I am glad to have the girls back tonight from their camping trip. They were ready for bed and I told them they could sleep with me tonight since Daddy is out of town. They had fun telling me all about their camping adventures - they went fishing, four-wheeling, and just enjoyed the beautiful fall weather. Maybe next time we will all be able to go. Stephen made it okay to Georgia on Sunday. He is at a conference/training in order to get some sort of license he needs for property tax......I'm sure he could explain it better than I can. I miss him alot and will be glad when he's back at home on Friday. Logan was glad to have his sisters back as well. He just kept smiling and laughing at them tonight when they got home.

A Quiet House . . .

It is going to be a quiet house today and tomorrow - Stephen is leaving this morning for Atlanta, Georgia for a week on business. The girls left Friday night to go camping with Stephen's parents until late tomorrow. So, it's just me and Logan!

Logan goes to bed early so I'll probably use that quiet time to catch up on grading papers and other schoolwork that I've been putting off. Maybe even watch an Oprah episode or two on the DVR. I also thought this would be a good time to finalize our plans for the Disney trip coming up next month. The majority of it is planned and ready to go, but I need to think through some of the little things now. I've got our itinerary done so we'll hopefully get to see all of the things we want to see while we're there. I keep reminding myself that I know we won't be able to do it all.... so we're going to try and hit the "must-sees". I've come to realize that you can stay at Disney for weeks and still not see everything - it is SO huge and there's so much to do! The only thing I'm sad about is us missing the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party (and that's because they're not having one during the week we're there - bummer!) The other thing we will have to miss is the Osbourne Festival of Christmas Lights. It is being unveiled at Hollywood Studios at the same time we're going to be at LaNouba:Cirque de Soleil on Friday night. Oh well..... I didn't know that back in the spring when I made reservations. We will still get to see all of the Christmas decorations around the parks which will be neat though. I have always wanted to see Cinderella's castle in Christmas lights. We are having breakfast with her the last day we're there in her castle and I'm sure the Christmas decorations will be breath taking.

I have the day off tomorrow in honor of good ole Columbus.....so I'm going to take Logan into the doctor to get his second flu shot (they give them in two doses when they're little). Not fun.

Logan and I are going this morning to view all of the proofs of our family pictures that were taken last weekend. Misty (the photographer) is going to give me the link to her gallery that I can share with you too so you'll be able to view all of our proofs online. Speaking of pictures, here are some of Logan I took in sequence of him trying to stand up yesterday . . .

"Okay, here I go!"

"Is anyone watching me do this?"

"Is anyone going to help me do this?"

"Fine. I'll just do it myself!"

"Hmmmmm. This looks very interesting.

"Mommy won't mind if I take a little nibble will she?

Here is video I captured of him standing up in his room. Sorry it's sideways...guess I did something goofy with the camera and couldn't figure out how to fix it. I just had to post it because of the cutest wrinkled-nose rabbit face he is making in the video. It's funny because both of the girls used to make that same face!

Pictures online

Misty posted some of the pictures from our family photo shoot last Sunday. They are on her blog at this site http://blog.photographybymg.com/
Once you're there, scroll down until you see us. I thought the few that she posted turned out cute! I can't wait to go see all of the proofs this weekend. Logan was a little toot in that Christmas wagon - it's a wonder he didn't pee all in it!

Career Day

Today at school we had Career Day. Here is a picture of me with my friend Jennifer that teaches across the hall from me with "Mr. Bones". We had a Career Day parade this morning and all the teachers who had dressed up as various career people got to parade around the school. Jennifer was a doctor and I was a nurse. I borrowed some hot pink scrubs from my friend LeeAnn who is a real school nurse. I think I could get used to wearing those everyday - very comfy!


Here is a picture of several of the teachers that I teach with in 2nd grade as we posed right before the parade this morning. Aren't we a good lookin' crew???

The fence . . .

The fence is finished (well....at least one section of it is)! Here is a couple of pics of Stephen and his dad finishing it up this afternoon. I am so excited about it - it looks much better and now we have our privacy from the annoying neighbors behind us. I ended up staying here and not going to the big city of "Jewett" for the birthday party after all. After we did pictures this morning, that pretty much wore me out for the day. Plus, the girls have been extremely irritable and whiny this weekend so I figured it would be a good idea for them to take a nap this afternoon. Getting home late tonight would have made for a very cranky Monday morning (for all of us).

