Bradamus Jones

*Insert Indiana Jones theme Here*

are you ready for it?

SO much work!!

My goodness this yard is huge. I mean, I've honestly never ever seen a yard this huge before. I thought the house in Dothan had a big yard but WOW!!!!!! Haha. I need to take pictures. I should have taken pictures before we started this project we're doing.. man...I better do it soon so that you can see the before/after. Ok, let me just say..this yard...is huge....And it's very overgrown. There's land around the Huge Yard but it's so overgrown with weeds/shrubs/etc that you really can't do anything without bulldozing the mess out of it, and we can't afford that, and it's not technically our house, so we are just dealing with the greenery around the house and in the part of the Huge Yard that we can access with a mower/weeder. For some reason these people really LOVE these UGLY bushes. They are LINING every flower bed and sidewalk surrounding our house. I hate them. Brad hates them. Enter the chainsaw. Yep, Brad's now a lumber jack, man I think he looks sexy holding that thing with them AWESOME goggles on. And I am now the proud owner of a hedge trimmer...looks like an electric knife only tons bigger ;) and it's for hedges not meat... ;) My toy requires 24 hour battery charging, however, so I have not seen it in action as of yet. I did however get out with my little hedge trimmers and manually trim a few of these UGLY bushes (the ones we are deciding to let live because it creates a wall around the property and on the other side of this wall is a rather large drop off) We ALMOST literally live in the woods by the way. I mean, just the other day a momma and two baby deer circled around the house. They were absolutely beautiful. Anyway, my point is, we've been outside a lot lately, cutting these ugly bushes and pruning the ones that we're keeping, and the kids have been having a blast being outdoors and running around. I will have to post pics of it soon :)

Samuel's birthday party

Mom came over a little after five and we started opening presents and then for about an hour everyone was playing with the new toys!! Samuel just loved the hooded towel he got from his Nonna. He also loves his remote control Lightening McQueen he got from his Grandma, but I don't think he likes it as much as Ben does. Ben even figured out how to make it go by pushing the button!! he got a ton of matchbox cars, which hs absolutely loves, his favorite is the Shark one that Christina, Nick, and Desiree got for him. After Christina and Desiree got there (she had gotten in trouble and was taking a nap so they came later) we had cake and icecream. It was a very exhausting day for the grown ups and everyone left very tired. I am just glad that the kids had a good time!!

An update on the Scatmonster

because we just learn so much from Samuel when we're all laying in bed for a nap. Today we learned the scat monster is Spanish. Yep, that's right, he's Spanish. Why? because Sam said so that's why. Also...I explained to him that scat is poop (at least according to one episode of CSI in describing animal feces) and he then informed me that it's "bloody skeleton poop" and I think Brad and I both understood him FINALLY (sorta like the rucky story) and we think hes' trying to say skeleton monster, but scat monster sounds so much more appealing am I right? ;)

The Scatmonster, a fedora, and a vacuum cleaner

What the heck is she talking about you might ask? WELL. The SCAT monster is who Samuel claims is scaring him in his room (which is why he sleeps on the floor in our room half the time. ok more than half the time...) But more recently, this monster seems to be following him around causing him trouble. For example it : used de-solve-it on my breakfast bar stool, went into a desk drawer with sharp scissors in them (which ended up on the floor) while I was taking a shower, and played with the carpet cleaning powder on the countertop while I was using the vacuum (which is part of my title!!) Anyway, we need to find a monster removal company really swiftly because this monster LOVES to get Samuel in deeeeeeeeep doo-doo.

Ok, my next wonderful topic is this Fedora. Brad's on an Indiana Jones kick, in fact ALL three of my kids can HUM the tune..we all know what I'm talking about...anyway, it being our Anniversary and Father's Day right around the corner, I figured I'd knock them both out and save a little money (haha) so I allowed him to purchase one of these nifty hats off their website. I assured him he would NEVER look as sexy as Harrison Ford, but maybe further down the road I'd get him a whip and he could further his obsession and fit the part better. I just have to say, that you should have seen him measuring his head with the tape measure (not the sewing kind, you know the metal kind that bends that carpenters and electricians and handymen use) HAHAHAHAHAHAAHA, Hila woulda died laughing...I almost did, glad I lived to tell this tale.. hahaha, I'm dying as I type this... anyway
THE VACUUM is my new present!!! It looks pretty much like my old one, only it works.. haha and it is this metalic green color that almost matches my carpet. That's my anniversary present. I would just love to add, that I guess it's clear who has grown up in this house ;) Though I have to admit, if I didn't think he'd look absolutely stunning in this fedora I would never have agreed to it. I will make him wear it everywhere, you betcha (as long as I'm not with him that is) and I am sure he will be hummed at a lot. Especially when I get the whip to match. :)

Samuel is 4 !!

I really have had an exciting four years with this little guy. He started off kinda bad...I wanted to kill him everytime he opened his mouth for a few months, but thankfully colic doesn't last long and, not to mention everytime he smiled all bad feelings disappeared. He keeps me on my toes and teaches me so much everyday. He's the most serious kid I have, it's sooo hard to not laugh at him sometimes. He's my little camel and I think he's just the cutest thing ever. He does, after all, look exactly like his daddy. I love you Samuel, and I hope you have a good birthday!!!


of all the pictures I have of Samuel...I have to say, this is my absolute favorite ;)

Rachel Ray for the day

YAY!! Due to the fact that Brad had to spend the ENTIRE day working (from about ooo 10 until well.. he hasn't come home yet, but he has another job at 8, so it won't be until LATE tonight) and my lack of energy (they should can that stuff) the chicken that was meant for grilling on the BBQ got cut up and made into chicken nuggets! (WHICH might I add are very awesome and a big thumbs up from ALL the kiddos) But that's not the best part. I realized how I could be lazy and have a FHE while preparing dinner, so I sat all three kids on the big stools we have against our breakfast bar and proceeded to explain step by step what I was doing, and I even had them stir and mix things for me. Ahhh it felt good to be Rachel Ray for the day, although I am not nearly as skinny or pretty, I know my kids appreciated the time I took to explain everything to them!! AND I knocked out an ABSOLUTELY quiet, attention filled FHE to boot!! HAH!!!!!! Gosh I'm so awesome I surprise myself sometimes ;) ;) :) :)

This sucks!!!! or not...

OK so for the past two days I've been trying to vacuum my floor because with three kids it can get kinda dirty quick, but my vacuum hasn't been sucking up anything. So (having had one vacuum already blow up and die on me scaring the daylights out of my children and myself) I make Brad look at it. The little part that gets all the hair stuck around it (I don't know what it's called but I'm sure my description will be sufficient to let you know what I'm talking about) isn't spinning, or it spins maybe once and then stops. So we take the thing apart, and check the belt which is fine, there's nothing wrong with it. So we're both under the assumption that it's time to buy another vacuum (this is only two years old, I've had good times with this vacuum, how am I supposed to just replace it!) *sigh* oh the woes...