lots of laughter and lots of love

thanksgiving weekend turned out to be one of the best ones ever! spent some quality time with the fam and some friends. la and i surprised pammy and daniel and threw them a little birthday dinner. la made some bomb-ass tacos... woot! we all just sat around and drank and played cards and laughed. it was rad. around 11 we cruised on over to steve's to see how their century club thing was going... well, they had just finished up when we got there, so naturally, wrestling ensued and good times were had : )

got some family portraits done yesterday. i dont know what was going on with my mom but i havent seen her laugh so hard in a while.... i mean, it wasnt just my mom- we were all having a good time cause it just runs in our blood to be hilariously funny... but, yeah. it was awesome. and i have to give mucho credit to our photographer for putting up with the mass hysteria of taking pictures of the sewall family... ha ha ha. no, seriously.. shes the best: http://lorihunekephotography.blogspot.com/
woot! i cant wait to see the pictures : )

and today is my little brother's 21st birthday. he had his first drink last night at midnight... and by first, i really do mean first!! his first drink of choice was a 7 & 7... followed by a beer. way to go bro!! but what i want to know is... when we gonna road trip it to vegas and play some cards?!?!? love you bro... happy birthday!!! : )

tee hee

the cute, single dad that has a daughter in chloe's preschool told me that i "looked beautiful" yesterday.... hmm.. maybe i should ask him if he wants to play sometime? i mean, maybe i should ask him if our daughters want to play sometime. he he he...

tis the season...

so i feel like the holiday season has officially started. the leaves are finally staring to fall, the air has a new crisp feeling to it, a little bit of rain, and good times with family and friends. on thursday evening me and the kids went over to anna & karen's house for a fabulous dinner. the huneke clan was there too... woot! we made pizzas from trader joe's.... well, la made most of em cause she is a master pizza maker... the kids all played together and it was such a good time for all of us.
as most of you probably know, anna had to have one of her kidneys removed because of a tumor that was growing rapidly and had a chance of being cancerous.... luckily, it turned out that it was not cancerous, which was happy news for everyone. i cant imagine going through something like that and i really admire anna for being so strong and positive throughout this whole thing. her and karen are married now and they both are so happy. i love you guys!
... cheers to the newlyweds and cheers to "fred" being gone!! : )

on friday night i went bowling with kurt, brandi, and cro. well, brandi didnt bowl cause she's about to pop a baby out any day now... but we all had hell of fun. i bowled like shit. i mean, i broke a hundred and got a few strikes, but, lets face it: the guys kicked my ass! he he he.
BUT i did manage to score some badical bowling shoes. yeah, i stole em.... i feel kinda bad about it. but whatevs...


clay had his last soccer game of the season and possibly forever. he's decided that soccer just isnt his thing and he wants to play football and baseball instead. i'm totally cool with that cause i'm not a big fan of being a "soccer mom".. he he he. me and the kids went to his team party and had some pizza and ice cream. it was hell of wierd. the coach didnt get them trophies. what the hell? i mean, isnt that what the kids look forward to? i felt like asking him," um, dude... where's the frickin trophies at?" but i didnt cause no body else seemed to care. so soccer season is done for me now. um... cheers to that! ha ha ha


last night i had an unexpected visitor knock at my door... it was PAMMY!!! yay!! she came up for the 3 day weekend. we got to hang out and talk about all the stuff thats been happening lately.it was rad. i love shooting the shit with pammy... definitely one of my favorite past times : ) love you pammy!!

went for a little nature walk with chloe yesterday...

clay dressed his little sister. she even has his underwear on. ha ha ha.

... so things are good. and i feel the spirit of the season. and i love it!

more silly photos...

this dude forgot something

naked spiderman?

thats gonna hurt

nice parking job

did they not know the tree was gonna fall on the car if they chopped it down?
McBurnt
Asian police. hard at work
no thanks... i'd rather hold it

this is what sad look like
this is what sorry looks like
well... opposites do attract
umm...
a little loud? nah

hope that made ya crack a smile : )

this picture cracks me up!

my grandma sent me this picture in an email that she forwarded to me. the first thing i thought when i saw this picture was " dude, that would totally be chloe if i had another baby right now." ha ha ha ha

10 years ago...

it really tripped me out the other day when i realized that i've been a mom now for 10 years. at this time, exactly 10 years ago i found out that i was pregnant. at 17 years old and a senior in high school you could definitely say that i was NOT ready to be a mommy. but my heart told me that this baby needed me and i knew deep down that i needed this baby too. so i had him. a baby boy, clayton james sewall. and he truly is my angel. he has shown me what unconditional love really means. okay, now i'm getting a little teary so let me stop with all this emotional stuff.... anyways, i love you clay... you'll always be my number one man!

things are lookin up already

last night i fell asleep snuggled between the 2 most important things in my life: my babies. we all slept in my bed last night... tigger too. and this morning while i was taking clay to school he was cracking me up the whole way there. i love it when its just me and him and we can be silly together. i love making him laugh. he gets the same twinkle in his bright blue eyes that his momma does when she is happy. i love it. i love them...

a few cheers are in order:
cheers to quitting smoking
cheers to starting a new job
cheers to family & friends

a week

it started last sunday when i was forced to go to the hospital. monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday and saturday were all shitty days too. i mean, there were definitely moments when i cracked a smile, but the days were mostly filled with suckiness: countless fights with my mom, my x moved back to finland and left the kids (again), feeling sicker than ever.... i could go on but i'm really not looking for sympathy. the point of all of this is that - yes, i had a bad week. it was one of the worst for me, both physically and emotionally. but its over now. and im stronger.
love to you's who kept me company a midst the madness of the past week. love love love.