WhatWe'veBeenUpTo:

Baby, it's cold outside!

Does anyone else kids love the self check out lane as much as mine?

My view that I have been trying to diligently entertain daily.

I would much rather run outside...but the snow keeps me in.

Nothing like a good book to curl up with on a cold, wintery day!

It was their idea.....

Who said moms can't have fun too?!?

Today was a productive day (yay!):

played in the snow

sheets washed and beds made

bathrooms cleaned

house swept and dusted

floors mopped

four loads of laundry washed and dried

...put away in process

coffee/hot chocolate with the girls

preschool "homework"

piano practice

books (lots of books) read with my girls

....updated my blog!

It. Is. A. Good. Day!!!

= a wonderful day!

Haha! I must have figured out how to sent posts from my email!
I just got on my laptop to write a new post....
....and these two posts were here!
Yay for me!

I spent most of my day at the most relaxing place in town. Enjoyed some quiet with my hubby while enjoying this yummy lunch and then got a ton of work done! I think I could go to the coffee shop everyday! Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

CanItReallyBeThisHard?!??

Ok. So I realize it's been a very long time since I have posted.
I really would like to stay up to date!
....I promise!

I just spent most of my evening, bringing myself up to date on all my favorite blogs.
I am inspired....
and hope to do a better job!

I now have a smart phone.
I would love to quickly add photos from my phone....
but I can't figure out how to do it!
I thought I knew how to do it....
but every time I try to send something, it doesn't work :(
I have added the App,
changed the settings to add an email to send it to,
...everything I can think of.

Every time I use the App, it tells me I don't have an account,
but I do!

And don't get me started on email changes....Seriously!
I have a new email account and blogger will not let me change my address.

I switched from Yahoo! to gmail....
it keeps saying that I can't use a gmail account for my primary email.
...isn't Blogger a Google account?

Does anyone have any suggestions?
I am such a tech-tard...I don't have a clue what I am doing.

Am I gonna to have start a new blog with my new email address?
Maybe this is a great time to start fresh?!!!

Any help would be great!

ScrapbookingOrCrafting???

I have loved scrapbooking since I was in high school.
I love all my late night crops with my friends.
even better....weekend getaway crops!

Friday night I am invited to one of these wonderful 'girls nights'
...I'm super excited!
Great friends!
Good talks.
Lots of laughs!

but....
believe it or not...
I'm not really in the mood to scrapbook.
Sadly, I'm feeling the joy slowly slipping away.

I used to love 'escaping' from my week, submerging myself in cute paper and buttons.
Lately, it feels more overwhelming than refreshing.
I will NEVER get caught up :(
My girls are 4, 6, and 9.
In their albums they are 18 mo, 3 yrs, and 6 yrs.

I find myself leaning more towards....
crocheting.
crafting.

I'm really wanting to learn how to crochet.
...anyone want to teach me?!?

I'm wanting to make a cute banner to hang on our living room mirror.
...to which my husband says, "who's birthday is it?!?"
He's a turd!

The list maker in me wants to make something...
and finish it!
Cross it off my list.

I want to work on something for a couple hours
and have a finished product that I can enjoy.
Not an ongoing project that leaves me feeling like I'll never be able to come up for air.

Anyone else with me?
anyone have encouraging words to keep me motivated to stick with it?

check out this super cute afgan.
I want one just like it!
...made by me ;)
Thanks for the inspiration.
I may have to try my hand at this tomorrow night.

FamilyPictures

Take a look here at our family pictures we had taken. I can't wait to get our CD in the mail so I can start deciding what I want to order!...I may be calling on all of you for some help ;)

Thanks Jessie for some great pics!

MackinawIsland

Last weekend, we enjoyed a little time away with my mom and step dad. Here are some pics from our weekend at Mackinaw Island:
Walking around in Mackinac City

Gotta have a little time to swim in the pool!

We rode the ferry over to Mackinaw Island for the day.
"What mom...you want us to stand in the MIDDLE of the road?!?"


Kaicee and Breck trying out some souvenirs.

Brooks, Kaicee, Breck, and I at the 3D mirror maze

What vacation is complete without a pressed penny?!?




Breck decided that every pic she took could use a little "peace". Taylor quickly decided to copy ;)

And, of course, we had to pet the horses!


Taylor cracks me up in this pic!

Haha! Kaicee looks beyond thrilled!...and Tot is goofing as usual ;)

Whew boy! That was one cold ride back to the city on the ferry!




One of my favorites of my favorite people! Skipping rocks with dad.

Kaicee took this one of Brooks and I...not too shabby.



All the girls with grandma and grandpa.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot...
Two hours in to our six and a half hour drive, we looked something like this:

It was Friday morning and we were told it would take six hours to fix. Mom and I took the GPS and went on ahead to Mackinaw while Brooks and my step dad waited in Grand Rapids. Four hours later, all of us girls were at our hotel and the men were in line at Enterprise, waiting to rent a car. Very long story short....
...this little KIA Soul made the trip to Mackinaw and back home with us....until the following Friday!

Did I mention that we decided to drive Brooks' car to save on gas money?

What a great trip! We had a blast!