Wordless Wednesday

Catching up...

I decided I would try and get caught up with our life here on the blog! I really have missed blogging and wished I could keep up with it more regular but, ya know, life happens :) Here are some pictures of the growing baby that exited my body more than a year ago...

                                                            (This picture will forever crack me up!)

 

 

And, that's all she wrote! He got too wriggly and squirmy after 6 months and wouldn't lay still! HAHA! and he is laying on the quilt that I made him.

Stay Tuned! More pictures to come!

 

37 WEEKS

Well, here I am. Close to the end. Seems like yesterday I saw 2 little lines turn pink. Its a little hard to believe! Like my other pregnancys this one has gone smoothly.


In April we found out we are having a BOY!! We thought we were going to wait to find out, but I ended up having a sonogram and when the sonogram technichian asked If a wanted to know the gender (if she could tell)... I said YES! We had a brief moment where his foot was blocking the ummm, (ahem) view, but then he moved it and she announced it was a boy :) It was a fun surprise cause we were kinda thinking it was a girl. My little sister was right the whole time. She kept telling me it was a boy! We are so excited and cant wait to meet him!

Brison took this picture of me (thus the angle). I am just now starting to get people asking me when I'm due so I must be looking pregnant!

His name has been picked out for awhile and like my other childrens name I LOVE IT! And like my other children we wont be telling his name until after he is born. At my nieces birthday party last week my sister and friend kept bribing me with all kinds of stuff trying to get me to tell! HAHA! Cracked me up. Until he is here in my arms, my lips are sealed on the matter! Brison and Shanna are anxious to know too and keep asking me as well!

Well, being 37 weeks means we are definitly on baby count down around here. Its all very exciting! WE are blessed.

St. Pattys day 2012

As the smell of corned beef wafts in from the stove I thought I would take a minute to sit and write...
The unusually warm weather around these parts are wonderful! My clothes are out on the line drying(yay!)
Finally got the strawberry patch that I have been promising the kids for awhile planted!
Got a plot of Asparagus planted!( I have been promising myself that I would get to that for FAR to long!)

We have several newborn baby calves wondering the property and a very unhappy dog who seemed to have taken it upon himself to *haze* said baby calves by chasing them... resulting in him NOW being tied up(stupid dog). We remind him on a daily basis that he brought this on himself (like it does any good!)as he looks longingly after us as we go about our chores outside. Ask me if he chased the coyote that was down in the pasture last week? (That would be a big NO) He stayed plastered by the shelter of the house and barked at it... Such a brave dog!! :(

Picked up a new bird feeder and put that out this week. The birds just this morning finally found it, and we enjoyed the little show that they put on this morning as we ate breakfast.

Well! That's it for now! Hope you have a fabulous St Pattys day and great weekend!

Doomsday

"Warning: Im about to burst your dooms day bubble for all your doomsdayers out there.

There have been about 514 leap years since Caesar created it in 45BC. Without the extra day every year today would be July 28th, 2013

Also the Mayan calendar did not account for leap year.... So techinally the world should have ended 7 months ago."



My sister posted this on pinterest today and I got the biggest kick out of it!!

Too cute

My son came up to me today and in so many words was questioning just exactly HOW this baby got in my belly :)
I think his exact words were "Why are we now going to have three kids in our home? Did you pray to God?"
HAHA! Had to share :)

Last Night...

I was folding laundry and had the show The Biggest Loser on. My son walked in the room and was shocked to see 'santa' on the show! It was hilarious. I couldn't convince him that that WASN'T Santa! :) But it was so cute!


Also last night, the kids and I got on the topic of the new baby... Up to this point anytime anybody would ask B "Do you want a little brother"? he would always respond with "I don't know what it is"! And baby girl would always respond with "its a boy" ( I believe this came from the fact that she has an older brother and so I think she just assumed this would be a boy as well. That's my theory anyway!)
Anyway! Last night It finally kinda hit both of the kids what it would mean if the baby is their own gender. B started talking (pretty much out of the blue!) about how he REALLY wants a brother! Also how he wouldn't mind sharing his room (awwwwwww) I think it actually hit him how neat it would be if he had a little brother. Though he DID ask if the baby would get his OWN toys :) Babygirl then chimed in that she wants it to be a girl(I think that's the first time I have heard her say that)
It was a very fun conversation to have with the kids. Hopefully nobody will be too disapointed though... cause unless Im carrying boy-girl twins somebodys NOT going to get what they want :)
I truly believe though the when they see their new sibling, be it boy or girl they will fall in love, as I know we all will.

Wordless Wednesday

Adventuring...

Photo's from our trip to the State Fair this year... We had a blast!
B got such a kick out of *looking* like he was driving!


She loves her horses! Ummmm, sorry babe thats a donkey!

HAHA!

My beautiful sista!

Bee's!!!

1st place

Lets take a dip!


Ferral Hogs? NICE...

