Keeping up

I'm finding that keeping up with myself on the weekends and during the weeks is a challenge, so keeping this updated is pretty tough! Last week was the same as any other. We (meaning the kids, dogs, and myself) spent a lot of time at my parents so Chuck could sleep in peace. He is asleep when I get home and it's tough to keep the kidlets quiet, so I camped out there. The problem with that is that I get nothing done at home and end up being stressed about it. Oh well, I'm probably not the first to deal with this type of work schedule.

Chuck sold his Jeep and bought a Jeep Comanche for a 5th of the price he sold it for. That's cool I guess. He seemed excited so whatever :) Friday night we went for pizza like usual and Chuck wanted to work on the Comanche so he and my dad fiddled around with that and my mom and I went to wal-mart to attempt grocery shopping. Didn't work. We bought Logan's Optimus Prime costume and a few other small things and left. The kids were just nuts.

Saturday morning I had a photo shoot on the beach at 8am with a couple...pretty much an engagement session I guess. Then saturday night was there teeny tiny wedding shoot. Both seemed to go well, no rain and they were a nice couple. I haven't gone through the photos but I will be soon. During the day Saturday Raegan had ballet twice (class and rehearsal for the Nutcracker) and I bought all the tickets for the show. It's going to be adorable! We went to Stuart to Oktoberfest and it was pretty lame, so we walked over to Duffy's for dinner. Then came the photo shoot, then we went home.

Sunday we went to Sam's club and spent way too much and still have some stuff to buy! It's amazing. Then I went to wash the comforter and forced the kids to try chinese food. They actually did pretty good with it....none of us were starving but just a little hungry. They each had a bit of egg roll, and beef and brocoli (and fried rice). They ate it all and didn't give me too many complaints. I had to feed it to them, but hey, I'll take it!

Now we're back at Monday, it's a little crazy here at work, and Halloween is Friday! How fun :) The kids are really excited about! I want to get some costume pictures of them so we'll see if that happens!

It's been a while...again

Let me see how much I can remember....we went on vacation from October 6-12 at Disney World. We had a lot of fun and it was much-needed for our whole family. The kids were really pretty good, they were ready to come home after 5 days though, so that's something to keep in mind. We arrived at Disney Monday afternoon, checked in, bought our passes, and we actually went to the park that night. We were smart enough to buy some nice ponchos before we checked in and boy did that pay off. It rained every single day we were there. On Wednesday I was the big dummy and didn't drink enough, got severely dehydrated, and we had to leave Hollywood Studios so I could lay in the room and re-hydrate. I felt really bad and it was my own fault, but it really did suck. I didn't take my camera in the park because of the rain, so the only pictures I took were on the last day and they were just around the hotel. No big deal though because we decided to buy the seasonal pass, so we'll be back for plenty of photos :)

We left Pixie with Chucks dad/stepmom. She loved it there and when we went to pick her up we brought home her new big brother, Teddy. He is a sweet boy, just has a little learning to do. They didn't get along well at first (she didn't like him), but she's coming around slowly. He's double her weight (13 ish lbs) and still needs to be neutered. We like him though...even though he likes to eat the kids toys. Molly (the cat) is a little peeved with us though.

Chuck's work shift is once again moving. For this week and next week he's back to working 12am-10am and then after that his shift goes to 11am-9pm. It's bullshiz and we are both very angry about the whole situation. It's so hard to be a 'family' with a schedule like that. As a result we're hoping to be able to move back to Chicago sooner than later. He may have to work crap hours there for a while, but at least he'll be where he wants to be. The house is what's slowing us down in that department...

This past Sunday we did some pumpkin carving with the kids and some friends of ours. It was fun and they had a good time playing. They drew the faces on their pumpkins and I cut them out. SO cute!! I love them and they are so thrilled to have been a bigger part of it this year. Plus they got to play with a bunch of kids and eat pizza for dinner...what could be better news for a 4 year old?

That's all for now, enjoy the photos!