Things to look forward to in 2008

1. Disney Cruise ( whoo hoo, can't wait until December!!!)
2. Ryder will turn 1!!!
3. Jacob will be 5!!!
4. Meagan will be 7!!!
5. Family camping trips
6. Our Anniversary 9 years WOW time has flown!!
7. John will be 32!!
8.New BIBLE study on Thursdays
9. organizing my closets ( I am excited to get started, this is one of my new years resolutions)
10. Finishing the upstairs ( FINALLY)
11. Doing a 5K ( I have to start small, My ultimate goal is to run a marathon)
12. I will be 31 ( can you believe it)
13. Simlifying my life... (part of my new years resolution as well)
14. John and I are starting a hobby together, still deciding what we want to try, ( we are thinking skeet shooting, I did it once and loved it, and he really enjoys it as well)
playing games, doing puzzles, and crafts, watching baseball and softball games, listening to meagan play guitar and sing, watching all of Ryder's firsts, tattooing Jacob, etc... all the FUN I get to have enjoying our children.
MY LIST COULD GO ON AND ON, HAPPY NEW YEAR

ATTACK OF THE SNOT MONSTER!!!!!!

I have never been so covered in snot as I have this last week. Ryder has a nasty cold and is sharing his mucus with my shirt and arms and anything else that is near when he sneezes. And this is the really gross thing, when he sneezes the snot is also coming out his eyes, seriously gross, poor guy when he wakes up ( every hour, all night long) I have to clean the goop from his eyes and open up his nostrils again( they are caked with buggers!!!). He is miserable, and his eyes must itch from the snot because he has rubbed them so much he has a busted blood vessel in each eye, he looks so sad. So needless to say, my house is a wreck because I am rocking my baby !!! :) On a positive note today seems to be a good day as far as snot goes, not as much caked to the nose and none coming out of the eyes today :). I think I need to get some snot colored t-shirts so it doesn't stand out so much whenever I am in public and forget to check my shirt before I leave.

Family photo session

http://www.aliciahendersonphotography.com/Haustien%20album/index_html.html Check out our family photos

The BURNING of the Grass?!?

Every year John decides to work on the yard. This year was a special treat with the burning of the yard. I think this is some sort of stress releaver??? Not sure but John loves to tear up the yard ( this is my term), so I grit my teeth, take pictures, and try and keep my mouth shut, and let him "FIX the yard". ACTUALLY , I need to take a picture of our yard now, It looks really good, Kudos to John....... Maybe he does know what he's doing?!!!!:)

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007

I cannot believe it is that time of year again.!!! I remember as a kid time seemed to move so slowly. Now I feel like I wake up and turn around and I am tucking the kids back in bed. Right now my goal is to enjoy the moments, to sit and cuddle, to tickle, to wrestle, to crawl on the ground, play on the swing, find leaves, and dinosaur bones, paint nails, color,play games, my list can go on and on and I am very thankful it can. One thing I am realizing with having my third child is that they grow too fast!!!! No, Ryder does not sleep through the night, he wakes up one time, that is one extra cuddle I get in and some days I feel tired but, those moments at night when I can sit and rock and nurse him are so irreplaceable and worth every second. So enjoy the moments, and the holiday hustle and bustle, I hear it is lonely and too slow without the kids to keep you excited about Christmas, although hearing " When is it going to be Christmas" 10 times everyday can get a little annoying, I am positive I will remember it for years to come, and look back with longing for those little voices to "annoy me again".
Merry Christmas