MiGhT as WeLl!

Okay so a while back we had purchased an underground storm shelter. The reason we bought it was because we live in a manufactured home and when there is a tornado warning we are DEMANDED to "ABANDON ALL MOBILE HOMES". Suuuuure! SO WHERE are we supposed to go??? We thought about the little wooden bridge out here but one night too many of seeing opossums run under the bridge was enough to deem that WILD KINGDOM and I was NOT nestling down with ANY opossums to stay "safe"!

Anywho enough tornado warnings and a GREAT tax return we were finally able to purchase one!

SINCE then however we have heard hide nor hair of a stinkin' tornado... NOT EVEN A WATCH! Not that I am complaining b.c I am NOT... I just think it is CRAZY that we have not had even a watch this spring/summer! I really don't want to drag 3 kiddos in the crazy weather down to a dark dungeon only to listen to them scream and cry for fear of the chaos and being ripped from sleep (b.c most ALL tornadoes around here happen in the middle of the night!).

So since we have not used it for very much other than a glorified cement mountain...the boys and I decided we were going to go decorate it! It serves as a GREAT mountain for them to climb and a wonderful slide to slip your way back to the bottom of the mountain. They have also been down in the cellar and LOVE playing in there for some reason. YES i leave the door open... sicko's :). hahaha. I even throw rocks in there for them to play with. Good mommy!

Might as well get some kind of use out of it right... :) I like it better being used for this. BUT in the event a tornado ever decides to come this way again then we will have a place to go that is opossum free AND HIGHLY decorated!!

Rare footage of a butterfly going "potty"

Here it is ladies and gents...

In case you too have been wondering what it looks like when a butterfly goes...ahem... potty. Look no further.







After this rare encounter... he jumped down and flushed only to carry on about his shaking of the tail feathers. Which I never knew butterflies had. But around here ANYTHING is possible!



So truth be told. NO I do not doll my boys up and make them try on girlie picture props. They do this all on their own! We are so glad to have a very understanding Daddy!

Even on the days they decide they are going to run around the house with play purses dangling from an upturned elbow they are admired.



I just know that God will make them good girl daddies some day ;).

Air.I.need.AIR

we are alive and well.

Rooms are painted, rearranged and destroyed yet again...

MY FAULT really; my children pick up after themselves! HAHA. Hence Bear's new theme song..."Keam uh, Keam uh" (Clean up, Clean up). They both know the song well and know the motions even better... Mommy on the other hand will sing it while she is ripping the guts out of the closet to "organize" and then remember that the tea is boiling over in the kitchen...

you guessed it... I THEN have TWO projects at hand... well NO 3 really. RUN to the tea, clean up the mess... start another batch... prepare the sweetening process. AND BAM time to feed, change, clothe a baby... then two toddlers! THEN it is time to prepare lunches for everyone. BUT wait... the phone is ringing. I have to ignore the phone in hopes that it is not imoportant and if it is I have to trust that the answering machine will work on an off chance and take a message for me. It's kind of like an un-paid secretary like that. You get what you get. If you beat it it will stop working all together. so we let it take what messages it will.

So there you have it. I still have a gutted closet in someone's room and I have to wait for it to become a hazard before I MAKE time to do something about it. we usually just have a "we're rearranging" story EVERY time a caseworker comes out... (jk for all my DHS peeps reading this... the mess happened that day I promise! ; )

BUT tomorrow I am getting a bit of a break! My MIL is taking all 3 kiddos (and I am sure she will be taking some prescription somehting or other later that night) tomorrow and keeping them over night. TALK ABOUT A BLESSING!!! In the meantime I am going to FIX all rooms that have not been properly gutted and restitched. I have not had a "meaningless" break since I have had Bear (and of course the others)... I mean sure we have gone out a couple (maybe 3) times since he's been here by ourselves. AND we have had someone watch him/them for a night or two like twice... but it was always because we had to do training or a marriage seminar (for training hours) to do. So there has always been a plan (created by someone other than us) that we had to follow through with.

All that to say this is the FIRST time in almost TWO years that we are going to be home ALONE with NO purpose but to have a break AND complete projects that are WAY overdue!!!

I am going to faint! *Breathe... just, breathe* okay...I am good. I am doing some pictures for a friend and her new little fam so I will not be sleeping in still BUT I will be able to do it and HAVE FUN b.c I won't have any children to care for that morning :). YES!!! So that means I get to play with my camera and see friends at the same time. My hubby has taken off so that we can play ALL DAY!!! like go shopping for groceries and stuff... HAHAHA YEAH baby the fun married date without your children!

Really we are going to go out tomorrow night for a fun belated b.day dinner. Just me and J. We are even going to go all out and drive a good 30 min to do this! I know we live on the wild side like that! Watch out for us! We will be painting the town... AT 7 PM!!! hahahaha I am so old!

if you are still along for the ride... THANKS! I love ya man! I still think of you all often... I just can't dig my way out of the closet to get to you!

Now... because I sometimes just can't resist!!!

Isn't she beautiful!!!