a container of worms and 3 poles

Violet has been asking for days to go fishing, so we promised her after Lucy got home from school today we would go.  This afternoon Ray and Violet dug up worms for each of them in their bug jars.  Our pond no longer allows fishing, so we made a few calls and found what Shawn now calls our, "Honey Hole."  Within minutes of Violets line in, she had a fish.  The kids were screaming with excitement.  Minutes later Lucy caught one too.  We got Ray's pole ready, which Daddy brought home today for his first fishing trip, it is less than three feet long and was only $9.00 but within seconds that thing had a fish on it too, and it wasn't little!  Smallest pole caught the big ones!  Ray was so excited, it was awesome.  The kids continued to reel in fish, it was almost comical, Shawn and I couldn't keep up taking them off.  After an hour we had caught over a dozen fish, worms were gone and the queen of the lake ate Lucy's hook, so we called it a day.  What a refreshing unexpected nice family time, no cell phones(except when I took pictures,) no television and no fancy games...Just a container of worms and three fishing poles and our kids were beaming with happiness.  These are the moments :)

 

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Ray's first fish...about 7 inches long!

At one point Lucy said, "Right now, I am fishing with my Daddy."

holding hands

Hi Everyone!  I have not found time lately to blog, sorry.  Today I was looking back through the pictures on my phone from last weekend with the kids at Shawn's parents house and with a second look at this picture I had to post it.  If you look closely, they are all holding hands!  AND, it was not requested! Ray is 21 months now and sleeping through the night!! He has at the same time gotten ornery, maybe with all that good sleep he is rested enough to go at the day sweet and stubborn!  Violet is finishing her first year of pre-school and loving that it is finally warm enough to be outside every day digging for worms.  Lucy is 6 years old now! She is my mother hen, taking care of her sister and brother while doing anything extra she can to earn a sweet treat, the girl loves her desserts.  Shawn and I have been married 7 years this month, wow a lot has happened!  Hugs and love to you all.

we're back

Surprise, it's Tanya's blog!  We have practically been snowed in since the new year and somehow I can't find time to get on the computer.  2014 has been super for us already.  Lucy and Violet are back in gymnastics and enjoying getting out of the house to jump around once a week.  Hank is still weighing in a 5 pounds and pretty much turns into a snowball every time he goes outside.  Ray got his first haircut Jan 11, he is climbing the stairs by himself and really into sharks.  Ray talks so much, it is awesome.  Lucy had her first Girl Scout cookie sales of 200 boxes, yes, she was out in -11 degrees knocking on doors, way to go LuLu!  Violet waits every day for sister to get home from school, they are best friends.  We are still working on building our house, the weather is slowing things down a bit, but we are hoping for a spring move.  Love to all, hoping to see you soon!

inside out

I know I am tired and I know I look tired, but I never thought it would come to this... today I wore my sweater inside out.  Yes, I said sweater!  A sweater that is navy blue with an embroidered red heart with a white tag at the neck and a white tag on the side.  No, I have not just been home, today I ran a few places...Walmart, JoAnn's, REI, picked up Violet from school and the mail post.  As you can see ALL of those places have several people that saw me.  Were they too afraid to tell a tired momma that her sweater was on inside out?  It is winter, to bad I didn't have a coat on to cover it up!  LOL Thought it was fitting to post a picture of Ray with this blog, since he the reason I am sleep deprived.  This is my stinker at church Sunday. Hope you all are having a wonderful start to the holiday!

Happy Halloween!

Here is our fairy of the ocean, shark and sting Ray! Happy Halloween!

Day 1 - ground breaking

Well, we have finally started building our house!  Today we broke ground, Violet said, "Mom, see that truck? They are digging a house."  So smart at 3 years old, so that is how we told the kids...Violet is right, they are digging a house, OUR house!  The bus pulled up just as we were standing there to let the kids off from school and a little boy in Lucy's class lives on the cul-de-sac!  It was also great to find out the bus stop is at our front door, yipppee!  So, it will be next year before I post that we are moving, but it will be a fun adventure a new chapter for us, we are so excited!

Violet's 1st day of Preschool!

Violet started Preschool today at St. Mark's in Carmel.  She was so excited and had a super day.  We are so proud of her!