Bunk Beds II

Okay 100 bucks & and a day later! Not too bad!! Yeah!! I'm so LOVIN that Bill can do stuff like this-I really do appreciate this in Him and It especially comes in handy when your POOR! haha!

Such helpers we have -so funny they got there Home Depot toy tools out to help! Bills so patient with them too- I would have been like .." Go AWAY- or I'm gonna.....something, something, something!" haha!

Why we didn't build it too high! Here he goes...
Just a picture of the finished product!! I got the bedding from Ikea- so Cheap and great for trying to do a co-sex room!

We still have a canopy to add to the top bed so If Hayden does make his way up there it will kinda be enclosed! This isn't a true Bunk bed its a loft bed. As you can see Mollies mattress sits on the floor which makes it nice cause the top bed isn't too high so if they were to Fall I don't think it would be too bad.

Bunk Beds

So I found this loft bed at Ikea for the kids that I thought would be perfect, but Bill said "No way-I will build one!!" Sounds Great but I just assumed with ALL his free time he wouldn't get around to it! But Look he did! Yeah! And hes letting the kids help- How Fun!!

Keep Posted for the after Pictures! Should be pretty good!!

Look what I found!

Awe this is me as a baby! I found these photos while unpacking all our stuff! Fun to compare them to my kids photos! I believe I was 6 months old here (i will have to ask my mom)!Oh here's a comparison of my kindergarten picture next to Mollies! Kinda Funny- Mollie looks so mature to me! I did them in black and white -easier to compare cause my photo was brown and Mollies was bright blue? ( what was I thinking choosing that) and the bow-oh wait.. that's right, I didn't have a choice! haha
Kinda fun You should do this too! I am now on the hunt to finds Bills Pictures!! I'm getting side tract from unpacking! Oh well!

GoodBye Hannah!!

Well Hannah went back home a couple days ago and we are just now getting back into the swing of things as a Normal Family! Its been a wild ride having Hannah here and Moving all at the same time! I was happy to have her here and the cousins just had a blast together- I actually think Hayden enjoyed her the Most! Funny, cause at first he was pretty jealous but I think he liked having someone closer to his age. Which makes me think if I have another Baby I kinda want to have it soon so he can have a buddy but at the same time I think it would really throw me for a loop mentally and physically to have them so close together-ya know! plus for selfish reasons I want to wait a little bit to space out the empty nest syndrome as they leave one by one!:( I don't know-I guess there is no perfect plan-plus its not my plan anyways!

So here are a few pics of Hannah's last couple days here with us! We'll miss you Hanny!

I have put together a gallery of all pictures taken while Hannah was here-you can see them here..........

http://breejodie.smugmug.com/gallery/5226076_FarqM/1/317384417_m3Cky

He said WHAT?

Hayden was working so hard on getting this toy to work tonight! I swear, I heard him say ...clear as day...Stupid S---T! Bill said- "Oh no he said (Stupid Sheep)!" hahaha Yeah, because Bill always says that!:)

Not proud, but one of those moments you cant help but Laugh!

Here I go....again!

Okay, I go back and forth because I really don't want to be one of those crazy people obsessed about "All Natural"- "Organic"- no this -no that -blah blah blah! BUT!!! Seriously, it is my job to raise healthy eaters and it is my job to make sure Me and My Husband are around to see them bloom- beautifully into Healthy Adults!
Those of you who know me well know I'm all about Moderation! Cause in the end(if its not too soon- caused by unhealthy habits) you need to live a little and truly a little living is not gonna kill ya and only make this life here worth LIVING!
So with that being said... Now that we are all settled into my Moms, I can get back to everyday normalcy-I'm going on a sugar strike! Just for a bit to ween my kids and myself from the dependency of it! I have always been aware of what I put in my body and my kids bodies and I have always tried to have a good balance but, I have truly fallen short on VEGGIES and Fruit!
So I planted my tomatoes the other day- can't wait for those to arrive and I have the Magic Bullet for yummy fruit smoothies (no excuses) !

So here it goes-this is what I want to eliminate from our diet....

-NO TRANS FAT or Partially Hydrogenated Oils (which thankfully for my sister I have pretty much tried to avoid now for a couple years, so I got a head start on that!) FYI- Burgerville fries there food in trans fat free oil!!
-NO High Fructose Corn Syrup
-NO Red 40
-No Diet Coke
now I will try to do whole grain and no bleach four and all that but that can be overwhelming, but I will try!:)

So if any of you have great snack Ideas I would LOVE to hear them! I'm pretty good at making homemade cookies and stuff so recipes would be good too:)!

Oh and Im gonna try to Drink More Red Wine!!:)

Wish me luck!

The Best Burger King!

Gina asked me to take Hannah here because she used to take her other three kids here all the time! I know why too, Easy-Easy! Just sit by the one exit door and set them free!
Thought I'd take a picture of it from the street for the good old memories- kind of a grey day too so perfect!

I was by myself so getting food was a bit of a challenge but I managed. Ohhh Gina... you don't even want to know about the bathroom experience with all four kids shoved into one stall:)! I think I at least made them wash there hands-hahahaha! Maybe not? You'll never know!

The kids played for about two hours (although an hour of that was trying to get them ALL out at the SAME time) difficult task -so after many many five minute warnings "we are leaving", we finally found our way out!

Flower For Mommy!

Here Gina -She picked this especially for you! :) awe... Isn't that sweet?

A Glimps into the Future! :)

Do they ever Grow Up??

