Hey everyone!! Oh how long it has been! Sorry. Well, Chris (my hubby) lost his job last October and now we are living with my parents. Things were pretty rough for a while and that is why we asked my parents if we could stay with them. Still no job, but there are a few hopefulls. Many thanks to those who have helped out.

Chris is still as sweet as ever, of course!! My kids are still sweet as well. We also have some good news concerning our debt...We are closer to being out of debt than we thought!! Oh happy day! Chris is very hopeful that we will be out of debt within a year or so! That is wonderful! We are so excited to be out of debt so we can start saving for that big plot of land that we've set our goal for!

Soon I will get some pictures on here to spice things up a bit! You know, make things more interesting to read an look at. God has been good to us and we have been so blessed. All is well. Talk to you later!

The Way is Blocked!!

Well, the way in my brain is blocked! I have no idea what things to write about--I feel so lazy when I get on the computer that I can't stay on long...sometimes not even long enough to update my blog!! Fancy that.

Rumor has it that someone is copying excerpts from their journal to their blog!! What an idea! That is definitely something my brain could never have the power to come up with. Well, I guess it is time to say "Tah, Tah." The best time to say that is when you have nothing left to say--so that is why it was said. What fun!

Expectations

Well, I sure have a hard time posting things on here! There is really no excuse, I just don't take time to do it. Silly me. Sorry everyone.

So, today the kids and I were going to go on a bike ride to a bridge that over-looks the freeway (one of those just for people bridges.) Well, it just so happened that I told them to stop fighting or weren't going to go... They stopped!! But, alas, not for long--the next minute they were bantering again. So, we had to stay home. They were so mad!! I was a little as well, because I wanted to go to the bridge too!! I love seeing those big semi-trucks go under us. Oh, well. I just made some fruit leather instead.

Later, Chris called and Kaien wanted to talk to him (as usual) and right when he got on the phone he said, "We were bad, Daddy. We can't go to the bridge to see the big trucks. We can't go cause we were bad." So cute!! I didn't think he really understood me, but I was wrong. He is getting so smart!!

Camping Fun!

Well, the fun of camping began with our 6 1/2 hour drive to the campground; double what it should be! The drive being so long because we stopped in Oakley Idaho to look at some land for sale--it was well worth the long drive!!

Our adventures began early on the journey. First came the heat of the day, 100 degrees, and after that NO AIR CONDITIONING! DUN, DUN, DUN!! We traveled what seemed like ages in this sweat-dripping heat! We called Dad Martin for help on how to fix the car of this blistering malady. He tells us of some simple remedy that might work if we can stop at a store. Luckily, we were coming up on Mountain Home where there is a Wal-Mart. Yay! So we stop and Chris gets out to buy the beloved antidote for our very ailing car.

While in the store, Chris happened upon the fan isle and of course, being the intuitive genius that he is, he goes down the isle and happens upon small hand-held squirting fans!! HALLELUJAH!! What a life-saver he is! So, out he comes from the store with the wind in his hair looking like a white knight on his noble steed with his valuables in hand!! Of course I was happy to see him, but had no idea that he had gotten such wonderful spoils!! Then he showed me his ware, and what glee filled my heart. That is how he came to be called a knight!

As we traveled farther we tried the air conditioning again and...IT WORKED!! HALLELUJAH again! Of course this happened after much faith and a prayer. God works miracles. The rest of our trip to Oakley was uneventful.

When we got there, we drove around this quaint little town looking for a lady to show us the land. She comes and we drive out to the plot. There is a cool little cemetery we saw on the way out there and to my great dismay we drive straight to it!! The property is back to back with this little cemetery. But, as we get nearer I realize it isn't such a scary thing as I first thought...you know like the scary mist-filled cemetery's in the movies. It was just a nice little one that was well kept and had a lot of history in it. We loved the property and we loved the small town atmosphere; we want to find a way to buy this land!

For the rest of the journey you will have to wait...the post would be much too long to expound the rest of our traveling and the adventurous camping we had. The next phase coming soon.

The diaper changer!

Just a few days ago, Chris and I were upstairs and the kids were downstairs and they were a little quiet. So, naturally I felt inclined to check on them. As I am coming down the stairs, I hear them giggling--uh oh, they must be doing something bad. I get down there and Kaien has Emmy on the floor and is changing her diaper!! So cute! It wasn't anything bad after all!! Just kids being cute.

Emmy just laid there and let him do it, for most of the time, anyway. Near the end Emmy kept moving and rolling and Kaien got frustrated and started to cry. So, I ended up helping him a little. They are both just so cute. Maybe I can get Kaien to change her diapers all the time!! Or maybe he will start going to the bathroom in his potty!! That would be wonderful!!

Speaking of diapers, Kaien doesn't like to wear his. A few days ago he insisted that I leave his diaper off. So, after I do this, I tell him that if he doesn't want to wear them anymore, he is going to have to go potty in his seat or tell me when he needs to go. Of course he says he will and I am willing to trust him for a while. I ask him if he needs to go a minute or so after we have had this conversation, and he says no. Not 2 minutes later he is drenching his pants and the floor and just laughing!! Oh, such a naughty little boy! Anyway, such fun life stories. I need to go check on my children--they are making too much noise for my comfort!

A Family Outing!

The other day, we decided to go on an outing to see the surrounding areas and to see if there was any good land for sale. We didn't find any :( But we did stop at the park at Lake Lowell, and had a little picnic. That was fun. And as you see, the pictures are are right here. The kids had lots of fun running around!
We are also going camping over the 4th of July weekend in Oakley Idaho! We are so very excited. Now, the reason we chose Oakley for our camp out, is because there is some land out there for a really good price (around $6500 an acre to be precise). And I want to go back there and visit--I love that area! Wahoo!! We will have lots of fun!

Fun time at the air show!

Well, a few days ago the Caldwell airport had an air show. It was pretty fun (mostly for Kaien and Emmy). The "air show" part of it wasn't quite as cool as Chris and I were expecting--not many planes going and they only had stunt people perform every half hour (note the stunts didn't last very long 10 minutes at the most).

Anyway, there were lots of planes on the ground to look at and that was especially fascinating for Kaien! He absolutely loved it!! There was even a man showing his plane that let Kaien sit in it! This guy was so nice. He made the plane and everything and it even holds world records for highest altitude; 7 miles!! It took him 11 years to make. I couldn't believe how down-to-earth this guy was. He didn't have even a glimpse of the high-and-mighty attitude. Really nice. Anyhow I just thought I would post something. The pictures are forthcoming.

Not much other news. Emmy is starting to repeat prayers; we help her with her personal prayers. Kaien can finally reach the pedals to the 3-wheeler we got him. The kids are cute and all is well.