Tuesday, April 26, 2022

The Last One! Craig + Camille


Number 7.
The baby of the family.
Craig, my brother, got married!
Camille completes the Lindblom in-laws!
We love her so much. 

Della was asked to be a flower girl, and she could not be more excited about it!
She had watched Lindi be a flower girl a couple of times,
 so she knew what her duties were.


From rehearsal



to the real deal!










My dad was cracking us up.
He was not approving of any pictures (of himself)
and kept making us take more in different poses, buttoned, unbuttoned jacket.

This was the winner!



And with our mom.




I tried to get Lane to take a selfie with me.
I was basically holding him back from taking off in a hurry!




From that scuffle, I turned and simply stretched out my arms towards Rusty,
and he came right to his mommy:)

Oh the differences in children!




Then we have this boy...









The reception was lovely in every way!








I don't think they left the dance floor the entire night!





Leave it to Stephanie to coax us into doing a surprise dance for the newlyweds!








So fun to see Josie that night!
It had been years!



 

Love Me, Love Me





Life got a little bit nutty.
We had no available weekends to put on our lip sync battle,
so it got pushed to after Valentines day. 

I got numerous texts wondering if we were still doing it.
A good sign it is a favored event!




I am always good to take pictures of the set up before people arrive.
 Once it gets going and my phone is hooked up to the music,
 I don't get many more after that. 

I know there is video footage out there, because this is blackmail at its finest:)
Still trying to hunt those down!

Our showcase this year was:

Yamamoto's- She Bangs, American Idol version with William Hung and Simon Cowell
Blaylocks- Copacabana
Lloyds- Respect
Cotters- My Heart Will Go On
Hogles- Got High, by Afroman.
(Yep, fake joints and all. And yes, our bishop was in attendance. lol).
Rieses- Singing in the Rain/Umbrella by Rihanna, aka James in all leather who memorized
the whole dance. I really think people were trying to get released from their church callings!
Whitmers- Rewrite the Stars
Us- Stacy's Mom
Allens- Hillbilly Rap
Rudds- It's the End of the World as We Know It

I say this every year, but this time I mean it.
Everyone BROUGHT.IT!!
I was shocked after each performance.
The creativity was out of this world and so dang funny!

The competition was tight!!
After tallying up the points we had our winners.

Runner up were the Cotters!
Yes, they brought a full on canoe with them to the party.
Yes, they acted out every important scene from the movie in that one song.
Yes, I have slightly inappropriate sketch I have to share because, well, just because. Haha.

You will know which part in the movie I'm talking about.
We had to zoom in from the video to get this still shot Ben was drawing as they were performing.
Gold. 




The Lloyds stole it with, Respect!
I wish I had each video to post. So, so good.






The week of Valentines Day was a par-tay!

Miss Della at dance exchanging Valentines.



Grammy is always so sweet to drop off goodies to all of the grandkids.

I had just run the half marathon and was ready to pound their cute bundt cakes!



Us sisters went to lunch with our dad on Valentines Day.
When we originally planned it, we didn't realize it was on the same day.

He kept trying to reschedule thinking we had better dates to spend it with.
Nope! We love our dad and were happy to be with him.



What a better way to say I love you than with basically having dessert for dinner.
Crepes with all the toppings!




 

Monday, March 14, 2022

January and February


Here in AZ we get belated "seasons".
I drove up to our tree finally changing colors... in January. 

The backdrop of the pink and blue sky was an added touch of beauty.




It's a good 2 weeks of crunchy leaves everywhere!
I find them tracked around the inside of my house, car, laundry, you name it. 

It does make for some good play time.
I think these girls buried and surprise attacked themselves for a couple of hours!


Along with throwing them in the air and at each other. 



I walked in my room to find her all comfy in such an awkward position. 




We were that house on the street that the neighbors wanted to evict for a few weeks. 
It looked like we started a used car lot for white SUV's! 
I have no idea how it snowballed to this, but it did.
Long story short, I got a new car and still had my old suburban. 
Casey bought a new truck to use for work.
2 weeks later he realized he bought a short bed instead of a long bed.
He had to go back and buy the long bed on top of the short bed.
And we have his personal truck.
The trailer was parked on the side of the house for part of this as well.
We do not have a big yard or driveway.
Trying to leave or park was like car tetris. 
All we could do was laugh about it!



Where's Waldo?
How funny that my purse matches the leather seats in the new car perfectly! 




We love when Ruby comes to play!
The weather was lovely, so we walked to the park for a picnic. 
Their looks and mannerisms are almost identical. 
I love to see family genes correlate in cousins. 





Bored much?
I was walking by when I noticed these 2 bumps on a log.
Surely their lives aren't that miserable.
Or were they in a tv trance? 
I think I turned it off and made them go outside and snap back to reality. 





Being a 6th grader is hard work!
They sure cram in everything those last 2 quarters of school.
Ya know, to make sure they can handle Jr High and more responsibility:)
Rusty had his country oral report.
I love that he doesn't care if I come in and watch.
In fact, I think he preferred for me to come listen. 
Lane on the other hand, no way!
 
He rocked his sombrero while giving his speech on Peru!




Our oven broke.
Which took multiple visits for it to get fixed.
A month later our dryer stopped putting out hot air.
Guess new appliances don't last longer than 5 years these days.
We know Theo, the repair man, very well now!

In the process of taking everything apart, he scooped out a huge pile of lint!
 He said there is no way to prevent this from happening again.
In fact, this was mild compared to other households he's seen. 
Mostly houses with pets.
Goo.
Another reason to never get any.



Our stake put on their very first Daddy, Daughter dance for activity day girls. 
You should have seen Casey's face when they announced it, haha!
He looooooves to dance:)
Yes, that was very sarcastic. 

It's a good thing he loves his girls, because they went and had a fabulous time!




Katie had a baby shower!
It was fun being at her aunts house and celebrating baby Stetson. 




The weather turned on us and gave us basically snow!
My kids were freaking out on the drive to the bus with the fields and houses 
covered in that cold, white stuff!




Back at the school for Rusty's science project fair!
He picked Shiny Penny.
Mainly because he already knew the outcome because they did
this experiment last year in Prenda.

Cheater, cheater.
However, it was a project he could do on his own without
having to keep a plant alive or make a huge mess.
I'll allow it:)