Pieces Of Us.

(Snuggles)

Ashlyn and I aren't feeling well tonight.

I pray that we both feel better soon.  John and I are heading to Mexico for a wedding, in a week, and I will not be OK with leaving my baby, if she is sick.

Things are crazy busy right now, as usual. 
We have been enjoying being in between sports seasons, and getting to be home in the evenings, but Madi and Deven are excited for basketball season to start!

Ellie is doing AMAZING!  Getting better and more settled, every day!
We LOVE her! (Even John, though he won't say it out loud!)

This is how I found Ellie and Ashlyn tonight when I came down stairs.


Life is Good!

{Ellie's New Coat}

 
 
  

{Our New Baby}

We {adopted} a sweet new Baby Girl today.

I have ALWAYS wanted a PUG.  Always.  Since I was a little girl.  I adore their squished faces, and the way they snort, and their curly tails.  And, especially, their buggy eyes.

My Grandparents first adopted this little girl, and then decided that two dogs and a puppy were a little too much for them.  

She is adorable, and the kids and I are so excited to have a puppy around.  John, not so much, but he likes me to be happy!  :)

Now comes the potty training.  She has been paper trained.  (YUCK! NASTY!  NO THANKS!)  So, we have some work ahead of us!
Wish us luck!

We are still trying to agree on a name, which is hard when there are three kids and myself trying to agree on something.  
We are leaning towards Elouise, but are still kicking some other things around, as well.

THANKS GRANDMA and GRANDPA!!!
She will be loved!  Come and visit, any time!
 
 

My Love {Bug}

The first graders at HHES have been learning all about insects and bugs, and on Friday, they got to "Go Buggy" for their parents, in a little play, to show us all that they have learned about bugs and insects.

Super cute, and they all did an amazing job!

Ashlyn was a LadyBug.  She was so excited and practiced hard to remember her lines.
Did you know that LadyBugs are beatles? 

Good Job, Little Lady Bug!
 
 
 

Our Furry Baby

We Love Her.

I know that if you ready my blog, you already know that.

But just in case anybody wonders, we do.  SO MUCH!

She is spoiled rotten and loved more than any other pets I have ever known!  She is chubby, and lazy, but give her something to fetch and she is sooooo excited! Until she runs for a few minutes and realizes how fat and out of shape she is, then she doesn't want to play anymore. 
*I can relate!*  :)

 

{Annie Bannannie...  You are Loved!}

 

Quote

I saw this quote yesterday, and it really struck a chord with me.  I have had it in my mind for 24 hours now, and it is really making me think.

My camera came home today, from getting a new shutter assembly, and I wanted to play for a few.  There isn't much pretty to look at outside right now, but I snapped this one, and wanted to add these words to it.  I think I am going to print it, as a reminder. 

My Vampire's

The kids were really looking forward to dressing up this year, and had been asking if I would take some "cool" pictures of them.
Then my {good camera} died, and it wasn't looking like it was going to work out, for pictures.

I have felt pretty thankful this past week, as I had 4 Digital SLR camera's offered to be for loaners.  Honestly,  I can't even say how much it means to me that I have friends out there, who are willing to step up and help me out!  I LOVE IT, because I wouldn't think twice about offering my camera to them, but sometimes it feels like others wouldn't be so willing.  I was so {happy and thankful} this week, when I realized, that I was still going to be able to do my shoots, and have a camera to take "cool" Halloween pictures of my Vampire Babies.

It was a perfect Halloween!  The weather turned out to be just about right, and the kids were perfectly happy.  We got all dressed up, stopped by Les Schwab, hit the neighborhood closest to our house, scored about 15 pounds worth of candy, had dinner at Pizza Hut, then some drinks at John's "little" brother and his wifes house, and came home.  It was fun and relaxing, and I am looking forward to next year.  There is already talk of costumes going on at our house.  I think we have a VERY fun idea, we'll see if everyone is still game by this time next year!

So, here they are...  My Vampire Babies.

Vampires and PhotoShop, some of my favorite things!  :)

Hope you enjoyed!
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

Happy Mail

Lookie what I have...

Anybody else get the Pioneer Woman Cooks in the mail today?
If not, I strongly recommend you go ORDER IT!
I actually preordered it, over a month ago, and forgot all about it, until I got home from work today, and there it was.

She is all the things that I LOVE.
She is an amazing writer, photographer, home-schooling Momma, she adores her animals, and she shares all of that an more through HER BLOG.

Anyway, it looks amazing and I am excited to find some time to read it, and cook some (more) of her yummy recipe's.  By the way, in case you don't know about her, she take pictures of every little detail of every step of the way through her recipe's.  I really like that part!

Anyone else come home to the Pioneer Woman Cooks, today?
I know I have some friends who are Ree's fans, and I am just wondering if anyone else came home to her waiting on their doorstep? 
 

Piggy's

I adore you, little piggy's!

Even when you are covered in wet, slimy leaves!

And, I adore the little girl that you belong to, as well!

I have been LOVING having {Kammi} out, taking lots of fun pictures, and enjoying all the fun things that {FALL} brings to us!

Corn Maze with My BOY!

I skipped work and went to the Pumpkin Patch with Deven and his class today.  Good Times!

I was in charge of 4 BOYS.  I was a little scared to be responsible for 4 BOYS, three of which were not my own, in a place like that, but these boys did awesome!  They stayed together, listened and were very polite. 
They were all a little on the competitive side, and were REALLY excited to be the first ones to find their way through the whole maze.

Then, we were off to choose a pumpkin, and head back to school, just in time for recess!  :) 

I took quite a few pictures and HOPE people don't mind me posting them here!

So, here is a sneak of our 4th grade trip to the Corn Maze, and some friends, too!