A Year in Photos

319/365 {Nov 16}

2009-12-12T08:25:00.002-06:00

Reese is into getting her photo taken (imagine that!). "Take my picture, Mama, Cheeeeeeeese."

318/365 {Nov 15}

2009-12-12T08:20:00.002-06:00

Reesey helped feed baby Ty with Aunt Ashley at our November birthday party.

317/365 {Nov 14}

2009-12-12T08:16:00.002-06:00

Started working on a project today. Surprisingly I got most of it done in one sitting while Daddy & PaPa took the big kids to a playoff football game.

316/365 {Nov 13}

2009-12-12T08:13:00.003-06:00

I was cleaning in my bedroom when I hear water running ... then I peak in the door and see these 2 little feet.

315/365 {Nov 12}

2009-12-12T08:06:00.003-06:00

Our tile floor is coming along. I like it so much better than the old 1980 blue and white linoleum.

314/365 {Nov 11}

2009-12-11T07:27:00.001-06:00

The kids can't create enough with play-dough lately.

313/365 {Nov 10}

2009-12-11T07:19:00.002-06:00

She lost her first tooth today. It only took her 2 days to pull it out. She's so proud!

312/365 {Nov 9}

2009-12-11T07:15:00.004-06:00

I received my prize box from the October LOAD. I really enjoyed doing LOAD this time around even though it was a struggle at the end -- I love my layouts and feel I pushed my creativity more than I ever have.

311/365 {Nov 8}

2009-12-11T07:12:00.002-06:00

Good-bye outdated living room decor. Hello new paint.

310/365 {Nov 7}

2009-12-07T21:43:00.001-06:00

Another afternoon spent jumping in the leaves.

309/365 {Nov 6}

2009-12-07T21:40:00.001-06:00

My friend, Cathi, gave us their old freezer. Now I'm stocking up on bread -- no more running to the store 4 times a week just for bread.

308/365 {Nov 5}

2009-12-07T21:37:00.001-06:00

Happy 5th Birthday to my favorite Triplets!

307/365 {Nov 4}

2009-12-07T21:32:00.002-06:00

Birthday presents wrapped and ready for tomorrow!

306/365 {Nov 3}

2009-12-07T21:29:00.001-06:00

Dress up time: Addison in a too small piglet and Reese in a too big Spiderman.

305/365 {Nov 2}

2009-12-07T21:25:00.002-06:00

The kids are the Stars of the Week. Here's our family poster. I wanted to make a tree. It ended up being really big but it's for three kids. The kids loved it.

304/365 {Nov 1}

2009-12-07T21:22:00.001-06:00

A day spent raking leaves and smoking out the neighbors.

303/365 {Oct 31}

2009-12-03T20:10:00.002-06:00

It was a fun night trick or treating. Reese had a blast and cried when she had to stop and the older kids kept going.

302/365 {Oct 30}

2009-12-03T20:05:00.002-06:00

My Wonder Woman trying to fly at during the school parade.

301/365 {Oct 29}

2009-12-03T19:58:00.002-06:00

There was a special treat for our countdown to Halloween -- chocolate jack-o-lanterns.

300/365 {Oct 28}

2009-12-03T19:55:00.001-06:00

Some nights we are just too tired to do anything else but sit on the couch with the kids. This was one of those nights.

299/365 {Oct 27}

2009-12-03T19:52:00.004-06:00

"I'm a rainbow" is what Addison said when she came in this morning after dressing herself. She later explained that stripes and stripes match. She dresses happy!

298/365 {Oct 26}

2009-12-03T19:48:00.001-06:00

We made mini jack-o-lanterns out of oranges stuffed with fruit.

297/365 {October 25}

2009-12-03T19:44:00.002-06:00

A fun afternoon spent jumping in huge piles of leaves. It was a nice warm afternoon and we had lots of fun.

296/365 {Oct 24}

2009-10-24T23:37:00.004-05:00

We are now doing our countdown to Halloween boxes. Each box has a note that leads us to a fun treat.

295/365 {Oct 23}

2009-10-24T22:04:00.002-05:00

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves everywhere!

294/365 {Oct 22}

2009-10-24T22:02:00.001-05:00

Found a pair of rain boots at the resale shop today for $1.75! Now we can go puddle jumping again!

293/365 {Oct 21}

2009-10-24T21:59:00.001-05:00

Big piles of leaves = really happy kids!

