Shades of my heart!

My Pride and Joys!!!

Randy Scott ~10

Riley Alexander ~7

Brodie Morgan ~4

Colt Jesse ~22 months

My little Pumpkins

Home again...

exas... our Home!

....meanwhile back at the ranch....

The kids and I have been busy trying to find a place to live. We were going to wait for housing, but it seems they want to keep their houses to themselves and make us wait, so we're going to rent again. I found an awesome house and now it's just a matter of putting down the deposit!!

Several of the rooms are already painted and there is LOTS of room! Our old house is actually available, too, but I think we may upgrade this year! I'm about to go back to the new one and take measurements of the rooms to make sure our furniture will fit!

We're just happy to be back in Texas! The boys start school on the 25th, so we're trying to find something before then so they don't have to move schools after it's started again.

Other than that, we are taking plenty of time to rest and enjoy the remainder of our summer. We're tyring to get as much use out of the pool here as we can! It's been too hot during the day, but we make sure to take daily dips after dinner! What a perfect way to end the day... and it helps Brodie sleep ALL night!! YEAH!!!

This is the BBQ place we ate at in Texarkana. When we saw it, we HAD to stop... for obvious reasons! Not to mention it had been 15 months since I had TEXAS BBQ!!!Colt woke up one morning and was still very sleepy, so he sat down with Brodie on the couch. Isn't that precious?
And then he looked up at her and it got even better!!!

I'm slowly catching up on the pictures I've taken since leaving New York. I'm getting there, it's just taking longer than I thought. Even with being at my parents and getting a break, I still can't seem to find a lot of "down time" to do the little things I had planned to do! Guess 4 kids will do that to you! I'm still on the search for a house and that takes up most of my "online" time. It's an endless search and I'll be glad when it's over and we are finally in a house making it a home! Until then.....

Tuesday again

I wanted to add pictures today, but not much really happened worth blogging about. The picture above shows one of the few time the kids get to play video games. Randy and Riley are actually playing, but Brodie thinks she's doing the best!!! Thank goodness for "extra" controlers!

Kind of a lazy day of summer. Boys played at the park, ate lunch, watched TV. I haven't been feeling too well today. I think the heat/humidity and no A/C is getting to me. I know it's only in the high 80's but with no sleep and being tired all day anyway, the heat/humidity is really zapping what strength I have. We have been fighting with Brodie to go to sleep on her own again. 6 weeks in the hotel really spoiled her! Lately, she's been giving in around 12-2am, and then is back up again at 6-7am, so I'm beat. Trying to get a handle on it before the baby comes, but I don't see why it matters since I'll be awake with the new baby! :-)

Peter Pan Moment: Pretty much stayed in my PJ's all day. I know it's not much, but it sure was comfy!!!!