Wilkin County Fair...

Jenna doing what she does best.. .eat eat eat!! It was a HOT day so chocolate chip rice cakes kept her happy. The next picture is of Jackson riding on one of the rides. This was the LAMEST fair that I have EVER been to.. but the kids had fun with the 6 rides that they did have. Although three rides cost $9.75.. YIKES.


The kids that were with us (11?? We were with my sisters daycare) most went on the ferris wheel. A LITTLE scary being the conditions these rides were in. When it came time for Jackson and his cousin Carter to go the guy called me up there. Kids under 6 need to go with a parent.. WHAT.. I had to go on that rickity thing. I asked about weight limits but he laughed.. told me you would be surprised at the people who go on this ride... hmm. didn't make me feel any better. Anyway... I bravely went on the ride with these two cutie patuties!!! The other picture is from WAAAAY up high... a little nervous.



Jackson petting piggies... they were pretty cute!
Jackson and Jenna!!! Aren't they cute! The boys showing off their tattoos.


Jenna showing off her tattoo... We like to start our kids out early getting tats! Then there is Jackson and Hunter playing in this half blown up game.














That was it.. it did suck... excuse my language but it did suck. It was a lot better in previous years. Oh well. We made the most of it and did have some fun!!! Blessings!

Random stuff and a dog that belches!

YUUUM!! This is what I have been eating for the last few days. Onions from Bumpa's garden, a tomato from my garden, and farm fresh beef that we butchered ourselfs... mixed with BBQ sauce.. DELICIOUS! The next pictures are of the kids hanging out together..











So I am curious. Have you ever heard of a dog that belches... yep.. belches. I am taking videos of my dog and am seriously turning them into the funniest pet videos. Take a peek!

Jenna's baby video... and a fuzzy hat.

We watched the "Jenna and Jackson" video yesterday... over and over. I was bawling the first time I watched it. It is soo hard to believe that it was a year ago (and a few months) that Jenna was born. What an amazing blessing she has been to our family. Jackson will be 5 in November.. 5??????? Where did the time go. The next few pictures are of Jenna watching herself on the video. It was funny. Jenna was watching it and saw her "Papa" on the video and said. PAPA...PAPA.. It was too cute!!! In the second picture you will see the picture of her Papa holding Jenna when she was born.


I am getting ready for a garage sale (YUCK) and came across this cute hat... but it won't fit her this winter so it is going in the garage sale. It is VERY cute on her.. and she kept it on for quite a while during our tea party.


More pictures tomorrow. We are flooding out here.. Our street is full of water right now and coming up our driveway almost to my husbands pickup. STUPID people are plowing down the street and the water is up to their bumpers. Breaking out the arm floaters!!! STAY TUNED.

Jacksons Ocean Project and Jenna's time out.

Today is our first PROJECT PARTY DAY!!! Really has not been much of a party.. but you can make a party out of anything.. it is just the way you look at it. We compiled all of our projects for the week and put it up. Barry will be soo surprised when he gets home. :) At the end of the post you will see a video that Jackson took... it is hillarious!! I don't know what he is doing... but just listening to him is soo funny. He is very proud of his project.. not quite what I envisioned... but it was a great week for him. We need to figure out what we are going to do next week.

Mommy being a shark...
Jackson being a shark.
This is Jenna sitting in a time out. YES... we do time outs with her. It is really just starting to show her right from wrong. She is hitting and we will make her sit here if she does that. Then she proceeds to go over to who she hit and does soft hands... sometimes. I thought little girls were supposed to be sugar and spice and everything nice... not smacking and screaming and throwing tantrums :) Sigh! She still had her corn though!
This is Jacksons video of his project... not sure what all the goofyness is about.. oh yah.. that is Jackson for you!

Jenna... did you know that is upside down?

Jenna has this thing with putting things in her mouth upside down. I find it cute since I did the same thing with my binkie. Here she is even drinking from her sippy cup upside down. I love this outfit on her!!


Barry got some super sweet corn from a customer of his... MAN.. it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.. Jenna thought so too. She cried and screamed until she got her piece then she proceeded to put her feet up on the table and sat there eating her corn for 15 minutes. I got her down and she would NOT let go of that corn. So we let her walk around with it and eat it. AN HOUR LATER she was still eating it and actually got ALL the corn off of it. I took it away since we were getting REALLY close to bedtime but BOY did I get chewed out! :) Dad refused to take it from her... now I know why. Today we went to the pool and we are planning on visiting there every day this week as long as the weather holds out. Friday I will post pictures of Jacksons projects for the week once we do our "presentation" for dad.

