January

January has been a fun month so far. Vacation was great (will get some pictures up soon) and then we had a week were I pretty much couldn't do anything but try to get caught up from being gone. This week is going great. I always love when Jake and Cara are off school. We went to Target for lunch yesterday (the kids enjoy the little Pizza Hut in there) and then I took them bowling. The four of us had a great time together! I really do enjoy being out and about with them. Jake impressed us with his bowling and he is now begging me to take bowling lessons. He is so excited about it...sure hope somewhere local has a league for kids or he will be pretty disappointed.

After a fun afternoon, we got Abby ready for her first ballet class. She was eager to go in the class, but they brought her out at the end and told me how cute and sweet she was and then they said, "but she didn't do a single thing. She just stood there and watched." Ha!! This is pretty much what she does everytime she goes alone (without me or her siblings). Then, they told me to give her a few months and try again. I felt kind of embarrassed, like I was pushing her to do ballet at 3. Typical of myself, I told them how she was a third child and wanted to do what her sister did...blah, blah, blah (Jeremy always tells me that people really don't care about all these details). Then she says super loud, "I don't like that ballet class."

Sure enough we get home and she tells me that they danced to a Jasmine song. She started dancing around the kitchen and told me she was doing the "moves"! Goodness, girly?!

Cara has been loving preschool and told me the other day that she has a boyfriend. I said so is he a boy that is your friend and she said yes. However, our sweet, shy little girl got moved to a different seat because she and her little friend were hugging too much...

Jeremy has been BUSY as usual. Praying this economy improves soon so that things can be a little less crazy for his work life. I love him and appreciate him, but do miss him when he is gone before we get up and home after we go back to bed. I can't complain (even though sometimes I do!). He enjoys his work and he has a job...both good things right now.

Here's a bad picture of us from vacation...it makes me laugh. He's trying to be funny because I am so stinkin' tired in this picture! Kids were making me a little NUTTY at this point all crammed into the booth. I felt just a tad bit TRAPPED! I don't really like to be in a long booth like that. The kids have tons of room and they still sit RIGHT next to ME and eat my FOOD. (How many 3 year olds like calamari BTW)? I finally got someone to move so I could sit next to my man for a picture and he does this and I close my eyes. Ah the memories!

Here's a better one. We had breakfast at a beautiful hotel near Disney and it was so much fun. We saw Stitch and Mickey and the food was delicious!! Oh, and I marched in a parade with my Aunt. That's the great thing about Disney...you can act goofy because you don't know anybody.

We pretty much wore 4 layers everyday this trip...long sleeve shirt, short sleeve shirt, hoodie and winter coat! We had a washer in the room so we just washed our jeans and hoodies every night.

You probably want to see pictures of the kids. I have LOTS and will get them up soon. They had fun too :).

This week is getting ready to MOVE week, which I pretty much STINK at. To say that I have some "issues" (regarding moving) might be an understatement. I can't believe that our days in this house (that I brought all my babies home to) are almost up. Such a strange feeling, but also exciting!! Oh, and another reason I like my neighborhood so much...you can leave the garage door up all day (accidentally) and come home 12 hours later and nothing happens (except all your neighbors try to hunt you down to let you know). Not that we've done that?! It's a good feeling :)

Have a good week!