2 year olds say funny things.

olive has been talking a lot lately. she's stringing sentences together and she's quite the conversationalist.  lately she's been using the word maybe after a lot of her questions/statements.
go to the park mama? maybe?
have a cookie mama? maybe?


so, this afternoon we had her little pool set up in the backyard. 
while i was feeding harrison, she decided to take my shoe and use it as a cup to carry water from the pool to the flowers around the yard. as soon as i noticed, i asked her more than once to stop please, but being the sassy girl she is, and knowing i was feeding the baby, she just grinned and continued on looking right at me while she did it. AHH.
i got up (while nursing mind you, i'm tricky like that) and ran over to the pool to rescue my shoe. 


i had her sit beside me afterwards and talked to her about listening to me and being nice to other people's things. i think i said something like "it makes me sad when my shoe gets wet in the pool, etc..."
so she says to me:


"sorry mama, get new shoes at the store?"


"no, we need to take care of our things, and what if the store doesn't have them anymore" i said.

{thinking} "at target {pause} maybe?"


i couldn't help but laugh, and my discipline face went straight out the window. i guess we love us some target time just as much as the next style on a budget shopper.

i win!

it's been a battle of wills convincing olive to wear any kind of hair accessory. 
but yesterday we had a break through, she wore a headband the whole afternoon...while she dug in the dirt.


so help me, if i get one more "what's his name" comment.

he kind of reminds me of...

i get a lot of look alike comments on harrison. people will say. "he's so cute and good natured and that smile!
{PAUSE}
he kind of reminds me of..."

• charlie brown
• bartok the bat from anastasia
• yoda
• a cabbage patch kid.

i don't see it...you?

on another note. the kid loves to eat! he's got this whole solid foods thing in the bag.

holding out on me.

so i started this blog back in 2007 and apparently i've been using the old editor ever since.  i would notice that other blogs could post bigger pictures and add captions and seemed to have capabilities that mine didn't, but i never really took the time to look into it until, i set up a new blog for a church group and noticed the difference. 

are you kidding me? 
night and day.

so, for any of you out there that are still in the dark, i'm here to shed a little light.

STEP 1: go into your blog settings, scroll to the bottom and select the updated editor option.

DONE. 

you are welcome.

frederiksen family reunion

6 adults, 1 teenager, 6 grandkids (mia: 2 husbands and 1 newlywed couple.)
bass lake, california.
rozier family cabin.

thank you roziers! we maxed out the place with bodies in every bed and kids in every closet "clubhouse".

we saw yosemite national park (crossed off my  bucket list)
the giant sequoias in mariposa grove, we played by the lake, shopped a little, experienced a farmers market california style, and spent a whole week together.

it was wild and crazy and wonderful, and required all hands on deck for every outing.

it was so sweet to see all the grandkids play together. they rarely see each other but they immediately jumped into playing and laughing and loving each other. blood runs deep.

a day in yosemite national park, complete with bear sighting

BIG tree.

"ella shoes" unite

clara suzanne a.k.a. "olive, hold my hand"

little man liam

taking in the view

hike to yosemite falls, our best attempt at a marshall family photo

2011 pinochle tournament champions

heavenly milkshakes at forks in bass lake

the 2011 lineup

celebrating 7 years

spencer and i celebrated our 7 year anniversary with brandi carlile and ray lamontange at the idaho botanical gardens on the most perfect first day of summer. (can't you tell from the sky in those pictures!)
great music, beautiful venue, a blanket, spot of grass and a picnic dinner.

concerts are one of those "you had to be there" things. telling someone how amazing it was never does it justice, but i have to say, the highlight of the night for me was brandi, singing "hallelujah" and it ringing off the hills around us. at first i kind of rolled my eyes, everyone sings that song and everyone thinks their version is the best, but i'm telling you, this one is the best, i even suckered and bought the vinyl. 

now, there are songs and there are songs, this performance took my breath away.
if you haven't heard it it's worth a listen, preferably live.

she's headlining here on aug 3rd. COME. 

so close, but so far

spencer and i have been looking at houses lately.

yesterday i was online and i came across "the one." it was as near perfect as i thought it could get, outside, inside, yard, finishes, location, on and on.

we drove by last night, and i daydreamed about it all day today. i kept picturing our family there, playing in the yard, walking to the park, putting the kids to bed, so tonight our realtor took us to see it.

i was in love, it was everything i knew it would be.

I WAS READY TO SIGN PEOPLE.

...then it went pending, closing date of july 5, 2011.

what? WHAT!

i was more than a little disappointed

(i may have cried the whole way home).

so many downer thoughts in my head

"we'll never find anything as good, and in our price range and in that neighborhood, and, and, and." i was seriously sad.

sad.

until,

i walked in the door and saw harrison sitting there in his highchair with a big grin on his face.

i picked him up, hugged on him, and he laughed and smiled and talked and like magic,

literal magic,

i felt better.

she's a daddy's girl

through and through.

"oh the times they are a changin'"

looking back, may 2011 was a big month for us.

olive is now officially potty trained.

harrison tried solid foods for the first time, is rolling over, and had his 4 month photos taken.

i hit and surpassed my post pregnancy weight goal. yeah!

AND

spencer got a new job! he'll be working 40 hours in addition to the design work he's doing currently. we'll be busy, but it's a great opportunity and he's excited to join the corporate design world.

it's true what they say, nothing is as constant as change.