Cute Kids and Crazy Day

Life is crazy this week in our household! We literally have something going on everyday of the week leading me to wonder when I will get to sit and rest - but hey they say you can sleep when you die (probably the next time I will get to - sigh). I digress!

Today Jn" had her preview and meet the teacher day at preschool. It went really well. There are 3 other kids in her class this year that were in her class last year. And although there are only 3 girls in the class they are all very sweet and I think they will get along very well! So this leads me into the cute part of my story. One of the other moms comes over and asks "Is that your daughter?" To which I replied - "yes". Then she tells me that her son met my daughter at the sprinkler park last week. I guess they were playing together and then he took Jn* over to his mom and introduced her. He later told his mom that he had given Jn* his phone number and she was going to call him. How cute is that! Don't you just love how innocent they are. So now they are in the same class at preschool.

So after that we met up with a friend and headed down to the outlet mall. Yep - you got it - the crazy part of my day. What sane person loads up all her kids and goes shopping? I guess this crazy woman does! All in all it was good day. The kids were pretty good. And the best part was that they were so tired from shopping they slept the entire way home. I actually got to turn off the DVD and listen to the radio - you know that thing we used to listen to before Disney movies entered our life! :) Ahhhh peace! It was so nice!

The Home Stretch

So we are in the home stretch! One more week! I am so excited! I can't wait to move in and stretch out! It is going to be so nice. Don't get me wrong - we appreciate all that my brother has done for us! It is just so exciting to have your dream coming true - finally!!!! Enjoy the pics....
Our new house! Yeah!!!!!

Front entry and front rooms. The first room will be my office for now and the second room will be the kids' playroom until we finish the basement. Then when the rooms grow up they can be something else - who knows what I'll come up with! The last picture is the stairway.

This is the living room and kitchen! I'm so in love with my cabinets!!!


Here's the powder room and the laundry room. Nothing too exciting.



Here is the back of the house. I'm so excited about the deck! It will be so nice to have somewhere to enjoy the outdoors!!! The backyard is still a mess and I'm sure it will be for a few years!

So that's it! A dream 2 years in the making is finally coming true! Yeah!!!! Can't wait for you guys to see it!

Our weekend

My girls seemed to have grown extra sets of eyes! They just crack me up sometimes!! It was a crazy start to the weekend!

On Sunday morning we had Little J's Dedication at my parent's church - the church I grew up in. Pastor Ward has dedicated all of my children which is so special. He and his wife are great friends of our family. It was a really sweet dedication and B* had some very sweet words to say.

Later that afternnon Little J* got to spend some quality time with his Great Grandma. This was the first time that she got a chance to hold him. She thought he was pretty special. As do we!

Little J* has found his smile. He's been kicking in a smile here and there for several weeks now, but I was never successful at catching it on camera. Well, this weekend I was able to catch one! He looks like such a little man in this picture. I just adore it!

Sunday afternoon we celebrated the Dedication with a church picnic at my parent's place and they also had a baptismal service in the pond in the front yard. 5 people were baptized and it was so cool! I wish I had been baptized in the pond now! I love baptisms. They just absolutely move me!

It was a really great weekend!

So Sweet

Little J* found a sweet resting place this afternoon - on his Uncle's chest! Doesn't he just look so relaxed and sweet! Uncle N* loves his little buddy - I know he whispers things in little J's* ear. Uncle N* knows what little J* is going to go through. He was also the 3rd child and the only boy after 2 girls. And to tell the truth my sister and I were pretty rotten to N*. We used to dress him up in our ballet outfits, make him play Barbies, and we taught him how to ride his bike but not to steer and headed him right for a tree - OOPPS!!!! Oh poor little J*, I'm pretty sure you're sisters will put you through this torture too! :)

Testing

Okay so what in the world is going on! No one can leave comments for me on my blog and I sooooo look forward to all of your comments! I tried playing with some settings so let's see if this worked!

You know all my troubles started when I tried to get fancy and switch my template! That will teach me not to mess with something that isn't broken!!

Okay, fingers crossed!!!!

Bad day = bad mommy

Today started out promising enough, but go ugly in the middle and then ended on an okay note.

This morning I had Bible Study which was good and then we headed to lunch which went fine as well. I thought it was kind of funny that our study today was on anxiety because I definitely felt anxiety on seveal levels today.....

1. In a total weird encounter - my best friend from childhod was at Qdoba today. I hadn't seen her since 2005 - yeah isn't that crazy. I've talked with her lots over email, but we haven't been in the same room in years. She looks AMAZING! So my first bout with anxiety comes upon me. Here I am looking like I look nd wishing I could look like she looked. You know, I don't really think about it on a daily basis. I actually think that I look pretty good, especially for having 3 kids (and seriously I'm not fishing for compliments here, just venting) - but she's had 2 kids and has the figure of a teenager! Seriously! How do you do that? So then on the way home from lunch I'm beating myself up over this. I know it is silly! We are all beautiful in our own way and we can't all be stick thin. It takes all body types and shapes - blah blah blah. I know all this in my mind, but tell that to my heart!

