headlines

after reading sara's post about ads, i figured it was time for another headlines post. you know, real headlines, ads, etc.,* that are so crazy you wonder how they ever made it into print.

last week when my sister becky came for a visit she brought us all tacky gifts (here's her story on our tacky gifts). she brought me a something (i'm not really sure what it is, but it is definitely blog worthy. i'll be posting about it later sometime). she brought heather the sunglasses that ryan was wearing, and she brought my mom a lapel pin that says "mom."


so can you see why this made my headlines?

look in the top right corner...




...8+!


pah-lease people!! what EIGHT year old is a MOM?!?


so what crazy, weird, absurd headlines* have you seen lately?

*can be anything - from a newspaper headline to a misprinted cereal box to a commercial on tv!

meta micah-morphosis

when my sister becky and her kids came to my parent's house last week, my cutie nephew micah looked like this:

then when i got to her house yesterday, she informed me that i was going to cut micah's hair! so this morning we chopped off 2.5 inches of hair! and although the picture isn't the greatest, he is still super cute!

and while we're speaking of hair, ryan got a new 'do compliments of his auntie beppy!

tuesday tip

be careful what you post on your blog. because you never who will get their hands on it...

about a month and a half ago i wrote this gross post about samantha's earwax and how i practically went mining for it. and then the following day i posted a picture of me wearing the headlight that i used while toothpicking her ear.

then a couple weeks ago i received these in the mail:





yeah, my sister becky wanted to help me in my new business so she made 12 business cards for me.




so, anyone in need of some earwax removal? .....anyone? .....hello??? .....ANYONE??!?

hmm... that's what i thought.

thanks anyways beck! :-)

hear ye, hear ye

big announcement.... (no i'm not pregnant!)

....my sister becky started a blog!

so go check it out, leave her a comment, and add her to your blog list. bottom line, show her a little blog love!

http://www.theswansonsix.blogspot.com

three busy weeks.... part 2

the week after heather was here, the kids and i went back to minnesota with her and stayed at my parent's house for a week. we left tuesday morning, july 1st. it was a nice LONG trip, but thankfully we can drive it in a day. the day after we got there was COLD! i never know how to pack for MN in the summer because what is nice to them is now cold to me! but other than that the weather was beautiful while i was there.

yea.... almost to gramma's!

tired from a long trip

a day or two into our stay ryan got sick. i thought he might be teething, but i think it was just a cold because he hasn't gotten any new teeth lately. he wasn't feeling well, so we didn't go do a whole lot during the week besides shopping, of course.

ryan hanging out under the couch

the strawberries in my parents' garden were ripe so we got in on the action. samantha enjoyed picking them and then eating them! YUM! they were good!

picking the strawberries..... mmmmmmmmmm they were good!

two days later we got over twice this many -- strawberries galore!

on saturday morning becky and her family came. we had a tea party lunch for samantha's birthday, so the girl's got to eat inside with all of gramma's nice dishes, and the boys had to go outside on the porch with papa. then that night we had a pre family reunion at the dam, then came home and samantha & ryan opened birthday presents and we enjoyed cake and ice cream. one of the most fitting presents samantha got was a hat from auntie becky that said "little miss chatterbox" on it. if you know samantha, you know that it suits her well!

sunday we went to church, then came home to get ready for the family reunion. it was a little crazy because a lot of stuff was miscommunicated and not planned the greatest. but it was a gorgeous day and it was nice to see family, even some that i haven't seen in 20 years!

monday we went to see my friend's new baby, then it was a packing day! we all had to get everything ready for the trip back to kc and heather had to pack for her trip to alaska.

tuesday morning we left for minneapolis/st. paul. it was nice that we could take our time and didn't have to get up super early. we didn't have to drop heather off at the airport until evening, so when we got to the cities we stopped at subway for lunch, then went to the como zoo. it's a great little zoo. it's not too overwhelming to kids and you can see everything in a couple hours. it's cheap too....! :-) it was fun. samantha enjoyed seeing all the animals, especially the baby orangutan.

lilly pads at the como zoo. they were incredibly huge.

mama orangutan and baby

i love how the giraffe's are all lined up..... like the kids waiting to get measured at gramma's!

after the zoo we dropped heather off at the airport and continued south. we stopped just inside of iowa for dinner and gas. when we were about 10 miles from the exit dad said he didn't think we'd make it because the gas light had come on. i asked him if it had just come on and he said "no, it came on over 30 miles ago!!" i don't know why he hadn't stopped before, but at least we made it there! we got home to kansas city at 12:30am. the kids were so excited to see daddy, as was i. ryan didn't go back to sleep until 2 - 2:30. then we crashed!

back to normal

i have finally created a blog.... after many promptings from my friends and family, i've decided to give it a try! hopefully it will keep you updated on our life, especially samantha and ryan!

it has been a busy 3 1/2 weeks and things are now back to normal. my sister, heather, came for a vist on friday, june 20th. she was here for about a week and a half, then on july 1st the kids and i went back to minnesota with her. i stayed at my parents' house for a week. it was so nice to see family. i got to see my sister, becky, and her family, and my dad's side of the family had a big family reunion while i was there. then, on july 8th, we headed back home. heather, my mom & dad, and the kids and i drove to st. paul, MN. we went to the como zoo for a few hours, dropped heather off at the airport (she was flying to alaska), then continued on our journey to kansas city. we got home at about 12:30 am. it was a LONG day! my parent's stayed at our house for a week, and went home yesterday, july 15th. ben didn't have to work so it was nice to spend the day with him and the kids. so life is getting back to normal now. it's weird not having people around now, but it's nice to get back into a routine.

a lot has happened in the past few weeks; samantha turned 5 on july 27th, ryan had his first birthday yesterday, and we were busy with family. i'll write about all that individually and post pictures later. i didn't want to cram it all into one post! see you soon!