Saturday, June 16, 2007

{Welcome} Home *Babe*!

Well, Mike got home this morning. :) We picked him up from the airport. So, now, all is well in the Benner household! Angelina was more than *thrilled* to see her daddy, and be able to actually hug his neck! For the majority of the day, she has reminded Mike that she has missed him, which is all too cute, in my opinion. This trip was way too long, but fortunately it went by ::fast:: and hopefully another 2 week trip is never in our near future... unless we are all going, of course!! :)
I seriously can not believe that Father's Day is tomorrow! Pretty
amazing how fast time goes!! This year is Mike's first Father's Day with 2 kids. :) What a great one it will be! My parents are coming over tomorrow afternoon to spend the day... which leaves me to comment... I still don't know what in the world to get my dad!!! I mean, what do you get someone who has just about *everything*? Any ideas?

Well, here are day TWENTY SIX pictures! Man, I can't believe it's already day 26! Incredible. Off to finish a scrapbook page while Mike and Angelina are playing, and then after she goes to bed, Mike and I are going to watch a movie and just chill out & we are going to enjoy time together, because it feels like FOREVER since I have seen him. LOL. :)



Night! ;)

Friday, June 15, 2007

Bad Weather *Sucks* When Your Husband Is *Supposed* To Come Home.

So, I get a phone call from my husband this afternoon, which was odd, since he was supposed to be on the plane coming home. Well. He says, "Looks like I won't be home until tomorrow morning." WHAT? I say in a shocked voice. So, Texas is having really bad weather right now... I guess. Which means that the plane can not land in severe weather, which means, yet another night to sleep alone. Ha ha. That is *if* I even go to bed. Hey, maybe keeping the theme for this week... which is... **I have SO much scrapbooking to do, so let's stay up as late as my eyes will let me** Hmmm. Last night... or should I say this morning. I didn't go to bed until 3:30 am. Zoe is teething something terrible, so she woke up at 4:45am crying (oh, and since I got into bed, let me add that for some reason I decided to watch a movie). So, poor Zoe is crying because her itty bitty gums are hurting. I immediately scour her room for the man made miracle I like to call *Oragel*. As soon as I find it, Angels sing from the Heavens. ;) I figure while she is up I might as well give her a bottle. So, I do this. She eats, she gets numbed again, and she goes to *la la land*. I on the other hand go back to bed, and proceed to stare at the ceiling for 30 minutes. Last time I looked at the clock it said 6:00am! Whoa, I say to myself! Go to sleep already, so I do. And what time do my kids and I wake up? NOON! Seriously! 12:00 pm. Lunch time. Wowza! :) Pretty spoiled that way, I guess. :)
So, like I said, maybe tonight I will just pull an all nighter, and party. Scrapbook style. ha ha! I have gotten 10 layouts done completely, and only 10 more to go.... I say only, but really I am totally freaking that I am not going to get it done before we leave for Arizona on TUESDAY, which means I would actually have to bring my entire scrapbook room with me in the gigantic suitcase my mom let us borrow, which then would leave me wondering... "Where do I put the kitchen sink?"
Oh, and since I am often forgetting things... I forgot to arrange my kids in the suitcase today, but there is always tomorrow!! So, here are these pictures of my kiddos instead. DAY 25!!



Have a great night! Don't stay up too late... ha! If you do, CALL ME! ;)

Thursday, June 14, 2007

::Day Number *Twenty Four* :: My Hair :: & Other Updates ::

First things first... I keep forgetting to show the end results of Angelina's now finished {except for artwork} bedroom... check out before and after pics below. ;)

:BEFORE:

:AFTER:

The below picture is just showing the colors up close. :)


So. Mike comes home tomorrow! Can you say *ECSTATIC*? Ecstatic doesn't even say the half of it, but that's OK. :) I, of course have been trying to stay as busy as possible, and, I have obviously succeeded, because these 12 days have flown by!! :) Which, makes me happy. I got my hair done today! Wanna see?

I *LOVE*LOVE*LOVE it!! My hairdresser seriously rocks! What a great job she did. :) I will take more pictures of myself tomorrow in the sun light. Usually, you'll get better pics of hair in natural light rather than using the flash.

In other news... Angelina got in to YEAR ROUND SCHOOL!!! Ummm, another exciting bit of news in the Benner household!! We are thrilled! :) So, school starts in July instead of late August. :) This should be great for her, considering that she was *really* upset that school was over in May. ha ha! She loves learning, so we think that year round school is the best thing for our daughter, whom loves to learn, and can't get enough of it! I love that she loves learning! I want to keep that love for school in her!

So, we are leaving for Arizona soon, and we are getting very excited!! I practically have to take everything except the kitchen sink with me, so my mom let me borrow their ginormous suitcase. I am not kidding... I could pack both my kids in their and they would be totally comfortable. ha ha! Not that I am doing that, nor am I implying that I ever would. ;) Just stating the fact that this suitcase is so big, I bet I could fit my suburban in it! I am not complaining, though, because this suitcase will hold all of my clothes, the girls' clothes, and I may even be able to squeeze in the kitchen sink too... if I so desire. ;) In fact, just to showcase how massive this suitcase is... I will pose my children with it tomorrow for their blog pictures. We'll make it fun!

