Well I am going to try to keep updating this weekly but it’s difficult to do because I’m out of the habit… so what’s new and exciting.
Well this baby is going to be like my other two children and is giving me the same “issues” that I had with both of them early on. So I called the doctor to let him know what’s going on and they said that I needed to come in for a blood test and they are going to do an ultrasound. So since I have been through this before they took the blood test yesterday and I’m fine levels are where they are supposed to be they said that they still wanted to do the ultrasound on Friday. So the good thing is we get to see the baby on Friday. Of course seeing the baby this early the baby will look very much like a spot but we should be able to see the heart beating and for me that’s always the exciting thing J
This past weekend we headed down to Indiana for camping and family reunions. It was a very hot but it was fun. I was kind of crazy with the sun block making sure that the kids were nice and covered so they wouldn’t get burnt being outside every day, luckily the girls were just fine they got a nice golden brown. Tait on the other hand was burnt to a crisp he had me put on sun block once for him and that was it. So he was pretty ouchy and sore for a couple of days. It’s now peeling and itchy to its okay now.
The camping was fun. I think the girls really enjoyed seeing their cousins and having fun just playing outside. The place where we camp is this big field next to this big pond. The first night we were hit but a huge swam of June bugs were HORRIBLE, they didn’t last very long but they were everywhere, and I didn’t notice that they pinched but I think they did bite a few people. So that was fun. We stayed up pretty late and then went to be and were back awake at 7. We stayed there until 10:30 then headed to Tait’s cousins house for the pool party. It was nice to be able to wash off in the pool as clean as you can get swimming in a pool after camping. But we had a good time. The girls played for HOURS in the pool and got sooooo wrinkly but they didn’t care. Tait and Trent went and played 9 holes of golf, I kind of drifted off asleep in a chair but I would wake up. Maya finally did fall asleep and she was down for a good 3 hours. Lehna however was having a great time playing in the pool.
After swimming we headed back out to the camp site and then a lot more people came the second night. So that was a lot of fun having so many people out there. Then they had a huge firework show. It was really impressive. A couple of the fireworks did fall over when they were going off so there was a few moments of “oh my goodness” but you know overall it was fine. We then crashed early because we had stayed up so late the night before and then with the kids running non stop it was insane. Lehna complained that her tummy hurt and we all went to bed.
In the morning at like 5 Lehna woke up and then decided to get sick all over. It was pretty gross but it was a pretty easy clean up. We knew we were going to have to wash her hair someone tomorrow at the camp site and we were able to get is accomplished. I don’t know if it was all the running around and eating or the heat or what but we knew the next day with the other family reunion we were going to cut it short so we could get the kiddos home.
So on Sunday Tait’s family had another family reunion for his dad’s side of the family. We ate and then pretty much left. I felt bad but the kids were so cranky because of lack of sleep and just wearing themselves out. Tait offered to drive home and for the 3 ½ hours I sleep for 3 hours of it. It was the fastest trip ever! So it was nice that Tait drove the length of the trip. I would wake up about every hour and ask if he wanted to switch and he would say “no not yet, I’m fine” and then I would fall back to sleep. Both girls slept as well so he had a pretty quiet ride back.
So that was our weekend it was a lot of fun and I know that next year it should be pretty fun as well.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Friday, July 02, 2010
Update!
So it’s time for an update.
I have decided first and foremost that the garden thing isn’t working for me any more… my life is WAY more chaotic then this English garden thing so I can’t pretend any long that that’s what the cover of my blog should be because it just doesn’t represent me… so that’s the first thing that I have to update everyone one.
I know it’s been a terribly long time since I have updated but you know it’s just takes more time then I have sometimes to come in here and update this thing… I like having it because it does help me vent out XYZ but still it’s just one of those things that I just don’t spend enough time doing… but another thing is I WILL start doing it again… BECAUSE one of the reasons why I love this blog so much is it’s my record keeper I can look back and any of the older postings and find out what was going on, why we were doing it and it’s a memory jog for me and I really like it because I kept such good records of the girls when they were babies and when I was pregnant with them and I like that because I can go back and read up on the pregnancy stuff if I can’t remember with whom I did what with… So another reason why I’m dusting off my blog is because Tait and I recently found out that we are going to be expecting our THIRD child yep you read right we are doing it again. Most people don’t know this information so SURPRISE! I am not very far along I’m not one of those women that find out 10 weeks into their pregnancy nope I found out RIGHT away… so I’m only 6 weeks along. So as I say “barely” pregnant I know how one can be “barely pregnant” but it’s just how it feels sometimes when it’s so new.
So I can say for certain that pregnant I am. As for this pregnancy is it much like the previous two… hum yes and no… mainly no, but certainly some similarities. I feel like this time it’s a boy… that’s my early prediction so I’m sure in a few months from now I’ll be wanting to edit but this is my prediction so far. My skin looks GREAT I have gotten MANY compliments about how great I look so that’s a positive. And with the girls I didn’t feel like that. So it’s a positive. I am having waves of nausea but nothing long term or anything like that just bouts of it basically which is really nice. It could be SOOO much worse.
The girls are enjoying the news of having a sibling and they go back and forth of wanting a boy and wanting a girl so it’s kind of fun seeing what “mood” they are in. They ask when the baby “peanut” will get here and I keep telling them after Christmas and right before their birthday’s I figure that will be enough of a time line… but you know they are kids so they don’t understand.
I have to say though that with this baby my clothes are already getting tight… which is pretty annoying. It’s frustrating to have them feel so snug already so I have decided that this weekend I’m doing the sweat pants thing and I don’t care who sees me. I am also very tired… I don’t remember being this tired with the other two kids but I’m sure I felt it. I just want to go lay down somewhere and sleep. So it’s exciting times around here.
Family life is great and work life well stressful its fine. I enjoy my job it’s soooo busy and everyday is different but it’s good.
But that’s life for now… I’ll update soon
I have decided first and foremost that the garden thing isn’t working for me any more… my life is WAY more chaotic then this English garden thing so I can’t pretend any long that that’s what the cover of my blog should be because it just doesn’t represent me… so that’s the first thing that I have to update everyone one.
I know it’s been a terribly long time since I have updated but you know it’s just takes more time then I have sometimes to come in here and update this thing… I like having it because it does help me vent out XYZ but still it’s just one of those things that I just don’t spend enough time doing… but another thing is I WILL start doing it again… BECAUSE one of the reasons why I love this blog so much is it’s my record keeper I can look back and any of the older postings and find out what was going on, why we were doing it and it’s a memory jog for me and I really like it because I kept such good records of the girls when they were babies and when I was pregnant with them and I like that because I can go back and read up on the pregnancy stuff if I can’t remember with whom I did what with… So another reason why I’m dusting off my blog is because Tait and I recently found out that we are going to be expecting our THIRD child yep you read right we are doing it again. Most people don’t know this information so SURPRISE! I am not very far along I’m not one of those women that find out 10 weeks into their pregnancy nope I found out RIGHT away… so I’m only 6 weeks along. So as I say “barely” pregnant I know how one can be “barely pregnant” but it’s just how it feels sometimes when it’s so new.
So I can say for certain that pregnant I am. As for this pregnancy is it much like the previous two… hum yes and no… mainly no, but certainly some similarities. I feel like this time it’s a boy… that’s my early prediction so I’m sure in a few months from now I’ll be wanting to edit but this is my prediction so far. My skin looks GREAT I have gotten MANY compliments about how great I look so that’s a positive. And with the girls I didn’t feel like that. So it’s a positive. I am having waves of nausea but nothing long term or anything like that just bouts of it basically which is really nice. It could be SOOO much worse.
The girls are enjoying the news of having a sibling and they go back and forth of wanting a boy and wanting a girl so it’s kind of fun seeing what “mood” they are in. They ask when the baby “peanut” will get here and I keep telling them after Christmas and right before their birthday’s I figure that will be enough of a time line… but you know they are kids so they don’t understand.
I have to say though that with this baby my clothes are already getting tight… which is pretty annoying. It’s frustrating to have them feel so snug already so I have decided that this weekend I’m doing the sweat pants thing and I don’t care who sees me. I am also very tired… I don’t remember being this tired with the other two kids but I’m sure I felt it. I just want to go lay down somewhere and sleep. So it’s exciting times around here.
Family life is great and work life well stressful its fine. I enjoy my job it’s soooo busy and everyday is different but it’s good.
But that’s life for now… I’ll update soon
Friday, January 29, 2010
So new look and a new attitude
I am very proud of my new blog I have to say. I was really struggling on how to switch the stupid templates b/c the “easy” uploading just wasn’t working it kept telling me “you link is corrupted” or something like that… so then I tried to look at the “help” links yeah well let’s just say they were not helpful at all. I think that in order for me to get a really cool background that I have to convert my current blogger to the new blogger but there is NO information as to how to do this… so I was just plainly stuck… so I had to cut and paste this page from a text file then change the text file. As you can see I do have some strange things the ‘weight loss’ box at the bottom wasn’t cooperating so I just left it there for now until I have more patience to try to figure it out. And I had to hand key all the links at the bottom so if you are NOT on the links please email me so I can add you there. In the moving of blog pages I lost ALL of my links so I had to try to remember who was all on there and may have missed someone! But Any Who!
So I have an announcement I am changing jobs… I know I know I do this so often it’s hard to keep track. But I’m going back to Express I took the job with them on Tuesday and I start in a week. I’m very excited about the new job. It’s the Branch Manager position so it’s kind of a BIG job but I think that with being the Branch Manager for PCS I think that I’m ready to go now, I have the skills necessary, or at least I hope I can fake it long enough in order to learn them in time. I’m going to have to do outside sales this is the part that I’m least excited about. But I figure that I’m pretty good at BSing so maybe I’ll be okay AND they know that I have never done outside sales before so they will train me on how to do it. And if I suck… well hopefully I won’t. But I am totally excepting for me to have days that I HATE b/c of the sales… but if I can get us big enough then I can hire an outside sales person and then not have to worry about it as much. That’s the plan anyway we’ll see what happens.
So we have been busy around here. I’m still stuck at my weight loss challenge. I seriously am going UP in numbers not down. I am losing inches I can tell you that b/c I can see it in myself and in my clothes but the darn numbers aren’t going down. So it’s all good but still frustrating at the same time. I think I’m going to start really dieting… I hate doing that and I know I have failed when I try but seriously maybe if I start to see SOME results it will get me more motivated to keep going b/c right now it’s really hard to stay motivated it’s like the biggest stair step ever I just can’t GET OFF!
Lehna’s Update. This girl let me tell you she doesn’t fall far from the tree. She is such the mimic the other day she told Maya to come watch the movie in her room and Maya like any little sister told her No. Then Lehna goes “don’t you tell me no little girl” Yep she may have heard that a couple of times in her life. She is just so funny. She is so dramatic is humorous. Yesterday we went to the USI vs. University of Milwaukee-Parkside Basketball game and they have a mascot of a bear and she CLUNG to us and cried about how she wanted to go home b/c she was afraid the bear was going to eat her. It was crazy. She doesn’t like any one in animal suits she gets SO freaked out. I told Tait this means NO DISNEYLAND for her not until she grows out of this or the kid won’t enjoy herself. She is getting so big. I think that with us going to the gym 3 times a week and her going to her very active preschool class she is starting to loose some of her extra poundage she is big anyway for her age but her weight was concerning. But she is starting to slim down. Which I’m really happy to see. She is still a funny kid. Her sense of humor is starting to grow and she is becoming quite the little lady. She still loves to dress up and play with her dolls. The other day all of her bears were dressed up in her princess outfits and she was teaching them school. Her imagination is very strong. She is still very dependant on others to play with her. She will play by herself but she doesn’t like it she would rather have Mom or Dad play with her when Sissy is busy playing.
