If I had unlimited resources I would take trips like this to Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge in Sweden. Life could be all about making totally unique memories. Think of the things your kids would remember and learn from adventures all over the world. Totally cool and obscure places and experiences!
This would be my name.
We had a big story this morning in Houston. A narcotics officer for HPD was shot while serving a warrant. Of course it turned into a huge story. They broke into shows to keep giving us 'breaking news'. We had to watch the ambulance's journey to the hospital OJ style. It was a bit ridiculous. Not that I don't have compassion. Of course I do. But do they really have to interrupt my morning guilty pleasure of watching The Today Show and catching up on news from Libya before Carson starts flipping out for cartoons. And the officer is totally fine.
Houston went a little crazy over the last few days gearing up for dangerous and frigid weather. You would think it was the end of the world. All schools were closed. Businesses where closed. Highways around the city where closed down for a couple of days. Sanding and de-icing galore was unfolding. The forecasts where expecting up to 2" of snow accumulation.
Kansans City, Missouri
Webster Groves, Missouri
Here is another fun site I just came across. A great blog called Just Something I Made. She is also a paid blogger for SC Johnson, so she links to alot of her articles on that site. 
My little Carson with his bottle. It's hard to believe that he is already 5 years old.
Here he is totally absorbed in watching cartoons...
I thought the newness of having a dog would wear off, but that is totally not the case for Carson. Unfortunately for the puppy, Brinkley is his best friend. ;) Brinkley always has a look on his face that says, 'for the love of everything holy, help me' when Carson is around. 
It is freezing here again. It's so much fun! Anytime there is a chill in the air I immediately get the wood out and build a fire. And yesterday the temp dropped over 20 degrees in a matter of hours. It is 33 degrees here right now. I hope it lasts!
If we ever clean up Brinkley's toy basket he gets so mad and will sit next to you and yell at you until you tip it over so he can get them all out again. And his favorite toys are squeaky toys. He will only pick it up on the squeaker part and then run around the house squeaking it rapidly by clenching his teeth. He is so funny. And smart! If you give him a new toy he will systematically bite every square inch of it until he finds a squeaker. And if you know what is good for you - there better be a squeaker in it or you have wasted some money. :)
One of my favorite pics of Demi of all time. Rockin' out on her guitar. Of course now she is 'so over' Hannah Montana that she wouldn't be caught dead holding that thing. :) That reminds me - I need to sell that bad boy on eBay or something!
Wait! There are these 3 too. Def some of my other favorite Demi pics. :)
Parker's first day of preschool at Kids Village in Utah. He was so darling. He was so nervous. It lasted about 2 days before he cried all day because he missed me and I had to pull him out. He is still my little sensitive guy. Although now he carries a football around, plays Madden 11 on his PSP and acts like a teenager.
I take way too many pictures of Brinkley. I freely admit it. I can't help it though. He is my buddy and always next to me. And just like one of my kids - he does funny stuff all day long. I'm smitten. Who would have thought it?
Robert and I at a Lyle Lovett concert in Park City, Utah several years ago.
Little Scarlett-Loo-Hoo (Megan's youngest) turned two this week. :) Isn't she darling?
We had to make a late night run to Petco because Brinkley was out of food ...and he might just have possibly needed a new Valentine toy. :) He LOVES riding in the car! When he was little he used to crawl up and sit near my shoulder and look out the window. He still thinks he is 2 pounds and can do that sort of thing. Lol.
And just for fun -- one of the best movies of all time...
Fantastic Mr. Fox. If you haven't seen it - you really MUST.
This picture totally reminds me of the cruise we went on when Parker was a toddler. They had a 'kids club' babysitting area and I knew I would never use it. It was my first child and he was sensitive to boot so I hated to leave him - aside from him being only 2. And it was on a cruise ship for crying-out-loud! Well -- my insecurities where confirmed when I went for fun to check out the 'facilities'. I remember walking out to the play area and I about died. It was literally hanging off the back of the ship with nothing but that heavy rope netting from floor to ceiling separating the kids from a cliff dive off the back of the ship into churning water. Are you kidding me? Oh hell no. I wouldn't care if Parker was totally independent and dying to get down to play. I would have nightmares forever!
Click HERE to read this fascinating article on this photo! It's a short little article so you have to read the whole thing. It's so cool! They think that the tiny person in the picture could be the first human ever photographed. Interesting.
I recently read an article about the filming of Water for Elephants and they asked Robert Pattinson a question about his perfect day. I loved his answer. "Recently I stood in the desert far outside of L. A. and watched the sun set on a circus tent from 1930. Everywhere stood animals. Elephants and tigers that should be loaded into a steam train. 300 extras in costumes raced around. The modern world had disappeared totally. Although that was totally fake, it still happened directly before my eyes! That was my perfect day. I would gladly experience that every day. It happens continually to me. It calls itself work. That is wonderful and more than enough."Wouldn't it be the most amazing thing in the world to be an actor? I can't imagine being able to live in an alternate reality part of the day. That is not to say that actor's don't work incredibly hard. But I just can't imagine how interesting it would be.
It is all coming out today! Let the burning of the Pumpkin Spice candles begin!
I just stumbled upon a fun new blog. Click HERE to visit The Nerd's Wife. There are such talented people out there!
