the info on this video said they start the song in the driveway and they pull into school as it ends.
my favorite part is the little guy in the car seat!!
Category Archives: funny videosthe info on this video said they start the song in the driveway and they pull into school as it ends. my favorite part is the little guy in the car seat!!
well….another craft weekend is past and i am feeling fabulous. i was thanking God all weekend for bringing Craft Weekend to be. and i kept thinking over and over how God brought kimberlee into my life so sweetly. her talents for craft weekend are amazing. she is also very organized. she tells me when i need to focus and what to be focused on. :) she is thoughtful too! i am so grateful that God knew that i would need kimberlee. she is awesome. thanks kimberlee for making craft weekend so totally great. ******************************************************* the winner for the HAPPY HOME book by Jennifer Paganelli is….. This book looks incredible! I'd love to win. Thank you for the chance!
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******************************************************** and have you seen this video? That was the best video ever! Reminds me how much I love my lovin man! Thanks so much for sharing the proposal video….it made my day!
I’m finally getting around to leaving you a comment….I’m not sure how I arrived at your blog, but since I have, I’ve loved following along and find your photography fantastic! I’m so inspired by your crafting and the craft weekends you’ve established; incredible! I’m so glad you have such a neat friend in your life, too. Thanks for sharing your positive energy and creativity. omgosh!!! that was so stinkin cute, bought tears to my ears!! My 16 year old son showed me that video, needless to say I thought it was even sweeter that he appreciated it too.
Great video!! OMG!! BEST proposal EVER!!!! I am crying!!! Soooo very cool!! Oh my! First of all, what a sweet post of appreciation for Kimberlee! I’m sure she knows you appreciate her, but it is nice to be reminded every once in a while. And second, I was crying into my coffee with that proposal! How sweet that he would go to all the trouble with all those people and how much they must love the two of them to practice and get it down pat! Amazing! That is something none of them will ever forget. Thanks for sharing that, I loved it! Isn’t that just like God? 🙂 I can tell that you & Kimberlee make a great time … I hope to meet you both some day!
Kimberlee is an incredible lady (and so are you!). I speak for myself and Tracey that we are so in your fan clubs. 🙂 You touched our hearts and we are forever grateful for our experience at last month’s Craft Weekend. God is so good.
What a super fun way to be proposed to!!!! Oi, that video began a two hour happy/ugly cry festival between YouTube proposal/military homecoming videos and myself. But it was cathartic, even if it made me talk my hubby’s ear off that night all about proposals and homecomings 🙂 I am such.a.girl. What a sweet post about Kimberlee. I’m sure you made her heart smile.
What a blessing to have such a special friend.
I was just sobbing while I watched that. Awesome! Oh my word! That was the best proposal! What a great way to start out together! thank you for putting joy in my morning. that was the best proposal ever! tears, smiles and coffee. xoxo. thanks! You certainly are blessed to have Kimberlee in your life. God is good, all the time. 🙂
Meg, I think you need to do an international craft weekend!! Us aussies are missing out big time and you are a big tease in waving this wonderful weekend in our faces. Not fair!!!! (stamping my feet on the ground)…I love hearing about these weekends and look forward to all the mischief you gals get into. Seriously we need to look at getting us over there to craft house. hugs. What a grand proposal!!! Oh, and the craft weekend is good, too. LOL
I pray EVERY DAY that I get an invite to Craft Weekend! What a blessing that would be! But, I am patient. I can wait. I love that you do this Meg, and that you have a friend like Kimberlee to help you make this all happen! God Bless you both!
You have to be totally confident that the answer is YES, dontcha think? 😉 Cute video! Hi! I have been reading your blog for a long time now…I don’t know…about a year the way time flies? Just wanted to say thank you for the fun and inspiration! Craft Weekend looks like the most amazing experience! I would sooooo like to do that and spend a weekend with faithful, fun, funky ladies! How do you get on the list for future weekends? 🙂 all i want for christmas is a pet owl. i have been good. love, meg ……………………………………….
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I have wanted a pet owl ever since Harry Potter came out! Thanks for sharing such a sweet video – my boys and I loved it! Awww! Who knew owls were so cute! 🙂 Love it! for real though. the kids and i have watched this about 5 times. sooo cute!! the power of music eh! I love that owl video! So sweet and relaxing! It makes me feel like I want to have that baby owl as my pet. : ) Ack, color… is your computer back to life??? they are so precious!! that little one?! ahh! be still my heart!! 🙂 * Such striking creatures … I loved the expression on Mr. Horned Owl’s face & of course the one receiving the massage had a look of total relaxation! Thanks for sharing! The white faced one is too beautiful—looks like the ones from the Gaurdians of Gahool Now I want one too…….that first one was sooo adorable just sitting there getting the head rub and loving it!!!,
Now our whole house want one too! I love that owl!! That is the stinkin cutest thing I have seen in a while!!! I want one too :)!