Maya Update: Maya is the complete opposite of Lehna. Maya is so independent of anyone. She plays well with other children; she’s in the mine stage so you do have to keep this in mind. But she can totally be okay going into the front room playing with her doll house and have conversation all on her own and be totally okay. Where Lehna isn’t like this. Maya is also my bug girl and rock girl. She can’t go very long without looking for a rock to pick up and bring inside. She likes to hide them b/c she knows Helen won’t let her bring them inside. She is actually in this stage right now where all she wants to do is wear a dress. She has this pink dress that she wears CONSTANTLY she doesn’t like taking it off even to wash, it is kept clean, but not for very long. She likes to wear her night gowns too. She is still carrying around her pacifier We were doing really well as far as keeping it from her during the day and giving it to her at night but then we started slacking off on it. It’s just like her potty training we really haven’t tried on this either, but she truly has NO interest in this, we ask her and she tells us know all the time so she’s not really into it yet. Maya is just starting to shoot up like a weed too. She’s slimming down and going up. She is just so little to me still; it’s hard to believe she’s going to be 3! It seems like we were just waiting for her and now she’s here and is just growing up so big.
Well that’s all the updates I have for now.
So I have an announcement I am changing jobs… I know I know I do this so often it’s hard to keep track. But I’m going back to Express I took the job with them on Tuesday and I start in a week. I’m very excited about the new job. It’s the Branch Manager position so it’s kind of a BIG job but I think that with being the Branch Manager for PCS I think that I’m ready to go now, I have the skills necessary, or at least I hope I can fake it long enough in order to learn them in time. I’m going to have to do outside sales this is the part that I’m least excited about. But I figure that I’m pretty good at BSing so maybe I’ll be okay AND they know that I have never done outside sales before so they will train me on how to do it. And if I suck… well hopefully I won’t. But I am totally excepting for me to have days that I HATE b/c of the sales… but if I can get us big enough then I can hire an outside sales person and then not have to worry about it as much. That’s the plan anyway we’ll see what happens.
So we have been busy around here. I’m still stuck at my weight loss challenge. I seriously am going UP in numbers not down. I am losing inches I can tell you that b/c I can see it in myself and in my clothes but the darn numbers aren’t going down. So it’s all good but still frustrating at the same time. I think I’m going to start really dieting… I hate doing that and I know I have failed when I try but seriously maybe if I start to see SOME results it will get me more motivated to keep going b/c right now it’s really hard to stay motivated it’s like the biggest stair step ever I just can’t GET OFF!
Lehna’s Update. This girl let me tell you she doesn’t fall far from the tree. She is such the mimic the other day she told Maya to come watch the movie in her room and Maya like any little sister told her No. Then Lehna goes “don’t you tell me no little girl” Yep she may have heard that a couple of times in her life. She is just so funny. She is so dramatic is humorous. Yesterday we went to the USI vs. University of Milwaukee-Parkside Basketball game and they have a mascot of a bear and she CLUNG to us and cried about how she wanted to go home b/c she was afraid the bear was going to eat her. It was crazy. She doesn’t like any one in animal suits she gets SO freaked out. I told Tait this means NO DISNEYLAND for her not until she grows out of this or the kid won’t enjoy herself. She is getting so big. I think that with us going to the gym 3 times a week and her going to her very active preschool class she is starting to loose some of her extra poundage she is big anyway for her age but her weight was concerning. But she is starting to slim down. Which I’m really happy to see. She is still a funny kid. Her sense of humor is starting to grow and she is becoming quite the little lady. She still loves to dress up and play with her dolls. The other day all of her bears were dressed up in her princess outfits and she was teaching them school. Her imagination is very strong. She is still very dependant on others to play with her. She will play by herself but she doesn’t like it she would rather have Mom or Dad play with her when Sissy is busy playing.
Maya Update: Maya is the complete opposite of Lehna. Maya is so independent of anyone. She plays well with other children; she’s in the mine stage so you do have to keep this in mind. But she can totally be okay going into the front room playing with her doll house and have conversation all on her own and be totally okay. Where Lehna isn’t like this. Maya is also my bug girl and rock girl. She can’t go very long without looking for a rock to pick up and bring inside. She likes to hide them b/c she knows Helen won’t let her bring them inside. She is actually in this stage right now where all she wants to do is wear a dress. She has this pink dress that she wears CONSTANTLY she doesn’t like taking it off even to wash, it is kept clean, but not for very long. She likes to wear her night gowns too. She is still carrying around her pacifier We were doing really well as far as keeping it from her during the day and giving it to her at night but then we started slacking off on it. It’s just like her potty training we really haven’t tried on this either, but she truly has NO interest in this, we ask her and she tells us know all the time so she’s not really into it yet. Maya is just starting to shoot up like a weed too. She’s slimming down and going up. She is just so little to me still; it’s hard to believe she’s going to be 3! It seems like we were just waiting for her and now she’s here and is just growing up so big.
Well that’s all the updates I have for now.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
New Post
It’s time for another Update! So I went on to Blurb.com so I could upload my blog over the past 5 years and get everything in one shot… Well up loaded it and it is 350 pages! Yeah I don’t think I want to pay for a book that big… So I’m going to have to hack it down and delete some things to revamp it… so it’s all saved and bound very safely together. But I’ll work on that… hopefully in the next 5 years I’ll get it all done. I’m giving myself a large time frame, b/c I know what a procrastinator I can be.
So I have started a fitness competition at work. It’s a 14 week competition and it’s based on percentage. I have been trying to loose weight for the last couple of weeks but I haven’t been working on my diet at all so now it’s time to start working on my diet so I can win. It’s pretty exciting I know, but I’m trying to loose freaking weight so this should be fun. Well at least I’m hoping that by have people around me all trying to loose weight that that would help with having constant distractions of cookies and candy being brought into work. We have been working out at least 4 times a week so that’s a good thing, we are trying to vamp it up more to 6 times a week but we do get busy so we’ll see what happens.
So this weekend the rex plex had a huge open skate thing for like 2 hours on Saturday complete with a inflatable jumping castle soooo, never have ice skating before I thought it would be a good thing to try at least once. Tait I have to say was NOT excited about the new try but heck you only live once right. So we went and paid for skates and went up and got ready to skate our little hearts out. Now Lehna has done this before b/c in her preschool they take them once a month ice skating during her school so she kind of knew the in and outs of ice skating of where to go and all that jazz… So we stood in line got our skates and got ready to skate. Lehna was right off the back skating by herself; she was a little shy but not bad. Maya kept a hold of my hand and tried to skate, she did a lot of falling at first but soon she was addicted and didn’t want to stop, even when mom was down for the count. Tait was pretty funny. He didn’t think his skates were tight enough b/c he said he could feel his ankles turning as he tried to skate, but he hung onto the walls and tried the best he could. I had to stop and retie my skates SEVERAL times b/c the laces were constantly getting loose. Finally about a ½ hour left we went over to get some free lessons in the other arena and the instructor asked if I had ever done it before and I told her know, I think she could tell by the fear in my eyes and she took like Maya’s hands and lead her out onto the ice. So we were in the lesson rink and the teacher handed Maya a bucket and I kind of “road” with her, you know to help her, yeah right, and she soon took off right from underneath me. She was all over the rink with the bucket and was skating around laughing having a good time. One of the instructors came over to me and said to march with my place and place my hands out straight… so I tired… LOL this is where I went wrong… I ended up flat on my arse. It was hilarious it was the first time that I actually fell completely to my butt, usually I fall but not all the way done just to my knee so then getting up was another story. I asked Maya to come over and bring the bucket so I could use it to get up, the little rat came over to me laughed and skated away. Tait just laughed as he watched the whole thing. It was a good time. I think I would like to take lessons. Maya can start having the “tot and me classes” in March so I think April is when we will sign up until then we’ll just have to go during open skate and leave it at that.
Well that’s pretty much what’s been going on around here. We have been pretty busy with working out and trying new things. The girls are pretty happy about having memberships to the Rex Plex b/c they get to swim every time we work out.
I am happy to say that we finally got the computer from Kris so now we have a computer at home again yeah! So hopefully I’ll find my computer camera cord and be able to upload pictures soon! It’s nice not having to always rely on my work computer.
So I have started a fitness competition at work. It’s a 14 week competition and it’s based on percentage. I have been trying to loose weight for the last couple of weeks but I haven’t been working on my diet at all so now it’s time to start working on my diet so I can win. It’s pretty exciting I know, but I’m trying to loose freaking weight so this should be fun. Well at least I’m hoping that by have people around me all trying to loose weight that that would help with having constant distractions of cookies and candy being brought into work. We have been working out at least 4 times a week so that’s a good thing, we are trying to vamp it up more to 6 times a week but we do get busy so we’ll see what happens.
So this weekend the rex plex had a huge open skate thing for like 2 hours on Saturday complete with a inflatable jumping castle soooo, never have ice skating before I thought it would be a good thing to try at least once. Tait I have to say was NOT excited about the new try but heck you only live once right. So we went and paid for skates and went up and got ready to skate our little hearts out. Now Lehna has done this before b/c in her preschool they take them once a month ice skating during her school so she kind of knew the in and outs of ice skating of where to go and all that jazz… So we stood in line got our skates and got ready to skate. Lehna was right off the back skating by herself; she was a little shy but not bad. Maya kept a hold of my hand and tried to skate, she did a lot of falling at first but soon she was addicted and didn’t want to stop, even when mom was down for the count. Tait was pretty funny. He didn’t think his skates were tight enough b/c he said he could feel his ankles turning as he tried to skate, but he hung onto the walls and tried the best he could. I had to stop and retie my skates SEVERAL times b/c the laces were constantly getting loose. Finally about a ½ hour left we went over to get some free lessons in the other arena and the instructor asked if I had ever done it before and I told her know, I think she could tell by the fear in my eyes and she took like Maya’s hands and lead her out onto the ice. So we were in the lesson rink and the teacher handed Maya a bucket and I kind of “road” with her, you know to help her, yeah right, and she soon took off right from underneath me. She was all over the rink with the bucket and was skating around laughing having a good time. One of the instructors came over to me and said to march with my place and place my hands out straight… so I tired… LOL this is where I went wrong… I ended up flat on my arse. It was hilarious it was the first time that I actually fell completely to my butt, usually I fall but not all the way done just to my knee so then getting up was another story. I asked Maya to come over and bring the bucket so I could use it to get up, the little rat came over to me laughed and skated away. Tait just laughed as he watched the whole thing. It was a good time. I think I would like to take lessons. Maya can start having the “tot and me classes” in March so I think April is when we will sign up until then we’ll just have to go during open skate and leave it at that.
Well that’s pretty much what’s been going on around here. We have been pretty busy with working out and trying new things. The girls are pretty happy about having memberships to the Rex Plex b/c they get to swim every time we work out.
I am happy to say that we finally got the computer from Kris so now we have a computer at home again yeah! So hopefully I’ll find my computer camera cord and be able to upload pictures soon! It’s nice not having to always rely on my work computer.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Christmas Update and Year Wrap Up!
It’s time for another update… I know that it’s almost a new year but that’s okay b/c it does not hear yet… So it’s time for a Christmas Recap and a Year round up….
Christmas has come and gone and it was a lot of fun at the Wagner Zoo! We didn’t travel for much which was kind of nice but we were able to see the family and the girls were able to have a Christmas morning at home which was really nice. I was kind of afraid we wouldn’t have that for the girls but we did.
