Am I ready for some football...again....

How cute is my little football boy?

He *LOVES* to tackle people. Surprised?

His uniform, however, is incomplete.

No orange socks. I won't do it.

I call him the Sockless Wonder.

Does it make him play better?

Perhaps. But truth be known,

it's the only way I can spot

him amongst all the other orange and blue

boys out on the field.

The real question is :

will I EVER EVER understand

the football lingo/rules/positions??

I just think my brain is old. Or dusty.

Possibly just severely underused.

Anyway - at least I know

which blue boy belongs to me.

Grumpy Old Man

My babe is 43!

Happy b-day to the greatest husband, provider, father, friend, lover, sports commentator, tooter (if awards were given - he'd win, hands down!), masseuse, coach, example, and DUDE (mem, babe?)

Love you tons!!!!

Testimony

I'll bet he was bummed when

Pres. Hinckley came out with the

"no tattoo" thing.

There are no words.

Actually there are a bunch of words.

I'm not going to say them.

Just wondering...

You know how little kid pants have those awesome adjustable waists?

Elastic strip with button holes & buttons inserted into the waistline.

An ingeniously simple way to tighten or loosen jeans, shorts, and skirts.

Just pull that elastic a little tighter and button ---tighter britches.

Let the elastic out and button ---little more breathing room.

Why, why, why can't that be

available in mommy pants???

Happiness

This is my most favorite place. EVER.

Our temple is closed for the next two weeks for cleaning.

I had the delightful pleasure of being asked to help.

My assignment?

Polishing the 4200 crystals on the chandelier

in the Celestial Room.

No, not by myself - there were about 10 of us

working hard for four hours.

Amazingly enough, there was not ONE speck of dust on my white gloves

after cleaning--- I don't know how many hundreds of crystals.

This chandelier is only cleaned once a year.

No dust. None.

It was truly awesome.

Another testimony to me of the

Lord's attention to detail and cleanliness.

A true privilege.

Ask the Audience

Those of you who know me well, know that I am

(especially decoratively) creatively challenged.

So I'm using my 'ask the audience' option.

Pictured below is my breakfast area in the kitchen.

I want to put some toppers on, but not sure what to do.

I've found two fabrics I love - want to use both.

Any ideas???? Suggestions?

Thanks, friends!

You can email me pics or links if you have them.

raniandfam(at)gmail(dot)com

More Gross-ness

This is me (with rockin' sweet humidity hair)

applying some fancy stage makeup to Kyle's neck for his

first aide training at boyscouts back in July.

He had to show up with an injury.

He explained to me that he wanted to have

an attempted beheading as his mock injury.

That's not morbid or anything.

I did my best.

How about this masterpiece?

You can't tell me that doesn't look like

some fool tried to behead my boy!

The crowning moment of glory was when we stopped by the grocery store

on the way home. Kyle was looking at the Redbox for a movie

and some guys were standing behind him,

covering their mouths in disgust and pointing.

Finally one asked "Dude, doesn't that hurt??"

Kyle replied with pain in his eyes, "Oh, yeah."

Welcome to the family!

After getting a gift card to Petco for

CHRISTMAS

Tyler finally made his purchase.

(no, it's not the cutie in glasses...)

This is SPORT, our new skink.

My animal lovin' Maddie pays more attention

to the creature than anyone else.
If he gets loose...I'm moving out.
And I'm taking my ELFA shelves with me.