A realistic blog

I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine yesterday. We were actually visiting teaching (she is my companion). She was telling me of how her mom told her to look at this blog about a woman who was in an accident, and so many people were so impressed about how amazing she was because of her blog that they gave her $100,000 to help pay for medical expenses (I hope that made sense). Apparently her blog showed how incredibly neat her home was, how cute and well behaved her children were, and all the fun things she was able to make and do being a SAHM (stay at home mom). I know there has to be more to this story, but that's all I got. My friend was talking about how unrealistic this woman's life is for most people, and that there are so many expectations on women these days. But I told her that I bet this woman has bad hair days, her house is not always immaculate, she yells at her children (and maybe her husband), and her children fight and yell at each other, but she just doesn't blog about those days. Many of you know about this blog, and maybe some of you find it offensive, but personally I think it is funny and should not be taken so serious, seriously (haha). Plus, that blog is fake. So here is something very real-my messy house! I know it's not horrible, but it's definitely not something to brag about! Oh, and there were some rooms that were just sooo bad (my bedroom) and I know Mark would not approve of me showing it. And as of right now, I have no intention of cleaning my house. I'm drying apples, feeding my babe, then I need to go buy drinks for James' soccer team. It'll have to wait. :)

James and Andrew's bedroom

The laundry room (it's supposed to be messy, right?)

The family room-and yes, that's Andrew watching TV!

The Kitchen!

Smiley Baby

In contrast to that last post, I wanted to show how happy and smiley Caleb can be!

Cry Baby, Cry

No, I don't love to see my baby cry, but when he does, I can't help but think how cute he looks. Poor, sweet baby boy. Look at those big crocodile tears and that bottom lip.

James' 4 on 4 soccer team