:: planning ::

I am having so much fun planning Hunter's birthday party! This is the first year we will not have it at our house, which I love because I don't have to clean up before and after, and Hunter can have friends come! I made a rule after Hunter's first birthday after I realized how much money goes into a party with just family. And since I have been "getting out of debt" I decided since he will have meet kids at Preschool when he is 5 that would be the time to have a family and friends party. :) Hence, the planning! It is so fun we only invited one friend that is coming but we know his 2 sisters and we have done things with this family this summer and last so that is all I invited other than family. But it will be enough :) I am super excited because Hunter wanted a hockey party and I am trying my best to deliver, will see! He also wanted a pinata and Larry and I went on a date this weekend and found one it doesn't go with the hockey theme but oh well I think he will like it just the same. I was just checking and it is 13 more days until he turns 5! That is truly crazy! We have been talking about his party alot and now Grace wants a pinata for her party next year. Monkey see monkey do! I see alot of pinata's in our future :)

:: new look ::

Got a new look on my blog :) I like it! I was looking for St. Patrick's theme but didn't work. So the scoop in my life is Canada is done. Larry's job in PDX is done and is not sending him up there anymore and he does'nt like the job here and he has found a new job in Nevada! So will see what this brings! Super excited and no we are not moving yet but we are moving forward to keeping us all together and keeping us from unemployment which is nice. I see another debt being paid off in a few months too! Yeah! Super excited and we will get a new car too! Double super yeah! I just have to be patient and keep budgeting and doing what I do to pay off debt. But the future is up in the air with Larry's new job but I am very happy that he will be in the USA. I loved Canada don't get me wrong I would go back for a vacation anytime but to know Larry is in the states makes it all better. So here is to a new look on my blog and to Larry's new outlook in his job :)

:: the first loss ::

Buddy and I went to see the Portland Winterhawks play last Saturday. I used a groupon and I have another one for later this month and we are going to try to take Grace to a game for the first time! Will see how it goes. If Larry is not home I am just going to not take her but if he is we are going to go for the first time the 4 of us! But back to the game this was the first time I went that I wasn't 100% feeling well and there was a Blazer game so the parking garages were full and I had to pay for street parking and we were late for the game we made it when they were singing the anthems. Then at the end of the game had a parking ticket because when I was trying to park in the hardest spot ever and everyone around me was yelling at each other I forgot to put my parking pass in the dash. Ugh. It was a good game but this was the first time they lost during a game we watched. In the last 40 seconds of a tie game the other team scored and Buddy was so bummed he cried and was so upset. It was a good learning experience for him but let me tell you as a parent it was embarrassing and with not feeling good on top of it I wasn't very sympathetic for him. But after awhile he was better. I took pictures of the game because Hunter wants a hockey birthday party and I was going to make cute postcards invitations from the pictures I took at this game but it didn't work out I should have taken my big ole camera but didn't want to carry it all around. In the end I just used Snapfish to make his invites and I still can't believe he will be 5 in less then a month. Time sure does fly. Grace had cute homemade birthday invite cards but for some reason it is easier to make them for her then Hunter; it must be because of all the pink. And my lovely Grace just amazes me with her vocabulary and her brain I think she will be smarter then her smart brother. She loves to do his Preschool books and I can't get her to slow down for anything when it comes to learning, memorizing, and soaking it all in.

:: lazy Sunday ::

I have had a cold since Friday and it isn't going away. So for today I am making it a lazy Sunday. It is so beautiful and sunny outside but I haven't ventured out in it. Maybe after nap but my head is so full of sickness that the cold will make it go more. I will just enjoy my lazy Sunday indoors with the kiddos watching movies, reading books, cleaning, and folding laundry when I have the strength and want to. Going to make mac and cheese with little smokies for me and my kiddos and watch the Superbowl game tonight just us should be fun! Hope you are having a lazy Sunday too!

:: last year ::

These are my kiddos last March! They have grown so much in one year! I didn't take many pictures last February so I jumped to the next folder which was March. I need to take a picture of my kiddos with my camera not my phone and show you what they look like now. Grace doesn't have bangs I am growing them out but they are at the stage where they get in her eyes and she is constantly moving them out of her face. Her hair is just a little longer in this picture but not much. She also is alot taller now! Buddy, he looks the same just much, much taller and has a scar on his right cheek. Amazing what one year can do!

:: the last one::

I am so behind in blog world, house work, budget planning, and projects around the house. I am not sure why either. I have so much going on and not enough hours in the day. Larry was home for a week and is on possibly THE LAST ONE! Which means this might be his last month going to Canada and being gone. It is a great thing! It is a sad thing! I am so glad the kids and I get some Larry time but his job will be up in the air if he even has one when he comes back. Such a bummer let me tell you. The reason this might be the last time he goes up to Canada is because another company got the job for the job he has been doing for the last 3 years up there. But hopefully everything works out and Larry will find the job of his dreams if the company he works for lays him off it is all up in the air. Stressful let me tell you. So maybe that is why life has been crazy lately and I am not getting anything done. But I did get the kids closet redone thanks to Larry he put in new shelves and I finished gutting out their room and giving alot to Goodwill. I just have to work on our laundry room that has more of their toys and put my craft stuff in the cupboards that I had their toys in. Larry also got me a new desk that looks great in the kitchen where the old desk was at. Alot more room and doesn't take up alot of space. I took a picture of it with my camera but I am too lazy right now to upload it to my blog. Maybe tomorrow. I put 3 pieces of furniture that we replaced with new on my driveway today with free signs and they got taken. Love that! My pantry got more shelving because I put the kids bin organizer in there and can be more organized with stock piling my food. Still haven't finished Grace's book but hopefully this month. I am working on ideas for Hunter' birthday next month super excited for that! Dude is doing great in his skating lessons and I have to think of something for Grace to do that works around my crazy world because right now just keeping up with Hunter's Preschool and skating is keeping me hopping. Grace wants to do swimming but I have to wait for Larry on that since one of us has to go in the pool. SO there you go...this might be the last month of doing it on my own with the kiddos but it is all up in the air will see what March brings. :)