So... anyways...

I am currently re-doing my template so disregard how funny it looks for the next few days or so.
The title of this post was brought to you by Gabe. I realized he watches everything I say when we sat down for dinner and out came the words, "so, anyways, (sigh) How you doin mom?" I thought where in the world did you get that saying from? A few seconds later I realized I say it all the time, especially when I'm on the phone.

New Template

I'd like to know what people think about this new template...I'm not sure I love it, but I do like it.
Will you rate it from 1-5 (5 being that you really like it).

They're gone...

We have struggled so much lately with Gabe, about taking a nap, that I now just enforce quiet time. A few days ago Gabe was being ridiculously quiet for nap time. So, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought "what a good boy, he's sleeping." I checked on him about an hour later and this is what I found. If you can't tell, it's my sticker collection ( A collection from over 18+ years. I'm not kidding, I have a handful of stickers from when I was in 3rd grade in Mrs. Andrizzi's class). So, I really love my sticker collection and actually only use stickers out of it on special occasions. When I discovered this in the third bedroom, Gabe happened to be in his room reading ( like he should be for quiet time). So, I couldn't get too mad because I've only told him once or twice, in the past year or so, not to play with them. My first reaction was to laugh because I had fooled myself into thinking he was finally asleep. When in reality, he was wasting mommy's precious sticker collection that I have been working on for 18+ years. But, as you can tell, he did have a lot of fun organizing them on the cabinet.

Cinco de Mayo Partay...

Tonight we went to a Cinco de Mayo party. It was cold and a little rainy but for the most part super fun. Gabe had a blast with Kylie. She was so good to keep him busy for the 3 hours we were there. Gabe loves hanging out with her because it's like an instant big sister. This is the two of them jumping on the trampoline together. The other pic is of Eli trying to keep warm.

We've decided to go military...

After pondering, praying and certain events, John has decided to join the military for the last two years of dental school. For those of you who don't know anything about having the military help you out with school, here's how it goes... They pay for two years of our school and we give them three years in return (working on a base as a dentist). This school is so expensive we think it will be the best for us. We don't have to do anything for the military until Spring 2010. The pros outweighed the cons. The only negative thing about joining the military might end up being a really positive thing...(moving where ever they tell us to..even out of the country). Isn't it funny where life takes you...who would've guessed? It just shows that sometimes what you want isn't always what's best for you.