who was sacagawea?

selah did a book report/oral presentation on a native american female patriot at school recently.

she picked sacagawea.

who???(i had no idea!)

well, after reading her book with her (twice) i now know exactly who she was. (more than just the cute indian girl in "night at the museum"!!)

she had to dress like her patriot...(that is a baby on her back)

lucky for us she looked just like her!

perhaps when elia is in school, she can pick barbie!!

she was an american patriot, right?

not quite

we were dressed...
(we heard it was cold there!)


we had faces painted...


we had wings, and BBQ and even chocolate cake...


we were ready...

but apparently it takes more than awesome fans to win a super bowl!

dang it!

maybe next year!

to our trusty Steelers fans...we love you!!

here we go....

our formative years...



from LA to Baltimore...

kids walking through the house humming "here we go...Pittsburg's going to the super bowl!"


we are getting ready!

saturday samuel

...turned seven!
his breakfast choice...

sticky monkey bread and sausage




then he went to the santa monica pier with his daddy and his buddy jude! (sorry no pics...i wasn't invited!)


his dinner/dessert choices...the yummiest ribs, tri tip and chocolate raspberry cream cheese brownies ever!


(he requested that we sing "happy birthday", but the "you look like a monkey and you smell like one too" version!)


his favorite presents...

a new bike and some cool "bey blades" (aks dan, he bought some for himself too!)
happy number seven buddy!
we love you!

sunday funny sunday

holding still

in an effort to live intentionally and keep some of my a fore mentioned resolutions...
i recently put aside doing and tried some enjoying...
i relaxed on my bed and read a book (for a few minutes!!) while a big pile of laundry quietly waited to be folded!

i even managed to capture the moment on film!

(elia took the pics!)

pay it forward

(my sweet neighbor down the street came up with this idea, and i couldn't pass up the chance at something homemade from her! so...anyone want to get something from me homemade??? read what she wrote below and join in the fun!)

melissa wrote: I promise to send something handmade to the first 5 people who leave a comment. They must in turn post this (either on facebook or their blog) and send something they made to the first 5 people who comment on theirs. The rules are...it must be handmade by you...and it must be sent to your 5 people sometime in 2011!

have fun!!!