The girls were gifted LOTS of presents from Santa. He felt the girls were extra good this year, which is kind of strange the short time leading up to Christmas Lehna developed the WORST attitude and I kept having to threaten to call Santa, but maybe she figured that Santa had already gotten her toys ready so it didn’t matter what she did, who knows. But Maya’s large present this year was a Lovin Family doll house complete with all the rooms except the parent’s bedroom and Santa couldn’t find it ANYWHERE! So that is the only room she didn’t have. But she had a van and several other “extra” toys to play with it… And she really likes it we all were playing it and she just laughed and played it was fun. Lehna got a lot of “girly” things this year, things like make up and jewelry she really wanted that kind of stuff and that’s what she got. She seems to really enjoy girlie stuff so Santa got her a bunch of that kind of thing. She seems pretty happy with all of her gifts.
After our Christmas Morning I made breakfast and we headed down to Indiana for Dinner at Grandma’s. It was actually a pretty easy trip I wasn’t sure what traffic was going to be like and it was actually good traveling. We went down and saw the family and that was fun. We were even able to bring home the victory of Trivia Pursuit. So in your face on that! Just kidding of course. We didn’t do any family pictures though so that was kind of strange, but we did play the family gift game and Tait and I brought home so cool Purdue clothing! I was excited b/c they don’t sell anything Purdue up here and I didn’t want to order any online b/c then it was SUPER expensive to go that route. After dinner we went to Marcus and Jackie’s where the girls got to see Evan and Zachary and they treated very nice to lunch and breakfast. The girls really had a good time playing with their cousins. And I had a good time hanging out with my Brothers and sisters.
The next morning we headed to Williamsport to see Tait’s side of the family. I’m glad that they have their get together the day after b/c that makes it easier on us to be able to see everyone. So we spent some time there and after dinner we headed back to Wisconsin. The roads were CRAZY coming back right around Williamsport but as soon as we hit the interstate the roads were great. The trip back was fine.
The factory that we are working at has been laying off employees b/c the “busy” season is now over, which kind of sucks for us b/c now I am kind of over staffed. But we are trying to come up with things to keep us busy.
So now a year in review.
Well this year has come and gone so quickly. We have made some major changes and I have to say so far the changes have been good. We decided to have a fresh start and decided to move to Wisconsin to kind of start over. Tait took a job for the state of WI and after 6 months he decided it wasn’t the job for him and switched to a new job. He loves his new job and it doesn’t have commute so it’s a plus for him and our wallets. The girls and I moved up here in April and I was unemployed for a couple of months. I enjoyed being a stay at home mom but really wanted to find a job doing something so I could feel like I was contributing to our financial needs. Soon something fell into line for me and I was able to get a job a new an exciting challenge. I really enjoy what I do I like being the leader so it’s fun.
We have moved twice since moving to WI and I like our second house the best it’s smaller but it “fits” better for us the neighbor is nice and there is a park just down the street. We have new callings in our church and as or right now we are doing it, but wish we could have something else. We are also one more step closer to getting to the temple which is something we have been working as a couple for the past several months. I know that when we FINALLY get there it will be well worth all the effort.
The girls have really grown this year. Lehna still asks to go back to her “old” house in Indiana but I really don’t think she remembers a lot about it. I think when we move it makes her anxious I was moving some stuff around in there room the other day and she asked me if we were moving and after I told her no the worried looked left her face. I guess too many changes for a 4 year old is too too many. Maya still is my baby even though she is getting so big. She is going through another growth spurt so she is starting to lose her baby fat around her tummy. She still refuses to be potty trained doesn’t want anything to do with it and still takes a Pacifier but she is going to lose it next month. She can’t be three and have a pass I won’t allow it. So I think it will be harder to break for Maya than it was Lehna b/c Lehna wasn’t taking it at daycare where Maya has hers ALL THE TIME!
Lehna loves preschool she is making a lot of friends and seems to have fun going every Tuesday and Thursday she doesn’t like it when the handicapped children come in after swimming though she still gets really anxious and starts to scramble for the teacher. I guess after having ONE kid growl at her has really turned her off. She is getting so big that some times I have to remind myself she IS only four so I have to let some things go when she’s being a BRAT! But hopefully this next year will bring some more positive things and the girls will continue to be happy. I know that after getting sealed in the temple I will feel better about my relationship with Heavenly father and the relationship I have with my husband; we just have to keep everything into perspective.
So that was 2009 so let’s press on into 2010 and hope for fun things to happen!
Christmas has come and gone and it was a lot of fun at the Wagner Zoo! We didn’t travel for much which was kind of nice but we were able to see the family and the girls were able to have a Christmas morning at home which was really nice. I was kind of afraid we wouldn’t have that for the girls but we did.
The girls were gifted LOTS of presents from Santa. He felt the girls were extra good this year, which is kind of strange the short time leading up to Christmas Lehna developed the WORST attitude and I kept having to threaten to call Santa, but maybe she figured that Santa had already gotten her toys ready so it didn’t matter what she did, who knows. But Maya’s large present this year was a Lovin Family doll house complete with all the rooms except the parent’s bedroom and Santa couldn’t find it ANYWHERE! So that is the only room she didn’t have. But she had a van and several other “extra” toys to play with it… And she really likes it we all were playing it and she just laughed and played it was fun. Lehna got a lot of “girly” things this year, things like make up and jewelry she really wanted that kind of stuff and that’s what she got. She seems to really enjoy girlie stuff so Santa got her a bunch of that kind of thing. She seems pretty happy with all of her gifts.
After our Christmas Morning I made breakfast and we headed down to Indiana for Dinner at Grandma’s. It was actually a pretty easy trip I wasn’t sure what traffic was going to be like and it was actually good traveling. We went down and saw the family and that was fun. We were even able to bring home the victory of Trivia Pursuit. So in your face on that! Just kidding of course. We didn’t do any family pictures though so that was kind of strange, but we did play the family gift game and Tait and I brought home so cool Purdue clothing! I was excited b/c they don’t sell anything Purdue up here and I didn’t want to order any online b/c then it was SUPER expensive to go that route. After dinner we went to Marcus and Jackie’s where the girls got to see Evan and Zachary and they treated very nice to lunch and breakfast. The girls really had a good time playing with their cousins. And I had a good time hanging out with my Brothers and sisters.
The next morning we headed to Williamsport to see Tait’s side of the family. I’m glad that they have their get together the day after b/c that makes it easier on us to be able to see everyone. So we spent some time there and after dinner we headed back to Wisconsin. The roads were CRAZY coming back right around Williamsport but as soon as we hit the interstate the roads were great. The trip back was fine.
The factory that we are working at has been laying off employees b/c the “busy” season is now over, which kind of sucks for us b/c now I am kind of over staffed. But we are trying to come up with things to keep us busy.
So now a year in review.
Well this year has come and gone so quickly. We have made some major changes and I have to say so far the changes have been good. We decided to have a fresh start and decided to move to Wisconsin to kind of start over. Tait took a job for the state of WI and after 6 months he decided it wasn’t the job for him and switched to a new job. He loves his new job and it doesn’t have commute so it’s a plus for him and our wallets. The girls and I moved up here in April and I was unemployed for a couple of months. I enjoyed being a stay at home mom but really wanted to find a job doing something so I could feel like I was contributing to our financial needs. Soon something fell into line for me and I was able to get a job a new an exciting challenge. I really enjoy what I do I like being the leader so it’s fun.
We have moved twice since moving to WI and I like our second house the best it’s smaller but it “fits” better for us the neighbor is nice and there is a park just down the street. We have new callings in our church and as or right now we are doing it, but wish we could have something else. We are also one more step closer to getting to the temple which is something we have been working as a couple for the past several months. I know that when we FINALLY get there it will be well worth all the effort.
The girls have really grown this year. Lehna still asks to go back to her “old” house in Indiana but I really don’t think she remembers a lot about it. I think when we move it makes her anxious I was moving some stuff around in there room the other day and she asked me if we were moving and after I told her no the worried looked left her face. I guess too many changes for a 4 year old is too too many. Maya still is my baby even though she is getting so big. She is going through another growth spurt so she is starting to lose her baby fat around her tummy. She still refuses to be potty trained doesn’t want anything to do with it and still takes a Pacifier but she is going to lose it next month. She can’t be three and have a pass I won’t allow it. So I think it will be harder to break for Maya than it was Lehna b/c Lehna wasn’t taking it at daycare where Maya has hers ALL THE TIME!
Lehna loves preschool she is making a lot of friends and seems to have fun going every Tuesday and Thursday she doesn’t like it when the handicapped children come in after swimming though she still gets really anxious and starts to scramble for the teacher. I guess after having ONE kid growl at her has really turned her off. She is getting so big that some times I have to remind myself she IS only four so I have to let some things go when she’s being a BRAT! But hopefully this next year will bring some more positive things and the girls will continue to be happy. I know that after getting sealed in the temple I will feel better about my relationship with Heavenly father and the relationship I have with my husband; we just have to keep everything into perspective.
So that was 2009 so let’s press on into 2010 and hope for fun things to happen!
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
My poor Blog :(
How I have not updated you in so long... it feels sad :( Well if it had feelings maybe it would feel sad. I am updating this like ONCE month... which from the side you can SEE that is more than SOME of my family members. I know I'm just giving you crap this update.
Well things are crazy at work right now. We are in the SWING of the 4th quarter and let me tell you it's CRAZY. Today we got the best compliment... As a company the 2nd shift start up is HORRIBLE... mainly b/c of the supervisors... but let's put the blame on the right place right... it's surely the staffing companies right? You know we don't have this issue on 1st or 3rd but OBVIOUSLY it's the staffing companies... so they asked the staffign companies to help with "start up" Well it's annoying and kind of a pain the the butt but we have been complying with the supervisors and managers request to have us out on the floor placing... So we have been. TODAY we had the Director of Production tell us that we had by far the BEST staffing company for start up prospective and he really appericates all of our hard work getting our associates to the right areas and helping getting the start up going easier... He said that he is trying to get the other staffing company up to meet our performance how about THAT! YEAH POINT ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS! I'm very excited about this... I told my staff that I'm going to frame the email and we can read it everything we get yelled at for things we can't control... so YEAH! So that is good can't wait to tell the VP tomorrow! Of course we have to remember this tomorrow when we are getting out butts handed to us b/c of our attendance... LOL dumb snow!
So here's what is happening around here... work and work and work some more but after and before we have been BUSY around here aside from work. Tait and I joined the Rex plex it's a HUGE fitness center/ activity center. They have a kick butt swiming pool complete with water slide and lazy river... AND ICE SKATING... how about that! And it saves us money for Lehna's preschool it was a crime NOT to join. We have tried the pool twice and we are planning on going ice skating VERY soon. See Tait and I have a bet... we have a competition rather going, on who can lose the most weight, who ever wins gets to pick the place where we go on our second honeymoon... so the gym will help us accomplish this well that is the plan anyways... I want to get another 30 lbs off, I'm so excited that I have that part off but I still have so much more to loose it's INSANE! But it has to come off... has to has to has too... I want to look AWSOME in a bathing suit... well... at least passable... LOL I want to go somewhere hot and warm for our second honeymoon like Cancun or Cozemell or something cool like that..,. Tait says he hasn't decided where he wants to go... but I don't want to take a chance... LOL so I have to WIN!
The girls are doing so well. WE have so far missed the flu season, I think it's b/c Lehna only goes to preschool 1/2 days on Tuesday and Thursday so there isn't any time to get anything... but let's hope we miss the whole thing... THAT would be great.
