Not the only one...

I am not the only one enjoying our new piano. We have some firm rules about it, but I still let the boys get on and play around if I'm supervising them.

SOME Reasons why

I love Stephen.
1. He works hard at work and at school to support our family.

2. He is a fun dad. He makes faces and plays fun games with the boys. He doesn't even make me delete silly pictures of himself, instead he lets me post them on my blog for anyone to see.

3. The main reason I am loving him today is because he let me buy this beauty.

TA-DA!! Some people know her as the Yahama Clavinova CLP-220 I prefer to call her my new best friend. Isn't she beautiful?

You can e-mail- I may not respond. You can call-I may not answer. You can comment on my blog- I imagine I'll get around to seeing it sometime. I will be busy getting to know my new best friend so excuse me if I do not respond to you immediately. :)

Happy Birthday!

Okay, I am just that lame and posting about two birthdays together even though these two's only connection is me.
It is my sister-in-law, Erin's birthday today! She is one of Stephen's three sisters. We love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday. Her is a picture of her and Vance around Christmas time.

It is also my brother-in-law, Sean's birthday. He is married to my sister, Holly who had a birthday a few days ago making Holly three days older than Sean. How fun to celebrate your birthdays together every year. Happy birthday Sean. Hope you have fun. Here is a picture of their cute family.

This wraps up the September birthdays in our family. So we have a rest until October. :)

"Joys" of Motherhood

Motherhood is not always a field of Daisies. There are ups and downs. There are times when you want to rip your hair out or run away. You do have some tender moments where everything seems to be going your way, but that is not what I am sharing with you today, no today I share SOME moments that are not so tender. I keep these pictures around so that my children will take pity on me when I am old and put up with me when I am senile because it will be there fault.








Hmmm... maybe they are tender after all, just in a different sense of the word.
(P.S. Stay tune for more "Joys" of Motherhood in the future.)

Sidewalk Chalk

It seems to always turn cold fast here so we are taking advantage of every nice day we have and playing outside. The main event outside today was sidewalk chalk.

I think Vance's favorite part is dumping chalk all over the sidewalk, but he will draw a little too.

This was Tanner's first time playing with the chalk. He loved it, but I was sure saying a lot of, "Tanner keep the chalk out of your mouth." or "Tanner draw with your chalk." or "Yuck, Tanner, get that out of your mouth or I will need to take it away."

Vance Update

I'm constantly being asked how much Vance weighs and how tall he is nowadays and frankly I just didn't know. However, he had a physical with the doctor today so I can now tell you. He weighs 37 pounds (90th percentile) and is 37 1/2 inches tall (70%) so he is what he looks-SOLID. :) Now, you can see why I can call Tanner a runt. Vance has ALWAYS been that way.

Happy Birthday Holly!

Here is an, oh so lovely (ha) picture of Holly and I. Holly is my one and only OLDER sister and it is her birthday today. Happy Birthday! I hope it is a great one-even if you are creeping up on 30...don't worry you've still got a couple more years. What can I say other than Holly is my older sister and I have always loved and looked up to her. I wanted to be just like her when I was growing up. She is a good example to follow for all of her younger siblings. She is a great and fun mother. She helped me decorate Tanner's birthday cake which I really appreciated. She is easy to carrying on a conversation with, perhaps because she likes to talk. :) Anyway, hope you have a great day Holly!