Baby Piggies!

Me with my baby!

And of course, a trip to the fair would not be complete without eating at the Beefhouse! Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...

State Fair, I look forward to next year!!!

This is YOUR life...

This is your LIFE. Do what you LOVE, and do it often.
IF you dont like something, change it.
If you dont like your job, QUITE.
If you dont have enough time, Stop watching TV.
If you are looking for th love of your life, STOP; They will be waiting for you when you start doing what you love.
STOP over analyzing, life is SIMPLE.
All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate EVERY. LAST. BITE.
Open your mind, arms and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them.
TRAVEL OFTEN; getting lost will help you find yourself.
Some opportunities only come once, seize them.
LIFE is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them. SO GO OUT AND START CREATING. LIFE IS SHORT. LIVE YOUR DREAM, AND WEAR YOUR PASSION

Think about it...

Full Circle...

I shared yesterday how I was not liking the paint color I had picked for a room in my house. I had shared my woes with my older sister. She encouraged me that I could always repaint it in a year If I REALLY didn't end up liking it( sister's are the best!)

I was also sad about HAVING to cut bangs on my daughter yesterday(I SWORE I would never cut bangs on my little girl. I notice them on other little girls and they always look messy to me)

Then this morning My sister sent me THIS

Proof that the color YELLOW is ingrained in my brain...

She asked who this reminded me of? So if the fact that my daughter has bangs now makes her resemble well, um.. ME! I will take it :)


Life is coming full circle for me at this moment... and I'm enjoying it :)

Lately...

~ Taking photos of the storms that have blown through recently...

~ Had to cut little miss some bangs (after she took it upon herself to start the process :)

~ Not sure I'm loving the paint I picked out for the Sewing/library/schooling room, But I am loving the vintage curtain I found at the thrift store, and thinks it will go nicely in the room...

~ Loving a growing boy that likes to help his Momma (He helped put the light switch plates back on after the paint job :)

~ School...

What have you been up to lately?

It's the little things...

Today my Mother called saying she would be in our 'neck of the woods' so the kids and I met up with her and my little brother at our local diner for lunch.

For the last several years they have served a pizza and salad buffet at lunch. For our small little town its become a popular lunch hang out for the local's. Its really good and we frequent it on occasion. Today we got their in time to be one of the last ones to sit and eat our pizza and salad and enjoy each others company. We paid and headed out to the car and my son informed me that he needed to go the restroom... So we headed back in to the diner. The owner was picking up the pizza and noticed that I had come back in offered me what was left! The box was full and it was alot of pizza! I told her what a blessing that was for me right now, as we are remodeling our kithen and I havent had a stove in a week and a half!
So sometimes it really is the little things... That makes the biggest difference! Even if its just a box of pizza...

Think About It Sunday

“When we choose the path of love, we grow spiritually, help others, and balance our karma.” - Doreen Virtue

Think about it...

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Corners Of My Home

I have not been schooled in interior design but I do know what I like and I have always had a pretty good eye for what looks good. I remember as a kid helping my Mom rearrange the living room furniture and moving pictures on walls to give our house a "fresh" look every once in a while. It was fun and I loved it!
We have been remodeling our house for close to 3 years now... for awhile my living room looked like this...

Lovely right? Thankfully it no longer resembles this!! We still have a ways to go and our living room and kitchen still need their new floors...
It has been very frustrating these last few months not being able to have that creative outlet that I love of decorating. So this past week, despite the mess and the countless things I have left to paint and the floor and trim that still need to be done... I hung these

Our family photo and quote wall. I love the way it turned out!

Adventures...

I think I'm going to do posts titled ADVENTURES once a week due to that fact that life IS an adventure no?(that was DEEP, I know)No really, just our little adventures around our little farm :)
One of my daily adventures this Summer has been to the clothes line. No, serously! Its an ordeal to be sure. Let me point out here, that when Hubby put the clothes line up he refused to put the darn thing where I wanted it.. So I have to hike half a mile to it(I'm kidding, a little. I'm totally over it...can't you tell?)ANYWHOO... On with my story...
clean clothes!!

If your looking for a way to save money on your electric bill, hang your clothes on the line! Seriously, Nothing uses electricity like a clothes dryer. Another added bonus is If your husband puts said clothes line, like, a LONG ways from your house than you will also LOSE weight hiking to it... So be sure and request that feature to whoever is putting your clothes line up!
What makes my trips to the clothes line fun, are these little guys. They spot me and come running.

They either sit ON my feet or beside me while I get the clothes off the line
Notice Milo chewing on my shoe...

And then Dunkel decides to maul Milo...Yes, it always happens in that order!

Then I head back to the house (remember I'm like half a mile away. WOW, I really can't let this go, can I?)and they scamper on behind me...

I love my little adventures!
The End.

(the photos are froggy er, foggy due to the HIGH humidity we are experiencing right now. It kept fogging up my lens... Oh well)