Maya is hilarious I have to tell you. She is so busy and can play so well by herself. She also is a CHATTER box she will start talking to you about crazy things over and over and look and you and go "right mommy" and I just go "hum yep" and she'll go "see mommy says yes" too funny. She has also learned a few bad words too... (God Dang it) is a familar phrase and (Oh shoot) are also two of her favorite phrases I swear she picks it up from Seasme Street... dang big bird... okay so that may not be true... LOL
Lehna tells EVERYTHING she knows to every body the lady next door she knows everything about everybody and she's a little pushy well Lehna was telling her all about Helen and her knee surgery and how we moved from Indiana, I mean the kid didn't shut up about all the things she was telling about... so keep that in mind if you ahve a secret don't TELL HER!
Funny story about Maya... Yesterday we had the plumber come over b/c we had a leak by the furnace... Maya grabbed onto the Plumbers leg and told him that she was Maya and it was her birthday and wanted to know if he wanted to come and have cup cakes... LOL the plumber just kind of laughed and talked back to her. Helen said she kept trying to get her upstairs and out of the basement. Helen said at one point the guy asked if there was a small pail he could use to catch the water and Helen gave him something and he said he thought he had something in his truck... and he went out and go it... then Maya asked Helen for the same bowl that Helen had just suggested to him and Maya then took it to the guy and goes "here you go" LOL the guy laughed and goes "thank you" LOL my kids... LOL crazy.
Well we are NOT finished christmas shopping... we started yesterday but we are probably going to do a lot this weekend. We got a few of the "major" things on line this year... that was a good way to do it... we just have to finish Lehna she is kind of hard this year... but I think it's b/c I haven't really looked for her yet. Maya is done and she was EASY this year... I need to find christmas tree ornaments but I'm sure by now all the good ones are gone... so we'll see what I find this weekend. I wish there was an actual "mall" around here... we have an outlet but you have to wonder outside and it's just not the same thing... so it should be interesting to get everything done... they have a matel store... we are going to check it out on Saturday... I'm not sure what to expect but I'm sure I'll be able to finish Lehna up. I still also have Tait to buy for and he is of course super hard to by for. He needed a pair of tennis shoes so yesterday I got him a pair then he came home with a pair of freakign shoes... LOL oh well so now he has two pairs.
Well that is the exciting times of us... pretty gripping isn't it? Oh well that's life sometimes... you know life is going well for us right now. I give credit to Heavenly Father (not to be too churchy) but seriously it has really changed some thoughts and feelings recently and I'm really grateful for it. It's making life easier to bear.
Well things are crazy at work right now. We are in the SWING of the 4th quarter and let me tell you it's CRAZY. Today we got the best compliment... As a company the 2nd shift start up is HORRIBLE... mainly b/c of the supervisors... but let's put the blame on the right place right... it's surely the staffing companies right? You know we don't have this issue on 1st or 3rd but OBVIOUSLY it's the staffing companies... so they asked the staffign companies to help with "start up" Well it's annoying and kind of a pain the the butt but we have been complying with the supervisors and managers request to have us out on the floor placing... So we have been. TODAY we had the Director of Production tell us that we had by far the BEST staffing company for start up prospective and he really appericates all of our hard work getting our associates to the right areas and helping getting the start up going easier... He said that he is trying to get the other staffing company up to meet our performance how about THAT! YEAH POINT ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS! I'm very excited about this... I told my staff that I'm going to frame the email and we can read it everything we get yelled at for things we can't control... so YEAH! So that is good can't wait to tell the VP tomorrow! Of course we have to remember this tomorrow when we are getting out butts handed to us b/c of our attendance... LOL dumb snow!
So here's what is happening around here... work and work and work some more but after and before we have been BUSY around here aside from work. Tait and I joined the Rex plex it's a HUGE fitness center/ activity center. They have a kick butt swiming pool complete with water slide and lazy river... AND ICE SKATING... how about that! And it saves us money for Lehna's preschool it was a crime NOT to join. We have tried the pool twice and we are planning on going ice skating VERY soon. See Tait and I have a bet... we have a competition rather going, on who can lose the most weight, who ever wins gets to pick the place where we go on our second honeymoon... so the gym will help us accomplish this well that is the plan anyways... I want to get another 30 lbs off, I'm so excited that I have that part off but I still have so much more to loose it's INSANE! But it has to come off... has to has to has too... I want to look AWSOME in a bathing suit... well... at least passable... LOL I want to go somewhere hot and warm for our second honeymoon like Cancun or Cozemell or something cool like that..,. Tait says he hasn't decided where he wants to go... but I don't want to take a chance... LOL so I have to WIN!
The girls are doing so well. WE have so far missed the flu season, I think it's b/c Lehna only goes to preschool 1/2 days on Tuesday and Thursday so there isn't any time to get anything... but let's hope we miss the whole thing... THAT would be great.
Maya is hilarious I have to tell you. She is so busy and can play so well by herself. She also is a CHATTER box she will start talking to you about crazy things over and over and look and you and go "right mommy" and I just go "hum yep" and she'll go "see mommy says yes" too funny. She has also learned a few bad words too... (God Dang it) is a familar phrase and (Oh shoot) are also two of her favorite phrases I swear she picks it up from Seasme Street... dang big bird... okay so that may not be true... LOL
Lehna tells EVERYTHING she knows to every body the lady next door she knows everything about everybody and she's a little pushy well Lehna was telling her all about Helen and her knee surgery and how we moved from Indiana, I mean the kid didn't shut up about all the things she was telling about... so keep that in mind if you ahve a secret don't TELL HER!
Funny story about Maya... Yesterday we had the plumber come over b/c we had a leak by the furnace... Maya grabbed onto the Plumbers leg and told him that she was Maya and it was her birthday and wanted to know if he wanted to come and have cup cakes... LOL the plumber just kind of laughed and talked back to her. Helen said she kept trying to get her upstairs and out of the basement. Helen said at one point the guy asked if there was a small pail he could use to catch the water and Helen gave him something and he said he thought he had something in his truck... and he went out and go it... then Maya asked Helen for the same bowl that Helen had just suggested to him and Maya then took it to the guy and goes "here you go" LOL the guy laughed and goes "thank you" LOL my kids... LOL crazy.
Well we are NOT finished christmas shopping... we started yesterday but we are probably going to do a lot this weekend. We got a few of the "major" things on line this year... that was a good way to do it... we just have to finish Lehna she is kind of hard this year... but I think it's b/c I haven't really looked for her yet. Maya is done and she was EASY this year... I need to find christmas tree ornaments but I'm sure by now all the good ones are gone... so we'll see what I find this weekend. I wish there was an actual "mall" around here... we have an outlet but you have to wonder outside and it's just not the same thing... so it should be interesting to get everything done... they have a matel store... we are going to check it out on Saturday... I'm not sure what to expect but I'm sure I'll be able to finish Lehna up. I still also have Tait to buy for and he is of course super hard to by for. He needed a pair of tennis shoes so yesterday I got him a pair then he came home with a pair of freakign shoes... LOL oh well so now he has two pairs.
Well that is the exciting times of us... pretty gripping isn't it? Oh well that's life sometimes... you know life is going well for us right now. I give credit to Heavenly Father (not to be too churchy) but seriously it has really changed some thoughts and feelings recently and I'm really grateful for it. It's making life easier to bear.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
News and Information
Well as I was sitting at my computer with the girls we had two flocks of geese fly over us. And after Lehna let go of my arm I was able to point to them and say “they are geese flying south for the winter.” And then a brief lesson about why they do this… not long to be followed but a section of the same geese flying back over us in the wrong direction. So we watched and laughed and I have fully accepted that fall is HERE. I like Fall I like the in-between seasons, fall and spring are my favorite holidays I love the changing of the seasons and this is just one of those times that I enjoy. Around here it’s about 10 degrees colder then what I’m used to so as the kids across the street are decked in only sweat shirts I have my kiddos bundled up in heavy coats and gloves. I’m sure this time next year we will be ol’ pros and this kind of weather will just brush off of us. I’m kind of excited about winter in Wisconsin believe it or not, I like snow and I love wearing layers so a perfect combination. They were talking about snow flurries this weekend so that should be fun. 1st snow in October yeah!
Work has been kind of slow believe it or not. We had two weeks in September that I thought I was going to lose it but it has been much better since then. The girls have really taken to spending more time with Tait, and honestly it has been nice b/c when I come home they aren’t like swarming bumble bees. I think that I have my crew trained now to where I feel really good about leaving them alone. I still feel like I should be around but I am starting to leave earlier now and working more of a 42 hour week instead of a 55 hour week so that’s progress. We are supposed to get busy again in a couple of weeks so I’m just kind of enjoying the “down” and then hopefully we’ll be ready for the up again. I HOPE.
I have made some changes to myself. I decided to continue to eat smarter and since I spend most of my time at work my snacking has been greatly reduced to nothing and I have actually lost more weight. I’m at my smallest point so that’s a positive. I still have about 60 lbs before I hit my target but that’s better than 85 so I’m happy with that. I just can’t’ mess it up when the freaking holidays come around. I have also gone with a brand new hair style. I have always wanted to die my hair and I did. I picked a red copper and it really looks nice on my, I have a short angle do that takes no work in the morning and it looks super cute.
A couple of changes around here. Our house that we have been living at has sold. So in a couple of weeks we will be moving. The idea of moving doesn’t really appeal at ALL to me I might add but we have a house and we will be moving in two weekends and I’m getting excited about having a house that WON’T have showings. It’s a smaller house we have really been blessed to live in this house but at the same time I know that it’s a blessing to the home owners to see it being sold. We found a house in Kenosha and will be moving there. I’m kind of excited about moving to Kenosha actually b/c in Kenosha they have PreK so Lehna will be able to go to school. We have her enrolled in preschool right now but I really enjoy the fact that soon I won’t have to pay a weekly charge for Preschool instead it will be free YEAH! The school she’ll be attending is right down the street so I’m even more excited about that.
Some more exciting news is Tait and I am working towards our endowments so our family can be sealed for all eternity. It has been something that I have always wanted for my family and with this year being such a horrible challenge I have really seen what amazing strengths I see in my marriage and family and I know that we are am making the right choice for our family. I don’t have a date yet but one will soon follow.
So with that, that’s what is happening in our life right now. Trying to get ready for the big move, Christmas is right around the corner, and enjoying me. Who could ask for anything more
Work has been kind of slow believe it or not. We had two weeks in September that I thought I was going to lose it but it has been much better since then. The girls have really taken to spending more time with Tait, and honestly it has been nice b/c when I come home they aren’t like swarming bumble bees. I think that I have my crew trained now to where I feel really good about leaving them alone. I still feel like I should be around but I am starting to leave earlier now and working more of a 42 hour week instead of a 55 hour week so that’s progress. We are supposed to get busy again in a couple of weeks so I’m just kind of enjoying the “down” and then hopefully we’ll be ready for the up again. I HOPE.
I have made some changes to myself. I decided to continue to eat smarter and since I spend most of my time at work my snacking has been greatly reduced to nothing and I have actually lost more weight. I’m at my smallest point so that’s a positive. I still have about 60 lbs before I hit my target but that’s better than 85 so I’m happy with that. I just can’t’ mess it up when the freaking holidays come around. I have also gone with a brand new hair style. I have always wanted to die my hair and I did. I picked a red copper and it really looks nice on my, I have a short angle do that takes no work in the morning and it looks super cute.
