Pot o' Gold

Around here.....

We believe in ANY excuse to celebrate!

Serious!... Any reason to have an extra~ordinary day

......

Yes Pleez!

We celebrate short days at school

by getting icecream every Friday

after i pick the kids up!

We look forward to every  new day really...

What will it hold?

What will happen?

What  will we accomplish?

What fun will we conjure up?

What oppurtunities will present themselves?

Life Is FUN!

But

..if you tell me ...

That there is a chance that Leprichauns may show

up at my house in search of shiny treasure....



Then count me in Yo!

"I Will Decorate with Clovers,

put up Rainbows and Pots o' gold

on my walls...

and even dress the ENTIRE family IN

GREEN!!!! 

We are all smiles here on st. Patty's!

-

some of us could barely keep our pants on!!!!

(yumm....toddler butt on the kitchen table!!!)

can u say...409  ?!!

Green eggs and ham for supper....

(does slightly, barely, sorta green, count ???)

oh yah.. and bacon...instead of ham???

same animal right???

and ...

Finally...Any excuse to wear my

New Gold sequin shoes from Decades!!!

I went with the "pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow "

ensamble for my St. Patty's get up.

I even attended Parent Teacher Conferences in this

very same outfit!

am i becoming "THAT" embarassing mom???

TOO BAD!

I tell my kids....

"i feed you...

you need me"...

hee hee

xoxo  shell

Table for 6????

 

I love lil boys with overgrown curly hair....

I thought for sure with my nappy lil head of hair....

that i would have a boy with curls...

But nope....

and both of my girls started out with curls...

Lou lost hers...

maybe when she ate the sheep poo pie.

Maybe that knocked the curl right outta her hair!

she really did.  We were fishing near a herd of sheep

and she picked that lil "pie" up and took a bite...

(she would be very mad if i did not explain that she was like..2 when this happened)

(but it's funnier if you imagine a 7 year old eating the sheep

poo~ pie)  lol

Kie,  my youngest is 3 and she still has the curlies!

hers is way curlier than Kenzie lou's was though.

Kade was born with an awesome Mohawk...

Little " MoHawker".....

get it???

that's our last name....Hawker...

prefix it with the "mo"...

that gives you.....Mohawker...

check one ...check two...

Is this thing on???

(tapping the microphone...)

What is my point????

I am getting baby hungry.

i know.

i know...

i swore we were done.

after each child i swore it.

i had to do what i had to do just to survive

the baby phase.

so when i told myself i was DEFINATELY DONE...

 

it was to assure myself that this was the last time

i would have to endure screaming and crying in

the night and diapers...diaper bags ..and  bubbas...

and lugging carseats around...

UMMMM...

it's probably still gonna be a bit before i

convince myself to take the plunge again....

babies are getting cuter to me ....

but crying TRUMPS the cute thing.

I AM NOT READY FOR MORE CRYING.

(one of my kids hasnt let up with the crying thing yet.,.....ahem...HINT: it's not the youngest

or the oldest...ahem....)

We have it really good right now....

we just get up  and go... i take naps as i please...

Hubby and i  go on Guilt Free dates....

and did i mention NO Diapers!!!

but..... i did tell Kade he could have a lil

brother...one with curly hair...

FIRST THINGS FIRST THOUGH!

I need a new home....

yup...keep your belt buckled hubby...

buy me a house and then we will talk!

xoxo shell

(if it turned out to be a girl...then I LIED

to kade...and thats how it would just have to be....

cuz i would FOR SURE..

BE DONE!

hee hee

Pink~ness and Nickel Auctions

You won't even believe this but.....

i got the flu again....

3rd time since  Jan. 20th.

(it was a doozy...i even called my sister and

asked her to take care of me and my kids for the day)

(i don't ask for help....)

so you know it was bad.

(ps   i still have walking pneumonia)

I've been feelin  guck!

so when i felt better on Friday night...

THE PINK SHOES CAME OUT!

I new i had to go to drastic measures to

pick myself up!

so PINK it was!!!

