Winter Wonderland

We actually got snow! I know for some of you this is no big deal, you may have been apart of that crazy north eastern snow storm recently. But down here in South Carolina snow is rare. About 4 inches blanketed the ground, it was beautiful. We enjoyed snow ball fights, snow angels, sledding, and just plain falling into the fluffy white stuff :)






Hope you all are staying comfy and cozy during this chilly winter season.

au revoir, adieu, ciao, till next time...

Happy Tree Climbers & Neverending Boxes

Oh my goodness have things been nutty lately!?

We made it South Carolina December 22nd, 2009. Had a nice simple Christmas with my parents... Then, the unpacking began. We have too much crapola, I'm telling you. It is ridiculous the amount of stuff one can aquire in their life.

The kids started their new school after winter break. Thank the Lord they both LOVE their new teachers and have made friends fast. My hubby has settled in nicely with his new job, he's already trying to climb to the next level. (Such a workaholic!!)

How am I doing? Suprisingly well.
Yes, the basement is full of boxes yet to find a home.
The laundry is piled all over the house.
The fridge is empty cause I haven't been to the grocery store in like 10 days!
Moral of the story is our house is a mess, but we're all happy and healthy :)

The worst thing about our new place? NO INTERNET! I am dying (hence the lack of blogging) My cellphone keeps me minimally connected for now.

The best part of our new house is the yard! Acres of forest and creekfront property to explore. The kids are loving it (and I'm enjoying the silence inside while they are outside, ha ha)

I hope to catch up with you all soon and can't wait to share pictures of our beautiful log cabin on the lake! Um, once I get it clean of course :)

My munchkin was so excited when he made it up a fallen tree all by himself

My mini munchkin loves pretending she's a cowgirl on her horse when she's sitting on this log

au revoir, adieu, ciao, till next time...

Football In Full Swing

Gee, Lizzie, what have you been up to? We haven't seen you around much, we miss you SO much! Our lives aren't complete without you in it! (OK, I added that last part, ha ha)

me? Where have I been? Oh. I've been been busy with football.

than after that I'm busy with football just a bit more,

in the end it's all about football ... apparently.

Hubby is coaching, my son is playing, my daughter is, well, she's in charge of playing in the dirt on the sidelines. What is my job you ask?

Make sure the coaches are happy, sell goodies at the concession stand, keep dirty daughter off the field, apply many layers of bug spray to hubby, son, and dirty daughter, keep track of time, help other football moms with any of the above listed items, earn money for the team through sponsors, hydrate the entire world, and drag everyone home hungry and tired :)

So again, to answer what have I been up to?

football!

and I love every minute of it!
(adorable pictures of my munchkins throwing around the pigskin coming soon.)

au revoir, adieu, ciao, till next time...

To The Lake We Go

My friend Melissa over at "Spoiled Mommy" took her family fishing last week and it inspired me to take my munchkins for a fun outing! We found out the fishing lines were tangled, our fishing licenses were expired and we didn't know where the tackle box was... go figure.

We decided we could still go to the lake and play. Want to come along?

Let's hit that open road!

Look we made it! And no one complained the entire way!

I see water, how exciting! (you can tell we've been in the desert too long)

The water was a perfect temperature, time for some swimming.

Let's relax and enjoy the scenery!

Here's what we see from our lounge chair, so pretty.

I think the munchkin is enjoying himself :)

Oh look! A mermaid washed up on shore!

It was such a nice afternoon relaxing in the sun.

What did you do this weekend? Today the munchkins and I are off to the movie theatre to enjoy some air conditioning! My hubby will be home nursing the nice red sunburn he got from our day at the lake :( We had such a good time playing up there that next weekend we're going back with a BBQ and some friends! Hope you all have a wonderful week.

au revoir, adieu, ciao, till next time...

The Heat? What Heat?

What do you do when your family moves to the desert and you can't afford a pool? You make a "jumping water park" of course! Here are my munchkins playing on our homemade contraption (A wiggle worm kid sprinkler attached with zip ties at the top). They LOVE it!

jump higher!

My bathing beauty: the mini-munchkin

my little stud: the munchkin

What you don't see... mommy sitting in a bikini (she would NEVER wear in public) lathered up in tanning oil trying to not look like a pail white non-Arizonian, with a glass of wine in hand of course :) I have pity on any of my neighbors who have a window that overlooks our backyard, what a sight they must have seen! Enjoy the heat, if you've got it!

au revoir, adieu, ciao, till next time...