It has been over ten days since my last post and I am feeling bad about that. I know that my thousands of loyal readers (Jennifer) will be so upset by this fact. I really don't have a whole lot to share. I enroll for next semester in the morning at 9:30, I am excited for the new classed but VERY ready for the four week break!!! We leave next Wednesday for Tennessee, excited about that trip but it is my favorite part of the year. The girls are pulling that sisterly love thing the past few weeks I hope that will start to change soon. Other then that we are pretty boring. I will leave you with an old pic since I haven't taken new pics lately, there will be lots to tell and pictures to show after next week no worries loyal readers!! This is the girls at Aunt Barb and Uncle Jim's pond last year at Thanksgiving.

Happy Halloween, hat day, & Birthday!

Like always it has been a busy few days, whats new. We of course went trick or treating, still tired from that but always fun. Went to see a few friends and Nana made chili so it was a good night....and gee we came home with a ton of candy! Joy!

This past week at school was 'H' week so that made Friday hat day! I personally think that the girls had the best hats since most of the kids wore baseball hats but I do think my kids are the cutest!

Then last night we had Amber and 'baby' Jennifer over for dinner, cake and ice cream. It was Amber's birthday so we sang and made her blow out the candles (I am sure she will be so happy with this picture! It was fun.

Well today is ballet and house cleaning so I better get on it!

I think we are ready

I'm not sure but I think we might be ready for Halloween.....Our house has spider webs all over, we have 5 pumpkins (3 carved & 2 not), we have our 'boo' garland, and we have an Elsie style skeleton on our front door. Yep I think we are good to go.....now in 4 days I will have to take it all down! JOY! No I really do enjoy it and pumpkin carving night has seemed to be one of our best nights of the year, very relaxed and fun. Mike has Wednesdays off for awhile so last Wednesday Mike and his Mom came over and they carved pumpkins and I made pizza. It was a good night they girls had fun and I always like homemade pizza. They girls like it too because they get to get messy and it is the one time that I actually say it is okay to sit on the kitchen table.

Life has been a little crazy lately but we are making it through. School is busy for all of us and life in general has had its ups and downs......we are alive though! Enjoy your Halloween, be safe!!

the purple hand

In the crazy life we have had these days with all three of us going to school and still trying to unpack the house, there are those moments where I think, 'this is an ok mess'. You know, purple chalk handprints on the back door can stay for awhile. I know that soon enough they will be tired of playing with chalk and on to other things so right now, the purple hand stays.

We'er here!

Well it was one long weekend but we are here with the thanks of great family! Most importantly Aunt Carolyn. Also thank you to Uncle Gabe, Grandmother, Papa, Mom, Dad, and Denise the weekend would have been much longer had I not had all the help! Can't forget Aunt Chris and the other Wares, Nana, and Shelly for keeping the girls all weekend! Now for the pictures! The first one is the house of course! Then the half of the room with green walls and pink dots is Aubrey's, and the half with Pink walls and green dots is Bailey's (note the unmade bed). The butterfly is a totally awesome nightlight that Aunt Barbara sent them, it is fiber optic so when it lights up it looks like the wings are moving, awesome. Then the last picture is all you will see of my room for right now. That is my dresser with my cool new drawer pulls that Mike bought me. There is still a lot more to do but it is coming along. I can't park my car in the garage but hopefully I will soon.

Okay so I haven't posted as often as I wanted but its been crazy. I have filled in for someone at work everyday this week and I think three days last week and I am still trying to pack. Packing is not nearly as far as it should be but I have two more classes today and then I will be home the rest of the day so hopefully I will get some serious stuff done. The big moving day is this saturday, which will also spred into friday and sunday but big stuff moves on saturday. VERY EXCITED!!! Now its almost time for class so I will leave off with a couple more pictures of those kids who follow me around.

Wow!

Wow it has been almost a year since I posted......thats bad. Do you think anyone still checks this? Probably not.

Lets see what has happened??? My sweet little store closed around January (very emotional) then around July the Springfield store closed, it was a rough ride but I think we have all survived, been a couple weeks since I have checked in with them all though.

I have started school, I am offically a freshman at MSSU! Yeah! I am taking 13 hours and a freshman orientation course which (steps onto the soapbox) is a HUGE waste of my time! Other then that is has not been so bad. The girls are back at First United Methodist and so am I. We started an early drop off program this year and I am taking care of those kiddos. We had a busy summer that seemed to fly by time spent outside, a trip to the lake, trip to the zoo with Aunt Carolyn, a pirate dance recital and packing. Packing? What? Yeah we are also moving at the end of this month if all goes well, I will keep you posted on that one.

