More of the Man Cave

Every tool is in it's place!
Did you notice that he even has is baby out there? (top picture)

The shed / man cave

Well an update on the shed is that it is complete! If you have been following my blog you know that Donald has been working on it. (You can refer back to earlier post.)

The shed as turned into the Man Cave. This is where he spends 90./. of his time.

I told him that he should add him a bed to it! He has been working very hard to get it done. Once it is just right and he gets everything moved out there, he has a new project to work on.

The pool house is also getting an upgrade. That is where the weight set and tanning bed is going.

Man, it is a lot of work to get ready for our baby girl. So many things to do!

I am very proud of the work Donald has done. The shop/ shed looks great, and he done all the work himself. Now tell me, that is a real "man". I would have not been able to hang the 1st nail.

Ethan the Painter

Ethan decided that he would work on his pumpkin today. I set him up in the kitchen so that I could keep a eye on him. I tried to help him but I heard these words" I can do it MY WAY".

Oh Lord, who does that sound like? Any one who knows me well enough, knows exactly WHO it sounds like.

*My Pumpkin*

Wednesday we went to the Pumpkin Patch in Collins with Ethan's class. Oh my! In the cold damp weather! It was fun, yet cold! It would rain a little and then stop. Then rain a little and stop. Oh please! I was up and down with the umbrella.
We went through the corn maze and got to a dead end! Try going through that with a ton of 5 year olds.
My little pumpkin picked out his very own little pumpkin. Today we are going to try and paint it. The joy of being a kid!

~Lioness, Tigers, and Bears~ Oh my!

A few days back we had a extra little one at our house. Any one recognize the Lioness?
I bet her mother does!

Laura is a joy! She and the boys had such a good time. She told me to tell Ethan and Hayden that one of them had to be "Daniel".

She was the Lion in the den! I got so tickled at her! At least she knows the story, right?

How many 3 years old would have thought of that?

*Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way they should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

It is our responsibility to teach our children. We should never wait on someone else to do it for us!

~It's Monday again~ Where did the last one go?

I have been so busy! Working at the school, going to church, football practice and football games. Just keeping up with the boys. Plus, trying to keep up with house work and a marriage. Would someone please fill me in on how I am going to handle 3 children. I think I am going to have to learn to say"no" once the baby gets home. I plan to retire from a lot of the things that I do!
I love working at the school and making me some extra money. It is so nice to be able to go buy your self a treat! I guess you can call me spoiled if you want to! But I like having nice clothes and looking my best, and dressing my boys in their best! So if you want to say that is being spoiled then so be it! I think people should take pride in how they dress and look! OK...so that is a different subject. How did we get on that?
I also enjoy my working at the church! I love being apart of those children lives and trying to help them grow in the Lord! These days we live in children need all the morals and teaching they can get!
Lord knows that I need all the help I can get. I can't make it without his help. I don't see how people that do know him make it. **For you Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You. Psalms 86:5
Thank goodness he forgives us when we screw up!
If I can be a example to those children, it will be worth it all. I don't like the thought of giving them up, but I want to spend time with my new baby.
I don't know if I will retire completely or just take a break!
So Monday again leads to more to do and keep up with.
The time is going by so quickly. It is almost 11 months into the referral wait!
Oh Lord, please let the time frame shorten!
I don't mean to sound selfish, I just so want my baby home!

*Monday* Blah..

It's Monday! All over again we start! One Monday always leads to another one~!
Friday night we had company. It was fun! Yet it leads to a mess that has to be cleaned up. Saturday was cleaning up and football game day. Which we lost! Again... Those poor boys, makes me want to run out on the field and trip the other team. I told the coach that I was going to "coach" next year. Knowing that I don't know a thing about football. At least he knows someone is suggesting taking his job. I guess I could find me one of those yellow books that is a guide for teaching football to "dummies".
Sunday was church, funeral home and back to church. Today I worked at the school and then to football practice. Oh lord help..I am running on empty!
I am give out! totally! drained! good for nothing!
There is a ton of things to do around here. I could go snap a picture of the laundry so that you could have some idea of what I was saying! It never ends! I guess I will wash it and it can lay around until I find the energy to fold it and put it away. Right honey?
Some days were made to be lazy and I think today sound like a good one to me.

Puppy love plus the new addition

My other "puppy"!

We still love you Shaggy!

Ethan and his puppy Shaggy!

****Our New Addition****

So we kept feeding "it"! Our new addition has turned out to be a boy! Now named Tommy, thanks to Ethan. Ethan couldn't be happier! The only problem is Shaggy doesn't like him!

Oh well, Shaggy...looks like you have competition.

~Looks like we may have a new addition~

We have been hearing a noise outside. Now we have found it!

We can't get it to get very close! It is afraid! But it will eat. Poor thing is skinny!

Ethan is so tickled. He likes cats! I hope maybe we can get it to be friendly.

As long as it doesn't get on my jeep!

We don't know what it is! Can't get close enough to tell!

2nd Football game

My #85! We lost the game Saturday. We did not even score! Oh boy, will they get a work out at practice today.

I wouldn't want to be them. I heard the coach tell them that they would be running!

On the top picture Hayden is the one on the end. Standing by the boy with the white helmet.

It was fun, but he was wore out!

Giraffe's...They are My Favorite....

The boys were tring to feed them! They finally got them to come over to our wagon.

**Global Wild Life Fun**

Ethan and the camel! This was so funny! We sure enjoyed our day.

**Global Wild Life Fun**

~More sweet faces~

All these sweet faces!! Why can't they stay little forever?

Global Wild Life

Ethan feeding the camel!
Donald saying "Ethan
look at this".

Saturday at the Global Wild Life

~Hayden tying Laura's shoe!~

Saturday morning we headed out to the GWL Center! We went with our friends the Wascomb's We all had a great day! The weather was perfect!

The boys had a really good time feeding the animals. That Ethan sure got tickled at the camels. It was so much fun! Especially hanging out with Sarah and Laura! My boys enjoy being with them.