101 reasons i should be blogging

okay, i don't really have 101 things to blog about but it feels like i do. i'm sad that events have come and gone without being mentioned around here so i'm going to try for a quick re-cap of such events without providing too much detail (i know you're sad).

1. brooklyn graduated from pre-school for the first time (there will be a second time next year since she missed the cut off to go to kindergarten by 20 days). i gathered up the troops to watch her year end program. they sang songs. a lot of songs. we sat in really small chairs which is always fun. {{the teachers conduct parent meetings in these chairs which always makes me laugh inside. i can't for one second take them serious when they're talking to me with their knees at their neck}}.

{miss heidi}

2. the kids have begun swim lessons. three times a week for six weeks. they're excited and i'm proud to see how well they're doing this year. i'm happy that we made the decision to start them so young. this is their third year and you can tell they're more confident in the water. gavin will start next year but he still gets a little dip in the pool every now and then. he loves the water!








3. i felt sadness watching jon and kate announce they were getting a divorce. i would like to give her a hug {really} because she's been beaten up so badly by the media for being such a bitch. like she deserves to have her husband cheat and then leave. the fact is {in my humble opinion and without really knowing anything about them}, raising kids is hard. its harder than i could have ever imagined and i only have three. and they're all different ages. and i don't have camera's in my face all day long. i cannot even begin to wonder what her life is like. i could go on and on about this topic but i won't bore you. i just feel bad for her and want to slap him in the face {punch rather cause' that's more my style} for being so enthusiastic about his future. asshole.

4. i felt sadness hearing m.j. died today. even more so when gavin's little boom box that josh gave him for his bday started playing "ABC" by the jackson 5.

5. i'm super excited for the new season of so you think you can dance? .. aren't you?

6. father's day came and went without mention of it here. we spent the weekend away so that is really my excuse for not sending a shout out to all the nifty "fathers" in my life. not that any of them read my blog anyway. our little holiday ended up being rained out. we spent most of it in my parents trailer eating way too much junk food and watching movies like big fish and he's just not that in to you. the weather has been so nice since we returned that i couldn't bare being cooped up inside for another minute to post for father's day. during our little weekend away we had a few moments of dry weather for a dip in the pool and chris, trish and i enjoyed a little canyon run on saturday morning. i nearly stepped on a dead bird and missed a deer hoof by an inch {yes, just the hoof} but other than that, it was a delightful start to a wet saturday. the kids played at the park and this is the only time we took the camera out. despite my silence on sunday, i would still like to wish my husband a happy father's day. he is so great, carrying a baby on his shoulders while a basketball is being bounced off his head. that's the kind of father he is. i love you husband!

{self portrait, who else is going to do it?}






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