2. When I got home I unloaded the kids and I had to use the restroom in the worst way. So I'm trying to hurry and of course the girls are taking their sweet time! So in my haste to get into the house I didn't notice that the little red rope from the garage door has gotten lodged in the van door as it closed. I get everyone in the house and hit the button to close the garage door, I go to the bathroom and when I walk back by I can still hear the garage door motor. So I open the door and the garage door is stuck - and not closed! I panic thinking I've broken it and just want to cry! How am I going to tell my brother! Luckily - all that happened was that I had shut off the power to the lift! Oh thank goodness!

3. So by now my head hurts and I just want to take a nap. I put one girl to bed in her room and the other in bed with me. I feed the baby and put him in his bassinet and proceed to lay down and fall asleep. JH* in the meantime gets up from her nap and goes into the bathroom where she coats her head with handsoap! JN* comes and wakes me and tells me that JH* is in the bathroom! I could have just screamed when I found her! I had to give her a bath to get it all out! Another run in with our friend anxiety!!!!

4. So this all leads to my not so proud mommy moment today! The girls were playing in the living room and my phone rings and it's my brother. He asked about my day and in my ending frustration I said "It's not been a good day - I could just give them away". It was innocent, just said out of complete tiredness and frustration. When I got off the phone JN* was crying and asked, "Are you really going to give us away?" Oh my goodness. I have just ruined her for life. I hugged her and told her how sorry I was and that I would NEVER give them away that I loved them too much. I know she probably won't remember I said it come tomorrow, but it still broke my heart! I never want my children to ever think for one moment that I don't love them in any way because no matter what they do I will always love them. I may not like their actions, but I will always love them no matter what! So seriously, I will never ever being saying anything like that again - not even joking. They are too important and I just need to learn to let go of the frustration! MAJOR ANXIETY!!!

So to end the day I had some ice cream from Dairy Queen (yes I know - this won't help my problem as described in #1) to wash down my sorrows! And now I'm going to feed the baby and go to bed!!! Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day!

The votes are in........

And the winner is Dress 2......

I really do like it a lot and think it was an excellent choice! This is the actual color too!

I'm sure Jenn feels some relief now that that decision has been made and she doesn't have to worry about it anymore!

Which Dress Do You Like

My sister is getting married in November and today we went shopping for Bridesmaids dresses. I am one of only two bridesmaids so I went today to narrow the field of dresses down and K* will be going on Monday to make the final selection. I really like both dresses, but I thought I'd take a poll amoung my loyal blog readers to see what you think....

Dress #1





Dress#2




J* has already picked the color and it will be that of Dress #2 - which I really like! So chime in readers! Let me know which one you like the best! :)

Our Trip to Grandma/pa's

Our weekend adventure!


We were up at mom and dad's this weekend so the girls could go swimming and fishing! Dad just had over 8 tons of sand brought in to resurface the beach! Yes, he's crazy. But he'd do anything for his grandkids. They LOVE the beach and the water. They just think it is so much fun. In the second picture JH* is helping grandpa pull some sand down into the water to make a nice play area that is soft and not squishy! I won't get in if the floor squishes under my feet - YUCK! I know, I know. I'm prissy like that! :)


Here the girls are climbing the BIG mountain of sand that still needs to be pulled out into the water and onto the beach. They had fun climbing up the hill and sliding down it! Yeah that was fun to clean out of their swimsuit bottoms!

Aunt J^ thought it was cute to dress the girls' heads as pirates! JH* really as getting into it while big sis thought it was funny!

Here's JH* and her Aunt J*! Seriously this is where all of her rotten comes from. This is exactly how Aunt J* acted when we were growing up!

And of course we can't leave out Baby J*. Like always, he spent most of his time sleeping! He's growing like a weed though. He grew 2.5 pounds and 2 inches in his first month of life! He's a sweetheart!

Local Festival

This evening the family loaded up in the van and headed to a local festival to enjoy some good food and fun music! Here the girls are eating some yummy Moe's! JN* seriously spotted the yellow tent sporting MOES from the parking lot! She LOVES MOES!!!! In the second picture JH* is showing off her Tiajana Flats tattoo! So cute! Hope she knows that's the only kind she's getting - the stick on ones!

The girls enjoyed playing frisbee with their dad!

And JC* slept through it all!

We had a really nice time together and the girls were so good! It was nice to get out of the house and enjoy some family time together! Seems like life has just been busy lately and so it was nice to relax and have some fun!