Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Favorites

Evelyn has been interested in favorites lately. So when we've been reading I've been pointing out my favorite color, easter egg, shoes, etc. The other day we were driving down the road and stopped at a light. I hear her shout from the backseat, "Mommy, that's my favorite." I turn and look and she's pointing to the Flying J Gas Station.
"That Flying J store is your favorite?" I ask.
"Yep" She says very matter-of-factly.
Scary.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

House For Rent

Derek and I have a rental house that just became available. It's located in the Osgood area, and Derek and I lived there before we moved into our current house. It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a mud room/laundry room, a one car garage, and a large living room area. The Master Bedroom has a walk -in closet, and the Master Bathroom has a jacuzzi tub. It also has a large back patio and it's located on a big beautiful lot with trees, a garden, flowers, and a awesome raspberry patch (one of the things that I miss the most). We're asking $600/per month plus a $500 deposit.

While we were living there we made a lot of nice improvements. We put in new carpet two years ago(and just had it professionally cleaned). We put in all new energy efficient windows, and covered them with new wood blinds. We also painted the whole house, and put new sinks and hardware in the master bathroom.

The area is beautiful, and the neighbors are awesome.


(Actual house may vary in size and appearance.)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

love Love LOVE

Every time I post on my blog all I want to do is write about how much I love someone or something. I'm always stopping myself from typing, 'I love Love LOVE this/him/her!' Well, now that my blog title is changed, it's just fair warning that I'm not going to be stopping myself. So, without further ado, one of my favorite loves:
My mouth is watering right now, and I'm way bummed because I went grocery shopping today, and therefore, won't be going to the grocery store until next Wednesday and by then I will have convinced myself that I shouldn't buy them.
I could eat these exclusively. And if you know me, you know I am not the exclusive type. I mean, I had to be engaged to be exclusive with Derek(actually once he got home from his mission, I was not interested in anyone else and would have vowed exclusivity). Sounds deep, right? Well, it is. I love Love LOVE these!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Cutest Family That Ever Was

So on Sunday Derek walked out all ready for church and I told him he looked smokin' hot. Well, he told me I looked smokin' hot too. We didn't want to waste our beauty, so we snapped a quick pre-church photo. Then we were off to church to learn about not being prideful or vain.


Saturday, November 7, 2009

Gwen 4 Months

Hello! My baby is four months old! It's fantastic. She's still snugly, and very very chubby. She is a very big girl, at 15 lbs and 8 oz. she's in the 90%, and her height is 95%. We make 'em big around here.
Another happy face.



Sunday, November 1, 2009

Halloween 2009

Trick-or-Treating is so much fun! I had so much fun last night with Evelyn. She was a cute little witch. I made her costume and it turned out HUGE, but it worked well because it was cold and so her coat fit underneath her dress. I planned that...

Here she is all ready to go, I love this picture.

Her and cousin Faye. She loves Fayes guts and always talks about hugging her.


Gweners and Grandma on Halloween night. Gwen didn't stay in her costume for very long.

Best picture of both of them. I'm beginning to think that it will be impossible to get family pictures with even more kids. One's crying, the other isn't looking, no one smiles. Kinda funny.

She was so cute walking around with her witch hat!

I'm so excited for Thanksgiving!

A Teeny Bit of Snow...

...Goes a long way. We made a HUGE snowman. It was the biggest Evelyn has ever made. That afternoon she ran to the back door to admire our work and it had shrunk to a mere few inches.