not enough time

With the holidays things are super busy, oh and did I mention I just had a baby. Thought I would blog really quick about life before too much time passes.

Here's whats going on with my life-

In the last month we've had our baby blessing and Thanksgiving with both our families.

I went to Vegas for a week.

Trying to get ready for Christmas.

Next week we go to Seattle.

Tanner is 9lbs 8ozs as of today.

Contrast

So Tyson is at this really fun age but boy does it have it's moments (especially with baby). He has discovered that the baby is here to stay and has developed a recent habit of wanting me to hold him every time I am nursing. He is also a tad bit whiney... He's doing good most other times and says the funniest things! I truly love this stage. Any advice on the contrasting moments?

Tanner Devin McLean

We are thankful to announce Tanner Devin McLean who joined our little family on Monday November 9th 2009 at 6:07pm weighing 6 lbs 10 ozs and 19in.

I am so grateful for smooth labors, modern medicine & epidurals , amazing support (mom, Carla, Jason, Jessica, and Kimberly, and many more) caring nurses, babies, jetted tubs, and lots of love from family and friends!

Just for fun

Even though I am almost done here I am ready to go! Anyday now... hint hint... "ah hem" waiting...

Baby update

So I just thought i would share I am 4 cm dilated, 60% effaced, and at a -1 position as of yesterday. My doctor gave me the option to be induced as early as tomorrow, but we are waiting till next Monday. So we will have baby at the latest - next Monday yippee!

Super adorable handmade goods

This is definitly something to blog about. A friend of mine just opened the cutest Etsy shop. Check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6975091

Almost there

Soon to come prego pics, and soon also to come ... baby! We will have a baby in less than 16 days! My OBGYN said he wouldn't let me go past my due date! Yipee. I am super excited!

Usborne Books

Have you ever heard of Usborne books !?!

If you haven't I want to share these amazing Usborne books with you all. They are absolutely wonderful with entertaining stories and activities while still having educational information. They have books to teach and target most subjects for any level. For example ...they have adorable baby books that target sight and touch or on the other hand children’s encyclopedia complete with internet links on each page to expand your children’s knowledge (For example you and your kids can take a online tour of a pyramid after reading about one. How cool!?) I love them and will be buying them for Tyson throughout the years, so I hope I can share them with you.

I'm having a party- Usborne Book Party
Time: 7:30 PM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:1042 s 1000e Provo, UT 84606

If you're not in Utah or can't come, but want to look at the books anyway heres a link-

SHOP HERE

www.myubam.com/f3128

Tysons costume

Yeah his costume just came today! I am so excited and wanted to share.

Tysons b-day

This year has just flown by! It's like since we found out we were expecting time has gone a million miles an hour (no complaints). Well this week we are 33 weeks along and counting...

Heres a recap of Tysons party earlier this month. He had a 'vroom vroom' party and it was neat to have so much family and friends around. We played a couple of games, had some cake and then Tyson and the other toddlers fought over presents. I admit- it is kinda cruel to ask a group pf 2 year olds to watch one kids open presents and then insist "mine".

Well on another note you can see I am huge and wish I could stop growing... someday (not soon) my balloon will pop. I've decided that I am cursed and anyone due near me will have their baby early. It happened with Tyson and its already happening again. Well, heres to my complaining (sorry) and to on time babies!

