100th post....

Hey---this is my 100th post! It only took me a few years to accomplish this. :) Oh well, it is still a milestone and I do still enjoy blogging and recording our everyday stuff so one day I can look back and be glad I took the time to jot some things down.

I am a bit behind on my project life goals but am excited to catch back up this coming weekend. Work/personal/baby has been really busy lately with one of our clients hiring me an additional 20 hours a week to help with recruiting for their hiring push. When I add that on to all of my other responsibilities and happenings you have one girl who had lots of balls in the air to juggle and keep afloat. In a nutshell, I have been working day and night which doesn't allow for much else in between. I am lucky to have so much support from my mom who has been getting reacquainted with having a baby around alot--she and Sunday are getting to be good friends! I have also hired help with the never ending bookwork, etc that comes along with this business. What a blessing that has been! I am nearly dug out of the hole that happened about 9 months ago when I brought home our sweetie pie Sunday! Being nearly caught up is a great feeling. Oh well enough of my rambling. Now for some highlights of our daily Project Life pics/thoughts/random highlights of the past few weeks.

Here is sweet Sunday who fell on her back while playing around on the office floor while Mommy and Uncle Jake and Daddy try to work, work, work!


Halle had the honor to be WEEKLY WONDER at school and bring in personal items the represented who she is, as well as photos and some written cards about herself. She chose to bring in her pink baseball glove, pink tennis ball, rock collection from family summer trips to our cabin, a scrapbook she made of herself, and her current favorite book "the Boxcar Children". Her favorite vacation was posted and it was our trip last summer to California, and her favorite bible story which is Jesus dying on the cross and rising again. We love you Halle! You are a treasure to us and Jesus and uniquely you.

Caleb and Sunday are always goofing around together and Caleb is in LOVE with his little sister. I am so glad that they have a bond already.

Halle working on typing up her Biography book report on Helen Keller. They officially typed an assignment at home for the first time to bring in! She was so proud! (so was I)

Meetings up north with 2 kids---Daddy dropped us off at Smashburger for lunch while he attended some meetings. We love bringing you with us to work! What a blessing to have you both with us so much of the time and still be productive with our business.

Here are some pictures from Pajama day at school for Halle...she is corraling her curious and very busy little sister who wants to pull up on anything and everything!


Like I said pulling up....

Snow day on Friday-school cancelled...getting ready to play outside in the white stuff.






That is all I have time for today....as I said work and baby are calling.

What's up....

Here is a little bit about what we have been up to during the last few months...

working hard to get ready for the arrival of our little one---this includes moving 3rooms around and losing some of my personal space-it is worth it! :)We are not near ready yet-but at least we have something started!

Sorted through all of the baby clothes from my niece and my daughter with the help of a good friend and marveled at how tiny they were and was thankful that we had saved so many of the clothes and blankets-and yes,we are having a girl!

Had a long weekend trip to the ocean in Carlsbad, CA-we visited Lego land for the first time and had some family fun! Caleb fell into the ocean on accident and got a face full of saltwater and sand:)




Halle played on the rec center basketball team for the first time and loved it! So proud of our play maker! She finished the season with the game winning shot in the final game of the season.



We finally got our first illness of the winter-but we are through it now and looking forward to Spring:)

Preparing for a little baby shower that my mom is throwing for me. I had gotten rid of all my stuff-never actually anticipating that we would once again be adding to our family.

Growing bigger and bigger each day....



Painting walls a light shade of pink for Halle's new room and planning to make new bedding for the new little one. It is still in the works;)

Purging, organizing, nesting


Planning a birthday bash for Halle at the end of the month-it is all about Olivia the pig this year and I cannot believe that my sweet little girl will be 8!

What are you up to??

Today I don't want to forget.....

.How beautiful this day was
.How blessed I am with the sweetest kids who bring me joy everyday in some small or big way!
.How excited I am to become a new mom "again" in just a few weeks
.How fun it was to shop with my mom-we found the most adorable little retro rocking chair for the nursery- and planned a darling quilt (my mom is the BEST and we are making the new baby's bedding together)
.watching my sweet Halle playing her heart out in her final basketball game-she scored a basket(her first in a game)in the final two minutes and the look on her face was priceless! (proud mommy moment)
.tucking my little boy into bed and wondering how he can manage to sleep with all the "stuffies" he must have surrounding him each night. Rex (pictured above)is his all-time favorite and goes to bed with him every night without exception. He usually sneaks out of bed to gather even more items to come to bed with him after I leave his room. He actually fell out of his bed the other night and I wondered if it was from the lack of room for him in his bed!
.feeling this little one moving and kicking around inside and realizing what a miracle I am carrying...and what a blessing it is to be able to experience this for a third time.
.How much I enjoy listening to Caleb singing around the house I've got the joy, joy joy, joy, down in my heart
.Hearing Halle sneak out of bed around 6:30am to finish up her Chapter Book(she is a complete book worm and I love that she enjoys reading so much!

