Here they are. . .

 The Black Cat.

 The Fireman.

 The Ballerina.

 The Chick.

 The Pumpkin Head.

 The whole gang. . .I think this is the best picture of all of them yet.

The cutest fireman I've ever seen. :)

She's Here!

Aunt Krista is here for a few days. . .today we went to the Pumpkin Patch. . .and it was fun!

One of my little beauties.

Today after Grace's nap we had a little photo session in the back yard. She was the first one up so I thought I'd take advantage of it. In one week she will be 5 1/2 and I couldn't help but think how grown up she looked as I took her picture. What a pretty little girl she is both on the inside and out.

Maybe.

Maybe it shouldn't be "It is, what it is" but more "It is what you make it."

Before and Afters

The fondue night was a success. We had plenty of food and plenty of people. . .although they didn't consume as much as they should have. We have so many leftovers. Here are some house pictures. They are before and after pictures. We have been here for about 1 1/2 months now. I was able to get everything pretty cleaned up but we are still lacking that "homey" feel.
Playing with modeling clay when I was trying to get stuff cleaned up.
Fondue pots. We had 7 total. . .4 with cheese and 3 with chocolate.

First kitchen picture is of it semi cleaned up. . .ingredients are all on the counter.
Messy Kitchen.
Messy Kitchen and Messy Kids.
Cleaned Living Room.
Messy Living Room.
Cleaned Dining Room.
Box infested dining room.
Semi Cleaned up Bedroom.
Super messy bedroom.
Cleaned up 2nd living room.
Messy 2nd living room.

So that is pretty much the house so far. You are missing the upstairs kids room (there are three rooms up stairs) and the bathrooms. There is one full bath upstairs, a full bath in our room and then a half bath in the hallway by the kitchen. So there you have it.

A little distraction.

So I was suppose to be cleaning up all the mess and clutter around for our big dip stick party tomorrow but I got a little distracted. Nine weeks ago today this little beauty entered the world.

Are you there?

So if you are there and still peeking in on us could you leave a little comment to let me know. It might just give me the motivation to keep up dating. Seriously there is a ton of stuff going on but if you are still peeking in I'll still check in every now and again. The house still needs some major unpacking and organizing, I've been booking 10+sessions a month, and some little munchkins all want attention. :/ Errrr. . .what to do, what to do. So leave me some love and hopefully I'll check back in.

Haircut

I gave O' a hair cut. . .he was getting a little desperate. I've got all 4 kids because G' has something called "fall break." (which is totally not needed and probably voted in by the teachers who just want a break) Anyways, it started today, and she will have all new week off+Monday of the following week, then she will go back that Tuesday. 8 School days off. . .hopefully the remaining days will go better then today did. I didn't have a problem with the kids. . .just one kid seemed to have a problem with me and all the other kids. :) Lovely, makes for a long day.

Wanna know something else...

I love. . .

yellow trees

sleeping babies

big yards

sugar

clean houses

big porches

pictures of people

super hot showers

granola

a shiny fridge

a full pantry

an empty car

sun shining through the trees

worship music playing

calmness

quiet

baby smiles

some of these i have & some of these i don't. . .but i love them and look forward to them no less.

Just so you know...

i love sunflowers. . .big ones. . .little ones. i love them all.

Dip Stick Party

So we had this idea that we wanted to invite a bunch of people over once we got "settled" into our new house. Hum. I'm not quite sure if we are settled since we still have piles of clothes all over our room, random boxes still sitting around and a basement floor seriously covered with toys, but we are going to attempt to have a party. I've named it a Dip Stick Party. So basically we are going to have a bunch of fondue pots filled with cheese or chocolate and everyone invited was told be bring something to dip. Hopefully I'll be able to get everything in order by then. . .this will be my mission for the week. Cleaning, organizing and filling pots. . .fondue pots. Oh, and we have to mow our job. . .which is a job in itself. I plan to post pictures, so stay tuned in to my upcoming mission.