Oh my gosh! I want one, so adorable! um…that little round owl is the cutest thing i’ve seen in a very long time. How darn cute is that.. I have been asking for a hedge hog for years.. be still my heart…why did i almost cry? lol how stinkin cute is that!? it is SUPER windy here today. we did it. it was miserable into the wind. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ WATER4CHRISTMAS…. (see the post below this one) let me be clear: where is says "make a donation" it means a hand crafted item to donate. what are you going to make?!!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ i worked on pictures and emails. i looked out my window and leaves were blowing everywhere. one of our trees lost ALL of it's leaves in about an hour.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ i was loving my bible study yesterday! sometimes i read the bible and it's like i have never read it before in my life…. the bible is just so stinkin' AWESOME! can i get an amen? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ my mom sent me this video in a chain email. this just proves how lazy waffle truly is…. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mr. duerksen and i are getting away this weekend. it's going to R O C K. when was your last getaway with your hubby? do you need to get planning on that? DO IT. you will thank me.
that Christ is ioncmg and He says He’s ioncmg quickly! This to me shows that we need to be prepared for His ioncmg at all times! Well what does that mean? It means that we need to be living our lives as if Christ is going to come back tomorrow. We don’t want to be living with the attitude of Oh I got time, I’ll start acting like a real Christian in college! You may or may not have time to do that, that’s why it’s so important for us to start living like Christ now! We need to be making an impact everyday not just when we feel like it, but the coolest thing is that we know that the grace of Christ is with us! It’s written right there in verse 21! We just sang a song in youth group two weeks ago called Your grace is enough. Your grace is enough, Your grace is enough, Your grave is enough for me! His grace is enough and it’s been given to us! these verses are amazing and a great reminder that we don’t know when Christ is ioncmg back but He said it was quickly, so we need to live our lives like each day is the last! & that should be living it out with a bang!
Appreciate your making the effort to discuss this, I find myself strongly about this and lovmind updatie reading much more about this topic. Whenever possible, as you gain knowledge, do you mind updating your site with extra information? It’s very helpful for me. the first photo of the leaves is absolutely GORGEOUS. i’m in love with it!! Amen! So thankful for His Word. I would be a mess without it. Heck I am a mess WITH it!! LOL. Hope you’re enjoyed your weekend away. Sounds truly wonderful. I think I will get to planning one of those… Haha – that dog is amazing! The hubby and I got away for our anniversary for 2.5 days. It was amazing!
Amen! Which version of rhe Bible do you study from? Amen! I hope you have a great time with your hubby. Dog video=Amazing. Funny, we have a tree that does the exact.same.thing. And it’s always right after my husband rakes the rest of the yard. The next day, they all have dropped their yellowish-green leaves. Cool to me. Annoying to him. Second thing, about the Bible. It is amazing how God does this with his Word. Thanks for sharing those verses. I will go dig into it today. Seems like a good thing to do. Enjoy every second of the trip away.
We had our last real getaway in June to celebrate our anniversary. Before that though it had been three years! It was time and I made a pact with hubby that we wouldn’t wait 3 years before the next one. We try and have a date once a month, but sometimes it only gets done once every couple of months! nope…no get-a-ways for us…its been years. not much help in the department of anyone wanting to watch our kids. our get-a-ways consist of watching movies when kids go to sleep…if we can stay awake! 🙂 happy for you though….count your blessing of wonderful grandparents who help.
AMEN! Amen!! It was crazy windy here, too, but fairly warm. Glad you got your run in! Your comment about waffle made me laugh..the one about him being lazy, poor waffle. I need to plan a weekend with my hubby, its been too long, can’t even remember when was the last time we had date night :(. Ummm…..I can’t even remember the last time my husband and I got away by ourselves. Sad, isn’t it. : ) Have fun this weekend! the first part of your post reminded me of George McDonald’s “At the Back of the North Wind.” a great read. AMEN sister! I’m also giving you an AMEN for a weekend away…I’m planning that tonight. We don’t make that a priority often enough, so thank you and enjoy your time away to play 🙂
Amen! I am in BSF also and am loving the study of Acts. I have been a Christian for many years, but am seeing now more than ever how it all fits together. My love of Jesus is growing daily! BTW-Your post last year about BSF spurred me to actually sign up this year. I love how God uses others-some who don’t even know us-to bless us! Enjoy your time with your husband. It is time well spent! Our nest is empty now and I think our time away when our kids were home is one of the reasons we have such a great time together now.
Amen! I’m in BSF too, and the study of Acts has been amazing. I’m so glad you mentioned BSF on here previously…when my friend asked me to join her this semester, I was afraid it would be too formal, but I felt like I already knew someone who loved it (you!). Thanks for that! Even if it’s for only one night or just dinner out I feel like our relationship is renewed. Spending this coming Monday with my honey and looking forward to lunch together. That never happens! Have a great time and enjoy! How I love 3: 12-19 in your photo. AMEN! My husband and I got away for a weekend June 2010. It was for a wedding. It will be a long time before we get away again. Sad but true. AMEN! Have a fun weekend! Beautiful leaves photos!
