Category Archives: Photos
He can’t leave any meat on the bone!
The five of us (not six because Katie won’t eat it) side a pretty good job of almost finishing the entire cowboy ribeye… But Tom can’t let the bone go without a little cleaning. 😉
Dinner prep for six? Easy peasy.
A Cowboy Ribeye as big as your head vacuum sealed and seasoned with fresh rosemary, onion, and spices going into a 132° sous vide water bath for a few hours and then it will be quickly seared on a 600° grill. I am already drooling just thinking about the melt-in-your-mouth smoky meat that you can cut with a fork.🍴🤤 Do you sous vide? (If not, you totally should!)
I got a huge surprise today!
For the last 18 years we haven’t lived near family since we’re military—so when your mom calls you one morning and says they’ll be there for dinner…
WAIT, WHAT? 😳
This isn’t a 20-minute drive, y’all—my mom lives 400 miles away!
It’s doubly exciting because it’s Mother’s Day weekend and I haven’t seen her since December!
Fast forward to her arriving tonight…
Impossible tasks lie ahead
I’m really not sure how I’m going to get this kid out the door next year at 7. 😒 I may have to put her to bed at 6:30. 🤬
When you guilt your son into letting you keep the picture.
I wrote Owena note telling him how much I loved his movie snacks picture and asked if I could keep it…
🥰
So I put it in a special place:
When your kid draws some awesome pics but they’re for his art teacher.
When I finally sit down after being gone all day.
Thank you, Dr. Google
I can’t be an adult. I mean, shouldn’t a damn 45yo adult know WITHOUT GOOGLING if what she was feeling was allergies or a cold? 🤦🏻♀️ But Dr. Google says allergies. Phew…I guess.
It shouldn’t be this cold for baseball in May.
Looking very professional!
Owen on base is a dream to watch. He just snags the balls out of the air from every direction. Just look at these catches!
This one would have been awesome if the line judge hadn’t been in the way…
And look at this out!!
Another hit!
And another amazing out at 1st base!
Twist my arm.
When a friend stops by for one thing and ends up staying for a margarita and some training.
What is with cats laying on shoes?
I couldn’t let Cinco de Mayo pass without at least one margarita, right?
Technically speaking this is my third, if you count the “margarita-esque” punch I had with lunch and the margarita-flavored Jelly Bellys I taste-tested at the factory today on our date afternoon. 😂
Date afternoon in Kenosha
When the sun is shining so bright you can’t see if you got a good pic or not…and we lucked out with both. 🙂 I was trying to get the painted Kenosha sign in the background so blurred one and left one regular.
And, of course, a margarita—or close approximation since they offered me their house punch which they said was like a margarita.
We rarely buy sports pictures and this season was no different.
So I took a few this morning…but the light wasn’t great. Oh well. I’ll try more throughout the season.
It’s baseball season!!
After a few rained out games, today was the first game of the season! Owen is one of the better kids on the team (it’s about half and half of kids with experience and kids with none). Owen was tagged to be a pitcher and catcher—and of course he’s still awesome on first base! Check out these amazing catches during practice!
Tom loves being there to help coach every practice and every game!
Owen was the very first one up to bat! Talk about a nervous mama. 🙂 But I shouldn’t have worried—he got a base hit on the second pitch!
And then—SURPRISE!—he was pitching! He didn’t do too badly!
More first-base coaching from dad!
And then—SURPRISE!—he was a catcher! Again, didn’t do too badly! (My knees hurt just watching!)
I honestly don’t remember if we won or lost—there’s no scoreboard and they do know at the end of the game but I’m writing this two weeks later. I think they lost since the other team was quite good… But the kids all had a lot of fun!
I might have been unable to resist buying Katie these sunglasses.
But in my defense they were half off after Easter. 🙂
The Buddy Project
Works by young artists and even younger artists were on display during the Buddy Project portion of the Live Arts event held Friday at Warren Township High School’s Almond Campus. Woodland Elementary East had 72 students participate in the event where they drew somebody or something helping someone. Selected drawings were given to high school art students to recreate using drawing, painting, digital image or sculpture. Not only were the works side-by-side but the artists were able to meet one another for the first time and high school artists give their art work to their younger counterparts.
Katie’s superhero drawing was selected so we all went to see the display!
It’s almost time!
Owen and I went on a walk today since he had a half day. He talked to me the entire way about his video games!! 😉
And look what I saw…
Katie got a ROAR Kid Award!
ROAR stands for:
- Be Respectful
- Take Ownership
- Be Accepting
- Be Ready
Her roar:
She was going to get to walk in to the Friday assembly with all the ROAR winners…so we all went to see her! Tom surprised her as he had told her he couldn’t make it.
The picture in the front vestibule of the school:
This was the best pic I got as she walked in.
Pics with Wiley after!
Behind the scenes of selfies
Sometimes it’s just too bright to keep your eyes open for a selfie and you don’t know it until you come inside to look at them. 😂 I figured you’d all get a laugh out of this.
Tulsa, here I come!!
If you would have told me two years ago I’d be meeting the CEO of my company AT HER HOUSE I would have laughed my ass off at you. My how things change.
31 days of live videos!
So friends…tomorrow I will be attempting to GO LIVE for 30 DAYS talking about all sorts of BEAUTY-FUL THINGS.
My goal for these videos is:
- to be super short and sweet
- to keep my hot-mess-ness to a minimum 😂
- to bring some extra joy or laughter into your day!
Most of these will happen in my group, so if you’d like to join, now is the time!! You never know what will happen during my lives…and as a bonus there may even be some prizes at the end of the month!!
Surprise Google search result!
Ha. I googled H2OJ this morning looking for a cool picture/logo and look what came up. 😂 You really don’t expect to see yourself in a Google search result. (There are also more pictures of me down the page.)
Next up, drinks and Cards Against Humanity!
After dinner we went back to their house for some more fun…
Two personalized drinks from our lovely bartender.
One of my best wins of the night. 😂
Snow on April 27 is just stupid.
Here’s what I think about it (as we were leaving the restaurant after dinner with friends).
How long would you last?
So I finally just decided to get these photos up on the wall after two years. They were on the floor of our bedroom leaning against a wall for about a year…and then they got moved to the MBR closet…and then the hallway and then another hallway. 😂 I finally had enough…and I didn’t really plan or measure. 🤦🏻♀️ I’m not sure I’ll be able to stand it for the next two years…
These are on the menu for tomorrow night.
I finally found them! Adult ice pops! The only thing I don’t think I’ll like is that they’re “skinny” and those usually have a weird fake sugar chemical taste to them. But I’ll try them for science.
Illinois, I am DONE with you.
It was gorgeous today. But look at the forecast for tomorrow.
SERIOUSLY?!
A friend said she saw it as thought her app was wonky.
How could I NOT get this Easter basket?
I mean, with the post-Easter 70% discount it was $3.
The boy options weren’t nearly as cute but I got Owen a new one, too.