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2008.07.12

busy day...

we had a busy day here...

after blogging this morning (it's like my morning coffee - haha), i jumped in the shower while tucker got his fix of mickey mouse.  then we colored and played trucks.  as i was making lunch, jenn called to go walking.  it would be tucker's naptime, but we went.  i can't turn down exercise!  :)  well, halfway through our walk, tucker was out.  we stopped by the softball games for a bit, then walked home.  tucker slept the whole way, and when i got back, i pushed the stroller right into our entryway and let him finish his nap in the stroller!  he needed his sleep today and i wasn't about to wake him up!

when he finally did wake up, we headed down to watch the softball games.  after their games, we headed down to the crossings with corey and jess for dinner.  yum.  we wanted to go out, but couldn't find a sitter.  i have to start getting a deeper sitter list.  any of you locals got any ideas?  :)

we got home and started a bonfire in the backyard to get rid of some wood we had laying around.  we played around outside until it got too cold and we headed in.  now, i'm uploading, downloading, deleting, editing...and soon will be sleeping! 

hope you like the new look...i was in the mood for something blue.

sunny and 63*.

oh saturday, i've waited all week for you!  :)

last night we just hung around the house.  we wanted to have a bonfire, but the thunderstorms prevented us from doing that.  oh well, maybe tonight.  my little sister, natalie, spent the night.  matt played trucks with the two of them while i edited pictures from the past month.  i was glad i got some of that done.

tucker was SUCH a ham last night.  he was almost over tired...i wish i would have caught him on tape.  he had natalie and me laughing so hard.  when we finally snuggled up in bed, tucker sang us 'twinkle, twinkle little star' and 'i love you' (the barney song, but we DO NOT watch barney...i just sing it to him).  he knew all the words...it was so cute to listen to him sing to us. 

there is a softball tourney in town today, but i have no idea if we'll get out to watch any of the games.  i do want to get outside and take some pictures for class today...i hope i get that done.  i guess i shouldn't get ahead of myself.  i need a shower still and my kid is running around in his pj's with his bucket hat on.

so do any of you have plans this weekend or do you get to relax like me?  :)

2008.07.10

the fourth.

i have to get this posted before the weekend!  is it me or are we all posting our recaps a little late?  i guess that's what summer does to ya. 

this year, we went out to my aunt and uncle's house for none other than what should be called 'the fourth of july extravaganza'.  they put on the sweetest party ever for our very large family.  there were bubble blowing contests, boot tosses, pick the number of skittles in the jar, races, target shooting...the whole nine yards.   i wish i would have taken more pictures, but well, i didn't.  here are a few.

my cousins lined up to race (the excitement is almost unbearable):

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oh wait, someone has held up the race - is that the flash?  oh, it's tucker.

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finally, they're off!

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next, it was time to toss the boots - there's my dad and uncles ready to go.

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it's a bird, it's a plane, nope, it's uncle mark's work boot!

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grandpa and tucker watched some of the target shooting.

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oh, and there were animals!  well, bunnies.  tucker got to kiss a tiny baby bunny (i loved my aunt's bunnies when i was little too).  bad picture, but whatever.

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then, it was time to light things up and smoke out the mosquitoes. 

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my firework pictures suck...so i wanted to share the last couple minutes our grand finale with you.  however, my video isn't uploading tonight so that's not happening.  oh well.  it was a great show, and it was even cooler sitting there enjoying it with my big ol' family. 

2008.07.09

tongue twister.

last week, my grandma and mom were teaching tucker quite the tongue twister (their version is a bit different from mother goose).  they captured this video and i had to share it.


can you say it?

peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
a peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked;
if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?

dang, that was hard to type.

he still asks for it.

i promise i have more exciting updates soon (weekend @ little girls point, the fourth, etc.) but first a little update on 'operation no binkie'.

it has been three weeks since we said goodbye to the binkie.  yet, tucker will still ask for it when he is tired (or cranky)!  the funny part about it is that he forgot it was 'broken', and he has resorted to our initial game of 'it flew to the moon'.  when he asks for it and i say, 'no tucker, it's gone', he replies with, 'it went to da moon' or 'its ina moon'. 

i'm just glad that wherever the hell it went, it is NEVER coming back. 

'operation no binkie' is a complete success in my book.

2008.07.07

and the winner is...

...maggie at and the duck said...

maggie is the winner of my pay it forward contest!  i'm so excited to get maggie's little prize together.  i emailed her asking her about her favorite things - she loves target, candy, and photography.  this prize is going to be fun to pick out (as those are some of my favorite things as well)!  :)

if you are sad that you didn't win this time, no worries, i won kelsey's contest at midwest mom, so it looks like i'll be paying it forward again here very soon!

i have so much to post about!  hopefully i can get back in the swing of things this week.  oh, and isn't the bachelorette finale on tonight?  you know where i'll be...in the lazy boy rooting for jason.

