just a little summary...

So expo was a huge success, we sold so much on Friday morning, that we had almost nothing left on Saturday, so Lindsey and I just sat and talked which was nice after the last few months of non- stop work. I think I'm going to pace myself a little better this time. It's nice to know that so many people want and like our page kits that we spend so much time working on, so we had a really good time, and the kids will have a normal mom again, at least for the next few weeks.

Sunday and Monday were spent cleaning my house, and pulling out the Halloween and Fall decorations, to make my house more homey. The kids love when it's time to decorate and they had an absolute blast. So I have a (semi) clean house, that looks comfy, and smells of pumpkin spice, it's my favorite time of year. I can't wait for leaf piles, pumpkin patches, and a corn maze. I love it!

Owens birthday is on Thursday, he is turning 6 years old! (And he still hasn't out grown the craziness that people keep telling me will happen). All he is wants is Star Wars everything, and Lego Batman for his playstation. I got him all the cute Star Wars bedding from Pottery Barn, so when he gets home from school, his whole room will be done up. Then he will have his party with his friends on Friday, we are going to roast marshmellows in the fire pit, and bob for apples. He can't wait.

Jeff has been working hard between work, and fixing this house up to my specifications, I think he needs a vacation more than anyone, but he never complains. He just enjoys making our lives better for us by doing anything and everything he can. As for me, now that I have time to breathe, I have been trying to remind myself that I'm going to have another child in just a few short months. This pregnancy had been about the last thing on my mind ever since I got pregnant, when people ask me when I'm due, it takes me a second to figure out what they are talking about! It sure is different between your first and your fourth.

Just one more thing, Happy Birthday to Max!!! My cute little nephew is turning 6 today, and I haven't seen him for 2 years now. I can't wait for the day to have my sister and her kids close to us again. (Mom give him and extra big hug from his Aunt Kate).

As soon as I find my camera, I will add some pictures because a post is never the same without some. Love to you all.

school days...

Gracie's first day of school.

Millie on Gracie's first day of school.

Owen's first day of school. (He finally started kindergarten, I have been waiting years...)

Millie on Owen's first day of school. (Today)

It's been almost a month since my last post and here's why: We moved, painted the entire exterior of our house, including doors, shutters, railings, etc. We had weddings in the family, Lagoon Days, many other projects around the house, started school, and last but not least, designed and packaged thousands of kits. (Thanks Mom).

Expo is only 3 weeks away and although we have gotten soooo much done, I am in full panic mode because we are no where near being ready, and basically we are running out of time. Our kits are selling faster than we can package, which is good, but we are going to have nothing left for expo, not to mention St. George in Nov.

So you might not be hearing or seeing lots of me lately, unless you are Lindsey of course who is probably sick of seeing me at this point, but I've gotta do, what I've gotta do, and the laundry can wait.

how old is she?

Today as I was trying to get stuff done, Millie was sitting next to me entertaining herself by making up songs, once I realized what she was doing I started listening to what she was actually singing, something about, "so and so is SO handsome, and something something handsome" seriously every other word was handsome. So I asked her what she was singing, and she said:

"I Hannah Tanna, mom, Hannah Tanna"

Seriously?

Then she broke out with: "I best of both worlds"

She's not even 3 yet, I'm already worried.

expo so soon?

Doesn't it feel like expo was just here? Well it does to me, and Lindsey and I have only about a month and a half to be ready, the problem is, we haven't really started...anything. And to make matters worse, we are doing a St.George expo in Nov. so thats two we have to get ready for. We need about 100 layouts designed per expo and about 3,000 kits packaged. Right now we have about 10 layouts designed, and most of them have almost sold out already, so we pretty much have about 200 kits packaged, maybe.

So it's going to be a busy few weeks, and it doesn't help that Lindsey has a brand new baby, I'm moving this week (to a house that is a major fixer upper, including which an exterior paint job which has to be done *asap* or I just won't be able to stand living there) and I'm 5 months pregnant, (oh and I have 3 kids too).

hmmm... wish us luck.

it's here...

The best show on TV. Thank you Heidi Klum for this show,
my Wednesday's are now a whole lot better.

Cabin '08
Millie's Mosquito Bites
The "squitos" were so bad this year for some reason, the worst that any of us can remember. Poor Millie was getting attacked constantly even with the gallons of repellent we were using.
"The Girls"
Hailey, Gracie, and Anna, these three are always together, all the time and Hailey was a big help with Millie since Jeff wasn't able to come up and I was still having some morning sickness.

Hailey, Gracie, and Owen tubing. Owen loved the tube, the higher the waves the better, and Gracie was right there with him, even when Uncle Craig was driving and scaring me half to death, they were still yelling, "faster, faster".

My cute boy. I think Owen loves the cabin the most out of all my kids, he just gets so excited to go and doesn't stop talking about it for weeks after. Owen and I had a couple of fun talks while sitting on the dock about our favorite things about the cabin. He loves: Grandpa's boat rides, the tube, going on walks, swimming, Sea-Doo rides, and playing with cousins.

S'mores and Millie don't really go together, but she sure loved them. After we were done with the S'mores and were going back to the cabin I realized by pants just didn't feel right, I looked down and I had an entire s'more stuck to my butt. It fell off before we could take a picture, but we were all laughing pretty hard.

The remnants of my s'more.

We had a lot of fun at the cabin this year, we wish that all the cousins could come, Gracie says it's not the same without the Peterson's but hopefully in a couple of years they will be up there with us. My mom told me I can't go anymore unless Jeff is with me (I had only a couple of breakdowns while we were there), but it is really hard when I'm sick and trying entertain, feed, bathe, etc. etc. 3 kids by myself for 2 weeks, but the cabin is worth it, and thank goodness no more morning sickness!!! Finally.

It's a....

BOY!!!

I have to say, this is no surprise to me, I have "known" it was a boy since before I found out I was pregnant as I knew with all my other kids. For some reason I always just know.

One week ago we had an ultrasound, and the tech looked for a while and while he wasn't sure, he suspected it was a girl, the whole time I was thinking, "hello? it's a boy", but he kept saying, "I can't be sure, but I think it's a girl". When we left, I told Jeff. "It's a boy" and sure enough when we went back today, the other tech could tell right away that it was a boy, and it was obvious to Jeff and I also.

So Owen will have a little brother, and we will have 2 boys and 2 girls, I think we will stop while we're ahead.

p.s. mom I hope you don't read this before I will call you tomorrow, I know you would rather hear in person, I would have called earlier but I had to ichat Beega first, I promised.