Is that Dylan or Dr. Evil?

Of course I've been good Santa!
MUWAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Borrowed time!

Must post quick!! Battery is going to die!!! Our computer is still broken. You have to hold the power cord in for it to charge. So before it die's here are some pic's from our Thanksgiving trip up north! I hope everyone had a good one!!

He's fascinated with Bert & Ernie!

I love my moose!!!

Aren't they cute?

fun @ the park

8ft snowman, custom made by me & Jim

I just love this picture!





Oh, and after I looked at Ann's site... Congrat's to Celeste!!! We got her first middle school report card, all A's and a B+ in Gym!!! Way to go!! Keep up the good work! (And, side note.... What kind of teacher give's a kid a B+ in Gym??!!)

There's a Moose on the Loose!!!

Isn't she beautiful??!! We saw her on the way in Friday, and on the way to get water today, there she was! We sat and took pictures and looked at her for 10-15 minutes. She didn't run away until a guy in a truck behind us dog started barking! We may take a ride back this evening and see if we see her again.

We are all having a great time! The kids have spent time playing with Brendan, Aaron and Josh, going to the park watching movies and such. I will post more pictures when we get home... And I have a working computer or can find my USB cord for my camera. These pictures are off of Mom's camera.

Oh, and on a side note. Dylan did great with his first x-ray! He even said cheese for the camera! On the bright side, what we thought might have been a broken ankle/foot was only a bad sprain!!

We're here we're here!!!

OK, this time it's not my fault that I haven't posted!! The power cord to our laptop is totally shot! Denny is looking for a new one for us.

So we are up in Paradise till a week from Sunday... Yeah... Nothing but R&R in sight for me! Oh, and guess what.... (sorry Joe have to post it!) We finally saw
a moose!!!!! To cool! Couldn't take pictures, we had a Jackass on our tail and it was dark, we'll go back and look later this week! I'll let you know if we see anything!!

Sorry... Sorry... Sorry!

It's been brought to my attention that I am falling down on the job again!! This place has been such a mad house I haven't even had a chance to sit down in front of the computer! (except to win some great clinique lipstick on ebay for $1.29) But we won't talk about that! Dylan has been sick for almost a week now, stomach flu, YUCK!!! I think I jinxed myself by leaving a comment on Lou's blog about him being pretty healthy the last year. So of course it is moving through the whole family. Jim missed work on Monday, puking. God help me. There is nothing worse than a sick Jim! Celeste was out of school Thursday and Dylan has just been sick all along! I think though we have officially kicked it. I hope. Now were just down to booger nose and a cough....... Ahhhh... The joy's of motherhood!

So, The kid's did not end up going trick-or-treating at the park this year. It was too cold and rainy. Personally I think Lida and Joe were too afraid to take them! Dylan can move quick when people are giving away free "suckahs". Hahahaha!! However, they did take him to Lucky's, which can be equally as scary. So I don't know.

We have officially nixed the cute shaggy dog costume. It has nothing to do with the fact that he fought so hard last time we tried to put it on him that he broke the zipper. It has everything to do with the fact that we walked into Halloween USA and he walked right up to a Mike Wiznowski (? the cute green guy from Monsters Inc.) and said "I annah wear dis". And now we cant get it off of him.

So now I have posted. Gotta go clean house and get ready for Tuesday. The fam is coming over for some Trick-or-Treating fun. It's always a good time! Geez, I wonder if I can KEEP my house clean till Tuesday!!

Oh, and Lou, I didn't know there were enough people in the UP to make you wait an hour for anything!! Hahahaha! Sounds like it was fun!

When I posted this I wanted to put some pic's up but was having issues. So here they are. Enjoy!

Isn't Jim Hot?

D's new costume complete with T-or-T bag

Sissy & Daddy

What a cutie!

"Dat's gwos Sissy!"

2 post's in 1 day........

It's October 12th people. And look at my back yard..... Ugh.... Grrr....
It better melt!

Crue + Aerosmith = Hangover =-(

Oh my God!! Will someone please remind me that I am not a Rockstar, and I am way to old to try and party like one. On a Wednesday even!!! Yes folk's, if you will notice the time stamp on this post I am sooooo not at work. The concert was nothing short of awesome, even if Vince Neil only sang every 5th word or so. Aerosmith.... they leave me speechless! Steven Tyler rocks!!
It was at DTE (formerly Pine Knob) and the weather SUCKED. But it was totally worth it.
So as Dylan enjoys his Bob the Builder I am going to sit here in my Jammies & un-brushed hair and nurse my cup of coffee and bottle of Motrin!

