dream house stalking and meals prepared
okay so this is the house that i’ve been looking at for about 3 or 4 years now, i drive by and look at it and just think it is soo lovely, i love the simplicity of it and i love the colors, love the shutters love the front door, so forth, and i have […]
kyle turns 4
all day long he would tell everyone that “today is MY birthday!” (we told him we were going to eat cake and celebrate the night before his birthday, but he still insisted to tell everyone that THAT day was his birthday…it’s okay dude whatever you want!) poor little guy his actual birthday was overshadowed by […]
our final goodbye
jake with his mom and dad our ever so excited selves nate daddy and katie daddy and kyle looking on to the airplane my favorite picture i don’t know why they’ve dragged this process out so long, i would of much rather had a quick pull of the the bandaid instead of a little tug […]
i’ve been tagged
10 years ago I was: a newlywed. living in San Luis Obispo (gosh i miss that place!) working at the local bank debating if i should stay in school (which i was totally burnt out on) decided that 15 units would be totally easy to finish once i got my groove back to do it… […]
the challenge
many of you cook, i do not. which is wierd cause my mom is an avid cook. i just can’t seem to do it. maybe it’s the picky eaters in my house, maybe it’s the love hate relationship i’ve had with food for so long, but i’m not using excuses anymore. i’ve decided that this […]
before he leaves…
i’m trying to take pictures of jake and the kids. it pains me to no end that we havnt taken a family picture yet that is outside, it’s just been so cold, and with katie being sick with a nasty cough i just can’t bring myself to do it! so when jake has a few […]
My new plates and bunny ears
Okay found these plates at my FAVORITE store that is no where near me TARGET. THEY ARE PLASTIC!!! I’m going to back on tuesday when we send off Jake and buying 4 more of the big plates, because they were out at the Target that I was at. The bowl isnt the one that goes […]
Update on Nate
The EEG was normal! Yeah I’m so relieved! It took them till yesturday to tell us but alas late (good) news is better than not! So thank you so much to all of you who prayed, thought, and said nice things to us. We are doing so much better these days with him, and we’re […]
May I suggest something?
Whatever you do, do NOT get that nasty flu thing that is going around! IT IS HORRIBLE!!!! My kids and I were in bed starting on Friday and I just got moving about monday long enough to throw all linens off our beds, and Lysol, and Pinesol, everything I could with the small amount of […]
You know you have a “Problem” …
Nate (entertaining himself) Kyle (poor little guy!) Ryan (other poor little boy!) little Miss Katie (ignoring her symptoms) …when you feel like poop and your kids look like this and you take pictures so you can blog about it! Yes, I have now hit a new low in blogging and my obsession. Nate’s the only […]
Happy Valentines Day (cough, cough)
We’re not feeling too well over here, but Happy Valentines day everyone!
Scream free parenting
I’ve been been reading this book “Scream Free Parenting” and like most books like that, I lose interest before they give you all the details on how to do the actual “scream free” part. well I have to share my version of scream free parenting…the other day started out just like any other day after […]
This is for Ryan
Okay so while we were all looking at the blog, Ryan asks “how come I’m not in there so much” Well buddy this ones for you. Ryan is a great kid who gets along with EVERYONE. You name it he’ll play it. Kyle absolutely adores him and Nate loves to play with him. He’s always […]
Secrets Revealed…The Blog Background
I probably should keep you all in the dark so I look cooler but…okay fine I’ll show you how to change your background without having to change the template. First off you are going to go to photobucket.com, I have a link to it on the left hand side under “Vanessa’s Favorite’s”. Create an account. […]
48 degrees outside
And we’re partying likes it’s summer! My kids were thinking it WAS summer! They spent so much time outside they actually turned pink from running and riding thier bikes! I loved it! They did so well yesturday playing together that I was a little bored and started to organize my shirt drawer, military style, so […]
The Army life
I didn’t go up to see Jake this weekend because of all the traveling we did this last week. And he tells us he’s doing things at Camp Williams but I never actually had any proof untill now. Just got an update, I guess this is a M203 grenade laucher that he is shooting. Shooting […]
Not a baby anymore
NO ONE bosses her around! one of my favorite pictures of her my artsy fartsy side of taking pictures Gosh she’s growing up too quick! I remember when Nate was born, and I couldn’t wait till he entered the next stage. It was always so exciting, anything new he did and I was calling everyone! […]
Introducing “Billy”, our… billy goat
Here’s our boy goat Billy…hmmm…my mom always said “If you can’t say nothing nice, dont say nothing at all” well…enough said! (have I thanked you Felicia lately for being so willing to give us your goat? You want him back?)
Learning from our children
So we made it back from our hectic trip to Salt lake and back, we left last night and came back today. All in all it was a good trip, we saw the neurologist, and they did their tests on Nate, and now we do the waiting game. He promised to give me news once […]
Up to Primary Children’s Hospital we go
Up to this point I’ve kind of kept a closed lip on some of the things that Nate’s been going through. But seeing that i’m using this as a Journal and kind of scrapbooking (niether of which I’m really good at) I thought that I would start adding this “adventure”. Last July we started to […]
Nate’s BIG day!
Isn’t he just so cute?! He was so nervous before everything but he did AWSOME! after the confirmation, he’s glowing! AND much more relaxed!We were so blessed that Jake had a few days off from the Army to be with us and to be able to do this for Nate, we were such a happy […]
My Other Blog “Country Chick Boutique”
Okay so my husband said that I need to stop trying to sell things on OUR blog (didn’t even know he cared about this thing!) SOOO, I created a NEW blog for selling my stitchery, and table runners, finished stitchery pillows and framed ones too! I’ve been doing a little boutique here in town and […]
Up to my eyeballs in MODA!
Okay so I wasn’t joking when I said I was getting more of the Charm Packs in. Two shipments came today!!! Got rid of most of the girly one “Allspice” and I have a few left of the “Roman Holiday”. Still swimming in the “Prairie Paisley” one and I got the “wovens” for it today […]