In which I show off my accomplishments...

Feeble as they may be :) For some reason, I have been bitten by the organizational bug these past few days. Rather than try and figure out why, I have just gone with it... I've learned in the past not to question these things, rather to simply take advantage of them on the rare occasion that they do happen.

So first in line...the junk closet. You know that space in your house where you just throw things that you aren't sure what to do with, and you tell yourself that you will take care of it later when you have more "time." But then you never have the time/motivation to take care of it, so it ends up being a big, gigantic disaster. Well, that is pretty much the story of our junk closet :) It has been bugging me lately so I decided to tackle it today while Gabe was taking his morning nap. I didn't take a before picture, so you will just have to trust me when I say it was a huge freaking MESS!! However, after two hours of sorting and pitching, two trash bags full of junk and two big boxes of junk, our closet now looks like this....and I must say, I am quite proud of myself :)



My second big accomplishment for today falls into the decorating category. Anyone who knows me well, knows that I am NOT gifted in this area...at all... :) Well my mom got me these picture frames a couple of months ago, and I finally decided what to do with them. These are pictures of Hannah, Gabe, my niece Sera, and one of the three of them together. I really like how it turned out :)




All in all I would say it was a pretty accomplished day. :) I also scrubbed out the fridge today, but I will spare you the torture of looking at my fridge :)

Sisterly visit :)

I went to see my sister for a couple of days this week. So much fun! Nothing like a little sister time :) Lots more pictures to come, but here is my favorite of our three little monkeys :)

I can't resist...

...this sweet little face :) Can you?

$5.50

$5.50...that is how much this little swimming pool cost. And I didn't actually even buy it for the kids, my mom did :) I would say though, that it should be valued at least $55,000 worth of fun! :)




Wouldn't you agree... ;)

Me and my kids :)

I am sure that there are lots of other mom's out there with the same problem that I have noticed that I have. As I look through our pictures from the summer, I noticed I have a ton of the kids, plenty of Nick and the kids, and practically none of myself and the kids. I always seem to be the one taking the pictures, so I am never actually in any of them :) And since I want my children to be able to look back and see that their mother actually was a part of their life...I tried to have Nick take some pictures of me and the kids the other evening while we were playing outside. Well...it was less than successful... :) So I now present to you...me and my kids :)

Summertime baby :)

Can I just say, that I am loving summer time :) Being able to get outside with the kids, get sweaty and dirty, and just have fun! Good times! :)

Jumping...

Hannah has been in a serious jumping phase lately :) So of course I took some pictures :)

A wee Irish Lad

About 2 weeks ago my parents went to visit my sister who lives in Northern Ireland with her husband Geoff. (Yes...I was VERY jealous!) They brought back this adorable shirt for Gabe from Krissy and Geoff, so even though these pictures are a little fuzzy, I thought it would be fun to post pictures of Gabe sporting his authentic Irish shirt :)

My cousins wedding :)

I took pictures for my cousins wedding 2 weeks ago, and just now finished going through and editing all of them. This is my favorite one, so I thought I would share :)