Ok... Two in ONE day? NO WAY you Say!

hahaha... Cat in the Hat anyone??? :)

I've got SOOOOOOOOOO many pics of my itty bitty babies (who the heck am I kidding)!!! I should start describing them as my 'almost teenage freaking momma out - Hannah', my 'little boy that really isn't little anymore and has lost all BABY associated with the term BABY, toddler or little boy - Haden' and my 'baby that's not a baby anymore but more like a full size bulldozer boy- Holt'...

It's all part of it, right? Ugh... Killing me - but makes me so proud at the same time. :) As birthdays go by, I remember that my birthdays are going by too. I haven't found a gray hair yet, but I'm sure they are coming - and I can't see crap since my hair is still so blonde...(yay!) It also reminds me that I've kept them alive for one more year! (haha.. I know - sad... but damn - it is TRUE!) Especially with my daredevil bulldozer Holt! :) I wanted to post of few of my favorite recent pics... If you read my updates on Facebook - these are all there... But some folk haven't made it to the FB world yet - OMG? WHAT? haha...

ANyway - I got them all in the same shot - and while Holt's eyes are shut - Han looks so pretty! :)


I posted "To My Child" on FB - and it was then decided that I would forgo(sp?) working on the house that evening and blow bubbles with my kids... and so we did... And played volleyball, soccer and basketball... Maybe a little frisbee too! :) Holt drank more of the bubbles than blew... Oh well. He's not even 3 yet - I'll give him that. :)



From a few days before... I followed the boys around on a 'walk-about'... The creek is their favorite it seems! :) I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!



I have so many more.. but this is it for the moment...

Much love,

H

Is it really almost Mid-May? Whew!

Wow, can't believe that it's been over 20 days since my last post... I've been busy people!!! ;) We busted rear for 2 months trying to get as much done as possible for Hannah's 12th birthday party sleep over... Which BTW, was a TOTAL success!! We heard "Hannah, this is the best birthday party EVER!".... (pat on the back) haha... I love this little smirk on her face... it is basically "OK MOM - you can stop taking pictures now!!!"



As far as house progress:

Ram came out Friday and helped Jer finish sheet rocking the hallway and the rest of the 2 car part of the garage... I insulated the stairs and the rest of the garage so they could sheet rock (still need to SR the stairs - but that's going to take some engineering!!)


We've taken a MUCH needed break since Friday... Party Saturday, a trip to Keller to drop off my two favoritest girls Michaela and Miranda... a trip to the AT&T store... (hello iPhone... I LOVE IT!) and then a visit with Dillon and Barb... :)

I think we may start attacking the 3rd car part of the garage tonight or tomorrow... Demo is always fun, right??? Not really... But I'm ready to get this show on the road and close everything up so we can use the AIR CONDITIONER!!!! UGH!!!

We still haven't quite decided on how to tackle the air/heat downstairs... Under NO circumstances do we want to put in a third unit... Nor do we want to have to build out floor to ceiling 'boxes' to run air conditioning vents from upstairs... So we may be settling on a window unit that will handle the square footage... I can cover the monstrosity outside with rose bushes or something so that we can't see it from the road... (who cares really but us???)

This one gives me an idea of what this place will look like when we are done... Love it! Thank you to Hud for the lights!!! :)



haha... Speaking of Hud... Jer and him did a little bit of lawnmower racing a few weeks back... I wish I had my video camera on me - because it was quite amusing!!! :)



And last but not least - Jer 'took' the boys fishing in the part of the pond that falls on our property... Holton caught his first fish!!!



Much love from the Moorhead abode... :) If you haven't come to see us yet - get your rears in gear! Bring a hammer and energy...(kidding!) We'd love to see you!

Love,

H,J,H,H and H

Today's To-Do's.... Hmph...

