Snow day!

Today was fun! messy too!

moving?

We are thinking about moving. 

We have our eye on a house but are waiting to get some repair bids back, not to mention working with the bank who owns the house. 

If things don't work out with this house we will probably continue looking so as to take advantage of the tax credit this year. I won't post any pics of the house till we get more info, but sufficeth to say that we will not grow out of it. 

We are trying not to get our hopes up but we are excited at the prospect!

I am also trying to start a line of maternity wear and am planning on teaching Zumba after the baby is born. Seems like alot I guess, but as we are all quite active and maybe restless, I think it would be a good idea to start then maybe delegate to others or even sell a business. Anyway, all these are thoughts and not concrete deeds, but we are excited to start a new year. 

back in business!

What a hassle! Gonna have to ask Bruce to help me simplify the process of posting on the blog.

These are pictures from this last Mon. We went to Mineral Wells again and got to throughly explore all the caves and nooks and crannies, with a good friend Vega and our dog T-man. You will notice that Bruce carried our dog up and down the stairs to get into the lil' canyon. Shameful.

We also got to see some friends who were briefly in town to bless their baby. It was a nice day.

We have some pics from Thanksgiving and Christmas but I'm sure ya'll have had enough of those, with the cute CD that Bruce made and gave to everyone, right?

ugghh

Grrr, all the photos are on Bruce's iphoto profile. I'll be back.

Sorry, it's been so long.....

Month before surgery at Cowgirl national hall of fame (Free on friday afternoon)
Lilli is cute.
Some of the best friends we've had, with all the kids together. Love you Zim's!
Lilli's 3rd b-day at Chick-Fil-a.
Kids stole our bed at Beavers Bend. Notice Ethan sleeping comfortably.

We are good.

I am finally feeling better. 

(and Bruce is not so stressed because of it) 

The older kids are settling into school.

I am trying to scrounge up the money for (the 2 youngest) preschool 2 days a week.

There is the financial tweaking that happens continually. We are trying Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover", 

with about 1/3 of it progressively driving me crazy.

We will be in Utah for Thanksgiving, here for Christmas.

Enjoy the pics.

Que esta pasando?

Hellur!
Much to say but feeling like I need to temper that urge with the need to do something.
We are trying to make our own laundry soap- first batch was a disaster!
The kids are trying to convince, guilt us into buying babay chickens!
We can only get 4, no rooster and who knows when they start laying!
We are trying to save money by buying in bulk but that gets expensive cuz we get an enormous amount of a few things.
Does that sound like I'm complaining? I love bulk foods, but more so when it doesn't get wasted!
I also recently joined the healthy chocolate company and am hoping to throw a chocolate party before the kids get in school.
Which is another topic; the kids are probably going back to a local public school, in Aug.
Thank you everyone in the family for coming out for Eva's big day. It went very well and I really appreciate everyone's help and support.

Love you all, Elisa

I will post pictures soon.