Growing Like a Beanstalk

As I was getting in the shower late last night I glanced at the bathtub toys and noticed this little green and orange watering can. It made me smile. Earlier that day Ayla had watered her bean seed that she planted in Primary with that little watering can. I had watched her do it, she told me she needed to water it since she hadn't yet that day, I said okay, and she dashed off up the stairs. She came back with this little toy that she had put the tiniest amount of water in and carefully dripped it into her cup of dirt. I hadn't even realized she had immediately gone and put the watering can back with her bath toys where she had found it. It wasn't until I saw it sitting on top of the pile that I realized how cute it was that she had even used the little watering can in the first place. It made me think about how sweet she is, and how much she is growing up. I paid a bit more attention today with my camera in hand, as she did the same thing.

I'm Spontaniously Planning to Be Around Here More

I love this picture because I think it represents well the chaos of my life.

If you can look past all the things I can't control very well, like who's looking at the camera, who's crying, the crazy flighty hair... it really is sweet. I see three most amazing little beings-I think what I see is the definition of love and joy smashed all together.

...and really if everyone were looking at the camera it wouldn't be nearly as fun!

Honestly though, I am a bit of a control freak I'm realizing. And things like this make me a little crazy. I really like to have a plan (of my own) and be following it. I plan e v e r y t h i n g ... I make Tony crazy because I am always running through the plan for the next few hours, days, or month. (Yet I will not follow a recipe, or a pattern).

I do wish I were more spontanious... how would I do that? Seriously, I would have to PLAN to be spontanious.

Life is so busy. But I've been thinking about things I want to do, (you may call that planning) and one thing I want to do is keep up my blog a little better. Tony and I use this to look back a lot, and I'm realizing I'm leaving a lot of gaps lately! When we want to look up Ayla's 4th birthday and Tayvie's 2nd birthday they'll be missing.

I also want to "read" your blogs too (who am I kidding we all know I mainly look at pictures! :), I miss seeing your cute little posts and seeing what you're all up too. So I'm going to make a PLAN to allow myself a half an hour a day to rejoin bloggyland, cause I like it here.

So there ya go, you can expect to see me around here a whole lot more.

What A Little Blessing

So here they are, not the best pictures for sure... but what can ya expect after a big day like that... you can see how tired we all are in our eyes! Littly LeeLee has turned into quite the smiler, but not that day... or atleast not for pictures!

Tony blessed her on Sunday, February 7th. Yep, that was Super Bowl Sunday, so we had a full day of celebrating.

Her Grandma Margo made her beautiful looooong dress. She looked like a little angel. She is such a sweet, calm baby. We are so thankful for her, can't remember life with out her.

Thinking we need a new family picture... maybe one without tired eyes. What do ya think Kimmie ?

One day...

One day I'm going to share some pictures of Lyndlee and her beautiful blessing dress...

Smile! I'm holding a camera

NEW JOB!!!

Exactly one year from the day Tony was layed off from Semitool, he had an interview with L3 Communications. His interview was at 1:00, he was the first interview they scheduled, there were several other interviews including two other guys from Moog (his current job) that were interviewing that day as well. By 4:00 that same day L3 called and told him he had the job!!!

Whatever it is that Tony does at his job he is dang good at it! Cause the people who understand his high-tech, top-secret, mumble-jumble are always very impressed with him.

For instance, when the Monkey-est Monkey of them all at Moog heard that Tony had the interview at L3 he said that Tony would definately get the job and he was worried what they would do with out him. In fact, Tony comes home daily and tells me how upset everyone is that he's leaving, and I just have to laugh cause HELLO! THEY. LAID. HIM. OFF!

So at the beginning of the week we accepted the job offer from L3, and there was a lot of talk at Moog that they were going to offer Tony a perminent position. By the end of the week they told Tony that they couldn't offer him a perminent position (since he's a temp) until the lay-offs were complete, which won't be until June, but they've approved it on all levels to keep him working nights and weekends-whenever he wants- because they need him. We think that's a good opportunity as long as L3 doesn't consider it a conflict of interests.

Definately a good way to start off 2010!!! We're very excited for his new job at L3!!! He will start on Monday the 25th. I'm very proud of my radar buildin' husband and all his talent! Just had to brag about him for a minute! :)

That Wasn't Working Either...

Ayla needs to be prepared for everything- she is not spontaneous in most situations. I hadn't thought ahead enough to realize that the first week of December she would start going into Sharing Time. So that first Sunday in December when her Primary Leader came to take her and two of her little friends to Sharing Time, she went and seemed to be fine until they had the new little Sunbeams stand in front of everyone while they sang The Welcome Song to them. She didn't like that and ran straight for the door and back to Nursery!

So through out the following weeks, we talked about going to Primary and her new teacher, and she did fine and seemed to like Primary.

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This Sunday was her first week as a real Sunbeam and no nursery. When she came home she couldn't stop talking about her new teacher, her little class room, how her teacher brought chalk so they could draw on the board, and how they talked about a princess, but as the story went on she told me that she left Sharing Time again and went back to Nursery, then she says "and that wasn't working either, so they took me to Daddy's class." (I thought her wording there was hillarious- must have been exactly what the Nursery Leader said). I asked why that wasn't working and she said "Because I was tickling Tayvie while she was saying the prayer."

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Oh my goodness! I can't stop laughing about that! And how cute that Tayve was saying the prayer in Nursery!