Spring has Sprung!

We cannot express how excited we are to see some sunshine! What a long, cold, and wet winter we have had.... Hopefully the rain is out of the way and beautiful weather is to come (especially around June 18th) :) This last month has been wonderful....At this point anything above 30 is beautiful! Sometimes we don't appreciate what we have until it's gone and I hope to enjoy every warm and sunny day until next winter! That's my goal! Because of this we have been outside every chance we can get....

No matter the activity, Jack will find a way to get dirty and destroy something...Who's child is that?! Bubbles were everywhere and everyone was sticky but we had fun! Lindy loved the bubbles, I think she thought they were balls.... :)
Being a stay at home mom (of 2 these days) sometimes 3.... it gives me plenty of time to stalk people on craigslist to get their free things :) Jordan and Lance (Lindy's daddy) drove down to a beautiful trailer park to give our kids a free swingset!!! Yay!!! So much fun!
Everyday Jack asks to push Lindy...LOL .... I dont wish to have that conversation with Lindy's parents to why their child did a flip out of the swing. So soon Lindy will get her baby swing and watch out world!

So as much as Lindy loved the bubbles, we hated the grass!!!! Poor baby...It took some time but I was able to convince her that it wasn't so bad as long as it did not touch her feet!


Yummy :)

The boys have really enjoyed getting outside to play ball.....




Along with all the fun, comes yard work.... It has been fun decorating the yard on a budget of course.... My wonderful parents came down one weekend to help plant grass seed which finally after 3 weeks and 2 snows we are beginning to sprout!!! :)

Jagger...I mean Jordan :) Picking up sticks! Otherwise we have stick eating dogs!


My mini horticulturalist with his "work gloves" :) He loved his shovel!!!

Packing the dirt! He was sooo disappointed it didn't look like the picture on the packet....He did not like the idea we had to wait and let it grow. :(




Ta- Da!



So far, the only plant growing out of 10 LOL!!!! Oooopps...




Spring is the time of year when everything starts anew..... and I am so excited to start my new life with my 2 favorite men....If we like it or not change happens...Even when we don't want it to....Spring shows us that change is good...it is a new start, a new beginning. Look around to those you love and the change that may be happening in your life....Because change is how you look at it.....and change happens like it or not..... This spring we are getting new families, a new home, and the anticipation of how much new is in front of us... There is so much to be grateful for this year...

Ice Ice Baby

As a new blogger, the weather has given me many opportunities lately to take pictures and blog about our lives. I am sure once the ice melts and school re-opens writing on my blog will soon turn into writing papers and group therapy. So enjoy this one I'm sure it will be awhile before I have free time again....

As we sat at home prepared for the worst we watched as it rained and froze, rain and froze, and a little more rain and then froze... 20 minutes north received 24 inches of snow and 20 minutes south had just rain.....Lucky us, we got ICE......

We went store to store trying to find wood for warmth in case the electricity went out but we were very lucky..... we had heat and beautiful scenery :)



ICE..... For those of you who have not seen the new house here it is at it's best......


We had many many fires burning the next few days...One it was terribly cold and two we had about 4 boxes of wood ;) We bundled up tight with temperatures getting down to about 3 degrees each day....


And of course we had to strike a pose or two :)



ICE...... And just when we thought we couldn't get enough Ice...I found Blues tickets online for 7$....And if anyone has met our son his entire life revolves around one thing.....Hockey....


ICE...... In case you were wondering, no we did not play the Blackhawks. Try explaining this to a 3 year old.... and luckily the cheapest thing at the gift shop was also the only blackhawk's merchandise... We have slept with this every night this week...


ICE......

What a great time....... We hope everyone is keeping warm....and miss and love u all (y'all) ;) !!!!!!!!!!!

Simple things in life

As many of you know, this last month or two has been filled with cold and bitter snow. Snow brings slick roads, bad drivers, wet dogs, and high electric bills. But to a child it means so much more. Snow angels, Snowmen, forts, snow cones, and other important things in life. Watching your child play in the snow really puts your daily annoyances into perspective. Life is how u look at it :)

Lindy and I decided it was best not to take the 8 month old outside so she and I watched from the dining room. The dogs and Jack ran circles for about an hour before he realized he couldn't feel his fingers. :)
Last week I scrubbed our new house down head to toe, including the windows. Jack helped out by giving it a little spit shine.... squeaky clean! Sometimes in life being silly is more important than tongue prints on my nice clean windows.
Lindy watched with amazement as her little buddy ran and screamed in the backyard.As we sat and watched I took in the appreciation and love of our new home! It's perfect in every way.Ask jack...he loves his backyard!

When I spend time with Jack and my babies I realize just how simple life is. Yes, you could say well of course kids think it's simple they have no problems, no bills, no jobs, etc. But I think children have something that we lose sight of with each year. It's not what we have but how we look at it....
The cold weather has also given us the chance to play silly games inside like Catcher!!


It has given us the opportunity to laugh until we cry and reconnect with one another.



Thank you snow....
Sometimes things we think are bad, like a long cold winter, can be just what we need. This winter has been a gift to our family. Watching movies, playing Mario Kart, or throwing a ball in the house are all things we probably wouldn't find the chance to do if we lived in 65 degree weather all year round. So everyone spend the day appreciating the little things and start looking at things differently because you never know when something that looks like a negative is actually a gift in disguise.

Trying Something New....

So I was sitting here surrounded by ice thinking how much I missed my family (the current and future) and so I decided to do what I commonly do each week, stalk my future sister's blog. I always enjoy reading about my future nephews and family and what they are doing.....It helps me feel like the months we go by without seeing them is only weeks. Jack also loves looking at "the boys" and always says "tomorrow we go to Tennessee?" And I say "soon baby, soon." So I said to myself..."I need another hobby, I can do this"... Each week I get up at 4:45am to work out followed by 2 babies from 6 am till around 6 pm and 2 days of that week I also have a double dose of my masters courses from 5:30pm till 10:30pm. So,in other words, I have plenty of time...Plus I thought how hard can it be right?

Wrong! After 4 hours and quitting 3 different times I finally got a background and 3 pictures!!!! That's right, I'm on a roll! So now the journey begins....