So Excited! OH Yeah!

What we are up to these days :
We are going to be remodeling our kitchen soon! We are getting several bids this week and I am so excited. I can't wait to have cabinets that actually stay shut! And a regular dishwasher that I don't have to hook up to the sink (I always need to use the sink after I have started it why is that? and not to mention how loud it is~ It will be so nice to have a quiet dishwasher. I went to my friends house and she had her dishwasher going - I could barely hear it. I couldn't believe how quiet it was, but this is coming from me having a dishwasher that sounds like my washing machine!) There are so many other things that will be nice about it also. Then there is the remodeling process that will not be so fun. I am worried about being without a kitchen until it is done. We will set up a mock kitchen in the dining room and that will be an adventure in itself. Not to mention the dust from the demolition and from the taping and texturing sheetrock BUT . . . WE HAVE SURVIVED BEFORE - with all of our other remodeling projects in this house and we can do it again! I would say that the outcome is worth the annoyance of those things. I will post some before and after pictures of the remodel, so stay tuned . . .

Summer pics

Another Destination from our Summer Vacation : Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington

Catching up ~ More to come. . .

I am trying to play catch up ~ SO here are some more pics of this summer and our
Trip to Multnomah Falls in July.


Hiking up to the top of the Falls

P man waiting to go get Ice cream

C man showing off his rock while we wait for Dad to go get some Ice Cream

Taking a little break while hiking up to the Falls

Mom and Grant eating Ice cream

Almost to the bridge by the Falls

Mom taking a rest with the older kids

Dad and kids outside of the Falls ~ what a huge water fall!

Dad and the kids just below the bridge where mom got queasy

Just arriving at Multnomah Falls in Oregon

Moss grows everywhere in Oregon & Washington -- The trees at the falls were all covered like this ~ it was really fun to see for us all.

Funnies

Growing up I remember reading the funnies with my grandpa ~

This isn't the traditional funnies, but it is the Buchanan funnies!


I thought everyone would get a laugh at the things kids do.

Kenz and her souvenir from the redwoods ~ she wanted to take a piece of the tree home ~ how cute.





















Go fish Go! Connor posing for the camera!



Grant dressing up in kenzies dress up clothes













Grant playing in the pumpkin seeds.












Kenzie dressing up her little brother for the first time. He loved it.




























Connor and his posing again
















Parker and his impression of Mickey mouse.
















Connor and his goofy poses!




















Mackenzie looking through her pretend binoculars




















Grant and the bball ~ what was he thinking?




















Grant and his dressing up into the boys hats and shoes.






































Kenzie and her spontaneous poses!



















Grant and his pucker lips!



















Grant in the toy basket -- Yes he dumped the whole thing :)


Kids can be so funny --- in their words and their actions. I might have to post some funny things my kids have said over the years in a future post.

We are expecting #5

Recently I was thinking back to when I was pregnant with my children. I can remember being sick with each one in the early stages. Feeling sick all day was the norm for the first trimester. Then it got better throughout the pregnancy. I can remember saying several times, "I wish I could just throw up so I could feel better!" Now, I wish I would have never said that! I can't help but think that the reason I am so sick and throwing up is because I needed to realize that I had it pretty good with all my other children. I have tried many suggested "remedies" from many different people, but no cure! I wish I knew the cure -- not only for my sake, but I would be rich! I don't know any woman that wouldn't pay to not be sick. If you have any suggestions, they are appreciated. (yes,I am willing to try anything! within reason) It makes me sick to hear the women that love to be pregnant and aren't sick one bit -- Maybe they are the ones that have horrible birthing experiences and are spared from the sick part -- I don't know, but no fair!
We are super excited for the new addition to our family. The kids want to know if it is going to be a boy or a girl so bad -- and so do we! We are planning on doing the intelligender test in the next few weeks. I am really excited to do that to see if it really works. If you haven't heard of it youtube it and you can see some results. We want to do it before we have the ultrasound to see if it is right. The earliest you can do it is 10 weeks. Which I am right now. We will probably wait until 12 -14 weeks. We usually have the ultrasound around 20 weeks so it will be exciting to see what happens. I will post more about it when we find out.
September once again is the due date! --- we will have 3 birthdays in september! Unless I am 2 weeks early which is realistic for me and my babies and then It would be the end of August. More updates to come...