Well, with the new camera that Jason bought me for Christmas -- I've had some time to play. I set up an account with flickr and I will post it here so that you can check out the pictures. :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8810371@N02/ is the link ... so check it out! Of course, the NKOTB pics were not taken with the new picture :) Hope that you enjoy!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Holidays and Birthday
Are done for a little while. Next is my birthday but I doubt we will be doing much -- other than perhaps going out for supper that night (since it's a Monday) .. the kids are out of school that day - not sure why ... but oh well! :) We'll see what happens.
Valentine's Day is coming up as well. I need to figure something out for that. Thought about making Valentine's with pictures of the kids (saw this on a website I go on and thought it was an awesome idea) .. will have to take pics of the kids soon if I am going to do it! :)
Jason is looking at vacation time for this year .. not sure when he will take some -- and what we will do. Definitely want to do things with the kids .. something educational but fun! Of course, there is one other thing that I want to do -- but will have to wait and see how things go for that. Our first for spring break is possibly going to Washington DC ... lots of museums .. lots of walking! LOL .. so, again, we will see what happens! He is going to request times off today ... and we'll go from there.
We are trying to transition the little ones into big beds (sharing rooms with the older 2 kids) -- Jenna has slept in her bed -- all night -- the past 2 nights! :) Samuel, has not been so easy. First night -- wasn't having it .. last night he slept in it until 4:30am this morning and then ended up in our bed .. so at least it's a start! Pray for our sanity! :) I am also looking at finally getting interested in potty training. They have not shown any interest at all lately ... but it needs to get done .. so off came the diapers earlier -- Jenna is sitting on her chair right now (which is new for her) .. so MAYBE! Again, pray for sanity! :)
Anyway, I guess that will be all for now. Hope that all is well with you (who is reading this) .... be blessed!!
Valentine's Day is coming up as well. I need to figure something out for that. Thought about making Valentine's with pictures of the kids (saw this on a website I go on and thought it was an awesome idea) .. will have to take pics of the kids soon if I am going to do it! :)
Jason is looking at vacation time for this year .. not sure when he will take some -- and what we will do. Definitely want to do things with the kids .. something educational but fun! Of course, there is one other thing that I want to do -- but will have to wait and see how things go for that. Our first for spring break is possibly going to Washington DC ... lots of museums .. lots of walking! LOL .. so, again, we will see what happens! He is going to request times off today ... and we'll go from there.
We are trying to transition the little ones into big beds (sharing rooms with the older 2 kids) -- Jenna has slept in her bed -- all night -- the past 2 nights! :) Samuel, has not been so easy. First night -- wasn't having it .. last night he slept in it until 4:30am this morning and then ended up in our bed .. so at least it's a start! Pray for our sanity! :) I am also looking at finally getting interested in potty training. They have not shown any interest at all lately ... but it needs to get done .. so off came the diapers earlier -- Jenna is sitting on her chair right now (which is new for her) .. so MAYBE! Again, pray for sanity! :)
Anyway, I guess that will be all for now. Hope that all is well with you (who is reading this) .... be blessed!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
It's been a while ...
Time does fly -- when you have EVERYONE at home -- The older 2 got out of school on December 18th and it just seems like there was something going on every other day around here!! :) The month of December was busy at church -- with things going on it seems like every Sunday evening -- the only one we did not go to was the live nativity -- we decided to take the kids to the Magical Nights of Lights instead ... although it took us forever to get through it -- and it was COLD! The place was packed with people (I guess because it was the Sunday before Christmas) ...
Tuesday of that week, we took the kids to Bryson City, NC to do The Polar Express - unknown to them of what we were doing -- even though they were in their PJs and we ended up at a train depot! LOL ... we finally had to basically spell it out for them ... it was pretty funny. We had so much fun (pics are on facebook) ... I think it was a great experience for the whole family.
Wednesday was of course Christmas Eve and had a 6pm service at the church. That lasted about an hour -- then it was home for snack foods, the Christmas story and gifts! :)
I got a new camera from Jason and it will take me forever to learn it! LOL It's a Canon Rebel XS ... thankfully we can share accessories -- so I can use all the lens' he already has -- and his flash! :) I've been playing some with it ... although it is big and I'm used to carrying my little point-n-shoot ..I think I might get the hang of things :) I've joined two message boards that Jason was already on -- for photography -- and I've enjoyed it so far.
Christmas day we went to Jason'a parents house, like we usually do. We had ham for lunch along with some sides ... it was a nice slow day. During this time, Jason only worked one day -- and he was able to come home at 2pm that day -- so that was nice! He then had off until the 31st (he had to go in to work that day and worked all day) ... that evening we had some friends over to ring in the New Year! We ended up letting the kids play Wii for a while and then the adults played -- and then we watched the peach drop in ATL ... and Jason did some fireworks (the ones that are just on the ground -- not shot in the air) .. Samuel HATED them and Stephanie took him inside for that ...
New Years Day 2009 -- we again took the kids to IHOP for brunch. We've been doing this for at least 3 years now! :) They really seem to enjoy it ... after that we just go for a ride -- not always sure where we are going to end up ... last year we drove into ATL .. this year we headed up to the mountains -- we decided to go check out Tallulah Gorge and falls. It was a bit chilly so we did not hike to the falls -- and Jenna was coughing a lot in the cool air ...