I hope to have many more days ahead like this one!

Sneak Peeks......

I cannot beleive that half of the month of February is over and we are about to enter March! The time always seems to fly but more so in these short months. I must admit that after the cold and snowy weeks we have had this month--I am looking forward to Spring and it doesn't hurt that today it was near 65 degrees and beautiful! As evidenced by the pictures below...the kids were in short sleeves eating popsicles one day and making snowmen the next, now we are back to short sleeves! :)


I have some sneaks of the newest Freehand Scraps Kit to share with you....and let me say that this kit is my favorite so far!! It is full of fun items that you won't find anywhere as well as some of the newest trends from the greatest manufacturers. I can't say or share more just yet so without further ado....

We have a snow day from school today and so I have a loud crazy house this morning full of giggling, snuggling, and kisses. (maybe a bit of sibling fighting going on too) I had a full day of laundry, work at my desk and resolve to clean out more of my office planned, and so far much of that is not getting done quite as quickly, even though I was up before 6am-guess who was up at 6am as well!? We have decided to move my office to another area of our home and give the biggest bedroom to Halle to make way for the newest member of our family. Everyone is excited and eager to move RIGHT NOW, and I know that this will be more of a process than their little minds can fathom. Caleb is set upon helping to paint Halle's new room a soft petal pink-we will see about that, as for me, I am just trying to remain calm and orderly to make this transition happen as smoothly as possible. Wish us Luck today!
I tried to post a picture or two with this but it would not let me!

been way too long...

It has been too long since I have written a blog post. I know hardly anyone stops by here to check on us, except my family and a few friends but I thought I should do another post since it had been since September -nearly 2 months ago- that I logged in and did any writing. We have had a busy month and it probably won't slow down any because November is here and the holidays are sure to follow soon after. We did take some time to celebrate a birthday and to enjoy the gorgeous weather we have had and crunch in the leaves. Halle had fall break from school and we took the opportunity to head north to a pumpkin patch where we got to cut our choice pumpkin right off the vine and do pumpking patch related activities(jumping castles, hay bale mazes, visiting the farm animals). We also carved pumpkins-Halle actually carved her own this year and Caleb was into it for the 1st time that I can remember. Lastly, we dressed up our cuties and took them out on a beautiful night to collect treats from our neighbors. I have more pictures of the festivities but you get the point. It keeps messing up when I try to upload photos! ARGH! I can't forget our trip to Illinoise to visit my sister and kids and see them off on their new adventure. It was like a party for two days for the kids and they are already asking to go back??!! I am not ready to drive 17 hours in a car again anytime soon. (but it was worth every minute of that drive to see them.) I will post again soon as we have been up to lots more and another thing....I got a new camera as an early Christmas gift and have been snapping away!!

3 and 7....

Apparently when you are 3 you like to dress up in any available costume and run around for hours pretending to be something else. Everyday is like that around here.

Also, did you know that at 7 you know just about everything there is to know...like 100 + 100 = 200 and how to spell independent and so many other useful things. I apparently did not know but was informed today. You almost know enough that you really don't have to go to school but maybe you want more for your life and you decide that making friends, learning new things, and even doing the dreaded mad minutes in Math can be fun! Cannot believe that school is officially underway and I have a second grader in the house, which reminds me that I have a lunch to pack and some laundry to fold before tomorrow...Oh the un-scheduled days of summer are over! BOO!



The good news is that the first words at lunch that came from the aforementioned 7 year old were "Mom, I can't wait for tomorrow because I get to go to school again!"

This week....

--I am swamped with lots of catching up due to travelling last week to Chicago to attend CHA with my little sis...it was great fun and I enjoyed every minute I was able to spend with her and my new friend Lexi, both very talented girls.





--We attended the last T-ball game of the season...what a great time we have had all summer watching our little slugger! Today she had the machine pitching to her for the first time and got a base hit on her second swing. GO Halle!




--We are trying to wrap up items on two houses that we are selling and hopefully closing on by the end of this month. Moving out staging furniture, replacing screens, doing some minor repairs, mowing lawns, pulling weeds, watering grass. Our kids actually cried the other day because I told them we were not going to own those houses any longer. They have grown attached.:) Halle drew a picture of one of the homes last night and all of us over there working at the house together...so cute!

--We are savoring the last moments of summer!





--Enjoying the gorgeous weather that God is blessing us with each day...the intense heat seems to have dissapeared and has been replaced with the usual afternoon thunderstorms. Love it!

--Trying to come to grips with the fact that school actually starts on the 18th of this month....how can the summer be nearly over?