April---------------->Spring maybe?

   Well not a whole lot is new except that we moved into a bigger house! It's kind of older and has its quirks (we are finding), but it's been updated a lot and is so cute : ) We have lived here about a week and I still don't have every box unpacked, I still have A LOT of pictures to hang up. I also need to organize those annoying boxes of things that we don't need but must store for some reason. I will post pictures soon tho : )
   Kiersten wants to go outside SO bad but the weather has not been so awesome. We are trying to be patient but it's hard because we have a huge backyard now! She is still in tumbling and is registered for Playgoup in the Fall. She will hopefully start preschool in January if a spot opens! If not, then next Fall (2011) she will start Preschool. She will love it, I can't wait : )
   Bentley is the happiest dog ever with this new yard. The dog that lived here before buried rawhides EVERYWHERE so it's like an Easter egg hunt out there everyday. I just hope he doesn't start really diggin up the whole yard. He DOES NOT like the hardwood floors and pretty much moves from rug to rug tryin to get comfy. I think we are gonna hit up garage sales tomorrow and try to find an area rug for the living room, that should make him happy : )

Sunbathing on the deck.

   Brandon is a house selling machine! I have lost track of how many he has sold!!! He is doing great and we are very proud of him. He has a BIG commission coming on the 28th so that should be a nice bday gift for him. His birthday is the 27th and we are going to deadwood the 24th with a bunch of friends to celebrate!
   I am taking a cake decorating class on Thursdays and now a dog obedience class with Bentley on Tuesdays. I am still watching the two boys, so with the move I have been very busy and a little stressed! It's getting easier to manage now though and I am learning a lot in both classes. This weekend I am just hoping to get caught up on housework and maybe freeze a cake for Thursday. Can't wait til this house feels like home!

A Little Update!

Well, haven't been on here in a while! Just doesn't seem like we have much to update!

Brandon is doing really well with his new career! He has sold four houses and is managing some properties. He loves it! He is playing a new football team we have here in town, just to have some fun and work out. He gets a free membership to the Flex for being on it too! We will get to be traveling around for that this summer, should be fun!

I have been watching two little boys at home to make extra money and give Kiersten some playmates!

Carson, he's two.

Lane, he's four.

Kiersten really likes Carson and Lane is very helpful during the day! If we had a bigger house, I would watch more, maybe some girls! I get a baby to watch in June or July though!

I'm 23 now, yikes! Seems like I'm getting old, but my mom had a 6 year old and a 3 year old by my age!!! It's not too bad though, I'm not gonna start freaking out til the 30's and 40's! : )

Kiersten is crazy as usual but has gotten much better behaved since I started watching the boys! I can't wait til Spring so she can play outside, she just has so much energy, its unbelievable! She is really fighting naps already but I'm not giving in til she goes to "Play Group" in the Fall. It's like pre pre school. I have her on a waiting list for preschool already, I'm wondering if I should just put her on one for kindergarten too!

My Dad had his back surgey and is doing good, we are going to visit this weekend. It was weird having to line up a dog sitter! That's different!!!!

Baby Jayden!

Jayden Rylie was born January 19th at 1:19 p.m. She was 8 lbs and 1/2 an oz. and 19 inches long!

Kiersten's Bday

She was not very photogenic most of the day, she just wanted to dance right next to the cd player. She didn't even want to open gifts! It was fun tho and I think she really felt special all day, that's what matters!

Carson and Emmy

Jess got her a pink baseball mitt and ball!

The rest were mostly clothes so she wasn't that thrilled, but we were! She is hard to keep up with!

This is at home on her actual bday

Stress Stress Stress

I swear January stresses me out, I don't know why! It could be that half of my families birthdays are in January...or maybe that I get so worried about Kiersten's birthday! How much cake do we need and where are we gonna have it and who is actually coming and do we have to feed them dinner and on and on! Im making the cake again but its not going to be so extravagent this year (I mean who really wants to celebrate turning TWO!) We are having it at the rec in their party room and I got Kiersten a party dress that I will post pics of later. Hopefully it goes well!

Last years masterpiece : )

Brandon sold his first house last week and got his first listing WHOOHOO! Thank goodness! He is doing really great and seems to really love his job.I think my favorite part of it is that he is actually here when I wake up in the morning instead of him leaving at like 5 or whatever it was, and he looks so nice everyday AND clean shaven!

Kiersten had tumbling today...what a horrendous experience, and I'm not exaggerating, it was terrible. If she wasn't bawling she was yelling at me and trying to get away from me and the teacher. I'm sure she was cursing at me in her own way cus she was not happy. I was fighting her the whole time so I was just about sweaty when we finally left. It was only 45 minutes but I thought we were in there for about 3 hours. If you aren't patient, have someone else take your kid to tumbling!!!!

Having a tea party with Bentley...

He hangs out in the ball pit while she makes his tea

Bentley the dog is doing pretty good, he has potty training pretty much down but is still chewing on everything including us, but I guess we have to just get thru the teething phase...even though its so annoying! He is very cute though and when he isn't chewing on my toes I really love having him with us. We always had dogs growing up so something was misssing without one.

No baby yet for Katie and Trenton but it could be anyday. It sounds to me like they are going to have to induce her but we will see. Knowing my luck she will have her on Monday  (Kiersten's bday) and then 4 family members will share that birthday! I dont like it!

Christmas!

It's definitely looking like Christmas around here! We got tons of snow today and it's still coming down. I have procrastinated and have to go out in this crap tonight to buy groceries for Christmas dinner! I finally got all the wedding gifts put away so our house is looking a little less cluttered. I can't believe how much kitchen stuff we got!

We have a new addition............................................

Mr. Bentley

He is stinkin adorable.

He isn't a little puppy!

This is Kiersten's brother! He is the sweetest thing ever and like any Mom, I think he is so smart : ) He is 5 months old and I got him in Colorado. I had to drive all the way to Pueblo to get him but he was worth it! Kiersten loves him and he follows her everywhere. He is the funniest puppy ever, he is practically on speed for like an hour or so, then he passes out for two hours. It's just a cycle all day. He fetches and has pretty much gotten sitting figured out but we are working on more. I ordered a couple books to help train him so hopefully he is actually smart and becomes VERY obedient because it drives me crazy when dogs don't listen! I'm sure I will be putting more pics of him on here, he is pretty photogenic and I just love him.

Kiersten with a laundry basket on her head, I don't know what game this is but she always does it.

Other than the dog, we are pretty stoked for Christmas. We got Kiersten some cool stuff and I can't wait to see how excited she is about her bike! It's been almost a month since we bought everything so I barely remember what we got, I guess I will be surprised too!

Merry Christmas!

The nice weather is over! It's SO cold!

     We are getting pretty excited about Christmas this year and it's definitely starting to look like it around here! It's been snowing lots the past few days and it's been absolutely freezing out. We got the tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving and we are done with the shopping! I even have everything wrapped already. With the wedding coming up I really wanted to get everything done. Looks like I will definitely be done with school the 14th so I have the whole week to get ready and be stressed! We have everything ready so just waiting now! Then we have Christmas, which we are makin a small dinner for us, Trenton, and Dad and whoever else shows up. We are trying a turkey this year (even though I'm not a fan) but hopefully its as good as the ham we made last year! Then hopefully we get a neice BEFORE Kiersten's birthday not the same day! I told her to shoot for a new year's baby cus you get so much stuff now! Then Jayden can come to her cousin's 2nd birthday party, how exciting!