Master Gardeners

Luke and Levi love gardening. Julian loves to eat dirt. It's a win win situation. I love that the kids love gardening. Hopefully, I'm teaching them something they will continue to do in their adulthood. Derek, Kyle, and Samantha were at school while we were busy. They helped once they got home.

The Loft is in!

Yeah! We now have a loft in our barn. The kids can't wait to play out in the barn all the time. We still need to put a gate in so Julian can't fall down the stairs...maybe one at the bottom too so he can't climb up the stairs. I see many fun times ahead for all of us here.

I've Been Tagged
Jennifer has tagged me.
Here are the rules
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here goes...
1. I come from a family with six children and I have six children...I think most everyone knows that about me. Pete's family has us beat. He came from 12! He's number 3 and so am I.

2. I hate to let laundry pile up! I can have piles of anything and everything else scattered randomly about the house but laundry makes me crazy! I do laundry most every day. Hello...with 8 people in the house, I get behind if I don't do it every day!

3. I'm a wanna be work-out-a-holic. What I mean is that I really dream of working out every day for hours on end...however, my youngest 3 have different ideas for me. The last time I tried to use my exercise ball, I thought it would be my last day on earth. Luke and Levi totally attacked me and knocked me over. Seriously, I thought I broke everything in me! Funny now. Not so much at the time it happened. They were hysterically laughing!

4. I am a shop-a-holic. The wee ones can't stop me from this. I love to find sales and killer deals. I once saved almost $1000.00 at JCPenney's. I spend around $185.00. I came home with many large shopping bags. It was awesome! I find great deals at Old Navy too. I've saved $500.00 there on a $150.00 shop! Not bad! They actually helped me out to the car on that shop!

5. I love photography and scrapbooking...I take many pictures but haven't had time to do any scrapbooking! In about 5 years I'll have a little time to catch up. All kids will be in school then! It will be here before I know it. :{ Luke, Levi, and Julian had there pictures taken every single day for the first year of their lives. Sadly, Derek, Kyle, and Samantha weren't born when I had a digital camera. I also had their pictures taken so much that the Picture People told me Luke should be a model...he loves having his pictures taken. He now has a contract with Act 2 Models. We'll see where it goes!

6. I love my kids! DUH....right?! I love hanging out with them and playing...which is why I have piles of stuff scattered randomly throughout my house! :} Samantha and I are going to go see Chris Daughtry in concert this summer...providing we get tickets. That will be awesome! I'm looking forward to playing in our new pole barn this summer. We're putting up basketball hoops on both ends. I'm going to have to whip Derek and Kyle in some 2 on 1 hoops! They should be so scared!

7. I LOVE Food! I love to cook anything and everything. I love to plant a garden. I love to have Pete grill amazing food! I'm not a baker but I can cook a great dinner...when given the time! Julian doesn't like me spending much time in the kitchen so I have to prep food throughout the day for our dinners. I love growing a garden. I can spaghetti sauce with the fruits of my labor so I don't have to feed my family nasty jar sauce! I'm hoping to expand the garden and have a fabulous strawberry/blueberry patch. The garden has really helped with getting the kids to eat more veggies. Luke will pick green peppers right off the plants and eat them outside while playing. I know he's safe to do this because we don't use chemicals. Pete is an amazing grill master so I won't be doing much cooking once it warms up. I just bought him his 4th grill for his birthday. I love having the time off in the kitchen because everything he makes is great. My favorite is his pork chops with sweet potatoes as the side with asiago cheese bread. He cooks all of that on the grill! I don't have a favorite meal to cook. I love cooking everything!

Sadly, this is where it will have to end. I don't know many bloggers. Jennifer and my brother, Shane are the only ones. Shane is busy on the road with bands...the flaming lips are his upcoming tour. I can't remember the name of the band he's with right now...Louix 8? Not sure.