A fun Jumbo Dot Lime Dress for the Holidays on my shop! :)

out of space??

So, I've exceeded my upload pictures quota for my blog. Does anyone know a quick and easy way of figuring out how I can carry on uploading pictures? I just do not have the time to read everything I have to do to post more.
I can not even change my header! Crazy!

Update:
Ok, so today ( days later) I tried to update my header and it totally deleted my old header. Sad stuff. :(
I am determined to figure this out! :)

Another Update:
I had to delete a slide show and just give the link code for it instead and that gave me some more room and some more time to figure out what to do next. 

Funny Boys

      Disclaimer: This may not be funny to you, but I think it's still funny, so that's why I write it here.

         Chris and I were coming home from a date (Sushi! YAY for Sushi! I love the stuff now. I tried the right combos and started loving it! :) Chris is ecstatic!) and we were getting out of the car. Chris stopped me and said he needed to talk first. I stopped and looked at him sincerely.  He looked into my eyes and said with the calmest, most sincere voice, "Leslie, I wanted to tell you something important that you need to hear. You don't have unlimited time and you can't do everything." 

         I BURST out laughing. One of those Julia Roberts laughs that brings tears to your eyes, an ache in your side and no sign of ending. After laughing for a good few mins and finally looked up back to him to see he was relived I did not take the news badly. He kinda helped me into the house because I was laughing so hard I could barely walk. The girls and Gabe heard my nutzo laughter and came running to see what was so funny. Through my laughter I told them what daddy said. Gabe looked at me really weird and said with a straight face, "I don't get it." Isabel said, "What do you mean? She can do everything!" All the girls chimed in and agreed with Iz. Now I was really laughing worrying I would pee my pants. 

        Chris said, "Look around Gabe! See all this. Take a good look and learn from this right now! This is how girls, especially these girls (being raised by your mom) feel about "everything". Guys just dont think the same way as girls!" We were all laughing now. It was fun to have that "teaching" moment.  I think my kids think I am a weird mom, but now I have more things they can tell their therapist when they are older. :) HA!

 YAY for trying to do everything and always wishing there was more time in one day to do it all in! :)
Which reminds me... I need to start preserving apples for the year asap. 

Ahhh Shoot!! I found this and obviously a girl made this sign, but I am positive a guy said it. :) It might be true. 

Might!

Good and Plenty

A little tip....

If you sneak a treat into a quiet meeting with just 200ish grown ups, in your husband's suit pocket, 

make sure you can not hear it when you drop half the box on the hardwood floor. 

Just say'n. 

Forgiveness

I was strengthened with the October Message in the Ensign this morning. It's about forgiveness and how that is key to happy families and may I add any relationship. :) I know our family is better when we don't hang on to past offenses. I see it happen every day with our little ones. I know I can be better at forgiveness  but sometimes it is really hard. I love the Youth section about the girl that prayed after the argument with her mom. She started her prayer with thanking Heavenly Father first, then addressed the problem she really had. I guess I am at a youth level spiritually sometimes because I learned a lot from that too. That will be changing the way I pray. :) I am so happy we are not alone here.We are all in the same boat trying to get to the same place.   God really does love me personally, and you personally. :)
YAY! Have a wonderful day!

Family Pictures 2012

YAY! My amazing friend Jessica Randall took our pictures again! If you are ever in Twin Falls, Idaho... Go to her! :) She and I have a symbiotic relationship. :) I do sewing for her and try to give her bread attacks. :) But the pictures she gives me.. I can never do. She has her own style that is just fabulous! :) THANK YOU JESSICA!

SO, to all the grandparents that have been hearing about this alleged photo shoot, I present...

The Lheron Family 2012

 In search for a great picture spot. I decided I wanted a tree lined path.  Why?
I have this deep sense of journey for our family. The journey has had it all. Ups, downs, despair, heart break, unity and utter complete joy and lets not forget perfection. I feel like we are still on a path. We will always be on a path. That is what families do. We keep going. We have come so far and we still have so much to go. But, there is life in our lives, just like the trees! Life as in... living! We are living our life! YAY! And so, our family motto can still go on.... Why Limit the Fun? :)

Sesame Street is so fun some days! :)

Camping Summer 2012

We are really sad we only got to go camping once this summer, but maybe we can go again on the next non crazy weekend.