Amen! Our last get away as April 2010 but before that it was August 2003. That must be a fruitless Mulberry…ours lost all it’s leaves in one afternoon several years ago. The temps dropped suddenly one fall and they all fell off and they were still green. Have a great weekend with your husband! My nest is empty so I have mine a lot more often than those of you that still have kids at home, but getting away is still fun and romantic and important for us! AMEN!! i wish we lived close to you. i’d bring my baby right over and let you take pictures of him in those yellow leaves! AMEN! My hubbie and I have never had a getaway since we’ve had our boys. My oldest is 10! We need one and we’re planning one now, thinking it’ll be our Christmas gift to each other 🙂
I’m in BSF too and I’ve noticed many friends (some I didn’t even know were in BSF) posting on Facebook this week different verses from Hebrews. So fun!!! 🙂
Seriously? August 2004. Sad but true. I love when things happen, like seeing the Bible with new eyes. Excellent happy doodles!! amen! Have a wonderful weekend. My dog is lazy, too. I think his job is sleeping. You are so inspiring. Running in the wind or like the wind or away from the wind. Inspiring. 🙂
Haha you should have taken waffle out for pictures. I kind of love waffle posts. We are getting a goldendoodle in 2012 and I couldn’t be more excited. Have fun with your hubby!! Mine got home last night and isn’t traveling again for 7 weeks!! Amen.
today is my last day of scheduled photo shoots for the year. (other than the newborn sessions…they go all year) it feels good. it's an honor. ——————————————————- are you joining the Happy Day project?? i definitely am. i don't know what it will be but i am totally on board with anything jeannett and julie pull together. and… it has rainbow colors… it's a no brainer. it IS fun to use your blog for good. 🙂 ——————————————————- shauna shared this on her blog last week-ish. it's a work in progress right? ——————————————————- i want to make THIS for dinner. i googled Lasagna Soup and this was one of the links. ——————————————————- come read about our sponsors on the craft weekend blog. by the way…. the first emails have gone out inviting you to craft weekend. dying to get busy on the next CW!
Really, really love that photo of the four kids!! Love. Big love. And not the polygamist kind either. 🙂
I can’t wait to follow the “happy” crusade! And I can’t wait to hear all about “craft weekend”. Your blog made me smile today… babies, kids, crafts, recipes, and happy stuff… all good! Tracy Fisher
That soup is super yummy! (and I don’t even normally even like soup) Make sure you have the stuff for the top it really does add to it. have you seen the new saucony rainbow running shoe…hey have your name on it!!! Reading “1,000 Gifts” and trying to adopt an attitude of thankfulness so that I might live life more fully. WAY harder than it sounds. Glad to know you struggle with it, too. Hope the lasagna soup was as good as it looks! The soup lives up to the hype. That’s all I’m saying. Oh Meg….love the picture. You are using your many gifts to glorify Him. So thankful to have found your blog AND meet you in real life AND get pictures done with you. I think my son may have a bit of a crush too… 😉
that soup looks AMAZING! thanks for the tip! I just made Lasagna soup for dinner last night and it was sooooo good. My kids loved it and my husband said thank you atleast 10 times!!! wow, so cool to see our good friends…the kaufman kids on your blog! your photos are so beautiful. that soup looks a-mazing. yes, i’m trying to figure out what i’m going to do for happy day project… that soup does look good! This was such a fun post. I’m going to have to do something like this sometime. Being at work and having to do work certainly cuts into my blogging time. 🙂 mmmm…Num Yummy that soup looks good! here is a dorky video blog about how messy my house is. i left this morning to go running. it's going to take some serious shift in my attitude to get over that. my list for today: bank tomorrow i get to see her and her with her!!! ………………………………………..
For reals I want to be your real life friend. 🙂 I am showing my husband this video so he can see your laundry room, and stop asking me if we are still behind on the laundry!! haha 🙂 Oh lady. My house. I have to leave it to relax these days… http://ana-white.com/2010/11/laundry-basket-dresser?page=1 i know i’m several days overdue with a comment, but i just had to say thanks for that video. you are way cool! 🙂
Hey! That looks like our house, but there is only two of us 🙂 You guys LIVE there, of course there is going to be a littlle mess. Great Vlog, by the way. I felt like I was there visiting and you were talking to me! Hope to see more! I just did our first real vlog…on a chili recipe, haha. The world needs more of those, right? It feels weird to me, the whole vlogging thing, but I want to try more. Hope you will to! I say NO to more hampers and more signs. I say YES to less clothes. Less clothes equals less laundry. With four boys myself I had tobchange something otherwise I was taking the emergency credit card and heading to Mexico, alone. They now have four pair shorts, four tee shirts, two pair jeans, two collared shirts, on pair khakis, five pair undies, two pair pajamas. Easy peasy babe! thank you thank you thank you for that video – hysterical! I always think geez, why can’t I be more organized, why can’t I be like so and so who is always on time, car neat, clothes neat, and house neat. my kitchen table is piled with papers, bills, riff raff. I’ll clear it and it comes back. argh! and my laundry room…its a mess, although its usually a mess with CLEAN clothes not dirty, but still not organized!! so thanks for keeping it “reals” and no, you are not a big fat mess, you are a busy mom like the rest of us who admit to keeping it “reals”!
