Is it a given???

When we went to Aurora on Saturday we checked out a few places. One place had animals painted on the wall. James insisted that we shoul move there. The only downfall is that there is not a basement. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO??? Here are some pictures!

We're off!!!

Today the kids and I are heading off to Aurora to go to Jakes open house at his office. I am happy to meet the people he works with. Thankfully, I was able to spruce up the boys with a haircut. Thank you Camilla!!!! I actually got Jaren this morning and he did a GREAT job! Thank you Jaren. James wanted to give Sierra a haircut so I had to explain to him that it was NOT ok!!!! He got the picture... NO CUT SIERRAS HAIR... EVER!!! He is soooo dang cute! I'm happy to say my little garden is growing quite well... I'm still not sure what is coming up though. Is that bad???? All I know is that it's either Squash, or Peppers. I'm kind of hoping it's peppers though because we are'nt big Squash eaters.
My dad and I chatted yesterday and was offended that my family wasn't on my friends and family list. I then had to explain to him about blogging. I think he gets it now. I do love my family though. You just need to be a blogger to get up on the list! I will hope to post a picture or two of them if I can ever find a picture of them. It's very rare to get a recent picture of you guys... Anyways, we are off!!!!

CONCLUSION....

I've come to the conclusion that finding a place to live is harder than finding a stupid car. I have been on the phone/internet all day long. NOTHING!!! AUGHHHH.. I'm going to bed now!

NOT SOOO BAD!!!

Well, today was Jakes 2nd day of work and he really enjoyed it. I'm so glad. Of course I will miss his face around the house but I am glad he is working. We had such a great day around here. The best part was Jaren eating the cereal though. I still can't get over that! I am happy to say that I was able to put ALL 3 kids down at 7:30 tonight. I only started around 6 knowing that I needed to have some ME time. It has been quite a night. I do miss Jakers though. Jake has been looking at some places to live in the Aurora area. One place had a field the size of a football field. The only downfall is there are traintrax right near the house. I told Jake we would need a megaphone to get the kids inside because the area is so big. It is in a very nice community and the owner is a retired school teacher and says the schools are great there. So, that's a plus. I am trying to think of a schedule since Jake won't be here for awhile. It seems strange having one less person in the house. At least he won't have to commute the whole 2 hours. THANK YOU OLSON CHIROPRACTOR!!!

Guess he was hungry?!!!

Well, it's a new day and Jaren still hasn't been eating well. I've been on the phone all morning looking for apts etc.... I went downstairs to do some laundry and all of a sudden I could hear a swoosh of something. I went back upstairs and Jaren had emptied the whole box of Granola cereal on the floor. My first instinct was to yell at him because first of all it's MY cereal and it's almost $4.00 a box. I'm not a big cereal fan and it's pretty much the only kind I will eat. I counted to 10 and just laughed and grabbed the camera. I was just greatful he started eating. Guess Jaren is like me. A very expensive eater!!!

FREE!!! FREE AT LAST!!!

Oh what a glorious morning, oh what a glorious day I've got a beautiful feeling everything will go my way.... Today was probably the best day in a few months! Jake FINALLY went off to work this morning. As Jaren and I watched Jake scidadle off in his NEW hot red Nissan Altima I realized DADDY HAS A JOB!!!! It was pouring rain and lightning was everywhere so I was a bit timid about him driving two hours but as soon as he left I felt at ease. So, as soon as the curtains closed and no one was in sight Jaren and I blasted the stereo and started dancing. IT WAS SOOO FUN!!! You can only imagine what we do when Dad is not home. I'm finally going to start my routine back as a mother on her own. Granted, I loved having Jake at home with us but I was just really stressed about financial burdens and not being able to do the things I needed to do. Now that we found a car we now need to find living arrangements in Aurora. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD to do that. Anyways, Jaren is wanting to go party some more so0
I need to go.

A Fresh Start!

James holding Sierra
Sierras beautiful dress.
The kids!
More pictures of "the kids"
James looking at his friend Lady Bug.

Today is June 1st 2008.... What!!!! I still can't believe it. May flew by like nothing. Thank goodness though. Yesterday was probably one of the worst days of our family life. We went car hunting and oh what a mess.... We drove from 8:30 am until 10:30 pm looking for cars. Mind you that we were NOT in our minivan and in a Mitsubishi Galant. So, the 3 kids in the back and Jake driving and I in the passengers seat. OK... So now that you have a vision in your head we drove all the way to Westmont IL from Davenport looking for a car for Jake. We thought we had it. We were so excited but at each place we went either something was soooo wrong with the car or... the stinky car was sold. What a mess!!!! So, after 2 trips to Mickey D's McDonalds and a trip to Applebees we got home at 10:30 pm... A very unproductive day to say the least. Today was great though. We went to church and the kids were soooo wonderful. They behaved so well and did not cause any problems. We came home and I thought the kids looked so cute so I decided to take some pictures of them. So, here they are.... I can't figure out how to put them on the bottom so just look up! =)