So, what does a person do on her first day as a work at home mom??

Well, here is a run down!

Wake up at 5:15 and exercise,

check emails/make coffee,

get in shower and get ready,

(sounds a lot like my "working days")

start making breakfast for my two monkeys.... wait... it is 7am.. where are they??

Do a little work on the computer,

check on my monkeys... is it seriously 7:15 and they are sleeping...

eat a bowl of oatmeal while checking my blogs,

go back up and finish work on computer.... welcome a big hug from Jackson,

get Jackson pottied and dressed... head downstairs,

get our gluten free breadmaker bread going,

hear my little peanut up in bed singing,

get big kisses from Jenna....

sang the good morning song to both the kids with an oncore by Jackson,

8:30 made monkeys breakfast,

got a phone call that our showing was moved UP to 9:15.... FREAK OUT!

clean, dust, vaccume, pick up, put things away, finish getting ready, get kids cleaned up and out the door... all in 15 minutes... yep.... that sucked!

Deposits, bank run, copies and library visit to get books for our assignment!!! Yep, Jackson chose under the sea as our assignment for the week. Fridays we have big parties to show off our work for the week. He loves parties.. why not incorporate learning and a good week with a fun ending!

Get home, make grilled cheese sandwiches with our gluten free bread.. HOLY CRAP.. that stuff is good! Made seconds for Jackson. Jenna wakes up and wants to eat.

Jackson down for nap,

Jenna and mommy play... (see peek a boo pictures at beginning of post)

Daddy calls and needs me ASAP to bring them materials to a job 20 miles away. Get Jackson out of bed (he had not fallen asleep yet) and get to lumber yard.

Drive to job site, hand off materials in nick of time,

to Zoo to drop off time slips for Ryan who is heading up the crew there,

home and Jenna to BED.. THANK GOODNESS! The princess was tired.

Outside to play with Jackson. Started with making our "ocean"... and somehow turned into a water fight! We ended up playing with water ballons. Still not sure who had more fun or who was more wet. Went inside to make spagetti,

ate supper, (yep... ate that YUMMY bread again.. don't even need to TOAST this bread... can you tell I am excited)

went for a walk to the gas station to drop off the mail,

walked home,

read another ocean book along with a clifford book,

put kids to bed,

worked on invoices for Burchill Construction,

started signing us up for our HSA but can't find kids SS#'s,

got distracted and here I am... phew!

It was a fun wonderful day!!! I love being with them to see everything they do... Jenna is now saying. ONE.... when you ask her how old she is. Holds up one finger too.. VERY CUTE! We danced, laughed, hugged, kissed, played and just spent time together.... it was a great day!!!! I am blessed!

Lots of Pictures...

THE BEST SHAMPOO!! It leaves your kids smelling like strawberry shortcake!!YUM. Jenna dumping water on her head... Jenna saying.. yaaaaaah.... and Jackson a little behind.. can't get them to do anything at the same time!


Jenna and Jackson resting in the morning before they go to their last day of daycare... a bittersweet yet sad and happy day... Lots of emotions. Jenna loves Jacksons kid tough FP3 player!!! She listens to it and dances...

This is what happens when Dad gets a hold of the camera.

Sorry I have been MIA... it has been busy with finishing up my last week of full time work.... putting in 20+ hours doing bookwork for my new employer :) and missing my kids like CRAZY. I did not have daycare this week so the kids went to the farm to be with Grandma and Grandpa B... they were in great hands but i missed them like mad!!! We are sitting at the farm now and I got to squeeze my kids before bed... oh joy.. how blessed I am!!! Here are some random pictures I have not had time to post... ENJOY!

Jenna helping mom clean house...

My boob cake that I made...he he..kinda cute...

My girl, My girl, My girl... talking bout... my girl... MY GIRL!


Jackson and Jenna at the zoo...like pulling teeth to get them to look at the camera at the same time. Yes... the billy goat is giving Jackson a kiss!!
Gluten Free Zuchini Bread... YUM!!

Jackson and Jenna eating their yummy gluten free bread. They loved it!!!
My new place of work!!! This is the boys shop...they are sealing the floor here and have quite a bit more to do. Soon... very soon we will be in there working at full force. Picture of the three boys posing for the camera... Jackson, Carter and Hunter. Cousins and buddies!

Jenna eating pudding.... as you can tell she LOVES IT!!!!!

Yum Yum... this is what Jenna was doing when I gave her a taste of my gluten free zu bread!!