have I really been gone for 1 1/2 months??

While I was away...

Maddie turned 12!! although you might not believe it for various reasons.




more to come later...

Give a Man His Western

I just have one more thing to add. mitch is watching a western movie and he's been talking to the movie this whole time. Telling them how they should have done their shooting, stick ups, etc etc. it's seriously better entertainment then the movie. cept his feet stink

Boredom Busters

Don't let her cute looks deceive you. This one lets the dark side out waaaaay too often. This is her "I didn't do it" or her "who, MEEE?" look.

Tough girls

This is what they do to me when they are bored. Even the dog got in on it!!

Pictures of our new home. moving 1/29

Master closet. Wow! big as a bathroom. I may need to go clothes shopping!! yeah right.

Master tub. Just needs some candles!!

Master bathroom. pic taken from the closet, looking into the bedroom.

Living space and front door. pic taken from the kitchen and the stairs are just to the right of the door. small, but it'll work.

Living room and dining area. Back door leads to garage and to the left is a .5 bath and kitchen. pic taken from front door.

the tiny kitchen. still bigger than what we have now and it's kinda cute too.
BTW, this was the model home and not our furniture. but the layout is the same. Laundry room and 3 bedrooms are all upstairs. No yard, but we've decided to take on the dog walking as a family activity. after all we are in walking distance from a park, the HS and college. It seems like a nice, young community w/ lots of young families.

23 weeks and some change.

I posted this picture on my facebook page and somebody commented "hey, how did you get your head to lay on your belly like that?" Maddie has been sooo excited for her new sis to come out. she is constantly touching, rubbing and talking to the baby. I'm so excited to be able to give her this. a sibling. brother's and sisters are so important. She makes me so proud to call her my daughter.

Dove's Dark Promise part 2

Today's Dove Promise read:

"One great chocolate moment leads to another."

Pray for me!!!

Another test...

For some reason this blog is giving me more trouble w/ this new computer. Well, maybe it's the new computer, but anyway, lastnight I couldn't change the layout and I had multiple issues w/ even posting a blog. Today I can't seem to post the two pictures I want to post, but it would have let me change the layout had the layout site been working.
I'm going to try to post a couple of the computer's sample pics to see if those will work...that's what these are. They are CERTAINLY NOT my photography skills at work. I WISH! I haven't been able to download pics from maddie's camera yet because she keeps taking it to school.

well, as you can see, no pictures. This was happening last night but I couldn't even get the pop up window to add pics to come up lastnight. now it just says error when i hit download picture.
Sigh, oh well. I'll try it again later. Maybe it's the site having issues. Couldn't be me ;)