My.. my.. my... do I have alot that I need to get done... Scratch that... WE have alot that WE need to get done... Knowing that, sometimes there are little comments made here and there that remind us of why we are doing what we are doing... I received one of these such 'comments' this morning from Jer's Aunt Karen:

"Heather and Jeremy’s house is really awesome and looking forward to a gathering there as well.
I am so proud of the two of you and your family life. What a model. After we left, Robby is surfing internet for a place like yours.
I am so excited about this shower and being with you all.
Love, Aunt Karen"

Now, tell me that wouldn't make you feel good and make all of the late nights, sore muscles, and the need for tetanus shots totally worth it??

Anyway - had to put that out there, because it really did make us feel good... We're building (literally) a better life for our babies and for ourselves!

Now, onto that TO DO list!!! So that I don't forget!

1. Find or get new Birth Certs for Haden! Little man's registration for Kindergarten is suppose to be this week - but they've extended... I cannot find his birth cert ANYWHERE! Nor Holton's... Order please!!!

2. Figure out where we are with the house remodel budget... Doesn't include flooring - that we can finance... (thank you Home Depot for 12 months no interest and continually upping my credit limit!) Should be able to floor the entire house when the time comes... (that will be LAST)

3. Reinvent the wheel... No, really... Just re-invent our family budget... Need to get serious about meal planning. So many of my mommy friends are on top of this, and I just am not that inventive! (and Haden won't even eat spaghetti) pfft!!!

Ok, that's all for now... Happy Day... :) Yay for the weekend coming up!!!

AHHH... One more thing... I forgot that the boys have taken up Golfing... :) They are so funny!!! Holton seems to be more like a hockey player with the club and the ball... But Haden can really whack it and gets air and distance on his hits! :) Too cute if you ask me... (and I'm not biased... AT ALL!)

Time for Rest... We don't have TIME for that!!!

So, it's Wednesday - and we've taken a little time this week to rest... When I say A LITTLE - I mean LITTLE... Last week and weekend we were going 90-to-nothing and it caught up with us yesterday Morning when ALL of us, including the dogs, overslept. When you wake up during the week to the sunshine beaming on your face.... It's an instant "OH CRAP!" haha... :) Pretty sunrise, but not so pretty getting to work 2 hours late!



So, last night we ate leftovers, bathed the kids and were all in bed by 8:30!!! Definitely not enough rest, but we'll start again tonight possibly painting Han's room or finally finishing the clean up of the tile we installed two weeks ago...

Not sure yet, but I do know that we have to get the stairs functional and the walls built upstairs before Han's bday party on May 8th! She's got 8 girls staying the night - and I can tell ya - they won't fit in the main house!!! It won't be sheetrocked, but atleast they can use the stairs to go up and down during the chaotic sleepover...

A few pics that I've posted on FB already - but this is the ceiling coming down:



We've still got so much to do... and so little time and $$ to do it! :) That's life right? Anyway, mega buckling down in May... On all things money and time related... I may start posting daily - as a reminder of what I am suppose to be accomplishing that day... Kind of a tracker to-do list... :) we'll see.


My little munchkins didn't feel well this weekend - which wasn't helping.. I'm praying that it was just allergies and not all of the dust we spread around when demo-ing the garage! :( bad momma!



The boys like to be in the middle of everything - as you can see... They look like red-headed step children on the weekend... If I'm not putting on my face - I'm not doing their hair! :)





Hannah hid in the house most of the weekend - so - not pics of lil' miss sunshine! :)

Gotta run! Much love!

H

My Brother... The Marine...

OMG... Completely forgot that I had took some pics from Facebook (from my sister from another mister and momma(thank you taylor)of Lee's marine graduation... VERY VERY proud of my litte Bro...:)





There is something to be said about someone who chooses to serve our country...and even more so to be a Marine... He reminds me of me... and Beth and Mel... and dad... damn it!!! we are all is spawn - so we are going to be the way we are.. right?

ANYWAY - I started this post last weekend - but forgot to post!

Love you my little BIG baby brother!!!! :o) Very very very proud of you!!!

Much love - forever and always! Big(dang it) Sis!

