Happy Reformation Day!!!!

I am currently taking care of sick kids. :( But, I am still out here and will be posting soon!

Dust Bunnies

I would have posted sooner, but I have been buried under a pile of laundry/housework! It seems to never end and our house is tough to clean all in one day (especially when you keep having to stop and change diapers fix meals and hang up on recorded messages), so by the time I finally finish the last room it is time to start over!

We took a trip to the fire department (which the girls insist on calling the fire hydrant for some incredibly annoying reason =), it was fun! Between me and two other ladies we took 10 kids ranging in ages from 10 months to 5 years. Whew! They liked getting into the fire truck (which was huge) and getting to see all of the hoses and wear the chief's hat in a picture. I think the Mom's were just as impressed as the kids at all the stuff they have! We live in a small town, but a huge county some 1500 square miles -- mind you there are only 14,500 people in the whole county. But, there are tons of grasslands, and oil rigs to keep the fire department ready for any emergency. Interestingly, he said that the occurrence of structure fires had dropped since they started doing fire safety programs in the schools!

We also took the girls on their first fishing trip Saturday, which they thoroughly enjoyed. We have met another family here that has 3 girls also aged 2, 3 1/2 and 5. We joined them on their fishing trip. The girls caught impossibly small perch, but had so much fun!

Well, I am off to put girlies to bed, take care out there!

Fuzzy Headed

Well, it was a busy week! Tom's Mom was here from Sunday to Sunday, to visit with us and the girls. M finally is trying to walk, she cracked Gan up walking on her knees around the living room (sigh), but by the end of the week she was walking from furniture to furniture. Last night Tom and I had her walking across her room! I thought this day would never come, 15 months has been a little long for Mom. R & E had lots of fun and Mom and Dad got away for our anniversary date, it's a month early, but we will gratefully take the opportunity!

We also cleared all of the book boxes out of the front foyer! It now looks like we are moved in! I had been to the bottom of all of the boxes but had to repack books because we have no bookshelves. We moved the boxes and I got a friend to "store" her bookshelf at our house. So it is now a lovely sit and read area!


Well I am off to start the day, today is Columbus Day so we have the day off of school but we are taking a tour of the fire station today with some friends!
Have a great Columbus Day!

Jumping ship and miles of nothing...

Ok, so due to some difficult circumstances with my grandparents the girl's and I trekked across the massive state we live in to see Mom and Dad and offer our support in helping my grandparents. It was fun to see Granddaddy (my Dad) preach and go with "Honey" (that is what the girl's call my Mom) to get a fresh gingerbread man and pumpkin cookies! It is amazing to realize that my kids have my parents as grandparents, it is hard to believe that life is moving that fast!

It was also nice to see trees. I certainly used to take those for granted! =]

We drove for 9 hours on the way there and 8 1/2 on the way back, and both times when we finally got there, R would happily announce, "That didn't take too long at all!" That's optimism for you! Tom had the entire house to himself for almost a week (I am so jealous of all that time alone to get things done). I think the more chaos there is around here, the more lonely and quiet the house gets! He was certainly glad to see us come home!

Well, Tom's Mom is coming Sunday to stay for a week! So, I have got to go clean and get ready for her visit. Hopefully, this will be a fun week, I have cookies planned, a girl's lunch, and catching up on family stuff.

Hope all is well with everyone!