Being frugal! This is a cool story

Meet the Hildebrandts; their frugal ways lost debt, won an award
Five years ago, the Hildebrandt family of New Richmond, Wis., was juggling more than $100,000 in credit card and personal debt. Through frugality, determination and hard work, they are now -- other than a mortgage -- debt-free.
At the time, Russell and Kandy Hildebrandts' credit card balances totaled about $89,000, and they owed $17,000 to a family member. While they were current on all the payments, the card companies had begun raising their interest rates, adding hundreds to their minimum monthly payments. Kandy acknowledges that they presented a higher credit risk, given how their balances had ballooned. Even so, with the bump in the required payments, covering the monthly payments was a struggle. "We had to change," Kandy says.
Change they did. For their debt-fighting prowess, the Hildebrandts were on Tuesday night named the winners of the Professional Achievement and Counseling Excellence (PACE) 2009 Graduate Client of the Year Award. This national award, given by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, recognizes the hard work and commitment they demonstrated in repaying their debts, and their willingness to become effective managers of their money and change their lifestyle. (Disclosure: CreditCards.com Senior Reporter Connie Prater served as a judge in the awards.)
Slow Decline Into Debt
Not that the Hildebrandts' lifestyle was lavish. The couple, along with their twin daughters, Heidi and Holly, lived in a rented 1,000 square foot townhome. Vacations consisted of visits to extended family members in the Midwest. Russell was a chemist with a Twin Cities-based environmental testing laboratory; Kandy was a stay-at-home mom and home-schooled their daughters.
Photo: Jeff Holmquist
Russell and Kathy Hildebrandt of New Richmond, Wis., won an award for successfully tackling $106,000 in credit card and personal debt through thrifty spending, a second job and bit-by-bit payments on their credit card balances. They're shown outside their home surrounded by their three children, 14-year-old twins Heidi (left) and Holly, and 3-year-old Joey.
While the Hildebrandts weren't living extravagantly, they also weren't frugal, Kandy notes. They purchased most items, such as clothes for the girls, new. In addition, they had medical expenses related to Russell's diabetes and several miscarriages that Kandy suffered. At the same time, they remained committed to tithing, or giving 10 percent of their income to their church. The accumulation of day-to-day expenses left the family going a bit more into debt each year.
Bankruptcy? No Thanks
Several family friends recommended that they file for bankruptcy. That was out of the question, Russell says. "We were committed to paying off our debts." They also resolved to continue to tithe and home-school their daughters.
To get started, Kandy met with Linda Humburg, a manager with FamilyMeans Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) in Stillwater, Minn. Linda reviewed their finances, and developed a five-year debt management plan. While the schedule was daunting, the Hildebrandts signed on. "If we didn't make it, we knew that we would go out trying," Russell says.
Several steps were key to making the plan work. Kandy and Russell eliminated discretionary spending. Kandy began buying generic food and frequenting thrift stores for clothing purchases. They stopped exchanging Christmas and birthday gifts with each other and their relatives.
Even with the drastic cutbacks, the Hildebrandts couldn't cover the $2,000 they were sending to CCCS each month to be distributed to their creditors. At that time, the sum amounted to about half of Russell's take-home pay. So Russell took on a second job cleaning a local grocery store several nights a week from midnight to 4:30 a.m. He would arrive home from his day job, eat dinner, catch a few hours of sleep and head to work. After his shift, he would go back home, sleep a few more hours and then get up for his day job.
Slow Progress
The first two years were particularly tough. Russell's work schedule was grueling, while Kandy managed just about everything at home on her own. Moreover, while their credit card balances were going down, the drop wasn't yet noticeable. For about a year, the Hildebrandts made do with one car, until they received a used van from Kandy's family. Even so, "they didn't let anything deter them from progress," Humburg says. "If the money wasn't available, they simply did without." Equally, important the Hildebrandts kept their goal -- becoming debt-free -- in mind. After the first few years, the Hildebrandts' efforts finally seemed to be bearing fruit. Their card balances were coming down, and some were getting paid off. As one card reached zero, CCCS would apply the money that had gone to it to the remaining balances. As a result, those cards would get paid off even more quickly. About this time, Kandy became pregnant with Joey, who's now 3. While recognizing that a new child would mean additional expenses, the couple was thrilled. "The joy he brought to a negative, grinding situation was the light we needed," she says.
Dream Home Appears
By the fall of 2008, the Hildebrandts had one year to go on the payment plan. Russell even started daydreaming about a new home when he saw a three-bedroom rambler for sale in New Richmond. It had all that they were looking for, including a large yard and a separate bedroom for Joey. Russell let a real estate agent know that they liked the house, but added that the family would have to pay off their debts before taking on a mortgage.
Several months later the agent called and asked if the Hildebrandts would be interested in a rent-to-own agreement. The current owner of the house had some health concerns and was eager to move. The monthly rent would be $1,000, which included $200 to be escrowed for closing costs. They could manage it.
Earlier this year, the owner wanted to accelerate the sale process. In April, using the tax credit for first-time home buyers, the Hildebrandts were able to swing the purchase and pay off the remaining balances on their credit cards about six months ahead of schedule.
Now, the Hildebrandts are content in their new home and free of debt, other than their mortgage. Russell has been able to quit his second job and spend more time with his family -- and catch up on sleep.
Frugal Habits Stick
Several things haven't changed, however. Kandy remains a dedicated bargain hunter. Shopping online, she found eight bar stools for their kitchen island and basement family room for $24; at a yard sale, she bought a $2 desk for the girls. The Hildebrandts "had to completely rethink how they spent and what was a need versus a want," Humburg says.
Both Russell and Kandy say that while bankruptcy might have seemed like an easier option at the outset, it would not have been as satisfying. They wouldn't have learned to take control over their money and spending. What's more, with a bankruptcy on their credit record, they wouldn't have been able to purchase a house when they did.
Their advice to others? "Get out of debt," Kandy says. "It's a chokehold."