A couple of changes around here. Our house that we have been living at has sold. So in a couple of weeks we will be moving. The idea of moving doesn’t really appeal at ALL to me I might add but we have a house and we will be moving in two weekends and I’m getting excited about having a house that WON’T have showings. It’s a smaller house we have really been blessed to live in this house but at the same time I know that it’s a blessing to the home owners to see it being sold. We found a house in Kenosha and will be moving there. I’m kind of excited about moving to Kenosha actually b/c in Kenosha they have PreK so Lehna will be able to go to school. We have her enrolled in preschool right now but I really enjoy the fact that soon I won’t have to pay a weekly charge for Preschool instead it will be free YEAH! The school she’ll be attending is right down the street so I’m even more excited about that.
Some more exciting news is Tait and I am working towards our endowments so our family can be sealed for all eternity. It has been something that I have always wanted for my family and with this year being such a horrible challenge I have really seen what amazing strengths I see in my marriage and family and I know that we are am making the right choice for our family. I don’t have a date yet but one will soon follow.
So with that, that’s what is happening in our life right now. Trying to get ready for the big move, Christmas is right around the corner, and enjoying me. Who could ask for anything more
Friday, September 04, 2009
Another Week Under the Bridge
Well Just sitting a work watching the clock slowly tick away to 5 p.m. I was nice to my employees today I let them leave early and I stuck around to hand out the remaining checks... such an exciting life I lead. I told my employees to enjoy it now b/c in a couple of weeks... we all will be working LONG LONG hours... (sigh)
Work has started to feel like it's getting back under control of course this is just the honeymoon period and it's going to pick up with such speed it's not even going to be funny. I'm really enjoying my new position when I have a chance to actaully sit for 5 minutes. It's really been fun hiring people and getting them in the positions that I need them to be so I can Manager better.
Life outside of work it going okay. Lehna and Maya have really enjoyed spending time with Helen during the day. I don't know how much Helen enjoys it but hopefully it's something she IS enjoying.
I feel like there are times tha tI don't even see the kids or Tait or anyone. Even just logging onto facebook is crazy. So I went a bought a few games for my Iphone so I could at least "look" like I'm working when actaully I'm playing scrable... LOL I love technology. (well most of the time)
This weekend we of course have big plans. I have a feeling it's going to be a weekend I wish we would have just sat around... but who has time right? We are going to go down to Purdue to watch the football game. We are bringing the kidd0s and we got ourselves a hotel with an indoor pool and we are going to go to the game, and swim... then come back on Sunday morning. I am sure traffic will be horrible around Chicago and I hope that the girls are in "okay" moods for the game but we are going to be getting them up early early Saturday morning to head down... so it's anyones guess how the day will turn out.
Then on Sunday we are driving home and then just relaxing... we aren't going to do anythign fancy or exciting just relaxing. I can't wait. Is that sad? I just want a weekend where I don't have to think about work and just lay around and do nothing... it's sad... I feel so slouthish. But I know the storm IS coming at work and I'm trying to get as much time and relaxing that I can so come November when I'm ready to scream b/c people at work are misbehaving that I can just say "only one more month" that is why I need to relax this weekend... to stock up.
I wish that I had more exciting things to say besides work stuff... but that's all that's happening right now... It's seriously work work and more work... fun time fun times.
Enjoy the your weekend!
Work has started to feel like it's getting back under control of course this is just the honeymoon period and it's going to pick up with such speed it's not even going to be funny. I'm really enjoying my new position when I have a chance to actaully sit for 5 minutes. It's really been fun hiring people and getting them in the positions that I need them to be so I can Manager better.
Life outside of work it going okay. Lehna and Maya have really enjoyed spending time with Helen during the day. I don't know how much Helen enjoys it but hopefully it's something she IS enjoying.
I feel like there are times tha tI don't even see the kids or Tait or anyone. Even just logging onto facebook is crazy. So I went a bought a few games for my Iphone so I could at least "look" like I'm working when actaully I'm playing scrable... LOL I love technology. (well most of the time)
This weekend we of course have big plans. I have a feeling it's going to be a weekend I wish we would have just sat around... but who has time right? We are going to go down to Purdue to watch the football game. We are bringing the kidd0s and we got ourselves a hotel with an indoor pool and we are going to go to the game, and swim... then come back on Sunday morning. I am sure traffic will be horrible around Chicago and I hope that the girls are in "okay" moods for the game but we are going to be getting them up early early Saturday morning to head down... so it's anyones guess how the day will turn out.
Then on Sunday we are driving home and then just relaxing... we aren't going to do anythign fancy or exciting just relaxing. I can't wait. Is that sad? I just want a weekend where I don't have to think about work and just lay around and do nothing... it's sad... I feel so slouthish. But I know the storm IS coming at work and I'm trying to get as much time and relaxing that I can so come November when I'm ready to scream b/c people at work are misbehaving that I can just say "only one more month" that is why I need to relax this weekend... to stock up.
I wish that I had more exciting things to say besides work stuff... but that's all that's happening right now... It's seriously work work and more work... fun time fun times.
Enjoy the your weekend!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Pulse Check... Okay good.
Well another month has gone by and I have totally disapeared from the Internet world... some may say what happened... well I can give you a four letter word for my explaintion as to why and it is W O R K. Yep that's right it's work... I have been working like a slave driver at work getting my staff at the factory up and good and also getting our new hires for the factory all on the same page. I have been doing 10-12 hour days for the last 9 weeks... last week was my first real 8-5 kind of week and let me tell you I'm exhausted. I have been totally ignoring my children and bouncing around at work like a crazy person... it's been horrible... but like I mentioned before things are getting easier. But this is only short term let me tell you in the next couple of weeks we will be up to 3 shifts and probably going 24-7 at the factory... so longer days are coming (sigh) yeah! I know that since we have a process for all of our staff and for the associates it has been so much easier... so this is life right now... work... work and more work.
Last month we had a visit from Jackie and Marcus with their two kiddos. We actaully met them up in Hartford to visit mom and Terry and we brought our kiddos and went to this cool wildlife tour. It was awsome fun for the kids. We rode in a huge golf cart and got to see deer and buffalo up close and personal. I think the girls had a great time. It was to cold for swimming but they did fly kites and that was fun to watch from the porch.
Tait had a birthday and we didn't do anything too exciting. I made him his favorite meal and had chinese and we had jello cake... this was my first attempt at it and it was good well Tait really enjoyed it.
We haven't gone anywhere really with the kids I mean the last two weekends I had to do some audits on our files at work so I was working... so no time to do even that.
We did have a HUGE garage sale in our housing division and we got Lehna and Maya a battery operated Jeep she LOVES it... Lehna that is... Maya is totally content jsut riding along... we know it won't last long with her just "riding" but Lehna has asked allllll summer for one and the neighbor had one for 50 bucks so we couldn't pass the price... and we figured that in winter she wouldn't be able to ride it for winter time... so we went for it. It's really been a good "be good toy" or you we'll take it away as well. So it's been kind of busy but that's what' s going on... I hope that this weekend I have stuff to update...
Last month we had a visit from Jackie and Marcus with their two kiddos. We actaully met them up in Hartford to visit mom and Terry and we brought our kiddos and went to this cool wildlife tour. It was awsome fun for the kids. We rode in a huge golf cart and got to see deer and buffalo up close and personal. I think the girls had a great time. It was to cold for swimming but they did fly kites and that was fun to watch from the porch.
Tait had a birthday and we didn't do anything too exciting. I made him his favorite meal and had chinese and we had jello cake... this was my first attempt at it and it was good well Tait really enjoyed it.
We haven't gone anywhere really with the kids I mean the last two weekends I had to do some audits on our files at work so I was working... so no time to do even that.
We did have a HUGE garage sale in our housing division and we got Lehna and Maya a battery operated Jeep she LOVES it... Lehna that is... Maya is totally content jsut riding along... we know it won't last long with her just "riding" but Lehna has asked allllll summer for one and the neighbor had one for 50 bucks so we couldn't pass the price... and we figured that in winter she wouldn't be able to ride it for winter time... so we went for it. It's really been a good "be good toy" or you we'll take it away as well. So it's been kind of busy but that's what' s going on... I hope that this weekend I have stuff to update...
Monday, July 20, 2009
Weekend fun
Okay so keeping up with this blog is really become a low priority for me, but another day another update... so enjoy.
So I wanted to update two weeks worth of information. We had such a great weekend a couple of weekends ago I didn't want it to get brushed aside... so let's start there.
Two weekends ago we were back in Indiana for the Brooks Family Reunion. It is always fun to go to this reunion they are always trying new things out and this time. They decided to have the a campout, me not being a huge camper was a little leery but I thought the girls would have a great time so I was willing to try it out. So we headed down for the weekend back to Indiana. We got rained out during the pool party. It is a super nice pool but had to get out a couple of times b/c of lighting but we stayed 'safely' under our metal umbrellas and tents trying to stay as dry as possible during the small passing lighting storm. After the storm passed the weather cleared and it was really nice. Maya was HILARIOUS in the pool. She was in her life jacket and a round doughnut and just laid back and relaxed. It was the craziest thing I ever saw. She didn't really want to "swim" just float... and she did. Lehna got REALLY brave and wanted her to float around in her life jacket and paddle around. This was much better then last year b/c last year she was totally afraid of the water.
After a couple of hours of swimming and eating we left to go to the campout and set up. The campout area was really big. There was HUGE pond that had fish in it and there were camp sites already set up by other family members that slept there the night before. So we set up our tent, it was quite a fast thing to put up, with assistance of course. Then we took the kids down to the lake so they could 'fish' and I use this term very loosely b/c first of all we didn't want to bait and hook their poles b/c we figured if we did that they would then have weapons... and boy am I glad there weren't hooks. So the girls just put their poles in the water and fished. Below are some of the pictures which was really fun.
When it started getting dark it was time to start the fire works. Tait's cousins truly out did themselves. There were sooooo many fireworks it was totally foggy with smoke after they were done. The show was amazing it was better then most city park fireworks. So that was really fun to watch. After the fire works little Maya was sooooo very tired. She went down in an instead when we laid down. Lehna kept repeating out loud that this was her favorite weekend ever. Which I thought was really fun. I know she had a good time. We slept pretty good. I woke up at 3 just b/c I was awake and moved Maya back away from the wet wall and when it was time to wake up to play in the golf scramble the girls were still fast asleep.
Tait and I went and played in a family golf scramble. It was awesome b/c our team won so that made it really fun. I hit some REALLY bad shots but then I hit some good shots too so it was fun. After we got done with the golf scramble we went back to the camp ground and picked up our area then headed off to the Kennedy Family reunion. This was a little smaller but it was fun too. We didn't stay too long b/c I was ready to get back on the road and back home.
So it was a lot of fun just hanging out with family and seeing everyone. Anytime there is food involved and family around I know I will have a good time. So the pictures say it all the girls really had a great time and so did I.
Lehna Posting with her Fishing pole
I haven't caught anything yet mom!
Big Smiles from Maya
I just love this picture of her.
Is this how you do it mom?
Deklyn giving her shot at fishing
Landyn gave a try too.
I'm busy Mom!
Big Smiles for Everyone!
So I wanted to update two weeks worth of information. We had such a great weekend a couple of weekends ago I didn't want it to get brushed aside... so let's start there.
