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A quick layout I did on Logan's arm. We went today and had his hard cast put on. 2 hours later... He did a great job. I'll get pics of the new cast up soon. It's dinosaurs too!

prayers needed...

Hello all. Just a quick post to request prayers for my cousin Becca and her husband Todd. Their little baby girl Makenna Belle (I don't know if I'm spelling that right) was stillborn yesterday. They found out on Saturday that she was no longer alive. Becca was checked on Wednesday and everything was fine, so needless to say this came as an unbelievable shock. Please keep them in your prayers. Thank you so much.

my little trooper...

Well, since life just can't possibly be easy...Logan broke his arm yesterday. Technically, Sara broke it, but we won't tell her that. They were outside playing and she was swinging and he ran behind her and CRASH! She knocked him down and he just fell wrong and there ya have it. Poor guy broke both the bones in his left forearm. I feel so bad for him, but he's been such a little trooper about it. He did cry, but no more than when he trips and scrapes his knee. He didn't cry when they put the iv in or when they set it, albeit he was on some pretty good drugs, but he was still awake. He's a little cranky now since he's tired and it probably hurts, but I am so pleasantly surprised at how well he's taking it. I'll give you more of an update later, but I have got to go for now.

the word is out...

I've announced officially that I'm closing Ribbon Junkie. It was a terribly difficult decision that I've been struggling with for a few weeks now. As some of you know, I've been incredibly stressed out lately. And I started to have stress induced heart palpitations. Well, at least that's what the Dr told me. And well, he's the one with the fancy degree... So, I've been trying to pare down on my obligations and Ribbon Junkie was a big one. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED doing it, but it was an obligation nonetheless. So....that's the reason behind it. I am thinking of doing some give aways here. I still have TONS of stuff from RJ and need to get rid of some of it before the big move to CA. Anywhoo, I have to go and clean up before Jason gets home. I'll give ya'll a shout later...

School Pictures

For your viewing pleasure...

what my days consist of...

fighting over toys...


tired, cranky babies...


and super cute little kids that I can't get enough of...ok, I lie, maybe I do get enough of sometimes...As usual, things here are OUT OF CONTROL! I've been having a little health thing and not feeling quite like myself, Logan had a ruptured ear drum from and ear infection, and all kinds of uninteresting other things. But I do have a question for you.

The other day I was surfing the news sites and came across this article about grocery bills.

$900 in groceries for a family of 4? I’m pretty sure that’s what we used to pay, but we are a family of 5 with 2 in diapers. Rising prices have DEFINITELY changed the way we shop for groceries. Now we have menus, detailed grocery lists, and try to stay around $150 each week. Sometimes it’s hard, especially when you figure in diapers and that typically puts us over budget when we get them, but we try to factor that in as best we can. We’ve started shopping the ads and check prices online between the 2 major chains here. (Safeway and Giant) One thing that I think would help us even more is if we would shop at the Commissary. Since Jason is in the AF Reserves we have that option. 2 big problems with that is that it is about 30 minutes away and I lost my id card a long time ago and so I can’t go by myself.

Also, gas is CRAZY expensive. We stay home a lot. And I know it doesn’t help that I have a gas guzzling V8 pickup truck, but it was virtually a birthday present, I love it, and I am NOT willing to get rid of it.

And those of you that know me well, know that I’m a Starbuck’s junkie. But I have been cutting that back too. One, because it’s expensive and two, because it’s about a 10 mile round trip, give or take. That’s almost a gallon of gas! Oh, and three because I’m trying to cut back on calories and that’s a boatload of calories in a cup.

I can’t wait to move to California. I know gas will be more, but it seems that most other things aren’t as much as the DC area. That and we have an awesome produce store that is super CHEAP! Well, at least it was when we were there 2 years ago. Maybe I’ll have to resort to growing our vegatables. That is such a scary thought to me the horribly un-green thumb.

So, tell me how has rising prices affected your shopping, etc?

the bear rub

This is soo cute, especially about 2/3rds of the way in.

The Bear Rub