4th of July

Well, I am finally getting some things updated on here! Man, there is just not time for everything lately. For the 4th of July we took the kids to my parent's house and lit a few fireworks there and the kids had a blast.
Here is Ryder with one of his sparklers. He thought that was pretty cool.

Here is Brooklyn with her sparkler and yes, she thought she was big and tried to light it and all by herself and do as she pleased. She found them cool though too!

It was just an easy 4th this year, but I think the kids still enjoyed it.

Just an update on my world.

I decided I'd just do a post and update where things are at in our acre of the world. Nothing too exciting that's for sure. The weather FINALLY decided to work with us a little and we hurried and got our garden planted this last weekend. Yippee! So excited and now if only I could see it all start popping up I'd feel more accomplished. Hopefully things come in good for us despite the late start this year due to the massive rain we have had going on. We planted a good size one and I'm sure I'll kick myself in the rear later for it when it comes to picking, canning, freezing, weeding, etc. but for now I am satisfied. Grateful for a husband who is into the whole the garden thing and does most the work right along side me. He's the best! I also was able to get a few flowers planted and yard decor out. Just now am waiting for some wood chips to arrive from one of Nils' friends and then I'll fill the flower beds all in and make it better then it is right now.
I have been busy moving rooms around and dusting. Trying to make room for our new addition and decided I needed to cut down on my dust count. LOL I do have to say I was amazed at how much stuff I have accumulated over the last few years. Yikes! I ended up taking quite a bit of things to the DI and a fair amount of things found their way to the garbage as well. Feels good to have some more space. We did get the kids' some bunk beds to try and help open their room up and get another dresser in there for Brooklyn. Still need to do a bit more cleaning in there and hang up things on the wall. Still quite a bit to get done around the place before the baby gets here, but we are making lead way. A little at a time is about all I can do anyways and then I am hurting and tired.
I am counting down days until the baby gets here for sure! I can't believe it's sneaking up on us so fast though. We had a checkup today. All seemed well. The Dr. told us he will be leaving town on the 20th of July and returning late on August 4th. Bummer! I thus am stuck waiting until the 5th of August to have the C-Section on this baby done. Both the Dr. and Nils and I are thus hoping I don't come on my own during that time and that all will go well. Taking the baby early on the 19th of July just didn't make the Dr. too happy as he was really worried it would not be ready. I'd rather wait and have a big baby I guess instead of a sick one that wasn't ready! So, planning on about August 5th to have the baby. Everyone keeps asking me for names. No, have no names yet. Sorry. Hope to soon.
So there is a little jibberish from me about what's happened lately. I will continue to keep this updated with things the best I can and maybe snap a few pics of my moving and cleaning arrangements. Now here is to hoping it warms up so I can feel more motivated and get more done. :)

Kids' Pictures

Well, I finally got some pictures of the kids taken. The last ones I had were after Brooklyn turned one. Sad I know. Everytime I had some money to go down to Kiddie Kandids something always came up I needed the money for more. Then before I knew it they were closed. So, I decided I was going to take some to get by for now and when I had some money and time I'll go somewhere and get some actual professional ones done. :) I think for the most part they turned out good considering it was me taking them. LOL I have the hardest time getting them both to look at me and smile at the same time. I seriously had a ton of shots because they would look away, say something, close their eyes, SOMETHING. We just went over to the barn to the old sheds and that to get them done and I think that worked out fairly well too. Here are a few of them, obviously not all the takes I had to do. Crazy how big my kids are getting and to think we are having another one soon. Man how time does fly by! We are hoping this fall after the baby gets here we will finally take some family updated pictures too.

Ryder's Preschool Pictures

Ryder had his preschool pictures taken this last week. It's just crazy that he's getting so big as it seems just like the other day he was the one we were expecting and waiting for; now we are waiting for number three to come. Crazy how fast life passes us by! Here is the one of his whole class. Don't know why Ryder had to smile like a dork, but it kind of makes me giggle. LOL ;) The pictures on here are not real great due to scanning them in, but you get the idea.

