Update

It has been a while since I posted. I really have tried to sit down and type, but you know how Thumper's mom says, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Well, that's pretty much what I've been trying to follow lately b/c I've been rather grouchy : ).

Anyway, I guess a lot has happened since I posted last. Travis went to Alaska for a week with some buddies in August, I guess before I posted last. He had a great time fishing and doing what guys do when there are no women around. I had an eventful week while he was gone. Had to call poison control after Connor brought me an open bag of pills, lost my keys and got stuck at the gym for three hours (I only got them back last week, someone had taken them on accident), had some self-proclaimed psycho knock on my door to serve Trav a ticket from that stupid photo radar only to leave me scared to death all night and walk around my house with a pistol to scare off any intruders (ha ha.. this is a running joke in our house- I'm such a chicken and I frequently scream in my sleep. Travis and I just had a big laugh over that last night b/c it doesn't sound like a normal scream, it's creepy.) Anyway, it seemed like everything that could go wrong that week did, and I was very happy to have my hubby back.

Since then... let me think... Nick has moved in with us for a while until he finds some roomies out here, it has been really fun to have him. I think I'll be sad when he moves out, it's nice to have an extra buddy around.

We have taken in two baby desert tortoises from our neighbors, and the kids LOVE them (or love to torture them, I'm not sure which is more accurate). They have only been lost oh... three or four times, those little stinkers sneak away faster than I can blink. We've spent many afternoons searching high and low for those things. Kinsey has named them Alasaka and Bean (although their names change frequently- they've been China, Lulu, and anything else she comes up with...)

Kinsey is still in dance class, but some days I have to fight her to go. She is so tired by four o'clock and struggles to want to go by then. When she isn't tired she loves it and she is always happy by the time we come home. She is loving preschool, and I'm trying to decide where to send her to school next year. Any tips? There are so many options around here between all the charter schools and multiple public schools we have within a mile or two radius, it's hard to decide.

Connor is growing and developing so fast, he is such a little jabber box. A trait I assume he's learning from his older sister. It is fun to watch them really play (or fight, whatever mood strikes them), he is really holding his own when it comes to sticking up for himself : ). Although I've been really, um.. shall I say hormonal to put it nicely, Connor can always make me smile. He is such a good boy, I love that kid to death.

I am feeling very... pregnant. I swear the symptoms come on earlier and earlier with each baby. I have never really been addicted to chocolate, but I can now confidently say I. Am. Addicted. To. Chocolate. I'm not sure if it's because I'm so tired and my patience is falling short with the kiddos, and so I stress eat. Chocolate always seems to make it feel a little better : ). Well, for the moment anyway. So ya, when the doc told me I had gained four more pounds than I should have I wasn't so shocked. Oh well, it's only temporary right? No, he wasn't being a jerk, I asked, not sure why. I have managed to get Kinsey's room painted pink and brown and can about 60 cans of peaches and apples (don't ask) in between all of that chocolate eating so that's something, right? I need some more projects to keep the time passing for the next few months... any ideas? I need to do my curtains, any suggestions? That should keep me busy for a while. Also, any boy name ideas?

I still haven't posted about Kinsey's birthday, it was the day after grandma died. I know I'm terrible for not even mentioning it, but I haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I do love that little girl though, she is so full of life and spunk! Anyway, I promised myself I would do a quick update before the weekend was over, so there you have it in a nutshell. Plus, Travis is making fun of me for writing too much- "why don't you just write in a journal..." and "Wow, are you writing a book?" I swear. Men. So annoying : ). Seriously, one day I'm in trouble for not writing and the next I'm writing too much. Cannot keep that man happy. Just kidding babe (sort of). Love you.