It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Was anyone else as happy to see this sight as I was this morning? haha!


Kelsey headed out the door, driving herself to school for the first time. Then the boys were off on the bus.



Then Erin on her first day of kindergarten with her friend Benny.





This is the time when I usually start getting baby fever. It's a weird sense of loneliness when I am home with just one kid. What will Brooke and I do all day? Four down, one to go!

Some of my favorite memories of being a kid was coming home from school to a nice clean house and Ma would have a batch of chocolate chip cookies waiting for us. I thought I would try to make one of those days for my kids. Thanks Ma!

21 Questions

Another fun one from Katie. Anyone who wants to do it is tagged.


1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says. If there are no books in the room you are in, confess to being a literary moron.
I'm a literary moron:(

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you feel?
Nothing, just air.

3. What is the last Olympic event you watched on TV?
woman's gymnastics, poor girl was robbed!

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is:
6:40

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
6:47

6. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
About 1/2 hour ago, I was filling a bucket of water for Brooke and Erin to play with on the deck.

7. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?
My email.

8. Did you dream last night? If so, what was the theme?
I can't remember. I was so tired last night. It was a long weekend!I will remember as soon as my head hits the pillow tonight. I always get flashes of my dreams from the night before when I lay down to go to sleep.

9. What is one thing hanging on the wall of your bathroom (besides the mirror)?
A clock.

10. Seen anything weird lately?
I was at the mall today. I saw at least a dozen weird teenagers. Damn Emots!haha!

11. What do you think of the rock group Kiss?
Bunch of idiots. They were good back in the day but wouldn't care to hear them now.

12. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?
I would pay off my house and then buy a nice flat stomach. Actually I think I would get the stomach done first and then boobs and then house.

13. Tell me something about your feet.
Billy thinks I have cute feet. I think they are ok as far as feet go. I could really use a pedicure right now though.

14. If you could change one thing about the world, what would you do?
I would cure Cancer.

15. Can you imitate any famous people (and do it well)?
No, maybe when I've had a few drinks but sober probably not...

16. Would you ever consider living abroad?
Been there, done that.I would love to visit again but probably woudl never live there again. I wish when I lived in Germany I appreciated it instead of count the days until we went home. Who knew those would be days I would miss.

17. Are you scared of bugs?
Yes, most of them. Not lady bugs though. I like them.

18. Do you know how to yo-yo?
A little, I tried recently and wasn't very good at it.

19. What is your best culinary dish?
I have a recipe for a really good chili. I wouldn't say I have anything that I specialize in but I can cook anything that I try to. I am no longer Thelma. My brothers used to call me that. If you ever watched the show "Good Times" the sister was Thelma and burned the food all the time. I think that's why they called me that...or maybe we had similar hair cuts?haha!

20. List three of your least favorite words.
Fiance(i think that's how you spell it) I think it is just a very annoying word. Uhm... maybe diarea (another I'm not sure is spelled correctly) It is just gross. Let me think.. I can't think of any more but I hate when people say words like tomato and call it a tomato. Do you know what I mean?

21. Do you sneeze several times in a row or just once?
Several in a row. I don't like sneezing. I usually do it as soon as I apply my mascara and then I have to fix it and it is all in my eye liner.

Another fun one! Thanks Katie Irene!

Here We Go Again!

Football season has started and Colin and Brendan both won their first games this season. My boys made some great plays yesterday and made me so proud of them! Go Vikings!


Flashing the 603 gang signs

I think Colin is sick of me taking his pictures. (See the girls behind him, his girlfriend is one of them).I must be so embarrassing!

Team Think Pink

My work has been doing a long running fundraiser for the "Making Strides" Breast Cancer Walk in October in Exeter NH. We have rasied almost $7000.00 so far and we still have a lot of events coming up soon. We have done bake sales, a car wash, a cut-a-thon and a bunch of other things. If you want to walk with us we are "Team Think Pink". It should be a fun day!

Hmm Another...

From Kelsey, another cool one!
Hmm Another?

Well i found one of those surveys that everyone has been doing & I figured I'd share it ( When choosing the HTML code use the websites and blog section) :

1.Go to Photobucket.com (Don't sign in)
2. Type in the answer to your question in the "search" box.
3. Use only the first page.
4. Copy the HTML and paste for the answer.
5. When you are done TAG someone!

What is your name?


What is your relationship status?

What is your favorite color?

What are you listening to right now?

What is your favorite tv show?

Name a beverage.

What is the last movie you watched?


What is something you do a lot?

What kind of shoes do you wear?

Where would you like to go on your next vacation?

What is the last thing you bought?

What kind of car would you like to have?

I now tag Katie of The Betts-Levine Family! Get going!
Actually I tag anyone who wants to do it!

The 1 Photo Interview

This is from Katie. Very fun!
It is called The 1 Photo Interview. Unlike past memes where the answers were written, you must answer each of the following questions with 1 photo (and 1 photo only). The catch is you cannot include a caption on any of your photos unless a commenter requests one. Try to let the pictures do the talking! Get it? Got it? Good!

I realize this is going to take some time so I will just post the questions now in hopes that someone will respond...sometime in the near future. If you read my blog, consider yourself tagged.

1 Photo Interview Questions:

*Please note that all of these questions are subjective-- you can answer however you want. Be creative, decide for yourself, use your own pictures and as always...get crack-a-lackin'! Oh yeah, try to answer all of the questions as well. You can't pick and choose.


1. Where do you live?
2. What color are your eyes?

3. What does your mailbox look like?
4. What is one part of your daily routine?

5. Who is one of your favorite people?

6. What comforts you?

7. What are you doing tonight?
8. What time is it?

9. Who are you talking to?
10. What are you thinking?


I'm looking forward to all of your answers...and mine. We'll see how this one goes!

The Tin Grin Is In!

Brendan got his front braces yesterday.
"Brace Face"
"Metal Mouth"
Any more???

Watch Out!!!

Kelsey got her license! Yeah!

The Letter "D"

26 Things Tag
Here is a fun challenge that Katie started today called 26 Things. The idea is to take one picture for each letter of the alphabet through a game of blog-tag.
Here are the rules/directions:
1. If you are tagged, you are responsible for taking 1 picture of an item that begins with your letter. Be creative! Anything goes.
2. Post the picture on your blog.
3. Tag someone new with the next letter of the alphabet.
4. Since there are 26 letters, someone may be tagged multiple times. That is perfectly fine, but try to spread the love if you can.
5. If someone doesn't want to play, they should pass. Tag someone else in their place.
Hmmm, my fisrt thoughts were dog-shit(thanks for the idea Mary F.)or dork but I didn't have any pictures of Katie.haha!!!
OK, let me think...

D for dish. This is my favorite dish. I only have one but I just love it. I think I have decorated my entire house around this one dish. I found up at Moosehead Lake on vacation with the Betts-Levine Family and it was the last one on a clearance table. Anyway, I now tag Joanne F.
Get going!
OK, Joanne must be busy, I am redoing my tag and Lorraine you are tagged.

My Girls!

I love you guys!