On Vacation!!!

Photo credit: not mine.

I have 12 days off. YUP! Can you believe it. I am so excited to do well.... NOTHING! I have a little "detail" tomorrow that will require a little rest a relaxation for a few days. I might share more about that later. I haven't decided. Let's just say I am getting a little work done..... Then off to Idaho to visit my brand new baby nephew!! After that is Thanksgiving festivities and who can forget Black Friday! I like my job and all but I sure LOVE days off!! I get a little giddy with excitement. I can't believe that November is almost over already. Crazy to think Christmas is around the corner. Maybe I should be using my days off to do some Christmas shopping. Well hopefully I have lots of fun things to blog about in the next 12 days, check back.

I'll admit I use child labor. It's cheap!

The plan was to have the kids rake leafs for me. I even offered money to them. I think they got two bags and then it was play time. It is hard to find good help these days. So I guess I know what Eric and I will be doing for the next week or so. Two down, about 30+ to go!

A Princess In The Making.

She may be small but she has assumed the "princess" role. Pint sized and full of attitude.

Ahhhh A day off!

It's Thursday. Time to spend relaxing. Soaking in the hot tub with the kiddos. Next on the to do list, catch the latest episode of The Office. I love my days off!!!!

My Cody Bug!

I just love this little guy. I let him play hooky from preschool today so we are just "kickin" at home. We had big plans to hit the library for story hour and then the park but little sis kinda soiled our plans. Literally, soiled our plans. She is... lets just say not up to taking out in public. We never know when an explosion will take place. So we are being lazy around the house. The photo above was taken yesterday. He was waiting on the front porch for Grandpa to pick him up for Sunday School. Cody looks forward to this every week. He insist on a button up shirt like grandpa. It has to have a pocket so he can take coupons and a pen (just like grandpa). I think it is pretty funny. Yesterday he took a coupon for free ice cream. I am sure Grandpa is very proud of my little coupon cutter.

Family Photo Shoot

I procrastinated long enough. We made our attempt to capture a family portrait. A rainy day, a little wardrobe drama and a whole lot of whining and complaining but I think we did okay. A very good friend of mine offered to snap the pictures but I was a little nervous putting in the midst of such chaos. We set up a ladder and used the timer setting on two different cameras. I will always be my biggest critic so of course there are many things I would change, but over all I am pretty happy with the outcome. It has been well over two years since we had a picture taken of the entire family, and poor Caitlyn isn't even in it!

The two horse lovers, doing their thing.

Emilee shared her most favorite thing with her most favorite cousin. The two were so much fun to watch. I could see the pride in Emilee's face as she showed Grace all that she has learned over the last couple of months.

A beautiful RAINY day!

Well no snow today but it is a beautiful, rainy, fall day. It is gloomy, chilly and the fall colors look stunning against the gray sky. A perfect day for someone who works night to sleep right? Normally yes, but not today. Caitlyn stayed home from daycare so I could take her into her 15 month check up (note she is 17 months old. How is that for timeliness?) She is growing wonderfully and developing right on track. The doctor is trying to figure out a few things with some digestion problems she is having so he is having me collect stool samples for some tests. A sample each day and they have to be taken to the lab fairly soon after I collect them. We arrive home, I am hopeful for a nap. We both lay down. Ten minutes later she is crying in her crib. I check on her. She is poopy. Time for sample number one. I dig through her diaper collect what I need and it's off to the lab all the way across town. I of course can't find a parking spot within a mile of the lab. It is raining. I truck across the parking lot with my cranky child and her poop. Oh the things we do for our children! Good news is I don't work tonight. My wonderful husband has offered to take Emilee to horseback riding lessons and will probably come home with a nice healthy dinner of McDonald's or something. What a guy! So into my sweats I go for a full evening of absolutely nothing. I LOVE IT!

I was just thinking.... I fail to write for over a month and I finally get back to my blog and my topic: POOP! Oh my poor readers. I am sorry!

Merry Chrismas to ME!!!

I'm back!!!!!! My dad gave me my Christmas present a little early. A new laptop. I am thrilled. I can return to the days of neglecting my housework and ignoring my kids all in the name of blogging.

Other than feeling a little on the ill side, I am happy. Today is my "friday" at work. It is suppose to be my long weekend but I was having a moment of insanity and signed up for a little overtime. Oh well for the most part I have four days off. Also, I heard a rumor today on the radio, snow??? Maybe tomorrow. Yipee! Well as much as I would love to spend hours writing the details y'all have missed in the last month or so... I have kids running wild. I have plenty of stories to tell, gossip to share and things to gripe about. I will be back soon. Later.

Blogging on a borrowed computer.

Well I am still computerless! I am on the brink of insanity not being able to blog, play with my photos and SHOP online. Funds are not available at the moment to go out and buy a new computer so I will just have to be patient for now. Here are a few pictures from the last month or so to help catch ya'll up on what we have been up to. In case that wasn't enough photos you can check out my web album. Here.

Emilee getting her first manicure.

Dressed up for Halloween, pretty goofy!

My attempted photo shoot with Cate. It didn't go well at all.

Having fun watching a soccer game!

Peek-a-Boo

My little Cinderella!

Trying on the new Halloween costumes.

My pirate, with attitude!

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue.

Caitlyn and her big buddy.

Little cowgirl. The vest belonged to my older brother when he was a baby.

Grandma Cheryl and the kids at the Smallwoods harvest.

Cody daycare took a field trip to the pumpkin patch!

Soccer season is over, what a fun season for both Emilee and Cody. Eric did a fabulous job coaching!

I am not dead but my laptop is

I am without computer right now. I can catch up on all my favorite blogs while on break at work but with no way to upload photos, posting stuff to my blog is not much fun. I will try to either fix my laptop or buy a new one soon. Bye for now :(