Roman...

Roman loves his bouncy toy!

Christmas Cheer...

We pulled out all of our decorations over the weekend and the kids found a Santa & Reindeer hat. They were playing around the other day!

Digging around...

I was out in the shed the other day trying to locate some letters. On the bottom of a huge row of totes, I found one labeled "Childhood Stuff" that I knew I hadn't looked in for quite awhile. It was a trip down memory lane when I opened it. My old bank! A pillow I made with my Aunt who passed away 19 years ago! My old barbies with amazing outfits that my girls are now making fun of! My name tags from 6th grade! 2 of my sticker books (oh man, I loved stickers!)A shell heart shaped box that I got as a present from my friend Louisa(I'm pretty sure she gave it to me). My daycare name tag! WOW!!! And then I found a few letters from my Aunt Abby I had to take a picture of to show my Mom and cousin. Oh, how I wish she were still here. I know we would crafting away all night and talking for hours. Miss you Auntie! Oh, yeah, and Trav had a tote full of his childhood stuff. He spent a few hours yesterday going through his old memories. Its hard to believe we were young once!

Family Pictures...

This year when Dad gave me Christmas $, I actually did something other than stock up on diapers- I got family pictures done!It had been over 6 years since our last ones, and that's all I wanted for myself. Our friends from church took them for us and they turned out great, Some shots are better then others, some are totally silly, someone is usually looking in the wrong direction or not smiling, but I think we got several to work with! It's hard to get 7 people looking half way put together! ***MOm, let me know which ones you want, and I'll order prints for you!

I love my husband.

We love the movie Anchorman although it is naughty. We fell asleep watching it awhile ago, but took pictures of ourselves wearing our Anchorman shirts!

Waiting...

Man, it's hard to be patient, but we are patiently waiting to hear back about a job here in town with BlueCross! It would be a HUGE pay raise and it would be local, so we are praying Trav gets it. He had a phone interview and an in person interview last Thursday so we are hoping to know soon. They narrowed it down from 100 applicants. Trav was 1 of 5 being interviewed. He has a friend who works there so he's put in a good word for him too. Trav felt great about the interview last week. He came home and said. "Honey, I nailed it." Keep those fingers crossed!

Tristin my saver.

Tristin has had a bunch of yard work jobs lately and he's been making a bunch of money! He's saving for a tablet, not a 3DS like I thought. He can save. I am grateful for it too. It's hard to teach kids to be patient, save and work hard, but he's doing great! Way to go Buddy!

Willow...

I found Willow sleeping this way yesterday. She looked so silly I had to take a picture!

Sadness...

The other day I had to double check with Trav to make sure we were done having kids. (Stop freaking out Mom...) But, I really did. I think it's setteling in my brain that we are done and I'm kind of sad about it. I see babies and I want one. I cannot fathom being pregnant again or worrying about finances (bigger car, bigger house, college etc...) Trav told me, "yes. Yes, we are done honey." I don't feel this old yet and it seems weird to be closing this chapter in my life. Really? I'm done? But I know I have to be smart, I know we need to focus on the 5 beautiful kiddos we have and it's normal to be sad, right? I think its hormones. Those dang raging things!!

Mr. Roman

Mr. Roman had his 2nd haircut last week. Stop growing my sweet boy.