Halloween Hell!!

I thought I had 3 weeks but now I only have 4 days to convince Dylan to put his Halloween costume on!!! Lida and Joe are going to take D to the park Saturday night for trick-or-treating and he refuses to put his costume on!! This is not good people!! (and where did this kid come from? Does he not realize that Mommy is the Halloween Goddess?) My Dad and Laurie got him this very cute Shaggy dog looking costume and he refuses to put it on, screams like I'm poking his eyes out or something!! I even tried explaining to him when he puts it on he gets candy and no luck! Ohwell, we'll see what happens..... Should be interesting!

Does anyone have any costume suggestions? Jim and I are going to a party on Saturday and I have no clue!(halloween goddess, yeah right) Jim is even going to dress up so I have to!! In 10 years of me asking him to dress up he finally is and I have no good costume ideas! Oh yeah, the party is Saturday so time is of the essence.

Can you tell I am at a loss of things to blog about? We haven't done anything lately.... No life..... Lame!!!

Cute pic from last year!













P.S. Thank's for the picture tip Mary. I was doing it in the compose area instead on edit html.

Sunday Evening & Desperate Housewives

Don't have a whole lot to talk about tonight. It was a pretty laid back weekend! We had Dylan's best buddy's 2nd B-day party yesterday, it was fun but exhausting I chased D all day by myself cuz Jim had to work all day!!! I don't know what the deal is lately. I have no energy, I could fall asleep on my feet! And before you even think it don't!!!! I am not preg.... I can't even type it!!!

Anyway, do you guy's watch Desperate Housewives??? I am watching it as I post and is it just me or is it getting worse and worse?? It's getting so stupid. But for lack of anything better to watch on Sunday night I guess I will keep on. How about Brother's and Sisters? The jury is still out that one too. Calista Flockhart (sp?) just kind of bothers me!

My blog is appropriately titled tonight...... Rambling..... Gotta go, Gabby's gonna get it on with the hot 12 year old Gardner!!

What do ya think???

Welcome to my new template!! What do you think? I hope I did it all right!!! I will
post more tomorrow.... I am very tired!! This took forever!! Hope you like it!

Finally..........................

So SBC finally decided to pull their heads out of their asses and we finally have internet service for more than 5 seconds. Congrats SBC!!! Hip Hip Hurray!!! You better not charge me for the last two months of NO service!! That being said, what's going on in blogger world? I have been able to keep up with some of your websites and blogs at work but they have this stupid filter that blocks me from some of them. Jackie, Jeff, Joe and Lida...... Did you know that Comcast is considered spy ware?? Yeah... Whatever the hell that is.

So my Fab Hubby ditched me again this weekend. Guess where he went? Oh yeah, only to do the one thing he's been promising me for the last five years or so. Salmon fishing~!!! I was so jealous, I mean look at those whoppers!! They caught 10 in all. Ohwell, maybe next year!

Look at all the fun stuff we did while he was gone though!! We went to Spicers Orchard yesterday with my Dad, Laurie, Pat and Rebecca. We all had a great time! We were sick to our stomach from too much apples, apple cider and doughnuts then to top it off we went back to Dad and Laurie's for Chili..... Grrrrr...... Ick! (keep scrolling down!)





Are my kid's not the cutest???!!!!

Oh and I wanted to say.... Jack - I heard you are going to have the baby on Thursday. That is AWESOME!!!!! Good luck to you and whatever you have to go through, just remember it's all worth it in the end! It is the most amazing feeling when they put that little man in your arms for the first time! It makes a miserable pregnancy worth every second!!! Love you guy's!

And on one last note..... I still do not get along well with blogger! If anyone can give me some tips on how to place my pictures and such that would be great!!! I get soooooooooooo frustrated!! It has taken me almost two hours to do this one. So it's like a trade off... You give me tip's..... I post more often! Deal? O.K. Glad we worked that out!

Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's To The Fair We Go

Jim and I, Greg and Jennifer took the kid's to the 4-H fair last week!! We had a great time!! Dylan loved all the animal's..... I think the petting zoo was his favorite part!! Celeste and Jess had fun on the rides. Of course my big brave girl, who insists she's ready to go to Cedar Point looked like she was going to puke after she got off the Scrambler!!! The Scrambler for pete sake!! We wont even talk about the ride Greg talked me into going on!!!! I think I have come to the realization that I am to OLD for Cedar Point!!! I about died on this stupid ride!!! Swing and spin, swing and spin!!! OK maybe I'm not to old maybe I'm out of practice??!!!! I hope!! I will try to post some pic's tomorrow. We have a huge storm blowing through and blogger doesn't seem to like me tonight!!

