January 26, 2013

2013

     Okay so I have went back and forth on keeping my blog open or setting it to private.  I think eventually I will fix my settings to private and you will have to give me your email in order to keep up with us.  I have so much coming up this year and I am just not sure I want the whole world knowing.

     On that note I have some HUGE news but I am unable to share quite yet but in order for everything to work out I am asking for some HUGE prayers.  As much as I would love to share it with the world now is not the time.  So Please take my Unspoken Prayers.  I need them in the following months.  It is for sure going to be a Roller Coaster ride.

     We have had a pretty busy weekend so far.  Now that we have gotten rid of some NASTY sickness.  O and I went and had the wonderful Jamie @ Life as a Photo take some cute Valentine pictures.  Then off to my cousin’s wife’s baby shower.  She is such a cute pregnant girl.  Makes me miss it just a bit!  She got some of the most ADORABLE girly things.  Can’t wait to meet Miss Paityn Brooke Plumlee! Then mom and I did a little retail therapy where of course I only bought for O. 

Anyways keep our little family in your prayers for the next few months and if my blog happens to go private then I have finally decided to share the news.  Winking smile 

Signing off

Jeanna Marie

January 11, 2013

Models, Parties, and Good-Byes

    Okay so I have been MIA a lot lately. I didn’t have internet for awhile because my crazy heard of dogs dug under the house and tore up my line.  If I didn’t love them so much I probably would have shipped them off.  Well I am glad to say I am down to 3 dogs.  I found a home for Remington a sweet black lab mix I rescued a few months back and decided to keep her but found her the best home and could not pass it up.  Remi went home with my nephew and his wife and they will give her the best home. This was just the first bittersweet good bye I encountered!

   On to models, HEHE I had one of the prettiest sweetest models.  Stephonie (one of the awesome girls I work with) decided we were going to head to the park and of course I brought my camera.  Steph needed some Christmas pictures and I volunteered for free because it is one of my most favorite past times.  Here are some of my favorite shots.

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IMG_1902-001These 2 girls are beautiful. 

    Onto my last 2 good byes of the year.  Most people know I get paid to play with my awesome babies all day long.  At times it is really stressful but it is always rewarding.  So even though I know it has to happen eventually my babies get too big for my room and have to move up and be the big kids.  I do not like it at all but like I said it has to happen.  I had to say Farewell to a lot of babies this year. 

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Look at my sweet babies all big and having fun in their new class.  I hold a special bond with each baby as they grow and I will always remember all of them.

Next was My niece Dana’s 6th birthday party it was a lot of fun as usual and I love watching that sweet girl grow. 

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these girls had a lot of fun!

and look who else made an appearance

IMG_1692We LOVE this baby girl so much!

I snapped some shots of sweet Addi a few months back and here are a few

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This girl is the sweetest and so is her momma!

Well now we are into 2013 and I am excited for the year in store for us.  I am hoping to keep up with the blog a little better.  It really has been neglected a lot in 2012.

 

Signing off

Jeanna Marie

 

 

 

  

November 11, 2012

November Update!

     So I have been a little MIA and not really felt like blogging at all.  I decided it might be time for an update.  Not a lot of exciting things have happened in my life and I love that.  Routine is a big thing for us and we like it to stay that way. 

     We just got done (well a couple weeks ago) with Halloween.  Not one of my favorite holiday’s.  Actually, it is my least favorite!  But anyways my Danielle and I babysat for a Halloween party the week before and had so much fun with 11 kiddos!!! That is right, we rock! We managed to keep 11 kids entertained for a little over 3 hours while their parents partied next door. 

Here is my girl in her costume!

IMG_1375I was pretty proud of her zebra face! 

I dressed up too but unfortunately my pictures got deleted.  SORRY!

If any of you were curious I went all out and was a black cat.  Yup I should have won most original costume of the night!  Smile I will have to say though my momma did an awesome job with my makeup!

    Halloween night was kind of a bummer we made it to Twin Lakes Baptist, and then to 1 house!  By the time we made it to Lakeview to my Granny’s house Olivia was sick so we headed home.  by the time we got home she had a fever! Blah, So she ended up missing the next 2 days of school.  So Halloween was a BUST this year!

     This weekend I picked my girl up from school a little bit early on Friday and we hit the road to go see Daddy!  Right now he is in Alma, Ar.  He is repairing some mudslides in the Ozark National Forrest.  I will have to say we spent part of Saturday with him out there and We live in an AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL state. 

I decided I needed to put my camera to use and get some fall pics of my girls so here we go.

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She looks so big in these pictures.

IMG_1438helping her daddy work!

IMG_1446I LOVE this man!

IMG_1435These two kids mean the WORLD to me.

