time flies...

im sitting here bored...there is nothing absolutly nothing on tv wednesday nights. i guess i never knew that since im usually at bowling, but bowling is over (ps...we are the womens association champs, try not to be jealous). i really should be cleaning my house since theres nothing on...

while sitting here i was looking at pictures of the kids and wow time really does fly doesnt it?? i never really think about it but man since we've had kids time just seems to get away from us. it kind of just dawned on me last night...i have a 9 yr old and a 6 yr old. my youngest is in kindergarten. ugh...makes me feel OLD! instead of blogging maybe i should organize all my photos. im so bad at that. im not a very organized person to say the least and im not gonna pretend i am either. so i guess i feel happy i manage to take the pics and put them on the computer. see it could be worse right??

anywho...we babysat my niece brynlee this past weekend. wow...soooo NOT used to having a baby around. kind of made my baby fever subside! :) she was so good while we had her. she loves kobey and cooper...its fun to see them together! heres my favorite pic from saturday...

off to bed...its almost 10:00. maybe i'll blog again this week...or not...

Brynlee turns 1....

isnt she so cute?! i cant believe how much she looks like lucas!

i cant believe my brother has a baby and i cant believe shes ONE already! so of course the good auntie that i am took some pics of her...BUT this time around it was very different from her 9mo photo-shoot. she actually wanted no part of it expect for about 3 pictures...so here are some that turned out.....and then as you can tell by the last one of her on here she was D-O-N-E. i love how kobey just keeps smiling and cooper just looks at her with amazement!

and of course we took a few of my kobey and cooper too...ugh dont they look so grown up??

OH and PS...i hate how my pics dont stay where i put them!!!!! GRR!! ok im done...

First Snowman of the year...

Thought I better upload a couple pics from our early Thanksgiving at my mom and dads. We had a good time, with good food too!

Doesnt Cooper look so thrilled to be taking a picture with the girls?? :)

Brynlee Mae...getting so big!

Check out her 9 mo pics here (that I got to take..hehe): http://www.tinysproutphoto.com/blog/2010/11/10/pretty-in-pink-modern-baby-photographer/

Wow today was a great day, so nice outside! It was perfect weather for snowmen and snowballs!

And of course a nice enough day for a few photos!

Got snow?!?!......

Well if you don't we sure do! Crazy how we went from no snow to TONS of snow. I love winter, so do Chad and the kids...but I could've started out with 2 in...then 2 more inches...etc etc. Oh well it is ND after all! Plus it makes me feel all nice and cozy!

Heres a pic of the kids enjoying the first snow fall of the year...Kobey looks like shes asking me why shes standing there with that kid! Ha!

Safe travels for those of you traveling this weekend...I hope my parents are able to fly out Thursday morning...anywho Happy Thanksgiving!

First Day of School...

Whew! We all made it through the first day of school! I can NOT believe I have two kids in school. It makes me feel kinda old...not having any kids in daycare anymore (this is kind of mean but then I see some people that are alot older than me and have their oldest just starting kindergarten and it makes me feel a little better, ya know that I will be the young mom like my mom was...hehe), but I LOVE not having a daycare bill during the school year!!

Cooper has the same teacher as Kobey did her kindergarten year. She loved Mrs. Baumgarten and I know Cooper will too! Thanks Erin for making my kids' first year a little easier on me! We're so lucky to have you as a teacher and a friend!!

Cooper told us this morning that he did not sleep a wink last night...just to nervous he said, but he quickly got over it. Chad tried to hold his hand crossing the street today and he said "dad quit it". Sigh...hes growing up! Then lets move on to Kobey Jean...she gave me the "omg mother...quit taking pictures of me and get out of my room you're embarrassing me" look. I knew exactly what she meant and quickly left! :)

I have so many pictures that I should upload from this summer, but theres just not enough time in a day...or tonight. I am typing right now and trying to watch the Real Housewives of New Jersey. I can NOT get enough of all things Jersey...neither can Chad. I know he doesnt like to admit it but he watches these shows with me every night!!

Lets see what else is going on in our lives...nothing other than school now which is really nice. It slows us down big time. Gives us much more of a set schedule thats for sure. Thursday night we have family pictures. Im really excited because I found the coolest place to take our pictures....but I wish I was 15 lbs lighter! Hmmm...maybe Miss Ria could liquify me enough to make me appear 15 lbs lighter!! Maybe?!?!?!

Ok I have to go now...I cant miss another minute of this show down thats gonna go down tonight on Real Housewives!!!

Summer Fun...

Finally we have had some great summer weather! I swear it seems like we haven't had a summer like this in so so long! We've totally been taking advantage of this weather too. The kids have turned into little fish this summer. That pool is definetly hands down the best money we've spent in a long time. :)

Even dad got in on the fun! (We have a hard time getting him to swim with us for some reason...can you say party pooper?!)

Kobey Jean & Gracie Rae...

Well its Monday night and I am soooooo EXCITED to watch the new episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey!! Anybody else watch it?? I am addicted! Even Chad watches it with me. Seriously he does. Teresa on that show is my fav...well one of my favs, Caroline comes in at a close 2nd. I just love Teresa cause shes so stinkin funny...like when she was talking about tattoos..she was asked if she'd ever get one and this was her response and I quote "would you put a bumper sticker on a Bentley?". Love it! She makes me chuckle!

Ok well my kids are upstairs yelling for me to get them some stuff nose medicine...poor things woke up today with head colds. I sure hope they can both play T-ball and softball tomorrow morning! We are getting ready to end the season.

All for now...maybe more in a few weeks...if you're lucky! ;)

One more pic...

Just had to add one more. They will NOT sit this close to one another very often so I had to take advantage of it!