Tuesday, August 24, 2010

These past two weeks have been wonderful with Josh home, it's going to be sad when he goes back to work. We've had many things going on around the house. I've been busy working on projects. The first to be completed were Halloween costumes for the boys. Keegan decided that both he and baby Connor needed to be dinosaurs, so Keegan is a Tyrannosaurs and Connor is a Pterodactyl. I know that it's planning really far in advance but if I didn't do it now I know that I wouldn't get it done in time. Next on the list were special t-shirts for Keegan, Grace and Aiden for our trip to the show Walking with Dinosaurs (I wanted to be sure that the kids could be spotted easily in a crowd). Lastly, I made curtains for Keegan's oddly shaped bedroom window. I searched many places for blackout blinds that would fit his window but the cheapest i could find was close to $300! After loosing the patience to search for curtains that would work, and be cost effective, I went to the fabric store. And for the grand total of $15 we have a way to keep the evening sun out of his room. I love having the time to do these things!

We are also happy to share that we are on our way to having grass. The past three days have been filled with workers raking the dirt, spreading top soil, planting trees, and finally today hydra seeding. Now we just wait... at least next year we know that we'll have a yard to play in.

Love you all!

Monday, August 9, 2010

SICK

I don't know what it is with our family but we are all sick....again!

Connor started it with a slight cough that quickly developed into a cough/runny nose/fever combo. Then Keegan decided to get a fever that lasted all of one night then nothing for another 24 hours and he was hit hard with the same as Connor. As you can guess with two kids being sick it didn't take long for me to join them in their misery. I only hope that we can kick this before Josh gets home on Thursday.

Last night I got Keegan and Connor both asleep in their rooms by 9:30pm and poured myself into bed shortly after that. Then I am suddenly woken up at 11:45pm to BOTH of them crying for mommy. I fed and rocked Connor back to sleep quickly, but Keegan was not going down with out a fight. Needless to say by 1:00am my bed was crowded with the three of us coughing and sniffling for the rest of the night. Can you say nap time anyone!?!

Love you all!!!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Family fun

We have had the pleasure of having Chrys, Grace and Aiden come over for some quality play time. It is wonderful to be spending so much time with my brother. In true guy fashion he has a little trouble doing Graces hair, so I've had my skills tested trying to braid her hair. Not only does she have more hair then anyone I've ever known, (thanks to her mom) but I haven't needed to braid someone elses hair since my soccer days, twelve years ago! Aiden is just a ball of energy and isn't afraid of anything. In true daddy-son relationship they love to rough house, thankfully for me Keegan gets his wrestling time in with Uncle Chrys.

Love you all!

Welcome to the world!

On Thursday July 28th at 5:22pm baby Brookelynn Denali James entered the world. Proud parents Chris and Tammy were surrounded by family and friends. On Saturday they ventured home to start their new life as a family of three.

Congratulations!!!

Love you all!