Oh. Did I tell you that Mike comes home tomorrow?

Today I had to go to court! Why? Because here in North Carolina, if you get a speeding ticket, which I did, then you have to go to Downtown Raleigh and visit the judge! Ummm. How weird it felt when I said the word *guilty* to the judge. Like I was a real bad criminal. I mean, I really only hear *i'm guilty* on CSI or Judge Judy. To actually say it. Well, that's just plain weird, and I did not like saying it... I mean, yes, I do say it at home. Like... who didn't fold the laundry, or who ate the last skinny cow... oh. Uh, that was me, *I'm guilty*. But, let me add that saying it like that is so much less criminal like than it was today saying it to the judge. "Yes, Judge, I am guilty of driving way to fast, and not paying attention to how fast my old beastly car was going." (ya, putting the blame on my car instead of myself would go over well, right?) Maybe it would have been less criminal like if I had added, "oh, and I am also guilty of eating the last of the sherbet ice cream in the freezer."

OK. Enough with the sarcasm. Much more scrapbookin' to do, so I am outta here! Check out the day 24 pics! Oh! Like one of my favorite shows!! 24. ha ha! Bye already, right?


Yes, Zoe is sitting all by herself in this picture!! She is beginning to sit alone for a few minutes at a time! It is *very* exciting! She is also pushing up like she wants to crawl, which is way cool, since that is a *very* advanced movement for her age {since she is developmentally delayed due to her prematurity}. Pretty great, though! The next few weeks should be exciting!

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Scrapbooking {Can} Make Me *Silly*...

Taking a break from scrapbooking to post some silly *self-portraits*. I was brainstorming the other night, and decided that goofing around would help my brain think... low and behold... it did! :) So, here are some silly pics of ::me::!



I took this picture the other day while driving around... I love how it looks!

:) Back to scrapbookin'!

.Twenty. 3


Yes, she is a {Ham} ;)
Zoe lounging in the tub. :)

Angelina after her recital performance.
Zoe loves to *lick* the water when it comes close to her chin. It is VERY cute!
Had to capture it, and share with everyone. :)

Here are the girlies!! :) The weather here in NC has been fabulous!!! 70's in June? Ha! But, I am soaking it up while it last, because come Sunday... it supposed to be back in the 90's and {very} humid! Ick! But, we leave next Tuesday for Arizona. So, I won't have the humidity, I will only have the *crazy* heat! :) Looking forward to going! It will be nice to have a few weeks away...

Mike gets home on Friday night!! WOO HOOOOOO! So far, I have made it these past couple of weeks without Mike here, but it's been pretty hard! I miss him terribly, and Friday ::can't:: come soon enough! I think these 2 weeks have been easier and gone by really quick due to my parents! I stayed with my mom for a few days while my dad was out of town, so it was *all* the girls at her house for a few days. Then I went home for a couple days, and back to my parent's house we went for the weekend. And, this week I have been trying to get as much scrapbooking done as I can! So, I guess you can say that keeping busy is the *key* to make the time melt away. :)

Well, off I go to scrapbook! More later!

Angelina and her friend Hayden after their performance.

She loves playing with the sprayer! :)

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

{Twenty Two}


Lots of scrapbooking to do, and I am slacking, so off I go! .love, shealynn.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Needing to *scrapbook*, so...

Here is day 21 pictures!

Me and my *Girls* Here's to a busy night for me, and it's already late! Had a day full of house cleaning, and now a late night full of scrapbookin'! :) Need to do 12 more layouts to enter in the *Scrapbooker of the Year* contest! Lots to do, and off I go to do it!! Wish me luck! :)

Night!

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Shealynn Got Some *New* Shoes!!

I got these new shoes last night!! I love them. Took 'em outside today ;) ha ha! Just a random thing I wanted to share, because these shoes are *totally* blog worthy!


{Morning} at the *Parent's House*. & Day 20

Posting early today! :) Wasn't as hot today as it was yesterday in Friday, which is a nice relief! :) Friday it was 96 degrees and about 80-90% humidity. Felt miserable outside!! So, today was good. I will be going home tomorrow and staying there the remainder of the week. Then we leave next week for Arizona, and we are all excited about it! It will be very NICE! :)

Love this picture of Angelina below! I was laying on the ground the other day when I took this of her. She wanted to model for me. ha ha!

All the below pictures are from this morning. *fun* :)



Crazy mom! Ha ha!

Apparently, my kids like to pose with their mouths open! ;)


My parents' other dog, *Ginger*.




Saturday, June 9, 2007

#.19. & *Blue* Crabs!

My grandparents are in town, so my parents went to the fish market and got some Maryland Blue Crab. YUM YUM! They were *live*. So, my dad steamed them, and we ate them. Although it was a TON of work to eat them, it brought back so many fond memories of my childhood. We use to go to Maryland to visit my grandparents, and we would eat them just about every visit. Eating them always reminds me of those times. :) So, of course I *had* to take some pictures!! :)





And, here are the pictures of my girls. Day # 19. Wow. Going fast! OK. More later. :)