Privacy is HIGHLY overrated

Who was I kidding.  When have I EVER been a private person. 

So...I've given up my privacy and opted again for an open blog. 

I hope y'all are excited about that. 

Not that you care, really but hey...if it makes you feel better, blogging buddies, it means that I will most likely be blogging more often. 

I know that will excite a few of you (aka Kara).

Love,

Melanie

a few more pics....

 



 
 

Family Pictures 2012...sneak peek #1

We had an amazing time (sans millions and millions of mosquitoes) yesterday taking pictures with Alisha of Leeshy Lou Photography  .  She was very sweet and good to work with.  The boys did AWESOME!  Total cooperation.  I thought I had died and gone to heaven (again, sans the mosquitoes).  Her "magic potion" (besides being cute and fun)?  A Phineas and Ferb Pez candy dispenser attached to her camera which she would randomly open up and disperse among the restless natives.

Here are a few she has finished editing and posted on her FB page for those of you non-facebooker's to see (grandma's and grandpa's and a few uncles and aunts).

Ewwwww.....their kissing.  Get away as fast as you can.

See...told you they were cute. 

Can't wait until she is ALL done and we have 30 FABULOUS edited family photos.


 

Adventures in Okanogan

The move is done. Complete. We are SLOWLY settling in, emphasis on the word slowly!

Our disastrous first couple of days here totally slowed down my usual "putting up house" progress but things are finally starting to take shape.

After too much time in doors, I decided the kids and I needed to tackle a project outside.  Just so happens we had just such a project.

Leaves....LOTS OF LEAVES!  (the house has been vacant since last summer so last years fall's tree dumpings had been left decomposing in the yard until now.)

These 10 bags are from the front yard alone!  The back took another 6 or so.

The boys LOVED this part.  The house we lived in before didn't have a tree in sight.  I'll admit we have really missed out on the whole fall time playing in the leaves thing.  I don't think that will be an issue as long as we are in this house.  :)

 We've already spent plenty of $$$ on home improvement stuff, finished our first project (drywalling an unfinished wall in our storage room), and I've hung the first (and only so far) item on the wall.  I can't wait until we actually close on the loan and I can start paining and replacing animal "marked" (aka soiled) carpets.  :)

I thought I would share a little walking tour of the house for those of you who are interested (and have been asking for one). Come on over to YouTube to view.
 

Mr.Golden Locks turns TWO!

I can't believe it.  First, that I am actually writing a blog post and two, that my baby just turned 2!  That's crazy.

And as my mom put it...."he's two...and you don't even have another one on the way....WOW!"

(Not for lack of trying...nature just has it's own way of doing things).

Anyhow....

His day was pretty, well, nondescript.  I have no excuses....okay, that's not true.

Excuse #1  We are moving in a week

Excuse #2  My entire house flooded the day before.

So...give the lady a break.

But...we had all the essentials.

Kian's favorite dinner...check.  Kian's favorite dessert....check.  Balloons....check.  Presents....check.  Happy Birthday song...check.  Monster trucks....check. What more could a kid want.  Nothing.  At least not this kid.

The kid didn't even eat dessert.  He was content to just play with his "karz".

 Here he is today during nap time...enjoying the pillow/sleeping bag bear Grandma and Grandpa H. gave him.

He was pretty excited to snuggle in with them.  :)

Happy Birthday Kiddo.  You are the "glue" and a true joy to our family (even if you are acting your age a lot right now).  

WE LOVE YOU BUDDY!