Dunno why I've been so lazy when it comes to blogging lately. I keep putting off getting AA batteries so that I can turn on my camera and download our pics. to the computer. Brief update: In July, we had a fabulous beach week at Port Aransas, TX with Jared's family! Good times, other than the fact that Allie was sick for most of it. At the end of July, Allie turned 1!!! She will get her own post all about how cute and wonderful she is very soon!! Recently, Jared bought a scooter so I could have the car during the days (his work is like 3.5 miles away). And before he had the chance to get it inspected and registered, our car broke down. The timing belt broke and messed up our engine. It would cost twice what our car is worth to fix it. So, in search of a minivan that we could grow into, we met with a few dishonest people that claimed their vans were in EXCELLENT condition. Carfax reported one with much more miles than their odometer read... hummm. A couple people had gotten buddies to fix up their cars after an accident, which wasn't reported to Carfax. I watched a youtube video about how to know if a car has been in an accident. After spending WAY too much time on the internet searching for the perfect vehicle for us, we finally found an old 2002 Honda Odyssey minivan with 73K miles. A recall on the van got it a new transmission at 50K, so that's good. Carfax reported that all the scheduled oil changes and maintenances were performed for most of it's life (until recently). So, we checked out the van, loved it, bought it, and then got the timing belt and water pump changed!! Though we were hoping to save up and pay for a minivan with 100% cash, we are happy to have more space and are hoping to have what we financed paid off in 9 months!
This year, I started a preschool from my home for 2 1/2 and 3 year olds. I have 10 students (all girls, coincidentally)!! We just finished our 1st week and it is so fun! Kailee LOVES preschool! I have an assistant to help me and her daughter attends my class.
Jared is still teaching choir and has like 20 piano and voice students after school every week. His schedule is packed. It's so wonderful that he has the talent and ability to teach private lessons, as it is a great source of extra income for our family to help us pay off debt! Thankyou honey for working so hard!! He has a few people on his waiting list too, but he is keeping some time open for his family! :)
My brother, Jacob, who lived with us last summer is staying with us again for just 2 months. He is selling pest control. It's fun to have him around and so convenient because Jared and I can go grab a shake when the girls are in bed if he's here and when Allie is napping in the morning, Kailee and I can go run an errand!! Thanks bro! And he brings in the groceries for me and empties the trash and plays with the girls!! He's great!
Pictures to come soon!
The week before Halloween, we went to a super fun Halloween party at the Foust's home. We won best costume. This is our prize. We are an elderly couple. Jared looks like a grumpy old man.
I got our clothes from the goodwill. I kept laughing all night at Jared's pants. He looks more nerdy than old, lol. I had about 15 bean bags in my shirt sagging down if ya can't tell. Those babies were hard work carrying around, lol.
She's getting better about looking at the camera when smiling.
She is a "bootiful pincess fairy!" Her granny gave this to her like a year ago and it still fits! Thanks Granny!
Me and the girls! I am a Mom who loves her princesses more than they'll ever know! I guess I wear my costume everyday!
The fam
Allie is such a cutie pie. I love that she can wear bows!
Thanks Nana for the costume! This was also a gift a year ago. My Mom sent Kailee and Allie these cute princess dresses and I had never opened the small one. It fit Allie perfectly!
Superstar!
Daddy and the girls! We went to a trunk or treat at the stake center.
Granny got the girls these super cute tutus and Kailee wears hers all the time.
Don't ya love the bow!! $2 at trades day!
As I went upstairs to get Allie (Kailee was still asleep), I see Kailee's princess chair at the top of the stairs. I could only conclude that she got out of bed and tried to climb over the gate to come downstairs. Then I go upstairs to see where she ended up crashing...
There is her on the dora couch. She changed out of her pj's, took her diaper off, and put a t-shirt and skirt on. Notice all the toys. Who knows how long she was playing before she fell asleep. She also peed ALL over the Dora couch. Yuck. She is potty trained during the day, but wears diapers at nights, for good reason. She rarely has a dry diaper. I tried putting her in panties at night for 3 nights in a row, but she wet the bed every night, so I will try again maybe in a few months or longer.
Kailee enjoyed it too!
Allie at 14 months!
I love this cute little face!
While hugging Jared, I slipped in one of Kailee's bows and he totally didn't know it for like an hour until he walked by a mirror. He thought I was just taking pictures of him and Kailee just because! lol If only we had made it out of the house. I would've loved it if he had that bow in while while we were at the park. Maybe next time!
