break out the kleenex, doodle this & fun times with friends

i HAVE to open with this photo, taken with the hipstamatic on my iphone while at shon's last week.

yes, i know - break out the kleenex, my two sweet kids

(this is not a posed photo, they did this all by themselves)

this is going to be one of those photo dump posts. lots of photos from lots of things. we have been social butterflies the past two months, usually february and march are bleh but it's been hopping. i won't put them all in this post so i have more, don't you worry your pretty little head(s). but FIRST i have have to share the coolest thing i have seen in a while. i SO WISH i would have know about this when i was in high school.

snakes on a plane

i know this girl talks so so so fast but it's worth watching a few times. she has several other videos that i will share with you but let's get this one down first. i will scan in my sketch page, some of them are funny - looks like lottie sue did them. anywho, i hope you like it as much as i do - i think it is awesome! i'm going to make some keeerazy doodles. just you watch. 

and now on to the photo dump.

here is lottie sue after bathtime, she loves these goggles (a gift from uncle johnny & aunt judy, birthday #3) and wears them in the bathtub quite often. i say, whatever floats your boat.

 

 crabby glasses

this is a photo of harlan and lottie when the apples were down in february

(sad, but this is the only photo i have - it gets
busy with four little kids in the house)

 lottie drive rowdy around the yard

oh, here's a segment. we are in a dinner club with some super cool friends. jo and blake hosted the kick-off dinner. they totally set the bar high. very high.

the pretty table

jo presenting the first course

sweet potato bruschetta dish - it was DELICIOUS

(jo, send me the recipe pretty please)

a ut bball game was on, you can tell from the body language we lost

i don't have any photos of the main course,
must have too busy scarfing it down

(but here is the souffle - yes, it was as good as it looks)

see? matt loved it

and you KNOW we brought over our little baby dragon. the langleys and hussars had not had the pleasure.

everyone got it (and even jo liked it)

then of course we have to dance. that is how we do. i think jo loves the game as much as i do, she's always game for it.

amy and i go tete e tete

 

 whee!

this right here is the best photo of the night. kate is whipping that hair! woo hoo!

whip it - whip it good

not to be outshown, rick pulls out a snazzy move

amy and jo have a go

matt and chris pull up the kris kross duet. it was awesome. they really sold it, they were breaking it down.

this is kris kross, i think i was in middle school when they hit it big. they were REALLY crazy and liked to wear their clothes on backwards. it's really funny and now that i think about it, i remember LOTS of guys doing this in the seventh grade. you know who you are...

yeah...

yeah...
(i guess i should have taken this photo from the back, eh?)

 

jo and blake make sweet sweet music together

jo and i take a break

then you can tell this photo is from later in the night. everyone was working up a sweat.

hair flying all over the place

and i leave you with my favorite photo of the night. i swear i did NOT photo doctor this.

some people just feel the music.

matt makes sweet sweet music by himself

(hahahahahahahaha - this photo makes me laugh long time)

alrighty, now i have another set of photos from wine night (at the cases). it was in honor of the rumpsa's, but a bad case of the icky ick kept them in michigan (but don't worry, we have rescheduled).

andywho, jo set up one of those wine tasting game thingies. i love stuff like that. everyone had to bring a wine and a cheese, then we voted.

yummy wine and cheese

the hussars came in with the most votes and won first prize. the blue ribbon went to them. congrats, guys!

disclaimer: amy does not drink wine directly from the bottle

(at least i don't think so), this was purely for giggles

then you KNOW we had to play just dance! this time, shon was there and got down with it.

break it DOWN

here i am giving shonnie bear kisses cause i love her so

break it, don't shake it, took your mama nine months to make it

and now i end the post with randoms. here is a texted photo of my two wonderful nephews. harlan and knox, kisses!

could they BE any cuter? no.

rowdy on the couch one saturday morning

my nutellamid

(jealous much?)

sand art by lottie sue

rowdy at a wendy's in winston-salem

(we went up there to invade the gilmores over spring break)

this is lottie sue's bestie, vincent - lottie spent
the afternoon at his house last week

(she never wants to leave, it takes me 20 minutes to get

her out of lisa's house and then she pouts for an hour)

another texted photo of little knox, check out the hair!

rowdy, lottie sue and myself went to visit granbunny yesterday (she recently had back surgery but is doing very very well). this is a photo of their barn. i used to spend many an hour playing in this barn. granray would come home from work and becce and i would get to go down and feed the horses with him. i loved it. i used to also go up in the top and climb over the bales of hay. good times.

