Wedding dress

Andy finally proposed to Katelyn last month.  Today we went with Katelyn to make a final decision on her dress (she's been eyeing this one for months so it wasn't too hard).  At the end, she let Katie slip it on.  Oh was that a happy girl!!!

Katie spent the next couple weeks pretending to be a bride.  

Thanksgiving 2011

We had Thanksgiving with Kevin and Charlotte and Janel and Jordan at their new house this year.  Jared's parents flew in for a few days too (they moved to Arizona this past May and so it was nice to see them again).  The cousins played nicely for hours as usual and we chatted at the kitchen table until we went for round 2.  It was a nice day.  As usual the boys honed in on the strawberry rhubarb pie I'd made.   Snapped a picture of Schuyler and Emma eating their pie too.

Where's Ethan?

I went in Katie's room today looking for Ethan and found him like this.  On her baby doll's changing table with a blanket and a book. I ran for my camera.  I love impromptu pictures.

Visitor for the day

I'm visiting blogger land today. Oh how I've missed seeing everyone's hysterical takes on the their lives. I've been sitting here for a whole hour looking over everyone's posts for the past month or so. I've been out of the blogger loop since starting school. I just haven't had ANY time for it in between lessons and lessons and lessons and then normal mom stuff. But yesterday Hunter was complaining about how he didn't feel too great (I thought it was just a ploy to to get to his iPad time sooner after church) but then mid-sentence he started vomiting. So I guess he didn't really feel too good, after-all. Then he did it again later. And after you clean up a certain amount of vomit, your own stomach starts to toss and turn too- not sure if you're going to be next. So we just took it easy today. We're taking our first day off so far this school year. MUCH needed. I haven't done anything too productive (which I know I'll regret later), but it's been fun to catch up on all of your funny lives and beautiful families. Tomorrow- back to school.

Best Buds

Coleson's best buddy, Isaac, came over for a sleep over tonight.  These boys met in kindergarten and have been great friends ever since.  Funny side story- the first time I talked to Isaac's mom was actually not to set up a play date, but to apologize for Coleson cutting Isaac's shirt.  The boys had gotten a little carried away with their art supplies and one thing led to another.  At the time I was pretty upset with him for doing it, but now I realize it was a pretty silly thing.  Obviously it didn't hurt their relationship because they've been such good friends ever since.  Even with Coleson being home schooled this year, they still go out of their way to invite Coleson over and we do the same with Isaac.  He's a good kid and they always behave nicely together.  I feel grateful that he has such a good friend.

Vacuuming

This is Ethan's spot when I'm vacuuming.  He just rides on the vacuum as I drag him around the house.  He loves it. 

I'm alive...in case you were wondering :)

Yes it has been forever since I blogged. I didn't realize that the last post I'd made was the one that I was all overwhelmed and not the most upbeat. Sorry- didn't mean to leave that on there so long. Things are still crazy, but we're surviving.

Also, I've snapped tons of adorable pictures lately with my phone (like usual), but can't figure out how to upload them to my pc. I usually snap photos with my phone then email them to myself to upload with my other gobs of photos. But Yahoo! updated like a month or so ago and ever since I can't get my photos to come in. They appear in Yahoo! as .txt documents. (???) No idea how to fix it. I might have to bite the bullet and go to the cell phone store !?!?! My favorite place to go with 4 kids who think the displays were placed there for their personal enjoyment.