Hello August!!

I can't believe we are already 10 days into August! Next comes September, a wonderful month for MANY reasons...but to name a few:

~~Fall!! I love the Fall it is my absolute favorite season. I love the cooler weather and spending more time outside, open windows, sweatshirts, falling leaves, fires in the fire pit and yummy candles burning in the house.

~~Both kiddos have birthdays before the end of the year!! Wow how time sure does fly. She is almost 4 and he will be 1. It really doesn't seem quite possible.

~~We are celebrating our 7th anniversary this Fall. It has been a wonderful seven years and I can't wait for the next 50 or so that come our way.

~~Holidays! It always seems that September will start ushering in the holidays. Now I'm not trying to rush into Christmas but I love the feeling in the air when we go to a pumpkin patch, we start to do Christmas shopping, we start thinking about what we will feast on at Thanksgiving, seeing family that we can't see every day, and then bringing in the New Year.

~~And of course the best thing of all this September is...well if you know us you know what it is!!!!!

Maybe,

just maybe I'll actually start blogging again. Hmmm, we'll see how this goes.

This is one of those days

One of those days where I feel I could become a whiney military spouse. One of those days where anything and everything goes wrong because you are home alone. You military wives understand what I'm talking about...Our girl is sick. Not run to the dr or ER sick, just sick. Her tummy is upset which is resulting in multiple pj changes (I think we are on number 5 today), an extra load of laundry, some carpet cleaning and even cleaning the kitchen cabinets. Yuck. When do kids learn to tell you they are going to throw up? Even just two seconds warning would be nice.

Don't get me wrong we have LOTS to be thankful for. We don't need to head to the ER, she doesn't have a fever, and I have a wonderful mom and great friend who will let me call and vent or cry. Things are slowly getting better, and by the end of the day I should be fine.

On second thought...I have to go since I can tell it is time to change her all over again.

Guilty!!

What? This is how I like my bed...all the fluff on the outside. Isn't that how you sleep?

Oh, alright, you dragged it out of me~the truth is I was bored.

Creative

For those of you who read this and have an itch to be creative I totally recommend reading this blog. This lady is amazing and a total inspiration to me. Enjoy!

Passing it on

Seems I have passed on a few things to Devin. I was in the kitchen working on dishes tonight when she came in with tears streaming down both cheeks, a honest-to-goodness frown and her lower lip sticking out. My poor girl was heartbroken. Now mind you, this was not a whine, or a tantrum, or even a hurt cry. This was pure broken heartedness.

What was she heartbroken about you ask? The answer is simple: Penny was stuck in the fire and Bolt was trying to rescue her. If you haven't seen this movie then you probably don't know what I am talking about. Bolt happens to be one of Devin's favorite movies that she watches over, and over, and yes, over again. Every time we get to the end, the tears start and she needs a hug and someone to watch the last 10 minutes with her. Don't worry...Bolt saves the day of course and by the time Rhino is watching Penny being abducted by aliens my girl is all smiles again.

I say I am passing it on since I am the same way. I cry during movies all the time. It doesn't matter if I've seen it once or 150 times...I still cry. I'm so happy I passed it on.

Dance

Devin had her first recital last month and of course she was the cutest little girl out there. Need you ask? Being the proud parents we are we were easily "suckered" into buying the dvd of the whole recital even though we really only wanted about 45 seconds of it, and of course we had to get her pictures done. So here they are! I have to post them since I also paid good money to get the rights to them. Enjoy!! (Can you see my red-headed baby second from the left?)