(THIS IS FROM YAHOO NEWS http://customsites.yahoo.com/financiallyfit/finance/article-107752-2691-0-how-one-family-shed-106000-in-debt?ywaad=ad0035 )

Happy Birthday Tyson

I can't believe two years ago I was about to have my first. We were so excited and being two days overdue- releaved! My little baby feels so big compared to that brand new infant. He will always be my baby though. Happy Birthday Tyson!

Bikes

So I noticed today that we had 2 of our bikes stolen last night. It reminded me that there are bad people around. We only have one left, so no more family bike rides... :( Good thing it the end of the summer.

MOUSE!!!

I saw a mouse in our house today! EEEEeekkk! i just bought some traps... I feel really bad killing a mouse but its got to go. Happy hunting right?

Summer has gone so fast!

I cannot believe summer is almost gone! This summer has made me appreciate the holidays and fall, boy I can't wait for the leaves to start falling. Heres to the sun setting on summer.

Never enough

I feel like the 3rd trimester is the "never enough" stage - As much as I eat it is "never enough"...there is "never enough" maternity clothes to make me feel cute... I have all this new energy I haven't had for the last 7 months but there are "never enough" hours of the day... ::sigh::

Summer

Summer has flown by for us. We've been to Vegas twice, Seattle, my family has been here twice (including my brothers staying at our house for 3 weeks), and Jasons mom here twice. I am busy organizing our new home and getting ready to move Tyson to his big boy room with his second birthday coming up. We have been super busy so I thought I would post some quick pics.

FUNNY!

THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play Two sports and either take music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean,correct all homework,and complete science projects, cook, dolaundry, and pay a list of 'pretend' bills with not enough money. In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week. Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time--no emailing. Each man must also take! each child to a doctor's appo intment, a dentist appointmentand a haircut appointment.He must make one unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care. =0 AHe must also make cookies orcupcakesfor a social function. Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times. The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. The men must shave their legs,wear makeup daily, adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes,keep fingernails polished and eyebrows groomed.During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.. They must attend weekly school meetings, church, and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting. They will need to read a book to the kids each night and in the morning, feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair by 7:00 am. A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight,shoe size, clothes size and doct or's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up. The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins only if...he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice. If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years eventually earning the right To be called Mother!

Family Fun

I have had my brothers staying with us since the 4rth, and for the last week my sister and mother. My inlaws have been in town at the same time. On Sat we head to Seattle for a visit. Shhhessshh.... I love family! Things have been stressful, chaotic, and busy but also amazing, fun, and memorable. I love family and am so grateful to have them.

Fruits of my labors

This morning I picked my first peas and green beans from my garden! There should be cucumbers, lettuce, and corn coming next!

Morning thoughts

I just got up this morning before the sun had really came out to go tend to my garden. I have peas, corn, green beans, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, pumpkins, and cucumbers.

Since this is the first time I am blogging about my garden I will disclose that there have been abstacles from sprouts being eaten whole, to weeds growing at light speed. Well this morning it was the invasion of the snails! Yikes! And within 2 days they have managed to eat like crazy! [Any good inexpensive tips are welcome] I was spouting mean words and theatenings while chucking them across the yard. My neighbors must have thought I was crazy.