   On another note last Sunday I went to a little meeting called The CALL!  It is an educational thing about Foster Parenting and Adoption.  It was Amazing and VERY Emotional.  The next meeting is December 10th and I really feel that God is leading me in this direction.  I have not yet figured out exactly what I am suppose to do but Kids are my passion.  I have never wanted to be a teacher but have always wanted to help children in some way.  I Love my babies at work and can’t imagine not being with them.  No I don’t have a degree but I LOVE the fact that parents trust me with their infants to care and love them all day while they have to work. 

I am still praying that God will give us the answers we need to make the decision what is best for our family.  But I think in time I will defiantly be a foster parent and possibly adopt.  Well I hope everyone have a wonderful week and these next 2 months are my favorite.  I love the holidays and decorating for Christmas. 

one more of the weekend. The Beautiful Ozark Nat Forrest!

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Signing Off

Jeanna Marie

September 23, 2012

Crazy Weekend!

     So this weekend was a really good, fast but CRAZY weekend!  Friday after school O and I got my niece and spent the night with some girls I work with for a Birthday party/ sleep over.  I was a blast!  The girls were crazy wore out and I know my kid slept really good last night. 

     I watched my bosses kiddos yesterday so they could attend a funeral and I just Love those kids.  They are so good and sweet.  M fell asleep in my lap and we snuggled for over an hour.  I do miss that stage where you can snuggle and nap.  O is was past that (well the nap part).  She loves to snuggle.

     Second grade it still going wonderful and I just absolutely LOVE Mrs. Hanley!  O got a progress report this week and it said how sweet she is and is always trying to do the right thing but still my girl LOVES to chat it up with her friends.  I have to say if that is the worse she does I will be on happy momma. 

   Daddy got to come home Saturday night to see his girls which was awesome because he has to leave Monday afternoon for North Carolina.  He is not sure how long he will be there but I hate the fact he is so far away.  I just wish life wasn’t so hard so he could stay closer to home but Life is Life and we are just doing the best we can with what we have. 

    We just celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary on September 6th.  Well we didn’t get to see each other but so what  I love that man with everything I have and he gave me what I live for my sassy pants 7 year old.  He is so hard working and I love him for that. 

   September 22nd marked the 1 year mark that my mom had her kidney and tumor removed and they officially told us she was in the clear.  She is my rock and I don’t know what I would do with out her.  This past week also marked the 6 month my Uncle Wayne went to be with the Lord.  He was an amazing man and has an amazing family.  I know someday we will all be together again and get to rejoice life. 

   Well that is my boring life not much excitement and I LOVE it that way.  Time to get ready for another wonderful week. 

Signing off

Jeanna Marie

August 31, 2012

MIA

So here is a little recap

My girl is ending her second week of her second grade year and she is still in LOVE with school. 

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I am just amazed at how much my girl has grown and I am looking forward to the years to come watching her grow. 

She came home today and made all A’s on her first tests.  We have studied hard this week and I am super proud.  She also came in crying and when asked why I find out that there are 2 boys on the bus that are being mean. I really try to let kids work it out themselves but this momma is fixing to open a can.  I try and tell O to stick up for herself but I really don’t want her to always resort to anger and violence. Does it make me a bad mom to think it would be funny if my second grader punched a junior high kid and made him cry? Not going to lie if he started it and was picking on her he deserves it. 

I was brought up to walk away and ignore people.  I never listened and often got into trouble too.  But I didn’t really get picked on either.  Oh some of the joys of parenthood. 

On another note I have been busy busy at work and I love my babies and have a few pictures to show. 

IMG_1305-001I love this boy and LOVE to cuddle him!

IMG_1306-001Look at this sweet cupcake cheeks.  She is pretty fun to cuddle to at naptime.

IMG_1313Look at this BABYDOLL! 

IMG_1332This handsome boy is my best buddy and he gives the best kisses

IMG_1328Look at those eyes.  His momma is in trouble when he gets older

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IMG_1350Little miss B she has the most contagious laugh ever!

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On another note we went a few weeks ago and visited Daddy in Alma and the Ozark National Forrest (where he is working), and it was so much fun.  We always enjoy our daddy time.

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for some reason that is all I can find. Oh well

I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend! I know I will!

Signing off

Jeanna Marie

 

August 23, 2012

My Girl is growing up FAST!

So my girl is growing up faster than I want her to.  I miss my baby but she is growing into a beautiful young lady! 

She has started second grade and so far so good and LOVES second grade.  I think this year is going to be the BEST year yet.  This is the first time her teacher has actually sent a note home everyday to let us know how good it has been going.  I actually had homework to do for her.  Her teacher asked the parents to write a letter telling her about our children in a million words or less.  I finally finished it up tonight. 

I love my child and can’t believe how much she has matured this summer. 

We haven’t been up to much other than getting back into a routine this week.  The first week is always the hardest.

A couple weeks ago we went to see Matt in Alma and it was so nice to get away for the weekend.  The Ozark National Forrest is an amazing beautiful place. 

