Tuesday, February 9, 2010

FYI

Dear world,


Chris was laid off last week so we are now in the business of looking for a job. I know that most (if any) of my readers are SAHM's but who knows......

Chris has a master degree from University of Michigan in Health Services Administration. He has about 8 years experience mainly in finance.

Anyway if you know anything or anyone great!

Thanks :)

ps- we are staying positive, there are jobs out there, we just need to be patient. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers on our behalf.

love Us

Monday, January 25, 2010

sucky suckness

You know what really sucks? Jingle mail! Well at first I thought the term is kind of funny. Just think, the joy of putting the keys to my house in an envelope, licking it shut, and having a good chuckle thinking of the bank having to deal with my home that has depreciated over 70 grand in six years.

Here's what sucks. We needed a house and so we bought one but as it turns out six years ago was a really crappy time to purchase a house.

So now people like me and Chris, and lots of other people out there have been screwed by the subprime homebuyer and the house and commodity speculators. The Wall Street Jerks who made it all so easy kept what they stole, and then got bailed out!

So now people who can make their payment but choose not to send their "jingle mail" back to the lending companies, because it makes financial sense.

Well guess what people we bought our houses and we agreed to pay for them, so if we are financially able to pay for them we should!! But nonetheless it SUCKS.

You really SUCK! read this article to see why......


Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Church Halloween Party

So I recycled last years costumes because I didn't have it in me to sew new ones this year. Here are just a couple pictures from the last little while.



We are just really busy these days, but making it. :)


Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Family and Phantom Part 2










Family and Phantom

The summer is over and we are still trying to get a schedule down. Sweet Jessica goes to preschool three times a week and she loves it. She is meeting many new friends since this year she is at a different school. I love how close it is, 10 minute walk or a 2 minute drive. J Jessica has learned how to “pump” she can get herself going on the swing now. She is wonderful.

Jessica’s take on preschool, “lately I am doing preschool, and doing everything else in preschool, and we like to do preschool playing, and we learn about everything, and do projects at the yellow table, and that’s it. Then I came back home from school, and that’s it, I’m done.”

Jack is so cute, sweet, and caring, but at the same time he might kick you or the door for no reason. He loves to snuggle and hold Evelyn. He is my little helper. I can always count on him to run and get a diaper (or 20.) He will give Evelyn her pacifier when she is sad (even if he smushes it into her mouth full force.) He shares his toys, he is so happy when she wakes up in the morning. He runs to greet her, climbs up her crib, leans into her face and intonates with squeals of delight, “good morning sunshine,” Oh I love that boy.

Evelyn is a rolling, smiling, newly rice cereal eating, big blue eyed sweetie. She is a very good natured baby. Not bragging just very very relieved. When I found out I was pregnant so soon with number three I cried. Should I have admitted that? Well it’s true. She has been such a fun addition to our family, even if my house is a wreck, and the thought of grocery shopping with my three kids makes me want to punch people. She is great, and I feel like I have really gotten to enjoy her baby stages without being too stressed out.

I will have to speak for Chris. He is happy to have football back in his life, work is busy, going Las Vegas in October to see a football game with his friends. He really misses Utah in the fall so I am glad he gets to go have his weekend.

I am doing mostly well. I wish was a little more disciplined. I am trying to workout but am struggling with the feeling of tired all the time. I am thinking about joining a group with a personal trainer and nutritionist at the club I go to. I wish I could do it on my own. It kind of makes me feel like a failure to have to pay someone to make me accountable. I am excited to take a small trip to Utah in November to hang out with my family.

Last night I got to go see The Phantom of the Opera with my Mom, Dad, Tom, Michelle, and Chris. It was my parents 42 times going. They go all over the country to see the show. I think they would go all over the world if my dad would do long flights. It was awesome. I love it more, the more I see it. Since my parents have gone so often and will only go if they have seats in the front they have made friends with the conductor. He was so gracious to take us on a tour after the show. Some interesting facts he told us about the set. That it’s their own stage that they bring with the production and set it up on top of the theaters stage. It has trap doors where the lights come out of the ground. The Chandelier weighs over a ton! Many theaters had to add reinforcements to accommodate the light safely. For the whole production it takes 25 semi trucks. It was so cool. We got to see a lot of the costumes. Everything is so organized such a well oiled machine. So fun. It was quite the night!


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

a few more





By request!
















Okay so it has been ages… A very long time! I think we have adjusted to a third child. It helps that Evelyn is the best baby ever. She honestly rarely cries, she is so smiley, she sleeps awesome, she eats awesome. I feel so blessed to have this sweet little spirit. Did I mention she is so stinkin cute? The other kids love her too. I have been pleasantly surprised that Jack has taken so well to her. A little too much at times, I caught him trying to pick Evelyn up today. YIKES. Her Grandpa is completely enamored. I basically just hand her over when I get to my parents. He is so funny with here.

We just go back from a trip out to Utah for Shari’s wedding. It was so beautiful. Shari and Bryce match quite nicely. They decided to do a ring ceremony since there were quite a few unable to attend the temple. I was too sure about it at first but it was so sweet. Bryce did such a nice job and made all the women cry. He read some excerpts out of his journal from when he was dating Shari. It was tender. Shari’s dress was amazing, she was gorgeous! I don’t really have a picture that does it justice. But I will post one anyway. We had so much fun visiting family. I love watching all the cousins play. We had our downs; it is never easy to travel with three kids. Jack had a really hard time sleeping. He basically did sleep the whole time where in Utah. He dislocated his elbow again. I don’t even know how this time. It’s called nursemaids elbow. Chris left the reception early and took him to Dr. Ryan (Chris’ Brother.) I got Pink Eye the next day; thankfully it was mostly cleared up the next day because I was able to get a script a couple hours after my symptoms appeared (thanks Dr. Ryan.) I got locked out of my brother’s house. We all got sick while we were out there and are still trying to get better. I swear we did have a good time though. We are glad to be home. Oh and third times a charm, it took us three rental cars to finally get one that worked right. Next time I will say no thanks to Alamo.

I finally got Evelyn’s birth announcements together. You know 3 months later. I am adding an updated photo to it hehe, good idea Susan. ;)

Life is pretty good right now. I just really love my family! I wish they could all live in MI. I guess I will have to wait for the eternities.

Here are a few pictures from the last few months.