Our Crazy Wonderful Life . . .

  Lately I can't help thinking that I'm the luckiest person in the world. When I step back and look at our life, it does nothing but put a smile on my face. NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER 1-We are building the home of our dreams. Something that not a lot of people get to do, especially at 27 years old. So in that, I'm extremely proud that we are able to do that. A place where our kids will grow up and learn so many things that comes along with country living. Valuable lessons that will help them throughout their lives. 2- I'm married to my best friend and true sole mate (I know kind of sappy). His positive traits truly make up for my negative ones and vise versa. That's why we are perfect for each other and work so well together. 3- The two best kids in the ENTIRE world. I'm not too sure how else to express how great they are. Austyn is the most polite, smart, FUNNY, fun, cute, and sassy 2 year old. She is so brave and adventurous. And I love how she likes to get dirty. I also love how she likes to get pretty and dressed up. Honestly you couldn't ask for any better of a kid. And Quade is my little sweet boy. My mom swears he doesn't know how to cry. And daily she tells me how disgustingly good he is. He really is. Honestly the only time he fusses is when he's hungry, poopy (if I didn't notice him going), or tired. And the majority of the time not even then. He has gone entire days without any crying. He sleeps 6-9 hours and NEVER cries to be feed at night. He only grunts when he wants me to get him up. He has the most loving blue eyes that just melt my heart every time he stares at me. He loves to be snuggled and loved. I get so selfish with him, that I only want him for myself. It's so hard to share him with ANYONE (even Jordan). I don't think any mother could love her children more than I love mine. 4- I'm able to stay home with our wonderful kids. But still able to step right back into the perfect job (for me anyways) whenever I need to or want to. 5- Having family so close to us all the time. With Jordan's work schedule and off work schedule it's a true God send to have the family that I do so close and so eager and willing to help. I wouldn't be able to do it without them. I tried to imagine my life away from my family. Even a few miles away, but it wasn't possible. Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for working so hard to create this family circle. It wouldn't have been possible without you. I know in my eyes this is the most perfect life anyone could ever dream of.
  We unfortunately have experienced quite a few deaths lately, but also have had quite a few births. It's definitely the circle of life, but it got me thinking of how fortunate we all are to have each other and each passing day. Some deaths were expected, some were not, and some just weren't fair. It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day hustle and bustle of life and take things for granted. For some reason the amount of deaths really affected me and I found myself needing to take things slower, appreciate the little things, and just enjoy life more. Because we never know when God's going to call our name. It was a reality check/wake up call to change a few ways of thinking for me. And for that I'm thankful.

  Enough of the sappy stuff and on with the house stuff. Jordan and his crew poured our garage floor. Thank you everyone for all your help. He also got all the trenching done that he wanted. And my Dad and him are in the process of building our pump house, which will double as a storage shed. We unfortunately came across a few snags and are held up for a week or so (hopefully not too much "so") but there are plenty of things that are still getting done.

The concrete crew

Elliott fell in the concrete

The finished project. Jordan and my Dad stayed

until 11pm to finish 

Late night at the house

The pump house

  The kids are wonderful. Quade had his 2 month check up. He weighed 12 lbs. 4 oz. and was 22 1/2 inches long. They said everything was perfect with him. Austyn is like I said earlier, amazing. She has such a big imagination right now, and is so fun to listen to her version of the stories. And then each time she tells them listen to how they change as the story goes on. She does try to push her limits, but when called on it she will shape up pretty quickly. She no doubt about it is in the "2's" stage, but I think of it more as the terrific 2's. I would hate to think of any stage with my kids terrible or miserable. Don't get me wrong, there have been stages that I like more than others, but never any age that I dreaded. I looked through our pictures and found a picture of Austyn and Quade at the same age in about the same pose. They look pretty similar, but everyone I showed it to could tell the difference easily.

Austyn is top and Quade is bottom

  And I again, am still trying to keep up with everyone else. I started the Insanity workouts a week ago. That is a perfect name for it, because it is so insane. I actually really love it. It is so challenging and also so rewarding to watch myself get better and better. I have only lost 3 so far, but at least I'm doing something in the exercise area. Maybe blogging about my progress with keep me motivated to stick with it. I tend to dwindle if I don't see results or if I miss a day. Wish me luck!

  Sorry about the mushy stuff at the beginning of the blog. I just started writing and that's what it ended up being. Maybe it was my way of a positive vent session. Hope all is well with everyone. Thanks for keeping up with us.