Busy, Busy!

Wow, I stink, of sweat..and cleaning supplies..eww...

Guess what I have accomplished today??

I have:
-Organized my pantry
-De-cluttered and added cute little bowls, plates etc above my cabinets in the kitchen
-Removed all the magnets, pictures, etc off my fridge
-Ironed the little valence in my kitchen
-organized ALL of the cabinets in my kitchen
-taken almost everything off my counters
-cleaned out my junk drawer (that was a task)
-Cleaned windows
-Organized the closet in my hallway
-DEEP cleaned my hall bathroom and organized the closet
-Organized Owen's closet
-Vacuumed my closet
-DEEP cleaned my bathroom and organized the closet
-Sorted through Hallie's winter clothes to see what fit and didn't, put them in a box and into storage
-I've also straightened the living room, kitchen, my room and Owens,unloaded the dishwasher oh and I did a load of laundry...

And I still have PLENTY more to go.

sigh.

We have someone coming to look at our house tomorrow!!

These Days...

Chad took Hallie out on a father/daughter Date..so I took Owen out on a Mother/daughter date..we have been talking about having some one on one time with the kids, so it was perfect b/c Chad had just spent some time with Owen on the Campout and I had spent some one on one time with Hallie the night of the Campout(we had a girls night).



Chad took Hallie to Chuckee Cheese, they had a blast!When Hallie found out she was going on a date with Chad, she said, "I have to go home and put on a Beautiful Golden dress for my date!"


I took Owen to Karen's Kustard (he wanted a hamburger) and to GO USA! To ride the go-carts a play a few games. He loved it!


A few days ago, Chad was trying to cover up the phone cords in the bedroom, Owen came in and said, "Hey Daddy, whatcha doin'?"
Chad said, "Don't worry about it, Owen."
So Owen just sat there and watched him.
Hallie walked in and said, "Hey Daddy. Whatcha doin'?"
Owen turned to her and said, "Don't worry about it, Hallie."
Chad and I looked at each other and laughed, I think Chad felt bad though haha.

I got some new bangs, you like?


Chad bought a cute little truck a while back for $400 for his roofing job. Come to find out it needed a new transmission. So we parked it in our yard with a For Sale sign $1250..we sold it for $800..we were hoping for that price! YAY!!


I have been looking around for something cute and different for Knox to wear home from the hospital, my friend Joni sent me this link:
http://www.janieandjack.com/shop/dept_category.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374303717727&bmUID=1284240626490

Aren't they adorable?? I love all of it..of course I'm not going to buy any of it. I'm really hoping it will go on sale before Knox is born..I would love to bring him home in suspenders and a bow tie ;)

Yesterday, I dropped this:

(I keep it on top of my dryer to scrub stains out)

Into this (my dryer vent)p.s. I know my thumb looks deformed..don't judge.


I told Chad about it and he got behind the dryer, opened it up and all of a sudden he screamed and jumped..he got electrocuted! It scared me so bad I started crying. I kept saying are you okay? Do you need anything? All of a sudden he started shaking I screamed and he started laughing. What a mean joke! He really did get electrocuted the first time though..it really got me so scared of losing him or something happening to him..the little punk.

So life is crazy right now! We are trying to get our house on the market by the end of this week. There is so much to be done! I'm doing a lot better now. I was so scared that first day we found out we would be moving to Georgia! Thank you so much everyone for the encouraging words and comments, they really helped! I feel at peace and I know everything will work out! Please pray that our house sells!! We are hoping it sells in the next 3 months or so!

P.S. I have THE BEST husband...Hallie was up all night throwing up, he stayed up with her all night. I love him so much!


There are 3 or 4 new posts under this one..check them out! And comment..I get SOOO excited about comments!

Robby's Wedding!

This should have come after Our Anniversary Post..oops! Robby is my cousin and I absolutely love his new wife Kelci! She is great!! Here are a few pics of the wedding/reception, there are more on my facebook if you are interested!

Father/Son Campout

Our stake hosted a Father/Son Campout this past weekend! Owen was sooo excited! He carried his sleeping bag around all week waiting for the day to come. They ended up having a TON of fun! Here are a few pics:

Hallie's first Day of Pre-School & Dance

I signed Hallie up for a Mother's Day out Program this year. It's twice a week from 9-2. She absolutely LOVES it! Here is some pics of her first day!




She also started dance with her friend Mikayla. She loves it!! She asks me every day, "Is it Dance day today?"

Our 6th Anniversary!

First of all Chad got me a dozen pink roses..:) and then he told me he was going to take me on a trip. I feel bad saying this but I turned him down..I told him that I was grateful but that we really needed to save money, but that he could take me next year. I think he was fine with it. I got him a GPS..(ours was stolen). He loved it!


We wanted to try something different this year, so I asked everyone on Facebook where we should go and a ton of people suggested BoneFish Grill. It was delicious! I had heard that the restaurant had a really strong smell of fish, so I wasn't interested. I didn't smell fish at all though!
Here is what we got:
First we started out with the Bang Bang Shrimp, I had heard it was amazing! I was expecting it to be sweet & spicy..I can't explain to you want it was like, it wasn't sweet, but it was spicy, but a really good spicy. It wasn't like anything I've ever had..so I loved it!