Two weekends ago we were back in Indiana for the Brooks Family Reunion. It is always fun to go to this reunion they are always trying new things out and this time. They decided to have the a campout, me not being a huge camper was a little leery but I thought the girls would have a great time so I was willing to try it out. So we headed down for the weekend back to Indiana. We got rained out during the pool party. It is a super nice pool but had to get out a couple of times b/c of lighting but we stayed 'safely' under our metal umbrellas and tents trying to stay as dry as possible during the small passing lighting storm. After the storm passed the weather cleared and it was really nice. Maya was HILARIOUS in the pool. She was in her life jacket and a round doughnut and just laid back and relaxed. It was the craziest thing I ever saw. She didn't really want to "swim" just float... and she did. Lehna got REALLY brave and wanted her to float around in her life jacket and paddle around. This was much better then last year b/c last year she was totally afraid of the water.
After a couple of hours of swimming and eating we left to go to the campout and set up. The campout area was really big. There was HUGE pond that had fish in it and there were camp sites already set up by other family members that slept there the night before. So we set up our tent, it was quite a fast thing to put up, with assistance of course. Then we took the kids down to the lake so they could 'fish' and I use this term very loosely b/c first of all we didn't want to bait and hook their poles b/c we figured if we did that they would then have weapons... and boy am I glad there weren't hooks. So the girls just put their poles in the water and fished. Below are some of the pictures which was really fun.
When it started getting dark it was time to start the fire works. Tait's cousins truly out did themselves. There were sooooo many fireworks it was totally foggy with smoke after they were done. The show was amazing it was better then most city park fireworks. So that was really fun to watch. After the fire works little Maya was sooooo very tired. She went down in an instead when we laid down. Lehna kept repeating out loud that this was her favorite weekend ever. Which I thought was really fun. I know she had a good time. We slept pretty good. I woke up at 3 just b/c I was awake and moved Maya back away from the wet wall and when it was time to wake up to play in the golf scramble the girls were still fast asleep.
Tait and I went and played in a family golf scramble. It was awesome b/c our team won so that made it really fun. I hit some REALLY bad shots but then I hit some good shots too so it was fun. After we got done with the golf scramble we went back to the camp ground and picked up our area then headed off to the Kennedy Family reunion. This was a little smaller but it was fun too. We didn't stay too long b/c I was ready to get back on the road and back home.
So it was a lot of fun just hanging out with family and seeing everyone. Anytime there is food involved and family around I know I will have a good time. So the pictures say it all the girls really had a great time and so did I.
Lehna Posting with her Fishing pole
I haven't caught anything yet mom!
Big Smiles from Maya
I just love this picture of her.
Is this how you do it mom?
Deklyn giving her shot at fishing
Landyn gave a try too.
I'm busy Mom!
Big Smiles for Everyone!
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Long time and no blog what's the world to do
So it’s almost been a month since my last update and you’d think with all that time we have been busy…. And that’s true we have been very busy. So that’s why there has been no time to blog… sorry.
So what’s going on what’s going on. Well we recently took a trip to Indianapolis for a short stay for Tait’s Aunt and Uncle they had a 50 year anniversary party. So we took the girls on Saturday and got a hotel room with a pool so they could come back and swim and enjoy themselves. The party was nice it was just a simple get together and then we went back to there house, family included of course, and had a food there. It was really good. The girls really enjoyed swimming and we had a good time just being around family.
Then we stayed home for the Fourth of July. It was a very simple weekend, but we have major moving coming up so we wanted to enjoy the quietness of this weekend. We cooked out on the grill got some fireworks and got ready for the show. We all had a four day weekend so that made it nice. The fireworks were horrible unfortunately. We got them at Wal-mart and they were all freaking smoke fireworks there wasn’t a fountain in the bunch, nor was there sparklers but I had bought some of them separately so at least we had some sort of “fire” for our fireworks. The girls I don’t think really cared Lehna kept saying how stinky the fireworks were but you know it was okay.
We even managed to play some golf. I shot a 107, not too bad for the first round of the year. Tait shot one over so he settled with a 73. We are getting geared up for the next couple of weekends.
So this weekend we are heading back to Indiana to Williamsport, for the much anticipated Golfing and Campout. I’m really looking forward to the campout and the golfing to be honest with you. We purchased a tent this past weekend so we are set for the night. We just need to get hotdogs and pop and we’ll be all set. I think this weekend will be a ton of fun. At least I hope it will be a ton of fun that is the idea anyway. The girls seem really excited to go so we are going to take off on Friday and go from there. There is also two family reunions going on at the same time. The campout/golf outing is part of the Brooks reunion (Helen’s side) then the Kennedy Reunion (Tim’s side) is the following day. I think both will be a ton of fun and anytime I can get together with family I’m a happy girl, you know. So it will be a lot of fun getting together and having a good time.
Then we will come back next weekend and rest again. Then we are going back down to Indiana the last full weekend in July for the FOP golf tournament, which that should be a TON of fun. I love that golf tournament, we play in it yearly and it’s just a ton of fun. So we are going back down for that. Then the last weekend in July, 1st weekend in August Marcus and Jackie are coming up to go to the airshow and we are going to have them one night then we are going to go up with them to visit mom for the weekend. So we are going to be go go go for the next couple of weeks but it will be SOOOOO much fun!!!
It’s crazy times at work right now, we are trying to get things set up with our office. I have all of my staff hired and I’m working on getting everything organized as far as permits and such. We will start everyone on Monday. So I’m excited about that, and I hope by then we can set up shop actually IN the office but due to permits and that kind of thing we are having problems getting everything set up and organized in time. It’s crazy how quickly this has come together, but I will be really excited once everyone is set up and ready to go. I just came back yesterday from flying to Lousiville for computer training on both Kronos and also our Humans system, so I think that it will be pretty quick once we get the system learned and set up. I have a feeling it’s going to be kind of muddy until we get familiar with the system. But luckily everyone seems to be happy about the change of vendor so this is a good thing.
So that’s where we are. The girls are loving the daycare arrangements we have right now. Helen is watching the girls on a daily basis. We are going to look for someone to watch them maybe 1-2 days a week just to give Helen a break when I’m up and going to 40 hours per week b/c I know that there will be tiems where Helen will want to have that break.
So that’s life in the fast lane right now. We are just grudging through all of this one day at a time.
So what’s going on what’s going on. Well we recently took a trip to Indianapolis for a short stay for Tait’s Aunt and Uncle they had a 50 year anniversary party. So we took the girls on Saturday and got a hotel room with a pool so they could come back and swim and enjoy themselves. The party was nice it was just a simple get together and then we went back to there house, family included of course, and had a food there. It was really good. The girls really enjoyed swimming and we had a good time just being around family.
Then we stayed home for the Fourth of July. It was a very simple weekend, but we have major moving coming up so we wanted to enjoy the quietness of this weekend. We cooked out on the grill got some fireworks and got ready for the show. We all had a four day weekend so that made it nice. The fireworks were horrible unfortunately. We got them at Wal-mart and they were all freaking smoke fireworks there wasn’t a fountain in the bunch, nor was there sparklers but I had bought some of them separately so at least we had some sort of “fire” for our fireworks. The girls I don’t think really cared Lehna kept saying how stinky the fireworks were but you know it was okay.
We even managed to play some golf. I shot a 107, not too bad for the first round of the year. Tait shot one over so he settled with a 73. We are getting geared up for the next couple of weekends.
So this weekend we are heading back to Indiana to Williamsport, for the much anticipated Golfing and Campout. I’m really looking forward to the campout and the golfing to be honest with you. We purchased a tent this past weekend so we are set for the night. We just need to get hotdogs and pop and we’ll be all set. I think this weekend will be a ton of fun. At least I hope it will be a ton of fun that is the idea anyway. The girls seem really excited to go so we are going to take off on Friday and go from there. There is also two family reunions going on at the same time. The campout/golf outing is part of the Brooks reunion (Helen’s side) then the Kennedy Reunion (Tim’s side) is the following day. I think both will be a ton of fun and anytime I can get together with family I’m a happy girl, you know. So it will be a lot of fun getting together and having a good time.
Then we will come back next weekend and rest again. Then we are going back down to Indiana the last full weekend in July for the FOP golf tournament, which that should be a TON of fun. I love that golf tournament, we play in it yearly and it’s just a ton of fun. So we are going back down for that. Then the last weekend in July, 1st weekend in August Marcus and Jackie are coming up to go to the airshow and we are going to have them one night then we are going to go up with them to visit mom for the weekend. So we are going to be go go go for the next couple of weeks but it will be SOOOOO much fun!!!
It’s crazy times at work right now, we are trying to get things set up with our office. I have all of my staff hired and I’m working on getting everything organized as far as permits and such. We will start everyone on Monday. So I’m excited about that, and I hope by then we can set up shop actually IN the office but due to permits and that kind of thing we are having problems getting everything set up and organized in time. It’s crazy how quickly this has come together, but I will be really excited once everyone is set up and ready to go. I just came back yesterday from flying to Lousiville for computer training on both Kronos and also our Humans system, so I think that it will be pretty quick once we get the system learned and set up. I have a feeling it’s going to be kind of muddy until we get familiar with the system. But luckily everyone seems to be happy about the change of vendor so this is a good thing.
So that’s where we are. The girls are loving the daycare arrangements we have right now. Helen is watching the girls on a daily basis. We are going to look for someone to watch them maybe 1-2 days a week just to give Helen a break when I’m up and going to 40 hours per week b/c I know that there will be tiems where Helen will want to have that break.
So that’s life in the fast lane right now. We are just grudging through all of this one day at a time.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The winds have changed
Okay this will be short b/c I have stuff to do… but today is my B day… I’m officially the same age as Grandma Sullivan! I think I’ll be like her and keep this age my new AGE. Yeah! So crazy news…
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
The winds have changed
Okay this will be short b/c I have stuff to do… but today is my B day… I’m officially the same age as Grandma Sullivan! I think I’ll be like her and keep this age my new AGE. Yeah! So crazy news…
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
I was offered a job from another staffing company… and it’s a bigger position and I accepted it. I had been in dealings with the company I worked with in Lafayette but the salary they were offering was really horrible and honestly I didn’t think I could afford to live on it… so this position kind of hit all of a sudden (even though it’s been in the making for several months) so I accepted and STARTED on Wednesday. This is my second day and I’m making my way through it. I’m a little overwhelmed to say the least… but we have a plan and I’m working through it… I hope that once I get my internal staff is hired I’ll feel MUCH MUCH MUCH better then how I feel right now… b/c right now I have a LOT resting on my shoulders and I’m ready to share the responsibility with others.
Soooooo I’m back at work Helen has agreed to watch the girls during the day so that has been wonderful I really appreciate it! I think it will be good for them and hopefully in Fall I’ll get Lehna set up for preschool and I’ll take and drop off… or try at least…
My big birthday plans… I don’t think I have any… isn’t that sad I was able to get a very awesome massage and my favorite author has a new book out so I got that from the kiddos and Tait. Tait talked about going out to dinner and I don’t know if that is happening or not… it’s hard to say…
The massage will be fab to use in the next couple of weeks before we get CRAZY at work. It sounds like between September and January I’m going to be SWAMPED… it will be awesome bonus time… but… scary… we’ll see what happens…
But that is what’s happening now… crazy times lie ahead… so hold onto your butts everyone b/c it’s going to be crazy!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Update in Mid-June
Isn't that crazy that it's mid June already! Mercy this year is flying by it's totally crazy. Well we had a pretty busy weekend so I wanted to blog about it.
We had guests! Marcus and Jackie came up to get the Dryer that we aren't using right now and there's was lost in the flood. That's the reason they came up but I cooked up a storm and invited Terry and Mom down for some much needed grandparent - grand kiddo time. I think that they really enjoyed seeing the kids.
