it gets worse....and then better

i was so bored last night i outed myself, posting a family studio portrait; filed under 'the weird things first time parents with too much time on their hands do'. the mom bomb (prophetically as it turns out) said "It could have been far, far worse. At least you weren't in co-ordinated denim outfits." how did she know? i blame pregnancy brain (x4). there can surely be no other reason for it. (no wonder i'm turning my nose up).

i was flicking through some old photo albums (pre scrapbooking) and i thought i would scan in a few pics. little did i know i'd find the dreaded 'matching denim outfits' shot. maybe every couple has one lurking deep in the recesses of their photo albums. i did. maybe it should have stayed there, but then i'd be depriving you of this vision of chambray blue awesomeness, and that just wouldn't do.

photo taken late 1996 nr melbourne, australia (6 months preggers with daughter #4)

i loved the skort, and before you cry 'how could you?' you should remember i lived in georiga. it was HOT y'all (right amanda?!) and they were comfy. comfy i say. and airy too. and it was the 90s. the early 90s. i wonder if the skort will make a comeback?

DH is an eagles fan, so we went to 'a corner in winslow arizona' and duly took the pic.

we were rather pleased with ourselves.

i then got accosted by this weird guy who said his name was 'little one' (whatever), who pointed out that THIS was the corner in winslow arizona. how dumb did we feel? ok don't answer that

of all the canyons we visited in the states (2) - bryce is my favourite. i could look at this photo forever. can anyone tell me what's different about THIS particular photo?

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and this one's for kristi. look! i've been to visit you! before i knew you! is that the stadium u were at the other day?and last but not least, remember these two?

that's miss 16 and her bestie - effectively my 5th daughter

(well, once u got 4....)

i pulled this one from the archives last night too and thought i'd have a mini GIVEAWAY ala the mom bomb.

if you can finger these two in the line-up below, i'll send you a kiwi souvenir. well, not an ACTUAL kiwi, but something distinctively 'kiwi'. a surprise like. first correct answer wins.

so from the cutie in red (back left) start numbering 1 to cutie in yellow back right (#8). front left cutie in blue will be #1, cutie in blue front right will be #6. got it?

oh! saw this today with the girls. GREAT movie. jodie foster sure does quirky, shut-in, comic OCD rather well, and i could look at gerard butler all day. he was great in P.S. i love you. rent it WITH extra tissues.

must go to bed earlier tonight!!!