Dirty lil' secret/confession

Here is this weeks:


I ate fast food FOUR times last week. McDonalds twice, Taco Bell and Sonic.
I haven't cleaned my upstairs bathroom in over a month, good thing Leelyn is the only one using it. The toilet is starting to grow fuzzy stuff which puzzles me since no one uses it..... LOL
I kind of want to see what happens if I don't clean the toilet for another month and I know, that is just GROSS!

Soccer practice, take 1

All in all, it went okay. Not my forte, but it is all about Blaine. I was impressed that all of the coaches were from Brazil. We need to work on Blaine's temper, he would get upset if he couldn't do what was asked, and he wanted to give up which made me a little sad. I will say that for three year olds, what they taught seemed advanced, but whatever. I just love seeing Blaine in his soccer uniform, SO cute! The weather was perfect, I can't believe it is August, we have been so lucky with nice weather. I might just stay home for the practice sessions and let Brian and Blaine do their thing. My favorite part was the scrimmage - Blaine loved that best. It was so hard for all of us to get up by 8 this morning...my family likes to sleep in! ;-) Leelyn decided that it would be a good idea to pretty much scream and cry all night last night (teething) I felt like I drank a bottle of whiskey this morning. I was up from 12:30-1:30, 3:30-5:00 and then 7:30. FUN!


Here are a few shots from today, enjoy!

There is art in everything

I look for art in everything. I not only see art in my children, but always in my surroundings. For the first time, I feel like I can truly capture it. I have been eating, breathing, sleeping the wonderful world of photography. I have been so blessed and inspired my a wonderful mentor and forum I found, thanks Michael Andrew for sharing your wisdom and gift. This forum has been so helpful and has MANY talented photographers that truly inspire me. Photographers from all walks of life and truly get what I see. For me, it just isn't about taking a great family shot or shot of my beautiful kiddos, it is more. The curve of a wall, the colors of the sky, the grains in a tree all of these things have great photogenic aspects that I see. If I post a picture of my crazy raisin with a hair on it, they get it! Like a breath of fresh air. Their CC is based on that, not PO. They give correction where it is due. Thank you again Michael.
Soccer starts Saturday for Blainers, he was so excited to get his uniform as were we. My Blaine is growing up so fast, I am kinda sad. Things are starting to get really busy around here and I am ready for the change of pace. We also have a couple of new babies that are due to enter the world in Sept. and Nov. and we are excited to meet them. I will be an aunt times 11, geesh! lol Leelyn is no longer BF'ing, we weaned this past week, so hello diet and exercise. I am excited to start hitting the gym with my gf Tori and her lil' girl. YAY. Here is to practice practice practice and exercise exercise exercise. For the record, I just don't understand how moms aren't in better shape, you'd think with all of the lifting I do, these arms would be nice and tone! lol

Park time = play time for us all

What fun! I think mommy enjoyed shooting pics, Blaine loved running around on the playground and daddy and Leelyn chilled some in the shade. A nice Gourley family fun filled day. Good practice for mama! ;-)

Dirty little secret/confession

I will try to share a dirty little secret weekly. Here is this weeks:

I have been wanting to get Blaine into a Britax car seat for a few months now. I couldn't fathom spending $300.00 when the one he was in worked fine, just not as safe and the stupid straps always became a twisted mess. So, I was at Target the other week and BAM- right there in front of me were 2 Britax car seats- on CLEARANCE people!!!! I love me some clearance. Marked down to $199.00 I was SOLD! It was the exact one I wanted for him (as far as the name). I got home and I didn't take it out of the box for a few days, until Brian was ready to install it and O-M-G, it was PINK! LOL

Typical Nicole move right here. Blaine doesn't seem to mind, he occasionally says "That car seat is for a gurllll" LOL

Yes, we decided to keep it, good thing the windows are tinted. There you have it, my dirty little secret/confession.

There is a first for everything....

He didn't like the organic peas to much.....

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