I want to go back in the store

Well, just in case you don't believe me that I have strong-willed children and that one of them is now experience his terrible two's, here's a video. It's like the terrible two's with Rowan came in like a lamb and are going out like a lion!

This was the other day at Office Depot. By the register they had strategically placed die cast cars. Don't they always do that...if not toys, it's candy. In fact, candy is always the big perpetrator. We can have wonderful kids through the whole store and then you hit the check out and BAM! Candy warps their minds...they begin to act like a bunch of crack addicts looking for their next score, for the sweet release of sugar.

This day was a day much like any other day, except instead of candy, it was a random car in a stinking computer/office supply store. What the heck was a car doing in Office Depot? Christmas. That's what. Which of course, Rowan vividly remembers occuring just a few days previous. He begged, he pleaded. "But it's Christmas, I want it for Christmas!" "I want the yellow car, it's mine, it's for me, for Christmas."

This is what ensued upon arrival to the car and when he realized that we WERE leaving the store without the yellow car, it in fact wasn't his for Christmas. You are going to have to pause the music at the bottom. You won't want to miss a second of this.

Forgive me, father for I have sinned!

After growing up on movies like Loverboy and Can't Buy Me Love, one has to ask how Patrick Dempsey, a once nerdy looking kid turns into one of the hottest guys to hit the big screen (not to mention prime time), playing romantic roles so good that names like Brad Pitt and Matthew McConaughey seem to just melt away and become names of forgotten guys from high school.

In his first movies of years ago, Patrick was great, however, it was always the dork gets the girl plot and you were happy because justice was served and the underdog prevailed! Never once did you leave the theater or turn off the TV and think, "wow, I wish my boyfriend looked like that."

Now, you just know when one his movies start that he is getting the girl!

Maybe it's just poetic justice! Because Patrick Dempsey has become one of those guys. You know, one of those guys who can play any role, who can be rough and tumble, or smooth and sexy, and heck all around he's just sexy! He's one of those guys that after one of his movies, like Lucky 7, or even Enchanted, you can't help but dream about him! If you can even sleep at all!

Only my favorites

OK - so I've decided that from this point on, unless it is something really important, I am only going to share my favorite pictures from my trip to Europe on here. Today, I worked on Slovenia and more Scotland. Here are the pics I got done today from Slovenia.

It is so hard to pick my favorites. Every moment there was awesome and I loved cataloguing it all. It's just very time consuming. So maybe I'll save and share at other times too! Or maybe I'll throw this whole idea of only my favorites out and you'll just have to suffer through all the pictures! :)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Warmth in the Cold

Make a Smilebox postcard

One of the benefits of having veterans in the family is my children being members at the American Legion. Grandma McQueary (and Grandpa Jack) have always bought life membership for the grandkids to the Legion Auxillary. Jourdyn is gone with Katie today, so Nadine, Rob, Rowan and I headed over to the Post to help make blankets for homeless teens in Columbus. Some of our nieces were also there: Amy, Kelly and Chayce and Grandma and Aunt Sue too!

We made five No-Sew fleece blankets! The Legioneers will be taking them to Columbus for their big meeting and they will be given to a shelter there for teens. The kids had fun! I also love having them do things like this because they are learning at a young age how to give of themselves and serve others!