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This is the burn spot from the lamp burning the drawer above it!This one shows how it almost burnt all the way through the drawer, which would have caused th
There is the cabinet that it all happened in!

Not really by popular vote, just one request. But that's OK! I am going to tell in full detail how my girl blankie caught on fire. (If you are very confused read the post before this one.) Allie and I were at the age where playing "House" or "Mommy" was really fun for us. So one morning we decided to turn my room into a full on kitchen for our "families". We made little curtains for the windows, made a table, and now we wanted to make an "oven" to make some "bacon". We took the lamp (with OUT the lampshade) and put it in the cabinet. We slammed it shut, and behold... LIGHT! It was really bright and actually looked like an oven... but we thought it was to bright. So Allie grabbed my Girl-Blankie and stuck her onto the lamp. BTW the blanket is just laying over the burning light bulb with OUT a lamp shade. Our mom called us downstairs for popcorn I think and we left our "oven" going. When we got back our room actually smelled like bacon! I guess from the fire. Allie looked in the smoke-filled cubby-door-thing and said "Nope, it's not on fire!" Then I went and looked, and sure enough, fire. Right on Girl-Blankie. My parents came upstairs and beat the fire out. My girl-blankie had a smoldering black hole in it. I was crying soooo hard and Allie felt sooooo bad because technically it was her idea but I don't blame her. But......... after a little help from Grandma Karen, she looked good as new! And there is the longest post I've ever made!

Girl Blankie!

I'm starting my very own tag... a fun one that you don't have to answer, copy, and paste every little thing on. Props to Taylor though because I stole the idea from her.

Everyone, post about your baby blanket, teddy bear, pillow, whatever it is. Here is mine, Girl Blankie! If you look up close on the first picture there are some faded out little girls on it. They used to be really clear and noticable, but I've had her since I was 1. Also I don't say "I've had it since I was 1." I say "I've had her since I was 1." One time Allie and I caught her on fire which I will have to post about another time because it's a little bit long. Funny because she's one of things were (this is going to be dorky) when we leave on a vaction I can't leave her at home because I feel bad for her. So anyways, post about your baby-thing even you Mom and any one who wants to!

Happy Birthday Kathrine!

This is a dedication to Kathrine! Happy Birthday! I can't believe how old you are... 14 now. Do I sound like a grandma or what? I love you sooo much. Just take a moment now to think and laugh to yourself about every inside joke we have. I am laughing right now. Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY and I LOVE YOU!

Love,

Dar

P.S. Cute picture I found of the girlies right?

Grinch!

Last Friday, Maddie and I went babysitting for the cutest girls! But the youngest one was having a really hard time getting to bed. So we had her on the couch and we were trying to sweet talk her into getting into her Pull-Up for bed. She was saying really funnny things like "This isn't funny!" and "It's not fair!" Then Maddie just scooped her up and tried to move her into her room and she points her tiny little finger at her and yells, "YOUR THE GRINCH!" in her adorable little girl voice. Maddie and I laughed and that made it 10 times worse... but thats OK because after a little while she cooled off and let us put her in bed. But it was really funny at the moment. How could you compare sweet Maddie to the grinch?:)

Goodbye Kiss Kiss

It's so sad that all of these awesome singers and OLYMPIC SWIMMERS (eh-em Micheal Phelps) just go bad on us. Chris Brown just assualted Rihanna after a fight in the car and Micheal Phelps was caught doing drugs. Now I can't enjoy Chris Brown's music anymore because it makes me sad that he did something so bad! And Micheal Phelps isn't such an awesome guy to me anymore. I thought he was some great role model, but not too much anymore. I guess this is the time us Mormons step up and stand out of the crowd versus all these stars gone bad. Hopefully Taylor Swift can be a light to these troubled stars also. Right? :) I love her.

Blog Under Construction!

Hey! As you may have noticed my blog is under construction right now! So It might be changing around a lot. I will tell you when I am settled with one blog.

Town Lake Fun!

On our 3-day break this week I think I was actually home for about 5 hours. On our last day of break on Wednesday we went to Town Lake to walk and feed the ducks. For those of you non-Texans Town Lake is in downtown Austin and it's a big and long trail. So in this first picture we have this adorable pack of little ducks that we're feeding bread. But then these nasty fat and ugly pigeons and crows come along and swoop the bread right out of mid-air... so everytime one would come Maddie would kick it away. So a pigeon is flying at me, Maddie is scaring it away, and I am scared of it.

We couldn't leave until I got a picture of my duck. This random duck is just floating around in it's gorgeous-ness and I am chasing it with a camera because it is so darn amazing looking! My duck! His name is...ummm... Beff. Yes, Beff! :)

Ignore the graffitti (splng?) But don't we all look so cute standing in front of the glorious Town Lake in Texas! Ahh, I love it.

And I always have more pictures of myself then others because I people should know I was there too, right? Anyways, we went to this cupcake trailer thing in Austin called "Hey Cupcake" and we all got a DELISH cupcake. Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum!