caught up!

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I have taken the time, organized all the pictures I have taken since the end of March and have started posting them again. There will be more posts in the coming days. I didn't want to overwhelm anyone with a zillion weeks worth of photos. I have totally been slacking off on the posting and don't even get me started on the actual journaling. I think I am on the second day of January or something like that. Hoping to work on it over the summer months.

This mommy duck and her babies crossed our street, which was quite a miracle they all made it across, hubby was watching at the door in case she slowed down, he could stop traffic for her. She came across our front yard, jumped our retaining wall and continued across our driveway into the neighbor's backyard and to the wet lands. Poor little ducklings had a tumble from the top of the wall to the driveway but they all fell down and stood right back up and followed mommy. So cute. I was shooting the pictures through the screen. I didn't want to scare her by opening the door.

It was a very hot one here today. This was taken at around 2pm EST. oh boy I am so happy hubby put the A/C's in the windows last night. I loves him tons for that.

apple picking and a party

We had a great weekend. It was the perfect fall weekend (in my opinion) Cool at night and in the 70's during the day with lots of sun! We took the kids to DeMeritt Hill Farm to pick some apples. Last year we didn't get to go because of a very late May frost that killed off the blossoms. So the kids were super excited to go this year. Me too!!

Kira took this great picture of me and my hubby. She did very well.

Another fun tradition... finding out how tall you are each fall. I need to dig out the first year we took pictures of Kira by this sign. She was MUCH smaller then. This girl has gone on a serious growth spurt. She has grown about 3 inches this summer and her foot has gone from a size 1 to a size 4!! We totally skipped size 2 and lingered at a size 3 for about a month.

Here's my little man. He is also growing on me. All his shorts that fit just fine at the beginning of the summer have had to be adjusted since he has grown up and lost some of his tummy in the process. Sign me up for that weight loss option. I would love to be a bit taller. LOL

Heading up the hill to pick us some apples. We didn't have far to go as they were just a couple rows past that white sign at the top of the hill!

Coming back down the hill. As you can see... Kira had a special apple she carried down.

It really was a great day. The apples were plentiful. In fact I have never seen more. And the best part, they all survived Hurricane Irene!


Yesterday we went to a birthday party for Kira's BFF Michaela. It was at a new bounce house in Portsmouth called Jump On In. Totally great time. The kids had a blast. I will say so did the adults. We all went in the bouncers and had a great time. I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. 


So grateful for my family and the fun we can have. Now if I could just bottle that fun... we'd be golden!

we were set

We did all the prep work in anticipation of Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Irene and then she moved further west than they thought. We ended up with some rain (not as much as we could have received) and some wind (again not as much as could have been). Believe me I am not complaining in the least. Instead I am quite giddy that we squeaked by. I know it could have been much worse and am praying for everyone who suffered losses.

With all the branches down and power outages in the area, the first day of school has been cancelled until Tuesday! Seriously??! Kira was happy about it. Alex was quite sad. He really wants to go to school. Tuesday it shall be.

I'll have to post some pictures of the wind and such. Hoping they come out. Now I am off to get the kiddos to bed. Need to get them adjusted to going to bed at a decent hour!

Keep safe and good riddance to you Irene!!

stinky rotten kind of day

I know the great scheme of things, it's not that bad of a day, but I am frustrated so it is a big deal at the moment. My dumb internet connection keeps dropping. I thought it was the port in the monitor that was on the fritz, so I switched the connection to a different port. Nope, still dropping. That is if it can actually find the silly connection at all!

Then I tried to upload some pictures off of my memory card. Nope. Can't get the computer to find my card reader. I have tried every USB port that I have and nothing! Even tried hooking the camera straight to the computer, nope. Can't get the pictures off of my camera! Man... this stinks.

Plus the weather today has been simply horrible. Started as rain, turned to very heavy wet snow. Almost didn't make the turn onto the street when dropping Kira off at school. We slide AROUND the corner. Very gently and made it okay.

Then it was just plain slippery and sloppy when I had to drop Alex off at school. Yuck. We had a heck of a time getting out of the driveway. I had to slide back to the end of the driveway and get a running start to get out into the road. Thank goodness no one was coming from either direction when I flew out of our driveway!! Felt a little like the Dukes of Hazzard getting away from Roscoe P. Coltrain. (totally dating myself there)

When I went back out to pick him up, it was raining. And by raining, I mean buckets of the wet stuff slamming down from the clouds. Not fun. Drive home was very very sloppy with the heavy wet snow being melted by the downpour. Pant legs went, feet a little damp since you were just walking through major puddles. No way around them. Alex got into his jammies and is quite happy.

I worked on some laundry since that is a never ending project. Seriously, how much clothing does one family of four need? And why do we have to wear every piece of it every week?? Small exaggeration there... but I'm sure you feel my pain.

Went to the school to make copies for the PTA Ice Cream Social on March 7th. Trying to get ahead of things. We'll see how long that lasts. You know... best laid plans!!

The rain was still coming down like there was no tomorrow when Kira and I made our escape from school. Now my pant legs are dripping they are so wet and she has already changed into jammies. I think my kids have the right idea here!

Between computer issues and the dumb weather. I can see an early bedtime for me. That might help with the attitude I seem to have sprouted as the day progressed.

One ray of sunshine for me today, I am working on a very happy project for a friend of mine. I can't say what it is, because I know she reads this and I want to surprise her. I will say, I love the smell of mod podge!!! oh yeah baby.