Party Time

Dylan had a great time at his birthday party. It so funny to watch him play with his cousins now.. He's such a big boy!! He gets right in there with the rest of them and is even starting to keep up!!! He's growing up too fast!! Anyway, the party was great. It was a perfect day, not to cool, not to hot. The kid's tried to do a Pinata. I lined them up by age order. Jacob, the youngest at 10months was the first to pull. He needed a little help so Matt helped him. Can you believe it opened up on the first pull???? Geez..... Ohwell, the kids got their candy I guess that's all that matters. He got lot's of great gifts one of them being a swingset. He loves it!! He makes me a nervous wreck on it but he love's it. He even has to go down the slide "one time mom" before we leave for work/school in the morning..... And what's up with that anyway??? I swear to God my kid woke up on the day of his 2nd birthday and started calling me MOM!!!! I am not Mom!!! I am Mamma!!! You are to little yet to call me mom!!! Heheheheee!!! Here are some pictures from the party. I gotta go!! It's WAY past my bedtime!!

What's Up?!!!

For those of you who didn't believe me.... See he really is a Monkey!!!

I haven't had much time to write lately. Spent most of last week in Paradise with Mom M., Lida and all the kids. It was a good time. We didn't do a lot but I have learned that sometimes that is better than trying to cram it all in. I didn't get to take a lot of pictures of the kid's while we were there, my memory card was full almost to bursting and I forgot to empty it before we left. I did however, get that great shot of D at Whitefish Point. (notice the freighter in the back.) I thought it was a pretty cool pic.

I feel bad that I haven't posted many pictures of Celeste, but you can't get her to stay in one place long enough. She just got back from Florida on Sunday and now we are getting ready to pack her off to Virginia on Thursday. She did spend Sunday and Monday night with us. Sunday Matt spent the night so Celeste could take him out on the boat with her Mom on Monday. By the time Tracy brought her home last night she must have been missing us cuz there we were at 11:00pm, all of us still awake and horsing around in our bed. And yes..... That's where they stayed all night. Jim, Dylan, Celeste, Me and the Dog all crammed into my poor bed. What a night!!! Poor Jim had to be up by 3:30am for work today, he's been in bed since 8pm tonight!!!

Oh... Dylan did learn a new phrase while we were up north. "SHUT UP!!!" Oh my god!!! Someone please help me!!!! I thought if I tried not to make a big deal out of it he would stop saying it but nope!!!! Not my son!!!! It probably wouldn't be so bad if he didn't know how to use it properly. Like when your out in the general public trying to enjoy an ice cream cone.... "Dylan, please sit down and eat your ice cream" "SHUT UP MAMMA" or "Dylan, please stop beating the dog with your golf club" "SHUT UP MAMMA!!!". It has gotten better since we got home. I don't think we were out of the car for 10 minutes and "Dylan, get away from the road your going to get squashed like a bug" "SHUT UP MAMMA!!" (This is the part where Jim looks at me like "did I just hear what I think I heard?" I shake my head yes and Dylan gets his sassy little hide tanned.) Sunday we went to Jen and Denny's for dinner the kid's were playing out back and Celeste comes in to tell Jim that "Dylan is saying it again". Jim opened the sliding glass door to hear Dylan "SHUT....." He caught sight of his Daddy and slapped his hand right over his mouth!!!! He is such a STINKER!!! So in closing, to my certain Sister-in-Law who thought this was so darn funny, I say to you...... You now have one younger than mine and I can be sure to teach her worse things than "SHUT UP MAMMA!!!" Love Ya Sis!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!

And P.S. I still can't get my damn pictures where I want them!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Two year's ago today an amazing little man came into this world and taught me a whole new lesson in love!!! It makes me sad someday's to know that time is going so fast, but it's so much fun to watch him grow and learn so many new things!!!! Happy Birthday Buddy!!! Mamma and Daddy love you to pieces!!!