In my own humility I post these. :)
I wish I had more of the girls singing... :)That would be a treat! Instead, these are uuummm, me singing to the kids.See, if I look directly into the camera, the girls see them later and think I am still singing to them. :) Win Win.

I kept running out of room on my camera and so that is why all of my videos were cut off. HA!! I am a dork. I never remember to empty the camera to the computer before I go on a trip. So, that means I miss recording totally adorable events like Bea singing a cute song. :( oh well, all I can say is I can try harder! :)

BE OK

Another song we are obsessed with. Actually, that entire CD of Be Ok by Ingrid Is hot dog awesome. While we had many visitors here this summer, Max, my nephew, said, This is a great Morning Song! :) YAY Max! I dont know if he really enjoyed all the crazy dancing in the kitchen while this song played, but, I loved his comment! :)

I am obsessed with this song....

I might be doing something right!

So, the other day it hit me like a ton of bricks... maybe I really am doing something right in the way I raise the kids! Oh, I should say WE, because Chris and I as a team are really the only way these little people are here in the first place. I have always just beat myself up at needing to do even more even better at my parenting. I know that Chris does this to some degree, but I can't speak for him right now. We are pretty laid back, but have guidelines that the family runs by. I know I am pretty free spirited and I know my kids certainly are as well. If you drive by the house and see 2 tan naked toddlers running around the front yard... dont be alarmed. HA! I try to keep them clothed and contained, but seriously... I am sidetracked.....Anyway... I was having one of those moments that I was talking to my sister Jo about child rearing and wondering if I should be doing something different. I suddenly thought of Isabel. I think this girl is like the best parts of Christmas Morning. She is awesome. I really enjoy being around her. I know that sounds weird coming from a mother, but any of you that have lots of kids and have older ones, totally understand what I am talking about. I want to be up late talking with her, she is funny, she is a good friend. She just is great. I could go on and on. I shaped this person. She came with her own stuff that I had nothing to do with, but I did something right! I know I have a long way to go with her as teenage hood has really just begun, but I will try to do my best and not let her down, or the other amazing 4 kids I have. I will try to be the best mom they can have! Oh Heck Yah! (Insert a Chris Cheer here!) (oh, you know what I am talking about if you've heard it. You are never the same again after! hahah!) Yay for getting to be parents and raising good people!! 

Gabe's Cycle of Life project

I was looking through some pictures for my etsy shop and found these and was laughing so I had to share. (even though I need to be sewing! haha!)

Last school year, 5th Grade, Gabe had to make a Cycle of Life poster for School. I LOVE the kid's charter school!! :)

Gabe is an amazing artist on lots of levels. He went right to work on this poster with a pen and never had a messed up spot AND was done in about 45min. He did color this later, but I did not get a shot of that. The reason why I love this poster is because it really does show his personality here. Most of the other kids cut out pictures from a magazine or off the computer, but he went to town with his imagination. I heart imagination!

Birth (with a binki) 

Infant (crawling like a cat!)

Toddler ( silly tight shirt with diaper and heli hat, dimple chin) 

all of that makes me laugh...

Child ( "Steve", Gabe's mohawk hair. Yes, he named his hair-do long ago. His glasses, his cool bracelet Granny made him with a dog tag saying CTR on it. Cool. OH! and his shirt... "Have a Day". funny)

Adolescence ( Steve is still present, glasses, weird cartoon character Troll he draws always but on this shirt and cool bracelet. But has starts of facial hair that probably took weeks to grow and he has a car. Because that is all kids that age care about is driving. hahah!)

Adulthood ( Steve is bigger now and he now has a real beard. His Tshirt is Dr. Pepper because by the time you are an adult, you can drink that with out your mom nagging you not to touch the stuff. HA!)

Old Age (Steve will always be with him. Tshirt will say "Death Is Coming" for the world to see every day. And, who doesnt love the cane.)

Death (RIP Gabe A Lheron. Has Steve scalp on his grave to remind all of his cool hair. The roses are there with a sign "Not" because the people that leave that will say they leave the roses out of obligation vs love.)

Heaven (turns out he did get to keep his hair to it's glorified state! And got his wings! :) YAY!)

All of it together

I love this guy. He is becoming a kid I always want to be around. :) YAY!