can i be busy yet not busy at the same time?

1. one of my favorite photos of my kiddos at sam houston national park for a hike. the big one just farted on the little one who thinks its the funniest thing.

2. not much going on yet a lot going on. mike was gone for 2 weeks since he works off shore now.

3. i cleaned and organized my closet.

4. started to clean and organize the craft room but that lead to more of a mess because it needed to be painted like 3-4 years ago!

5. another house we wanted to look at has been sold. we really had big plans for this one because it  was on the river.

6. hawaii is coming up and i don't even have a list ready. gasp! by now, i usually have a list of how many days of clothing, toiletries, camera etc...

7. we finally got a new tv for the family room.  ham said its not cooler than his but told him its 65", smart, curved, hd cooler than his- ha! (my parents gave us some christmas money towards it and best buy is having a sale right.)

8. still boot camping. even had a friend join.

9. did a #handmadeval swap for the second year in a row.  loved what i sent out- so cute!

10. we also worked on the yard this weekend.  and i even planted a few flowers.  it feels pretty good getting things checked off the to do list.

halloween + my kids

a nerd, a witch, a cat and a wizard

1. after tennis practice on friday, kaylee and the girls got ready for halloween.

2. i made kaylee's favorite sloppy joes, cheesy hash browns and fruit salad.  ashley and family brought an apple pie.

3. our other neighbors brought over some brownies with marshmallow ghost and frankensteins on them.

4. i also went and bought a 3 gal tub of chicago style popcorn on a whim. (i divided it into halloween bags and gave them to whoever we know!)

5. i wanted to stay and pass out candy this year but the other mom's were walking so i had to go leaving mike and ashley's dad behind.

6. after trick or treating, our neighbor's invited us in for some birthday ice cream cake. we ended up staying till 1:30 AM- i know! such party animals! (mike went home around 10:00)

7.  rest of the weekend was spent relaxing. i ended up crying for about an hour on sunday morning. just had a bad week and needed to get it all out.

8. while i still feel sad, my kids make me happy. (and today is a new day!)

9. later in the day ham said something funny (he doesn't know about my melt down) and kaylee is just a farting machine.

10. sunday's we let kaylee sleep in our room on our couch. as she was laying there she said she felt like she was in isolation even though the couch is about 2 feet away. funny little girl!

i wish my kids would stop growing

1. i found these photos in my box of negatives given to me by the photographer. (she moved to florida and closed her business)

 2. i'm thinking these are outtakes or the ones i decided not to get.

 3. even though i totally love these. look at kaylee's sweet smile and ham's so handsome.

4. i think she was cracking herself up here. my kids are so sweet, i can't stand it!

5. this week went by pretty fast and i got some things done like ham's "apartment" got a good scrubbing. [he's got his bedroom, a hallway, bathroom and a spare bedroom all behind a closed door so we call it his apartment]

6. and i'm getting shit stuff around for a garage sale that hopefully will happen next weekend. [we want the garage cleaned out by vacation so we can park mike's car in there when we leave for vacation]

7. and i made some new meals found on pinterest that mike liked but not so much the kids.

8. all week, ham's been asking for chiptole so instead of going to the grocery store then coming home to make it, i decided it would be chiptole night.

9. but ham ended up being the only one to eat it. he even had to go and get it. the 3 of us went up to the woodlands to eat outside along the river. it was a gorgeous evening.

10. and i've been jogging/walking.  mike's catching up to me with our steps challenge and i can't let him beat me. 

the radest punch bowl, a girl crush and showing my weirdness

tommy bahama

1. because i signed up to receive tommy bahama emails, they sent me another $50 gift certificate to spend on a $100 purchase for mother's day. [the first one was for my birthday]

2. i had a shirt in the cart till i saw this awesome punch bowl. [i also got a cool aloha sign to add up to $100.]

3. i'm going to keep it on my counter with fruit when its not being used as a punch bowl.

4. i decided to be adventurous and doing a girls trip this weekend. [kaylee and i]

5. so ham and mike will be left to fend for themselves. hee hee

6. ham is finished with school and it sounds like he didn't do so well in on his finals. which stinks because he did well in his a+m classes. [blinn classes were harder or as he would say the teachers sucked more]

7. i decided to step down from being school store chair person and from school store for the following school year.

8. i'm needing a change of scenery and would love to help a teacher or maybe do lunch duty.

9. i've been craving marshmallow chocolate peeps lately and today i found these.  i haven't been able to find them till today. the last time i had one was back in indiana.

10. i also have a girl crush. i LOVE her bathroom and if we stay in our current house, i want to do ham's bathroom the exact same way. or would that be too weird? too late- i've already started to copy some of her stuff. 

hate:

taken a few years ago

1. that they keep breaking my heart.

2. that they keep growing.

3. that its been 2 years already that ham's had his drivers license.

4. that he's 18 and can drive around at 8:00 at night when he should be home where its safe.

5. that he can get on the internet and shop for his own clothes.

6. that her interests are no longer on the simple 2 or 3 year old things but 6 almost 7 year old stuff.

7. that she no longer needs to know because she already knows it all.

8. that she's lost all her baby fat. her chubby cheeks and cankles.

9. that she's past half my height.

10. i do love how they pick on each other almost everyday even if it is out of boredom on ham's part.

the weekend

swimming the first day in our house

1. the week we moved, texas was under a heat wave. even the locals said its been crazy hot!

2. every day and night that pool gets used. definitely well worth the money!

3. mike came home thursday. he goes back to indiana tuesday morning.

4. we've gotten lots of work done outside. the wrought iron fence is down, the old play set is being taken apart and plants got moved.

5. the back yard looks twice as big now.

6. we also visited lowes, ikea, pf changs and the cheesecake factory. [i got myself a carrot cake- YUM!]

7. kaylee's been a little mean and snotty to me lately. she's had to sit in time out quite a bit lately.

8. i told mike he needed to make her apologize to me then i got really mad when he said he asked her too.

9. i told him he needed to make her do it. where's the respect and husband support? no kids should ever be mean to their mom's- EVER!

10. what a game last night! i only watched the 4th quarter because mike was already getting crabby 10 minutes into the game. once again, michigan did it at the very last second to beat nd!