Another observance I noticed is while pulling some weeds in an area where I had planted seeds but nothing came up, I found some carrots growing! The thought immediatly came to me that "Good things CAN grow within so much bad".

This thought really yanked my heart. I have a very close friend to me right now who is struggling within herself. She is not living alot of the standards of the church. It has been hard for me to love her and not say much. She knows what I think and I want to stay her friend, but when I found those carrots sprouts in my garden growing under so much ick it made my heart have hope. And I feel it was a little message from Heavenly Father, that for my friend " The good that is already planted ,within her heart, CAN grow!"

Its... a brother

Yes... another boy! We are excited and especially excited for Tyson. Anyone who knows Tyson knows he will love a brother! The top name for now (subject to change) is Tanner. And we are due November 12. So excited! Ultrasound pics to come!

Update

Things have been so hecktick.. but good.

Heres the rundown-

My family from Vegas came to visit and see the new house
They took me back with them
WEEK 1 in VEGAS
The next day my brother had emergency brain surgery (yes I know crazy! I was so glad to be there)
Rest of the time spent at the ICU
WEEK 2 in VEGAS
Time to cram time in with the family including lots of touring around, waterparks, and trying to stay warm
Missing Jason
THIS LAST WEEKEND
Moms b-day
Brothers graduation
Our 3 year anniversary yippeee!

Help!!! Ants

There are ants in my backyard and in my garden! Please save my garden from these little black ants... arg. I have tried bate traps and grits with no success. What can I do for the cheapest and quickest (most importantly most permanent)!!!

baby #2

Thought I would let everyone know that we are expecting baby #2 on November 12th! We find out hte gender June 23.

Crazy life

k, things have been super busy... so to recap-

*FRI the 24th we started moving into our home
*This last WED we finished cleaning and checked out (so nice to be done!!)
*Thursday- last day wit hour own interent (hence me using my sister-in-laws laptop right now)
*TODAY - my inlaws got here form Seattle for my other sister-in-laws baby blessing this weekend
*TOMOROW - baby blessing, yummy food, good memories

and thru all of this as much unpacking as possible... which has been a couple of boxes... next week

Enjoying our new home and family and UNPACKING!

Recently I have learned that life is exciting, surprising, sad, busy, all wrapped into a ball of much more emotions, but the best is to live life!

Fire Proof - the movie

I am completely recommending this movie to everyone called Fire Proof. It is available at Red Box or other places. (http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/) It is really good, make sure you watch with your spouse and if you want to do the dare afterward heres a link- http://www.40daylovedare.com/. Let me know what you think.

Susan Boyle

I thought this article was very inspiring! This is really interesting about how people are looking up to Susan Boyle who is "the frumpy church lady whose surprisingly sound rendition of a schmaltzy but heart-tugging musical theater classic ("I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables) has captured the imagination of so many (more than 20 million views on YouTube alone)." If you want to read about her and watch her click here - http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles_of_faith/2009/04/the_faith_of_su.html .

House!!!

As you may all know we are buying a house and closing between the 21st and 30th. We already sold our contract and I am trying to pack (but getting distracted with blogger and facebook... argg!) Anyways heres our house! Its 4 bed 2 bath , living room, family room, cellar, laundry room, nice sized backyard! If you can't tell we are super excited!!! More pictures to come after we get averything moved in!

Cool for kids

Tyson is in love with sounds! I found this site that is super easy fro kids to play with where there is interactive animal and vehicle sounds. All you do is drag your mouse over the object. I just have Tyson point to the vehicle or animal he wants to hear. Here's the site-

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/9496/

White Horse Prophecy

What do you think about the White Horse prophecy? Has it came to pass already?

