My busy September

I have been in school 6 weeks now, not that it feels that long.  I am taking two online classes, a Gothic literature class and Philosophy 101.  Both of these are required classes and they honestly are kicking my butt.  Before, now I have never been so intimidated by a class and a professor as my Philosophy class.  I work harder and longer on his assignments and I still don't come out as well as I hoped.  Basically, I am just hoping to pass this dang class.  We started with over 30 students and now we are down to 12.  So, I am not crazy.  Gothic literature on the other hand is going more smoothly then I originally thought.  There is a lot of reading, and they are scary books, so lots of nightmares hahaha.

Before third crop of hay started, I was watching 2 girls for about 50+ hours a week.  So, I was busy and behind on my house work.  YUP, boxes are still everywhere.  I was also doing school, but only able to work on it at night.  I had also done a few photo shoots I needed to edit.  I felt really exhausted and busy and knew it would get worse before it got better.

Then the long days of hay started and it rained randomly, I hoped to be done in a little over a week.  But it stretched into almost 3.  Had one flat tire this crop as well. The last week I caught a flu, like I have never had, and I was very sick for over 10 days.  The kids had it before me, but I didn't realize how yucky it really was.  Addyson had a diaper rash that wouldn't go away, we finally treated it with anti-fungal and it killed it dead.

swathing my backyard :)

This 3rd crop has been interesting.  Shyla watches the kids and the last two crops they would get upset when I left.  This time, they would run to the car when I told them where we were going.  They had so much fun playing with their cousins once spud harvest started.

Tomorrow Shyla and I are leaving for a conference in Utah, I am looking forward to some vacation time.

Fair Weekend

I am not a big fan of the fair, mostly because it is the same old thing I always did growing up.  But I figured it would be fun for the kids.  Thanks Annie for the tickets, she scored us some for free.  I took my camera, thinking I would take some cool pictures.  I didn't take any though, I blame that on me getting lost for over an hour.  My phone was in the stroller, I stopped to look at something and then everyone was gone.  I wandered around until I asked a stranger to use her phone....yeah I'm embarrassed about it.  I was really tired and grumpy by the time I found everyone. :D  The kids are still too little to enjoy much.  They thought the animals were okay, but didn't have much interest in anything, so maybe we will try again next year.

We did go visit my parents after and got some pictures of that, haha.  GO ME, sometimes I get angry at myself, because I use to be so much better with getting pics of my kids.

I love this picture.  Drake and grandpas love shining and Addyson looking at my mom.  There is no substitute for awesome grandparents. 

Here are some more cute ones of the kids.

I took this on the way home

I'm Back!

We moved out of Craig and Patti's and into our wonderful, new, and little trailer home.  About 3 weeks ago, we moved and have not had internet since.  Honestly, I have gotten so much more around the house done, without internet.  But it has made going back to school a nightmare.  I have had to go and "borrow" peoples internet...what a pain for them and for me.  WE ARE BACK ON THE GRID. :)  I am back in school, back babysitting 50 hours a week, and back on the internet. I'm feeling a bit busy.

Our home is such a mess.  Because of its size, if we have any boxes in the room it is crowded.  Sadly, with other peoples kids at my house and homework up to my eyes I have had no time to unpack.  Our house looks the same as it did a week ago.  I will get there (eventually).  I am still decorating and painting and trying to finish my kitchen cabinet doors. Although, it is hard to work on your house and live in it, I am still glad to be in my own house again.

The last three weeks we have watched the movies Finding Nemo, Coraline, Hotel Transylvania, Puss in Boots, and Despicable Me a million times.  I am glad to have my Netflix again :)


Here is a little preview of what has been going on in my house "improvement" wise.

We finally have our living room drapes hung, it keeps the house a little cooler and more private.
I painted the kitchen and a wall in my bedroom.
I painted the cabinets in the laundry room, white.  I also painted the laundry room blue.
We hung out tv on the wall (we all know whats most important right).
We got our dishwasher, microwave, and garbage disposal installed (although the dishwasher still needs worked on).

I feel like I have done so much more, but I guess that is about everything.  I hope to have our front steps and mailbox put in within a few weeks.

Here are some pictures from my phone, when the house is more put together I will post better ones.

Laundry room, I haven't put the doors on the cabinets yet because I need new hardware for them.

Kitchen, the left wall was green...a yucky green.

The kitchen is officially YELLOW.

This was a side project.  My mom gave me a lamp and no offense I didn't love it.  It was free and I have seen a ton of these redone on pinterest.  So I gave it a shot.

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A new lampshade and some spray paint.  I did it all silver first but hated it...so I put some black on it.  I think it turned out so cute. 

Lots of painting done, and a lot more projects to do.  I'm feeling like there is some hope for our little house.