The Junk Drawer--Part 2 (get your scrolly wrist braces out!)

Once upon a time (or as Char Char used to say "Ponce a Wanna Time") in Memzy Memzerton's junk drawer there was

::very dramatic music..............dah--dah--dah::


MORE junk!!

Jay kay of course. This stuff isn't junk....it's gold. But my time is limited and my organizational skilz are lacking as of late. So here is some quick scanning of the awesomeness that was had end of June, begin of July.

Jenny ESP, Princess Kimi, Landee, and myself had a fun filled few days here in the huge tourist stop of Bake-town USA. We also wanted to see Eclipse together and stuff. More details are HERE should you wanna expand on that time. Here is a clear view of why Aunt and Uncle Visor got the names that they did.

Lots of swimming with the Visor extended fam.

Princess Kimi getting to hold (and put to sleep!) Grammy Bear.

Who is THIS?! Someone other than Clara because this one is way too growed up to be her.

Blow up water slide courtesy of the Visor's. Complete with Uncle Visor's brother J Vest!!

Do you gize think he looks like UV?

Some srs fun and super lotsa smiles had

Even adult(ish) people got in on it! Not me tho cuz of my back (best excuse EVER)

More pool time at Shed's parent's house. (again with the Visor, right?)

Notice my adorable cousin Cody there on the right. A. Dore. A. Bull. (totally single you gize!)
I would also like to add that UV got a sunburn from sitting in the shade under that tree. Ha! Sweet UV.

I give you........teen angst.

Then on to the 4th of July super celleby on the front lawn of the parentals house.

Complete with root beer floats fer super duh.

Exhibit: choose-your-own-outfit-to-represent-4th-of-July. I really think the green flip flops add a nice touch.

Phew! I realize this was a lot of pics and not a lot of essplaining but I wanted to get this posted before I head off tomorrow for a big Jeppson family reoon up in Idaho. Assuming my camera doesn't act up like it has been the past few days....there will be many pics to post.

Now who's gonna come clean out my REAL junk drawer.

::crickets chirping::

Any takers?

::pin drop::

Gize?

The Junk Drawer--part 1

Everyone has a junk drawer in their house. Or maybe a junk closet,.... junk ROOM even. You've been putting things in there that you don't have time to organize but you know that you will need them at some point. You just don't have the time or know just what to do with them yet. That's kinda how this post is. My online proverbial "junk drawer" of pictures and events that happened over the summer. I have so many so you'll have to brace yourselves.

And just like my real junk drawer here at home.....I don't really ever organize it completely. It just looks that way. So here are some of my sections of the junk drawer I've thrown in those little plastic dividers.

CHARLIE MY LITTLEST BABY OF BOYS TURNS 6:

Guess what the them was you gize. A personalized "legendary" Pokemon (whatever that means, I just nod my head and say "mmm hmm.....cool!)
Since the day after his 5th birthday until this very moment he'd been asking for a DS. Nothing else but a DS. In fact his birthday list looked a little like this:

"dee ess"

And surprising to us all, SOMEbody could read his own birthday cards. Papa was impressed.

FATHER'S DAY/MY BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA:

Complete with a special musical number from Riley to Papa (extra points who knows which song it was)

And his favorite gift was from me of course. A pic of us together!! (I'm his favorite you know - he told me so)

And lucky for me I got to share my birthday on that day too. AV was nice to make a cake to celebrate both occasions. (That's a LOT of candles)

You don't even have to tell me how cute we are....

BRAINS HAD MANY A SWIM MEET:

His besties were his biggest fans, often hanging around all day just to watch his events.

On the blocks

We call this one "The genetic rib"

(Papa's was on the left, right mom?
Mine is on the right
Brain's is on the left)

Homie's got back

BEST FATHER'S DAY GIFT TO SHED EVER!:

One of these cute harnesses!!

Jay Kay. I got him "Total, complete, all the way.." sky diving.

Do you remember when you were a kid and you had your own "yard sale" in the front and brought some of your old toys and books out to make money? What a genius you were! To make some other kid happy and give yourself a pat on the back and some kudos/money at the same time. But then, Shorty across the street walks away with (what you now realize) is your favorite Purple Pie Man (Strawberry shortcake, you gize, geez!).

This was kinda like that:

I changed my mind!!! Come back!

But all was well and before you knew it lookie here.

And to land in such a gorgeous place....full of....dirt and....smog!

By far the funniest part (for me) was seeing Shed stand up after landing and immediately looking like he was gonna lose his lunch. I could see th body language from 100 yds away. Priceless. His friend, Arn, didn't seem to have that problem tho.

Let's do a little compare and contrast.

Arn:

Shed:
(even greenish skin right?)

Ihave to admit, you gize, I couldn't stop lollerzing.

How do you do this?

::ginormous deep breath::

How do do a blog post about your dad dying and his funeral? I've been mulling over that one for weeks. Paralyzed by it actually. I finally decided that less is more when it comes to the world wide web. I'm sure you would all agree to that. And the final push was imagining my dad asking me if I had a new blog post up yet (he was a devoted fan you gize).

Cristen Rio Parks died on July 11th after a 4 year battle with ALS. He was surrounded by loved ones, myself included.

His funeral was amazing,......uplifting.....generally all around awesome. I want to thank everyone who came....those who loved my dad dearly (doyee) and those who only got to know him recently and fell in love right off the bat (fer super duh).

AV (my mom) had the grand kids put stickers on the casket at the viewing. Priceless.

I also want to thank all the people who supported me and my family. Texts, emails, cards, food, Kleenex, funeral prep, traveling, laughing, letters, hugs.....the list goes on and on.

Funeral days aren' t the happiest days of your life. But as far as a day like that goes, I'd rank it a 10 out of 10. And like the text that this lady sent me that night describes:

"It was a perfect day."

Rise and Shout the Cougar is out.

Rise and Shout.

IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM

It's been almost a month since I've blogged, you gize. (or FB'd or any other online communication route) Longest. Hiatus. Ever. I'm on sabbatical tho. It's a multiple month sabbatical and I'm not sure when I'll be back to blogging.

Check out my chosen field of study:

Sorry to make you gize so jealous.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!

I love you more than life.
-Emily Kristin