Stevie Wonder

Thank you, Thank you to my dear and wonderful parents who decided to donate their piano to a very good cause. Carter has been dying to start taking piano lessons. Unfortunately we have never had a piano and since they are so expensive we have just never bought one. Carter has had two lessons now and is really loving it. He has always loved the piano. Even when he was just a tiny kid he would sit on my moms lap while she played the piano and put his hands on hers and pretend it was him playing. He has been waking up early everyday so he could practice before school. We are just hoping that the newness does not wear off and that he will continue to enjoy learning how to play! Unfortunately for me Grayden thinks he should also play everyday!!!!! It can be very loud at our house sometimes!

Bed Time / Home Repairs

We put the kids to bed in their bedrooms and without fail Chris and I will go up to bed and they have snuck into the hallway to sleep on the floor.  I can't for the life of me figure out why they would rather sleep on the floor in the hallway instead of a bed.  This particular night Jordyn took refuge from her bed in a tupperware container.  Let me just say this is not the first time she has fallen asleep in a bucket or a laundry basket.  At any rate Chris and I both got a good laugh from it.  She did not stay there all night.  I heard her get up in the middle of the night and go back to her bed.

The other day Chris decided he was going to change the faucet on our kitchen sink.  He had never tried doing this before, but was determined to do it himself.  Lucky for him he had lots of help from his little crew!!!!

So hard to keep up!!

I know it has been a while since I have posted anything new.  My grandma called me this week and asked if I had a blog so she could keep up on what was going on in our lives.  So if my grandma is going to be checking up regularly I better give her something new to read.  I can't exactly find my camera right now, so you will have to make do without any new pictures.  I kind of feel like we are in the doldrums of winter.  The kids have been outside the last few days since it has been a little warmer and it is making me feel even more antsy for the warm weather.  We haven't really done anything exciting as of late.  The kids are going off track again in a few weeks, so I guess I had better get started brainstorming for some fun inside activities.

Grayden Turns 2!

I can't believe my baby is two!!!  How fast the time flies!  Right now Graydens favorite thing is Handy Manny so as you can see that is the kind of party we had.   How lucky for him his dad even dressed up as Manny.  I am not sure he actually even noticed, but it was entertaining for the rest of the family.  We had a great time.  

Happy Holiday's!

We had a wonderful Christmas.  We spent Christmas Eve night at our house with my family.  We had the annual Christmas story puppet show.  We had a nice dinner and it was very low key and casual.  It was wonderful.  Then Christmas morning Chris' parents came to see the kids open their presents.  The kids didn't wake up until almost 8.  We stayed home all morning and enjoyed the snow.  We had lunch with Chris' family at his mom and dads and then went over to my grandparents later that evening.  It was the first Christmas since we have been married that we have spent any time at our own house.  We are usually out of the house for breakfast and we don't come home until late in the evening. 

We had a nice new years too.  Carter and Jordyn slept over at Grandma Joanne and Grandpa Rogers for New years eve and then on New years day we hung out with Chris' family.  We had tons of food, played lots of games, and watched some football.  It was nice to spend time together.  We are excited to start a new year!  Hopefully it will be a good one!

Still Alive

So we are still alive, I have just been horrible with keeping up on the blogging world.  I like to check out everyone elses blogs, I just don't like to update my own.  Not to mention the fact that we are horrible parents when it comes to documenting our children's lives through photos.  We did have a family picture taken a week ago which actually turned out pretty good minus the bandaid that so beautifully covered the large gash in Graydens head.  Lucky for us, for a small fee the bandaid can be erased and a new eyebrow created.  Unfortunately the very large fee for the actually disc was a bit steep so who knows if you will ever be able to actually see the picture.  This is why we never have pictures taken in a studio.  

Really we have been up to nothing exciting.  Chris started a new job, Carter turned 7 last week, Grayden has broken the same kitchen chair 3 times in the last month (thus the gash on his head), Jordyn has been very much enjoying the fact that Steven had a new baby last week so Chuck, his dog spent a few nights at our house and this week Robs is visiting her in-laws, so Otis is vacationing here.  The kids are currently off track and have been home for the last two weeks and we still have two weeks to go.  I think I might go crazy before they go back to school!  I am just glad that they aren't off the whole month of December.  

Well there really is no more to tell. 

Nothing New

So I have not posted anything for a long time.  I think the biggest reason is I have not had anything to take a picture of and posts with no pictures are not nearly as fun.  Really we have been up to nothing.  With the economy in the state it is, we have really been staying home most of the time and trying to make the money stretch.  Grayden has been keeping me very busy.  He never ever gets tried and while he is awake he is constantly in motion.  I am very happy because he is quite happy, but seems to always be making a mess or getting into trouble.  The other day I was in the process of doing some laundry and the doorbell rang.   Jordyn ran to answer it and I hear a mans voice say "is this yours?"  I heard her say "yes"  and he asked if he could talk to her mom or dad.  I came around the corner right at that moment and he is standing in the doorway holding Grayden.  Of course he is mine.  I am thinking why do you have him? He says, "He was in the middle of the road and I almost ran over him."  I about had a heart attack right then and there.  I thanked the nice man and had a nervous breakdown as I was closing the door.  So I took Grayden to the garage door and asked him to open it.  To my amazement he opened it right up.  So he had just quietly let himself out the garage door and decided to explore the world.  Needless to say we will be installing a lock high on the door and Grayden will be spending more time in his play pen.  What gets me the most is his is starting speech therapy next week because he doesn't say a darn word, but he can open door all on his own!!!!  I am pretty sure I have been nominated for the mother of the year award!!!!!!