MILESTONE

good sunday morning to all of you :o)

i'm sure right now most of you are at church and then off to lunch with your family.

we still haven't found a church we really 'gel' with.

{it WILL happen}

we are BELIEVING!!!

fyi -- my new favorite word is {believe}!!!

love it.

anyhoo....the reason for this post:

a milestone.

my 4 year old.

the cutest 4 year old EVER.

this morning he took his FIRST shower.

and

HE LOVED IT!!!

seriously, he took about a 30 minute shower.

he bathed himself.

he brushed his teeth while he was in there.

ahem.....

he also used the bathroom while he was in there.

{no comment}

his daddy told him it was okay....:o)

he thought that was the best thing ever.

we literally had to drag him out.

also, i needed to trim his hair.

well,

things didn't go as planned.

end result:

lots of hair on the bathroom floor.

hair EVERYWHERE!!

tears b/c he was itching.

hence......the shower!!!

with this new 'do' elijah looks like my dad did when he was a kid!!

wow.

it's so amazing to see your parents in your very own children.

God is good.

being a parent is the BEST thing in the world.

i may or may not have mentioned several times while the whole family was in the bathroom for the haircut & shower how great it would be to have a Canon Rebel.

i'm just sayin'....

catching up....

i'm feeling a little behind on my blogging.

this post has the chance of being long...who knows.

my last post, hairy situation, i was telling all of you about my GRAY roots and how they had taken over my head. ugh!

finally, last thursday i went and had a 'hair' makeover!!

here is a before shot

{you can't see my roots...but, believe me they were there}

i was nervous about going to someone new after 10+ years with the same person.

however, i love, love, love my new friend. she was very easy to talk to and we all know you want your hair stylist to be a good conversationalist :o)

here is an after shot.

{i realize my hair doesn't look that different...but, at least i can tell a difference and i have NO gray roots} woo hoo!!

yes...i did the same pose -- ha! ha! ha!

my hubby really likes me with my natural color hair!!

it's nice knowing your husband likes your hair -- right ladies?!?!

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yesterday, jim's unit had an Awards Ceremony.

jim was awarded the Bronze Star!!

what is the bronze star awarded for you may ask??!!

For heroic or meritorious achievement of service, not involving aerial flight in connection with operations against an opposing armed force.

i took my {camera} because i wanted to at least capture a picture of jim getting pinned. whether or not the quality of the picture was good.

however, right when i snapped the picture....

the camera DIED!!!!

are you kidding me?!?

all i could do was laugh!!

so...i have no pictures of my husband being given his award. boo!!

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another thing going on at our house is an attack of the 'asian beetle'

{aka lady bug look-a-like}

I DO NOT LIKE BUGS, RODENTS, SNAKES, ETC.

AND

I DON'T CARE IF THEY WON'T HURT ME!!!

I DON'T DO BUGS!!

NO WAY - NO HOW!!

yesterday, i wanted to go out and sweep our screened in porch.

but,

when i stepped on the porch....

let's just say, if i had a dollar for every asian beetle out there we could retire right now and be set for life!!!

seriously, there was a bazillion of them.

trying to be brave and wanting to sweep my porch, i dug right in.

i gathered quite a few into a pile and wanted to sweep them out the door.

when i opened the door to 'gently' push them out....

they started attacking me!

well, they started flying around and a million (several) landed on me.

i screamed & screamed & screamed!!

YES I KNOW THEY WON'T HURT ME -- I DON'T CARE!!

IF THIS MAKES ME A WIMP...THEN SO BE IT :)

i threw the broom down the steps and ran inside!

yep, i gave up and let the asian beetles win.

oh - oh - oh

when you agitate the asian beetles they put off this horrible smell and they excrete a yellow 'something or other'.

yep. not fun.

i was explaining all of this to jim when he got home a few minutes later and he laughed at me for freaking out over these tiny, harmless bugs.

oh well. what can i say.

if this makes me a priss-pot....

then, i proudly wear that title :o)

i'll be the first to admit that i'm a girlie-girl and proud of it!!

am i the only one afraid of bugs, snakes, spiders, rodents?

{i think not}

today is....

one of those days. you know the days where you are just feeling....

{ blah }

well, thats me today. not really for any particular reason.

i have everything i need or want.

my husband is home, my boys are here, we have a refrigerator full of food....

it's just one of those days.

as i'm writing this post i'm admiring the trees outside with all of their 'fall' colored leaves :o)

it's a frigid day here in kansas. the wind is 'bwowing' as elijah would say it.

the birds are chirping. which reminds me of god's awesomeness!!!

yesterday my hubby ran to the pharmacy to get our lil' one some medicine and he also picked up these for me....

aren't they gorgeous?!

he knows how to make me smile :o)

i have the BEST husband in the world!!!

i love him more and more each day :o)

so...really, i shouldn't be in funk.

but,

i am.

oh well.

{it is what is is}

i probably need to end this post b/c the hubby re-organizing our bookshelf.

yep.

i need to go tell him what a 'great job' he is doing in the hopes that he will buy me the camera that i've been wanting ;)

have i mentioned that i want the canon rebel?

ha! ha!

i also need to get an attitude adjustment!!!

(i'll let you know how that goes}

Wishing & Dreaming

for the past several years one one of my new year's resolutions was to take more pictures.

for the most part i have followed through because i personally think i have two of the cutest boys on this planet. having said that, i think i need to tweak my new years resolution a bit.

why? well, because my current camera which is this...

panasonic dmc-lz3

basically, this camera is the PITS -- the pits i tell you!!!!

i have read everything i can about how to get a good picture out of this camera;

basically, it's kind of like trying to get blood from a turnip -- NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!

this is frustrating me to no end -- i want to capture my boys' expressions when they happen and all i get is a blurry picture or the camera doesn't capture the expression i am trying to get!! ugh!

i have been searching and asking around about different cameras to try to figure out exactly what i want.

and here it is....

nikon d60

isn't she a beauty?

i want her

i need her

but, i will have to keep wishing & dreaming!!!

what are your suggestions for cameras?