"In the GROOVE" of things.....finally!!

I haven't updated this blog since school started....we had some adjustments to make!!!

At first, our mornings were TERRIBLE!!! Girls were crying, I was losing my temper & screaming like a woman possessed!! There were struggles over getting out of bed, breakfast, clothes, brushing teeth & shoes!! There for a while I was parking & walking Lydia down the hall to her class.

But NOW things are MUCH smoother!! We get up with just a little fussing (usually Caraline), eat breakfast, get dressed & ready by 8:25am!:)

Lydia & I used to scream & cry over clothes & shoes every morning because I was picking them out!! NOW, she picks 2 outfits the night before for "approval" from me. Usually she changes her mind in the morning, but it's not bad.

We had some issues with the "twinkle toe" shoes because a girl in her class had REAL ones & Lydia's were from Payless. This girl made some comment & then Lydia didn't like them anymore. At first she told me they were too tight, but I figured it out then we saw this girl with her shoes & I said, "Look, she has shoes like yours!!" (Thinking that was a "good thing") But Lydia said, "My shoes aren't like hers." as to say, that girl's shoes are better then mine.

Then she tells me that this girl won't play with her. I reminded her that she has LOTS of other friends in her class to play with. She has been better since she went to her friend Mary's birthday party. She has more confidence now & has not said another thing about this other girl.

Lydia joined "Daisy's" which is the young division of Girl Scouts. She really likes it & has a real since of belonging to a group.

Caraline is LOVING Pre-school!! She has some good friends: Presley, Lainey & Katie. She LOVES Ms. Marsha! She comes home singing all kinds of cute songs that she gets wrong in some way or another!:) She likes to come home & tell us all about her day!

Here are some pictures of September & a few October.

School's in Session!

After a VERY busy summer, Lydia & Caraline both started school! Lydia is a kindergartener at Chisholm & Caraline is at Peace Preschool.

Lydia was nervous the week before school started, but that first day, she was ready!! She got dressed & was excited. She didn't cry once!! (The next day was a little different!)

I signed up to be co-homeroom mom for her class & Caraline's class. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!??!!!?? I should have known I was going to sign my life away when they had me sign in blood!!:)

Everyday when I pick Lydia up, she says, "I had a great day, mom!!" That is music to me ears!!

Tomorrow is Caraline's turn...she is SO excited!!

BUSY summer!!

My goodness, it has been SO busy this summer!!

Wild Wednesdays are going great & winding down since school is just around the corner!

Here it is, the last week of July!!

July was full of holidays, hosting our first flock social at the park, family pictures, seeing Jenn & the kids and going to the Woodward rodeo, & thrilling Thursdays with the Rosacker boys.

This will be a summer to remember!

WOW!! It's been awhile....

It's been awhile since I've posted anything!! I guess I have some catching up to do!! Our summer is ALWAYS more busy than any other time!! We have something to do almost EVERYDAY!!

I've been in our new house for about 2 & 1/2 months & we have really enjoyed the space!!

I've done some photo shoots & working on new promos to help business of Life Captured by Katy.

We have been very busy this summer!! We have Wild Wednesdays every week. We go with the Rosacker boys, Churchwell girls & the Cox kids. We've been to the Jasmine Moran Children's museum, railway museum, Omniplex, a many parks...& that was just in June!!

Scott & I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this year!! We spent the day in Bricktown, at the Oklahoma City national Memorial museum..it was very moving! Then we went to Stillwater and stayed at the Atheron. Scott surprised me with a new lens for my camera...a 18-200mm lens!! I love it!!

Next on the agenda: hosting the flock social for the first time, getting together with friends, going to spend time with Grandma & Grandpa, going to Mimi & Papa's to the parade & rodeo...& then it will be AUGUST!! (and then the girls will start school!!!)

April 19th-23rd 2010: The longest week of our lives!!!

This has been the craziest week of Scott & my life!! SO many things happened in a matter of a week I'm not sure I can remember it all, so I must blog about it so YEARS from now, we can look back & laugh about it (because we couldn't laugh about a few days ago!!)

