To my mama

It's your birthday today, and I'm so glad you're my mama.

some thanks are in order. 

 

Thank you for reading to me from the womb.

Thank you for encouraging my "strong-willed"ness, but not my selfishness.

Thank you for loving God and your husband and your babies.
Thank you for being so beautiful, in lots of ways.

Thank you for marrying my daddy (with the tommy gun).

Thank you for making music and for making it a part of our lives.

Thank you for loving beautiful things and for teaching me that they're important.

Thank you for being at my plays and class parties and ballet recitals and parades and soccer games and girl scout meetings and pageants and concerts and letting (and sometimes making) me do all those things, but most of all, thank you for being on the edge of my bed when I crashed and cried and thought I couldn't do anything. You have always believed in me more than anyone has.  

And no one can soothe like you.

I'm sorry I'm not blonde (like you've always wanted me to be), but I know you love me anyway.

 

Thank you for being my

friend

confidant

cheerleader

role model

psychiatrist

life giver.

Thank you for being my mama.

Happy Birthday.

 

 

love, bosey

A belated tribute

No... not to the 75th annual Hunger Games.




But to the same kind of man who taught Katniss to be awesome so she could WIN the 75th annual Hunger Games;



that is, to my father.

A tribute to the man who taught me to read at stoplights.

Who threw me an unsurpassed 12th birthday party, wherein my house was transformed into Hogwarts (This is before  HP movie paraphernalia, people. We MADE chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott's EFBs and used chopsticks for wands).

A tribute to the most consistent mustache-wearer and 3x5 card carrier.

A tribute to always having "a back up" and wheezing like the penguin from Toy Story when being tickled.

A tribute to the smartest human being I've ever met.

To the most thoughtful, loving and generous human being I've ever met.

 To the man who has kept my skinny, cold-blooded lizard body warm and alive for over twenty years.

 And to the man who still tucks me in and sings cowboy songs  every time I'm home.And who probably always will.
 
I love you, Daddy.
"Now, what was your name?"

-Banana Lassie

The month of birthdays.

Today

I'm just thinking about how special this little boy is.

When I first met him as a teeny, flat-headed 2-month old fluffy blue bundle, I never realized he would become my brother, my dear friend, and one of the greatest joys of my life.

Happy 10 years, Ethan!

I love you, crazymonkeybuttonnose.

p.s. there are so many birthdays this month. I am excited about them. Except, I can also hear the death-toll of 22 growing ever-louder...

Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?

We all know I like to write about silly, beautiful little things that don't really matter that much, probably.

But here's something (or someone, rather) who matters a lot:

Beatrix Rose

who is now two days old

and the most beautiful thing.

   

not to mention

Daphne Marion

who is four and a half months 

 

and

Lily Belle 

who is almost three and so excited about her new baby sister.

 

 Am I a proud auntie?

Love, pink, and uh oh! She came early I need to get KNITTING,

Banana

It's a unicorn!

Ever since my sister found out we were prego (I like to add the "we" in there. I'm already very important in this baby's life) we've been discussing what kind of baby it will be.

You know, most people figure it will be either "a boy" or "a girl," but Jena and I explored other possibilities like.. "It's a lizard!" "It's a cupcake!" Eventually, we accepted the grown-ups' insistence that there are only two kinds of babies, and we settled on cowboys and unicorns.

Today she had her "kind of baby" appointment and found out  

it's a unicorn!!

My other beautiful little unicorn filly of a neice, Lily Belle, is so excited it's a girl. Here's what she had to say about it:

I'm such a happy auntie banana!
I love you, jenabunny and baby!

love, babies, and plentiful new knitting projects now that I know what color yarn to get,

Anna

p.s. sister also blogged about our lovely trip to Colorado here

My Faves in Fives

This is fun.
Especially in sacrament meeting.
Filled up pages.
try it.

Daddy 1. belly chuckle 2. blue eyes 3. blues ties 4. cowboy lullabies 5. 3 x 5 cards



Mom 1. hot chocolate 2. Narnia 3. Mumus 4. paper plates 5. dogs




Jenaloo 1. pink 2. summer 3. fresh new books 4. playgrounds 5. The Little Mermaid








Big Bryce 1.charades 2. grilled cheese sandwiches 3. hobo gloves 4.Hazel 5. She's the Man

I think this will be a series. I think this is fun.

♥ nina (I think)

A quote in my day planner inspired me

"Be faithful in small things
because it is in them
that your strength lies."
-Mother Teresa
...I am.

♥ Anna