PS

Happy 4th birthday Jackson! See you at your party tomorrow, buddy.

Crazy Life

Our lives have been a little crazy lately. Jim has been working both Australia and Nigeria hours. This means that he has been getting maybe about 6 hours of sleep..during our daytime and works all night. This also means that I'm pretty much a single mom. Just when we thought it was over, it wasn't. But, we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Note: he leaves for Australia in 10 days and will be gone for about 2 1/2 weeks. For some insane reason, I decided that this would be a great time to create my craft room which would not only house my desk for my own crafts, but a new storage unit for my supply overflow and the kids' crafts, and a table where the kids can create. I'll post pictures when it's all finished. We're also in the middle of moving Rainey Jewel in with Jacob (she sleeps on his floor anyway) and turning her room into a play room. And, we're transitioning Larkin from her crib to a big bed. Life has been crazy and my house is a mess. Those are 2 factors that would drive any woman insane. On top of that, I've got my race that I'm training for (12 woman 196 miles relay race from San Antonio to Austin) that is quickly approaching. And now I've realized that Jim will be out of town for my last week of training and for the race itself.....nice. What's girl to do? Shop! What else? Tomorrow, I'm leaving my house 'as is' and taking the girls shopping. In my de-cluttering and organizing, it has come to my attention that my kids need new clothes. With the new fall season and my kids growing like the little weeds that they are, they have nothing to wear. This is a problem that I love to remedy.

Jacob's Teeth (or lack thereof)

Jacob has been loosing teeth right and left. In fact, during Ike, Jackson (our cousin) and Jacob were rough housing and Jackson kicked outa wiggly tooth. Jacob has more money in his piggy bank than I do.

Larkin's Arm

On Friday September 5th, Larkin fell off my parents' couch (Dad and I were sitting right there). I guess that she fell just right because she broke her arm. I chose a hot pink cast and won't let anyone sign it (because then it would look dirty). She had a difficult time for the first day or two, but got used to it quickly. She had an x-ray this past Monday and everything looks great. 2 more weeks to go!

Happy Birthday Rainey Jewel

Our sassy Rainey Jewel turned 4 years old last week (Sept 20). Because of Ike, I did not have time to plan a fun party, but we still had lots of friends over for cake and ice cream. I made her the pink princess cake that she asked for. I enjoy making the cake, but I don't claim to be very good at it.....don't look too close! One of her presents was make-up (thanks a lot Melanie). She had a lot of fun applying the purple eye shadow.

Hurricane Ike

I admit that I was a bit excited for a hurricane. We have had so many fause alarms and it looked like we were going to get some good action this time. It wasn't until several hours before Ike made landfall that I started to become worried. The storm surges were already 10-15 high. They were saying that Galveston Island would be completely under water. Fortunately, we were very lucky. We had no damage (thanks to the new neighborhood, we had no big trees) and we only lost power for 5 days. Here are some pictures of our neighborhood. There are still many, many people that are without power.