January 2nd - Jason's birthday ... the older 2 kids ended up going to stay with the grandparents for the night -- so we had a sitter come (friend from church) and we went out for supper at The Melting Pot -- YUMMY! It was so nice .... how great is it when you go to a restaurant and they say "Hey, we haven't seen you in a while, where've you been?" ... LOL ... (Rachael -- we still need to go again sometime soon!!! I miss you) .. Our waiter was slow -- but that is ok -- it seems like everyone around us was new to the restaurant -- so we took it easy on him and we enjoyed the time together. We stopped in at Starship on the way home (heehee) ...
Tuesday, January 6th saw the kids go back to school and Jason go back to work -- it was nice to have him around ... but it's nice to have the quietness of just the 3 of us at home -- right now the little ones are still sleeping ...YAY ... we had a rough time when Jason left for work yesterday as they were awake and did not want him to leave.
WOW! I see some blueness in the sky! Still cloudy though -- but not as bad as it has been! I know that we need the rain ... but at the same time, does not make for great days when it's dreary outside! It's some windy out there though! Mid 50s is our highs for today ... not too bad for January! :)
I guess that will be all for now. I think I've updated up until this point. Joseph's birthday is on Friday but we'll be celebrating on Sunday with a few friends. I need to get a few things for that .. and I need to call and move his cake to the picked up on Sunday and not Saturday (long story) ...
Be blessed!!!!
Tuesday of that week, we took the kids to Bryson City, NC to do The Polar Express - unknown to them of what we were doing -- even though they were in their PJs and we ended up at a train depot! LOL ... we finally had to basically spell it out for them ... it was pretty funny. We had so much fun (pics are on facebook) ... I think it was a great experience for the whole family.
Wednesday was of course Christmas Eve and had a 6pm service at the church. That lasted about an hour -- then it was home for snack foods, the Christmas story and gifts! :)
I got a new camera from Jason and it will take me forever to learn it! LOL It's a Canon Rebel XS ... thankfully we can share accessories -- so I can use all the lens' he already has -- and his flash! :) I've been playing some with it ... although it is big and I'm used to carrying my little point-n-shoot ..I think I might get the hang of things :) I've joined two message boards that Jason was already on -- for photography -- and I've enjoyed it so far.
Christmas day we went to Jason'a parents house, like we usually do. We had ham for lunch along with some sides ... it was a nice slow day. During this time, Jason only worked one day -- and he was able to come home at 2pm that day -- so that was nice! He then had off until the 31st (he had to go in to work that day and worked all day) ... that evening we had some friends over to ring in the New Year! We ended up letting the kids play Wii for a while and then the adults played -- and then we watched the peach drop in ATL ... and Jason did some fireworks (the ones that are just on the ground -- not shot in the air) .. Samuel HATED them and Stephanie took him inside for that ...
New Years Day 2009 -- we again took the kids to IHOP for brunch. We've been doing this for at least 3 years now! :) They really seem to enjoy it ... after that we just go for a ride -- not always sure where we are going to end up ... last year we drove into ATL .. this year we headed up to the mountains -- we decided to go check out Tallulah Gorge and falls. It was a bit chilly so we did not hike to the falls -- and Jenna was coughing a lot in the cool air ...
January 2nd - Jason's birthday ... the older 2 kids ended up going to stay with the grandparents for the night -- so we had a sitter come (friend from church) and we went out for supper at The Melting Pot -- YUMMY! It was so nice .... how great is it when you go to a restaurant and they say "Hey, we haven't seen you in a while, where've you been?" ... LOL ... (Rachael -- we still need to go again sometime soon!!! I miss you) .. Our waiter was slow -- but that is ok -- it seems like everyone around us was new to the restaurant -- so we took it easy on him and we enjoyed the time together. We stopped in at Starship on the way home (heehee) ...
Tuesday, January 6th saw the kids go back to school and Jason go back to work -- it was nice to have him around ... but it's nice to have the quietness of just the 3 of us at home -- right now the little ones are still sleeping ...YAY ... we had a rough time when Jason left for work yesterday as they were awake and did not want him to leave.
WOW! I see some blueness in the sky! Still cloudy though -- but not as bad as it has been! I know that we need the rain ... but at the same time, does not make for great days when it's dreary outside! It's some windy out there though! Mid 50s is our highs for today ... not too bad for January! :)
I guess that will be all for now. I think I've updated up until this point. Joseph's birthday is on Friday but we'll be celebrating on Sunday with a few friends. I need to get a few things for that .. and I need to call and move his cake to the picked up on Sunday and not Saturday (long story) ...
Be blessed!!!!
Friday, January 2, 2009
mmmmm. melting pot! that is
mmmmm. melting pot! that is where Jason and I are going for supper tonight for his birthday!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
VALENTINE's???
WTF???? This is at the end of the Christmas section at WalMart tonight!!! I don't get it! I really don't. It's not even January 1st 2009 yet. CRAZY!
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