Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Giving Thanks For.....

Jesus
A husband who loves me
4 Healthy Rambunctious Kids
A Warm House
2 Running vehicles
Friends
Family
No Thyroid Problems
Food for my belly
The Office
Quite Time with Hubby
Sleep (I love it when I get it and want lots of it)
Our weekend away
NKOTB I know is sounds crazy but it was so much stinkin fun!
............

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Photo Book

Does anyone know how to redeem the coupon?? I finished my book, but I don't see how to use the coupon.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Random Thoughts


* Weekend to Remember.....You can say I will be remembering it for a long time. It was so great people! Collin and I have not had a weekend together in 5 years! We have had a night, but not a whole weekend. Maybe that is why I like having so many babies?? I get to go spend the night at Hotel Stevens with just me and the hubby ;) Of course the baby, but they usually slept in the nursery. Collin and I really love each other and it is great. We talked about tons of stuff and surprisingly it wasn't all kid stuff. That you so much Nic and Melissa! You put a huge deposit into our Love bank!
*Shedding....I have been in this shedding stage lately. Cleaning closets and getting rid of unnecessary stuff. It has felt so good to be able to look in the closets and not see a bunch of junk piled up. Today I got rid of broken toys and shoes. My kids have so many pairs of shoes and I just think it is ridiculous. I really just want to live simply....simple feels so good!
*Remodel....we are in the middle of finishing up our bathroom downstairs for our friend to move in. I am a little overwhelmed with this because time is against us. Hopefully it will get done in time and turn out okay ;)
*Doctor....finally made a doctors appointment. My lump in my boob (sorry guys if you read this) hasn't gone away. I also am loosing a ton of hair and feeling depressed. Might be my thyroid??
*New Kids on the Block concert coming up :) Looking forward to hanging out with some ladies!
* Ever since this post I have had a quiet time every morning. I have really been enjoying my time in the word. It has also allowed Collin and I to talk about things more deeply.
*I really need to finish that photo book! Only 2 more days!
*I have really been eating like crap lately and want to get better about this. It really effects my mood and how I see myself.

Cleaning house update

Well so far so good. It started out with a lot of complaining and whinning, but I think that we are getting somewhere. I have explained to them that we are a family and families work together. Hopefully this will just be a start of the good "works" we can do. We are now doing dishes together, folding clothes and of course the picking up of toys.
Thank you for all your great ideas! Doing it to music is grand! Hopefully this is something we will stick to. My house doesn't lookany cleaner, but we are getting some time together ;)

Collin and I got a good laugh out of this....

*click picture to enlarge

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

6 months


My precious Norah is 6 months!! It really is going by SUPER fast. She is such a joy to be around and I just love her to death. She is everyones "baby" in the house and they all love to share in responsibility of taking care of her. Here are just of few of her star qualities:

Sits up on her own

Eats Cheerios

Babbles

Responds to her name

Laughs a lot

Rolls both ways

And Loves looking in the mirror

She also knows that mommy is weak when she cries :) After all she is the last one!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Passing the info along

Just came across this on my friends Blog:
Oprah and Snapfish are giving away free 8x11 custom cover photo books (a $30 value) this weekend!First: Go HERE to get your coupon - you have to do this BEFORE 11:59PST tomorrow, don't forget! I just went ahead and made a new account, or I believe you can log-in to an existing account if you already use Snapfish :)Second: You have to create and order your photo book by 11:59PST on Sunday, November 16th which only gives you a few days.So if you have some time this weekend, and want a free photo book (they make great Christmas presents!) its definitely worth looking into! Snapfish also gives you 50 free prints with each account you have, a good deal if you have any digital pictures you want printed.
I love free things :)

Thanks Christie!

Norah

Norah

Ava

Ava

Dallas

Dallas

Reese

Reese

husband and wife

husband and wife
Okay Dallas when you hit the ball you need to run to 1st base, 2nd base, and then home.....no mom! I don't want to go home!Reese was outside singing today while she was on the swing. And she says to me. "Mom, the sun is coming out because I am singing....I am wakin it up!" Keep singing girl, keep singing!Dallas: Look mom his doesn't have twin wheels! (translation:training wheels)Dallas: When I am a daddy....I want one of those baby Norahs.So sweet!Reese: Mom I like these things...What things? Reese: These Rat-tat-too-ies Do you mean Tattoos?Reese: Yah! TattoosDallas was holding Norah and this is what he said....Norah pooped. She pooped 3 times....Oooo....she pooped 10 times mom!!Reese was going to the bathroom and when she was done she looked (as all kids do) and said "oooo, look mom. I ate carrots!"Reese has been wanting her ears pierced. She spent that night at Ambers house and asked her if she could do it. Amber told her that it would hurt and after she did one ear she would have to do the second ear. She said "how bout you do the second ear first"We been telling the kids that Norah can't have anything to eat because she is to little. Dallas walks in the hospital and get up to look at Norah and says: "I want to see if she has a mouth"In the morning when the kids wake up they come and crawl in bed with us. I was laying on my side talking with Reese. She looked at me and said "Mom...your boobs are hugging" I just laughed. She then said "they love each other" The thoughts of a 5 ....and just in case you were wondering. I was wearing a tank top ;)Mom....when I am a mom I will have two kids and then we will have lots of kids at our house!!(And what do we have now...I am thinking)Dallas looked at my blog and the picture of the "barefoot and pregnant""mommy that's you!"Boy do I love that kid ;)My room is usually a mess. Of course I have all the "good" excuses as to why :) Well my surprise when I got home from work was a nice clean room with a made bed.When Reese came and got me this morning she said "Mom your room is Amazing!"

the things they say...

Reese: Hey mom look! She walks just fine and doesn't even need a cane! (we were at costco and she said this about an elderly lady...nice!)

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