Happy Memorial Day

I know I haven't written a post in.. forever, but I really haven't had anything too exciting to report. Brad and I took the kids up to Port Angeles last weekend, we stayed 2 nights in a very nice hotel (Brad had a job up there). We went and saw Wolverine while we were there and I caught an NCIS marathon on the hotel tv, fell in love with the show and have been watching episodes on hulu.com. The kids loved the trip, but not so much the drive, thank goodness for van dvd players! When we got back, my little garden I was growing in the planters were dead...nothing new has poked up so far, so we're going to try again because the weather is weird here anyway and they may still grow if we plant more soon. We had planted sunflowers around the big rock in front of the house and they're growing. I haven't checked on them in a few days but they were poked through the ground, so I'm sure they're getting bigger by now. Today we bbq'd before Brad went to work. We had hotdogs and hamburgers, chips and potato salad, it was really good, and I have truely been loving this weather and hope it stays like this (though I'm sure it won't) Hope everyone had a good day!!

Going on a date!!

Tonight Brad and I are going to go catch a flick at the theaters and maybe have some kinda dinner (nothing fancy) afterwards. I just am so thrilled to be getting away from these kids!! :D I do love them to death but man.. I need a break hehe

Playing outside

So it's been really sunny here lately, and I hope it stays this way because the kids have ALOT of energy to burn and the best way is running around outside. I have started to weed the flower beds that are surrounding the house and when I'm all done with doing that I will more than likely plant some sorta flowers in there to make it pretty. I started a greenhouse garden a few days ago, so when they are ready to be transplanted we'll dig up a spot in the yard. I HOPEFULLY will have tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, chives, parsley, and basil. If it works out well this year, maybe next year I will plant MORE stuff,but since I do not have a green thumb in the slightest, this year we will just be thankful if one plant makes it.. lol..

Twilight comes out on DVD today

Not sure if I'll get a copy of it yet or not, depends on if Brad remembers to pick me up one...I enjoyed the movie, but there were some spots in it where I thought they coulda done a better job...well.. lotsa parts like that ;P

That Michele sure is talented :)

The kids got a couple outfits each the other day from Aunt Michele, boy she's talented!!! Of course (just like at Christmastime) I think Samuel is the most excited about the outfits, he's worn the overalls twice already, I have taken some pictures of the outfits, they look absolutely adorable ON the kids, but I totally don't have anymore room on my memory stick :( I also apparently need a new camera since every picture I've taken lately comes out fuzzy.. :(

Trying to settle into our new home

I haven't taken any pictures of the new place because atm it's a total wreck. We are still unpacking and deciding what is going in the house and what is going in the trash. I lost a lot of belongings unwillingly thru the mold in the other house. We also decided that (since everything in that house smelled like musty mold) we would just throw out a lot of the stuffed animals we were collecting thru the years (please never give my kids stuffed animals ever again-they'll go in the trash)I didn't feel that washing every single one of them would benefit us when we're trying to save money on bills etc.. Anyway I saved what I deemed were worth keeping and just chunked the rest. We should totall ybe out of the house by tomorrow (or Thursday) but I don't think we're handing in the keys until Friday because we have a TON of garbage that needs to go out. Other than those frustrations, not much has been going on here. I lost a baby doll that has a music box in it that I've had since I was a baby to the mold. Gotta remember to take the camera next time I go over there to take more pictures of the damage things. I had an electronic keyboard that has mold on it and has been trashed for that reason. Oh well, Maybe one day I'll be able to afford a Piano and lessons so that I can learn to play an instrument.. :D Anyway, I'mma stop writing now because I'm hungry and my cocoa dino bites are sitting right in front of me looking all tasty.

Packing sucks

So ya, we got that house we apped for *yay* and are starting to pack to move. We have most of the upstairs and Saria's room ready to go, but I'm absolutely horrified at the thought of packing my bedroom because EVERYTHING in there smells like mildew, and some of our blankets that we had in the closet were nice and fuzzy green with the mold on them.. Seriously, the landlord is getting the 1200 we owe him and I doubt I'll wanna pay any more than that. Fixing the problem by telling us to wipe the windows (which obviously doesn't take the moisture out of the air in the bedroom because that room is always colder and wetter because there's a HOLE in the closet the size of my middle child. Anyway, before I go off into a tangent about how this place sucks, I'm happy to report that we are moving somewhere cheaper and prettier and has the same (round about) sized yard. So, FEBREEZE I hope you're a miracle worker because everything in this place stinks :D We'll probably actually vacate the first week or two of March, but we're getting ready so that we can ASAP when we get our tax return back.


On another note, Ben and Desiree had their bday party together the other day (Hila and Christina have a ton of pictures there so you can check those out because atm I'm extra lazy and don't feel like uploading a bunch of pictures hehe. But I do have ONE. We made Ben a cake on his actual birthday just to help his day be extra special, and I personally think it turned out great. Brad drew it with a toothpick onto the icing, and I iced it in with the same toothpick because I didn't have a decorator tip small enough and I was out of ziploc bags and the freaking cling wrap just burst hehe. He had a good day-choose where to eat for lunch, we had Popeyes, and whenever a choice between kids was to be made that day he got to pick first. I think that treating each kid a little more special on their birthday is a good idea and will do this with Saria and Sam too :D