Yep, look above and that's the Future of these two little ones right here! :) I don't know whether to laugh or cry! haha

Nolans 5th B-Day Party

Nolan had his B-Day Party this year at a park in Wilsonville, OR! It was great -it has a Huge slide that the kids use cardboard on so they can go down it even Faster! It also has an Awesome Water feature for the kids to play in -so we had a Blast! Nolan said "It was the Best Party Ever!" Thank You to all his friends who came and celebrated it with him!!
to view ALL the Pictures go here...
http://breejodie.smugmug.com/gallery/5201617_2RM4E/1/315613414_rQdAF

Look at them all:) there are some pretty funny ones of the " Big Kids" (Dads)!

Best Dad EVER!

So I was feeling a little guilty I didn't write more on Fathers day about My Bill! (so many Bills:))

Honey, Your the Best Dad Ever and here are many reasons why -from the hearts of your children....

"cause he does Daddy Play time!"
"he takes us Crabbing "
" he let us spray paint the trailer"
"because he let me help him take apart his trailer"
"he takes us Ling Cod Fishing"
" he likes to give us Spank ins"
"he gives us whisker Kisses"
" he works hard"
"he picks Flowers for me"
" he finds us Bugs"
" He plays Baseball and we get to go play at the ball field with Easton!"
"he changes Haydens Diaper"
" he takes naps with us and tries to make us sleep but we just watch cartoons."
" he rents us the best Movies on movie night Pizza Night"
" he does prayers with us"
and....." He makes us Pancakes on Saturday Morning"

Good Job Daddy!
We Love You-
Mollie, Nolan, & Haydude!

Park Time!

Okay- well this activity was a couple days ago but Hey at least its on here now! We have been in the middle of moving and Nolan's Birthday so we've been a little busy! We moved, cleaned our rental house and had Nolan's party all in two days! wheww its been a little crazy! Good News Is... the kids are having a blast in all the chaos, they don't even have a clue how hard it's been for us-funny! They are having so much fun exploring their new grounds..so much to see like frogs, slugs, and many many flowers(weeds) :), oh, not to mention the Llamas, those are super cool too.

So this was our day at Bush Pasture Park in Salem!! The cutest park I have ever been too!We took a picnic lunch and then I let the kids run which I must say 4 kids and I only have two eyes so it was a little scary-we only lasted 1 hour :)! But at least I took them! :)

Well okay Gina.... so Hannah just may come home with dreadlocks! hahahahha- yep haven't really gotten around to combing her hair:)! Plus she really doesn't like it, which I'm sure your aware of? Other than that her teeth are being brushed every night although she won't let me help ( "I do IT!!!") and she getting lots of Hugs and Kisses! :)!!

Hannah- " Jodie hug- I'm HUGGIN you-Hug-Hug!- I'm just Huggin You now!!"

Shes missen you though and Loves to see the pictures!

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Fathers Day to Papa- Loves from Us!!
and remembering Gramps Today!! We miss You and Love you!! I couldn't put a better picture on here to remember you by. Good Times Crabbin' that's what you Loved- and thanks for passing that on to my husband! hahaha

Oh Yeah I guess Bills a Daddy too! haha Happy Dads day! Can you believe your a Dad? You're the best-we love you!

Nolans Show!

Happy Birthday Nolan!!

Can you Believe....

This was 5 years ago!! Nolan William 6-15-2003
6lbs-11oz

Our little surprise was a BOY born on Fathers Day! What a Gift from God!!

Bubbles,Bubbles, and more Bubbles

Hannah got to pick a toy out at Target today for earning her stars for doing "jobs" What fun and good for me too....cheap!


Oh..I'm just having so much fun photographing this face! I know I do a lot of close ups but I just LOVE them and they work best with young ens!!:) Its hard to make Hannahs pictures Black and White because her eyes are so dang pretty, but I thought the effect was good for this photo.

Sweet,Sweet,Sweet

Just look at this face!!!
She was having a snack at the table when I noticed the light was hitting her face just perfect... so I grabbed my camera really fast!! She was more than willing to take a picture IF... I showed it to her on the back of the camera and told her Mommy and Daddy will see this! Then the next thing I know she has two flowers in her hair asking me to take more pictures! haha
I think she looks just like Meghan here!
Just a note..If you want to view any of these pictures larger just click on the picture!!!

Also for your Peace of Mind the reason you have a hard time logging on to my blog is because it is private!! No weirdos can get on here!! Good to know!

No Pictures today

I HAD to take a break from the computer and pictures today to get stuff done! Your right when you look at this blog and wonder if I get anything else done around here. ???Not really! Ha -Usually I don't care because I just love doing this and my Photography so much so that I'm willing to sacrifice house work but, considering we are moving in a couple days I had some serious stuff to get done....laundry for instance!
So... I took the foursome to NW Kids Club for about 1.5 hours which was super Fun( I will have to go back to take some pics) but then came home, made lunch, then let the kids run wild while I got stuff done!
Now they are in the "Cozy" tent watching Tom& Jerry w/ serious threats if they get out they will have to go to Bed!!!

Gina-
Hannahs doing Great!!! Although when she talks about what kind of present your gonna bring back to her.... it gets bigger and bigger!! :) hahah She doesn't know what it is but its BIG!

Summer Oregon Style!

Hannah was asking where our pool was so I had to think of something.... so out came the sprinkler! 67degrees but at least it was sunny:)!

Cute action Picture huh!
Mollie and Hannah put shampoo in their hair-hummm but then it was a little too cold to wash it out so we had to go take warm showers!
Chasing Mollie and Nolan- one of her favorite games so far! PS. Hayden would have nothing to do with the sprinkler..lately he even hates bath time-I don't know whats up with that?

Today is Mollies last day of Kindergarten...I'm a little to emotional to write about it today so give me a day or two. So I thought I'd post this today instead- a little easier and happier for me!Seriously, I have issues about my kids growing up!:(