Something Dumb I Said This Morning

I just thought this was funny, so I had to share.
I've been setting my alarm for 6:30 all week and Steve finally asked me why this morning. My response: "So I can beat the kids up," meaning "so I can get up and ready before the kids." It sounded so bad and as soon as I realized what I said I started cracking up along with "of course I would never beat the kids!" comments.. :)

Yes, We are Completely Insane.. But, on the Plus Side, I ROCK! :)

So, we're moving, again.. I KNOW - WE'RE NUTS! We just did this a month ago, but it turns out the apartment we moved into is really a party apartment complex and not a good place to live if you have small children and actually want them to sleep. We've been surrounded by neighbors who LOVE their music and either love it too much, or are losing their hearing because they play it LOUD. Shaking appliances loud. Waking deeply sleeping children loud. On one occassion, I'm pretty convinced it was at the top volume level - I've never heard anything like it. So we talked to our landlord and he offered to move us into a house (with 3 bedrooms - yea!). Funny story about this house is that we're friends with the old tenants and that it's in Steve's parents' ward and about a billion people approached us on our last visit to that ward telling us we should live there. So, we will be - tomorrow.
The amazing part about all of this is that I got everything packed up in less than 24 hours. AWESOME, huh? :) I'm really proud of myself and really relieved that it's all done. I guess it's a lot easier to pack when you unpacked only a month ago and everything's still super organized. I also created a new system with all of the kids' toys - they're in storage boxes with the lids off so all we have to do with their stuff is pop the lids on those babies and we're done. Amazing how much time that saved me.
So, I just had to share this rather embarrassing/exciting information with all of you. I'll post pictures of our new home when we're settled. :)

Scary Mary

We love Mary Poppins, so this video had us rolling! :)

Truck for Sale!

With the loss of my income, we've decided to sell our truck, just to be certain that we're living within our means. It's in awesome condition and has been really great to tread through blizzards. But, the snow's melting and just about everything I need to get to in Logan is in walking distance, it's a real non-necessity right now. We have the car paid off, which is why we're keeping it instead.
Anyway, if you're interested or know anyone who is, let us know! :)

More Joseph Play

He really cracks me up a lot of the time! This morning he got the octopus and was playing with it and then told me that it was hungry. I said, "OK, give it some breakfast," so went into the kitchen with the octopus.

When I went in to see what he was up to I found that he put the octopus in his chair, got some cereal out, put it in a cup, and placed it in front of the octopus. :) What a sweet boy.

Maybe Putting Our Movies on this Shelf Wasn't Such a Great Idea

The Birth of a Blog

We're moved and settled in Logan now. It's wonderful to be home with this kids and the change has brought me into this new crusade to be as frugal as humanly possible. It's actually pretty fun. :)
I've started a blog to sort of document what I'm doing and what I'm discovering. It can be found here: Adventures in the Life of a Frugal Mommy.

Sibling Love

Joseph LOVES Drew - she is seriously one of his favorite people and is by her side about 80% of the time when she's with us. Whenever they're quiet (which is rare), you can count on finding them snuggling up in a chair together. He loves her so much and she's such a good big sister to him and Kathrynn. :)

Thanks Katie!!

My friend Katie, who is the queen of all scrapbookers, rose to action when she saw my last post and created my adorable new header! Isn't she awesome?! :)

Thanks so much, Katie!

So Sweet :)

This is Kathrynn's big thing - anytime she finds anything soft on the floor, she has to lay on it - it's really cute. Joseph thought so, too and decided to lay down with her. It was really sweet. :)