{a Trip}

Dane recently went pheasant hunting over a long weekend. He tried to make me jealous that I was home with our children while he was out having fun by sending me pictures of his luxurious motel and room.

Motel...seriously? If you look closely, you can see flamingos in the grass as "decor".

and the room...4 beds?

I asked him kindly to stop sending me pictures. I couldn't take much more.

The kids and I ventured out to burn some energy. This is what we parked by at Target.  The kids wouldn't stop talking about it. "He" was from Montana and had a Christmas tree in the back of "his" truck. He just starred at us.

and then dad returned home with gifts in tow.

{halloween}

One fireman less his coat, one midget butterfly thingy and one majestic butterfly princess. Yes, a motley crew indeed.

{as Promised}

It's official, I couldn't find the missing tire. Just to bring you up to speed...Brady likes to remove tires from his little trucks and trailers and has so on several occasions. On two of those occasions (one being from the picture in previous post) Paisley has been in the vicinity when he has performed his tire removing ceremony. So, our theory is that she has now ingested 2 said tires the size of a cheerio. Just for the record, Dane has always been out of town when this happens, always. Seriously?!?!

The tire eater...and yes, that is chocolate from a cookie she was enjoying one day during our route home. See exhibit A in her hand!

{teaser}

Soon, I will explain this picture. But I am still trying to locate all the tires!!!

{all about Paige}

This post is dedicated to our first born...

She LOVES to play with the iPad and on this day was showing her baby an Elmo video. The baby looks real...a little too real!!

She loves to perform and loves to dress up so we enrolled her in dance this fall. She loves it! The ironic thing is she has the same dance teacher that Aunt Ashley had 20 or so years ago!!! I find this very intriguing.

And, she lost her first tooth and was super excited. We lost the tooth right before bedtime but the Tooth Fairy found the tooth on a cleaning spree later (what? your Tooth Fairy doesn't clean when she visits?!?!) and left a note for her to leave it the next night and she would be back. Which reminds me to tell the Tooth Fairy to hit the ATM on the way home!! What does a tooth go for these days?

We love you Paige. You are a constant reminder of how I must have been as a little kid and I am surprised that my parents survived raising me! But with the drama comes the love and you have lots to give.

{no reason}

{not sure}

Not sure what we've been up to lately and I have no pictures to remind me. Dane and I work pretty hard at making sure we aren't filling up our lives with busy stuff...and leaving margin for the things that matter in this season of life we are in. Some days it feels as if we are just boring people and other days I am thankful we haven't stacked our schedules!!