Happy Birthday Big Bro & BJ

Today is my big brother's and best friend who is like a sister to me birthdays. My brother is now 34 and my "sister" is now 25.


My big brother Scoti!!!

This picture was taken on Samantha's 1st birthday back in 2010.

My "sister" Britany Jo (BJ)

This pic was taken our sophomore year of high school back in the spring of 2007. We were in Geometry class goofing off and not doing our work. 

Bucket List

I remember posting a few years ago that I was going to put up my bucket list and never got around to it. I am finally going to put part of it up.

1. Attend a Luau
2. Attend the summer Olympics
3. Attend the winter Olympics
4. Attend every race in a Formula 1 season
5. Camp in the Amazon
6. Canoe in a mangrove
7. Do a 365 day photo project of girls
8. Go cliff diving
9. Go Parasailing
10. Go Surfing
11. Go Paddle boarding
12. Go on a cruise
13. Go Snorkeling
14. Meet some Drag Queens
15. Go see a movie in Hollywood Cemetary
16. Go Whale watching
17. Explore a rainforest
18. take self defense classes when the girls get old enough
19. attend 15-20 movie premieres
20. take pictures with 50-75 different celebrities
21. go hang-gliding
22. go sky-diving
23. go bungee jumping
24. see the northern lights
25. go zip-lining
26. ride a camel
27. travel all 50 states

The rest of my bucket list is of places, and activities, and foods to try. I will eventually put those up.

Lowe's Workshop: Captain America

Here is my Lowe's workshop post. This 2nd Avengers Assembly workshop was Captain America. Now, Captain America is Cayce's favorite superhero. I love batman and he is not an avenger. Anyways, the girls know way more about Captain America than any other Avenger because of their daddy. They love the movies and had an absolute blast.

There weren't any pictures taken because Cayce explained that the build was extremely tough and everyone's little motorcycle was breaking apart. So here are some after pictures.

I rarely look inside the instructions books even though I do keep all of them with the certificates, and Cayce showed me this and I thought it was just the coolest thing. But the thing I am concerned about is how much space it's going to take up once I iron the patches on to the apron. 

Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Titan's Curse Review

It's a BOOK REVIEW TIME!!!!!!!!  Ok, The Titan's Curse is the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This one is my favorite so far. The character of person has grown and I love how right at the beginning of the story there is IMMEDIATE action. I love the characters Bianca and Nico. I am going to try to not spoil the book for ya'll out there in the world that has not gotten the chance to read it yet.

There are so many new characters in this book and I feel a lot more action. I also loved the hunters and how the author used popular and well-known landmarks and connected them to mythology and that was freaking mind blowing. Ever since the first book, I have had this crazy notion in my head that the Empire State Building in New York really has a 600th floor and it houses Mount Olympus.

And now to my anger.... I have never wanted to jump inside a story and punch a character more in the face for being a total dick head.... YES I AM TALKING ABOUT LUKE! Usually I like villians, but nope, this fool is just..... I don't even have the words to describe it. Luke is the only thing that I am not looking forward to in the last two books. I am hoping that his character goes away in the next, but I HIGHLY doubt that.

So there is my review for the third book, I am excited and anxious to start the fourth. The title has intrigued me from the start because when I was a senior in high school, I took a mythology class that I passed with flying colors and earned the highest grade out of everyone who took that class in my school. Yep, mythology nerd!!! But anyways, the weeks we learned about the labyrinth, I was focused. It was so cool. I don't think I paid attention to the stares I was getting because of my growing belly and being the only other senior in a class full of freshman. I didn't have to take this class but because I moved out before my senior year, I couldn't leave school early after taking my required classes, so I had to stay all day and take classes I didn't have to take. Needless to say I graduated high school with 32 credits when the required amount was 24 credits. But yea, a review and some rambling... here you go.

ENJOY!!!

Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth

These books just keep getting better and better. I was seriously doubting these books after the first one because I thought it would be like the same obnoxious and crappy 12 year old monologue, but it has gotten better.

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day. Today didn't go as I had planned. Cayce had to work and couldn't ask for the day off. Addy woke up sick from the blueberries she ate last night, and was miserable all day. The only thing that made the day awesome, was the my dad came by with some plates from the BBQ that my brother was having for my grandpa and dad. But overall, we had a good day minus Addy getting sick.

see my sick baby..  :(

my baby trying to stay awake and watch TV

one of the plates that my dad brought by.

They loved the food. especially the potato salad and baked beans

President Snow soaking up the sun.

#PrayForCharleston

(Source: WIS TV Facebook Page)

For my followers who live in the US, you might have heard of the shooting that took place last night in Charleston, SC.

For my followers who live in other countries and have not heard about it, can basically find articles everywhere. Please pray for my state and the victims as well as their families.

Dont Wanna Dance Alone..... love this song

I love this song. I love the harmony and beat and everything. At first when Fifth Harmony first came out, I thought it would be just like every other girl group that wouldn't get much attention or would and then burn out.... example would be the UK girl group... The Saturdays. I loved their music and was a modern day spice girls group but since their show on E, they haven't been in the media much. I hope we have music from Fifth Harmony for many years to come and doesn't burn out anytime soon.

Lowe's Workshop: Iron Man

Lowe's is starting the coolest series of workshops. They are doing The Avengers' for this summer. The first was Iron Man. That's my favorite avenger and I was happy that it was first. The girls enjoyed it. They really don't watch The Avengers Assemble much on Disney XD, but when they got back home, we watched all three Iron Man movies.

I loved these little headpieces for their goggles.

These are their friends that are at every workshop. The girls always offer to help them if they need it and vice versa, although the girls offer a lot more.

Ariana Letter Curriculum: Week 29

Another week down, 3 more to go. We only did a few days this week, that's nothing new.

Monday: We started the letter W.

just like Sammy, she LOVED this song.

daddy was being a MAJOR distraction

We missed Tuesday and Wednesday, and had another school day on Thursday.

it was pouring down rain outside so that why the lighting in this pic sucks.

i love this song

Well, we only did two days of school but she knew the letter and how to write it, so I wasn't bothered too much.

Beautiful Babies

My children are the absolute cutest things on the planet. My whole world right here!

Weekend @ Granny's!

After the girls had their workshop on Saturday, They came home, grab their bags and went straight to granny and papa's house for a swimming weekend. My mom and dad bought them a pool to play in and they had some serious fun.

They got some tan lines that bring back memories. I used to get so burnt when I was little. Pool or beach, I would turn into a freaking lobster.

The funny thing is when they got back home, they were planning and asking which day could they go back. It was hilarious because they ran to the calendar and put their calendar reading skills to use...lol.

Home Depot Workshop: Trucks

So the girls went to their first Home depot workshop this morning. They had an absolute blast. They got to build trucks and they got to paint. That's what excited me. They don't get to paint in the Lowe's workshops. They had paint all over them when they came home, but they went straight to my parents house for the weekend so they took their trucks with them, so no pictures on those.

I love the pins they get for their aprons but the aprons themselves I HATE!! They are so flimsy and the material is something that I steer clear of.

I love my girls!!

Sleepy Time