RACE DAY!!

Riley and his friend Orion (they met at LLL, and then we recruited Orion and his family to our pack) are all set for the race to begin!! Riley's car is the second blue one (with red light sabers on the sides), and Orion's is the green one right next to him!

Ahhh, the suspense! Who won??

Well in the end after many heats Riley won FIRST place, for the entire pack! And since Dad was on the pit crew he got to award Riley his trophy! Riley will now get to go on to the district race since he was the fastest wolf car too!

The best part? Orion won second place so they were both happy for each other and they both get to go to the district race! Orion's car was the fastest tiger car! Orion was the only other person Riley let hold his trophy! (Needless to say Jake was not thrilled!)

The two happy campers together!

And my sweet cheesy boy! Good job Riley!

It's That Time of Year Again!!!

Cub Scout pinewood derby time and Super Bowl time!

Dan did a good job combining the two for the adult race this year, too bad he did not place well. He could not get his hands on a high speed drill before the race, but he did borrow one this week and so now Riley's car is really ready for his race this Saturday!

We'll unveil Riley's car and race photos then!!

And as for Sunday, it is actually one of the very few times I wish we had cable. Dan will have to watch the play by play on the computer, but we will be enjoying these (hopefully)!! :)

January Happenings!

JAKE IS FAMOUS!!

In our little community newspaper there was this picture of Jake at a class he got to take at the library, the guy in the back with the top hat did some exciting reading I guess! I was taking a class for parents while Jake got to take his class. Is that not a happy boy or what!! :)
Then for the first time in their short little lives the kids got to walk into a toy department and BUY!! Thanks Grandma & Grandpa H. for the Christmas gift cards, they had a great time!!
And yea that is Fern without a jacket, I can never get her to wear one!

And for all of those of you waiting to see just how big I will get (yes I can get REALLY big), here is an update. Sorry I did not do my hair that day! :)

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And if you want to see just how fidged it is here check over at our nature blog in a little bit!

Dreams

Well you all know I am a bit of a dreamer just from my blog title, but you know nothing brings out the crazy dreams like being pregnant! Really, if you have never been pregnant you can not appreciate what I mean, really crazy! Take for example last night, the part I woke up remembering was Melissa and I being really excited about getting to "bedazzle" our jeans, and everyone's jeans we could get at around! Seriously we were just going crazy!

So there you are crazy pregnancy dreams! But the good part of pregnancy has finally appeared, I get to feel the little one wiggling about, and boy he/she is wiggly!! Today it was so strong I could just barely see it while sitting in church, and I think Riley got to feel it too! It is the part of pregnancy that makes all the other parts worth it, and I usually miss it after my babe is out. Although this time I am really looking forward to the out part! :) Mostly the then holding and nursing, and just general love of the out part! :)

To go along with my long ramble-y post here I thought I'd point you to the new sidebar addition, Baby links! And let you know I deleted the "blogs I read" links because they were outdated and I was not in the mood to go through and update, plus there is the "followers" links above that if you are not on please go add yourself!! :)

Hope your Sabbath has been lovely!

WATCH OUT!!

If your sound is up you'll know why! :) If your sound is not up, TURN IT UP!! :)

Oh and I think Zinnia has taken the lead in the house! I was quite impressed with all the flowers you all were able to name!

Let me know if the music is annoying or fun! :)

New Addition!

No not the human kind! :) YET! :)

We got a new kitty yesterday! We rescued her from going to a shelter, a family at church who were moving could not take her and while Dan was over helping with the move he thought she might be a good fit for us. So he came home and picked us up to go meet her. And even though she was very scared (who wouldn't be) she let me hold her and she let all the kids pet her! Petunia still does not let Fern pet her, so I decided this was a good sign. Plus I hate to see an animal go to a shelter. On the way home in the cat carrier on my lap she purred for a little bit and I thought most definitely this cat has a good disposition! :) So here we are, at the moment we have a cat for upstairs (Petunia) and a cat for downstairs (New kitty), they are afraid of each other!!!! Funny hu! :)

So now a name, we thought we would continue on the flower theme and so our first thoughts were Chrysanthemum (we enjoy the children's book), or Zinnia. Then Last night Dan threw in Viola or Violet. I think the kids are leaning towards Zinnia, but I thought I'd ask all of you your opinion! :) So lets hear it! :)

Oh and she is not as petite as the picture makes you think, she is a bit bigger than Petunia and a little more stocky, she has this little squeaky meow that at first seems weird to come from her, and she loves to purr! :) And I have no clue why the last family didn't "click" with her! :)

Happy New Year!

We hope you are warm, we are trying to stay warm! Here is what we woke to this morning, when the temp was 9 degrees Fahrenheit! :) Don't even ask about the wind chill, it made the windows creak, whistle and bang all night!!Ice on the front door window, I hung blankets over the doors and front windows last night to keep our warmth in!! :)
Ice on the front window!

Ice on the back slider!

Ice in the bathroom!

And even though my bedroom window has plastic on it, this is what I found when I tried to peek out this morning. A full sheet of ice!!!

At least the garage windows had pretty ice! But those dang power lines always ruin my shot! :)

Pretty ice up close!!

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It is nice an sunny this morning, but still very windy. I have not opened the curtains/blankets yet because the cold is so permeating so we are missing the sun. :(

Last night I dreamt of Grandma's Beach, I think that is what heaven will be. :)