Another Month Gone!

So I am officially a once a month blogger.

Well, we moved into the rental. The first week has been quite the adjustment. Going from a four bedroom 2000 square foot house to a three bedroom 1600 square foot Manufactured house definitely takes some getting used to. We have decided that this will be more temporary than we had previously thought. A new baby will be just what splits the seams in this house. The house itself is great overall. The size makes it a whole lot easier to keep clean and we have ironed out the few kinks that we're keeping the smallest of our clan from sleeping. Mainly putting the T.V. in the front room away from his door. The water is not good so we bought an industrial strength filter. The water from that is so good! I am almost done getting the old house ready for our renters. They will be here tomorrow or Thursday. Our dogs are happier with a fence and a dog house. We also inherited a chicken from our last renters. It lays eggs but we need to contain it to find them. The boys are planning to build a tree house when things calm down and Man #1 has decited to take a break from school until January. Thank goodness!!! I was starting to feel like a single mom.

Moving here has taught me that we really don't need that coveted 5,000 square foot mansion in the fanciest neighborhood. I like my little house in the country and it suits our needs just fine. We will look back at our time here and miss it a whole lot when we move again wich will probably be next year so I'll keep you posted.

The unborn one is getting bigger and I still have three months left. Some of my maternity clothes don't even fit. Better to have a big healthy baby though so I will try not to complain.

Even through the move we did manage to go trick or treating but I forgot to take pictures Oh Well I can't do it all.

Flag Football!

Aren't they cute? I love flag football because they don't get hurt. In a couple of years they will probably want to play with full pads. YIKES! They haven't won a game but they have so much fun.

So we are moving the week after next into our rental house. I'm excited because it's a lot cheaper than the house we're in now and it's next door. I can just grab some stuff and walk it over there. No truck no packing no movers. It's a bit smaller than the place we're in now but it has a family room. The renters for our house came last week and they are so cool! I'm so glad that we are always so blessed to have such awesome renters. They have two little girls so maybe I'll get to have tea parties with them!
I reluctantly taught my older boys to play Monopoly last Sunday because we had some time to kill. Three hours later we were still playing and no one was even winning yet. I could stand it no longer and told them the game was over. We counted up all our money and property and boy #2 won of course! They have been asking me to play again but I think I will wait a while before diving into that endless game again.
Man #1 and his brother decided to say goodbye to an old couch that belonged to their late father. It's been passed around for the past ten years. No one wanted to throw it away because it was sentimental. They have lots of pictures of their dad sitting on this couch and it needed a proper send off. We decided to burn it to honor it and say goodbye yet again. I have never seen anything light up and go so quickly. It was kind of amazing. Well here's to you MD.

And then there were six!!!

Thats right for all of you well wishers keeping my hopes up for that coveted girl I'm still lost in the sea of testosterone. That's right we are having another boy! This is my fifth boy and our sixth boy togeather. Help Me!! All of you that could use a break now and then fixing hair and playing tea party send your girls my way. I need the reminder. Maybe I will just buy myself some princess dressups and make my boys rescue me from now on. I deserve it!

Here is the party. We had a lot of fun! Sis and fam and other Sis came. Boy #1 got an Ipod. The Monday after I went to his house to help him ask a girl to Homecoming. We got her favorite color roses (pink and orange not easy to find) and put little papers in them asking her to the dance. It was so much fun! It was also his idea which I thought was awesome. He really didn't want me to document it (as you can see by his face) but I did anyway. What kind of mom or stepmom would I be if I didn't embarass him every once and awhile.

While he was here we went to see Grandma who is doing so much better. She got to go home yesterday so she is glad to be out of hospitals. She still has a long road to recovery but at least she gets to do it at home.

I finally got a picture with all the boys. Aren't they cute! We rented our house we have to be out on the first of Nov. I'm so excited to move again! I actually am. We haven't done it for awhile and I was wondering what I should call my blog if we ever stopped moving. Tell me if you have any good ideas.

Birthday Boy!

Yeah to boy #1! He is finally 16. He is truly an independant teenager. I'm sure he would much rather be 18 graduated and on his own but hey only 2 more years( well 2 and 1/2. He has to wait till he graduates). His real b-day was on Sat. We will be celebrating this weekend when he comes over. It should be Lots of fun!
Here's an update on Shirley. The clot in her leg is 75% dissapated. The one in her lung is still there. The internal bleeding in her leg seems to have slowed and her blood count is going up which is good. She may be able to go home today but I haven't talked to anyone over there today to check. We all appreciate all the prayers from everyone. I know she is getting better because of them. Thank you!

Millions of Peaches...

Here are step by step instructions on how to can peaches...

First contain all the children in a safe and orderly manner.

Next figure out how to blanche peaches properly before you start.

Then magically you will end up with finished jars of peaches on your counter.

How easy is that?

OK so it's not that easy but it was so fun!! We had to stop early so I could jet and visit my mom in law. She fainted today and needed a pick me up. I think it helped her to see her grandbabies. She hadn't seen them for a couple of weeks and missed them. She is doing better. They found some internal bleeding in her leg and drained it. I hope that will help. We want her well so she can go home and rest. It's so hard to be in the hospital. We appreciate all your prayers for her and I know she appreciates them too! Thanks.

It's that time again!

It's almost Haloween!! You know what that means...Time to Move!!
So I put an add on craigslist last night to rent/sell our house and I've already had someone look at it today. Is that crazy or what?? Boy #2 stayed home again today but hasn't thrown up at all. Yippee!! He is going to school tomarrow. I have had some questions regarding this pregnancy so here's the scoop. I am due Feb. 3rd and I already don't fit in anything. I accidentally gave all my maternity clothes to Goodwill. That included all my sister's clothes as well because we all pool them togeather. So, if you have any donations you can contact me and I will tell you where to drop them off ;) Just kidding!!Since I never go into labor I am expecting to be induced at the end of January but since we are moving I may not get such an understanding obgyn. I better look far and wide for someone good. I hear they have pretty good doctors where we are going. If you want to know where that is ask my sister.