292/365 {Oct 20}

2009-10-24T21:54:00.002-05:00

I'm getting ready for Halloween by binging on candy corn ... can't get enough of it.

291/365 {Oct 19}

2009-10-24T21:51:00.003-05:00

Such a nice day so we had to go to the park. The new norm here is Addison in tears, a lot. She got upset before we left over something Caden said about our pumpkins and it took her a long time to get over it. Poor Jessie even got ignored for a while.

290/365 {Oct 18}

2009-10-24T21:36:00.003-05:00

Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch was really fun.

289/365 {Oct 17}

2009-10-24T21:31:00.003-05:00

Body surfing on Papa.

288/365 {Oct16}

2009-10-24T21:27:00.002-05:00

LOAD project is taking a toll on my scrap area.

287/365 {Oct 15}

2009-10-24T21:22:00.003-05:00

Her exact words: "Look Mama, I colored my body!"

286/365 {Oct 14}

2009-10-17T23:34:00.005-05:00

My usual before bedtime snack.

285/365 {Oct 13}

2009-10-17T23:22:00.004-05:00

Looking cute before bed. This girl is a staller at bedtime and most nights after she's been in bed for a while she comes and asks me to sing her a lullaby. So I make something up and she pretends to be asleep after my 30 second song and that usually takes care of her insomnia.

284/365 {Oct 12}

2009-10-14T22:02:00.000-05:00

We went on a leaf walk today. It was pretty chilly and only walked about a block and half then turned around. They were ready to run in the house.

283/365 {Oct 11}

2009-10-14T21:53:00.001-05:00

This is for my BIL, Jeremy, is a genetic thing that the cupboard doors don't always get closed. My cupboards are kind of pretty inside, someone once took the time to paint them a nice shade of blue.

282/365 {Oct 10}

2009-10-14T21:46:00.000-05:00

We made Monster Treats today as one of the activities to pass the time since we have no vehicle to get anywhere. The kids really enjoyed this -- it was fun!

281/365 {Oct 9}

2009-10-09T22:09:00.001-05:00

New obsession: brushing her teeth and washing her hands and filling up the play cups with water to drink. A couple days ago I found her sitting in the sink while she was running the water.

280/365 {Oct 8}

2009-10-09T22:06:00.002-05:00

As I was uploading some photos from my bed, I look over and this is my view into the closet. Looks really bad but I just cleaned out the clothes closet and once I got past the stuff I piled it was clean underneath. I cleaned it out last September. Just have to get the motivation to do it.

279/365 {Oct 7}

2009-10-09T17:48:00.002-05:00

spilled sprinkles

278/365 {Oct 6}

2009-10-07T09:06:00.004-05:00

Soak it in . . . the house is clean for at least a few minutes before the kids tear into it again.

277/365 {Oct 5}

2009-10-06T20:50:00.003-05:00

This was my day . . . clothes, clothes, and more clothes. It took me 10 hours to switch out the kids clothes from spring to winter . . . I'm getting faster!

276/365 {Oct 4}

2009-10-06T20:46:00.003-05:00

We went to our church's wiener roast. The kids had a blast and even tried roasting their first marshmallows.

275/365 {Oct 3}

2009-10-06T20:30:00.004-05:00

Look who's cookin'?

274/365 {Oct 2}

2009-10-06T19:37:00.003-05:00

A peek into the kids' room . . . Addison playing with her Pet Shoppe Pets.

273/365 {Oct 1}

2009-10-06T18:21:00.002-05:00

Trying to get our game on . . . memory, learning taking turns, graceful winning, losing is okay . . . it's a looooooong road to travel.

272/365 {Sept 30}

2009-10-02T16:09:00.004-05:00

Batman returns.

271/365 {Sept 29}

2009-10-02T16:05:00.003-05:00

Peeling apples today for an apple cake made me think of my grandma all the apple pies she's made in her time.

270/365 {Sept 28}

2009-10-02T16:00:00.004-05:00

Excluding our two bedrooms, downstairs bath, and kitchen, every room in our house needs paint. Our living room is yellow. The 4 sets of 84" curtains are ones I made and cheap new ones would be at least $80 so looks like yellow paint again or maybe brown, picking paint is really hard.

269/365 {Sept 27}

2009-10-02T15:57:00.005-05:00

Keely thought it would be fun to go to a little photo shoot on the old fire trucks that are parked behind our town gas station. There were tons of them there as long as we've lived here. When we got there, only one lone fire truck left. We got some fun shots.

