Once upon a time....

I used to blog. When I didn't have kids and I thought I had something to say then. Then I had a kid and had a lot to say and many pictures to put up but not as much time to get it out there. Then I had a second kid and now I'm pretty much lucky to take a daily shower. Even now, I have a baby (I'm babysitting for someone and really I don't miss the baby stage AT ALL) sleeping on my couch, a 19 month old eating dry cereal in my recliner and a 4 yr old yelling at me from upstairs b/c she needs help with her panties. (She doesn't really, she just doesn't do mornings very well.) I am leaning on the kitchen counter typing and HOPING that my laptop doesn't decide to disconnect from the internet on me, otherwise I will have to reboot and then I will lose the 5 sentences that I've typed. I can't tell you how many blog posts that I've 'lost' b/c of this temperamental computer.
So let's see what you've missed out on since May....
Um, it has been HOT and DRY in TX but really that is just so old news now and I don't really want to relive it anymore.
We looked at schools for the girl to do a year of preschool before Kindergarten, fell IN LOVE with one but it is WAY out of our budget. We've decided while it would be nice to get her used to the idea of getting up and out of the house for school we really just can't afford to pay to send her anywhere. So she's going to continue to hang with us and we are all going to LOVE it. :)
I got to so on a 9 day vacation sans kids and hubby... I so needed the down time and it was AMAZINGLY AWESOME. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I missed everyone but really needed to do this for all of us. They did just fine without me. C has a few more gray hairs but they make him look distinguished. :)
The Girl was in a wedding over the summer and looked absolutely GORGEOUS! I'll have to see if I can get a picture of her on here (eventually). I was the photographer so I have a million pictures of that day. (I won't ever do that again, WAY to nerve wracking for me!) She will also be in another wedding in January.
The Girl had a birthday. We requested in lieu of gifts or gift cards to specific places that family donate to the swing set/play structure fund and YAY! they all came through, we made our purchase and it was delivered 2 weeks ago. Now we just need to get it set up. C has been working (at the office) for the past month and will continue to until the end of October. He has been getting home LATE and even working on Saturdays so getting it put together and installed is a challenge. HOWEVER, remember how I mentioned I was babysitting????? Well, the dad of the baby is pretty handy and I happened to mention yesterday to the mom that this swing set thing is becoming a challenge and asked her if her husband could do it and how much it would cost me; she said how about we swap it for babysitting this week. SO YAY!!!! Looks like next weekend the swing set will be installed (now watch it rain). I'm so excited that it will get done before November and it won't cost me any more money out of my pocket. WOOT! WOOT!
The Boy is trying so hard to talk to us and it is incredibly cute we just wish we knew what he was saying.
C entered his SENIOR year of college!!!!! YAY! He is doing so awesome and I am so incredibly proud of him.

That pretty much sums up the last few months in a nut shell...

I'm going to try and get on here more often. I have a friend who blogs a picture and a few sentences a day... I might try that out and see how it goes. :)

~Til next time! Be careful, and don't hurt yourself! ;)