Our newness!

K,our lives have taken on a bit of craziness lately. In fact once you hear what we have done in the last week you will for sure think we are crazy. So, here goes. We needed a vehicle that carried all six of us so we bought a used '89 New yorker. The body was in great condition and the motor ran really well however when we went to get it inspected it failed. Apparently the bottom is rusting out. You can only imagine how happy we are to have literally thrown away $2000.00 dollars. So, we still needed a new vehicle and since it was Blaine's b - day and we were already out alone with out kids we decided to see what the option of trading my baby in for another vehicle would look like. I am sure you all know what happened after that. Basically, I gave my little truck some vitamins and it grew into a much bigger version. If that doesn't top it off, I went and did something super crazy. I think it was one of those "I just turned 30 and I don't want to be old things". I guess you will have to see me in order to find out what I did. :)


Oh yah, check out my new bedroom!

Shhhhh! Can you hear that?

I just sent Malakai off to his first day of school. Was it hard? A little but not as hard as it was to send Keegan off on his very first day. It is different though. I have had breaks from time to time when Grandma takes the kids but this quiet is just not the same. Something is missing. There is so much that I could do to take the space of the quietness but today I think I will just sit and soak it all in.

Yeah! Mommy's getting sanity again!

Here they are, my school bunch minus one. Malakai starts next week so I will add him in later. I just know you want a recap of our morning so here it is.

Erin was nervous and excited so she did a lot of following me around telling me stories. Keegan was just plain nervous so he did a lot of following me around needing reassurance. Meanwhile, Ginny was just plain excited so she was following me around asking non stop if it was time to go yet. All the while we had some mysterious high pitched alarm going off outside. The alarm had to stop so it was my mission to find where it was coming from. After checking the propane tank, the weed whacker, the saw and the tool box I finally resorted to going through the heap of drywall scraps. Low and behold the culprit was an old smoke detector that was removed in our remodeling. I couldn't get it to go off so with all 4 kids following me around complaining that it was to loud I finally grabbed a hammer and beat it to death. We then proceeded to the bus stop to send Erin off, which I ended up embarrassing her because I noticed she was getting on the wrong bus so I honked my horn. Apparently it is better to get on the wrong bus then to be embarrassed. So, all in all it was fun and eventful and now I sit and enjoy my sanity.

Oh yah, my resurrected camera died yet again so I ended up plunking them in front of the computer to get our first day photos.