Hot, Hot, Hot

Friday was my off Friday, but I had a couple of appointments I had to go to, so my parents took the kids. I dropped them off and they decided to walk to CVS, this was them as I was driving away, so cute.

My mom sent me this picture and captioned it "Looking for Mommy"

This was the temp on the way home from picking up the kids so right after naps...

We did this. Well they did that while I cooked Angel Food Cake, Crème Brulee and some fried rice. All so yummy!

After dinner, the usual happened...sword fights.

Saturday was another hot day, and Baby Fox had soccer, we felt so bad for him, but he rocked it. She was occupied by my phone...taking photos.

like these:

She does the artsy stuff...haha.

This guy was HOT, on his nose is not the pixilation, but beads of sweat. Poor guy, but he did great, and ran up and down the field for most of the game.

Still smiling.

After soccer we were back to the house for some lunch, Mr. made the kids smiley face hotdogs with ketchup hair.

After naps we headed over to my aunt and uncle house for dinner. We used to eat dinner at their house every Wednesday when we first got married, so it was nice to see them.

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The kids got to sit at their special table, they always think sitting her is such a treat.

After dinner some music lessons...or wine rim glass music in our case. The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever.

 

He wanted to try.

It was great visiting with them, and we spent the night so we put the kids to bed and then got to chat like the good 'ol days for a few extra hours.

Sunday morning every slept in, and we had a lesure morning. Waiting for breakfast with my Uncle.

Ride time.

Breakfast time, and these two got the special cousin table.

After breakfast they got some really quality play time in. First some board game that Baby and Mini Fox got at Chick-Fil-A.

Followed by hide and seek, can you guess where all the kids are?

And then Daddy got some push-ups in...

Good-byes, it took at least 20 minutes for these two to say good-bye. I wish we could see them more often!

We drove the hour home and then this guy said he wasn't tired and was just going to play in his room.

It was still about 97° out, so everyone went swimming.

He's showing us his spin move.

And by everyone, I mean them, not me. Someone has to make dinner...or sit pool side and watch.

My parents come over for dinner, forgot to take any pictures of them while they were here. If there is no picture evidence did it really happen? I made pot roast for dinner. It's sort of like a foil dinner type thing... But it's super easy, put beef chuck, red onion and apple cider vinegar, fold up foil tight let cook for 3-4 hours, done. My mom brought over roasted potatoes so I didn't even have to make that, score! I used the juices from the meat for a gravy, made some broccoli, BAM the most awesome Sunday dinner.

Hope you guys had a great weekend! Do anything super fun that I should know about?

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Friday Favorites #46

Happy Friday! Today is my day off, have lots of errands to do. I was going to take the kids to Disneyland tonight to watch the parade (apparently it's a pretty awesome Ode to the Electrical Parade), but it's supposed to be over 100 degrees, and for some reason at Disneyland it's always 10 degrees hotter...so I think we'll have to wait.

 But speaking of Disneyland, this guy go to go this week, and it was reported back that on one of the rides, I can't remember which one, at the beginning he said, I'm not so sure about this, I want off, but he couldn't get off, for obvious reason and then at the end of the ride, he jumped off the ride and said, THIS WAS THE MOST AWESOME RIDE EEEVVVVEEEERRR!!!!!! Of course while jumping up and down. Then they were on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and he was all good until the first drop, and said, I want off this thing, where is the ladder?!

A good friend gave us this high chair that she has as a little girl. She sanded and stained it that dark color. The kids absolutely LOVE it! We have such thoughtful friends.

She then asked Baby Fox if she could take his chair to stain it, this was the look he gave her, hilarious.

It's official, we're parents. No seriously, do you ever have those moments were you're like holy cow I'm a parents and making all these important decisions right now. Last night was one of those moments for us. We went to a school parent information meeting for one of the schools we're considering for Baby Fox come next Fall, say what? I can't believe he's going to be in Kindergarten next year!! Freaking out going on over here.

