Line

I have a feeling that the last couple weeks we will be here will go by extrememly fast! We got back from MN on Sunday evening about 6pm. The trip went well and it's always nice to be done in the car! Since being home, my time has been spent trying to get things unpacked and packed all at the same time!! Since we won't be going to MN again before heading out East, everything that is still in our house now will either need to come with or get donated, so those are my two piles downstairs. Also, since our bed was brought back to MN, we have been sleeping on a blow up mattress that we borrowed from my parents. It works well and is better than sleeping on the floor but it's a tad smaller than a queen size and it's taking a few nights for our bodies to get used to!

I still have a lot of fruit in our freezer to dehydrate and clothes to get organized, but overall, I'm gettin' ready to go! Here are a couple more pics of the line Nathan worked on.




These babies are tall....some up to 200 ft.


Nathan standing by one of the end structures

Stuck

Not sure how she always finds something to get stuck under, but she does!! (Probably doesn't help that she only scoots backwards and not forwards!)

Quick One!

Yes, it was my birthday yesterday! So how did I spend it? Well....

I woke up at about 5am to get the kids up and ready to leave for MN! We were heading up to my parents house by 6:30am and spent the whole day in the car!...great birthday huh?! :)

Since my dad traveled down to our place on Sunday, he caravaned back with us with a few things we will store while living on the road. One of the things is our bed, which my parents will use in their guest room (so if you stay at my parents house now, you'll actually have a nice bed to sleep in!!). BUT...it was a pain to keep that thing wrapped in the 30-40 mph wind and rain on the way back! The guys wrapped it in plastic and used 2 rolls of duct tape to secure the plastic and a bunch of ropes, bungies, etc but we still had to stop a few times to fix it. We made it to my parents house by about 4pm.

We had planned to just drop the boys off with my parents so we could enjoy an evening out without having the little rugrats with us...but, the plans changed pretty quick.

Once we got here, the kids wanted to play outside, so within a few mins, Tiernan crawled into the van to get his coat, shut the side door behind him which he couldn't open so he crawled out the front door, and pressed the lock button on his way out. The keys were still in it. Along with my purse, Ariella's carseat, etc. Ugh....

So Dad was quick thinking to call their neighbor who owns a car dealership. All he had to do was give the guy the VIN # of the van and he made us a spare key! The only problem was that he didn't drop it off until he got off work, which was close to 7pm.

We still went into town and had a nice dinner at Mongo's grill, but by the time we got done with that, everything else was closed. So i took a rain check on my birthday and after our dentist appts today, we'll do our shopping :)

Little boys stay with grandpa ron and the big boy stays with grandma mary...should be nice!

Not Me! Monday

I totally did not just realize that when my oldest SON slept in a bed (the bed that we gave away now so he sleeps on the floor in a sleeping bag) he was not using a pink pillow case with a purple flowered blanket! I mean, come on!..who would let their little boy sleep with all pink and purple?! Not me!



I have completely been on the ball with getting dressed and into other clothes besides my lounge clothes first thing in the morning so Caedmon would have no reason to look at me when I did get dressed one day and say "You going to church Mom?" ...because I do have other reasons to get dressed!

I have not been using paper plates all week with my kids because I would not be so lazy as to wash dishes, Nope! Not me!

And I most certainly did not pick up my cell phone the other day only to hold it to my hear to listen for a dial tone before dialing and wondering why I didn't hear anything, because that would be completely silly since we've only had cell phones for almost 4 years, Nope! Not me!

And these are completely not my kids at the table, one licking the floor while the ohter licks the table! Nope! Not my kids! I would never allow such ridiculous manors happening at our table!

Facts About Me....part 1

1) I could have 10 more girls like Ariella...she is such a little doll! (See above :)

2) I wear goggles while cutting onions (so my eyes don't water!)

3) I hate putting away clothes after I fold them.

4) I'm growing my hair out...again.

5) I finished my 4 year degree in 3-1/2.

6) I finished half of my sign language interpreter schooling.

7) I would like to finish the other half someday.

8) I am not a morning person, although my kids are up around 6 every morning.

9) I will be 28 on Tuesday.

10) I can't WAIT to live in our RV!

11) Instantly had a 'thing' for Nathan from the first moment I saw him.

12) My favorite movie is 'Loves Comes Softly'

13) I like chocolate candy, but not chocolate desserts.

14) My grandma is the only person who refers to me by my first and middle name, which I am starting to like more as I get older and think it would be cool to introduce myself that way at the next place we live.

15) I have 23 brothers/brothers in law and sisters/sisters in law, with one more brother-in-law in the works.

16) I have 29 nieces and nephews with 2 more on the way!

17) I LIVE in my slippers for most of the year, and that is how I go through a pair each year.

18) I only put gas in my van about once every 2 months or more...unless, of course, we travel back home.

19) I still say the phrase "Home again, home again, jiggity jig" when coming home from a long drive....something my dad would always say when we got home from visiting our grandparents.

20) I hate the winter.

Ice Breakers

Nathan and I had one of the most fun nights together that we've had in quite awhile. And you know what we did???....Just talked!!

But what do we talk about besides 'how was your day?' and 'what did the kids break today?' Well, last night we both wrote down a bunch of questions and asked them to each other! We were reminded of the idea the other night when our friends were over here and they told us they played "The Newlywed Game" at a couples bridal shower. After hearing about the fun they had (and that they tied for 1st place!), we got to thinking "would we be able to answer each other's questions correctly?...how well do we really know each other?"

So we each got a piece of paper out and wrote down random questions that were either thought provoking or that we really didn't know about the other person. Nathan listed them on his own (and he thought of some GREAT questions!) and I cheated and used google to find some :) You can google 'ice breaker questions' and get tons of sites with great conversation starters and questions to ask anyone to get to know them better.

What were some of my favorites or that got us talking a lot?

1) If your life was a book, what would the title be? (Nathan thought of that, isn't that good?!)

2) How many kids do we want to have? (HA! Don't you wish you knew the answer?! :)

3) What's your favorite tree?

4) If you could have an endless supply of one food, what would it be?

5) If you could perform miracles, which one would it be?

6) Describe yourself using 3 words? (We answered this one for each other. Nathan said I was "entrepreneurial, chef, and feisty" haha!..to which he also added that it's a "good feisty" fightin' for what I believe is right, etc :) And I said he was "hardworking, dedicated, and passionate".

7)What don't you want said at your funeral.

8)What's the first thing you think about when you get up in the morning? (Nathan answered "what are the kids into?" hehe :)

9) What's one thing that I miss most since living life on the road?

So those are just a few examples of the questions we asked and tried to answer for each other. We, seriously, haven't had so much fun just talking in a long time!

I would encourage all you couples out there to invest some time in your spouse and ask them some random questions tonight. Ya never know where it could end up! Have fun!!

Evening Stroll

It was so nice out here a week or so ago, we decided to take a little stroll when Daddy got home from work! The boys were so excited to be OUT and free to run (well, kinda free...as free as you can be walking on the sidewalks in town...). They also loved the fact that they could play in all the leaves that were scattered along the sidewalk. We decided to end the walk with a treat from the DQ! Our kids had never had a dilly bar before, so we got them one and boy was it a treat!!








P.S. We got some word today about the move...looks like it will take place around the second week in Dec...and then off to the East Coast!! We go on Monday to do our 'walk-thru' of the rv to make sure we know how everything works since we're new at this and all!...and then also to load up some of our stuff!! Stay tuned for
updates!

And like I said to Nathan earlier today...."LET'S GET READY TO RUMMMMMBLE!!!...I mean, MOOOOVVE!!! :)