September to May

Last Day!

Ooo la la

Matthew is giving a clinic on how to treat a girl! It was Kennedy's helper day at school yesterday and she was celebrating her birthday because it is in the summer. (She brought Krispy Kremes for treats!) This is what Matthew left her in her cubby for her big day! We have one impressed little girl.

Memorial Weekend

We are already half way through the week, but I thought I'd tell you a little about Memorial weekend at our house (photos soon.) We had a relaxing weekend, slept in (I did anyway) watched lots of movies, Tim got some golfing in, went out to dinner at Johnny Carino's with friends, played outside, grilled at the park with the kids and more friends...overall it was fabulous!
Tomorrow is the last day of school for the kids, and Friday is my last day of working full-time! After that I will go to one day per week and I am so excited and looking forward to getting lots of stuff done in my free time.

Baseball

Arn't they tough?

Daily Basis

It's Done!

I finally finished and delivered the video; I can get my life back!
Here are some photos from a shoot I got to do last weekend. (BTW...these are the angels from Hawaii that I mentioned in my last post! Thanks again you guys.)

I've got some catching up to do

I haven't blogged all week....every free minute (I mean EVERY; just ask my family) and lots of middle of the night hours have been spent on my computer. When I was asked if I could put together a little graduation video for one of the boys' buddies on the Spuds hockey team I replied, "No problem!" Um......wrong. Big problem. Everything that could possibly go wrong with this video has, and it is still not burning correctly and the party is on Saturday. You could say I feel a little pressure. I do have a new 160GB hard drive and 2GB of new memory thanks to some angels from Hawaii! But so far, the problems just continue. The thoughts on my mind go something like this: @*^#*@#! Anyway, enough ranting. Here is a photo to tide you over until I can get back to my regular blogging schedule.

Coopy Crockett

Decisions Decisions

Photography, Daycare, or Both? What do you think? For those of you that know us, you know that our life has been full of uncertainties lately. Not good for me...the uber-planner. On my mind lately, among loads of other things, is whether or not I should take a risk, put myself out there and start a photography business. I have more and more people ask me to take photos of their kids, and I am passionate about it, but can I make a living doing it? I did end of the year photo shoots today with the kids...I love to be able to capture the different personalities of each child. Erin-stop reading; it's suppose to be a surprise.
Feedback is welcome....so are potential investors!
"There is no growth in the comfort zone, and no comfort in the growth zone."

Can't Wait

Here's something I'm looking forward to......the release of Ocean's 13 on 06.08.07

Par-Tay

Little Hugh

Here is Cooper last night having his bedtime snack.

Shoulda sent my vote

Twelve

To our beautiful smart and talented daughter...we love you!





Kate on Vimeo

Happy Birthday Boys

Here's a tribute to our boys as they celebrate their 8th birthday!





C&C turn 8 on Vimeo

Future Scoops Employee

Kennedy wanted to go shopping today because she had money burning a hole in her pink sequin purse. She bought herself this cute wooden banana split set and has been having the best time playing ice cream shop. Auntie Sheri...I think you may have to hire her in a few years!
Scoops opens for business next weekend! Don't know what Scoops is? Check out the link to the right!

Birthday Fun

Katelyn had her birthday party last night at the YMCA. The girls got together for some rock climbing, pizza and dance dance revolution. Hard to believe she is going to be 12 next week.

cool

Did you know that there is a website that will help you find a good fitting pair of jeans? At zafu.com you can answer a few questions about your body type and how you like jeans to fit and they will give you a list of jeans suited to your shape. That should save a lot of time in the dressing room trying on pair after pair of ill fitting denim! The top two on my list were Lucky Brand Classic Bootleg jean and "Honey" by Joe's Jeans. I think I might order them just to see if this website delivers what it claims to... I guess they've had almost a million women try on jeans from more than 90 brands. What I found funny was that my all-time favorite pair of jeans is Gap long and lean, and they were nowhere to be found on my personalized list. Hmmm.

Kennedy's Political Statement for the Day

Is it really too much to ask?
Peace.Love.FrenchFries

You're Wearing That?

If I had a book club like Oprah, I would recommend that all mothers and grown daughters read this book by Deborah Tannen. It explains so much about what makes the mother/daughter relationship so difficult and rewarding at the same time. The book asks the question, "Do we ever stop caring what our mothers think?" and suggests that even after our mothers are gone there will still be situations where we will find ourselves asking, "What would my mother think of this?"

"A daughter wants to feel that her mother is proud of her, thinks she's okay. So any evidence that her mother's approval is less than total can be hurtful, and hurt can swiftly convert to anger. But how could a mother think her daughter is perfect, doing everything right, every moment? All human beings could improve in some ways at some times, and people close to us are the most likely to see those ways. This means that the closer a mother is to her daughter, the more opportunities she sees for improvement--all the more because she wants to see things go well for her. But anything she says to help her daughter calls attention to perceived weaknesses, and that is the opposite of approval."

This book was so relevant for me right now as I can understand both points of view. As a daughter, I still seek my mother's approval while as a mother Katelyn and I are starting to clash on ideas about how she should act, dress and fix (or not fix) her hair etc. The author says that most daughters she interviewed for the book felt that the number one thing moms criticized them about was their hair! Why do we as mothers care so much about how our children(especially girls) look? She reasons that it is because one of the criteria by which we as mothers are judged is the appearance of our children-they represent us to the world. If they don't look "presentable", we are not doing our job as a mother. This was so funny to me because my kids have actually said to me..."Mom, we don't want to wear these clothes. We don't always have to look 'decent'."

Here is the catch 22 of a mother/daughter relationship:

The main complaint from daughters about their mothers: She is always criticizing me. The main complaint from mothers about their daughters: I can't open my mouth, she takes everything as criticism. THAT is why it's difficult!