It's a beach party!

Today I bought each of the kids a beach towel. You would think that our living room was a warm sunny beach. As soon as we got home tonight the towels were layed out on the floor and the kids had to put their swim suits on. Ellie found her lei and put a flower in her hair. So as I type this the kids are all sitting on the floor with their swim suits on, they are eating otter pops and they put in "Lilo and Stitch" to watch. They totally crack me up and I love them for it. They keep things ineresting around here.

My funny little boy!

All is well...

Yeah, it's finally over and I survived surgery!! Everything went really well and the baby is fine. I have a triangle of pain on my stomach right now: incision above my belly button, one under my right rib cage and then on my lower right side where the cyst was removed. As long as I have some pain relief in my system I feel fine but it sure doesn't help when the baby kicks one of those three spots. For the last two days my kids have been at my mom's house and I had the whole day to myself. I was able to get so good rest and I feel great today. It is nice to have my babies home. I missed them so much!

I got tagged!

I got tagged by my cousin. This is an easy and fun tag. I tag....Maria, Rebekah, Menolly, and Lacey.

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your significant other? Dave
3. Your hair? short
4. Your mother? Mom
5. Your father? Dad
6. Your favorite thing? food
7. Your dream last night? scary
8. Your favorite drink? diet
9. Your dream/goal? rich
10. The room you're in? family
11. Your hobby? www.memoriesofgladness.com
12. Your fear? drowning
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? rich
14. Where were you last night? parents
15. What you're not? sad
16. Muffins? yum
17. One of your wish list items? skinny
18. Where you grew up? Ririe
19. The last thing you did? laundry
20. What are you wearing? clothes
21. Your TV? on
22. Your pets? ants
23. Your computer? new
24. Your life? good
25. Your mood? tired
26. Missing someone? Becky
27. Your car? own
28. Something you're not wearing? makeup
29. Favorite store? TJMaxx
30. Your summer? weird
31. Like someone? yes
32. Your favorite color? green
33. When is the last time you laughed? today
34. Last time you cried? weeks

Not looking forward to tomorrow...

So, tomorrow will not be a very fun day. I am scheduled to have surgery to remove a cyst that has been causing me a lot of discomfort. Due to the fact that I am 25 weeks pregnant makes me nervous. I will be having the surgery at a hospital where they have a neonatal intensive care unit "just in case" the baby decides to come early. Cross your fingers for me that everything will be ok. I am not so much worried about me just worried about the baby. I do have an amazing OB Dr. and he will be assisting the surgeon and assures me that he will be watching me and the baby very carefully. I am sure that all will go well, just nervous! I will let you know how everything goes in a day or two.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Happy Birthday Miss Emma Crystal. We love you! You are an amazing little girl with a big heart. Happy 8th!

See what I do!

I just wanted to share a project that I am working on. It is a baby book about my oldest daughter and will do ones for the other two before baby #4 is born. I am a consultant with Heritage Makers and love, love, love my business of helping others preserve their memories and stories. Heritage Makers is an amazing company with amazing products: books, cards, posters, postcards, playing cards, family folds, custom playing cards and now 12x12 pages. All of these products can be custom made by you! The publisher is simple to use and I love to sit down with my clients and help them get started on their stories. If you like what you see please let me know and I will set you up with a free Heritage Makers account. Heritage Makers is truly one of the best things I have EVER done in my life. I love their mission of "storybooking" and their products are second to none! Please take a minute to look at my website: www.memoriesofgladness.com

Professional Pics of the kids from a couple months ago...