Project 365 - Day 18 - Kisses for Everyone!

Abigail has gotten used to my picture a day by now. The last few days she has asked me what picture I am going to take for today. Well tonight she asked and I replied that I don't know yet. She then asked if she could take the picture for me. She is actually a pretty good little photographer and I didn't have a plan for today, so I agreed. I thought she would want to take a picture of one of her toys. Nope. She said she wanted to take a picture of mommy and daddy kissing like when we got married.





So here is our picture kissing taken by my almost six year old daughter. While we were taking the picture our dog Maggie came into the room. Maggie LOVES to give kisses. If you make the kissy sound while kissing someone, she goes crazy trying to join in.

So, we had to take another picture with the three of us kissing. Then as we are about to tuck her into bed for the night, she says she has an idea. Ready for her idea??

She wanted a picture of ALL of us kissing!! I was holding the camera while Chris pushed the button. I was making some weird face, and I'm not quite sure what Chris was doing but I just LOVE this picture!! Abigail was cracking up and Maggie was having a blast kissing everyone!

Project 365 - Day 14 and 15

I fell asleep on the couch again last night. I am sure I am starting to sound like a broken record. I definitely have a trend going on here! Long story short, here are my pictures for the last two days.


January 15, 2010 - Day 15

Chris came with me to Gymboree today to pick up the stuff I had on hold. I was showing him the hats and he thought this one would fit him. I think it was a size 2-4 years!! LOL




January 14, 2010 - Day 14 - Abigail's Shop

Abigail decided to open up her own shop. She had it set up so nicely. I was very impressed! She had a section for toys, gift cards, food, and dog stuff. It was SO cute!! Unfortunately the battery on my camera was dead so I didn't get a picture of the original store. This pic is after it the battery had charged for a little bit and by then we had already shopped in her store!

Project 365 - Day 5

Today was the first day back to school after Christmas/Winter break. We were all way too lazy while the kids were out. We did a lot of - NOTHING!! This includes messing up our sleeping schedules. Needless to say my daughter didn't get much sleep last night, and I didn't either. I help out in the Art class at her school two days a week with the Kindergarten classes and ran into her teacher this morning. I informed her that Abigail would probally be dragging today, and she replied with "oh, she is!". Whoops!! When she got of school we had a snack, gave all the dogs a treat, read a book, and then CRASHED!! Today's picture shows the aftermath of the first day back to school! Here is Abigail with her daddy tapped out in the living room chair. I fell asleep on the couch, and woke up to the two of them snuggled up together.

Getting to Know Our Family!

I am starting this blog as a way to keep up with my family's adventures. I hope that this will be a great way of keeping track of all our memories. I often have trouble keeping up with things on paper, so I am hoping this will be much easier. I look forward to posting pictures of my beautiful kids, sharing some of the crazy things my daughter says, and just keeping up with our life in general.

We are a family of four. My name is Jennifer. I am 32 years old and am a stay at home mom. I love to take pictures, scrapbook (though I never have the time!), and spend time with my family. My husband is Chris and he is 33. He loves cars, especially Mustangs! He owns his own lawn care business and really enjoys it. We have been married for seven years and we have two wonderful kids. Our son Kyle just turned 15 and is a freshman in High School. He loves anything to do with sports, and of course video games! Our daughter Abigail will be 6 in January and is in Kindergarten this year. She loves everything girly and making beautiful artwork. Our kids are 9 years apart and you would think they wouldn't have anything to fight about, but apparently they do! We love to take vacations together. My husband doesn't like to venture as far away from home as we do, but we make him go anyway!

We have struggled with infertility for the last three years, following a miscarriage. It has been a long and hard road. It has affected my life in so many ways. I was severely depressed for about a year and feel like I was not the best mom I could have been to my children. It affected my marriage deeply, but somehow we managed to stick it out together. After three years, four different doctors including a fertility clinic, thousands of dollars, and many tears I have finally learned to let go and be happy with my life. I love my children deeply, but this has made me open my eyes appreciate them so much more.

We love dogs in our house! We have six dogs of our own and currently two foster puppies. Yes we are crazy! It started with two Schnauzers - Buddy and Max. Then one day a very skinny Boxer mix showed up at my house. We unsuccessfully tried to find her a home and didn't want her to become a statistic at the pound, so we kept her. Her name is Lucky and she is now a very healthy 80 pound dog! After my miscarriage my husband thought a small dog to keep in the house would be a good idea for me. So for Christmas that year I got Maggie - a Scottish Terrier. He was right. She is the best house dog! The next year Lucky and one of my Schnauzers mated. This resulted in Rocky and Molly. Since it was only two puppies, I somehow talked my husband into keeping them! Then because I was such a bad pet owner (SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!), Rocky and Molly had puppies of their own - 10 puppies to be exact! My dad found a local lady that does rescue work and she helped to find them all a home. Since then all of my dogs have been spayed or neutered, except for Lucky (she has some health issues). The lady that does the dog rescue ended up talking me into taking care of puppies she has rescued while she finds them a home. It is the greatest! We have had nine puppies come and go since then. I wish I would have done it sooner!

We live in the same town that my husband and I both grew up in, and love it here. It is perfect for us! Luckily for us all of our family also lives in our town. My dad is retired and spends all his free time at our house! My mom lives on the other side of town, but comes by and visits regularly. My in laws live one street over from us. I have three best friends - one I have known since 1st grade and the other two since we were eleven!

I am on a couple of online groups, and one of them mentioned taking and posting a picture every day for a year. I really liked this idea and think I will go for it. I will start 1-1-10, but will post an older random picture of the day until then. I love sharing pictures! I look forward to starting this blog and sharing our life with everyone!