catching up

Since I've been slacking so much on blogging lately, here are some pictures from the past month or so.

Happy Birthday Stephen!

Stephen turned 32 years young today. Happy birthday Stephen!!! And he's still so handsome. Although, we did spot 2 gray hairs even though he denies their existence. We had some friends and family over to eat and have cake, it was fun. Stephen got what he's been wanting forever for his birthday...a PS3 and Fallout 3. So he was a happy camper. Well, happy 32 honey!

Happy Halloween!

I LOVE HALLOWEEN! We had a lot of fun. Bailey was a super cute witch, Maddi was the frickin adorable duck that Bailey was a few years ago, and Ethan was a clone trooper. Oh, and don't forget Stephen, the woopie cushion. By the time it was my turn to get a costume we were out of time and....well....mom just got shafted. So I just had a shirt with skulls all over it. The kids got a lot of candy but now the hard part....I have to try not to eat it all. And no that's not just a funny thing to say...I am really going to be challenged here. We had bought a bunch of candy to hand out but ended up staying in Tucson til about 8:00 so we didn't make it back home in time to hand out any candy. So now I have to try not to eat that candy along with all of the kids' candy. Ugh, I think I'll just go get a piece. :)

We're in!

So we moved in on the 17th!!! We love our house more every day! It's so strange that we aren't just visiting and that it's really ours, for real. We are all loving having our own space again since we were cramped a bit at my mom's. Ethan especially is loving having his own room that Bailey has to stay out of. We have pretty much no decorations up so far but we did paint in the main living areas before we moved in. Here's some pix of the paint job-I like it a lot so if you don't-keep it to yourself!

Ethan kept dripping on the floors so he got fired and had to play with his rocket instead.

This blue/green color is in the kitchen and dining area.

This is the great room.

MY kitchen

Dining room
Shelley directing our work.