268/365 {Sept 26}

2009-10-01T20:41:00.004-05:00

We went to see a Marvel Hero show today at the zoo. Aunt Monica brought costumes for all the kids. Caden had the time of his life seeing Spiderman, Green Goblin, Captain America, and Ironman.

267/365 {Sept 25}

2009-10-01T20:37:00.002-05:00

Keely and I enjoyed a day of searching for treasures. Doesn't this old
toy look like fun, I passed on it but it was cute.

266/365 {Sept 24}

2009-10-01T20:33:00.003-05:00

Chopping onion for dinner: Zesty Mac and Beef.

265/365 {Sept 23}

2009-10-01T20:29:00.003-05:00

Getting a little TV time in before school.

264/365 {Sept 22}

2009-10-01T17:39:00.003-05:00

A family pajama night at preschool tonight. The kids enjoyed hearing a story, getting a new book, milk and cookies, making a book, and dancing to some fun songs.

263/365 {Sept 21}

2009-09-21T14:36:00.004-05:00

I was doing some cleaning upstairs to keep Reesey busy I opened up the dress up closet. She was really quiet so I went to check on her. Look what I found -- Addison would be so mad if she saw her. Every single necklace we have is on her!

262/365 {Sept 20}

2009-09-21T11:28:00.002-05:00

His new love: Woody!

261/365 {Sept 19}

2009-09-19T15:27:00.002-05:00

Attack of the sewing machine by Tony Snark, Daredevil, and Spiderman.

260/365 {Sept 18}

2009-09-19T15:24:00.004-05:00

A big difference from being the "second" child: she's totally into using the potty. She hasn't gone yet but I'm all for it. Today she said "I'm pooping" so I put her on the potty. Unsuccessful but still it's a step toward a diaperless world for me.

259/365 {Sept 17}

2009-09-19T15:21:00.002-05:00

Fall is right around the corner -- found this on the sidewalk this morning and it caught my eye.

258/365 {Sept 16}

2009-09-19T15:19:00.002-05:00

Sick day -- not really she threw up last night but was fine this morning. I didn't want to risk getting other kids sick so she stayed home. She enjoyed coloring on the porch for a while.

257/365 {Sept 15}

2009-09-19T15:16:00.002-05:00

We are horticulturists now. Planting more . . . today it was a mum. I love Reese's little foot peeking out from under her dress.

256/365 {Sept 14}

2009-09-19T15:12:00.002-05:00

This girl could not love this cat anymore.

255/365 {Sept 13}

2009-09-19T15:09:00.004-05:00

We had a get-together cookout with some friends. Brody & family came but Alison was sick so her family didn't make it. Reese is giving me the "pirate eye" here.

254/365 {Sept 12}

2009-09-16T16:05:00.004-05:00

Picking tomatoes in PaPa's garden.

253/365 {Sept 11}

2009-09-16T15:58:00.003-05:00

This date has significance to most Americans. I can remember how scary the world seemed eight years ago. One thing that stands out in my mind was my MIL made a remark to Aaron and I about having a baby, then my FIL said, "I wouldn't want to bring a kid into this world right now." I totally agreed but look what I have now. The world can still be a scary place but these four are my world and these four cute faces show are the future, they give me hope.

252/365 {Sept 10}

2009-09-16T15:45:00.003-05:00

Reese enjoys helping take care of our flower garden.

251/365 {September 9}

2009-09-16T15:38:00.002-05:00

I thought Reese was being really quiet one morning about 11:30. This is how I found her. She tends to fall asleep late morning while watching TV especially if we've been outside working in the yard.

250/365 (September 8}

2009-09-08T19:22:00.001-05:00

Yard work today, divided up some hostas for my flower garden.

249/365 {September 7}

2009-09-08T19:18:00.002-05:00

Labor Day Parade = lots of candy. We had a gallon size bag of candy leftover after the kids each ate some and took out 10 pieces each! Ethan's favorite part of the parade was the drums!

248/365 {September 6}

2009-09-08T17:40:00.004-05:00

Our friend, Carter, had his 2nd birthday party. It was a Jungle party complete with animals hidden in the jungle grass. He got a new vehicle to go on safari too.

247/365 {September 5}

2009-09-08T17:22:00.003-05:00

She needed a bath BIG TIME! I don't know how she does it but she can get scoops of sand in her diaper add some poop and I don't know what else to do but put her in the tub.