 Last night I went out with some friends, one of them had said hey there is this really good massage place, it's not fancy, but it's cheap. Hey we'd give it a try right? Holy cow when I showed up to this place I wanted to run. Yep no sign of what it's called, besides in tiny print on the a sign in the window. All of the other places in the plaza had the big lighted up signs on the building, nope not this one...but we knew people who had actually used them and braved it. It turned out to be really awesome, I mean it's no Burke Williams, but for $40 for a full body hot stone massage, I'm in!

 

Drinks with friends are always good, we talked about everything, caught up and just enjoyed being out without the littles around. Perfect evening.

 

Please excuse the no make-up I just got an hour massage thing

 

 

This reminds me of being a kid...now just the thought of it makes me itchy and my sinuses swell up...but oh to be a kid again! P.S. it's only 7 seconds, it will make you smile, I promise.

 

 

That's all I have for today. Doing anything fun this weekend? We're headed to my aunt and uncle's for dinner on Saturday, other than that soccer and trying to beat the heat. Please get cooler Mother Nature, we're ready for it, and I promise not to wish for warmer weather.

 

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How to Make A Tissue Paper Wreath

So I finally got my act together and put together a tutorial on the tissue paper wreath I did. I found this tutorial online, but it wasn't that detailed, so here's how I made mine based off of the few pictures she posted.

 

Supplies:

• Styrofoam wreath (Mine was square, but you could probably use the round one. There were two Styrofoam wreaths at the store, one was a little more dense than the other, I got the less dense one, seemed easier to poke holes in.)
• A stick to poke small holes, I used a bamboo skewer that I use when making kabobs.
• Tissue paper (mine was 20"x 30"), I used about 35 sheets of paper (I bought off of eBay, way cheaper!)
• Glue gun
• Scissors
• Ruler

 

 

 Step 1:

 

Measure paper, I used 5"x7" rectangles, it seemed to work for me.

 

 

 

Step 2:

 

Cut paper, I quilt, so I have a quilting set up, but scissors work just as good.

 

 

Step 3:

 

Stack and fold the tissue papers. Every 5-6 single sheets I folded, I would fold a two sheets together. You don't have to do this, but I would guess if you don't want to make it as full, you could do the double sheets and space out the holes a bit more.

 

 

 

Hard to type this out, but...first you folded it in half once, then folded it in half again, and then twisted the bottom corner into a tight point.

 

 

For those of you visual learners here's a quick video 

 

The folds and twists do not have to be uniform or neat, but the tighter you get your point the easier it will be to put into the styrofoam when time comes.

 

Step 4:

 

Once you have a huge pile of tissue papers (FYI: this was about half of how many I ended up using)

 

 

You can start putting them into the wreath. I found that 5 holes across made for a really full wreath.



Step 5:

Glue the tissue in place, I found that putting a small amount of hot glue at the surface of the whole worked best. If you shove the glue gone in the hole, it will melt the Styrofoam, so try not to touch it, and just put it in on the surface, then when you stick the tissue paper in hold it there for a few seconds.

 

 Repeat this a million times, okay that's an exaggeration, but a lot of times. I just did the top and the outside, for the outside I found that 3 holes works best. I also alternated, so I would work on one side then move a little bit down and work on the side. If you try to do the sides in a row, the glue isn't dry enough and they tend to fall out. Hope that makes sense, it's hard to explain. I then added a Minnie Mouse head and called it a day.

I made a quick 3 minute video of the whole process for your viewing pleasure as well. I know I am a video learner, so I did both video and pictures.
 

 Don't worry it just seems a lot more daunting than it really is, put on a good movie and go for it! If you make one send me the pictures! I'd love to see them.

 

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Fall Challenge and First Jobs = Random Post

Guess what is back? The Style Challenge! If you haven't signed up to get a list of clothes and then 21 days worth of outfits, it's not too late to sign up and join in on the fun!

Outfits just started on Monday, so I only have 2 to show you today. Let's get started. Here are the two outfits.

Day 1:

This day was a total and complete fail. It called for burgundy pants*, and I got a pair, but they are at the tailors getting hemmed...darn, huge fail on when I told him I could pick them up, oops! So I substituted red pants*. I don't have a blush blouse either, haven't found one that I like yet, so I substituted this cute polka dot shirt that I got from Forever 21 (can't find online).

Even though it's not the styled outfit, I really liked this outfit and I'm not sure if I would have put it together on my own.