You are so cute! I love how real you are. It is so refreshing in a world where everyone reveals a partial reality. Love it. I’m right there with ya! wow. i honestly cannot believe you are that concerned about your headphones. I would do ANYTHING just to have time to work out. i stumpled upon your blog and just was dumbfounded by your post. hope your mani and pedi were great! and I also hope you find some peace with yourself and that you are so lucky and blessed beyond your belief. you definately have “first world issues.” maybe take a step back and realize what you have and what you just posted!
Oh, Meg…you are officially my hero. Because you are real. And I really needed real today. 🙂 You’re awesome. And your big fat mess looks so familiar…! Love how u can embrace the mess with a smile 🙂 I love that you are keeping it real for all of us that love and follow your blog. It can frustrating to only see the seemingly “picture perfect” homes and lives on blogs and then look around at our own homes and see the daily mess. I so enjoy your creative ideas and colorful home. Keep up the inspiring work! You are so adorable!
i don’t know you. i don’t even know how i found your blog. but i love it! i love your honesty. i had my 5th baby 9 weeks ago, so you are now a role model of mine, from afar. 🙂 thanks for the video. LOVED it. 🙂 I just watched this with my 4 months old and he started smiling and laughing at you! I guess you have a new fan. HA! “For Real”!!! You’re awesome sauce! I love your mess, and not trying to hide it. YOU are not a mess…you’re wonderful. Love how you keep it honest. I got a mani/pedi a few weeks ago…it’s my happy pill. Anyhoo the guys put a new kind of polish on my nails that WILL NOT come off. You have to try it. It won’t chip. It’s amazing. Have no idea the name…just say the polish that won’t come off. Good luck on your conference. You’ll do great. Say hi to Heather for me. I’d love to meet her too.
You are sooooooo REAL! I love it! Thanks for sharing, and making the rest of us feel ‘normal’, whatever that is. love it. loved hearing your voice and seeing the mess outside the frame, thanks for sharing : ) and the sonic cup on the couch mad eme laugh because i came out into the living room the other day to see one of the kids’ chocolate milk in a glass cup with a straw in it balanced on the couch. really!???! have a fantastic weekend, meg.
Let me just say that I wish I could be a little more of a mess. I am compelled to be neat and orderly and it’s horrible. I get almost panicky at the messes my kids make and have to let them go. I have learned to let them keep their rooms/ playroom as they want it and to try to keep the common living areas less messy. I had to learn to walk away and to remember that it was just stuff. And often cleaning that stuff can wait! Love your blog Meg!! I also have 5 kids and have FINALLY found the best laundry method for our family so I wanted to share it with you…. We have tried everything…. from me doing all the laundry, to the kids doing their own laundry, to me doing the washing and then putting the kids laundry in “their” individual baskets to be folded (which always resulted in wrinkled clothes)…. So here’s what I do now…. When I know I will be home all day, that’s a day I pick to do the laundry (or spread it out over 2 days if you’ll be really busy). The kids all have a laundry hamper in their room. I ask the kids the night before I know I will be washing to bring their hamper to the laundry room and separate their clothes. I usually know it’s time when I see more clothes on their floor than in their hamper. In the laundry room I have 4 baskets – one for darks, one for lights, one for whites, and one for darks to be washed in hot. Once a load is finished, I take it out of the dryer (preferably while it’s still warm and not too wrinkled), shake it out, and lay it over the back of the couch in the family room. I lay shirts/tops in one pile and pants/bottoms in another pile. I put items to be hung up over the arm of the couch and have a basket for undergarments/socks. I do this until all the loads are done. I just keep alternating loads during the day. When ALL of the laundry is done, I assemble everyone in the family room for the “folding party”(which usually includes the bribe of a movie) and I start tossing them their items from the pile. They fold as we go and believe me, when I have finished tossing out items (which is actually funny in itself), they are practically done folding. I then pause the movie until they have all taken their items to their room AND put them in the proper places. I then fold mine and my husbands items and I, or one of the kids, will take care of the undergarment basket during the movie. Believe me, I have tried everything and this works great (and yes, sometimes, those items sit on the back of the couch for a day or two but this eliminates wrinkles pretty well and also eliminates having a ton of baskets floating around the house….. Love to you Meg – Good Luck!! 🙂 You crack me up. Thanks for being authentic – it is SO encouraging….far more inspiring than showing a spotless home. Loved the Sonic cup. That made it art. Meredy xo You are too funny! Glad to see there are “real” mom bloggers out there who don’t have everything perfectly in order. My house looks similar, but you know what, that means that there are lots of wonderful loving memories being created with my family. I will have plenty of time when they have moved out to clean! 🙂 Hope the baby pictures went well!
