So I'm a little Behind....

Here is a picture of my nephew Gus and his wife Melissa and their cat Casper....They made it to Maine on Saturday evening after a 24 hour trip from Indianapolis....what you can't see in this picture is that Melissa has the absolutely perfect little pregnant belly....they have 7 weeks to go before baby Watson is born....we don't know if it's a boy or girl but Uncle Hale put his guess in as a girl and I put my vote in as a boy.....the Mumma feels as though it will be a girl.....the beginning of March will let us know....It was so good to see them....

Aunti Kelle made a quick visit from the frozen north two weekends ago and we all had breakfast at our house....the kids love their aunti....here's Landonn and Faith enjoying some lap time....
This is the kids table.....
This is Kellan doing what Kellan does....we don't know......
I got a bag of clothes from Gracie's mom and the girls went through it and picked out thier favorites....they are too stinking funny....
This hat is what Blade picked out of the bag....
My resident cheeseball.....
The resident preforming princess.....
Landonn, Gage and Nicole....all very good friends.....
Josie and Blade after tubbies....
The three boys.....Landonn, Brody and Blade
Josie couldn't wait to get on stage after Landonn's christmas program.....she is my preformer....
Oh sure....now he'll sing.....
What!?!?!?! Why am I not on stage....I have to sit here???? Life is so unfair!!!!!

So as I sit in my living room and I see snow flying outside my window, I realize it has been a really long time since I put new pics up here. Where does the time go??? I can't believe I see snow....I thought I was ready, but I'm not. Of course I may be saying that because I have been shut up in this house for three days with two sick kids, now they are sick of each other....I hope they get better soon or I may join the ranks of the sick.....

Our big kill of the season.....


These next few pics were from our last day of warm weather.....


Our two resident princesses.....


I looked outside and the kids had lined up these chairs and they were playing "Blast Off!!"


Jenn, Marla and I took the kids to a farm in Rockport for a hay ride and some pumpkins....I love this pic of Marla and her boys...


Landonn and Daddy went duck hunting a couple Saturdays....Landonn is getting pretty good at driving the boat.....what a big boy.....



Mumma and her Batman.....


Sweet as Honey!!!!

Pumpkin Time!!!

Our neighbors got some extra pumpkins in their garden so they let the kids come over tonight and pick out their own pumpkins.....the kids were very excited...

Landonn chose this one....

This is the one that Josie chose.....

The kids thought they would carry them home themselves....



I guess we needed some help....

Washing them off.....


The funny part is when Joe and Linda planted these seeds in the spring they were advertised as cantaloupes.....oooooops!!!!


Thank you Joe and Linda.....

Bowen's first soccer game

Today Bo had his first soccer game....he was very excited and did very well....he was very involved in the game and showed great energy and did not give up until the end....I don't think a score was kept per say, since they are kindergartners but he felt like he won.....

Proud Mumma with her boy......


Bo throwing the ball in to play....Marla had him wear the red hat so we knew which one he was...great idea....

He threw the ball in and ran right to the goal to wait for the ball....it never quite made it down that far but boy oh boy Bo was ready.....

Big man walking off the field....



Bowen's support/cheering section....we were glad we made it.....

Fist Day No way

So today was Landonn and Pip's first day at Creative Christian Nursery School....this was a hard day for the mummas....


When I look at my son.....this is what I see.....


Here is (is it "here is" or "here are?" any help from you english people would be greatly appreciated) Jenn and I as we were leaving our boys....we did get over it quite quickly but Kellan and the kids at my house did not understand where Landonn and Pippy were....


When I went to get Landonn he and the teacher were very involved in a conversation/argument about whether or not Landonn would come back....he didn't seem to think he needed another day of school....I think I made such a big deal about the first day that I forgot to tell him there were many more to follow....

Not for the faint of Heart

All right.....so I think we can all agree that there are some days that are better than others....this is not one of the better days....

Mikey had had a dry diaper and in like a half an hour he had wet through the diaper, his shorts, a doubled up blanket through to a feather pillow onto my couch....not a big deal....I've dealt with this before, within 10 minutes Mikey was changed laundry started and couch cleaned....

Once peace and order had been restored I went into the playroom to pick up while everyone was sleeping and I smelled a horrible poopy smell....everyone was sleeping so where on earth was the smell coming from....I came upstairs only to sense the smell was getting progressively worse the farther up the stairs I got....here's why....Gage Paul had pooped, then wriggled out of his diaper and had proceeded to play with/eat his poop and smear it all over himself and the playpen.....NICE!!!! the smell was so bad that it woke Landonn up who then woke Hunter up by saying "Hunter get up....I smell gage!!!" I smelled it downstairs in the playroom because the horrific smell had wafted down the register.....

I tell ya what....today is a day that I question whether the decision to be a stay at home mom was the best one!?!?!?!?

I must go shower.....Bye

15 mintues and three years ago

Three years ago, at 4:45, my brother passed away. On the one year anniversary my sisters and I were able to be together. I wish we were all together today. I find comfort in knowing where everyone is and I wish I could see them. (I also wish my two and four year old kids would stop fighting ie Josie stop screaming) my daughter with the bright red hair that Donn will never get to meet. He didn't meet the last three babies brought into this family and just know that he would have loved them all but I know special comments would be saved for Josie and her red hair. Well I seriously need to go see what my son is doing to his sister to make her sooooooo upset. Inevitably it involves her very special pair of opurple fancy flip flops....thank you aunti sha sha....