Kids Koncert

Today for playgroup we met at a park for a Kids Koncert. They do quite a few of these around here, but this is the first one that Miley and I had gone to. I figured she would love it, because the girl will dance to anything that even slightly resembles music, and I was right! She had a ball. She was dancing all over the place with her friend, Jack. They were like the little groupies that were standing right at the stage for part of the concert.

The band was called "Sticks and Tones" and they played a lot of covers...mostly oldie type songs (Beatles), but some newer ones and some kid songs as well.

I definitely would love to go to more of these types of events, and I think Miley would agree!





I posted a video for you all to see her busting a move....

In the first little segment, she is being kind of a bully to Jack (sorry, Cecia!).

In the third segment, if you look close to the stage you can see Miley and Jack hanging out up there...too funny!

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Winner...Again!!

OK so I have seriously gotten into entering blog giveaways for cute things that I happen to stumble across. If you know me, you know this is one of my reasons for blog-stalking...I mean, who can resist free stuff, right??

But since I have already won something once (if you remember this post), I figure my chances of winning something again are pretty slim. Because let's be honest. I just don't win things.

So imagine my surprise when I WON something again!

I follow this fellow MN mom's blog, and besides having some cute kids, she is also always doing some kind of giveaway!

I won a personalized minky pillow for Miley from this Etsy store, Beyond Weddings!




I cannot wait to get this sweet little pillow for Miley. I am thinking green with pink writing...or maybe pink with green writing? What do you all think???

My 15 Minutes of Fame??

Anyone who knows me knows that I love me some celebrity gossip. In all forms. People, online sources, you name it.

But my particular guilty pleasure is Us Weekly. I am not too ashamed to admit that I have a subscription to this trashy mag delightful piece of weekly reading.

Now, as many of you know (and yes, I know there are some fellow readers out there) there is this lovely portion at the end of every magazine:

Along with my weekly magazine, I also check out usmagazine.com daily to keep up to date on all celebrity current affairs (no pun intended??). Every week they have a new "fashion disaster," if you will, that us commonfolk can try out our best humor on, and create your own one-liner making fun of the said celeb. They then take the "best comments" (their quote, not mine!) and publish them in the magazine.


Well, if you haven't already guessed, this week I had my own little joke published in this highly acclaimed magazine! This was the first week that I had ever put a comment online, and so I can say I currently am 1 for 1. That's a winning record people. I didn't know I had such a knack for humor/journalism/celebrity knowledge. I mean, I think I am going places with this*. :)

(Yes, the comment with "Wendy" by it is really mine!)


And now let's be honest, the coolest part is that I can say I have been in Us Weekly. You would think I was famous or something.

*But don't worry....I won't quit my day job. Yet. :) For the record, I am actually kind of embarrassed by my comment. I wish I had worded it differently.

Mom's Little Shopping Buddy!

Coach purse and all. :)

Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day relaxing in the morning, and then we went over Don and Cindy's (Cam's brother and his wife) house for the afternoon. We played games (bocce ball, ladderball, etc.), had a great barbeque, and just enjoyed being outside since the weather was perfect!

We had so much fun hanging out with the fam, the Ferrins, and the Ostvigs. It was the perfect way to spend the holiday!

Most of these pictures are of Miley and Jack, but hey...they are pretty cute subjects! :)

Memorial Day Weekend

We were BUSY this last weekend for the holiday. We had perfect weather up here in MN, and definitely took advantage of it!

Friday marked the start of Cameron's summer hours at General Mills, which means half days on Fridays. Many of Cameron's coworkers had either taken the day off, or decided to work from home on Friday morning, so Cameron followed suit and worked from home for a few hours. Even though he was working, it was nice to have him around, and really felt like he had the whole day off.

That afternoon we went to check out the sales at the outlet mall that is not too far from us with our friends, the Ferrins. Last year we did the same thing, and found some killer deals! We were expecting the same thing this year, but came away pretty disappointed. The sales were OK, but nothing fabulous. We did manage to find a few cute things for Miley (Nike Shox, anyone??) and I found a couple things for myself. Even the shopper (insert sarcasm), Cameron didn't buy anything for himself. We came back to our house, and hung out for a while, making late night #1 of the weekend (12:30 am!).

Miley and her BFF, Jack, getting ready for bed and showing off their new shoes!

Saturday was another fun-filled day. We had a relaxing morning, and then hit the pool that afternoon with the Minnesota Clark Clan 1.0 (we are version 2.0). It was HOT outside, and the water was kind of cold, so Miley wasn't digging it too much, but we still had fun. Despite the fact that Cameron and I both came away with sunburned backs!

Saturday evening we got together with some friends for a barbeque, and to watch basketball and a fight (well, Cameron watched basketball and a fight while I came home and stayed with Miley so she could go to sleep). We had so much fun hanging out, and enjoying what Cameron calls the "Best brats he has ever had!!" This however, made for late night #2 of the weekend (around midnight for me, between 12:30 and 1 am for Cameron!).

Sunday, we stuck to our normal routine of church, and then dinner with the Minnesota Clark Clan 1.0. It was nice to have a laid back day, and let Miley get a good long nap! That evening, we Skyped with the Oregon Clark Clan, and stayed up laughing and talking till about midnight (late night #3). We were pretty exhausted at this point, but hey...that's what holiday weekends are for, right??

Stay tuned for our Memorial Day fun...a few too many pictures to cram into this post!

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