Pink sweater......



and Pink flower necklace!!!!......

shoes: D.I.   $2.00

sweater: Rag time 2nd hand store  $3.00

necklace: Downeast $5.00

Feeling pretty in Pink...

YUP!  YOU know where this is going......

....

PRICELESS!!!!

oooh...

and my sister took me to my very first NICKEL AUCTION!!!

there is a whole nother WORLD out there!!!

and i'm sooo gonna host my own...

very soon...

so get ready girls!!!

****don't drop anything else off at the

D.I.****

save it for my upcoming nickel auction!!!

IT IS SOOO MUCH FUN!

xoxo shell



Thrifting for Fashion

This past Friday.....

Matt called into work sick.

and SO DID I!



i've been sick for the past month and a half...

and still am. 

....

But i finally figured out what was wrong!

i hadn't been thrift store shopping in FOREVER!

....

duh!

that must be the problem...

so the dr. orders would surely be a day out

thrifting with my sister!

So we hit up a secondhand vintage clothing store

downtown  appropriately called  ....

DECADES

behold:

my new, old, studded,  bowtie,  cuff bracelet

and my yumm new, old, necklace!

I also scored some

GOLD SEQUIN shoes!!!

and some earrings to die for!

(i'll get some pics of those soon!)

next,   we hit up a little boutique called

RAG TIME

also a secondhand shop but with more modern clothing!

i scored 3 purses, 2 pairs of jeans and 3 tops...

oh and 2 more pairs of shoes!

these are my new, old trucker jeans and  my brown leather bag

with my

lucky green shoes...just in time for

St. Patty's day!!!

Who says you gotta spend big money to pull together cute outfits?

3.99 shoes

12.00 sweater

3.99 bag

and 5.00 jeans!

NOT TOO SHABBY!

and i'm helping save the planet!

reuse  reduce  recycle

i'm just that kinda girl....

GO GREEN!

AND ...

i can finally wear my green dress from the Goodwill in California!

Yay!

tis the season for GREEN!

SPRING AND  ST. PATRICKS...

AND

MONEY!

I  have a big dumptruck job this week!

hope to pay off some bills and put some away for a house!

wish me luck!

xoxo shell

A Wierd Happy

 AS OF fRIDAY, fEB 25TH.....

We the People  ...(the hawkers)

are no LONGER HOME OWNERS!

yep!!!

WE ARE ELATED to report....

we sold our home!!!

(goodbye friend..you served us well.)

after a very,very,very, long and grueling

2 years....  IT'S GONE!!!

We are experiencing minor feelings

of sadness at the loss of our beloved home and nieghborhood...but mostly we are:

relieved, at peace, thrilled, and excited

at the possibilities that await us!

We even looked through a few model homes
last night durning our date...

(just dreaming)

I have been pushing myself for the 

past couple of trying years...not to ask the

questions like..  "why me?"   but to

replace those dooming thoughts with

more hopeful ones.... like

"WHAT'S NEXT?"

i can't lie down and die with so much left to be done.....

HOPE  is all i had some days....

With so much weighing us down...

job changes and financial stress and

losing a home.....

it would have been easy to retreat into

the rut and dwell there...

But the stuff worth anything good in this life...

IS NEVER EASY!

I am NOT perfect....

at all....

not even a little bit close to it....

sometimes the only thing that got me out of bed in the morning was...

the excitement to buy a new decorating magazine...
a great movie i wanted to see

or to just surprise a friend with a cupcake...

totally worldly ,  i know...

but hey...i did what i could and prayed for

the strength for the rest!

nope...i'm not a perfect friend, or mom, or

wife or daughter....

but boy do i wanna be some day!

i want to be comfortable in the presence of

my Savior and my Heavenly Father...

the only 2 perfect beings i know.

so i will give it my all while i am here

and have the chance....

Sooo

We do our best and hang on to hope for the rest!


xoxo  shell


 

The thing About Kade...

The thing about Kade....

He is IMPOSSIBLE...

