Pumpkin Patch

Raegan and I just got back from the Orr Family Farm with a bunch of kids and moms from school and church. I stress the word bunch. We pet animals (two to be exact), rode on a hayride, picked pumpkins, rode a train, and ate lunch. A few other events transpired in between these 'highlights" (pumpkin patch meltdown due to bumping heads with Brenna, salmon fighting upstream scenario in animal barn, complete lack of interest in pumpkin story time - devoured bag of chips with friends instead, and general bewildered look on the mothers' faces during and in between events.) All totally worth it for a few priceless pics with mom.

30th birthday - a week early

So unfortunately I turn 30 next week. I'm going to Tulsa almost every night, so we had to celebrate last night. Erick took me to the Melting Pot in Bricktown. Okay, this is such a romantic restaurant - I felt like it was our anniversary or something. Anyway, this may be my new favorite place to eat. What is it about dipping bite-sized pieces of food into a pot and then eating them? Eating is so much more fun this way. Maybe three year olds really do have it all figured out.... :)

Funniest thing I have heard today.....

As stated by my daughter 5 minutes ago...."Mommy, Daddy's taking a bath and he's hairy. You don't see that every day." Number one- I don't know why Erick's taking a bath at 9:15 in the morning. Number two- my daughter is watching entirely too much Brady Bunch, as one of the lines is "you don't see that every day." Let's just hope that line wasn't being used in the same context on the show. Yikes.

Goodbye green

Not that I'm not proud of my children, but this may be my greatest blogging moment thus far. Let me introduce you to my new kitchen, remodeled by my own Bob Vila (aka Erick). I have to document this moment that has been a year in the making. As much as we hated to see the 70s retro green go........actually no. We love this kitchen so much we are thinking of giving it a name.

I've just GOT to get that dog

So I figured I better put up a picture of my 2nd child, poor thing. He probably has half the photos his sister had at this age. It's hard to photograph a moving target, though. I'm not used to a 7 month old actally rolling and trying to crawl. Raegan sat....literally sat for an entire year. :)

This is Greyson's favorite place in the living room to crawl to - straight for the chairs that the dog sleeps in. And if you're wondering, yes, he is physically sliding the chairs back and forth on the floor. He's definitely a boy!

Rainy day playdate

So I'm an official blogger now. This is what happens when I am awakened at 5:30 in the morning by my teething 7 month old. Strange, yet productive things seem to happen. The dishes are washed, laundry is drying, my blog is up and running, and art play day has come and gone. Whew!

Here are pictures of the girls in Raegan's room. Eagerly anticipating the arrival of the trash man, (oh to be three again) and sitting on Raegan's bed. I can't wait to torture them with these photos someday. I can already see them in the senior slideshow at church......

Is this thing on?

So this might be my first official blog. Let's see if I have this right.....