that was too cute 🙂 THank you! i am a working mom and I swear I am always feeling guilty for my house not always neat and clean. oh god thank you. You are normal and I think I am too. I ll tell you this…were both pretty good moms! 🙂 You are beautiful!!! Inside and out. Your family is blessed to have you!! Thanks for the sweet vlog. Can you feel the love from the ladies here? You’re our hero!! Enjoy your fun time 🙂 I miss your sweet laugh!! i love this post. Awesomeness. For reals. Hugs to you beautiful mess! You are my soul sista. Yes, I want to see the inside of your fridge next, because right now mine is disgusting and I need to feel better about it. Or clean it out. Or both. I love your blog!! It is so nice to know that I’m not the only person that doesn’t have a perfectly clean house all the time!! Thank you so much for sharing with us all! haha! My laundry room kind of looks like that too. You should totally show us the inside of your fridge next! I love you Meg and your big fat mess! 🙂 Your honesty makes me smile. When I first became a mother I was always running around trying to keep my house clean wondering how others did it, but then one person told me, that sometimes moms with the messiest houses are the best moms because that means they are spending the most time with their kids rather than worrying about the mess all the time. Keep up with the video postings, they are fun to watch! 🙂 Meg!! You are so darned cute!! And REAL!!! You crack me up!!! I just love you!!! Thanks for keeping it real and making me feel so normal!!!
Meg, You are so *awesome* and *real* and *funny*! I think having a mess just means that you have a house full of family. How sad when the day comes when I walk into a room and there isn’t just a tiny sign that someone, anyone has been in there but me. 🙂 Hope you got your earbuds back and got your run. ok, I LOVE your blog and it’s like a little pick me up when I see a new post in my reader! thanks for being so honest….just realized as I tried to capitalize my “t” that my kids must have broke that along with the # five that no longer works 🙂 I have 4 kids and the oldest is five and a half…..so glad my house is not the only one that is a mess! I feel like mine is never “dirty”, i vacuum and dust often but it is ALWAYS messy! Guess I better get used to it cause it doesn’t get better as they get older?!?!
We all appreciate your honesty! We are all in your shoes! 2 things… first, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has a hard time when my kids take my stuff. 😉 Second, thank you for keeping it real. I was just feeling discouraged about the mass amount of laundry I have piling up and about my house being messy. I decided to avoid the mess longer and get on the computer. You made me feel better! And a little motivated. Good luck getting your list done. Hope the day ends better then it started (i.e. having your ear phones taken) 🙂 hey meg! what lip product/shade are you wearing in this video? i love it!
That video made. my. day.
um so. your laundry room could be in your garage. that is still full of unpacked boxes from a move that took place in APRIL. full of stuff this is going to the Good Will on December 26 (because the christmas ornaments are somewhere at the bottom). CANNOT wait to meet you and share war stories. 😉 seriously, I think you’re great…I’d really do it for you.
ah…..comfort. lol. hanks for posting this. i know i am normal, but liivng here with my parents temporarily makes me feel like the biggest slob in the world sometimes. we have seven children and we are staying in my parents upper floor. so 9 people in 3 bedrooms. things get CUH-RAZY but no one understands here. YOU get it. thanks, Meg. yu have the prettiest smile, btw! you look like Nancy McKeon. Oh, Meg. Your video makes me love you even more!!! I mean, if that were possible. 😉 I think we are kindred spirits. I crave organization….but it doesn’t come naturally to me. At. All. Most days I think I need to hire a professional organizer…but then she’d have to come everyday for the upkeep. *sigh*
Join the crowd…we all have rooms or houses like you so you are sooo not alone! By the way, I just have to comment, you have BEAUTIFUL teeth and a great smile!!! If anyone else said that, I promise I didn’t say that to steal from them but those pearly whites certainly showed up on your vlog…so fun by the way…and I wanted to just give you a compliment. Have a beautiful day, hope you find your ear plugs (so annoying, I’d be really mad!) and have the best time at Blog Sugar, you will rock the house I’m sure! Woot Woot!
Oh my goodness! I LOVE your hair. If only mine looked that good on a regular basis! i just have to comment EVERYTIME a blogger does this….THANK YOU!!! thank you for letting us know that we are all busy, unorganized, and have messy houses. its so easy to let the pretty pictures on the internet trick you into feeling not up to par with the rest of the world! and this relates to a pin i saw yesterday and it was soooo true: dont let comparission steal your joy!!! AMEN!!! and horray for messy moms!!!!! oh my goodness, the comments you typed MADE the video. you’re hilarious!!
Thanks for keepin’it REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!m
its good you keep it real – so many people have the ridiculous notion that the perfect life that we see in blogs is a daily reality – it’s not and I think so many women think they are not good enough because we keep comparing ourselves. Good for you!
You’re too cute to be a big fat mess…I hope you have an awesome trip! 🙂 The only way I can keep from ‘backsliding’ and doing my kids’ laundry for them, is by keeping them on a schedule. Each child (I only have 2) has a set day of the week that is THEIR laundry day. If they miss it, they get to spend weekend time doing it, instead of whatever fun activity we may have planned. We don’t miss they fun, but they do! It took them only once of missing the fun, and then they realized I meant business. Think about adding it to your chore list on the chanlkboard. If they only need to do one load, they could probably get that in between the start of dinner and bedtime. There have also been times when they bartered with each other- if one needed just a few things washed to re-wear in the week, he offered to help his brother fold his clean clothes, if he could throw in what he needed washed with his brother’s load. Just a thought! Have fun at Blog Sugar!!!
