FICRA FAIR 2009

Today we took the kids to the annual Fox Island Community Fair. It was pretty small but it was perfect for the time we had before I had to be at work. The kids each got to ride the pony and get their faces painted....Oh the fun times!!

Ashley chose a rainbow

Benny chose the rainbow too but then changed to curious George the monkey...poor benny's didn't last long as he was already starting to smear it before he left the booth.


Then they got to play on the toys at the park and then finally they moved on to the pony's!



Benny chose to ride on the saddle and he liked it a lot for the first few minutes and then just freaked out....this picture was right as he was starting to freak out!!


Ashley chose the carriage and seemed to just love it. She got to go around a few times and really had a blast. I just totally love this picture.

Oh my goodness, it has been forever!

Well, I am still here! I have been MIA on my blog lately and besides working full-time and trying to keep the house together, I really haven't been doing all that much.

We did go "camping" 2 weeks ago with my sisters and their families. It was a blast. We were supposed to be camping but slacked on reserving a campsite and when we tried they were all taken. So we had to scrounge around and find something else...it turned out that Mike's grandparents owned a lake cabin that just happened to be open that weekend so we were able to take advantage of that. It was great, but I did forget my camera...But when I get the pictures promised to me from my family I will share. (okay, so here is one picture...I had to steal it off my sisters blog because they haven't shared the pics with me yet )

All the cousins at the lake cabin: (Left to right....Summer, Ben, Aden, Hailey, and Ashley





My little sister, Kerri, came to visit for a month and just left this morning. It was so nice to see her. It had been over 3 years. And I got to meet my little niece for the first time too! She is just one of the cutest and mildest tempered child. What a doll.

I am still working at Target, and for the most part I am enjoying it. I was promoted to GSA, guest service attendant. I trained last week and had my first solo night on Sunday. It was a great experience since I know if I can handle a shift like that...on my first night...I should do okay. It was pretty nuts. As a GSA I supervise all the cashiers on duty as well as those in food ave, guest service (returns), and photo. This means that I do lots of running around between the departments and am in a constant challenge of jumbling customers, breaks, and of course the bank....Oh well, its another step up at work and hopefully in a few weeks I will be more adjusted to the stress of the position and will feel more comfortable.

The kids are both doing well. Benny has become the temper tantrum boy. Oh lordy, this kid could scream the day he was born and it is only getting worse. He is really testing his mommy and daddy and is totally wiping us out. Not to mention that naps are a thing of the past for both kids thus leading to horribly cranky kids at dinner time!

We've had some serious summer weather here. Not the normal mild Washington weather but REAL HOT, REALLY HUMID weather. The type of weather that just wipes you out. Plus WA is just not set up for that type of weather. I would say that probably 75-80% of the homes do not have A/C and few of those have A/C units. When we hit the 100's this last week they overloaded the power systems and entire towns were out of power during the heat of the day. There were even a few heat related deaths. So sad. One night when I got home from work at 10:30 pm my house was 97 degrees inside....Yikes. We now have A/C units that mike stood in line for 8 hours at Sears so we are feeling much better.

Oh and today I made myself a cleaning list. I have tried to stick with Flylady too many times in the past. I think her plan is just too structured for me. My days vary so much that it is a challenge to keep up with all the routines and I never seem to succeed. So this time I did it simple. I am cleaning the kitchen daily (of course, since that is the most used room in our house) and then each day I tackle an area for a short time. Today was the master bath. My master bath looks great! So hopefully this simplified plan will work and keep our house up while I am working.

Okay, so I think that is about all I can babble on about right now. But I swear I will post some pictures soon.