you do not :) Ana soon followed and I brought up the rear. Poor Chris! He was cleaning up all of our throw-up and trying to take care of Wyatt 'cause I was a mess and guess what???? the lights went out!! Seriously no kidding. It was crazy!!! We used our cell phones to light the way to the bathroom. At this point I was like seriously!! I mean really? Well after a while things improved. The lights came on, we piled everything outside our door and we were able to sleep for a few hours before we awoke and packed everything in my car and headed home. The trip home was interesting and for the next few days we hibernated and tried to get better. It was one nasty bug and I am relived to see the end for it.

And there are no pictures of any of it...Thank Heavens!!!!!!

WARNING!!!!!Brag Moment!!!!!

One of the special things that came from all of this was to see my sweet girls doing so much. .....Sadie and Ana helped out so much with Wyatt. They changed diapers, rocked him, played with him and gave him baths. I felt so sick and was so relived to have their help. I mean they are 5 and 8!!! What amazing kids I have :) Here are a few pictures of them I snapped b/c I was busting inside from pride and did not want to forget this moment. It will help when they are fighting and yelling at me and I want to tie them up...oh did I actually type that last part....what I meant was that I want to calmly sit them down and explain to them why it is important that they do not slap or punch or call each other names.

And last but definitely not least..my husband is my hero. He is a really good guy. I mean who works all day (long days) stays up all night cleaning up everyone's throw up (and is very sweet and kind as he does this) and then drives home and cooks and cleans for all of us for the next few days. He is kind, patient, wise and fun. I learn from him everyday. He really is my hero!!! I love you!!!.

A crafty maid, Independence Day and BK

Hmmm...ever wonder what it would be like to have a maid or housekeeper??? I will most likely never ever ever ever have one..I am way to weird about my house and how I like things, to have someone else clean it for me.....and I would also feel horrible if they came in and it was dirty etc and then I would have to spend more time cleaning it so they would not have to work so hard... And I think it is a way tough job anyway and I would probably make them sit and me clean......it would be a crazy, twisted cycle. But of late I was thinking that I would sooo love a craft person! I would just show her all of the projects that I would like to make and she would do them for me. That I can do!!! Maybe one day.

Independence Day

We had a great weekend celebrating our countries Independence!! I luvvvve the United States of America :) I am so grateful/proud to be born here! Chris and I took some time to talk to the kiddos about the importance of this holiday and why we celebrate it. I love being able to express my testimony about this great nation and the importance of FREEDOM!!! I hope that my children will come to understand that it is more than fireworks and barbecues. But on that note we had a terrific time with the fireworks and barbecue thing :)

Brian and Kelly nicknamed BK by Jess...came to meet all of us nice Florida folks...I just read this awesome book called The HELP and my southern accent is peeking through. Even with all of the rain we had a great time. Kelly is awesome!!!! and I am so thankful she will be part of our family. Way to go Brian.

We did the beach, a girls night out, shopping and fireworks! Here are a few picks I took.

Baby Chuck! Happy as usual.

Kelly and Brian..

we all got a little to much sun at the beach.

Jazz hands

Those little specks are Grandpa and Sadie.

Kelly and the gang! I think my girls want Kelly to move in with us..they asked when we were getting a bigger house.

Two of my cuties!