The Mystery of the Scent

Recently while at the mall with my girls we found ourselves in the middle of a huge mystery. Before stopping for lunch we had stopped at Bath and Body Works. Those of you that know me well know that I have to wait 20 minutes at least before a perfume scent truly shows its pleasant scent or unpleasant odor on my skin. With a ton of energy and the enthusiasm of youth, Sienna and Destiny, followed me into the store on a mission. Goal: Find Nanny a new scent. You see every time I find one at the B&B Works they discontinue my fragrance. Well we went in search of just one that would work. I left the shop with every inch of both arms sprayed with scents until none of it made sense. We went to eat lunch and let them soak in. That is where the mystery begins. During lunch I sniffed the middle of my arm. It smelled delicious. "Girls, girls smell this." After a dozen sniffs our noses were so confused we could not figure out which scent was the one that smelled so Ahhh...some!


Inspector Sienna, Anxious to solve the mysterious scent mystery.

Sniffing for the right scent.

Comparing the scent strip to the chosen scent.

Destiny clearing her nose palette with Barbecue sauce. LOL.

Could this be the one?

Nanny - testing - comparing and eventually leaving without a scent.

Mystery Solved!

One week later Nanny realized that the scent that was so delicious had been a gift from Audra and that it was sitting on her bathroom counter. Okay I did finally confess to the girls. I had never sniffed it after it had mixed with the chemistry of my skin.

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

What girl doesn't love jewelry, hats, scarves and trinkets? We do! So when Destiny and Sienna took me to Claire's they had a blast putting on a fashion show for me. I snapped pix and a good time was had by all.


My Mad Hatters












Sienna's Hat Magic











Destiny Striking A Pose

Nanny's Cow Girl Sienna

Not to be out done with the fun - NANNY'S FAB SPECS. Fab-u-lous!

June 2006

Is Mommy Bree holding Caydon up or is the rolling pin holding Caydon down? Caydon at 4 months making cheese cake. If we tried to re-stage this picture now Caydon would have crumby feet because his feet would be in the crumbs! This is the perfect example of why we should take lots of pictures as our children and grandchildren grow. Caydon at 3 is super tall and sports his Harry Potter glasses.

Okay Girls Who Remembers the Wedding of 1989?

LOL! How many of these did we have? Barbie and Ken are sylin'. The ring bearer has his pillow. The bouquet is in Mom's antique birthday party cup. If you look carefully the wedding party is drinking a toast to the Bride and Groom. Please will somebody tell me what is going on with the ring bearer and flower girl's hair? Jenna where are the scissors? A comment was made by an unnamed source that Jenna was a wedding event planner even back then. Aaaahhh, sweet memories!

More Blast to the Past Moments - Xmas 1989 in Moreno Valley

Who remembers this Christmas Mystery?


Okay children the mystery is now to be revealed.







The elfish culprits are to the left! Aunt Neen and her co-workers from Castle Escrow! Yes, it was the best kept "Christmas Elf" secret ever!





Peeking at the tree from above.
L to R: Audra - Jenna - Brianna - Sasha - Jeremy






The stockings were hung by the chimney with care and this is how you all looked when you saw what was there. (Yes, that's Patches in Jenna's arms. Remember the attack of the killer cat when Sasha would laugh during America's Funniest Home Videos?)
Hey Grandma Barbara check out your Betty!


Jeremy and his new friend. Notice how he is keeping a very close eye on that candy cane. We all still talk about the Christmas his candy cane was taken away. He wailed like the baby he was until the minute it was handed back he stopped as if it had never been gone.







Merry Christmas turtles to Jenna. Michaelangelo was her favorite at the time.






"Hello Dolly" for Audra.











Little miss dress up for little miss dress up Brianna.










And Mama's little Christmas Cookie Monsters.

Blast to the Past: Disneyland 1989

Can anybody identify these people? Check out the waves and we don't mean the ones from Splash Mountain! Between the clothes and the stylin' hair, LOL.

Blast to the Past: Kitty Litter 1989

Milk for Hooch

A tiny handful of love

Cat nap

Now that's a meowthful

Kitty litter with my litter ones