I got the Fontina Chop (I don't like fish)
Fontina Chop
A boneless pork chop with Fontina cheese, garlic, prosciutto & mushroom Marsala sauce. It was A-MAZ-ING! It was juicy and moist and succulent haha..I loved it!

Chad got the sea bass..over rice..He LOVED it as well. I didn't try it b/c again, I don't like fish. You can kind of see his in the back ground.

Afterwards we walked around and shopped a little and then went and got some icecream at Marble Slab. I love that place!

Anyways, it turned out to be a really fun night! I'm so grateful to be married to him! He is soo patient and understanding. He loves me no matter what! He is really perfect for me. He is also a GREAT father! A wonderful example for Hallie and Owen! I love him so much and can't wait for the years to come!

A New Job!

Hi! So Chad was offered a position at Columbus State University in Georgia! Crazy huh? He starts October 4. I am having so many mixed emotions about this. I am of course thrilled with this, but at the same time, I'm soo sad! We have to sale our house first of all. And then there's the baby. How am I going to get through these last 3 of months without Chad here? I know I can do it but woah it is going to be hard. And then, when we do move there, I will be there with no one I know, and I will have a brand new baby. I think I might be a little depressed once I move there. Also, my family is here.

Other then that...full benefits, they will pay for 2 classes per semester for Chad to get his Masters Degree!! :) Chad will be doing something he Loves! We will have stability again!!! I am so excited!

Sorry about the venting a little up there, I don't want to sound ungrateful at all, i just wanted to share some of the feelings I've had today. Anyways, thanks for all the prayers! They have paid off!

A-MAAA-ZING!!!

I found a delicious recipe! I thought I'd share it with ya'll. Yummy.

Chicken Florentine Casserole

Ingredients

* 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
* 1/4 cup butter
* 3 teaspoons minced garlic
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice
* 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
* 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning (I didn't use this much)
* 1/2 cup half-and-half
* 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
* 2 (13.5 ounce) cans spinach, drained (I used fresh spinach, because it's way better)
* 4 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
* 2/3 cup real bacon bits (or you can cook up some bacon and chop it up)
* 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Sautee the mushrooms and spinach in a little butter. Place in the bottom of the 9x9 pan.
3. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stirring constantly, mix in the garlic, lemon juice, cream of mushroom soup, Italian seasoning, half-and-half, and Parmesan cheese.
4. Pour some of the mixture over the spinach & mushrooms, place the chicken on top, and then pour the rest of the mixture over the chicken. Top with bacon.
5. Place in oven for 30 minutes, top with mozzerella cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.
6. Serve over fettuccine or bow tie pasta. YUM!!

Here's how mine turned out..


I told Chad that it tasted almost like the Pasta Milano at Macaroni Grill but without the sundried tomatoes..a few days later my sister, Brittany, made it and her husband said the same thing. Let me know if you make it, and then tell me what you think!

22 or 23 Weeks

Put this head

On this Body..

Warts ew.

Yay! I got on my blog this morning and saw that 9 of my friends had updated their blogs! I love reading your blogs..I get all excited when i see a new posts.

Hallie has had some gross warts on her knee for about 6 months now. There were 4 almost 5 of them growing there. She was so embarrassed of them. She would also scrape them or scratch them or something and they would endlessly bleed. Blegh.

I took her to her pediatrician to get them frozen off..they didn't mention on the phone that they didn't have the liquid nitrogen to do it with. So they sent me to a dermatologist.

We went two weeks ago and they said she was too young to tolerate the pain of the liquid nitrogen so they put some stuff on her warts to make them blister. 2 hours later and for the next 2 days, I might add, she was crying in pain b/c of the HUMONGOUS blisters the medicine had caused. I was like..."OH NO YOU DIENT!!!"

I went back yesterday and insisted we use the Liquid Nitrogen. I had talked to a few other moms and they had said their kids were fine with it. The derm. kept saying, "I just think she is way too young to tolerate this pain, blah blah blah, but it's up to you." ..So I asked her, how long after the treatment will her warts hurt and she said 5-10 mins. I said, "Oh, well, we will go with the Liquid Nitrogen then." Don't mess with me woman.

I obviously did not want to see Hallie in pain, but I'd rather it be for 5-10 mins, then 2 DAYS!!

She got all huffy, walked out of the office and a few minutes later the nurse came in with the liquid nitrogen.

I should of warned them about Hallie. Hallie screams bloody murder if she stubs her toe..she screams bloody murder even if her favorite stuffed bear stubs his toe. Yeah..she's a drama queen.

Well, you guessed it, she screamed so loud it sounded like she was dying..but when the nurse was done, she was fine, smiling and skipping around the room. I walked out of the office, the Dermatologist gave me a look like..."I told you so." I just thought.."Oh well, I won't have to deal with her leaking, bloody blisters for 2 days..thanks."


P.S. DO NOT EVER, I MEAN, EVER look up pictures of warts on google pics. BARF BARF BARF!
P.S.S. Anniversary, Robby's wedding, etc..coming soon!