definitely not my week

ughh. does anyone ever have those kind of weeks? the weeks where you just want friday to be here so you can be done with the ridiculousness of what's been going on? maybe i'm just a baby. but i swear- you know in bruce almighty when he says he's the ant and there is a kid holding a magnifying glass over him. {or something like that} well that's me. if it's not one thing it's another.

my phone is dunzo. whoever knows me knows that i lived off of my iphone. my friend made fun of me saying after my kids and husband- it's my phone. we all laughed but it's kind of true. it broke. like sat in water for a long time and wont turn back on broke. and yes- we tried the rice. what's another $400 for a new iphone right? blah.

as we're renting out our house our mortgage company called and said they hadn't received our payment. i knew i sent it the same time i do every month.

i freaked. the last thing you want when you're going to be buying a new house in the near future is to be on bad terms with your mortgage comapny. i was sick about it- she said to give it a couple more days just in case it would turn up, and luckily it did! and they were able to reverse the late fee since we had never been late before.

i hate those kinds of things. i am so ocd about bills getting paid on time 

so it drove me absolutely crazy. 

that will teach me to monitor my account better right?

on a positive note- my car is finally out of the shop. some stupid lady hit me and it was a COMPLETE nightmare figuring out who was paying for it. thankfully it wasnt me!!

and the hubs bought me a new pair of boots i can't wait to wear!

but- don't tell anyone he doesn't know i know ;)

here's to a happy rest of the week. and the weekend of course

disneyland is booked!!

and i'm so excited i could pee my pants!! we've almost given it away twice now but- the girls hopefully still have NO idea. i can't even wait! i think we're going to win moms of the year for taking them :)

i can't wait to see how excited their faces are when we tell them they're going to DISNEYLAND together!

now if october 9th could just get here- that would be great :)

nine eleven

i remember i came home from school in 8th grade because i was sick. there was nothing on tv except the coverage of the attacks. i remember feeling annoyed that there was nothing on tv except that. i didnt comprehend what had actually happened to our country.

i look back now and i just wasn't able to grasp the concept of what had happened. how serious these actions were. i was too young to actually have felt the deepest sympathy i feel today. watching the tv specials now and listening to the songs on the radio today- i have had my eyes well up with tears multiple times. i can't tell you how many times i have gotten chills that run through me. my heart aches so badly for everyone that was affected. i am so proud to be an american. i am more than grateful every single day for the land i live on and for the troops that continue to stand up and fight for our country. thank you. every single person that has fought for our freedom

jagger krew

you are the cutest little boy i have ever seen. you fall and bonk multiple times a day. most of the time you get back up and carry on like nothing ever happened. yesterday at grandma kerris you ran behind your sister on a swing an she gave you your first black eye {right in time for family pictures} and it doesn't seem to bother you at all. oh how i love you so.

welcome fall

i am officially ready for fall. after work i walked out to my car and it wasn't disgustingly hot outside. it made me smile :) fall is my favorite time of year. i love everything about it. the new wardrobe change. the changing colors. the smell of the fall air. sweaters. pumpkins. the holidays. lagoon's frightmares {carson you really should come ;) } pumpkin spice latte's. playing in the leaves. watching halloweentown with kennedy. costume shopping for the babes. cozy nights cuddled in bed with the window open and that cold fall air coming through. it's the best. i wish that fall could last for months and months. i love it all.

welcome fall 2011- please stay a very long time

dear husband

i know you will never read this- but today i saw a husband that was not very nice to his wife. it made me so excited to come home to you. thank you for loving me for me. and for laughing with me when we both know i'm not that funny. i love you more than this whole wide world. i love the life we have made together and am so excited to see what else our future holds. we have the 2 cutest babes i have ever seen and when i watch you with them it melts my heart. maybe we can add a 3rd soon?  thank you for working nights and going to school during the day just so you can take care of us :) you are the most amazing person in this world. anyone who knows you, knows this is true. i have never heard you say anything mean about anyone. you would do anything for anybody. and- you never complain. we couldn't be more opposite ;)   you make me so happy. xo

sunday funday

we just got home from bear lake this weekend. oh gosh we had so much fun. i absolutely love bear lake :) i told the hubs we should move there. he said i wouldn't last 2 days.

nothing like a good old road trip to bond with the sister. we laughed so much i thought hubs was going to throw us out of the car. what would i do without that girl. she makes me laugh until my stomach hurts. we only stayed for a day but got boating.jetskiing.tubing.swimming.beach playing.and raspberry shakes all in. until next year bear lake- we will miss you.

little miss started 1st grade. it is so weird to me that she is that old already. it feels like she was just a little baby. she loves school but asked me why they had to eat lunch there. i told her she would be eating lunch everyday at school. 'ooooooh' she wasn't excited about my answer. the days are long but they go by fast she tells me ;) she is the most gorgeous 1st grader there is. i love her more than she will ever know. she makes me so proud to be her mom.

monday- blahhhh.

i wish everyday was the weekend ;)

i have found our house

if we could just fast forward until next spring and either of these 2 beauties would still be on the market- i would be one happy girl :)

oh how i wish we could just pack up and move in today.

some.day

minnesota was good to us

we just got back from minnesota this morning. it was such an amazing vacation! my uncle lives in minnetrista right on lake minnetonka- and decided that he wanted to fly us out. of course we said yes :) there were 17 of us on the plane and we loved every second of it!! the first day we were there we got all ready and got in our 15 passenger bus and went to the mall of america. kennedy was in heaven! we rode rides for the first little bit and then once kennedy saw the american girl store we went in there forever. and- she almost came out with one :) im so bummed i feel like we were only there for 2 seconds. there was just too much to see.

this is the view from one of the food courts overlooking all of the rides :)

then we went boating the next day on a big pontoon boat that fit all 19 of us. the lake was so pretty!! my uncle has such a fun car that we all took turns driving in. this is my cousin chelsey and i before-

and after-

:)

ry and kennedy loved swimming in the lake- for all of you that know me, you know that i stayed inside that boat. especially after that awesome shark week ;)

im pretty sure i have gained 10 pounds after all of the amazing food we ate. the sign of an amazing vacation!!

my cute cousins-

amanda and chelsey

and we even got to celebrate the hubs birthday when we were there. man he sure loves his wife ;)

we had so much fun!!

but- i couldn't WAIT to get home to this little man

i think he's secretly mad at us for leaving him behind :)

minnesota was so good to us!!

a year ago today

i married this guy..

i love him more than he'll ever know
our ceremony 

i love you ry!! thank you for everything you have ever done for us.

you're.the.best

xo