Last Week at The Barnettes

I love May. I was going to talk about how it was my favorite month of the year, but then I got to thinking.... I love fall; I love September (I reminisce about new pencil smell) and October, and November is Thanksgiving month, my favorite of the Holidays, and December is Christmas, of course. And everyone loves June, July and August. So, mostly I'm not a huge fan of January and February. March is kind of meh and April is pretty good. This month our April looked like this:



You can see all the things we did this month, I don't have much to say about them. Here's some pictures from this last week.

Brandon had a birthday..


...and I got him play off tickets. Yes, I am the coolest wife in the entire world.




I made these, and then he bought some on his own.

We had a sunny day, and Benson got a new bike for his birthday..






"Mommy, I want a new bike like Benson's.... but mommy, Benson's bike goes fast, and it's red mommy."


Look at Kimber's hair..

And Easter was lovely...







And today is Tuesday. Have a wonderful week.

Naked Ladies

I can't believe anyone still reads my blog with all of it inappropriateness. :)

I wanted to share this party that we do, because it is such a great thing. Every spring for the last three years we have had a "Naked Lady Party." Common just the name sounds fun, right? Don't worry it's not as scandalous as it sounds. Here's how it works:

Tell your friends they're invited to a Naked lady party. Everyone brings their clothes, purses, makeup, accessories (anything lady-ish) that they don't wear or use. Things once loved but don't fit, or you don't love so much anymore, or a gift you never loved so much; things that you would probably send to DI.

Each lady shows her items and then adds them to the pile. It was HUGE this year. I wish I had taken a picture. Then you draw numbers (1-13) and you go in order. Each lady gets to pick one item out of the pile according to their number. The last person gets to go twice, and then you go back up. 1,2,3...13, 13, 12, 11....1. Usually after one round of picks, we "free for all". People just kind of pick things and negotiate for what's left over. THEN, when it's all over, the host bags up all the left overs and brings them to DI.

It is seriously such a great thing. I think everyone always gets at least one thing they love, and this year I did so well. And every year something returns to the naked lady party that was picked up the year before.

Here's what I go this year...



5 shirts, 1 pair of jeans, 2 skirts, 1 fabulous dress, 1 pair of adorable shoes, and 1 pair of earnings. All for FREE. Awesome. In case you were wondering. My picks were the dress, then the brown fluffy skirt.

Will you comment what you got? If you post a picture on your blog, I'll link it so my other super jealous friends can check it out.

Here's Julie being a Naked Lady..

Serious Sterling

Good thing, "blog more" wasn't one of my new year's resolutions, because I've been kind of crummy at it this year. Oh well... I realized this morning that I have never done a Sterling update. So, while this is boring for most readers, I'm going to go ahead and do it anyways.

Sterling is 8 months yesterday. I mean, what the heck? He is the most serious baby I have ever met. Always scowling at people and looking like he's trying to figure something out. He is however, very friendly. The best thing about having a serious baby is when he is smiling his whole face is lit up. It's like a present.

Serious Sterling..


Smiling Sterling..


So.. Sterling crawls, eats baby food, blabers a lot, cries because he can't quite get up the kitchen stair. He loves his exersaucer, and TV (shhh don't tell). This baby eats everything. I think he might eat cardboard if you gave it to him, and he has the double chin to show for it. He loves Chandler, and thinks he's hilarious. He's easily scared and doesn't think throwing him up in the air is fun. His eyes are super brown and I love them more than I thought I would. They're like "brownies."

I love my boys..


"Mom, I'm done."


Anyways...Happy Thursday!

My A.....ss

Some of you know, but, since it's over I thought I would share.

My super cool older brother let me play with his friends. The 8 year old in me had a little party, "what I've always wanted!" she said. They were having a little before and after contest. I payed $5 and they let me bore them with weekly blog updates and before and after pictures.

I am so seriously impressed with the boys. Stupid boys always looking good with less effort. And the ladies look fantastic too.

Check us out.. It's not a vote thing, I won't make you vote for me.

90 days to a sweet A