Hmm..

Kind of in a blogging funk


Well Bryan and I have developed an addiction to get us through the winter ... thank you netflix:





We are also shopping for some of this:



We don't need quite this much, but pretty much the whole house needs new flooring except the bathrooms, that we have already replaced. We were going to do it right when we moved in... fast forward almost 3 years :) I guess life got in the way. I will be really nice to have carpet that is connected to the ground... we have one really crazy room. We bought a fixer - upper, exhausting, but fun to work on together.



Most of the time I'm hanging out with this guy. He is starting to have quite the sense of humor.



I am amazed at how old he is getting and how much he understands, but there is still a lot that is beyond him. Last week at lunch he had his shirt off, yep I'm that kink of mom, and he kept trying to pull his nipples off. I couldn't convince him that they were supposed to be there, so he would pull and then go owww. Over and over... he's a character.

The Dead Zoo

Well it's been a bit too cold here to go to the real zoo, but we were looking for a fun family activity on Friday so we headed out to this Museum of stuffed animals. Kind of creepy if you think about it. Luke loved it... well to be perfectly honest he loved the benches, the buttons on the exhibits, the stairs and the water fountain. But hey he had a good time. We spent so much time on the stairs in fact that he learned how to climb stairs all on his own. You can tell in the pictures he is not interested in stopping to take pictures, he wants to be moving on.

New Year's Resolutions

Just by looking at the date you might guess that one of my resolutions might be to stop procrastonating...but nah. However now that you mention it perhaps I'll sock that beauty away for next year. This year I am trying to get some monsters out of my closet. Don't worry I'm not about to confess any sins here. These are crafts, one of which has followed me since high school. So by this years end I will finish these beauties and do one quilt of my own choosing.

Swedish weaving my Grandma taught me how when I was in highschool. So this has a special meaning, I have asked her to help show me how to finish it off. You would think I had waited so long that the colors would be back in style...I'll give it another decade.




This cross-stitch frankly I can't remember the story behind and I might throw it away when I finish it. I now it has made at least one move with me. It is huge, never ending and it has crazy stuff printed on it. Arg...this will be the hardest.




This quilt is part of a quilt of the month club. I love the colors, but not the design. I think we finish in October...so this should be pretty easy.




Lastly I want to make something I love, out of a pattern I love in colors I love. But I don't have any ideas. so we will see.

My other "resolution" is to read more. I have started reading again and I love it. I love reading for fun. I used to do it all of the time and then just stopped but I am back and my goal is to read ... I think I have decided on 38 books this year, twice what I read last year. So any sugguestions would be greatly appreciated.

I know that these are not deep life changing resolutions. But I've never been one to make and keep life changing resolutions, cause they aren't mesuarable. These are so. And now I am accountable, so here goes.

Muscles, etc

We are approved! Hooray!

I have wonderful news, we are approved to adopt again. All the paperwork is in, the homestudy is complete and all is a go so now we wait. So hopefully in the near or realistically not so near future Luke will have a little brother or sister. I feel very much at peace with the timing being in God's hands. I just know that He is the one who allowed our little family to get to the point that we are now. I was so floored by the miracles that led us to Luke and am anxious for the chance to again be a piece of the Plan.

I feel like right now is one of the most precious times in my life. Everything is going wonderfully and I just want to hold life remember these times. I am truly happpy.

The collage below is one of the one's that we turned in for our profile... just thought I'd give you a sneak peek.