I made a ham. It was pretty tasty I have to say myself there is just a little bit b/c we have been eating on it all weekend. And then the standard Mac N Cheese and Potato bake it was very tasty. I spend a lot of the morning in the kitchen on Saturday b/c I was asked to make 4 dozen cookies for Sunday so I had to whip those out on Saturday morning then make more for everyone to enjoy. So it was a good time.
Jackie took the her kiddos to the same place I got the girls' pictures taken and she got some REALLY cute shots of the kids. I saw them posted on Facebook this morning they aren't up on her blog yet... but I'm sure they will come.
It was nice having everyone over for lunch. M & J just came for the day and Mom and Terry went home after lunch but it was a lot of fun. So thanks for coming over! I hope you had a good time. I tired my best to convince them to spend the night... but they didn't :( But they are coming up the end of August so they will spend the night then... and I know the girls will LOVE spending time with them again.
On Sunday after church we had promised the girls we would take them to the beach if they were good at church and Lehna just about lost her beach trip but she put her good Lehna on and was MUCH better. So we headed to the beach. It was soooooo much fun. We brought a bunch of sand toys and buckets and stuff like that and I played in the sand I had a GREAT time... LOL Lehna and Tait pretty much stayed in the water, and Maya went back in forth between us it was fun. By the time we left Maya & Lehna were SOAKING wet and sandy from HEAD TO TOE... it was horrible... since Tait and I failed to bring... oh Towels OR another change of clothes... so we had water in water bottles and we rinsed them off and stripped Maya down to a new diaper and Lehna down to Tait's tee shirt and panties and headed home. I think next time I'll put the kids in the BATHING suits and bring towels (more water) and another change of clothes... b/c that was quite the adventure... once we got home it was straight into the shower... and they were COVERED in sand... it was a good time though at least I think they had a good time. They have already asked to go back and as long as the weather stays nice we will go again and again.
I love the temps in Wisconsin it is seriously 70 degrees it's WONDERFUL you know too cold to swim but warm enough to just enjoy the sun... it's fabulous... Indiana has been in the mid 80s so I'm glad that I'm not having to endure that... LOL f
I have been making lots of friends here and I'm really loving that. I was invited to chocolate party... that was fun... and I'm making lots of friends so I'm so excited about that. Oh and another cool thing is our house goes on the market THIS week! so hopefully it will be bought and that will be ONE less monkey on our back... I hope... we have been praying so hopefully it will all work out.
Okay that's all I got... I don't think we have many plans for this weekend... just enjoying the kiddos, feeding the missionaries, and relaxing... I love that.
We had guests! Marcus and Jackie came up to get the Dryer that we aren't using right now and there's was lost in the flood. That's the reason they came up but I cooked up a storm and invited Terry and Mom down for some much needed grandparent - grand kiddo time. I think that they really enjoyed seeing the kids.
I made a ham. It was pretty tasty I have to say myself there is just a little bit b/c we have been eating on it all weekend. And then the standard Mac N Cheese and Potato bake it was very tasty. I spend a lot of the morning in the kitchen on Saturday b/c I was asked to make 4 dozen cookies for Sunday so I had to whip those out on Saturday morning then make more for everyone to enjoy. So it was a good time.
Jackie took the her kiddos to the same place I got the girls' pictures taken and she got some REALLY cute shots of the kids. I saw them posted on Facebook this morning they aren't up on her blog yet... but I'm sure they will come.
It was nice having everyone over for lunch. M & J just came for the day and Mom and Terry went home after lunch but it was a lot of fun. So thanks for coming over! I hope you had a good time. I tired my best to convince them to spend the night... but they didn't :( But they are coming up the end of August so they will spend the night then... and I know the girls will LOVE spending time with them again.
On Sunday after church we had promised the girls we would take them to the beach if they were good at church and Lehna just about lost her beach trip but she put her good Lehna on and was MUCH better. So we headed to the beach. It was soooooo much fun. We brought a bunch of sand toys and buckets and stuff like that and I played in the sand I had a GREAT time... LOL Lehna and Tait pretty much stayed in the water, and Maya went back in forth between us it was fun. By the time we left Maya & Lehna were SOAKING wet and sandy from HEAD TO TOE... it was horrible... since Tait and I failed to bring... oh Towels OR another change of clothes... so we had water in water bottles and we rinsed them off and stripped Maya down to a new diaper and Lehna down to Tait's tee shirt and panties and headed home. I think next time I'll put the kids in the BATHING suits and bring towels (more water) and another change of clothes... b/c that was quite the adventure... once we got home it was straight into the shower... and they were COVERED in sand... it was a good time though at least I think they had a good time. They have already asked to go back and as long as the weather stays nice we will go again and again.
I love the temps in Wisconsin it is seriously 70 degrees it's WONDERFUL you know too cold to swim but warm enough to just enjoy the sun... it's fabulous... Indiana has been in the mid 80s so I'm glad that I'm not having to endure that... LOL f
I have been making lots of friends here and I'm really loving that. I was invited to chocolate party... that was fun... and I'm making lots of friends so I'm so excited about that. Oh and another cool thing is our house goes on the market THIS week! so hopefully it will be bought and that will be ONE less monkey on our back... I hope... we have been praying so hopefully it will all work out.
Okay that's all I got... I don't think we have many plans for this weekend... just enjoying the kiddos, feeding the missionaries, and relaxing... I love that.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Pictures of Girls
So last week when Tanna and her children here she took them to get there picture taken so I thought it would be nice to get the girls taken since it's been awhile... so I went and bought them simlair outfits at Marshalls and scheduled their appointments. Here are the pictures from it... they turned out really cute so that was good.
They smiled pretty well and I was pleased with the way they turned out. I'm posting them here and on facebook so enjoy. There is more on Facebook... just so you know... It's easier to format them on facebook then blogger...
Lehna
Maya
Maya & Lehna
Big Smile from Maya
Lehna in the big white chair
So You are like totally spoiled this week... two posts and pictures in ONE WEEK... sometimes I just amaze myself... LOL
They smiled pretty well and I was pleased with the way they turned out. I'm posting them here and on facebook so enjoy. There is more on Facebook... just so you know... It's easier to format them on facebook then blogger...
Lehna
Maya
Maya & Lehna
Big Smile from Maya
Lehna in the big white chair
So You are like totally spoiled this week... two posts and pictures in ONE WEEK... sometimes I just amaze myself... LOL
Monday, June 08, 2009
A quick Pause Check and I can tell you I AM ALIVE.
I know I know I have been seriously lacking in attention to my blog. I think the major reason for this is… well laziness and secondly… hum… laziness. I know I know you can only do laziness for so long… and today I have decided to kick my lazy butt into shape.
I am still holding steady at my weight loss which is incredibly disappointing… that means that I will hit my year mark in two months and my total loss is only 35 lbs.… which is good but seriously I was hoping it would be closer to 70 lbs.… I think the little 3-month “break” this year didn’t help my cause. But I am back on the train. Tait and I have been walking every morning for an hour and when I get up I usually go down and do palates or ii fit for a little bit. But still the plateau is still there. I think my diet needs some work again. B/c that has been kind of bad… so that’s where it’s all coming from… (sigh) oh well at least I didn’t gain all the weight back… that’s something… right? I know I know I’m searching for victories.
So some news… News News News who’s got the news… oh okay. I did accept a job it doesn’t start until July so I’m enjoying my last month with the kiddos. Helen has agreed to watch the girls for the first 3 months and then after that they will go to daycare. I told Lehna when we moved that she wouldn’t have to go to school until I got a job then once I told her I got a job she has a look of HORROR on her face and asks very shyly “does that mean I have to go back to school?” and I told her that she doesn’t have to go for 3 months… I told her not until Turkey day… so she was happy about that. And I think it will be good for her… to get back into school and whatever daycare we sign her up in will hopefully have preschool to get her ready for kindergarten… it’s so sad to think that our kiddos are almost school age. It seems like they were babies just months ago…
We have settled into our homestead for now. We have been doing so much with our kiddos it’s really been a ton of fun. It’s amazing how much more there is to do here and how much we have been getting around. We have gone to visit Mom and Terry twice so far and we are planning a BIG trip with everyone at the end of the July which I CAN’T wait for it will be SOOOOO much fun.
We had some guests over last week. Tanna and her children, plus Camryan came for a 4-day visit. Tanna just had a baby two weeks ago and wanted to come up to visit us. She had a little BOY by the way. I was on pins and needles to find out what she was going to have… but a little boy. His name is Courtlen Brooks he’s a cutie pie and is really super long. But just a really sweet baby, he’s not too demanding so far anyways. The girls LOVED having everyone here and it was nice having the house busy.
News on church front I don’t remember if I blogged about this yet or not… but Tait and I were called as scout leaders in the cub scouts… we are called “den leaders” technically but it’s an interesting calling to say the least. At least both Tait and I get to work together and plan and get to interact with the kiddos… it’s crazy for me b/c I’m used to girls so having the boys is really different. They are a handful to say the least very active… we have the 8 & 9 year old group and I have to say that there is a MAJOR difference in behavior and ability between 8 & 9 that I have noticed so far it’s truly amazing… who would have thought a year would be so different… so we are doing our cub scout thing.
So we are pasted the settling in stage and now getting into our weekly routines. I really have enjoyed staying home with the girls. The job search has been going and I think I’ll like the position that I have accepted it’s a company I worked in in Lafayette so at least I know what the company does. So who knows we’ll give it a whirl and see what happens.
Well that’s life right now… we do something fun every weekend…? This past weekend we went to see up in the Movie Theater it was an incredibly SWEET movie… not what I expected but sweet. I cried… LOL I know silly but I did. The girls enjoyed the movie too… Maya fell asleep halfway through… but Lehna enjoyed it. Then we went to Chuckie Cheese Lehna didn’t mind going b/c the Mouse went away and she convince herself that the mouse was “trapped” and couldn’t get her… I tired to explain to her that the “mouse” she was seeing was just the electronic moving mouse but she didn’t understand and she relaxed after she thought he was trapped so I didn’t push the envelope any b/c I didn’t want to have to sit and have her cry the entire time.
But anyways that’s life right now… I totally wish I could get pictures off my camera b/c it would be a lot more enjoyable… but oh well…
I am still holding steady at my weight loss which is incredibly disappointing… that means that I will hit my year mark in two months and my total loss is only 35 lbs.… which is good but seriously I was hoping it would be closer to 70 lbs.… I think the little 3-month “break” this year didn’t help my cause. But I am back on the train. Tait and I have been walking every morning for an hour and when I get up I usually go down and do palates or ii fit for a little bit. But still the plateau is still there. I think my diet needs some work again. B/c that has been kind of bad… so that’s where it’s all coming from… (sigh) oh well at least I didn’t gain all the weight back… that’s something… right? I know I know I’m searching for victories.
So some news… News News News who’s got the news… oh okay. I did accept a job it doesn’t start until July so I’m enjoying my last month with the kiddos. Helen has agreed to watch the girls for the first 3 months and then after that they will go to daycare. I told Lehna when we moved that she wouldn’t have to go to school until I got a job then once I told her I got a job she has a look of HORROR on her face and asks very shyly “does that mean I have to go back to school?” and I told her that she doesn’t have to go for 3 months… I told her not until Turkey day… so she was happy about that. And I think it will be good for her… to get back into school and whatever daycare we sign her up in will hopefully have preschool to get her ready for kindergarten… it’s so sad to think that our kiddos are almost school age. It seems like they were babies just months ago…
We have settled into our homestead for now. We have been doing so much with our kiddos it’s really been a ton of fun. It’s amazing how much more there is to do here and how much we have been getting around. We have gone to visit Mom and Terry twice so far and we are planning a BIG trip with everyone at the end of the July which I CAN’T wait for it will be SOOOOO much fun.