 

they are horse people and live around lots of other horse people. as were leaving this fellow walked up to the car. lottie sue and rowdy were so excited. it was cute.

 mr. ed

OK, i hope you enjoyed this post. i leave you now with my world-famous items of interest:

• here is a cool blog to check out: celebrigum -  every afternoon this guy "stands by a second-floor window in the ed sullivan theater and takes mediocre photos of guests leaving the late show with david letterman".
• david lynch and duran duran? sign me UP.
• radiohead thank drew barrymore on the king of limbs' sleeve.
• i love frittatas! if you like eggs and are bored with sunny-side-up/scrambled and the like then check these frittata recipes from the times out. 
• looks like we may have to wait until the fall (not summer) to see the new season of mad men. poo.
• two teens, two videos - a story from the times that i guess is popular but it was news to me, two kids that made music videos that went viral - but not with the desired effect. 
• here is a neat ditty on how manhattan's grid grew.
• last week there was a debate that shut down dc comics commenting on its blog. the topic: who runs faster, superman or the flash?
• ricky gervais and will arnett will appear in the the office's season finale.
• five earphone designs that stay put when running (i need some of these for realz).

alright, my pets. stay classy, post to ya later.

my birthday, waddle-eee-acha a la smiths & photos from the 70s

greetings, earthlings! i do hope this post finds everyone well. us mowrers are well, doing our thang. tonight is daddy & daughter dance night at ballet so right now it's very possible that matt has a pink tutu on...now that's a good visual. ANYWHO, here is a little post for you of january happenings.

for my birthday we met a few friends out for dinner and movie, we ate at the brewery and then hit up the multiplex for true grit (thumbs up, and i am not a western movie person). side note: matt and i also saw black swan a few weeks ago, but the more i think about it the less i like it. that's my two cents.

john, myself and shawn post din-din

mr. marty and mr. matt

i thought i had a few more photos of megan, amanda and jeffery and moni. oops. we had a nice time, though. good food and a good movie!

then the next night we got together with the smittys and the masons. shawn made these AWESOME corn fritters, they were so GOOD. they did not last very long.

the cute masons and their yummy fritters

you KNOW we love to play board games and after corn fritters, the games began! for some reason i was hot earlier in the day and had the air on. marty got cold. i turned the heat back on.

hoodies 4-ever

megan confident on her answer

shawn hiding her answers

and i have to say that tabby palmer created a MONSTER when she introduced me to the wii game just dance. i LOVE it so much. matt, being the thoughtful man he is, gave it to me for my birthday and i always try to get people to play it. so that night after board game time we went video game time.

tommy and i have a go

and i am not being a bragger...BUT i am pretty good. i was beating everyone until marty went against me. he killed me and was reigning champ the rest of the night. it bruised my dancing ego.

here we have megan and marty having a go at it.

then megan and tommy did a dance to an old-timey song. i had some free time so i made a video of them for your entertainment. it's no scorcese but it is entertaining.

waddle-ee-acha!!!!

and now some random photos from the 70s! a friend of mine posted these on facebook (thank you, leann!!!). i really like them because my dad is in some of them wearing a cowboy hat - as becce said, "YEE HAW!"

 

that is my dad on the right in the bottom right photo

a halloween party becce and i attended (i am catwoman and she was wonder woman)

pretty good costumes, and i totally remember this party

becce putting a choke hold on some poor puppy

here i am with leann, doing what i loved best - the pool

here is becce being cute

the neighborhood gang

and now...a few nuggets for you:

• will ferrill is coming to the office for an episode arc, should be funny
• i love stuff like this: times online columnist has a new book out that offers readers a guided tour through some of the most eloquent and beautiful sentences in the english language...here's an example (there is also a contest if you think you can make pretty words go together):  

ford madox ford (from the good soldier, 1915): "and i shall go on talking in a low voice while the sea sounds in the distance and overhead the great black flood of wind polishes the bright stars."

• i mentioned the book the hunger games a few posts ago, i have now finished the trilogy and i REALLY enjoyed the books - looks like they will now be a movie and will be out next year
• here's an interview with bobcat goldthwait, i've always found him funny
• mary ann (dipsey's wife and megan's mom) has a blog out! if you like to garden then boy oh BOY this is the blog for you. the paper had a little write-up and you can click on the image below to take you there or you can click here

• i'm pretty sure i am doing this race (along with amy and lauren) - anyone else wanna join us?
• becce sent this to me, you KNOW how much i love fake mustaches
• i also mentioned exit through the gift shop, the documentary matt and i watched a few weeks ago...it was nominated for an oscar and this street art has been popping up
• a college course on james franco? yes, please... 
• have you checked out google body? it is a detailed 3D model of the human boday, you can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in and navigate to parts that interest you
• you can download arrested development paper dolls here - i also read somewhere this week that the movie is back ON (buster is my fave)

• another awesome awesome thing from google: their art projecteurope. why, this afternoon i looked at the art in the london museum and had a lovely time - you can even save items you like in your own folder. here is one painting i really enjoyed...

portrait of a man, hans baldung grien 1514

and last but not least...IF you loved the sopranos THEN I IMPLORE YOU TO READ THIS, watch the clip below and THEN we can discuss - matt and i LOVE it 

alrighty, i can't end this without saying a BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO CARRIE AND SCOTT!!! he popped the question and she said yes! yippee! i am so happy for you guys! hugs and kisses to you!!!