I’m glad you posted the video. I was walking around my own house yesterday thinking it looked like a tornado came threw. And I don’t even live in Kansas. You’re so funny…that’s great! I hate when my kids take my stuff! I even have a sign taped to my closet door that says “Kids stay out!” but it doesn’t work. They are always sneaking in to get something. I hate sneaky kids too. Whew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. Ha ha ha! You are so cute. Thanks for sharing. Your house looks like mine and I have four kids. =) Thanks for showing us you are real. For reals! Sometimes our life through photos looks a lot more put together and we feel pressured we have to be put together all. the. time. I love that your home looks like a home. Laundry, dishes, crafts and even a sonic cup on the couch tells me that your life is full. Full of little people, full of love and full of life. Isn’t that what it is all about?
You are not a mess at all!!!!!! Your home is still Beautiful and you are a Beautiful woman too!!!!!!
thank you. you keep giving me reasons to like you even more! good luck on your speech. wish i could come hear it! you will be great! but i will throw some prayers up on your behalf just in case! ha! if anyone ever gives you a hard time about your house mess, you should kick it old school, and tell them these 3 words – “sorry for livin’!!!” Nuff said! 🙂
That is great! I mean it brought a smile to my face. You are real….just like the rest of us. Thank you for sharing your mess. It looks just like my house. Big hug! As someone else said (or maybe many someones!), you are adorable! Thanks for the smile… and have a lovely day! You are beautiful! And so realistic, I like it 🙂
soooo….i love the video! you’re so funny! i saw where you are returning things to cato….i LOVE cato…so you asked for questions….what are some of your favorite finds at cato? what’s your style? Hi Meg. I thought of an idea that may help your laundry situation. You might have already thought of this, but how about each kid has their own laundry day. On that day when they get home from school they do their laundry. I hope this might help. You are super great and so funny! Have a great day! You are adorable! Would it weird to say I love you? Yes? Ok, never mind then…. You are so cute and hilarious! Thanks for a look into your home! I don’t feel so bad when my home gets messy – although it’s only my hubby and me so far. Hopefully you can figure out a way to get the laundry room in order because that would be very stressful for me (which it seems to be for you), especially if kids were running up looking for a certain clothing item that they couldn’t find because they left it in a heap in the laundry room. I say kudos to you for making them do their own laundry and hopefully someone will chime in with some advice. I don’t have kids yet so I know nothing about it, sorry! This may sound absurd but I use to have a laundry room that look exactly like yours then I got rid of the dryer! Yes, I up and sold the dryer and my laundry room has been clean ever since. I still wash our clothes but they never pile up , my motivation is Mother Nature herself. I never know when it’s going to rain so if I wake up and it’s sunny the clothes have to be washed and hung out to dry by 9am(it takes at least 6 hours for them to fully dry) and usually their still damp at 5pm (our humidity’s crazy) so the kids(4) are forced to hang their clothes up right away or they’ll stink! Really (reeeeeeally) appreciate seeing your mess. It’s so easy for us to see these gorgeous houses and moms (like yourself. man, you’re BEAUTIFUL!) and feel like you have it all together and we’re a hopeless disaster. Thanks for keepin’ it real!! i forgot to say…im 21 and my laundry is always behind….its inevitable….but i do have 3 hampers so I can separate my laundry and take it to the laundry room then back to my room….one basket at a time I decided that checking your blog was more important than reviewing a case study for school 🙂 i love your vlog….and i love how real you are…have fun at blog sugar!!
Thanks you somuc for sharing your real life!!! I feel so much better! 🙂 Those sunflowers in the background, are they real or faux? If faux, where did you find them? YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thank you for your honesty. I feel much better about my own mess at home now 🙂
Love the video! I live by the quote, “Dull women have immaculate houses.” Thanks for making me smile today, Meg!! Thanks for that. I feel much better now. Your hair looks cute though! Post a video of Waffle, whom I cyber love. Would love to see and hear him fer reals (fur reals?) instead of pictures. You’re so brave to share – I think creative minds are always a little messier (at least that’s my excuse…) You’re my favorite “read”, and my inspiration to add more color to my life. Thanks for keepin it real. I found some really cool laundry sorters in a stand at IKEA. they were pretty cheap and work pretty well for sorting things. Don’t worry about the mess, you are just living! You may have a messy house, but you are not a mess! And you have CUTE hair! Have fun in California! Love it! I love homey homes that are “for reals”! You are great! I’m glad I’m not alone. I loved it! You should do more videos. I hope you have a great day and a safe trip. I’ve been reading your blog for over a year and the thing that keeps me besides your creativity, is how real you are. I appreciate it so much. Thank you! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I know I’ve said this before but I just have to say it again … You are just too funny! Take it from me, one day you’ll only be doing laundry for the two of you & it will make you sad 🙁 BTW, I know you don’t believe me but ’tis true, ’tis true 🙂 You should work for the Kansas Department of Tourism ’cause you make me wanna visit … have a great day! I doubt you are a big fat mess. After reading your post, I went to check to see if my headphones were where I keep them. My girls love to use them. I must have music when I exercise. I have a big to do list today. Camping this weekend! I have decided that I am going to have to introduce chore charts into our family schedule. My girls are ridiculous. Happy Day to you! So funny! Thanks for providing me with some humor before I clean my own messy house today!