2008.07.04

independence day!

happy independence day!  whoohooo!

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hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday! 

2008.07.03

hodgepodge it is.

let's get right to it: mini header style. 

little girls point, michigan:  last weekend we went to 'the point' to camp with matt's family.  there was a crew of about 25 of us there.  matt's grandparents rented a lodge there and we had three days of good food, good times, and mosquitos.  i will post all about this later, but i promised myself i can't proof these pictures until i get all the rest of my proofing done.  so, stay tuned for more on this.  oh, and by going to 'the point', i knocked another thing off the list (number twenty-two)!  whoohoo!  i do hope we go back every year - it is beautiful there!

tucker:  he has been binkie free for over two weeks.  i think it is safe to say that relationship is over.  as tucker would say, 'oh yeah baaybee'.  sunday night he said his longest sentance yet (that had all the right words).  we were wrestling on the couch and i was above him when he looked up and said, 'mama, i see a boogie up in derr' (which btw - i didn't).  it just cracked me up!  he has been such a card lately.  every time we are outside, he picks me flowers - even if they are just dead dandilions.  he says they're 'beuuutiful' and i think so too.  god, i just love that kid.  however, i think that he's dealing with allergies.  how do you know if it is just a cold or allergies?  he's been sneezing quite a bit and his nose runs.  that's it.  allergies?  both matt and i are dealing with our allergies right now so i'm assuming he got lucky and has them too.

help a girl out:  my friend jenn is looking for fundraiser ideas.  go check out her post where she explains what she's up to and why she is trying to raise money. 

photography workshop:  i'm hoping i can get caught up on my assignments soon and share them with all of you!  i finally got my 'reflector' (aka a piece of white foam board) so we'll see how that works! 

dinner @ cove:  on tuesday night, tucker took his ladies (jenn, auntie tina and his mama) out to dinner @ cove.  it was delish.  i had the pasta lucca and tucker had chicken strips and fries.  after dinner we shared a hot fudge sundae.  mmmgood.

blog slacker:  i haven't been writing or commenting as much.  it's summer in minnesota.  'nuff said.

pay it forward:  i've been thinking about some pay it forward projects lately.  this contest could be the start of something really cool here on stickyfethers.  i'd love to pay it forward MORE!  be sure to enter my contest.  you could win something really cool like a giftcard to heaven target, or some fun summery gadgets and whooha's, or a five pound bag of gummy worms...you just never know what i might come up with. 

fourth of july weekend:  this weekend we have a couple family get together's we will be attending.  it should be a blast.  friday i'm also doing a little maternity photo shoot with my cousin and his wife.  yey!  i hope everyone has a safe and spectacular weekend!

thoughts for thursday:  i'm going to keep things light today.  who wants to think when there is a long july weekend ahead of us?  so, i have just a few fun questions for you to answer.  one) what is your favorite summer treat?  mine is watermelon - it screams summer to me.  two)  do you wear sunscreen?  i do on my face, but that's it.  oh, and i guess it's on my hands from rubbing it all over my little dude.  three)  how many marshmallows do you put on your smore?  two for me...nice and golden brown.

post complete:  a little reading material for your long weekend.  have a great one!

2008.07.01

pay it forward: the contest.

swistle has organized a massive pay it forward group effort.  i decided to throw stickyfeathers in the hat to have a contest because i know how much all you readers love contests (and winning).  there are a few rules.  they are as follows:

  1. the contest will end on friday, july 4.  any comment posted on or before that date is eligible for the most spectacular prize ever (in my opinion).  i'm not telling what my super duper awesome prize is though.  that's a secret to be revealed after the contest is over. 
  2. the winner will be chosen by the random number generator.  the winner will then have to hold his or her own 'pay it forward' contest on their blog.  typically their contest would start with a picture of the coolest prize ever that i sent them and they would repeat the same thing i've done here.  i think you all get the picture.  it's all about paying it forward people...paying it forward.
  3. if you don't have a blog to hold your own contest, get one!  haha!  no, um, you can still enter and then you can pay it forward and i can report to the rest of blogland how you did so.  fair enough.
  4. the last important rule is in your comment for MY contest, i want you to tell me who your favorite superhero is.  why?  because i said so.  have fun and get commenting!

oh, and if you want to see the list of all the rest of the participants, go check them out here.

2008.06.27

wwdd?

what would deanna do?

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who the hell cares!  she's certifiable!  who would give up this dish? 

oh, and if graham bunn happens to read this:  come on over, my husband won't mind at all if we shoot a few games of hoops together.  only if i'm shirts and you're skins though.  :) 

my eyeballs just melted out of my head from staring at this picture.  damn.