Our day at the Pumpkin Patch

We went to Wagner's Farm this afternoon. Connor was so excited! He was running through the corn maze laughing. Last time I went Wagner's Farm it was with my students from school and my group got lost in the corn maze. It was crazy hard! We had to end up cutting through the corn maze to get to the pumpkin patch. We were so lost. But Josh had us out of there, no problem at all! Connor found the smallest pumpkin he could find. The last picture is his final pumpkin choice. He wants to carve it but I think it is too small. For our group picture we had to get creative and prop my camera on a hay stack and balance it just right on an ear of corn. :) But we made it work. We had a great time. Connor even got to ride on a tractor and a horse carriage! I love spending time with my family! It makes all the stress and worries fade away. Thanks for a great day boys!

Connor Turned 3!!

Connor just celebrated his third birthday on Sunday, October 17th. He had a blast at a small party that we threw for him at my mom's house. He had a pirate themed party because that is what he is into at the moment. He had a great time jumping in the jumper with not a care in the world. Time flies way to quickly- I wish I could just freeze time sometimes and keep him small forever. I think that is why I like photos so much! Photos always remind me of how much he has grown and all the special moments that we have shared as a family.

I have such a busy weekend planned! I hope to be able to tour some of the parade of homes. One of my favorite things to do during this time of year. I love interior design and see how people decorate these incredible homes that we would never live in. I also want to take Connor to the pumpkin patch. He has never been to one before and I think he would have a blast!

In a few short weeks, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes to theatre!!! I am so excited to go and see it. I wish it wasn't just part 1, part 2 doesn't come out until February! That is such a long time. I hope it is as awesome as the book! I have very high expectations for the movie. Probably won't make it to the midnight showing but I plan on making it the next night.

I hope everyone is doing well. I PROMISE to post some more pictures sooner. I cannot believe how bad I have been about posting pictures.

Time Flys

I cannot believe I have not posted anything since October!! I guess that shows how crazy and busy I've been since then. We moved into our house a few months ago and we absolutely love it. We have been busy trying to get the house organized, backyard landscaped, walls painted...the list goes on and on (none of it is checked off the list either). I haven't done one thing that I enjoy doing, taking pictures. I've taken a few here and there but not much. These are a few pictures of Connor in front of the house and at our neighborhood park. I hope to take some family photos of us soon. I will post them as soon as I get a chance. I am looking forward to summer vacation. We have 17 days left of school. I am hoping to get a lot of those things done on my list this summer. I also hope to read a lot. I have a summer reading list started but not sure where I am going to start. I am hoping to go up to Denver over the summer to visit my brother. He hasn't seen Connor in over a year and it would be nice to visit with him. Connor is also starting tumbling class in the summer. He is very excited to start. I think his classes begin in June and he goes for 4 weeks. He loves doing somersaults with his daddy so I know he will enjoy his class. We hope to take many trips to the zoo, aquarium and go fishing. I am also trying to workout and get into better shape and hopefully lose some extra pounds. At times it is very difficult and other times I feel very motivated. I am trying to workout six times a week. I've been working out for about a month now. I've been doing The Firm DVD workouts and they are challenging but I think I will get results with them. I am not doing there new system. I am doing one of their older ones that I bought a while back. My goal is to eat healthier, stay away from fast food and become more fit. I'll keep you updated how it's going. I will try to update my blog more over the summer.

My Baby is 2!!

I cannot believe he is 2! He is growing up way too fast for me. I was so sad today because we got a postcard from the church that he will be starting in a new classroom this weekend! He is going to be going to a class with almost 3 year olds! He just seems so little compared to them. Connor will do just fine, but I will miss his wonderful teachers that he has in his other class.

I can't believe I haven't updated my blog since July. The time goes by so quickly when I am working. Not reading enough books or have time to just relax. I've been busy getting report cards completed and getting ready for conferences. I am looking forward to Halloween. Connor is so excited for Halloween. He is more excited for Halloween than his birthday party. Connor is going to dress up as Tigger. Tigger is his favorite stuffed animal and pal. He is very excited to go trick or treating and "get candy". I hope the weather isn't cold on that day. One can only wish. The house selling is looking more promising. We have had a lot of showings. Since we've lowered the price we have had someone looking at it everyday. We had three just today! So hopefully we get an offer real soon. Some of the homes we are looking at to buy are selling off the market so we would like to move as soon as possible.

Vacation nearing the end

It has been a great summer. I can't believe I start setting up my classroom Monday morning. I am going to miss being with my two favorite boys in the entire world. It is amazing how quickly the summer goes by. Connor had an amazing summer. He is starting to look like a little boy instead of mommy's baby boy.  I don't think I am quite ready for him to grow up.  It goes by way too fast.  I am glad I have taken a lot of pictures of Connor to remind me just how small he was and what he was like when he was just born.  I treasure them all so much.  

Selling the house has been slow...we are still waiting on getting an offer.  I just keep praying that God will send the right person to our house that will see everything we loved about the house when we bought it.  

Next week, Josh and I will be celebrating our 5th Anniversary!  I am very excited.  I am so happy to be married to Josh.  He is definitely without a doubt my soul mate and my best friend.  I think sometimes I am very hard to live with and I don't know how Josh puts up with me but, he does, and I am so grateful to have him.  We have been through a lot together and I love him more than the day that I married him.  

     

Fun in the Sun

These were some pics that I took at my mom's house using her camera.  Connor was having a blast playing with the hose and I had to capture the moment.  He is having so much fun this summer.  We have been going to swimming lessons and he has gotten really good at swimming.  He is dog-paddling with our support.  He loves the water.  

We just put our house on the market.  We are hoping to move into Cabezon in a new neighborhood that Artistic is building.  The home is exactly what we want.  We are so excited to see if we can sell our house and be able to move there.  So far everything is going very well.  Our house is listed with Campbell and Campbell.  We are hoping to be able to have a yard just for Connor to play in.  He loves playing outside.  

I also would like to send my thoughts and prayers to the Harris family.  Joe Harris worked for the Sheriff's Department in Rio Rancho and was killed by a burglar he was trying to arrest.  I work with his wife Tonia and his daughter Ally.  They are devoted christians and I know Joe is now in heaven with Jesus but it is very sad that he left his family so quickly.  It is amazing how fast your life can change in one second.  I pray that I never take my family for granted and just be thankful that God has blessed me with an amazing husband and adorable son.  They are my life and I don't know what I would do without them.  I try not to take our time together for granted.    

Finally!

It has been very difficult to load these pictures. For some reason I was not able to load them from my own computer, but it worked on my moms. These are pics from Josh's badge ceremony. He just got promoted to driver in the fire department. It was a lot of hard work but he made it! Congratulations honey!! I am so proud of you. Connor had a lot of fun playing on the fire trucks and he also got to help pin Dada's badge on him during the ceremony.

Josh and I have been very busy lately. We have been getting our house ready to put on the market. It has been a lot of work. You don't realize you have so much 'stuff' until you start really decluttering. We had to rent a storage unit to put some of our stuff for staging. The house looks really good. It is now all ready except for painting a hallway. We are going to be calling the realtor next week to come and look at the house. We are very excited to get into a family sized house and be in a home that we plan to spend a long time living in. We really want to live in community not just a neighborhood. We are looking at moving into Cabezon. I have some friends that live there and they seem to really like it. We'll just have to see how long it takes us to sell our house.

I hope everyone has a great Fourth of July. Be safe and have fun!