Below are the two pictures of just him. Considering I wasn't there to make him smile like I usual, I think they turned out super cute. I love the second one; without the jacket!! He is such a handsome little guy and I love him to death.


He has one more year of preschool to go now and then he'll be in Kindergarten. Wow! Time does fly. I am hoping to get the two kid's pictures done together and some done of Brooklyn here soon if the weather would work with me a little.

Our New Car!

Yahoo! We finally found a car to buy. We got ourselves a 2007 Dodge Durango.We have been looking ever since we found out we were expecting another one. It's hard to find something I like, but I finally decided on this and hope it's a good car for us. We had to get something because there was no way you were getting three car seats in that Ford Focus of ours! It was just too little and no room. Here is a picture of the front and back view of it.


We ended up getting a steal of a deal on it and they gave us more for our Focus then we owed so that was an extra bonus to the package. We got the limited edition. It has the leather seats which I am SO excited for. With kids, forget the cloth! They destroyed the seats in the focus and we were constantly trying to keep them wiped off and nice. Everything just seemed to soak into them though. Another plus? The kids now can be seperated and have some space and not fight so much. :) In the focus they were so close to each other they would slap and pinch and take toys. It was noisy for sure with them. Here is a picture of the front dash and one of the back seat view. It's got my silver that I love. Yes, I have room finally. LOL


The car also has adjustable foot pedals which are way nice for me where I am shorter. I can have the pedals come out to me a bit instead of making my seat go clear to the wheel. With my belly getting even bigger not hugging the steering wheel is going to be nice. LOL In the car the front two seats also have heated seats. Yipee!! I can push a button if I am cold and my seat gets warmed up and I love it. Nils laughs because everytime I've gotten in it I have pushed the button to warm my tushie. LOL ;) We are excited to have it and I just need time to adjust to something bigger. A midget use to a little car now driving this has been a change, but I am excited. I will miss the Focus because it was a dang good car for gas and all that, but we had no choice and needed something bigger. One day I am sure I will love this and feel great in it too. Can't wait to have a new baby in it now.

Misty's Jr. Miss Program

This past Saturday night we were able to go up to support and watch Misty compete in the Jr. Miss program. She has spent a lot of time since about February preparing for it and I think she did awesome. They had an opening number, below, where they all did a dance to the theme "Catch a Wave." It was a really cute opening number I thought.

They then each took a turn within their group to do their Self Expression walk. Her dress looked really pretty on her and she owned that stage. :) She looked great and hey, she didn't even trip in her high heels like I would have. Below is a picture of her in her dress with the front and back view.


They then also did a fitness routine with their group. It was a big one that lasted about 8 minutes or so! It had a lot of hard work in it and I am proud of Misty. She busted her butt on it and didn't mess up on it at all. She was very tried of course, but if you saw it you'd understand. I would have been tired out after the first 2 minutes of what they were doing. Below is a picture of her doing some of it.


Then, last but not least they had their talent number. Misty did Sign Language and of course, she did great again. :) I think the number she did looked very nice. Below is a picture of her doing her talent. It's not the best picture because of the weird lighting, but it works.

It was a good, long night. I think all of them did well. There were some on there that I thought should have placed and didn't, but such is life. Misty did not place in anything either, but should have. :) She did super and has nothing now to hold her head about. She said she learned a lot and had a lot of fun and I told her that's all that matters. Pricilla Hobbs ended up taking the Jr. Miss title and she'll do great. Great job Misty, we are proud of you. You put in a lot of hard work and did FANTASTIC!

In Memory of Uncle Twayne....

Below is a short slideshow of tribute I guess you could say for my Uncle. There are pictures of my last visit I was able to have with my uncle before he passed. I am very grateful I was able to see him one last time! I surely am going to miss him!!
LOVE YOU UNCLE TWAYNE; WE WILL ALL MISS YOU SO MUCH!