The love of my life!

Today I was reminded of how much I am in love with my husband just by taking a few pics of him and I and spending the day with him....sure he was grumpy he hasn't had a day off this week and was up all night after work with Brandon and his stomach virus, but still when I wanted a few pictures of him and I he held the camera out stood there and smiled - he hates his picture taken, but did it "for me". Brandon and Brianna love to see pics of Bill and I - there aren't enough of them around this house, we both hate having our pictures taken - maybe I'll make that a new "to do" item for me - TAKE MORE PICS OF BILL AND I :)

Bill is the most loving kind man I have ever had the privilege to be in a relationship with. He gives me strength when I need strength and loves me for just me. He is a wonderful father to our children and to Carissa and Cody ~ he never questions my decisions and stands behind me 100%. Even when the going gets tough he kisses me good bye and good night and tells me how much he loves me!

I just love him sooo much!

New Hair Cut and Style

Okay so I have officially learned my lesson AGAIN! I got a new hair cut and I love it - but my plain brown hair - totally natural does not do it justice - so I decided I would put some blonde "chunks" in it....ya well now I look like a punk rocker with 4 huge chunks of pumpkin orange in my hair - won't work for work, so I loaded the little ones in the car headed to Yokes and got some Ash Brown hair dye. I remember doing this once before - I decided to go blonde, ya well after 4 kits I sent CJ franticly to the store for a final "brown hair dye kit" hee hee, my hair always turns pumpkin orange/blonde....it's the funniest color. Well this time I was going to send Bill running to the store for hair dye but decided I couldn't wait for him to get home from work, so I braved the store with my pumpkin orange/blonde chunks and got some hair dye - let's just hope it is an improvement!!!! The pics do not do it justice - it looked way worse!!!!

Your Having What for Breakfast????

So this morning Brandon woke up early and was excited to go back outside and enjoy the sudden summer weather....and most importantly the sprinkler we had picked the kids up.....just a cheap little thing at Walmart, that had provided a good 2 hrs of fun last evening.

I explained to him that he needed to eat breakfast, get dressed and play a while before going outside to play in the water, as it was a still a little chilly out. He said "then me outside and play in wa ( water )" I said yes, then you can go out and play in the water. He ran into the bedroom, woke up Brianna exclaiming "Anna, Anna get up we eat breakfast then go outside and play in wa" She smiled that smile she does so often and was on a mission to get something to eat. She was in such a good mood given the sudden early morning "wake up call" which involved Brandon jumping up on the bed and exitedly hollaring. They proceeded to the living room, Bill got up, jumped in the shower and I was getting ready for work. It dawned on me that they were awfully quiet, so I decided to see just exactly what they were up to, when I walked around the corner to the living room here sit Brandon and Brianna on my couch with a whole box of maple bars on Brandon's lap, 2 maple bars - one in each hand of each child, a half eaten maple bar on the box on Brandon's lap and Brianna covered in maple with a bar next to her upside down on the couch cushion next to her.....now in my earlier years of parenting with Sis and Cody, I prolly would have freaked and started cleaning like a mad lady, but in my recently aquired laid back approach I thought, now this is too cute, yes messy but definitely time for a picture, I ran to get the camera and got a couple shots, they are too cute! I finished with the pics, went in to tell Bill what I found, he was like oh my goodness, did you clean it up, I said NO, I took a picture :) We laughed, then he said are you gonna clean it up, I said NO, not right now, I'm gonna let them enjoy their maple bars for a few more minutes :) Every time I eat a maple bar I will NEVER EVER forget that oh so very sweet moment that Brandon tended to and got him and his baby sister Anna some breakfast so they could go play in the wa outide :)

I love experiencing parent as an older more patient parent!!!!!!