the one with the uneventful valentines

valentines was uneventful at my house.  honestly, i didn't even have ideas of great dinners and decorations.  i have been so ridiculously tired lately, and can't seem to kick this headache i've been having.  i feel like alicia, or something.  (shout out ...HOLLA). karen picked up easton and graycie from school, while me, steve, and the little boys went to the dodge dealership to look for floor mats for the van.  did i mention we got a new van???  (we'll talk about that later when i have taken some decent pictures...until then).  then we went to the gym and got our workout on.  this is the most consistently i have ever gone to the gym.  (besides sports).  after that we went to don and karens to get the kids and gave them each a new webkinz for valentines.  graycie told me i was the best mom EVER.  i guess that counts as a success, considering it was just this morning that she told me, "i love you almost every day." 

here are the valentines the kids passed out this year.  thank you to amy and rachael for their amazing blog stalking skills, without which, this would have never happened.  i LOVED them.  and so did everyone else.  even easton was stoked because everyone kept asking him, "how'd you do that???"  awesome.  

p.s.  i had a hard time keeping it together when graycie came up to me the other day to tattle, "mom, easton called me a jumbo sized woman."  k, sweetie...i'll deal with it. "easton, your sister is not a jumbo sized woman, and in fact a girl of perfect proportions." 

the one with the towel

this past weekend we (steve, easton, tyson, and i) went to puyallup for a krush hitting camp.  i'd like to give a shout out to each member of steve's family who each had a landoni representative at their house.  don and karen had trenton, amy had graycie, and rachael had jett and bella.  thank you guys!!! the camp was held at the northwest diamond sports which was pretty freakin rad.  we stayed in a tiny little hotel room, which was not rad, not rad at all. it was the only room they had left so that's where we stayed.  easton and tyson slept on the floor, though i don't think it would have made much difference where we slept...the bed was just as hard (that's what she said).  since the room was only equipped for two people there were only two towels.  it was a pretty easy fix though, we just skipped on hygiene that weekend for the boys and then steve and i had one towel each.  

day two, my towel was hanging nicely on a rack, and steve's was wadded in a corner (big surprise there.) so that night i kindly asked him, since he would be showering before me, to please not use my towel.  he tried to tell me that his was the one hanging up.  bwahahahahha*snort*hahahahahahaha*sigh*...i never laughed so hard.  so i repeated "do NOT use my towel."  judging by the smirk on his face, i knew he had every intention of using my towel, leaving me with the nasty wet one in the corner.  i could not allow such an event to take place. so i waited 'til he fell asleep, took my towel, and stuffed it in the pillowcase that i was sleeping on.  no way would he be the one with the fresh towel in the morning.  that's what you get for NEVER hanging up your towels....i knew this day would come...i just knew it.
 
 
i love when tyson says a prayer and is constantly LOOKING for things to pray about.  he said the dinner prayer tonight and it went a little something like this, "...and please bless that twenton will not eat his food while we saying the pear...and please bless that gaycie will not laugh while we sayin the pear...and please bless that mom will close her eyes while we sayin the pear..."


i did a cartwheel in my front room on tuesday.  the kids were all at school, and i got to wondering, "hmmm, i wonder if i can still do a cartwheel???"  and the answer is yes, yes i can.  

i've always know that i would not be a person that could ever diet, or cut back on what i eat...it's just too hard.  i recently proved this point to myself when my mom took me to bob's burgers (which is fantastic) and i asked her "what's healthier, french fries or onion rings???" she just laughed at me.  


my grandma springman turned 91 on monday.  i can not even describe how much i love this woman.  my favorite thing to do with her is play cards.  her famous line, "she always has aces."  said in her most adorable voice.  i love her hands.  they tell a story.  so whenever we play cards, i am fascinated to watch her little hands.  they are tiny, but you can see that they are full of hard work and love.  i just think she's the cutest thing ever.