Picture Princess

Dear Shabby Apple,

This is princess Kate and I'm four. And I have four reason why I should be the picture princess.
1. I am a perfectly posh little lady. 2. I like to use words like bounjour and use my pinkie to sip my water. (I learned that from a girl named Fancy Nancy.) 3. I love wearing a skirt every day..(it drives my mom nuts) 4.Oh and my mother LOVES the shabby apple little girls line.
(Ok that might slightly be the real reason why my mommy is making me cheese it up, but I do love the gal and know nothing would be please her more to see me prance in Shabby Apple dresses.)

*I think this is the dress for me. Its so fancy. (Little girls and girls dresses from Shabby Apple)

Oh and ya might wanna check out my baby sister..she's kinda cute too...












I am Brooke. I am 2 and I am quite the princess too. And I only need to 2 reasons why I should be the picture princess. 1. I'm pretty darn cute..need I say more and 2. Everyone around my house already treats me like like I'm a princess. example. If I scream or kick my legs and throw myself on the ground.... magically I am granted my wish. (occasionally this plan backfires but most often or not it works like a charm). So see I am already princess trained.

I think that I would look pretty darn cute in this one (little girls and girls dresses from Shabby Apple.)






Thanks again for taking a peek at me and my sis.

Love kate and brooke.

baby

I did a baby shower for my friend. something about first baby showers I get so excited. We had a lovely brunch.

I did little favors and put candy and the recipes from the brunch inside them. I got the label and box idea from the oh happy day blog. she has the best ideas...


p.s thanks mom-I stole all your pretty dishes..don't worry they will be safe and sound back in your cupboard.

mt. hood

Ezra and I got one last ski in last weekend. We went to mt. hood. Someday I am going to beat ezra down the mountain, but until then he has to put up with my stellar boarding skills. But just for the record I did go down the half pipe..not once but twice..ok maybe I was slightly forced but I did to it. toot toot for hayley.


Here ezra is taking a picture of me on top of mt. hood. An hour before this picture it was perfectly clear but a storm came in..hence me squinting my eyes like a eighty year old woman.
But it was great fun!

cousin trouble!

Naughty naughty!!...kate and meg wanted to take a bath. sure. then about 1 hr later I heard meg and kate giggling and kate said"I think we made a big mistake"..hmm better go take a look... yep left them alone too long..sometimes I get in a zone..but ya know that they say.....outta sight outta mind!

I told them that this was not funny and that I am only taking this picture for documentation purposes. but really I could not get that mad because who doesn't love bubbles...

p.s ok siblings..who remembers mom's jet pad bubble machine..(I know you were fan shawn) now that was better than any jet tub! remember sneaking that in the bathtub and getting bubbles up to the celling.

PUBLIC PLACES

Raise your hand if you hate going into stores with your 2 year old.

ok keep them up if that store happens to be chuck full of goodies and dollar bins at the ankle bitter's level and is named Michael's.

I HATE THIS STORE!!! I keep telling myself that when my kids are in school I am going to save so much money. I had to buy one thing. ( well I grabbed two things.) One thing was like a 1.80, and the other was 4.00. I came out of that store spending 13.00. What the heck. Brooke found some pez candy, Swedish fish, and bubbles. oh and opened them too. Kate found some other dollar craft junk that she just had to have. And of course I was like sure if it shuts ya up. I know stores like Micheal's targets mom's like me who are just too tired and lazy to discipline their children in public.

hopefully someday my kids will learn the meaning of NO.

my girls

THe girls got lucky today...mommy bought them a toy. brooke loves to play in the sink and fill up cups so I just had to get this. I think it will be great in summer and they can play with this outside. now lets just hope daddy thinks this is a great idea too.....

Is this just a delightful picture or what.

BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!

ok so I don't think I can even come closing to topping my sister's post....hmm tricia you must really want some brownie points from mom! but everything she wrote was the absolute truth.

So mother happy birthday!

Fun and intresting facts about my mom:
She was called beanie in High School..Her name is Berniel Schulthies Hartley
She is a fraternal twin. Her twin is Brent Schuthies.
She really does not have one enemy..ok maybe the state patrol..but they even start to like her
because she helps them meet their quotas for the month.
She loves pretty little bottles and jars..she even admitted to me once that she sometimes buys nail polish or a candle just because of the jar it is in. I think I slightly might have that problem.
She has never got stuck in a fashion era...she has always been at the top of her game. Only once or twice me or jenni had to intervene...ha ha.
She loves ann murry. her favorite song is "Can I Have this dance"
She likes to eat soggy cereal..mom I am starting to understand how that happen....many times by the time I get to my cereal it is sogged up..and I think oh my gosh I can't believe I am eating this..but ya it has started to grow on me..
She hates dirty dishes and dirty laundry..beware if you spend the night at Bernile's house..your underwear may be missing when you wake up..
My mom let her children or should I say the tail-enders eat ice-cream before dinner. Mom I know you don't remember that but I have witnesses.
My mom never yelled at my dad for trooping his dirty shoes all over her clean floor..but I did!!
My mom talks to my dad while he went to the bathroom..is that too personal? but really is that LOVE or what!
My mom never talks about her weight..or obsessed about her looks..heck she was too busy taking care of everyone else!
My mom is a fixer. She taught me how to unclog and toilet, sink and disposal.
My mom likes to cook meat till it is dead. I too have a hate for blood. Ezra has had to get used to this.
My mom has an amazing memory for telephone numbers..she practically has the whole ward memorized.
My mom always has chocolate in the house somewhere. esp. m&m's.
My mom would always tell me I was her best friend. OK along with the rest of you she told that to...
When I had a bad day in college and I would call and cry to her, you could bet in couple days I would have a package on my doorstep..she still does that now.


Well I hope you got to know my mom a little bit better. Isn't she amazing..Ok I can this because its her birthday to today and she really is.

Mom HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Ready tricia's post almost made me cry because I remember all those good ol' days driving with you to town and you telling me stories about my grandpas and grandmas. Little did I know how precious those car rides were. and to think how I hated to go to town! I would love now to ride in the car with you and just talk....someday we will have those days again.. I love you!

(Poppy Talk handmade artist)

Is this one better Pam?

My mom told me that she was really sick of looking at my salad. So here is somthing a little more refreshing.....