Monday through Friday my alarm goes off at 5:15.
I hit the snooze once. Five minutes later, it’s blaring once again.
I give Jake a nudge, “It’s time to get up.”
And so he does, he mills about getting dressed and finding where he misplaced his car keys the night before ( No Joke… EVERY DAY.) And he let’s me sleep, just a bit longer. (Mostly I don’t sleep… I hide under the covers and random things just spurt out of my mouth like “That light, why is that light so bright!?” and he laughs at me.) And then at 5:40, I get up, stumbling about with bed head and morning breath to make his lunch for the day. He sits watching the news, checking the weather, and eating his breakfast.
I have come to enjoy this little routine. Don’t get me wrong. I am not, have never been, and probably will never be a morning person. But, I know that Jake appreciates that I get up for 10 minutes (TEN MINUTES… it’s nothing) to spend just with him. So I do it.
I used to always crawl back into bed after he left for work to sleep until about 6:45. But I figured out that it actually makes me more tired. So the past few days I’ve stayed up. And now the whole morning routine is just a little less agonizing for me. Sometimes things are worth a little extra effort. It tends to pay off.
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Did you hear?! Did you!? Netflix instant streaming is now available on your PS3!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! and in your face XBOX owners!
Now I can finally finish catching up on Heroes! Seriously folks…
BEST. NEWS. EVER.
-I'm thankful that we're all FINALLY (and completely) over all random illness. There are no more runny noses, coughs, or tummy aches. And let's just knock on wood to make sure it stays that way!
-I'm thankful that it's supposed to be 70 degrees this weekend! Maybe we can take the bikes out ONE MORE TIME before we're completely closed in with fall/winter frigidness!
-I'm thankful that playgroup is today! It's been wayyyy too long.
-I'm thankful that I am 6'1" so nobody believes me when I tell them I've gained 10 lbs. (Seriously people... SERIOUSLY) {And No, I'm not preggers... I checked!}
-I'm thankful for tootsie rolls and the fact that I seem to be the only one eating them out of the candy bowl (Oh, hello 10 lbs!)
-I'm thankful that New Moon comes out in 2 weeks! (It's a disease) And more specifically that I get to go see it with my best girls!
-I'm thankful for lot's of other things too, I just know it!
What are YOU thankful for?
Alright, so not really… but everyone did gather at our house Saturday evening for the Halloween festivities. I was a little nervous about there being room for everyone, so we decided to deck out the garage, bring in a kerosene heater and some hay bales and have the party there. It worked perfectly! (Plus as an added bonus: My house stayed pretty tidy!) We had chili, hot cocoa, and apple cider. Oh, and candy. WAY. TOO. MUCH. CANDY.
Here are all the kiddos (and Sarah..hehe, sorry Sarah!) I love how they’re all looking off in different directions and I especially enjoy Jenna’s face! Such cuties and they were all so good! (Every picture I have of Jason in his full gnome garb he is making a grumpy face… I swear he wasn’t even grumpy so I don’t know how that happened…)
*And this one, too!
Hey look, the whole Doan Gang heading out Trick or Treating!!! So glad we actually have a picture of all 4 of us! Jake and I were kind of bummed that we didn’t dress up this year. October was such a crazy month, we just never got the chance to plan anything! Oh well, there’s always next year! P.S. Isn’t Hubby’s beard hott?! I vote yes!
After we got back Ashelyn was determined to have 3 pieces of candy at all times… That girl was CRAZY!!! Gideon of course was so excited to have his cousins over that he literally never stopped moving long enough for me to get any more pictures of him, so… just because, here’s another of Ashelyn!
And with that… it’s November y’all! Can you believe Turkey Day and Black Friday will be here in no time?!?! I love me some holidays!
Friday night we FINALLY got around to carving pumpkins! I almost thought we’d have to skip this year because we hadn’t managed to find the time to do it. But, Jake and I decided to forego our date night and stay home with the kids to carve. We do love it after all!
Ashelyn was such a trooper! She dug all kinds of gross pumpkin guts, tried to eat them and then smeared them all over everything. We laid plastic down on the floor, but I still ended up with a disgusting mess to clean!
What on earth is inside that thing!? (Gideon was asleep for all the “prep” time, so I don’t have any pictures of him digging in the guts…)
But, here is Gid-Man with his finished pumpkin! Jake just free-handed it. I think it turned out so cute!
Here’s a shot of both of the kids’. Ashelyn’s was so cute with the big A and polka-dots all the way around. The picture doesn’t do it justice.
I did the spider web, Jake did the “Zombie Viking”, and because I just couldn’t resist how hilarious and ridiculous it was (and we had an extra pumpkin)… Jake carved Bella and Edward for me! Haha! That’s love right there! :)
Because I’m sure you needed a close up…. You’re welcome world.