Day 2:

Day two was a half fail, it called for an orange sweater, while I do love orange, I just never found one that I liked enough. Actually to tell you the truth I didn't really look, I tried to shop from my closet on this one. A lot of the stuff I got, like the Boyfriend Jeans (similar*), I bought at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, so I basically spent my Fall outfit money then. Totally worth it! Every time I wear this sweater Mr. always complements me and says how much he loves it. I forgot to take a picture of the back side, but it has a cute zipper that goes a little bit down my back.

These jeans, are so, so comfortable! I have a pair of boyfriend jeans from Old Navy, which are comfy too, but these are super comfy and I loved the distressed part. I've never owned a pair of distressed jeans. I guess I always thought, why pay for holes to be put into your jeans...haha. I would however size down, I bought my own size and by the end of the day I was pulling up my pants. Still comfy though.

Stay tuned for next weeks outfits, you'll get 7 outfits, provided I get my burgundy pants* back!

On to a random:

So Andrea from Momfessionals has a every other Tuesday link up that I totally forgot about yesterday, so I'm joining in today. Today's topic is Your and your spouses first job.

I wish I had some pictures for you. But I don't, darn. So let's just get into it, I'll find some pictures on the interwebz so you don't get too bored. I started babysitting at 12, now and days, I couldn't imagine leaving my kids with a 12 year old, by themselves all night. I mean I did take a babysitting class at the hospital, but seriously 12. Taking care of kids, one family I babysat for at a 5 and 3 year old, the other one a 7, 5 and 3 year old. Crazy times. Anyway, before I start, I have to tell you when Mr. and I first started dating, he claims that I have worked everywhere. Every time we would pass something, he claims I would say, hey I used to work there...you be the judge.

When I was almost 16, I got a job at, yep that's right Subway, I was a sandwich artist:



Found this on Katlin's Blog - She's a fellow sandwich Artist too

The owner of this subway also owned Dryers Ice cream which was next door, but shared a back room, so we went back and forth between Subway making sandwiches and Dryers scooping ice cream. Actually I do still have both uniforms in a box in the garage...or wait, I actually think it's in Mini Fox's closet.

This is John Harrison, when I Googled, Dryers Ice Cream Employee I got a bunch of pictures of the ice cream and him. so I chose him. He's the taste tester for Dryers, he's tasted over 200 millions gallons of ice cream over 42 years, crazy! Read about him here.

After that I got a job at Big 5 through my cousin. I was the cashier, but I really did learn a lot about sports equipment, so that was a good learning experience. I only quite because I went away to college. I actually met my first serious boyfriend at Big 5.

source - This is not the one I worked at, I couldn't find a picture, so I picked a pretty looking one

When I came home from college that first year I started working with my Aunt at Sur La Table. When I first heard about it, my first reaction was, I don't want to work with old ladies. Well those old ladies were/are super awesome, and I cherish the 2.5 years I spent there. I think I liked this job the most, only because  I learned SO much about cooking, plus I got/earned free cookware in the process, win-win.

source - again couldn't find a picture of the one I worked at, so I picked a pretty one

Other jobs that I had during college, librarian (okay not really, I sat at a desk, checked out books for people and then shelved books, during finals week I stayed late so people could study till midnight. Sorry Leslie and Katie I don't think I was meant to be a librarian. I worked at a coffee cart right in the middle of the school quad, we called Alumni Mall, right next to Foley Pond (really a fountain)

source - it is a little nicer now, with the fancy scalloped awning, but otherwise looks pretty much the same

Then I worked at a conferences and scheduling place on campus. So let's recap all of my jobs:

Subay
Dryers
Big 5
Sur La Table
Library
Coffee Cart
Scheduling

That's only 7 jobs, and Mr. says I've worked everywhere, haha.

Mr., his first job was at Blockbuster. Do you guys remember them? That was his first job, kakki pants and blue shirt. He said that what he realized working there was that he didn't want a job that made him stand on his feet all day long, and that he better go to school so he could do something else. Smart guy. On and click here for the story on how Blockbuster broke up with us...I think that pretty much bring his Blockbuster days full circle.



source

What was your first job(s)?

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