Here is a time line of events:

Monday, April 19th 2010:

Scott & my dad loaded EVERYTHING we owned in 2 U-Haul trucks. (Lance came & help with some big things)

The girls & I went to my parents' house in Perry to spend the night so the girls would stay in Perry when Scott & I closed on BOTH houses on Tuesday...that was "the plan".

That night, I was unaware, our lender guy called Scott about 7pm & told him there we were waiting on a document that we needed to close, but he thought it was going to come in by 4pm the next day.

Tuesday, April 20th :

I got up early & drove back to Edmond & left the girls in Perry. I got to the house & Scott had cleaned it. We said our "goodbyes" to the house, Scott was emotional...he had done a lot of work to that house! Then he told me about the phone call the night before. I was a little nervous, but thought it would show up by closing time.

At 1pm, we closed on our house & handed over the keys to a young man named Josh Milborne.

At about 2, we needed to reschedule our closing day & time. We rescheduled it for the next day @ 5pm. We asked the owner of the house (she had already moved out) if we could move our things into the garage. She agreed to that. We unloaded the two vans & returned them before 6pm (but JUST barely) & saved ourselves some money.

We went to Perry to stay the night.

Wednesday, April 21st:

We hung out at my parents' house for the morning. We came back to take Lydia to school. We also found out that the document was so not here so there would be NO closing on Wednesday either. We asked if we could "lease" the house from the owner so we could at least move our stuff INTO the house. We scrambled to get her a check for $400 to last until the end of the month until we closed. Then an hour after she agreed to it, she changed her mind & wanted to talk to the main realtor, who was on a cruise that week!!

We stayed at my parents' house for a third night!

Thursday, April 22nd:

At this point, we are getting worried!! Everytime Scott's cell phone rang, we held our breath because it usually wasn't good news!! Thursday was the HARDEST blow of the week!! We were told that the orginal lender couldn't do our loan & we were being transfer to Spirit bank to see if they could. Remember, we had trouble with the financing anyway because of the ZERO credit score. We were told IF Spirit Bank could do it, we wouldn't close until the following Friday!!

On top of that, the owner said we could lease the house from her until it closed, but in addition to the $400, she also wanted $10,000 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit that would go to the sell of the house. But IF the house didn't close, we would lose that money & that was a gamble we were NOT willing to take!!

We did decide to stay at Tori & Russ's unstead of driving ALL the way back to Perry again.

Friday, April 23rd:

Three days after we should have closed, we were STILL HOMELESS!! We were beginning to feel like we made a mistake by selling our house. We felt hopeless & Scott even was looking at rent houses & called on one that morning.

But BY THE GRACE OF GOD, Scott got a call about 10:30am from our realtor, Jennifer. The lender GOT the document & we were closing at 4pm THAT DAY!!! Scott called me & told me & I just CRIED!!! (I'm not a "crier", but that was how releaved I was!!!)

My mom came down to watch the girls & we closed & then we could breathe!!!

We were SO happy!!!

My mom, Jen & Day & Lance came to help us move our stuff from the garage into the house....we had our WHOLE house set up that weekend!! We were SO HAPPY to be IN!!

The girls were SO excited!! They have adjusted SO well!! I think they were just happy to finally be "at home"!!

We are LOVING the space & I know we will make many wonderful memories here in this house!:)

God has provided for us!! Thanks be to God!!

Goodbye old house!!!

We are moving!!

We bought our first home in Edmond in June 2001 for $75,000. It is 1132 square feet, 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage. We paid it off in March 2005. We have been in this house for almost 9 years, but it was time for more space...(and a different neighborhood school!)

729 E 29th has treated us well.....it kept us warm & dry & we brought our babies home to it, but now we start a new chapter....

Take care of the next owner, 729....bring them many wonderful memories as we have had...

If these walls could speak....

Lydia's first haircut

After the hair cut

Before the haircut

Lydia is five & has NEVER had her hair cut...she never needed it. She was born bald & it took forever to come in! But on Friday, she decided (I think Nana had something to do with it) that she wanted a "short cut"...she meant "hair cut".

So we went to SuperCuts & got her hair cut. She LOVED IT!! She looks so grown up! The next day she wanted it straight, so I straightened it for her...she was beaming!!