My own personal comedians!

It is oh so very true that kids can say some pretty hilarious things. Since they are incredibly honest it can make for some pretty interesting and exciting conversations.  We enjoy asking our kids questions about life when they get older and seeing what their responses are. I try to write down as many of them as possible so that they can hear how they made me laugh on an everyday basis.  Lately Joshua has been cracking me up the most! His growing little mind sure has a TON of funny thoughts! So I thought I should give everyone a good laugh and share some of them!

*The other day as we're driving to school Isaiah shares with me that Joshua does not want to get married! Being the ladies man that he is I thought hmmmm, something can't be right about that statement. So I ask him "Joshua do you really not want to get married?", he says "I can't get married Momma", "Why not?" " Because if I get married I will have to drive my wife around in her car and I don't know how to drive!" After a good laugh and an explanation that before he gets married he will indeed know how to drive before he has to drive his lady around all has been solved and Joshua is very ready to get married! LOL

*You will see that Joshua talks a lot about getting married. This next statement about made me pee my pants. I have no clue how he could have even thought of it. Jeremy has a BB gun that he keeps under the bed to use to scare of intruders. There is nothing at all in it so not like it will do anything but hopefully he shadow will scare away intruders. Anywho, as I'm getting ready Joshua brings it into the bathroom and says ,"here ya go Momma, Daddy got this when you fell in love and got married!" LOL, LOL, LOL!  Way to go honey, he already knows what to be prepared for !

*The last one was today after church when he announced that he was marrying a princess! He would make her feel special by buying her jewelry, make up and a tiara! He would also tell her he loves her and kiss her a lot! I about cried! But the best part came when we went back to the car discussion and how he was going to have money to provide a car for his princess bride. He says, "oh yeah I need money." "How do you get money?"  "I'm gonna get $1,000 dollars, I'm gonna find it on the floor!" LOL Tomorrow I plan to search the entire house to find the $1,000 before he does! LOL

I hope you all had a good laugh! I love how kids just speak what's on their mind! After all they are my kids, what else would you expect! LOL

My crafty Side!

I love anything that involves me getting creative! Thanks to Pinterest I have found so many things that I want to do! I plan to check at least 4 off of my to do list every month! Tay's birthday makes one, and this next project makes #2.  To start with I'm trying to give my living room a vintage feel. This is hard since my couch and lamps are very modern but what can ya do! LOL This was one of the most creative and fun projects I have ever worked on so I was super stoked! Even better I made it for around $5 , so I got a beautiful piece of art work with out breaking the bank! First I will start with a picture of what I made and then walk you through the process.

First I started at the Habitat For Humanity where I found the window already painted a perfect shade of red (that was $2) I then found some vintage picture frames (.25/each) and 4 vases (also .25/each)

Next I took some plastic chicken wire type stuff, we already had this from a different house project so thankfully I didn't have to buy that. I measured it out and used a staple gun to secure it, and used a glue gun to make sure it was good to go!

The next step was to take my frames and lay them out where I thought they should go. I then secured them with picture wire, and some more super glue ( I LOVE super glue , lol) I did the same with the vases. But I also wrapped some black ribbon around the vases.
Lastly I took some flowers that I already had that really matched the room and I arranged them into the vases.

So the entire project took me less then an hour, cost less then a poster, and fits wonderfully in the room! I'm going with a A+ for this project!
Here is the finished piece up on the wall. I couldn't be happier!

What's new I'm behind again! LOL

So I dropped Facebook and I'm still behind with everything! But we've had a few busy weeks as well that have helped me get behind with everything! So here's to catching up and letting everyone (my whole 5 followers! LOL) know what we Starks have been up to!