We had a pretty low key day today. My Dad and Laurie came to visit aswell as my Grandma and Grandpa. We took D to Red Robin to see the "Big Red Bird" and Grandma got a small glimpse of what D is like in a restaurant!! (not good!) On the way home we stopped and bought him a little b-day cake and a 1/2 dozen cup cakes for us. Little did we know not only would he want to sample his cake but he wanted one of each of the "blue" cupcakes. He disappointed me this year. I thought he would make a bigger mess than last year but he didn't. We will try again on the 22nd when we have his actual party. I was bummed we couldn't do it this weekend but Sissy is in Florida with her Grandma and she would kill us if we did it without her!

We went to a 4th of July party last night and D partied like a rockstar!! He ran and danced all till about 12:00am last night. (or this morning, whichever you prefer) He did it all on about a 20 minute power nap!! So, needless to say he's been sleeping for almost 2hours now. So I am going to take advantage again and soak in a tub. 2 times in 1 week. Wooo Hooo!

Yeah!!!!!!

Congrat's Dad M.!!!!!!! Free at last, free at last!!!! Oh, and happy birthday too!! For those of you that don't know my Father in Law celebrated his Birthday and his retirement over the weekend! I hope you and Mom enjoy every minute!! You guy's are the best in-law's a gal could ask for and I love you both!!!

And now a couple pic's from last weekend!!! Dylan is looking more and more like his Dad every day isn't he? (for you over paranoid people out there, the beer was empty!!) Darn cute picture though!!

Anyway, Dylan is down unusually early tonight so I think I am going to take advantage of it and go soak in the tub with a good book. Good week to all!

Busy weekend!!!

Well, I guess it's time to update!!! I have waited to have something like this for so long and then I don't update!!! Maybe I just have a boring life???...... Who knows! Anyway, here it is.....

We had a busy weekend last weekend. Friday we went to some friends house for dinner. They have a son 3 months younger than Dylan and they have a blast together!!! Saturday was a cookout at Rick (GQ) and Theresa's. Matt and Dylan were in the kiddy pool for close to 2 hours!! I swear my child is half fish. That is until you try and put him in a big pool and then he freak's out!!!! Must be an age thing, the previously mentioned friend's son is the same way!!!

Sunday was great, we had Father's Day here!! We had 20ish people here. I have to say a huge thank you to Lida for doing all the grilling!!! I owe her bigtime, as soon as the food went on the monsoon hit!!! I tried to send her in the house but she said she was enjoying her one person wet t-shirt contest!!! The girl crack's me up!!!!

So picture this......... All the food is done..... It's all spread out on the table (and what a spread it was!!) Everyone gets their plates..... And what happens????? Yep, the power goes out!!!! Gotta keep things interesting around here!!! Hahahahaha!!! Ohwell, it got me out of work on Monday. The power didn't come back on till 5am the next morning. When I woke up I had dirty dishes up to my armpit's and no water!!!! (easily fixed... Just plug the well in... Who knew???)

Anyway, I'm going to go now!!! There is another monsoon on the way!! It's thundering and lightning and now you know our luck with power!!!!! I promise to try and update more frequently. Key word being T-R-Y!!!

Celeste and Miranda

Somehow this picture got lost on that last post!!! I wanted to share it!!! I love it!!! The girl's are bonding already!!

I had a whole great story of our weekend typed out, but somehow when I tried inserting the pictures (which I can NEVER get in the proper spot!!!) I lost it all!!! Now I'm just tired and crabby!!! So I will say.... It was a great weekend!! Finally got to meet Miranda!!! I love her!!
Matt came and stayed the night Saturday. The kid's had fun, they went swimming at the neighbors while I did the yard work and we went to the park on Sunday!!! Matt was very grumpy on Sunday when it was time to go home he kept saying "but I want to eat here Mom!".
I don't blame him!!! Grandma and Grandpa came over and brought dinner!! Doesn't take kid's long to catch on to the good cook's!! Anyway, here are some pic's from the weekend!! I will post more later when I have more patients!! (did I spell that the right way?)

Quick Post

Very sleepy tonight!! Got off of work early today, we had Celeste's 5th grade graduation. I cant believe she's going to be in middle school! Geez, she was only 1 1/2 when Jim and I started dating! I guess time flies when your having fun!! Anyway, here is my most recent favorite picture of Dylan... It's true what they say.... A picture is worth a thousand words!! And this one says it quite clearly!!

Here's some pic's

Here are some pic's from our trip to Paradise. I say jaunt because that's what it felt like! Why does it seem like time flies when your up there and why is it when you get up there you don't want to come home?? I can totally understand why the whole family has either purchased or built up there! It's so peaceful! We had a great time! The teardown on the old place is coming along but it sounds like it's moving at yooper pace!! It' s going to look completely different once it's gone.