Well not much has been going on so I guess this is a pretty boring post sorry guys.

Signing off

Jeanna Marie

July 4, 2012

Wow Has it Really Been 4 Weeks?

So I guess it is time for a little recap.  I have been super busy, well for me I have been.  Spent some time with my wonderful husband.  I am still after a year just getting through it.  I can’t say that it has gotten easier but I manage to make it through.

I have spent some time with my sassy child at the lake but boy these days are just so DANG hot and I hate summer.  I was born in Michigan so I am all for some colder weather.  My In laws arrived on Montana today and said it was a cool 73 degrees.  I could see me living there.  I think we should all do a little rain dance to give us some sort of relief from this awful drought. 

Well because of the hot weather we spend a lot of time inside just being lazy.  I have been in a reading frenzy the past 3 weeks and in that 3 weeks I have conquered about 9 books. I recommend them to anyone.  I have realized after reading the risqué trilogy Fifty Shades, I have realized I love me some risky romance.  Some people say it is just “Mommy Porn”, well to some it may but for me it is incredible love story with yes and amazing bedroom life.  I am such an honest open minded person so you just have to take me as I am. 

I have read so many blogs talking about how wrong it is but I think those women are just prudes.  If it isn’t for you then don’t read it.  My husband laughs at me because I always have my kindle with me ready to read.  That has become my nightly routine after putting O to bed, I settle for a quick bath, snuggle up in bed and read till I can no longer hold my eyes open. 

Here is what I have read this past 3 weeks. 

BaredToYou_cover_hiresI read this book in less than 24 hours and I absolutely loved it.  It starts with the same story line as Fifty but it takes turn and is a bit more descriptive.  I would have loved it still even if it was tamed down a lot because it is an incredible love story.  Can’t wait till book 2 comes out October 2nd.

not planning on youokay so this is actually the second book of a Danver’s Novel.  The first, Weekends Required was another beautiful love story with some steamy scenes. LOL this is becoming a pattern.  LOL Love me some smut!

beautifulthis is another but it is pretty tame but good.

divergentThis is more along the lines of Hunger Games I recommend it to everyone.

The second book of this Trilogy is,

insurgentSo good.

So if you loved to have your nose in a book these are some good finds.

Here are some lake and pool pictures of my girlie and niece

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We recently put up some new insulation in the house and I must say our normal electric bill in the summer is between $250 and $300 a month.  and our biggest one yet has been $181.  I must say it has helped because we have had some killer days.  In that we started re- dry walling our house eventually the whole trailer will be new.  so we started in the kitchen and M and O were not sure of my color choice but it is growing on them.  M decided to put his creativity in effect and it looks awesome

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He is so good at what he does, he makes me proud.

Spent some time at my cousin Chris’s graduation party and of course my uncle and his girlfriend have lots of animals. So my child in in seventh Heaven. 

2012-06-02_20-02-33_921this is a 5 day old baby goat. I will be honest I am turning my wheels to get her a bottle baby.

Work is good I actually get Friday’s off and work 4 tens which works out wonderful for me so I can see M more.  When school starts it will be a mommy day. 

On a suckier note M was here this past weekend and it was one disaster after another.  I have plans  to spray the house for bugs and get all my trees, flowers and bushes set up on a timer because it is such a pain to move the hose fifty times a night.  So we bought some more hoses and timer and got it set up and low and behold my stupid washer decided it was time to call it quits.  I guess our relationship wasn’t working out.  A**hole.  So My handy Dandy husband figured it out and put a new fuse on it and I was oh so happy and I fell in love with him all over again. Smile Ha the little things in a marriage.  Well It was short lived when it popped the fuse again.  Then I was flat pissed.  (not at M) but he was just as made because he changed it again and once again it popped.  Stupid  washer.  It is over your not even worth the effort to fix.  What a wasted 5 years.  Any ways I shopped around and oh my my they are so expensive.  I called about a few in the paper but they were not willing to separate the set.  My friend Alicia told me her husbands friend just got married and had one for sale.  I was hesitant because you never know what you are going to get.  Then one of my sweet babies momma sent my boss a picture of a washer and the lady called me at work and I realized it was the same couple that Alicia told me about.  What a small world.  But it gets even smaller. I then put two and two together and realized who it was and the husband and I use to hang out when I was dating one of my colorful exs back in the day.  Crazy, but it made me feel so much better knowing these two very sweet people would not screw anyone over.  Congrats to them on their marriage I hope you have many blessed years. 

I have enjoyed my lazy 4th of July and I go back to work tomorrow and then 3 days off.  AHHHHHH

As I end this post I have to tell you what my daughter is doing right this second.  My child is Crazy and she has her nail file giving our dogs a pedicure.  LOL wait tills she paints their nails.  I will stop her before that I will not have any drag dogs in my house LOL

Signing off and stay cool

Jeanna Marie