Holy Home Progress BATMAN!! :)

Well well well... eh - it's 1AM on Sat. night - and yes, I've had a few beers... but my word... HOW MUCH PROGRESS is going on? Well, at this moment - Hud, Jer and Dad have been discussing the angles of all kinds of stairs are, should be, might be... blah blah blah... I say "MAKE THE CUT - FIGURE IT OUT after the fact~!!!!" totally the chick in me... Of course - Jer just says "CUT THAT BITCH!~ We'll figure it out later!" hehehe... LOVE that!

Anyway - I blogged already that we got the hall poured, framed and walled in - well - today we've got stairs going in... Which turns out is entirely more difficult than ANY of us thought it would be.... No kidding.... support frames have been up several hours now... and the first step frame thingy has been cut... (another conundrum is 'do we trace the existing or make a fresh mark?) I say trace it and cut short... if the stairs are 1/16 crooked - who the hell is going to notice? like... really???



ANNNNNYYYYWAY - we can now hear the TV upstairs - dad's decided to crash - and with the huge hole in the ceiling - haha.... sleepy!! It is 1:11... make a wish... anyway - it's late - we're tired - and hungry... but perservere... right???

I really wish that a home improvement show would pick up on this progress and pitch in... The Obama money is seriously only going to go so far... $300 to $1K per trip is a biatch. it is what it is - but dang...

We lost power... but I have battery... oh hell - the whole street is out (no houses to see - but the street lights are out).... 2 mins later - we're back... it wasn't us... swear... and our 100 year old air compressor....

uh...muh...goh... i might fall asleep typing...

Much love... :)

Just call me SLACKER!!!!

Somehow I skipped blogging completely in March - it's not like I don't have a few minutes here and there... I think it's my facebook addiction - which I seem to be TRYING to break a bit. (haha)

So, now it is mid-April and ABSOLUTELY beautiful outside - which makes my blogging availability even less. :) hee hee... So, I shall summarize the past 2 months! :)

February was still cold and miserable... WET!!! I swear I thought we were going to float away at times. Our 'creek-turned-river' had me a bit worried and we found a new leak in kitchen (coming through the stove) - figures, right? That being said, we've survived and the kids and I are acclimating quite well to our new country life. Jer and I finished the chicken coop and bought 4 chickens... One died the next day (It looked a little weak when he brought it home)... The other 3 lasted about a month. Holton and I had our little ritual of going out to feed the chickens every night - and well... we walked up and saw one lying dead in the coop and the other two smaller ones were just GONE. Feathers here and there - so something got in there... Not sure what - but something! :) Needless to say, we haven't gotten anymore chickens. I don't want the Moorhead Farm to be a death sentence for animals that we bring home!!! :)

Speaking of, we do have two new additions to our family... Cash and Willie... Two pups that we got from the Redneck Feed Store... Went for chickens... ended up with two dogs... and my word - they crap alot! Sooo cute... And Josie is finally taking a liking to them. I can't ever get Willie to sit still enough for a pic, but here's little Cash (sideways):



As far as house progress goes, we're truckin' right along... Had foundation poured a few weeks ago and got the framing done in the hallway over the weekend. We're praying for no rain so we can finish the outside of the hall this weekend and possibly start framing the garage and installing the new french doors... woo hoo... !!!



The kiddos are doing great... Han's going to be 12 in less than a month... Where the heck did the time go???? really? My pretty pretty girl...



And well, the boys are just growing like weeds... Haden will be 5 in July and Holt will be 3 in June... I cannot believe Haden starts Kindergarten this year!! AAH! Seriously - WHERE DOES THE TIME GO????????

Next month we have Jer's 34th birthday, Hannah's 12th birthday, Alex (my snuggly nephew)'s 1st birthday, Stacey Leigh's wedding shower AND Jer and I's 6 year wedding Anniversary! Can you say BUSY?? All of this going on while trying to remodel a house... Well well well! :) Jer and I work best under pressure, so watch us knock it out of the park... :)



And a few more... I have hundreds of pictures but can only post a few!!!

The kids decorating easter eggs... Haden was SO serious about it!



and someone got stuck in the creek!!! oops!



More to come - I've got some great videos of the kids too. :)

Much love! Heather