Darth Dynamite

OK, if you never saw Napoleon Dynamite OR if you didn't care for the humor in the movie, don't even bother watching this clip. You will think it is dumb, and then you will question my sense of humor and wonder what is wrong with me. So just save yourself all that hassle and don't even watch it.

But if you have a soft spot in your heart for Napoleon and you have seen the movie a couple times, then you might just get a laugh out of this spoof off Star Wars with Napoleon starring (sort of) as Darth Vadar. Check it out...

Desert Song by Brooke Fraser

Our band is doing this song at our church on Sunday morning. Love it! My favorite section is

All of my life

In every season

You are still God

I have a reason to sing

I have a reason to worship

Goldmine (Or "Boo-ya", as Steve wanted it titled)

I went by the Salvation Army today - partly because I was in the neighborhood and partly because I had some time to kill while waiting to pick Caleb up from preschool.

Lo and behold - it was 50% off all clothing today! I do not usually find anything for myself at thrift stores, but Steve LOVES thrift store shirts (the trendy term would be "vintage"). And Caleb and Seth are 5 and 3, and it is great to find them play clothes there for cheap. I can send them outside and not bat an eye when they come in with rust, dirt, trampoline grime, sand, mud and grass stains on them.

Today, I found 4 shirts for Seth and 1 shirt for Steve, and the grand total (including tax) was $6.98!

(After I had posted these pictures, I realized how wrinkly the shirts were. I sort of wanted to go and tumble the shirts in the dryer and re-take the pictures. I then realized how silly that was, and decided to just make note of the fact that I KNOW they are wrinkled instead. It somehow makes me feel better. :-)

Jewelry for a Great Cause!

Tracy at JunkPosse makes amazing necklaces. She is currently donating 30% of the profits from a select group of necklaces to the Bottomly's Ethiopia Adoption Travel Expenses. (Amy and Josh adopted Silas from Ethiopia back in 2007 when he was a teeny tiny 8 lbs at 4 months old, and now he is almost 3! They are currently on the waiting list to adopt

a little girl from Ethiopia as well!)

Here are some of the necklaces.

Hope for Africa found here

Heart For Africa found here

Hands for Africa found here

Hope For Children found here

Really great necklaces! They would make great Christmas presents (hint hint). If for some reason any of the above links are marked sold out, you can click on the JunkPosse store link right here to find the necklace listed again.

Happy Shopping!

Old School

My sweet husband knew I was getting home late tonight and had not done a blog post today, so he scanned in some of our wedding pictures so I would have something to post. Wasn't that sweet of him....collective "awwwww".

Youngsters.

My Girls.

Walking down the aisle. (I love this one because my Mimi is in the background.)

The wedding chapel we got married at in Upland, CA.

Youngsters again.

Me and my great Pops, youngster Steve in the back, and I can see my nephew Colton who was just a baby and is now almost 9!

We worked at a children's home at the time, and some of the kids were

able to come to our wedding. Special memories!