Puppy Love

Well folks, I finally folded and let Green bring home a puppy.  The month of October brought a dog to our house.  The kiddies were so excited.  They never thought I'd let them have a dog, and here she was.  We named her Eleanor, but call her Ellie.  Brown picked her name.  She has brought a lot of laughs and love to our home, along with dirty carpets and new experiences. 

Another Move

I know you are all going to find it hard to believe, but Green and I are putting our house up for sale and hoping to move.  I always thought that it was Green with the gypsy blood, but turns out it is me.   We are looking at the house right across from our first home here in town.  It has a much bigger lot, and we want to give gardening and 'Urban Farming' a try!  We are talking chickens, goats and even a cat!  (What have I talked myself into). Needless to say we feel like this would be really great for our kids to learn about taking responsibility and being a team player.  I just started a new job working for a dentist one day a week and I love it!  It has been so interesting and fun.  Hopefully I'll get some pictures up soon of the rest of our trip to South Dakota and also our trip to Boston!  Fingers crossed that this house sells and the bank is feeling generous!

Part 2

Trip  number 2 to South Dakota for Blue's 8th birthday.  Green recently bought a new Jetta so we got to ride in style. 
Day #1  Left Green River, WY and drove to Hot Springs, SD.  We stopped in Douglas, WY and had a picnic lunch there.  Did you know that during WW1 Douglas was a POW camp?  Who knew?  I guess the German and Italian POW's. 

Day 2:  We left Hot Springs and our Indian curry hotel room behind.  We drove PAST Crazy Horse because nothing had changed since the last time we had been there.  We hit Mt. Rushmore went and rode the Alpine Slide in Keystone wentto the RR museum in Hill City and then had a chuckwagon dinner.  YUMMY!!

Father and Son

The artists

Family Fun

Riding the tram up to the top of the Alpine Slide

President Wadsworth

Just a little one on one with Abe Lincoln

The men we came to see.
Day 3:  We spent the night in Rapid City.  We had a really nice room and a great view.  Today we went to Cosmos and Reptile Gardens.  We also drove through Custer State Park.  The only 'wildlife' we saw were some burros.  I got out to get some carrots to feed them and they almost shoved me into the trunk.

We will finish up our trip on the next post

  

Awesome Family

I have been looking through old pictures and videos lately and have come to the very real conclusion that I have an AWESOME family!!  I feel like it has been quite a while since I have stepped back from the day to day and really looked at each member of my family.  I have been so blessed.  GREEN is such a great guy.  He is always there to tell me to take a breath and cool down.  He is helpful around the house and always has a project going that helps make life better and makes me happy!!  YELLOW is the brains.  This kid knows things I am surprised at. (In a good way)  Helping him with book reports and watching him grow up and do more without being asked has really brought a smile to my face.  BLUE keeps our house covered in beautiful pictures.  He has such enthusiasm that sometimes I flinch at the noise.  He will ever be our little cowboy.  RED is princess everything!!  She loves dresses and sings and dances her way through the days.  I love to listen to her and her little sister play.  My sweet baby BROWN is such a sweetheart.  She likes to help around the house and tells fun stories to make everyone laugh.
What a wonderful blessing they are in my life.  I hope you all take a minute to step back and look at the wonderful things in your home.

Temple Trip

I think spring has finally sprung in our little paradise.  We took a little trip to the temple to walk around and get some of those winter jitters out.  Here is the highlight:

Families are FOREVER!!

 I can't even tell you how thankful I am for my family.  They have all been really great through some rough times and have loved me in spite of my attitude.  As of today I am done babysitting.  I can't express the weight that is off my shoulders.  I honestly feel like a new woman.

14 Years Later

Well Green and I celebrated our 'IVORY' anniversary yesterday.  It is hard to believe that we have been married that long.  Because 14 is IVORY  I had to really get creative.  I gave Green a bar of IVORY soap and invited him to join me for some 'good clean fun.'  We went to Desert Star Theater and ate a wonderful meal and then watched Jon Schmidt play/tickle the IVORIES  for 2 hours.  It was so nice.  Here is our latest picture together.  I sure love this guy! 

4 kids and 14 wonderful years.  I am so blessed.

Cut Short

So Red and Brown have been begging to get their hair cut.  I was really leery about having it done, but I LOVE it!!  Brown used to cry when we'd comb out her hair.  Not any more!!  Here is a pic of Brown with her new hair cut on her way to school.  I'll have to catch Red later.

Check the knee highs!!  I made them!!

Off to school!!  What a cutie.

Birthday Girl

Six years ago our little Red joined our family.  She came 3 weeks early and was thus our smallest baby.  I can remember that sweet little girl having tons of black hair that only curled when it was wet.  We brought her home with an IV because of an infection she got from me.  (Terrible mom, I know)  I loved dressing her up and putting little bows in her hair.  Now she is a beautiful little girl who enjoys singing, dancing and playing dogs.  What a blessing she has been in our family.  I love you Red.

Our little family 6 years ago.

Red at 1 year

Now she's in school!!

New Parents

10 years ago today Green and I were introduced to the world of parenting.  We had prayed and tried and tried and prayed for almost 4 years before we were sent our first little miracle.  I can not believe how quickly time has gone by and Yellow has grown.  I miss my sweet little chubby Zommie and the wonderful memories made in Portland.  (Yes, I still have the memories, but I want to relive them!)  Happy Birthday my sweet boy.  We love you!

In my defense I had been in labor for 24 hours and had a failed epidural.  We finally ended the show with a c-section.

Green and Yellow

One more picture to show you what a chub he was!!

What a Doll Baby!!!

Hair's to the New Year

Just some fun pictures of the girls hair.  We are going to get it cut after school ends.

Brown as Rapunzel

Sisters

Princess Red on her way to a party

Front shot of that cute face and long hair

Big Day

So Blue turned 8 this year!!  He was so excited to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  We had family and friends there to support our little man.  It was a great day for Blue and a hard day for me.  I can't believe how quickly my kids are growing.

Before

Get a load of Mom's hot red heels.

After

 

 

 

New Year, and Changes

Our first big change is that Blue turned 8 and is now going to be baptized.  I can not believe that he is this old.  Our second change is going to be to our house.  We are adding another bedroom.  No we aren't adding another child.  Green thinks that all the kids need their own rooms, so we have to add one so that we also have a room for our computer, guests, sewing/crafts, and any other thing we can shove into a room.  Green worked over Christmas break and added shelving in the garage.  It is so nice to have things off of the floor and be able to walk around the cars.  Speaking of cars, we sold BLUE JET and bought a new VW Jetta.  His name is BLUE STEEL.
Hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a super start to the new year!