So first off my first born and only daughter turned 10 on October 2nd! Yep you heard correctly we have double digits in this house now! And Momma did bawl her eyes out! When they tell you it goes fast no one is kidding! I look back and it's hard to even believe that she was once a chunky little baby! But oh my she is so fun now! I have a shopping partner (the best part is that she loves to go thrift shopping and coupon shopping with me)! She literally told me she had so much fun at Safeway today <------weird! LOL. She is not totally a girly girl, which works in this house totally. But she loves to get dressed up when necessary. You will most likely find her working on a new invention/craft, climbing a tree, or riding her bike! She is very laid back, but yet OH SO DRAMATIC!  I see her becoming something where she has to talk to a lot of people, as she is the most social being I know!

As many of you know we are going through some tough times with our daughter! Her sperm donor wants to step in after a decade of being a dead beat, and think he can have visitations and write letters and call her like their best buds! Two court trials later and we still haven't come to a conclusion! Hopefully within the next few weeks he will come to his senses and sign the papers so that the man who has ALWAYS been her Daddy can continue doing what he's always done, and we can go back to life as normal! 

I had a thought the other day about this whole situation were in. When Tay was 2 months old we took a DNA test to prove what I already knew, the sperm donor and I had made a baby! I was the wee age of 19 and he was 24!  After we took the test and it came back positive he made the dumbest (but best for us) decision of his life, he said he wanted nothing to do with her. So I went on my way , and decided to take care of my daughter on my own. After all what choice did I have, right?!?! And then when she was 14 months old I met the man that would become her Daddy! I knew this instantly, and I believe she did too! When we we're still just "friends" Taylor called him Daddy when we we're going to get a movie. I thought peace out buddy it was nice knowing ya! But to my shock and terrific surprise he went around to her seat and got her out without even a mention as to what had happened! So my thought was the best part of this situation was it didn't take any kind of test to determine what these two would be! I believe they both knew before I even did. God knew and that was all that mattered! 8 years later I couldn't ask for a better Daddy for her, I don't think the situation could have gone better! We will fight for however long it takes and spend whatever we have to to get our family back to "normal" as we say! After all once she is adopted nothing in her life will change, she will always be her Daddy's Little Girl!

Now on to the fun part! The PARTY! Today was her party year so she invited 7 girls to the house for a incredibly fun Food Network Party! It started off with the decorating of chef hats and aprons!

Then on to the major events! We started off with a round of Iron Chef America! Jeremy announced the secret ingredient (tomatoes) and the girls we're off! One team made double tomato brushetta, while the other team made cream cheese stuffed cherry tomatoes. I teared up at hearing them say this is so much fun! I loved that we we're able to do something not the norm and that they all loved it! Here are the girls presenting their dishes to the judges (3 boys 6 and under and Crystal!) LOL

Team B won this battle with their stuffed cherry tomatoes! But both teams did great!

Next we moved on to Throw Down with Taylor Stark! The teams had to make two different types of lasanga (noodle and eggplant) This time the eggplant won it!  Mainly because adults we're the judges this time around!

Now for some dessert! I baked about 100 cupcakes, seven different flavors the night before. We then participated in my all time favorite show: CUPCAKE WARS!

The girls the had to decorate 24 cupcakes per team. They had to get very creative with the filling and toppings. The more creative the better! They also had to have a background and a cupcake tower built all within the time limit! They all said this way their favorite one and I totally believe them! Some got a little too creative and I was a bit nervous to try the cupcakes! But they for sure had a blast! We used the cupcakes as a cake to sing to Taylor. But when I told them they could eat one they all said they we're so full! I'm assuming they we're stealing a few bites during the challenge! LOL Here are the finished displays:

Phil (one of the girls Dad's) had a blast with all of these challenges! He was also a huge help in getting the girls to create some awesome things! He did his cupcakes on his own though, and although they didn't win they totally worked as a cake for Tay!

All in all I would say the party was a huge success! Taylor said it was her favorite party yet! I'm so happy everyone including the adults had a blast! I am also glad that the birthdays are over for the year, too bad the holidays are right around the corner! LOL