Thursday, October 1, 2009

NEW HOUSE!!!

It's been THREE whole nights that we've slept in our own place!!! 

There is a calm...
         a peace....
    it's WONDERFUL!!!

How I wish we were closer...
                            closer to home. 

    But for now we will struggle...
 with the wind...
the snow...
           the unknown...
and a reality of a visit...
                                          a visit HOME!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

my little fashionista!

My daughters got a SERIOUS problem....
   It's a REAL BAD problem...
 she loves clothes...

   AND now it's gone beyond that....
            she's got to MATCH...
it isn't just her shirt, pants, and shoes that have to match....

IT'S HER UNDIES TOO!!!!!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

oh BUFFER!!!!!

It was a great, fun, and exciting day! The store is closed...until Friday. We will have our GRAND opening then. 10-6. SOOOOO...we are busily getting the store ready for this glorious event!!! Our floors are NASTY so we decided to get down on our hands and knees and bust out with the green scrubbies and fix the problem! 

After a MAJOR workout last night with my first belly dancing class I just couldn't hang today! I called around town looking for ANYTHING to help fix that floor so I didn't have to be on my hands and knees scrubbing away! HURRAY, Kodiak (everything in this town is KODIAK something, just incase we forget where we are since we aren't stranded here anyway!) rentals!! Those boys are lifesavers or just PLAIN dumb 'cause they totally rented a floor buffer to us WITHOUT a manual. But we MASTERED that thing!! It takes a bit to figure that buckin' horse out, but now I can so ROCK the rodeo!!!! Mel busted the heater cover and I almost blew us to the moon when I tried to knock over the helium tank! No worries, we are SAFE and the floors are WONDERFULLY beautiful (please take note next time you visit the store!)!!!

Our trip to town ended with only ONE trip to the Mall-mart and TWO pairs of wet pants (one being MINE!). Note to self...when Emily says "oops Aunt Rach, I had an accident" and she's out of her chair, don't just plop down in the drivers seat 'cause you'll totally have potty pants ALL over you! Mel thought it was F-U-N-N-Y until I pointed out that her cookies were ruined also! THANKS EM!!! 

GREAT DAY!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

darlin' child-rannies!

A glimpse at perfection...

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thanks Amy~

Happy happy birthday!

Happy birthday my precious angel...


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happy birthday!!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A day in the life of a preschooler!

Conny had a GREAT fun day at school. The FIRST thing she told me when we got back in the car was that she doesn't like boys...or Carston (oops!). We will have to work on being friends, since he's in nursery with her too!!! She learned lots of songs...FIVE. She even learned about JESUS, just ask her! *giggles* She's such a silly girl! Thursday they are going to learn their names. Don't worry she has her's down pat...CONTANTS WEEZE GRIPIN. I just hope she's being Constance Louise Griffin, 'cause sometimes it's PARKERS turn to be Parker Weeze Gripin and she gets to be Constance James Gripin!

The mom of a school-aged daughter...

WOW! My little girl is in school...preschool that is! I am excited and horrified. She isn't even THREE yet...What was I thinking!? I guess that I needed a break...or that she might meet some new friends (I guess nursery isn't enough for us!?)...or that I needed to spend money on her EVERY month? I don't know. But I will be thankful for this chance and  hope she remembers how to be kind.... 



"Mommy WOW, I'm a big girl now!!!"