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Just a couple of things I've been working on.

I hope all ya'll are doing well. :) Sara is excited because I told her that I got tickets to The Wiggles. Although she doesn't understand that they aren't coming until November. So I'm sure we are going to be fielding questions from now til then...Austin had is 9 month check-up yesterday. Everything was good. He's 20lbs and I think 27 inches long. I don't remember exactly. Well, I better get for now, but I will leave you with a small token of Logan...

Yesterday, before we went to the doctor's office, Logan came up to me and said Mama, I swallowed a coin...We haven't seen it yet...

TGIF!

Oh yes! Today is Friday! Yeah! Jason is home this weekend and we are going to take in an airshow of some sort on Saturday. Nothing much to report. I've been working all week on Ribbon Junkie and now that this month is done I have to start on next month! It's a bit of work, but I really enjoy it. Below are some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Have a great weekend!

I also want to wish Ted a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

No that is not blood on his face, but in fact, it's lipstick. He raided Sara's hand me down stash. Nice, huh? Oh, do I dare mention that he plays dress-up with Sara??

And of course, little miss thing. I can't believe she is growing up so fast right before our eyes.

Now this is a scrary picture!!! Austin has the most expressive looks. He's always wrinkling up his forehead. What a ham.

Hi Ted!

Just a quick hello to Grandpa Ted! Here's a picture for you!

just us...

Jason had reserves this weekend so he's at VA Beach. He should be home in a few hours. We all miss him bunches when he's gone. And when he's gone that means that I have to put all the kids to bed. Normally, it's not a huge problem, but it was last night. Mostly because Sara let Logan out of his room while I was trying to get the baby back to sleep. It went steadily downhill from there... Today has been better. I'm just really tired. I did, however, finish the 3rd Harry Potter book. I like the fact that I started reading the series after all the books came out. It might have driven me mad to have to wait months and years for the next book. They are really pretty addicting. It's great because it's pure entertainment. I don't have to think about anything, only form the images in my head. It's awesome! The kids are crazy as ever. I'm constantly amazed at how fast Austin is growing up. Here's a picture of him on Logan's Pooh Airplane.

He's such a sweetie and just now cutting teeth. He's nearly 9 months old and only has 1 tooth! Sara and Logan are getting ready for school. He'll be going 2 days a week and Sara will be going for 4, gearing up for Kindergarten next year. Man, where has the time gone???

Now isn't she the picture of innocence? :) Yeah, me neither! And speaking of innocence...

...look at this handsome little devil. (emphasis on devil). They are wonderful kids. A handful sometimes, but wonderful kids. I don't know how I was ever happy without them.

just a quick post...

I wanted to post a picture of a layout I did for a club that I'm in. It's when Sara got her first haircut. Enjoy!

happy tuesday

Well, not much to blog about. I did a little scrapbooking over the weekend and am now in the process of selecting and ordering ribbon for the next few months. I know many of you might find this strange and I too and still wondering about it. But with all the hub-bub surrounding the Harry Potter book that just came out, I decided to find out what the big deal was. So I started reading the series. I finished the first book in about a day and am on the second one. I love to read and so far they are very entertaining. I already know basically what happens at the end of the series, but that's ok with me. Well, I better get back to work, just thought I'd check in! Here's a layout that I did this weekend. One of my favorite pictures of Austin.

how funny would this be...

I got an email from the Disney store this morning advertising costumes. (already?) So, I was looking at what they had and saw that they had an adult Cruella De Ville costume from 101 Dalmatians. That got me thinking...I'll get that for me, get Austin a Dalmatian costume and then hand out candy with Spike!

Now wouldn't that be a hoot! I started to curb my Starbucks diet this week. Well, today is day 2. I'm doing it for two reasons. One is that it's expensive and two, it has a lot of calories. And I'm trying to lose weight. I was down 15 pounds and then gained 5 back so now I'm only down 10. But that's 10 that I wasn't down before. Let me tell you, having 3 kids pretty close together will wreck havoc on your body. Not to mention my HORRENDOUS eating habits. I'm shooting for 50 more pounds by the time we move back to California.

Oh yeah, for those of you that don't know, we are planning to move back to California. I AM SO EXCITED!!! I can't wait to move back into our house. And besides there is WAY more scrapbooking things in CA. :)

Well, I should get back to cleaning up around here, although it really is a lost cause. Have a super day everyone!

the state of the day address...

As you can tell from the pictures today isn’t starting out with the box next to super checked. Most things around here are a mess. Except my kitchen counters. At least that makes me feel good. When it gets like this I just want to hide. From everything. It seems like the odds are stacked against me. But I know that if I tackle one thing at a time, by days end I will have a pretty good dent in it. Ok that’s if the kids don’t follow behind me tearing it up again!

Other than that, not much else to report. Just trying to keep it all together. Peace out.

out of the mouths of babes...

I think it might have been yesterday when I was telling Sara to take off and promptly throw away a pair of underwear that had a HUGE hole in the butt. And her reply to this request was...

"...but mom, I like touching my butt..." Nice... Gotta love 4 year olds.

In other exciting news...Jason came home today and we all are happy to have him home. Logan about popped a vein when he saw him this morning. That's of course after I got lost in DC trying to get to Ronald Reagan National Airport. It was a lovely morning...just another reason why I need GPS...

Nothing much else to report. I've been stalking Donna Downey's blog to score an Arccivo, but to no avail. Jason said he'd buy one for me though. So that is super cool.

Oh, I almost forgot. My Nan sent me pictures of my old high school being torn down. I was SO SAD. I couldn't even look at all the pictures until this morning. I know I'm such a sap. Here's one that she sent...

I think it was hard for me because my grandfather, both my mom and my dad, and me all went to that school. That's not even counting all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I didn't expect my kids to go there, but still, it's tough to see it go.

Also have been doing a little scrapping this weekend. So far this year I have made a layout documenting each month. Here's the one for June. I got lazy and instead of scanning it I just took a photo of it. Oh, well.

Well, as Tigger would say TTFN (ta ta for now) Can you tell I watch too much children's tv?

ok here we are...

...well here I am, as a representation of us. Sure. Anywhoo. Goin' with the free blog instead. Also goin' with the personal version instead of the business (http://www.ribbonjunkie.com/) version. I wasn't real sure my customers wanted to see and hear about my boring ole life. But I'm pretty sure my family and friends won't mind. In fact, I bet you guys would LOVE to finally see what we're up to.

So...here's a few pix to see how big the kids are getting... Austin is growing like a weed...

Logan is, let's just say, a busy child...

and Sara, well, she's 4...

Jason is doing well, a little stressed, but good overall. And of course, he's a SUPER dad...

LOVE that man...

And as for me, well, I'm fat and relatively happy. That's all for now. Hopefully, I'll keep this updated better.