Impossibly loud, wild, crazy, rowdy,

emotional and demanding....

but  OH  SO impossibly amazing, wonderful, fun, funny,

sweet, caring,  obedient, darling and ADORABLE....

He is just perfectly complicated!

He keeps life around here Exciting!

THAT IS FOR SURE!!!

 and kade....

JUST TURNED 5

i don't even know how really...

 it kinda snuck up on us actually....

The WHOLE thing did really.

It all started in a dusty little cabin on MOON Lake...

Then he was born....crying....

(and i with no medication for the birth...was crying also!!!)

i got to the hospital a bit late for an epidural...

at    7    centimeters

wondering if i might, perhaps, could get checked...

to see if i might possibly be in labor???

goodness....   you'd think i hadn't done

it all once before!!!

kade was born into our family to

teach us so many things....

here are some things you should know about

kade:

*his middle name is Harley

after my wonderful grandpa

*his nicknames are Bubby or Dade.

("dade" comes from Drew his lil cousins adorable lil lisp)

* If he is mad....

....

HIDE!

*if he loves you...

You Know it.

his heart is HUGE!

*he LOVES him some Green.

*He loves to be heard...

and if you arent listening...

....

Run and HIDE!  lol

*Kade Harley is known for his CRazy

handsome Hair.

all the young women at church crush over

his hair!

(also from his great grandpa Harley)

* Kade only eats grilled cheese,

chicken nuggets, and Bacon..

***and CHOCOLATE!***

*HE LOVES Gi joes, dinosaurs and Monster Trucks...

**kade has rode on a MONSTER TRUCK

school bus

*and kade can say the best prayers.Hands down!

.....

He is a BIG gentleman with a heart of Gold

who loves to "choose the right".....

AND that is THE THING ABOUT KADE....

He is our pride and joy!

xoxo  shell

Ramblin in Le Jardin

Life  just cant get too much

CRAZIER around  the Hawker place.

What we SHOULD be doing is

SLOWING DOWN!!!

....

but the hardest thing of all ....for me to do is....

to pick and choose from all good things!

We had fieldtrips, a daddy homecoming, and a birthday and then...

of course  A BIRTHDAY PAR~TAY!

(oh and did i mention Bronchitus  and  Pneumonia)
(so apparently...NOT ALL good things)...



We visited a french greenhouse...

BEAUTIFUL!

Le Jardin

With Kade's preschool....

(only in Montessori theory preschool...will
you ever find teachers planning a fieldtrip for
3,4 and 5 year olds to a fancy French garden house
.......

chucked full of delicate, expensive, plants and statues...)

I love me some Montessori schooling!

If it weren't so darned expensive...

i would put my kids through their entire schooling in it.

It is beautiful to me ...

the respect and peace that they learn there.

The responsibility for one's own self....

the ownership of one's community...

things that this World could  definately  use more of 

these days...if you're asking my opinion.

(if you're not.....well....

YOU IN DA WRONG PLACE!)

this here is my Place...

HA HA HA...

JUST PLAYIN...

sorta  ;)

i love the book by Gordon B. Hinkley...

Twelve Missing Virtues that Will Heal our Hearts and our Homes.

You should definately get ya a copy off

Amazon.com....

 ok then!  Good talk.

Oh and another thing...

SAVE THE DATE:

I'm thinking about getting remarried....

To Matt..again...

or at least hold a  re~reception

and this time I plan the reception.

and it will be here....

in

LE JARDIN

with a vintagey....jazzy....whimsical

band playing music while we all dance the night away!

and tiny people ARE invited...

cuz they are the MAGIC in Magical!

(and the loud in LOUD....but hey...

can't win em all!)

***

but the exact date isn't really

"set in stone" per say...

so just pretty much leave your

calendars open....

for the next..

few years...

i have to talk Matt into marrying me...

AGAIN...

...and he will probably look around ...

playing deaf....

like he can't hear me talking about something that costs money...

cuz ...

well...

HE IS A GUY.

(but fyi   ...i am incredibly adorable and convincing when i wanna be...so...

there is a glimmer of a smidgeon of a possibility....)

xoxo  shell