We had some guests over last week. Tanna and her children, plus Camryan came for a 4-day visit. Tanna just had a baby two weeks ago and wanted to come up to visit us. She had a little BOY by the way. I was on pins and needles to find out what she was going to have… but a little boy. His name is Courtlen Brooks he’s a cutie pie and is really super long. But just a really sweet baby, he’s not too demanding so far anyways. The girls LOVED having everyone here and it was nice having the house busy.
News on church front I don’t remember if I blogged about this yet or not… but Tait and I were called as scout leaders in the cub scouts… we are called “den leaders” technically but it’s an interesting calling to say the least. At least both Tait and I get to work together and plan and get to interact with the kiddos… it’s crazy for me b/c I’m used to girls so having the boys is really different. They are a handful to say the least very active… we have the 8 & 9 year old group and I have to say that there is a MAJOR difference in behavior and ability between 8 & 9 that I have noticed so far it’s truly amazing… who would have thought a year would be so different… so we are doing our cub scout thing.
So we are pasted the settling in stage and now getting into our weekly routines. I really have enjoyed staying home with the girls. The job search has been going and I think I’ll like the position that I have accepted it’s a company I worked in in Lafayette so at least I know what the company does. So who knows we’ll give it a whirl and see what happens.
Well that’s life right now… we do something fun every weekend…? This past weekend we went to see up in the Movie Theater it was an incredibly SWEET movie… not what I expected but sweet. I cried… LOL I know silly but I did. The girls enjoyed the movie too… Maya fell asleep halfway through… but Lehna enjoyed it. Then we went to Chuckie Cheese Lehna didn’t mind going b/c the Mouse went away and she convince herself that the mouse was “trapped” and couldn’t get her… I tired to explain to her that the “mouse” she was seeing was just the electronic moving mouse but she didn’t understand and she relaxed after she thought he was trapped so I didn’t push the envelope any b/c I didn’t want to have to sit and have her cry the entire time.
But anyways that’s life right now… I totally wish I could get pictures off my camera b/c it would be a lot more enjoyable… but oh well…
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Greetings from Wisconsin
Well it's time for another update. We are offically here in Wisconsin. I have to say a big THANK YOU to all the family members and church members that helped us move out then in our new house. We totally appericated it! We moved out of the house in 1 1/2 hours so YEAH then unloading only took about the same as well. It was really cool. The new house has stairs so the novelty to the girls was REALLY REALLY annoying but it everyday they go up and down them less and less so that is good.
We couldn't get like 8 things in the truck and van so we are going back this weekend to clean and load the items that were left in the van. It is crazy how much we need to do in the old house to make it ready for 'showing' but we are going to get it done and make it look beautiful... LOL well... we'll see.
The move was pretty fast we are still unpacking but things are going well so far. It's kind of strange living in the same house with Tait. The girls are starting to get a routine down. We still don't have cable and we won't get it until Friday so we have watched a TON of DVDs and such and unpacking. I am ready to get some kind of routine down with them. I really want to do some "school" time with them... just so I feel like they are getting something other than just TV. The girls seem to be adjusting well. The weather has been sooooo crappy here. It's like what it was in Indiana like 2 months ago... so we are like 2 months behind. Someone in the grocery store yesterday was saying that they never have a spring it goes straight to Freezing cold to 90 degrees. So that was exciting news. I can always dress the girls warmer but the problem is the rain is CONSTANT so hopefully it will dry up here in the next couple of days and we'll be able to play outside.
We took the girls twice to the indoors Burger Kind play place so they could release some of their energy. We did take them last night to the lake to "feed the gulls" but there were nooooooo birds... I guess they figured it was too cold. We let the girls play on the stuff there for awhile.
So I'm just enjoying my time with the girls right now. But we'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks. Keep your fingers crossed.
We couldn't get like 8 things in the truck and van so we are going back this weekend to clean and load the items that were left in the van. It is crazy how much we need to do in the old house to make it ready for 'showing' but we are going to get it done and make it look beautiful... LOL well... we'll see.
The move was pretty fast we are still unpacking but things are going well so far. It's kind of strange living in the same house with Tait. The girls are starting to get a routine down. We still don't have cable and we won't get it until Friday so we have watched a TON of DVDs and such and unpacking. I am ready to get some kind of routine down with them. I really want to do some "school" time with them... just so I feel like they are getting something other than just TV. The girls seem to be adjusting well. The weather has been sooooo crappy here. It's like what it was in Indiana like 2 months ago... so we are like 2 months behind. Someone in the grocery store yesterday was saying that they never have a spring it goes straight to Freezing cold to 90 degrees. So that was exciting news. I can always dress the girls warmer but the problem is the rain is CONSTANT so hopefully it will dry up here in the next couple of days and we'll be able to play outside.
We took the girls twice to the indoors Burger Kind play place so they could release some of their energy. We did take them last night to the lake to "feed the gulls" but there were nooooooo birds... I guess they figured it was too cold. We let the girls play on the stuff there for awhile.
So I'm just enjoying my time with the girls right now. But we'll see what happens over the next couple of weeks. Keep your fingers crossed.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Midweek Update!
Okay we are midway people… here we go… its ALLL DOWNHILL NOW BABY! Okay so maybe that’s over the top… but I feel in my heart soooo excited and nervous and anxious and worried, and happy and ALLLLLL of these emotions are ALLLL jumbled together it’s seriously the CRAZIEST feeling in the world! So where are we…?
I’m 99.9% packed… how cool is that? And I have to say thank GOOOOOOODNESS for church members b/c honestly I couldn’t have gotten it all done w/out their help. The YW came over last and really helped get all the “odds and Ins” done which was nice. So I’m done… (Sigh)
I am going to pack the rest of the dishes we used for the past week tonight and I will clean out the freg (since we are taking that with us) I really can’t wait it’s going to be such a relief to be around family and to have a new house and it will be really wonderful. We had a change of plans and we are going to be meeting Tim and Helen on Friday in Merryville so that they can take Lehna and Maya and the seats to our Van and I’ll pick up Tait and bring him back home on Friday evening. I’m glad that we are doing it this way b/c that will make it WAY easier to get packed on Saturday without having to worry about Lehna and Maya getting stepped on, and I think it would be less anxiety for them not to watch the entire contents of our house being packed into a semi truck (well moving truck).
I am still worried about not having a job I am trying to “let it go” but mercy it’s hard. I want to “give the problem” to Heavenly Father but man I’m SUCH a control freak that its TOTALLY hard and the news in the world about how horrible the job market is and etc it’s reallllly worrying… So hopefully it will all work itself out. One thing on the job market is I had a county in WI contact me and invited me actually to a test for a job for the county…so that’s something. We’ll see what happens with that. I mean I think that this is how it’s “supposed” to be for awhile… maybe HF thinks I need a break… I just don’t want to end up in the poor house b/c of my “vacation” but… again… it’s time to “let it go” Just breathe.
So we have packed everything all the girls’ toys are packed and etc… and last night right around bedtime Lehna goes ‘where are my pretty shoes’ and I go “Lehna we packed them up already” and she goes “Already Geeze” LOL I told her that we would unpacked them in a couple of days… she looked around and goes “mommy you packed all of our toys” and I go “Lehna look in you bed you have a baby there to play with” and she goes “oh yeah I forgot about her” LOL I just left ONE baby out… that will probably bite me in the butt… but I’m hoping that by the time the day ends that I will spend the evening with the girls outside and they will not have to worry about the fact that all the toys are packed up… at least I hope!
I will get the bathroom packed tonight. I just need to pack shampoo and odds and ends… but then I’m DONE DONE DONE… Can’t wait! Tait talked to the Priesthood President yesterday and they are going to have some members up in WI to help us unload so that will be nice too… hopefully we can get all the little stuff unpacked then the guys can help us get the bigger stuff placed in the house…
I packed my office today. It’s really sad. I really love my job here so I will really be sad to see myself leave and not return, but it’s time to move onto bigger and better things. I hope anyways! It’s true what they say about always thinking the grass is always greener… and I have ALWAYS been that kind of person when it comes to my job… always searching for something else… I just have felt at home at Express for so long that it will feel like I’m leaving my home how sad is that?
So onto my new adventure, it’s just an exciting time for me right now. This move is going to really improve so many things that it’s really such a good thing. I love new challenges and I do enjoy change every once and awhile. We will all go through a period of adjustment… I know that the girls will be so much happier with their parents living TOGETHER rather then apart… so bring it on. I’m ready.
I’m 99.9% packed… how cool is that? And I have to say thank GOOOOOOODNESS for church members b/c honestly I couldn’t have gotten it all done w/out their help. The YW came over last and really helped get all the “odds and Ins” done which was nice. So I’m done… (Sigh)
I am going to pack the rest of the dishes we used for the past week tonight and I will clean out the freg (since we are taking that with us) I really can’t wait it’s going to be such a relief to be around family and to have a new house and it will be really wonderful. We had a change of plans and we are going to be meeting Tim and Helen on Friday in Merryville so that they can take Lehna and Maya and the seats to our Van and I’ll pick up Tait and bring him back home on Friday evening. I’m glad that we are doing it this way b/c that will make it WAY easier to get packed on Saturday without having to worry about Lehna and Maya getting stepped on, and I think it would be less anxiety for them not to watch the entire contents of our house being packed into a semi truck (well moving truck).
I am still worried about not having a job I am trying to “let it go” but mercy it’s hard. I want to “give the problem” to Heavenly Father but man I’m SUCH a control freak that its TOTALLY hard and the news in the world about how horrible the job market is and etc it’s reallllly worrying… So hopefully it will all work itself out. One thing on the job market is I had a county in WI contact me and invited me actually to a test for a job for the county…so that’s something. We’ll see what happens with that. I mean I think that this is how it’s “supposed” to be for awhile… maybe HF thinks I need a break… I just don’t want to end up in the poor house b/c of my “vacation” but… again… it’s time to “let it go” Just breathe.
So we have packed everything all the girls’ toys are packed and etc… and last night right around bedtime Lehna goes ‘where are my pretty shoes’ and I go “Lehna we packed them up already” and she goes “Already Geeze” LOL I told her that we would unpacked them in a couple of days… she looked around and goes “mommy you packed all of our toys” and I go “Lehna look in you bed you have a baby there to play with” and she goes “oh yeah I forgot about her” LOL I just left ONE baby out… that will probably bite me in the butt… but I’m hoping that by the time the day ends that I will spend the evening with the girls outside and they will not have to worry about the fact that all the toys are packed up… at least I hope!
I will get the bathroom packed tonight. I just need to pack shampoo and odds and ends… but then I’m DONE DONE DONE… Can’t wait! Tait talked to the Priesthood President yesterday and they are going to have some members up in WI to help us unload so that will be nice too… hopefully we can get all the little stuff unpacked then the guys can help us get the bigger stuff placed in the house…
I packed my office today. It’s really sad. I really love my job here so I will really be sad to see myself leave and not return, but it’s time to move onto bigger and better things. I hope anyways! It’s true what they say about always thinking the grass is always greener… and I have ALWAYS been that kind of person when it comes to my job… always searching for something else… I just have felt at home at Express for so long that it will feel like I’m leaving my home how sad is that?
So onto my new adventure, it’s just an exciting time for me right now. This move is going to really improve so many things that it’s really such a good thing. I love new challenges and I do enjoy change every once and awhile. We will all go through a period of adjustment… I know that the girls will be so much happier with their parents living TOGETHER rather then apart… so bring it on. I’m ready.