Thursday, July 28, 2011

feelin' fartsy

i love taking henry to the park, the pool, baby bookworm reading time at the library, etc.  but sometimes, its nice to do something just for me that i enjoy too :)  since my friend brittany is leaving for chicago this weekend, we decided to get together and have a crafty evening at the pottery to paint place.  i wasn't familiar with these types of joints so thought it would be fun to give it a try.  they have all types of pottery that you can do whatever you want with: you just pay for the pottery and a sitting fee, and then get your artsy on.  
 brittany went for a bowl
 that she etched and painted free-hand
awesomeness.  brittany is super creative
this mug called my name...and since i'm not as talented with the free-handedness, i utilized the masking tape in the corner there ;)
 and some letter stickers too :)  to make "my cup of....."
 you probably guessed it "tea."  :)  haha 
 it was such a great way to spend an evening, relaxing, drinking chai, and painting.  can't wait to see the finished product after they fire it in the kiln!
(should i go for that garden gnome next time?)

onto a completely different subject:
one thing i am beginning to realize when i look at the above photo....
i don't smile.  i SMILE.  i am a hardcore smiler.  i'm trying to figure out why.  is it because i laugh a lot when i get my picture taken and i smile harder when i laugh?  anyway, whatever it is, i need to learn to control it somewhat right?

especially this morning when i had to have my headshot taken for the dance studio where i'll be teaching this fall.  i didn't want to look all crazy SMILEY.  so i tried to relax a little.  but after looking at my photos, i realize that when i do that, i just look super tired.  probably because i was tired after getting up at five to change henry, make him some formula, and rock him for a bit.  i don't know.  maybe that's just the mom look no matter what the situation.  tired.  :)  austin joked with me that i should have practiced in the mirror a la zoolander.  and since i brought it up, you know i have to add a clip!
haha.  i guess i was trying to go for the "le tigre"

AND last but not least, i just have to add this little tidbit.
driving on my way back from the portrait studio i got a call from a local radio station.

lady on the phone: is this sara?
me: yes
lady: sara do you remember putting your name in a drawing for a free hawaiian vacation for two at play it again sports?
me (rather excitedly): yes i did!
lady: well you won...
(this is where i just about went crazy insane)
.....a tote bag full of neat goodies!

hooray.
i mean, its awesome that i won something. i guess.  but compared to a free hawaiian vacation with my man, a tote bag full o goodies does not sound near as awesome.
and seriously...she totally set me up to think that i had won the jackpot right?

so i scooted on over there anyway since it happened to be on the way home.  and inside my tote full of neat things is:
a first aid kit.
a mt. rushmore postcard.
a book with photos of spearfish canyon in it.
a water bottle with the radio station's logo on it.
a free car wash.
gift certificates to restaurants i have never heard of out-of-town.
a free dominos pizza (now i have to admit that is pretty neat).
a gift certificate to a place called flags and wheels....well i like flags, and wheels are pretty cool, so the place must be a hoot right?
hmmmmmm i think that wraps it up.
so it was nice.
just not as nice as hawaii *sigh*

Monday, July 25, 2011

angostura lake

we spent this last weekend at the lake! (finally some true summertime activity, at about the same time i see that target has their back-to-school stuff out....)
we went on the boat, which henry loved, i don't think he would put up with the life jacket anywhere else.  and by the end of the weekend grampa kel became known as" boga" according to henry.  which we decided must be short for boat guy?  

AND for the first time i decided that i would partake in the boating fun by finally attempting a water sport.  i have never done water skiing or anything like that on the water before, so i always excused myself from that sort of thing, but austin encouraged me to give it a shot.  
so i tried to surfing...

you can see my level of self-confidence all over my face...getting up for the first time
 getting the hang of it...
actually enjoying myself...
 and in henry's words : all done.
haha
it was really fun :)
so here are some photos of people who actually know what they are doing.
notice how they aren't holding onto a rope, and their stances are nice and relaxed....

austin
 kel
 mike
that will be me someday (maybe)

bt-dub.  not that any of you would be interested or anything, but i love this photo.  austin's eyes are the same color as the water.  *sigh* what a dreamboat.  

now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
water sports. 
:)

liam skiam.
kyle and a buddy tubing

now for the beach bumming.
the boys
and finally:
henry just being his adorable self :)

Sunday, July 24, 2011

my biker babe

two weeks ago henry ran into the deck and got a black eye.  last week he fell on the sidewalk while kicking his ball and hit his mouth so hard it bled (creating mass hysteria for his mom, a dramatic phone call to his dad, and all other unnecessary shenanigans).  We did take him to the dentist--black hills pediatric dentistry--just to make sure everything was okay and he hadn't messed up his mouth for life.  turns out, he will just have purple gums for a little while, but everything else looks okay....unless his teeth start to turn black or something, then we have to take him back asap.  AND henry liked the dentist.  he enjoyed playing with all the toys.  the dentist was awesome and let henry touch and check out all his tools, and henry just reclined in my lap while he counted henry's teeth, got a good look at them, and even cleaned them.  henry squirmed a little, and that was it.  he is enjoying his stickers and free toothbrush--hooray!  
but his mouth is going to be sore for a little while yet.....

so what do we do since he seems determined to get black and blue?

we go out and buy him a helmet...
...and a bike to go with it.
(because grampa Kel won an awesome scheel's gift certificate for the exact cost of a new strider bike :)  yippee for grampa Kel!)

Henry, of course, loves it.  he does that jiggly-wiggly-stomp-my-feet-and-wave-my-arms-i'm-so-excited dance that little kids do.  

and for those of you new to the strider bike phenom:  its a little toddler bike without pedals or training wheels and is supposed to help little ones learn to balance better.  if you are interested just check out their schpeel on their website: www.stridersports.com
oh and i just found out that the guy who invented said toddler bikes is from rapid.  double neato.

 dad was only allowed to help for a little bit, then henry kept pushing his hands away with a polite "no no"
he suddenly looks so big...
*yawn* i can do this without my hands
rockstar!
but even big boys and rock stars fall down and need daddy's help sometimes
and he's off
  

hehe :)

when henry wakes up in the morning he says "bike"   :)