Well I will leave you all now with a picture from the zoo. Hopefully now that I am on my new computer (thanks Mike love you) I will keep this up to date espically since there are so many changes!

Halloween 2006

action shots

As I said that I would I am posting ballet pictures from this morning! They are doing a lot more moving and jumping, I am sure that it helps that the class is a little smaller this time and there are no boys. Sorry for the quality of the picture I have to take them through a window so it makes a bit of a glare.

first day of school

Well I know that I am supposed to take pictures BEFORE school but....well...yeah...I kinda left my camera at work...bad mom...I know, so these are actually after school first day of school pics.
I am also posting them oh about a week or so late, but that way I can tell you that school is going great! There were a few days of Aubrey not wanting to go but now she is excited, maybe because it was 'A' week and she is all about the 'A' .......gee that sounds like a commercial?!? Anyway B was a ham like always and it ended up being a good day for the most part.

In other news they have started back at dance class also.....I don't get to go as much this time though because they are going for 11 to 11:45 so I am at work by then, but I am off tomorrow so I will take some pics and post again after. I think they are liking it so far a few of the same girls and some new ones too. No boys this time though, I am sure that my little flirts are very sad about that.
In my life.....still getting ready for the 'ScrapDiva' retreat with work...its almost here...YEAH!!
I have been working on my 'five year plan' some more, Aunt Carolyn is defiantly pushing me in the right direction so I hope to make some great progress here in the next few months, even though that means I might actually have to consider some like a real job....sigh...looking for something that is fun though. I will keep you posted on that.
Well off for now......

its been crazy like always with us. The girls start school Wednesday, so we had a little movie night with Shelly as our last fling before we have to go back.....it was fun they didn't fall asleep till 11 but thats okay.
Nothing much else going on working a lot getting ready for our "Scrap Diva" retreat next month and getting ready for back to school........I will leave you with a few pictures.

look what I did

I actually got two pages done tonight......well two and a half but the other is at a point where it is not worth showing.....

the beds are up!

The girls new bed are finally up and they are sleeping sound, although at 4 this morning little miss B came to visit me! Oh well, if that is the worst part we will be fine!

smile

Okay so i haven't been the best at keeping up but.....well.....I really don't have a great excuse other than work and the girls. That is a big job though!
The summer has flown by! The girls will be starting Pre-K in a couple weeks, we have purchased all their school supplies (even the "Prang" watercolors). The only thing that we have left to do it get new backpacks and that is Mike's job this year......Auby wants a pink spiderman backpack so if anyone actually sees one of those PLEASE let me know!
We have been busy at the store, mom feeling like they have free time again since school started I am sure. We are gearing up for our fall retreat, this years theme is 'Scrap Divas'.....VERY excited!!!
We did a book signing with our local celeb Elsie a couple of weeks ago, that was fun too! Jennifer's daughter Makayla went with us to Springfield for it, between her and spending time with Mallory I am having way to much fun with 13 year olds! anyway...a couple pictures from the book signing......Makayla and I with Creasa (one of the springfield girls) with her finger up her nose....the beautiful Miss Jenn.....and a decent one of makayla and I.....

This is Aubrey instructing Bailey on how to swing on your tummy.......aparently there is only one way to do it?
















Why is it that I get the same look from these two when I try to take a picture?

Here are a couple more pictures from our road trip to K.C. I thought the one of aubrey was cute it reminds me of a funhouse mirror. And yes they do have lipstick on......that is a long car ride with two 4 year olds!

Wheeler Family Gathering

One more picture!!

Okay so maybe a FEW more...
Bailey on the left Aubrey on the right Zoey on top and Mike holding them all....


The BIG grandkids with Grandmother and Papa
(left to right) Papa, Jazz, Giant (calder), Andrea, Hayden, Elisabeth (Hayden's girlfriend), and Grandmother!




The three little girls......

Front Page News

Little Miss Aubrey went swimming with Grammy and Aunt Cousin Shelly
at the Carthage Pool.
Just playing around and being as cute as always and got her
picture smack dab on the front of The Carthage Press!!!

I have been sucked in!

I have been sucked into the blogging world! Its always fun to get a glimps into the lives of the scrappers that admire and see all the new ideas, SOOOO I thought it might be a good idea to make a blog of the three of us.
So now there is a way for all the loved ones that I am so bad at keeping in touch with to keep up on the girls activties! I will post pictures of them and what they are up to and all that stuff, I will post about my scrapping and things like that and do my best to keep it up to date!!!