Many of you LDS members out there have heard the prophecy that the constitution will hang by thread in the last days. I had heard the quote myself but yesterday while I was having a discussion with a friend about the last days and she encouraged me to read the whole prophecy which is quite long! I also did a little research about it to find out if it was really from Joseph Smith and heres what I found-

Bruce r. Mokonkie said "See BIBLE, BOOK OF MORMON, CANON OF SCRIPTURE, DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS, HOLY GHOST, LOST SCRIPTURE, MORMON BIBLE, PROPHECY, PROPHETS, REVELATION, STANDARD WORKS, WHITE HORSE PROPHECY. Any message, whether written or spoken, that comes from God to man by the power of the Holy Ghost is scripture. If it is written and accepted by the Church, it becomes part of the scriptures or standard works and ever thereafter may be read and studied with profit. Much of what is in the scriptures was given orally in the first instance and was thereafter recorded either by the uttering prophet or an inspired scribe. Other portions of what is in holy writ were written by the inspired authors by way of revelation and commandment."

Heres a copy of the prophecy itself-

Joseph Smith talking to Elder John J. Roberts, of Paradise, Utah.

"I want to tell you something of the future. I will speak in a parable like unto John the Revelator. You will go to the Rocky Mountains and you will be a great and mighty people established there, which I will call the White Horse of peace and safety." When the Prophet said, "You will see it," I said, "Where will you be at that time?" He said, "I shall never go there. Your enemies will continue to follow you with persecutions and they will make obnoxious laws against you in Congress to destroy the White Horse, but you will have a friend or two to defend you and throw out the worst parts of the law so they will not hurt you so much. You must continue to petition Congress all the time, but they will treat you like strangers and aliens and they will not give you your rights, but will govern you with strangers and commissioners. "You will see the Constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread as fine as as a silk fiber." At that time the Prophet's countenance became sad, because as he said, "I love the Constitution; it was made by the inspiration of God; and it will be preserved and saved by the efforts of the White Horse, and by the Red Horse who will combine in its defense. "The White Horse will find the mountains full of minerals and they will become rich (at this time, it must be remembered, the precious metals were not known to exist in either the Rocky Mountains or California). You will see silver piled up in the streets. You will see the gold shoveled up like sand. Gold will be of little value then, even in a mercantile capacity; for the people of the world will have something else to do in seeking for salvation. "The time will come when the banks of every nation will fall and only two places will be safe where people can deposit their gold and treasure. This place will be the White Horse and England's vaults. A terrible revolution will take place in the land of America, such as has never been seen before; for the land will be left without a Supreme Government, and every specie of wickedness will be practiced rampantly in the land. Father will be against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother. The most terrible scenes of bloodshed, murder and rape that have ever been imagined or looked upon will take place. People will be taken from the earth and there will be peace and love only in the Rocky Mountains. This will cause many hundreds of thousands of the honest in heart of the world to gather there, not because they would be Saints, but for safety and because they will be so numerous that you will be in danger of famine, but not for want of seed, time and harvest, but because of so many to be fed. Many will come with bundles under their arms to escape the calamities for there will be no escape except only by escaping and fleeing to Zion. Those that come to you will try to keep the laws and be one with you for they will see your unity and the greatness of your organization. "The Turkish Empire of the Crescent will be the first power to be disputed, for freedom must be given for the Gospel to be preached in the Holy Land. The Lord took of the best blood of the nations and planted them on the small islands now called England and Great Britain and gave them power in the nations for a thousand years and their power will continue with them that they may keep the balance of power; and they will keep Russia from sweeping her power over the world. England and France are now bitter enemies but they will be allied together and be united to keep Russia from conquering the world. The two popes, Greek and Catholic, will eventually come together in their decline and be united. The Protestant Religions do not know how much they are indebted to Henry VIII for throwing off the Pope's bill and establishing the Protestant faith. He was the only monarch who could do so at that time and he did it because the nation was at his back to sustain him. One of the peculiar features in England is the established Red-coat; a uniform making so remarkable a target to shoot at, and yet they have conquered wherever they have gone. The reason for this will be known to them some day as red is seen in a different color threading through under all history. The lion and the unicorn of England comes from there being so much blood of Israel in the nation. While the terrible things of which I have mentioned are going on, England will be neutral until it becomes so inhuman that she will interfere to stop the shedding of blood and history will be more properly understood. England and France will unite together to make peace, not to subdue the nations. She will find this nation so broken up and so many claiming government, till there will be no reasonable government. Then it will appear to the other nations, or powers, as though England had taken possession of the country. The Black Horse will flee to the invaders and will join them for they have fear of becoming slaves again; knowing that England did not believe in slavery, they will flee to them that they believe will make them safe. Armed with British bayonets, the doings of the Black Horse will be terrible." Here the Prophet said that he could not bear to look longer upon the scenes as shown to him in vision and he asked the Lord to close the scenes. "Continuing, he said: "During this time the Great White Horse will have gathered strength, sending out elders to gather the honest in heart from among the Pale Horse, or people of the United States, to stand by the Constitution of the United States as it was given by the inspiration of God. In these days which are yet to come God will set up a Kingdom never to be thrown down, but other Kingdoms to come into it, and those Kingdoms that will not let the Gospel be preached in their lands will be humbled until they will." "England the Germany, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium have a considerable amount of the blood of Israel among the people which must be gathered out. Those nations will submit to the nations of God. England will be the last of the nations to surrender, but when she does she will do it as a whole in comparison as she threw off the Catholic power. The nobility knows that the gospel is true, but it has not pomp enough, and grandeur and influence for them to yet embrace it. They are proud and will not acknowledge the Kingdom of God or come into it until they see the power it will have. Peace and safety in the Rocky Mountains will be protected by the Guardians, the White and Red Horses. The coming of the Messiah among his people will be so natural that only those who see him will know that he has come, but he will come and give his laws unto Zion and minister unto his people. This will not be his coming in the clouds of Heaven to take vengeance on the wicked of the world." "The temple in Jackson county, Missouri, will be built in that generation. The saints will think that there will not be time to build it, but with all the help you can receive, you can put up a great temple quickly. You will have all the gold, silver and precious stones you need, for these things will only be for the beautifying of the temple. Also, all the skilled mechanics you want and the Ten Tribes of Israel will help build it. When you see this land bound with iron, you may look forward to Jackson county." "At this point, he made a pause, and looking up as though the vision were still in view, he said: "There is a land beyond the Rocky Mountains that will be invaded by the heathen Chinese unless great care and protection be given." Speaking of the heathen nations, he said: "Where there is no law there is no condemnation; this will apply to them. Power will be given to the White Horse to rebuke the nations afar off, and you obey it, for the laws go forth from Zion. The last great struggle that Zion will ever have to contend with will be when the whole of America will be made the Zion of God. Those opposing will be called Gog and Magog. The nations of the earth will be led by the Russian Czar and his power will be great, but all opposition will be overcome and this land will be the Zion of our God. Amen."

