We are excited to say........we have a little one on the way!

I cannot keep a secret. I am the WORST at secrets.......well, baby secrets that is. I know 3 months is the "standard" to wait to tell people, but I can't. I am sure many of you think we are crazy to post this now, but I just get way too excited. We are so happy to be welcoming another little baby next June.

DONE!

Yes, they are just about done! I have been working on the kids scrapbooks forever. I still have a few things to fix here and there and a few pages to put together, but to me, they are DONE! I have Jake's life complete up until his 3rd birthday, and Kenzie's until 18 months. They are both pretty much the same day anyway! From that point on, I am planning on using Shutterfly and Snapfish for their actual "memory books" and still scrapbook the simple things like school pictures, projects, ticket stubs, cards or letters they receive, etc. I don't think I could go totally to digital ~ this is theraputic for me! I just don't think I will ever be able to stay caught up if I keep doing it this way, and the kids would end up with a million scrapbooks by the time they left for college.(Yes, I plan on doing it that long. My mom did it for me and I don't know any different!) I also have other projects I want to start. I also just got our camera software installed on the laptop after a YEAR of having it. I have been using this old Kodak version and it was terrible. So now I will have a much better way of organizing pictures. I am so happy! Relieved, too!

Six Quirks Tag

Ok so here are 6 quirks I have. Mike would say I have more like 600, so here are what I think are the top 6. I had to think of these tonight while I was mopping the floors, of course doing something that requires cleaning! (Not that anyone would ever notice, anyway because it is dirty 2 seconds later!)

1. I grew up with a mom that was a bed making nazi. No day ever went by without our beds made ~ and to her specifications. I am now that mom. Our bed has to be made just the way I like it and Mike has tried.....but I still have to fix it! At least he helps and makes the bed, right?

2. I HATE putting laundry away. I would rather curl into the fetal position. I actually love doing the laundry, up to the point of putting it away.

3. My husbands socks.....all over the house. When he was growing up, his mom used to make the kids give her a nickel for every sock she found. I do a quarter.......dang, I should have enough by now for a new car! (Love you Mike!)

4. Things have to be organized......whether it's in plastic boxes, baskets, drawers, etc. It's been hard with kids to keep it this way, but it makes me CRAZY when it's not. It drives me insane when we are about to leave and I can't find something that should have been in a box!
(Do you sense OCD?) Oh and I can't stand when things get piled up on the stairs. You know, to eventually be taken UP the stairs. I think this falls under organization.

5. I LOVE grocery shopping. I don't know if this is a quirk, but I am pretty picky about it and don't want anyone else doing it. So if any of you ever need it done for ANY reason, let me know and I will be happy to do it for you!

6. Bills entered into bill pay the first of the month. I don't know if I could ever turn over the finances to Mike because I have always done it and it makes me feel organized ~ again. I can't even let a week go by or I feel like I missed something. I just like to know it is taken care of for the month and I don't have to think about it for a while.

So I tag who I know to be quirky like me, though I may be wrong but here goes.......
Megan Madsen
Shannon
Karen
Shelby
Ramee

Pumpkins and Snow

So we have an annual tradition in our little family, and this was the 2nd year of our "tradition". We go to Cornbelly's and get their "harvest package" ~ we all pick out a pumpkin and get a bale of hay and a cornstalk. Jake remembered this year that we went last year, and was somewhat excited to go again. Doesn't he look excited? My kids rarely smile for the camera, so these are the best we could get. Still cute though, I think, but I am biased.

Kenz just wanted to push the cool cart around
You'd think they were bored or something. Why can't they just LOOK at the camera and SMILE??
We had SNOW today! Not much and it is melted now, but nevertheless there was SNOW! The kids went crazy and we had to break out the coats and boots and go outside. You can see the snow the best in this picture.
Jake was trying to catch snow on his tongue

Just being cuteI love this picture!