Dad's Day 2015

This guy is so awesome!

 He really is a great dad. 

He has helped me countless times in the middle of the night, cleaning up throw-up, rocking kids to sleep, helping with nightmares. 

He often takes the kids to get ice cream, to a play-place, or on a ride of some kind.

 He often is working late on a car or other project and let's the kids help. He is never too busy to take the kids when I need time to myself. He is a great dad and husband. 

Our New Blue Cars

I DON'T WANT TO COME ACROSS AS BRAGGING, OH LOOK HOW MANY CARS WE OWN!  THIS IS MAINLY FOR REMEMBERING, KEEPING THINGS STRAIGHT, AND IT IS PART OF OUR UNIQUE LIVES!  If you know Kade, you know he has a new project whenever possible, it is his thing.  I am just the girl that loves him, I want him to have his own things, because I have a lot of half-finished crafts he never complains about. :)

I have decided that I will look at our car dealings as a business.  We don't sell a bunch of cars, but we sell at least 3 a year.  For us it is a little money on the side, as a bonus it is a release for Kade. Being able to sell a car when money is tight has saved our BUTTS more then a few times. We look at them as savings accounts. So, I get extra money, and he gets grown up time...double plus. :)

This summer, I forgot to blog about us selling our 1997 Dodge Intrepid.  I was pretty sad to tell the truth, because it was a large car.  If we went on a trip we took that car because it got about 32 miles a gallon.  It was spacious enough to use with the kids, so if we needed to save some money we would drive that.  It was a really nice car, my favorite was the leather seats, only car we had with leather seats.  I was sad when Kade got an offer on it; he wasn't trying to sell it, it just happened.  But we made a good amount...so I wont complain. I say around, because I don't recall how much in parts we put into it, not enough that I noticed though.

So goodbye, Intrepid, I miss you :)

We have been driving our 1999 Ford Taurus around, we purchased it for 300 in November of 2012.  It needed brakes, and the power steering still doesn't work.  It is probably the most beat up of all the cars we have purchased (dented).  We haven't sold it because the power steering will be a hard fix...who knew?! I know we won't make a lot of money when it's all said and done, but it is Kade's work car and saves us some gas money.

OH YEAH, after Kade wrecked my VW bug he has been on the look for a replacement.  My dream car is a mint green VW beetle, I owned it, now it is gone.  But, he thinks all beetles are the same, they are not, but he is very sweet.  I'm a green lover, so I guess blue comes to a close second.  During 2nd crop of hay this year, Kade traded his dirt bike for this 1974 VW beetle.  Like, who's husband would ever do a thing like that, trade his toy?  But as you saw a few posts ago, he has acquired a new dirt bike....one that was a killer deal.  Anyway, it is cute, and may run someday.

But today we made our way down to Pokie and picked up this little 2003 Saturn Ion 2!  It looks rough on the inside.  It had a broken window so there is water damage, it needs a really really good cleaning...but I'm afraid the stains wont come out.  Anyway, it isn't running, we are waiting on a part.  But for $350, it seems to be a good deal!  I am super excited for this particular car.

What is going on now.

Now it is back to real life

This week the 2 girls are back at my house to be babysat.  I am starting to read Dracula for class, which I never had the opportunity to read and I am hoping I like it. Although, I have only read the preface, I am already spooked.  As for Philosophy, my positive view is that I have less then 11 weeks left. :)  Err, the annoyance of that class is impossible to describe, but apparently I need to just do it.

This weekend I am shooting another wedding, and I hope my last for a while.  They stress me out :)  Then I am throwing a jewelry party on the 24th, and I am excited to do something new.  Although, I have a lot of cleaning before then, which is just the opportunity I need to get my butt in gear.

I have some pictures I want to share that are a bit random.  But they are recent so maybe not so random.

Addyson's curtains in her room are pink, it makes the whole room glow pink.

We picked up some kittens, we don't want mice invading our house this winter.  They are very kid friendly and the kids are both a bit mean.

You like the coat and skirt, without shoes?  Daddy dressed her, good thing it wasn't cold enough to need a coat.  

She is holding two, her favorite is to pick them up by just a leg or just their tail.  I feel so bad, I'm hoping they survive long enough to mice.

Kade working on his newest project.  Kinda getting cold for dirt bikes, I think he forgets where we live. :)

Drake at Target.  After we took of the fedora, and put it away, he kept yelling "MY HAT, MY HAT!" HAHA

Up close :)

The dog is afraid to come in the house, which is okay with me.  But she is also afraid to leave once she is in.  It is like the threshold of the house is hard or scary to step over.  We had a terrible wind storm, like shaking the whole house and blowing trampolines away.  Anyway, during the wind storm, Kade felt bad keeping her in her kennel, he was afraid something might blow and fall on it.  He was letting her roam those days, and once while the neighbors dogs were out,  I brought her in for a few minutes.  For a lab she is rather calm.  Drake kept riding her, all I had was my phone so quality was poor.  But he had the biggest smile on his face.  I just love how happy he is around animals.  

In case I haven't introduced the pup yet, this is Kora.  She is a full blown black lab, which is my personal favorite type of dogs for kiddos. We have had her for about 3 months I think.  Which would make her about 5 months old.  But I don't quite remember so don't blame me if the facts are wrong :)

She does great with the kids, but she is a little hyper at times.  When she gets excited the kids don't love her as much. 

These cats and dog are our only pets right now.  If I haven't explained where the other ones have gone, they either died of parvo, been kidnapped, or ran away.  It is no secret that dogs don't last around here.  But I'm hoping for good luck with at least Kora, who knows about the 4 cats.