My Daily Circus

Thursday, June 25, 2009

I will just be me

I can't be that, yet a thought says I should
It would feel like being a wrinkled up carbon copy of some sort
I could try a million times to smooth it out
Every quirk that makes me, Me

The green grass of the other side
Makes my complexion a bit dull and my mind puzzled
My feet are tired, don't really like to stand and stare

The constant reminders come as whispers and shouts
To move quickly back towards the mirror
The Light is perfect the image fades

Embracing me alone
Every imperfection, every fault
Giggling at way I have glanced so quickly past
The beauty inside, peeking sheepishly out

I long for the balance
Between glimpses and shadows
Reflecting on the victory
Telling of the challenge

Rallying myself again
A steadfast reminder
I will just be me

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Father's Day Cafe

Here is what happened today at our house!
"Father's Day Cafe"
open 6-8am only once a year.
by
Chefs Tammy, Jules,Em

Entertainment after by Peter (looking for his gift)

Julia's piece de resistanc (sp)

Emma has seen Food Network...excellent plating (note the runaway blueberry)

They are awesome kids, kept the secret! Ran out of bed to start getting the restaurant going, they said in the end they want me to open a restaurant not them. I doubt that will ever happen, but it was a nice compliment! We love our Dad so much! He is worth it! He doesn't get enough praise! You are the best, Peter! Happy Father's Day.

Haircuts and summer fun!

Finally a nice summer day in the midst of a rain filled week, or should I say weeks! Here is Erik on his balance bike. Note no pedals. He loves it and watch out girls he is going to never use training wheels!

Lil Frank tried out the grass. A couple handfuls later he was not liking it so much. But here it looks like he ate it, promise he didn't!

Here is my lil spitfire, punching the camera. He really didnt want his picture taken. Like the tattoo and shirt?

Miss Supermodel Jewels, we cut off over 6 inches yesterday! She looks adorable!

Emma was really not feeling well so I took a pic today and can't get it to upload. Oh well, her hairstyle is the same and super cute. We want the rain to stop now so we can go exploring in the mountains today. We will see what we can figure out!

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bye Bye Tonsils

With Ulla (her dog) in toe, we set off early in the morning last week to get Em's tonsils and andoids out. Finally the end of constant strep for Emma. We prepared her well, except for the IV part. She was in a morphine blurr wondering what this tube thing was and a pink giant bandaid?? She did awesome and is recovering well.

She got the bravery award signed by the doctor!

She got a bear and named it the purple Ulla. For those who don't know it is not "hola" it is short u....ulla. The nurse keep saying "hola" the dog. LOL!

She still isn't back to her old self yet but she is much better and we look forward to LESS sick days for everyone next year!

Me and Mini Me

The title is enough.
"Me and Mini Me"
(33) (3)

Our lil man is 3!!

Here our the cute cupcake toppers by......you know who if you read my blog at ALL!

This is about as good as the morning pics got, birthdays on Sundays are tough that is my busiest day of the week with church and all! But it was fun, cake and presents before sunrise!

Can't believe Erik is 3! And the biggest thing he is doing now is NO MORE DIAPERS!!! Time flies!Happy Bday Erik!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Glitz and Glam-A birthday salon

Spray glitter, shimmering eye make up and jewelry. Hard to go wrong on that theme! It was glamour that mattered this year, and here you can see it was alot of fun!