Going Green

Like the good little crafter that I am I have found some cute St. Pat's Crafts and heres one I came up on my own.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/clip-art-craft-st-patricks-day-pins?lnc=86d2ea87b7dee010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=collage_holiday_st-patricks-day-decorations

http://familyfun.go.com/stpatricks/

Another cool tip is if you have heart stamps, molds, or stencils you can make shamrocks from the hearts. Like this-

So to catch up

It has been a while , and all I can say its taken this long to catch up from the Holidays! So heres whats been up for us.

-Tyson is my little monster who I love to pieces! I put away some towels... he pulls them out. I sweep and mop he throws his food on the floor. I wash the walls, and then he draws on them. Yep, thats the stage we're at. Tyson though is starting to say words, his new favorite is "Bubble" but of course his all time fav is "Nana' for BaNANA .

-I am busy perfecting and reperfecting my online boutique http://knottynurser.blogspot.com & making nursing covers. Taking care of Tyson keeps me pretty busy. I am also playing church basketball (I can't wait for volleyball , not as much running, I am sooo out of shape, hence the basketball)

-Jason (for all those who don't know) has been working at Dish Network as a Satilite Installer for the last 3 months and loves it! He works 4 days and 3 off so more time together.

And thanks to his job we will be buying a house this year! Yippie! We are already working on qualifying! So pretty exciting time! In our spare time we love the Office and American Idol, Tuesday through Thursday is booked! Which for all those who like American Idol what do you think about this? http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/123306/is-joanna-pacitti-the-next-carly-smithson/ Anyway hope your all doing well!