one done one million to go.

You would not believe the amount of awesomeness that I have going on in my life right now. I have three beautiful, healthy children, Ryan got a new truck (that he is so excited about) and I am now a Mary Kay consultant!!! I've done a lot of thinking and number crunching and all that sort of thing and decided that I am ready to work! (as long as my children do not have to go to daycare) I applied at a job, didn't get it and then decided Yes! I want a career not a job. And I want it to be one that I love, one that I get to work with people I love and get to work the hours that I love. Well a huge thanks to Mary Kay because I can (and will!) have all that. So I can use all the support and prayers that you are willing to give me! So please send them my way!!!

Gwendolyn with her hair french braided! 

Dolly.  (Gwendolyn's BFF)

I finished my pillow!!! sorry for the poor lighting. 

Ginny and Dolly at the dealership.

Everyone trying to keep busy. Man it takes FOREVER to buy a car!

Ryan's new truck!

My newest project. A rag rug!! plus my basket of rags. :)

lucky kitty.

we have had a pretty fun filled week! on tuesday baxter had their night to unite. (block party/get to know your neighbors) the kids had a great time. but with root beer floats, police cars and a k9 dog, and ginny winning a prize from a drawing how could you not have fun?! oh yeah and there was the state patrol helicopter there too!! ginny won a m&m bucket with m&m's and pop corn!! AWESOME! (fyi she was the only one who wanted to have her face painted and of course she had to be a kitty.)

then today we joined my folks for deerwood days. the boys got to participate in a tractor pull! they did great for never having done one before. eagan was bummed out that he didn't win but it was a great lesson for him to learn that things are harder than they seem. 

now tomorrow we get to play with uncle chaddie and auntie darcie and uncle shaun, grant, grayson and lennon. oh happy day!! :)

swimming lessons!

so today i'm just gonna tell a little about the pictures.  (yep. i'm tired. :) )

doesn't gwendolyn have expensive taste in lunchables?! i didn't even know you could choose zebra meat! i couldn't believe it when i saw it! ;)

and here's pop after i told him to come on up and that i put the camera away. tricky mamma!

ginny looking out her window at the boys to see what they were doing...so we went and checked...

pretty fun! even piper got in on it this time! 

this is another one of my old shirts. i <3 it SO much. i remember dressing up my dollies in it. i can't believe that i was blessed with this little girl. (and a mom who kept some of my cutest dang clothes!!)

silly boys!

ginny has a few favorite foods. 1. cheese 2. berries 3. suckers 4. cookies (did you see who is in the window? DEXTER!!!!)

grandpa stopped over today for some cookies and ginny had him drawing up a storm! well not really a storm but airplanes! and a sun and moon and stars and birds and anything up in the sky. she loves things that fly...and grandpa too!

watching yo gabba gabba's. her all time favorite show. today she was singing along "don't bite your friends" and yesterday "i'm sorry" she even tripped over a blanket and told the blanket i'm sorry. what a smart and sweet little cookie. 

both boys started swimming lessons today!! pop's teacher is AMAZING! she was so much fun and pop just loved her. eagan said he thought it was "ok" but coming from him that's as good as gold! he said it was harder than he thought it would be, which i am really glad about. he needs something a bit challenging! they go back thursday and pop really can't wait. :)

sorry about the terribleness of this picture but eagan was pretty far away and with ginny with me i couldn't really get a good shot. but it shows he was jumping in!!

and now a little reading for me and then i am off to bed! good night!

sewing!

today i got some projects done! i made ginny a new pillow case and a dress and i cleaned her room, put her bed in there and took out her shelves and plastic dresser that were falling apart. what progress! the first picture is from a few nights ago when we had a storm roll in.

mini mouse is the big hit with ginny now. :)

you can tell she has brothers! she loves to play cars as much as dolls.

do you see ginny in there with the toys?

wow! pacas!

today i had what was simply a day of pure bliss. the kids and i drove a little over two hours to one of my friends houses whom i haven't seen in i'm thinking almost 4 years. she lives in a small town on what i think is a perfect farm. along the way we saw fields and fields of sunflowers and seeing them in such a quantity made me fully understand why they are my grandma's favorite flower. so beautiful. we also came across a sculpture garden and the kids had to have their picture taken in front of every sculpture. it was so cute! ginny kept running around yelling "art! art!" when we got to my friends house we were instantly greeted by her son, who is the same age as eagan peeking in the car windows and asking the boys to come and play. those of you who know my eagan know it takes him a good 45 minutes to warm up but all haden had to say was "wanna play mario?" and eagan was ready to go. :) she has seriously the sweetest children ever. gwendolyn was so excited to see all the animals. there were kitties and a puppy and chickens and a roster and alpacas. oh my gosh am i in love with those "pacas" as gwendolyn calls them. so sweet. and soft. and so unique!  i hope to have a few some day plus i got to visit with someone whom i love and she has so many of the same beliefs that i do. she is a pure joy. we were invited back in the fall when they will be adding goats(!) to their family and i hope they were serious because i simply can not wait to go back.