Kid Quotes

Here are a few examples of what we hear around the house these days...

• When asked why she repeatedly woke me up 4 nights in a row, Allie said:  "Well, I couldn't decide who to wake up, and you kept winning 'eenie-miney-moe'."

• Ty was helping me fill the suburban with gas. He looks at me and says, "We're using up the dinosaurs!"

Introducing Harry

Friday after school, we headed out to get a female Australian Shepherd. We told the kids we were going to get a puppy, and after lots of excited squeals and giggles, we were off.

On the way to get a puppy...

Eli Stats

Mr. Man reached the six month mark this past weekend.  It has gone by so quickly!  Everyday he learns something new.

 Here's his stats:

House Happenings, Life Happenings

Last week was busy! Ty started back to school after Christmas break.  That is rough on everybody!  Nobody wants to get up early after sleeping in for two weeks :)

They delivered the lumber for our house on Monday.  We are total nerds and take pictures of every detail.  Seriously, we took pictures of the stacks of lumber...  It's so much fun building our dream home!  

Day 1 of framing

And We're Off

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That's what my brain looks like when I sit down to write a post.  I have all these great ideas, and then when I actually get a minute to sit down and type, nothing...

I've read blogs for years.  I am a faithful follower of many.  I find in these bloggers,  what I find in my friends, faithful marriage and parenting advice, someone to relate to, and mostly just a therapeutic laugh.  I am so blessed to have these women in my life.

Christmas Break

Today is the last day of Christmas break... It makes me sad.  We've had an awesome two weeks, filled with family, friends and WAY too many toys :)

Christmas at the lake was relaxing and fun!  We lounged around in our pj's the entire weekend, ate way too much food, and were spoiled rotten by Papa.

Memories

Last night I decided to back up our photos and videos to the external hard drive.  3 hours and a box of tissue later, it was finally done.

2013 Recap

2013 was such a fun year!  We made sweet memories, had lots of fun, and made big changes.

We began the year with a once in a lifetime trip to Disney World.  It was so much fun surprising the kids the morning we left.  We stayed for five magical days. It was a much needed change of scenery for our broken hearts.