Circles..

That is what I am turning right now. I have so much to do and I sit here on the computer not wanting to do anything. I helped dh pick up a huge load of trash at 2 empty houses around us. The stuff has been sitting in the yard forever and the houses not renting...so we were tired of looking at it. We took it over to his mom's dump. Then we got the Colt licensed. Everything has gone up...so it cost $80plus bucks to register and license the 15 yr old car. Shouldn't complain...things were 3x as high in Florida. Carlina made magic cookie bars to take over to some friends house tonight and Jesse grilled some burgers. It is sunny out but supposed to snow tomorrow. We enjoyed watching the dog show on Tues night. They are all so well groomed and well mannered. I was looking for some dogs that resembled Ollie on line (lab/border collie mixes) and found a few that look just like him. What I don't understand is why Ollie is yellow when his mom was black and his dad black and white? Here is the picture that looks like Ollie:

Busy Sunday..

We had church today...had to be there at 8:30 so Colton and Carlina could prepare for the puppet show they were in. I sat in the nursery for Sunday school, but noone came in. Anna cried throughout services, so I was in the nursery for 2 hours, basically. Afterwards we went to the grocery store and bought stuff for lunch. We came home and made grilled cheese sandwiches, potato soup, stew and blueberry muffins. Garrett is still sick and stayed home from church today with Julia. His cough is not going away and he gets fevers at night, I am going to have to take him to the doctor again. Poor Anna has her 4 mo. shots next week,too.

Homemade Valentines...

We had fun making Valentines for Katie's 2nd grade class. We used construction paper, glue sticks and a sharpie. Carlina contributed by making 2 Valentines. We enjoy creative endeavors and don't do them often enough.

Anna Rose...

Yes, more pics....we are all so enamored! She is always sticking out her tongue, like she is trying to mimic us talking. Ollie loves to give her kisses...I really have to watch him.

Alicia loves being a big sister!

Shopping and more

We decided to make our Walmart trip yesterday so we left about 5 pm. Jesse had to work so he couldn't come much to his chagrin (lol). Julia has been looking for boots so we stopped at Target...all we found were a small pile of them in the bargain aisle (nothing she liked ) and a whole wall of new flip flops. Hey, people this is Iowa not Florida! I told Julia she will have to start shopping for boots in August this year. We drove through McD's and ate off the dollar menu...cheeseburgers and mcchickens:) Then on to Walmart. It was pretty empty...probably because it was only 3 degrees out. Katie wants to make homemade Valentines this year so we got construction paper and glue sticks, Garrett got some Spiderman Valentines. Anna cried the whole way home (40+ miles) which was sad. I had the kids bring in all the groceries since I had to tend to Anna and Thomas at home. They did okay except for the frozen celery I discovered in the back of the suburban this morning.

Exhausted!

Anna has been sick for 2 days and I am tired! She doesn't have a fever but is extremely fussy and has not wanted to nurse. I have been in pain from the less frequent nursing, to boot. She seems to be doing better tonight. Garrett was also sick today...he woke up last night with a bad earache and had a fever and cough today, so I kept him home from school.

It was a nice, sunny day but got cold this evening. I went with Julia to take the dog for a walk and forgot my hat. My ears were so cold! It is 3 degrees right now but the corn burner is going strong. Hopefully Jesse will stay warm tonight at work. So far we have had more snow to date then they have had the entire season last year. Welcome to Iowa!!!!

Mom is coming home tomorrow; back from taking Grandma to her new home in Arizona. I am excited to see her. Jesse's mom also got back from Florida this weekend along with his sister and her 2 girls

Dog got out again this afternoon. Jesse and I were at the store and he was out on his chain. Apparently he got off of his chain (I guess Carlina did not make sure the leash was properly attached to the collar). He ran after the neighbor girls and knocked Madi down. I was very upset and told the kids that his days are numbered if the neighbors call the police again. He likes Madi but is too big and friendly, not mean.

Julia made cookies today and helped Katie make some more in the evening...so we have peanut butter cookies coming out our ears. They are the no-bake kind and really good.

I really need to get to Walmart and stock up on groceries for the next couple of weeks. Maybe if Jesse feels up to it we will go tomorrow.