Day to Day

Wow! I can't believe how very busy I've been. I'm TRYING to be better with taking pictures of day to day activities, and not just photo shoots, but it's a work in progress. So I'm sitting here and it's 1 am and I have NO idea where the time has gone. Usually Ryan and I try to be in bed by 11, but up until he got his new job we used to stay up every night until 1 or 2! Those days are gone, except for tonight :) So here is a recap. The photos are not edited and there's kind of a lot of them :)























First thing's first...Ryan's new job, a lot of people keep asking me about it. I know he will not be pumped I put this picture on here, but too bad, he doesn't read this blog anyway. So it's going good. He leaves the house around 6 am every day and doesn't get home until 6 or 7, so long days for him. He does have a work truck which is nice and the company has been very good to set him up for success. It's nice to see him busy and although he's stressed it's a good stress because we know in these hard times that it's better to be overworked than have no work...we've been there. So Ryan is good, he's busy with being Scout Master and work and still trying to be a family man. Right now he's back east for some more training, but this time he's only gone for one week. I just can't imagine the burden of providing for a family and I'm so glad that's not my responsibility. Not that Ryan ever reads this, but just in case he does I just want to say thank you for all your hard work.

Moving on. Ryan's parents came down for Lydia's baby blessing and I had a wonderful time visiting with them. Ryan was busy so he didn't see as much of them as I did but I really enjoyed them. I fall into a rare percentage where I LOVE my in-laws. The night before they left the three of us stayed up until 1:30 having a great emotional conversation about life. That will be something I'll always remember. Thank you for coming to see us Margo and Clay!

Next on the list is the fun little accessory that my friend's sister makes. She has a website and these beanies are just too cute and very reasonably priced. Check them out at
http://bbeanies.blogspot.com/

My friend Carrie took these pictures of the kids in their beanies. She is mega talented and quite reasonably priced herself. So check her photo blog out too while you're at it. Her name is Carrie and her business is called Carried Away. Can you stand how cute that is? I love it.

http://carriedawayphotos.blogspot.com/

This picture is of little sister just looking cute. She is kind of a "sensitive" baby. The crying is getting better and even still I just love every minute with her...well, honestly, the minutes when she's not crying.

This picture of me and Emma was on Emma's first and last day of my attempting to do pre-school with her. God did not give me the gift to "teach" or I should say the patience to teach. So that was short lived and we'll just enjoy a simple coloring time and leave the alphabet to the professionals.

Below is a picture of Emma waiting outside for Annie to come and pick her up for an adventure. My mom has been so good to help me out by taking Emma every now and then. I adore Emma, but I never realized how much work a 3 year old is until I had a 3 month old who is immobile and can't talk.

These peaches are my most exciting recent creation. I saw them on The Big Red Kitchen's blog and went out one day and copied them. They're super easy, just a little bit time consuming, but seriously the yummiest cupcake ever!

Lydia finally got her shots (a month late) and was pretty good considering how not good she felt. I just thought this was a sweet picture of Ryan comforting her, especially since he hardly ever gets to see her.

Wee Witches Weekend was last weekend at Gardner Village. Carrie and I took the girls and left the babies with their dads. It was so fun to get out and do something just for Emma. She is so helpful and so obedient and good natured that I really enjoyed giving her a whole afternoon of magical fun.

Sometimes I look at this little girl and think "Man, she's got it good!"

When I see pictures like this one above of Emma I just think to myself "Good for me, I'm a good mom, kids are supposed to be kids."
But for those of you who know me, I mostly prefer Emma to be more like the picture below. I let her get sparkly eyes done by a witch and I'm not ashamed to say it, but Emma Loo Hoo is one darling girl.

Gardner Village is one of my favorite places. For those of you who are crazy and have never been to witches night out you HAVE to go this year, it's a must. Also, Wee Witches has just found a place at the top of my list of favorite things and I can't wait to take Emma again next year.

I just had to add these photos of the Candy Store at Gardner Village. It reminds me of something that would be at Hogsmead. This store rivals that of Bruce's Candy Kitchen, except nothing will ever compete with the location of Cannon Beach, so for now this candy shop will rank number 2.

All right, that's all for now. I should have another post again soon and hopefully this time I can keep them more frequent than once a month :)