My new addiction :)

My friend, Nicole, has gotten me hooked on entering giveaways. I've won 2 candles and some jewelry. :) Now she's got me wanting to review books. Guess this is what us stay at home mommies do to have fun!! :)

Life with Toddlers

In the last week, I've taken Natalie to the er, for croup, had 2 little girls decide to color daddy's night stand and a living room wass with a sharpie marker. So, to get rid of the 'artwork', we decided to paint the wall a light blue. Mat had drill in Dillon, MT and had just left when Natalie managed to pull the paint can out of the cubby, which caused the can to dump paint on the carpet and linoleum!!! I was shocked and upset and not sure how I was going to clean it up, so i called mat to come back and then ran downstairs to get more paper towels and came back to find kiley had played in he paintt and got it allover herself!! After everything was cleaned up, I had to do something with what little paint hadn't spilled, so I put the girls in a playpen and proceded to paint the wall. It looks great and we will have to go buy more paint to finish the living room. :)
Right now I'm trying to plan and pack for a 2 week vacation, can it be called that when 6 kids are involved!?! My parents and the girls and I are going to Wisconsin and Michigan to visit family, which I haven't seen in almost 7 yrs!!! This will be the girls first vacation and we will see how they or I do!! :)
So my life with toddlers has been a 2 week roller coaster, stressful and shocking!! :)-

Happy 3 years to us!!

Wow, 3 years, has it really been this long, then again it seems like we've been together forever!! Wonder if that happens when you have kids!?! We will both admit that it's been testing, but we're learning how to get through it and how to get used to being apart due to his military training.
This has been a quiet anniversary, our 1st was 3 days after the girls were born and I was still in the hospital. I remember it like it was yesterday, it was the 1st day I got to go outside in over a week!! There were a lot of fires that year and the air was filled with smoke, the sky was yellow/orange and it was like 100 degrees out! Needless to say we didn't stay out long. :)
Our second anniversary was very memorable, for a couple reasons. The girls had their 1st birthday which was a lot of fun. It was great to watch the girls make a mess out of their cakes!! We had planned an anniversary trip a month prior and my parents were going to come up and watch the girls for us. Well, a week before the girls birthday, my dad was outside cutting wood with his chainsaw. It was his last log before he was calling it a night. Right as he was starting to cut it, the chainsaw hit a knot and kicked back and cut the top of my dad's shoe and almost cut his big toe off!! So they were unable to come up for the girls 1st birthday and stay for our anniversary. Mat's parents agreed to watch the girls for us. Mat and I went to Phillipsburg, which was a blast and we want to go back soon. We stayed in an old hotel, went to Gem mountain and panned sapphires. We got quite a few 'perfect' ones. We also drove up a mountain and visited a ghost town that was started in the 1800's. We were so eager to get home, because we hadn't been away from the girls that long since they were born. :)
This year, there was no chainsaw accidents and my parents were able to be here for the girls 2nd birthday. We had it at our house this year. My parents and siblings, Aunt Steph, Kim and Tiff, Mat's parents and sister and her family and my neighbor, Cari and friend, Sara were here also. We had a very crowded house and it was loud!! :) For our anniversary, my mom was able to stay for a couple days and watched the girls for us. We stayed close to home and went to Harlowton. We fished and spent the night and then fished some more. We also drove to Miles City where Mat's new unit is located. Then we came back home and spent time with my mom and siblings. :)
Can't wait to see what God has in store for next year!! :)