Dylan got his first shiner today at school! Poor little guy. He's the big meanie at school but it seems like he's the one always coming home with the bumps and bruises. On the subject of meanie.... Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get your toddler to stop biting??!! I have tried everything short of pulling his teeth!!!! I have tried biting him back (made me feel like a terrible mom) soap (he loved it and asked for more, cant get him to stop eating the soap in the bathtub) timeouts (yeah right) and spankings (he hit's me back)!! I am about to give up! Even the pediatrician couldn't offer any advice!!! He told me it was a phase! Phase- shmase!! It's been almost 6 months!!! I will take any suggestions!





TIMBERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Daddy and Dylan were sleepy after their visit to the bears.



My handsome boys!!



Cheese!!!!



Jim, Me, Greg and Jennifer at the fall's (they loved them)


Jessica, Dylan and Celeste trying to keep dry! Hahahaha!!

What a great day!

First and foremost...... HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!!!! I hope you have had a great one so far!! We have had a great time so far up north! The weather has been perfect. Mid 70's and not a cloud in the sky! Jennifer, Greg & Jess love the place and we are all very bummed we have to go home tomorrow. =-( After 4 years of coming up here and Jim promising he finally took me to see the bears!! It was great!! I will defiantly go back. The only bummer is you cant touch the cubs anymore. That's O.k. We just got back from going to the fall's. Greg and Jennifer had not been there before. After Jim and Dylan get done with a little nap were going to grill up some din-din and then maybe take them up to whitefish point. Of course we will have to go to town too and get Jim some birthday ice cream!!! Busy, busy, busy!!!!!!

The Countdown

29 minutes and counting........... Till I get out of work and head to Paradise!!!! We are going for the weekend with our friends Greg and Jennifer and their daughter Jessica. It should be fun, they haven't been that far up north before so we will probably do alot of sight seeing. Hopefully the weather will cooperate!! I think it's supposed to be in the 70's so that's not bad. I think we should all get together and plan a party weekend up north! We were talking about it a couple years ago but it never happened!! So let me know what you think! Oh yeah!!! I just burned up 4 more minutes!!

She's here!!! She's here!!!

Big congrat's to Alida, Joe, Pierce and Kyle!! Baby Miranda has finally arrived!!! 7lbs 11oz and 20inches long!!! She was born at 7:11am!!! Yeah!!!!

Finally

Just got back from the hospital. Had to pick up Pierce & Jo Jo. Could it be?!! Lida is finally going to have the baby???!!! Yeah!!!!!! I will keep ya posted!!!

Help!!

Ok, so we all know I am new to blogging. Can someone please tell me how to link other
blog's to mine.... I cant seem to figure it out!! And why the hell is my time stamp so far off???
Maybe I'm not ready for this!!! Hahahahaha!!! Anyway I will type more soon!!

Dog Tired!!!

Isn't Memorial Day weekend supposed to be a weekend of BBQ's and relaxation???!!! Not for my family!!! My Hubby worked me like a DOG!!! We decided that we were going to fix up the yard. So I think ok, a little mulch here, some new flowers there & the yard will be beautiful!!! Oh no!!! I must have forgotten for a brief second who I was married to!!!! So yeah... We did the mulch thing (3 yards) and we did the flower thing (not too bad) then when I thought we were close to being done Jim decides that we need to rip all the bushes out!! Good Gawd!!! Have you ever had blisters on top of blister capped off with sun burn??? Let me tell ya.... NOT FUN!!!! But I do have to admit, 6 months from now when our little "project" is completed it will look great!!! (just kidding about the 6 months Honey!!)

Anyway, the rest of the weekend was pretty great! Saw a lot of Joe and Alida!!! I think they are using us for our quick access to the hospital!! Just kidding again!! It's great having them around!! The kid's all play so well!! I cannot wait for Alida and Joes newest addition to come along!!! They are going to have there hands full with this one! She (or he, I am not quite convinced that it's a girl!!) is already a stubborn little thing!! I wonder where she gets that from??? Hmmmm...... Something to ponder!!

Ohwell, I hope everyone had a great holiday!! Gotta go crawl into bed before I don't have the energy to get there!!

My First Post

Can you believe it?? It's finally here!! My very own

blog!!! Here is a pic of my peanut for those of you that
haven't seen him in awhile!!