A budding photographer...

Reagan informed me matter of factly that she was taking pictures today.  These are the results...

 

Now you may think that is not too bad, however I spared you of the 10 wall pictures 5 feet pictures and a few others.  

Today was a pretty good day.  Other than the migraine, I did get a few things done.  My house looks like a tornado hit it but oh well.  I was home on Thursday due to sick kids and really got a lot done that day.  Today was kind of a play day for me.  I sewed a lot of things like Halloween costumes, booties, organized my fabric with Reagan's help, threaded my serger and rethreaded it, overall it was a great day.  The kids were pretty good.  They are in bed now.  I am relaxing, watching the game, blogging, should be doing something but this is so much better.  

Once the Halloween sewing is done, I need to start on the Christmas sewing.  Dress up clothes to make.  Lots of dresses for her, vests for him.  Oh yeah, I made a cute fall garland today too.  Check it out on my other blog here.

Good Things
1.  Being able to stay home even though it was with sick kids

2.  Getting lots done

3.  Doing things I love to do

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September is over and not even a post.  Busy as a bee preparing for winter, we have been busy trying to clean up the yard, the house, going through clothes, making lots of lists and crossing off nothing but yet it has been busy.  This month, I have Halloween costumes to make, make a witch and a turkey hopefully, finish the house, clean and clean some more, enjoy it as it happens.  I love the fall because it is so beautiful but dislike it because winter is around the corner.  In my neck of the woods, winter does not tend to be short lived.  I did finish a shelf that I started working on ohh...about 3 months ago.  Nonetheless, it is finished. 

Reagan started preschool this last month and loves it.  She just learned to write her name and is very proud of that accomplishment.  Both of the kids love stories that Brian tells them each night before bed.  Mom's stories not so much.  I am totally okay with it.  I hope to sew more in the upcoming months and really hope to enjoy this time that we are in and to be more grateful for everything. 

Stuff

This blogging for me is a rare occasion, I figure it is time to make it one.  I love to blog actually,  I find it relaxing and a kid free moment but with working full time and kids full time it is hard to find time to do anything extra except for the extra batch of laundry.  But hopefully soon, I won't need to work full time and I can cut back on my hours.  I will know this week.  The more prayers the better.  I am very anxious to find out what is going on for us in the near future. 

The kids are great.   Reagan has had her share of  moments this week but we have managed them and we had a talk about talking to mom nicer and the whole sort.  She got some play clothes this week, which she is thrilled about and she told me yesterday that she wanted to be a tinkerbell fairy for Halloween and then today she informed me she was just going to be a ladybug.  That would be fine and all except yesterday we got fabric to make her a tinkerbell dress.  Oh well, more play clothes I guess. 

Jaxon is growing like a weed.  We took him in for his 2 year check and he is 37 inches tall and 31 pounds.  That is very tall for a 2 year old.  He is a big boy.  He gives great hugs and kisses and is very loveable.  We have a giant sand pile in our yard that he loves to play in and dig in.  He likes to ride sit on his bike.  He doesn't quite know how to pedal yet.  He is really trying to figure it out but it is hard for a 2 year old.  He is so ticklish and has a very contagious laugh.  We love to make him laugh to hear it.  It is so fun.

We love our kids to pieces.  School is starting in a week for everyone.  If we decide to put Reagan in preschool again she will start after Labor Day.  Of course on Labor Day is the biggest game in history.  Boise State vs Virginia Tech.  It starts @ 6pm so you had better be there with your best orange and blue on. 

For the things I need to do:

exercise for one
hey, has anyone heard about clean eating
I am in the mood to dejunk I need to fully take advantage of that
I did get the primary program done this last week, that was a sigh of relief

No one really cares about my list of things to do.  In fact, I am not sure I really care.  I just that it needs to get done and I wish someone else would do it.  I tried to get my neighbor to clean my house for a bowl of sticky popcorn, but of course, she had to be the one on a diet.  I have a lot of things I would like to do and get done.  Blah, blah, blah.

Have a great week

Good things
1.  Prayer and fasting
2.  Being able to work when needs be
3.  Having the physical strength to think about tackling the to do list

Hopefully we find out good things this week

He's 2 and full of tantrums

The boy's birthday was last week.  We have spent lots of time with Brian's family the previous week but why not extend the party to Sunday for the local family.  We had cake and ice cream.  I did a golf course cake and it actually turned out really cute.  Hooray!  The bad part is that I got not a single good picture of him, him and the cake or anything else.  On his actual birthday, we went to my parent's for FHE and had a cookout (that's what we call a BBQ) and cake there too.  It was pretty low key but fun.  He got a dump trunk to play in the sand in the kids future (who know when future, hopefully soon) playhouse and sand box.

Since the birthday we have been busy everyday this last week getting haircuts, picking raspberries, don't remember Wednesday, going to the library, finally staying home on Friday and Reed's Dairy day on Saturday where my kids wanted to stand in line for 30 minutes to get ice cream, after the 30 minute line for the wagon ride.  I said no, it was 90 degrees and we can go get ice cream there anytime and not wait.  It just wasn't worth it.  Then as we were crossing the road with pouting Reagan (due to the ice cream) Jaxon did not want to hold my hand and then proceeded to flop down in the road.  I picked him up by 1 one because the other one was carrying pop and a bag and there were cars coming and finished crossing the road.

Tomorrow is our Anniversary.  8 years of marriage, two kids later and a lot of other stuff, I have the greatest person next me on this road to eternity.  I could not ask for better,  he is so good to me and we really do balance each other out in so many ways.  Love him to pieces.  He has seen me through the good, the hard times, the emotional times, the funny times and am looking forward to the future times we have together.  Happy Anniversary.  I love you.

Finally!

Finally, I have a second or two to post.  I had the goal of posting every Saturday and we can see how that worked.   My face is very red from working outside.  This morning and throughout this last week I weeded my brains out I think.  My garden was having an identity crisis and needed me.  My grass is there too, but not much I can do about that right now.  I cleaned out the fridge today, did laundry, cleaned office last night, took doors off, and a lot of other stuff and now my red face is trying to recover. 

Anyway,  we went and saw the hot air balloons over by where we live.  They were neat.  It was 6:30 in the morning and that explains some of the pictures.  Here's to lots of pictures.  Oh yeah, I did  post on my other blog today.  A really yummy recipe.  T it was really good.

Whoa!

This is going to be rambler.  Just a warning.

I like to make lists as you have figured by now from the previous posts.  Here is my list.

So far this month:

Garden planted and the potatoes froze 2 nights ago.  At this point not much is growing well so oh well.
Craft/guest room painted, trim painted, closet painted, floor in  Moving in next week
Laundry done today and even folded and put away
Father's day menu planned
family reunion planning most finalized
getting new orthotics this week (casted anyway)
Talk in church tomorrow not done I got plenty of time
Trying to get some good spinning shoes

Once I get the craft room moved in Jaxon will have his room back and I can clean it out.  Yea!  We are moving things around.  The upstairs is getting primed (i Hope) this week.  Things are getting done, 4 years in the making the nevertheless they are getting done.  I love it.  Anyway,  blah, blah hope everyone has a great week

Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"