THANK YOU!!!!! Just came in after bringing three of my kids to the bus…the dog attacked the newspaper, there are shreds EVERYWHERE…the kitchen is a disaster, laundry, the basement with all the toys I haven’t even looked at in a week. I can not tell you how much I appreciate seeing the reality of life happening at others houses as well! I am loving your vlogs. They are so honest, and simple, and they make us other moms out here feel normal like you!
You’re not a big fat mess, you know. You’re a mom with a lot of kids, and a life. I’m not sure on your current process with the hampers. We keep them in our rooms and then take them down to the laundry room when they are full and its time to wash. Then you wouldn’t have to see it and smell it when you need to take care of your own stuff? Of course my laundry is in the basement. Maybe though, after this trip you will have some time to rest and recover from the crazy summer, craft weekend, etc, etc? I hope so. i hate when the kids take out stuff too. i knwo i don’t always comment, but i ALWAYS read your blog. so much so that i dreamt about you last night. what! it’s not something weird, we met. hubby and i drove to your house. your hubby was there, i think a couple of your kids were running around in the background. even your really close friends were there (the ones you always post about). sorry i can’t remember their names. anyway, you and i hit it off right away [of course;)]. you showed me around your house, which did not look like your current house. anyway, it was nice to wake up with you this morning! heehee hope your day gets better. I always listen to music when I cycle other wise the sound of me dying winds me up lol. And when I do the shopping at the supermarket. in my defense…. so this is what went down: ME: So i was watching Jon Daily and Chris Rock was on and Jon said "You sent me that email and it was full of all this computer talk and i thought HE'S A NERD ROCKSTAR!" CRAIG: nothing. ME: and then Jon asked Chris "if you could just have one part of the music what would it be….the soundboard and computers? the stage?" and chris says "a guitar and a camp fire" and then Jon said "SO YOU"RE A HIPPY?!!!" CRAIG: what? ME: what? you don't think it's funny? OH WAIT…..not CHRIS Rock….KID ROCK!!! ha ha ha CRAIG: Kid Rock was talking to Jon Daily? the golfer? ME: what? NO?! Jon Daily! the Daily Show!!! Craig: that's Jon Stewart! ME: oh….well…..whatever…..never mind!!!!!
i think it's time for me to get the mom translator…………. ……………………………………….. today is the last day for the Degree Get Into the Move $100 Visa Card giveaway.
AND my friend Kerry....with the dairy farm….remember her? if you would take 10 seconds and CLICK HERE and vote for BABY 147 my friend Kerry could win $1000! Kyler is pretty darn cute! go vote for that sweet pea. happy monday. joe geronimo. HA. HA. HA! Lol. This post had me ROTFL!! Oh the tears of laughter. I know it was funny, but for some reason it brought about pure, tear producing, laughter! I guess I can just relate to it so much. Thank you very much for sharing that. Still giggling….:) i knew exactly what you were talking about cause i flipped the channel as stewart was talking to him and caught the whole hippy part. kid rock definitely made himself sound smarter than i’d ever peg him to be. lol. Haha! The funny part is that I totally understood what you were trying to say. Ah! The glories of Mom Speak! The whole time you were calling him Jon Daily I picture Jon Stewart. Hilarious! the amazing thing is that I knew exactly who you meant 🙂 it’s sad that I knew what you were saying to Craig! It’s not a new problem, when the movie Jungle Fever came out my mom kept talking abut Skip Lee…WHO??? Oh, Spike Lee! Mom, how many black guys do you know named Skip? Then when Magic Johnson announced he was HIV positive…she asked if I had heard about Magic JORDAN…what?? It’s what happens to us, we lose cool points as we age I related your story to my hubs yesterday and he thought *I* was the one who was telling the story wrong (mixing up Jon Stewart and John Daly). And then when I finished, he tells me “That sounds like a May-joke, getting everything wrong.” Nice. I do not think my husband would have been able to follow that if I got all the names right! He does not really know who those people are. I never get to talk about celebs…so deprived. Love the video! I voted. And just so you know, as I was reading the conversation with your husband, I was following along, understanding exactly what you were saying, and thought your husband and mine,MUST be related somehow. Too much funny! Not sure if this is a good thing for me to admit or not, but I knew exactly who you were talking about from your first sentence! That is so funny! I need the mom translator too :). Love your blog btw! I am a new reader/ blogger and am so inspired and encouraged by you.
