Forever again!

Alright...I'm not one for setting myself up for failure, so I tend to avoid the whole "New Years Resolutions". However, I (cross my fingers) am going to make one now! Better late then never, right? I am making a resolution to blog about our lives at least once a week...wait...scratch that, once a month! That seems doable, right? Let's hope!


Our little family after Peyton's (and Parker-he was a little munching animal on stage for a song)first Christmas program at church!



So, Peyton is 3, and, oh my goodness, my spitfire! He is one of those kids who plays hard, loves hard, and fights harder! I definitally have my hands full with this child! I am loving every minute of watching him grow. He is so inquisitive, and LOVES learning! He loves reading books, talking a mile a minute and helping mommy with her foster doggies. He's gotten pretty bad though, at thinking he can just "trade" our dog Zoe (whom I've had for 10 years) in for a different dog. :)He is still into sports, and I really can't wait for spring to watch him excel even more in what he does best...Baseball!

Parker is already 17 months! We've obviously been hitting all the normal milestones, such as crawling, standing, walking and now are in a full all out blazing ball of running fury! He is absolutly crazy and has NO FEAR! I catch him all the time doing "naughty" things that I've heard is just normal for boys. WHAT?!?! I'm going to have some serious gray hair with this boy! His favorite place to be is on the top of the toilet (not the bowl part, but the tank!). He has mastered crawling up the fort of the swingset, which Peyton could barely do when we got it in the spring! He is so silly, and is always making goofy faces to get us to laugh. You will always hear Peyton saying, "Not funny, Parter!" to keep his pesky brother away! :)

Crazy Parker!

We just purchased a new home! On a whim in beginning of December we decided to put our house on the market. In todays market, especially during the winter, we thought for sure our house wouldn't sell until the spring 2010. Well, God had different plans, our house sold and closed the last week in December! We were planning on moving in with my parents until we were able to find a house, but as our deadline to close grew closer we grew antsy and threw down an offer on a house. We were told our offer wouldn't stand, but we just had faith that God knew what he was doing. We then entered a bidding war with the sellers, and went back and forth and finally agreed on a price! It was amazing and we've been told it's something you don't see every day! We know that we've only one Man to thank, JESUS! The last weeks in December were crazy trying to get ready to move and trying to figure out when we could close on the new house to avoid a double move. Up to the very last day we were told by everyone we wouldn't close until 2010, which was how we would have ended up doing a double move. God performed another miracle and we ended up finding out late on the 30th that we would close on the 31st! It worked so perfectly...God's perfect plan! It's amazing what God does, when you step back and just let God be God! It's been awesome to, to be able to tell people who we have to thank for this whole situation.

Our home is so cozy and we just love it so much! We've been having fun unpacking and making it our home. My dad has been over, quite a bit (I'm pretty sure he has all the hours tracked on a time sheet!:) ) to paint the whole interior of the house! He's a very talented and precise (sometimes too much for Matt, who just likes to get it done) painter, and we have him to thank for a beautifully painted house! Because we bought the house so fast, and we've had some crazy snow storms here, we have no idea what the yard looks like! We have discovered, as the snow is melting that the house has a lot of rocks in the landscaping! Matt's already talking about the fact that if the kids break windows they'll be locked in their rooms for a week, and will only be able to come out to eat and go potty! :) Hee hee!


Our Home!

We have a fireplace!

Boys Bathroom

Our room...they must have had a sale on disgusting yellow paint! Updated pictures to come!

Kitchen <3

This little guy, who Peyton and daddy named Hopps, was found in our egress window downstairs. We had to call the Humane Society to get him out! This is the same officer who came to get a St Bernard from my yard (who layed down and refused to get up and ended up having to get picked up with "reinforcements"! Ha ha!!)


Well, I better leave somethings to blog about later! ;)