Worst Day of Her Life

Payton recently told me she had the worst day of her life (this is the day before she told me I am the worst mom ever). She is starting to learn to express herself with different emotional words. I am now "the best mom ever" when I give her what she wants and "the worst mom ever" when she doesn't get what she wants or she suffers consequences for her choices. Thankfully I am confident in my mothering abilities and realize there will be many more times I chose something unpopular with my daughter and she won't like it, that is fine with me. I tell her I love her even when she thinks I am the worst mother (don't worry that I have wanted to say, "oh I will show you the worst mother ever!" Then I remember she is 4 and might not need that lesson for 10 more years).

I digress.....my poor 4-year-olds worst day ever

Sure enough, I made my children have a shaving cream fight.

As we cleaned off and came inside she was ticked off that she had to get wet in the hose and told me it was her worst day ever. 

Poor sheltered child, you have been too long in Johnson County if this is your worst day ever.

Lake trip with friends

We finished up our lake trips for the summer with a few of our friends. We had a great time with the Branton's and Zimmers. We went the weekend after Labor Day which seems to have great weather and the lake is quiet. We are taking advantage of flexibility in schedules before kids go start school.

3 month update

Yes 3 months is how long it has been since I blogged last, really no good excuse, just laziness. So here are some pics of the last 3 months (thanks to instagram - might be overload).

We have had all sorts of family in town and spent some wonderful time with friends and our little family of 5.

No we didn't skip ahead to Halloween, we just practiced in August

July 4th @ The Lake

Realized that I never posted our 4th of July weekend. We had our good friends (and next door neighbors) the McNeils down to the lake with us. It was exactly 3 years earlier that Zack and Hil had been to the lake, just weeks before they got pregnant with the girls. 3 years and 4 more kids later (between the families) we had a great time together at the lake.

I thought we had a family picture but I can't find it :(

Personalized Jewelry

 What you may ask is that adorable necklace I am wearing? 

Ok you didn't ask, but I wanted to mention a new jewelry line I recently found and love.

Origami Owl, it is a unique jewelry line that allows you to create and customize your own lockets and necklaces.  There are a ton of varieties of lockets, chains, charms and dangles to choose from.  Not one creation is alike because it is YOUR design and completely personalized!  It's all about what you like. One more thing I like is the lockets are magnetic and you can switch out charms as you please.

I decided to throw my own party to get the word out about the jewelry and if you are local, you are invited!

Wednesday July 17th @ 7pm @ my house (email for address and directions)

If you haven't seen Origami Owl before I urge you to take a look at our designer Kerry's website at  http://ksvendsen.origamiowl.com/

For those of you that cannot make it or are not the party type, but would like to place an order, feel free to email Kerry with any questions or place an order on Kerry's website, and shop from my party.  All you do is choose my name upon checkout. 

Feel free to forward this invitation to your friends, family, neighbors and/or bring anyone with you that might be interested in having some fun too.  The more the merrier!