That is hilarious!!! Oh my goodness, hilarious! Sounds like something I would do! Ha, love it! As long as we can laugh at ourselves its all good, right? Thought of you today as I splurged (at Target!) and bought myself two new dresses and 3 cardigans! What would we do without Target? Happy Monday! Sounds like many conversations here in The Dial Home between the hubs & myself … too funny! I sure could’ve used a mom-translator when my boys were teenagers 😉 I voted for your friend’s cutie-pa-tootie. Hope she wins! Sounds like many conversations here in The Dial Home between the hubs & myself … too funny! I sure could’ve used a mom-translator when my boys were teenagers 😉 I voted for your friend’s cutie-pa-tootie. Hope she wins! So hilarious! So this is completely and utterly off topic, but Michael’s craft store is carrying a line of French Bull party supplies. I saw them and instantly thought of the time you posted about them because I LOVED all the colorful dinnerware. If you have a Michael’s you should go check it out. I don’t remember it being too expensive and you could stock up 🙂
Right there with you. Awesome! So funny!! I do that too and my teenagers correct me all the time. They just roll their eyes and say “Mom, really?”
HA HA HAhahahaha…I could use a mom translator too. Very funny and I voted for your friend’s cutie pie! Ha! So glad that I’m not the only one (and joe geronimo is a hottie!) I just asked my husband if he needed me to take the check to the bank’s house today….yes..I..did…but it’s hot, I have headache and I was thinking about swinging past my parents’ house in the same trip….
Hahaha! I knew you were talking about Jon Stewart and I have even called him Jon Daily while talking to my husband. He politely corrects me, and then laughs at me.
Oh LAWD – sadly, I was following that convo right along with you…I need the translator< too!
I laughed so hard at this, it is exactly like something I would say. I read it to my daughter, Ryann, and she laughed and said, “yeah, you would say that!” And add me to all the others who knew exactly who you were talking about! Thanks Meg.
Hilrious!!! Love the “mom-translater” too. 🙂 Just voted! Let us know if she wins. Jon Daily. hahaha. I can’t stand that guy, so I LOVE this. Thank you so much.
okay, I was automatically picturing the Jon Stewart Daily show when I read the first line… probably b/c I’ve never heard of Jon Daily, the golfer! Pretty funny! Love the conversation. LOL. I voted for your friend. She is a cutie. I knew right away you were talking about Jon Stewart. I’m a mom too! Okay, that is totally hiliarious!!! I voted for your friend’s pic! Seriously laughed until I had tears streaming down my face! Funniest thing ever…because it’s soooo true. I was the same way, I knew exactly what you meant before the translation. You have a lot of kindred spirits. So funny. i just have to comment because this made me laugh out loud. i knew EXACTLY what you meant even before the translation. crack up! I knew who you were talking about. lmbo! I LOVE to watch The Daily Show. I voted for the cutie! Hope she wins. 🙂 I knew what you meant. Ha ha.
Oh my goodness, this made me laugh!! I’ve had those moments too 🙂 And i voted for your friend. That’d be cool if she won!
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D Graff - This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time!
maria - So love it! How fun. We should all start our day like this!
denise@victory rd. - that was ss..wweet!!
shauna - amazing.
i love that dad
Suzanne - Oh my gosh, too cute! Thanks for sharing 🙂
LibraryGirl62 - This man is raising his kids right. My kids and I STILL do this and they are 18 and 19!
Kate - my favorite is the girl in the front seat who looks at the camera like ‘really, they are making me do this. and they are crazy” around 1:21.
Jess - LOL! Queen jam sesh first thing in the morning! I love it! Reminds me of my trips to school in the morning with my dad and brother. My brother and I could not go to school with out hearing George Harrison’s “I got my mind set on you”. It was our daily ritual on the way to school.
Jenna@CallHerHappy - I love how the little guy in the car seat keeps checking his sister for what to do next! Adorable 🙂
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Routhie - That is awesome. My girls and I do the same. Inspiration for our afternoon in the car today. Hope it makes them as happy as this made me.
Rosemary - Ha! I love it. Thank you for posting this video. Totally made my day.
christy - Adorable! Love the lil’ one in the car seat, the way big sis gets him queued up. The little girl in front how she watches herself in the camera. Too cute! Thanks for sharing this.
ira lee - hahaha, so cute. days are always better when they start with smiles! not always possible…..
Andrea L. - Thank you for the awesome distraction at work!!
Lisa S - So cute! When I hit play, my littles heard music, so they immediately came over to watch. My 18 month old was mesmerized and started waving her hands up and down just like the kids, lol. We’ve been listening to the wicked soundtrack in our car recently and also the disney soundtrack for the fantasmic firework show and we have our own little choreography for that, I should figure out a way to film it. One of those moments you want to always be able to remember because it is so precious. Maybe we will try this song next 😉
Samma Michelle - I think I want to ride to school with this family!!! Sweet family!!!
Peggy in TN - Fantastic way to start the day! They all go into school with a smile on their face and a light heart. Kudos to the dad making it fun!
happygirl - Adorable kids. Dad? hahaha
flowerpowermomma - Really enjoyed this. Brought make memories of car trips with our kids. Sure shows how this family loves life and each other.
Michelle From Australia - We walk to school. Wonder if we did something like that what the neighbours would think as we sang our way down the footpath?? Loved it. Thank you for sharing.
Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - Any time I see a video I think you’re doing another vlog and I smile. They were so fun! I think you should do another. 🙂
Saw this video the other day.. So cute!!
Christina - Hilarious, and what tickled me is how fair they are and how dark their dad is! Very cute!!
(Tickled? I am now my mother.)