Been awhile...

So it's been awhile since I've blogged. Okay a really long while. So I guess now it's time to play catch-up.... You ready? We'll do this fast... I still hate walmart- everytime I have to go there I cringe. In July we took the kids to Tennessee on vacation (thanks mom and dad for the timeshare) We had so much fun while we were there, we hiked a lot visited state parks and museums, and thoroughly enjoyed the time away from, well, everything quite frankly. This picture was taken at a science museum...
Josh turned 6 September 1st, Edward and I celebrated our 7th anniversary September 20th, we were lucky enough to have Edward home for Thanksgiving AND Christmas, my parents and my older sister came to celebrate christmas with us (and spoil the babies rotten), and we were unexpectedly surprised to get to spend some extra time with Edward at the beginning of the year. Edward is almost making some progress on his boat. For those of you who don't know, Edward is building a boat in my garage. It's a 17 foot sailboat. He bought the plans, and the plywood and I'm highly impressed it's coming along well.
At the end of January my baby turned 3. 3! Can you believe it? I'm not okay with this NOT AT ALL!!! I'm not really sure where the past three years have gone, it's like I've been sleeping through them. But here she is, a gorgeous, fun loving, energetic little tom boy who beats up her brothers on a regular basis. Zachary is in preschool and Joshua is in first grade so I've been spending a lot of girl time with Tabi during the days. I've enjoyed the time to spend with just her. She's rough and tumble and cars and dinosaurs with the boys so when they leave for school it's princesses and tea parties and dress up. I'm glad she gets the time to be able to be both sides. So I realized the other day that Joshua was only three when I had Tabitha. There was a nice man at Target tonight to remind me of that fact. I'm sure he meant well and was just making conversation, but with the little one sick and we were waiting for a prescription to be filled and the boys were about done with waiting, this man goes "oh, it looks like there isn't much time between the kids, are they all yours?" Now this may seem like an innocent statement to someone who hasn't seen my kids in awhile or at all for that matter, so let me explain... my children are practically little clones... there is no denying that Ed and I are their parents or that they are siblings of one another.

This is my new favorite picture of the kids (that's my mommy with the, doesn't she look good for a grandma?), but as I'm sure you can see, no one in their right mind would be able to mistake them for not being related. So it is now that I feel bad that I gave him the "here's your sign" look when he said it. If he ever finds my post I hope that he accepts my apology it wasn't him I promise, it was my long day and my misbehaving children. Right now I'm just thankful that I was able to hold my tongue.
I'm making new friends which is good for me. My new visiting teacher at church is awesome. I like her a lot and am looking forward to getting to know her better. So I guess all in all life is good. I'm enjoying seeing where it leads. Still don't like GA but have to admit- I'd rather be here this week than back out west...