I've taken up smoking.

NOT by choice, but because my neighbors and everyone around me have forced me to breathe their smoky air. Maybe I'm naive and have a low level of tolerance, but I cannot believe how RUDE people are around here. We can't go sit outside our front door because the neighbors' smoke is settling there on our patio. It's just ALWAYS there, and they come out about every 20-30 minutes to replenish it. I realize we're in the minority since we moved here--probably some of the few non-smokers there are. I just don't understand why people can't go smoke in PRIVATE somewhere. I understand that it's a personal choice, and many have chosen to take up the filthy habit. Ok, fine. Their life, their body. Smokers have the right to fill their lungs up with the nasty stuff, but they shouldn't have the right to fill MINE up with it. I hate that I can't even take the boys to the pool most days because there is always someone there filling the air with smoke. I can't wait until we can get someone to take over our lease! We are so out of here the minute we have a chance.

December 2009

We were grateful that the roads were good enough for us to drive to Washington over Christmas break. We got to stay with Stephanie and Jay in Vancouver for a night. We enjoyed touring Jay's school (in the dark). Stephanie also took some great pictures of our family. Then we headed up to my parents' for the rest of our Christmas break. We enjoyed spending time with my side of the family. We took a few family pictures with Stephanie's camera. It had been a while since we had all been together.

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If I had let it go any longer...

...a year would have gone by without a blog post from me! My goodness, I can't believe I haven't written anything since October 2009. I'm sure my readers have all given up on me. (Sorry!) I guess it's time to play catch up.

Halloween 2009

It's been almost a month already! Sorry for being so late.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, and it couldn't have come at a better time for me. This week we added another angel to our family. I was almost 8 weeks pregnant when I miscarried. So, today I am remembering our three angels in Heaven and celebrating our two amazing boys on Earth.

And to all the mothers and fathers who have experienced loss. Please know that I am thinking of you and your angels as well.

Torrin's 2nd Birthday

We celebrated Torrin's 2nd birthday this weekend. His cousin, Bailey, will also be turning two this month, so we celebrated hers as well. It was fun to celebrate with cousins. This was my first time really decorating with buttercream. I will say this much, it tasted a lot better than fondant.

Time to blog again.

Allen's brother, Jason, and his family are in town this weekend and we got to go to a fish farm & pumpkin patch. It's kind of an odd combination, but it was a lot of fun for everyone. They had some stocked ponds at this place, a corn maze, and a small pumpkin patch. Hayden's idea of catching fish was to put his line & hook in the water (without any bait) and hook the side of the fish. Suprisingly, he caught two fish this way and I caught one. LOL Tomorrow we will celebrate Torrin's 2nd Birthday (which was yesterday). His cousin, Bailey, will also be 2 this month, so we are celebrating hers also. Here are some pictures from this morning. The other little blonde boy in the pictures is our nephew, Braedon. He's 6 months younger than Hayden.