Here's a video of the finished product . . .

Also, here is a video of Logan from several weeks ago when we were staying at my parent's house after the hurricane. I found this on my camera tonight as I was deleting old photos and just had to post it because it was too cute! My mom put him in this washtub for a bath and he had a blast.

Bunko Night!

We had a great time last night at our first Bunko game! It was the first time for alot of the girls to play, but everyone caught on really quickly and the dice were flyin' everywhere!

Amanda was the big winner - she had the most bunkos, the most snakes eyes and the last bunko rolled. It was a much needed night of fun and laughter and I'm excited about playing again next month.

I just realized it has been a while since I posted anything - where has the time gone? I think the whole hurricane thing has thrown me off a bit, but we're slowly getting back on track. I'm excited about tomorrow night because I get to play in a new Bunko group that some of my friends and I have just started up. I used to play religiously several years ago and have really missed it. It's a great time to hang out with the girls, eat, chat, laugh, you know.....all that good stuff! This weekend will be busy. Stephen and his dad are going to begin the process of repairing our damaged fence in the backyard from the hurricane. They are going to buy all the supplies at Home Depot tomorrow night and get everything set up so that they can get started early Saturday morning. I have begged them to do the fence that backs up to our annoying neighbors with the crazy dogs and kids first. Stephen and his dad patched the fence up right after the hurricane to keep them out of our yard until they could do something more permanent. Since then, the dog has torn up the fence and figured out a way to still get into our backyard. So, we have woken up to him barking through the wall several times. Also, the girls were out back playing the other day and "those kids" (see my hurricane post for more info. on them) were trying to tear the loose boards on the fence down so they could get into our backyard. These are two and three year old aged children and no one was even out there watching them - unbelievable!
Well, I guess I can't complain about that too much since my child did fall in the neighbor's pool after the hurricane so I'll shut up about that one (heehee).
Sunday, we are having some fall family pictures made and some 10 month old pictures of Logan. I figured it was time since I haven't had any professional shots taken of him since EASTER!! We use a lady named Misty Green and she is wonderful! Here is a link to her photography blog where you can see examples of some of her work. http://blog.photographybymg.com/
I like using her so much better than going to Sears or JCPenney's where you have some high school kid who doesn't know what they're doing trying to take your child's picture and makes them sit on pee-stained props. Oh.......the memories of taking the girls there when they were babies.......it's all a blur but some things I do recall unfortunately. I learned my lesson quick - don't even waste your time going to one of those places (especially when dealing with multiples). With Misty you have as much time as you need to get the poses you want and you don't feel rushed because there's no mob of flustered parents anxiously waiting their turn outside the door. It just helps the process go so much more smooth. So, wish us luck as we attempt a family of 5 photo for the first time. Hopefully Logan will be cooperative.....he's been a little wild man lately. Believe it or not (I'll post pics soon so you'll believe it), he is currently cutting 4 teeth...possibly more....at the same time on the top row of his mouth. No wonder the boy's been testy - GEEZ!!!
Sunday, I'll be heading up to the big city of Jewett for a birthday party. I'll be going alone with all three kiddos because Stephen and his dad are going to still be working on the fence so I figured it would be good for us to get out of their hair. I'm hoping Logan will sleep and the girls will be happy watching a DVD so mom can have some quiet time on this two hour excursion. Yahoo.
Hmmmmm....Jewett......you're probably wondering where the heck is that? It's north of Huntsville close to Centerville. Basically, in the middle of nowhere, but it's where the majority of my relatives live including my brother and his family. He used to sing this ridiculous song when we were little and we would be headed to Jewett. It went a little something like this....

Okay everyone, we're on our way to Jewett.
Blink your eyes and you'll go right through it!
Turn around and you've done blew it!
And before you knew it...you're on your way to Hewitt!

The funny thing is....there is actually a town called Hewitt nearby Jewett. Anyway, it's one of those things you'd have to hear him sing. Maybe I'll capture video of it this weekend at the birthday party and post it - oh, I'm sure he would just love that! HAHA!
Anyway, hope everyone is well. Sorry no pics on this post. I'll take some soon and get them on the blog. Until then.........TTFN!