246/365 {September 4}

2009-09-08T17:18:00.002-05:00

A rare moment where Caden asked Addison to play "guys". They played nicely for about 10 minutes; it's fun to hear their imaginations going.

245/365 {September 3}

2009-09-08T17:15:00.001-05:00

A cute scene of Ethan pushing Reesey in the backyard.

244/365 {September 2}

2009-09-08T17:11:00.002-05:00

A find! I knew I had some vintage flash cards in the basement in all my teacher stuff! Can't wait to use these on some layouts!

243/365 {September 1}

2009-09-03T15:38:00.002-05:00

We celebrated my MIL's birthday tonight with a pizza party.

242/365 {August 31}

2009-09-03T15:35:00.002-05:00

One of my finds from the Farmer's Market and part of our dinner tonight.

241/365 {August 30}

2009-09-03T15:32:00.001-05:00

"These are not my favorites" according to Caden.

240/365 {August 29}

2009-09-03T15:26:00.002-05:00

We finally made it to the farmer's market in Davenport. It was really fun and I hope to go again this weekend.

239/365 {August 28}

2009-09-03T15:18:00.003-05:00

We had a "made-it-through-the-first-week-of-school" party with french bread pizzas, grapes, breadsticks, and milkshakes. I got the movie Coraline. They like it but it was a little scary in places. It was a nice way to end the week.

238/365 {August 27}

2009-09-02T16:01:00.002-05:00

Catching up on my blogs now that the kids are back to school is a daily event.

237/365 {August 26}

2009-09-02T15:54:00.002-05:00

Reese is enjoying the kids being at school. She gets to watch Elmo and Baby Shows. Snoopy even cuddled up to her for a while.

236/365 {August 25}

2009-09-02T15:48:00.002-05:00

First day of Preschool

235/365 {August 24}

2009-09-02T15:35:00.002-05:00

Ethan REALLY likes drums, he can turn anything into a drum.

234/365 {August 23}

2009-09-02T15:29:00.003-05:00

Jeffrey getting reacquainted with his Mama after her working-weekend-getaway.

233/365 {August 22}

2009-09-01T15:32:00.002-05:00

My impromptu muffin-tin/costume luncheon was a hit with everyone.

232/365 {August 21}

2009-09-01T15:30:00.001-05:00

While Jackson and Jeffrey were here the trampoline got a lot of use.

231/365 {August 20}

2009-09-01T15:26:00.002-05:00

Playing under the table is fun.

230/365 {August 19}

2009-09-01T15:23:00.003-05:00

We went to a different park just for something fun to do. It was really nice nobody was there except us for about 30 minutes then a daycare van showed up and another mom with 2 kids.

229/365 {August 18}

2009-08-31T20:29:00.002-05:00

Reese had a little tea party for her babies today. "One dink for you and one for me and one for you and one for me . . . "

228/365 {August 17}

2009-08-31T20:23:00.002-05:00

Playing with Papa and the Robot on Grammy Play Day.

227/365 {August 16}

2009-08-31T20:19:00.002-05:00

Swinging at the local park.

226/365 {August 15}

2009-08-30T19:30:00.001-05:00

We went to the Milwaukee Zoo today. It was huge and hot and we were all very tired. We saw a hippo, giant fish, millions of bats, and a gorilla.

225/365 {August 14}

2009-08-30T19:23:00.003-05:00

The highlight of our first vacation was swimming in Lake Geneva. It was such fun and the kids loved it and played for hours.

224/365 {August 13}

2009-08-30T19:19:00.002-05:00

Our first day of vacation spent at a cool hotel with a water park in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The kids had a blast.

223/365 {August 12}

2009-08-29T20:51:00.002-05:00

Getting ready for vacation and some beach fun.

222/365 {August 11}

2009-08-29T20:47:00.002-05:00

"Mama, I want to do da seat-ah-belts" is something I hear hundreds if not thousands of times a day. It's Reese's current and non-stop obsession. She can buckle them just not unbuckle.

221/365 {August 10}

2009-08-29T20:31:00.003-05:00

Cleaning up tonight I moved the playroom love seat and look what I found, I was not surprised.

220/365 {August 9}

2009-08-29T20:23:00.003-05:00

Stocking up on hamburger -- I bought 10 pounds because it was a good deal, repackaged it in one pound packages and realized later that I already had 5 pounds in the freezer so we're stocked on hamburger for a while.