no offence....but I'm married to the most wonderful man in the world!!

I finished my cleanse on Sunday. Yay for me. Judd was so supportive through the whole thing! Whenever I wanted to eat something he would help me through it and he wouldn't let me finish early. Anyway, I'm done!! So today I was so surprised to find this delivered to my door....

Judd got it for me as a little gift for finishing and also something yummy to snack on. What a great man I married!!! It makes me feel bad for all of the times that I can be mean, but this kind of treatment deserves extra nice-ness for at least a week!

well.....

So my dog has decided that he is definitely a boy. Ummm... isn't he a little young. 7 weeks!! come on. How old to dogs have to be to get neutered? His main victims are Nolan, who thinks that the dog is giving him a hug, and Coulson, who unfortunately is very vulnerable during tummy time. At first I thought, there is no way, he's just a baby. But oh yes, he grew up fast. Dang. I have to be on my guard at all times.

Otherwise things are going fine. We had our boutique on Thursday. There were so many sellers there! It was awesome to see the kinds of things that people were crafty in. I wondered the whole time why no people were coming to shop and realized afterwards that all of the signs I put up had blown away! I did sell an apron, thanks to Marianne! It was fun to get them all made. Now I just have to decide which one I want to keep for myself.

We took Coulson to the Dr. and found out that he needs to get a helmet. I always knew he needed one. I could tell his head was a little misshaped and square looking. His nick name has been "Sloth" Like Sloth from the goonies. Only out of love though. I love my baby and his head. I'll post pictures of his helmet that should be here in a week or two. Of course you know that is will painted to look like a Longhorns helmet.

Other goings ons... You know that I am a fad dieter. I like to try things to see if they work. Lately I've been doing this master cleanse thing AKA, the lemonade diet. It is not much of a diet because you don't eat food, but it does work for those who want a little renewal. I'm on day 7, and shooting for 10 days which looks pretty doable since I've already made it this far. So you definitely lose weight, probably from the not eating solids of course, but you do get cleaned out pretty darn good. I must say, detoxing can be a great feeling one second and then a terrible one the next. I wasn't doing it for weight loss as much as for the fact that I needed to get over my sugar addictions. It has really helped!! Judd took a Butterfinger out of his secret candy bar stash. (I make him have one of these so I don't eat them all day) anyway, I saw it and had no desire for it. It actually looked gross to me. It was amazing!!! I used to be able to eat 2 of those things for breakfast. YAY for me!

Judd and I are going away for our 7 year Anniversary next week ed. He's planning it secretly. All I know is that it is going to be a "Stay-cation". Meaning that we will be at a resort somewhere here in town. It will be nice to sleep in past 6 o'clock for once!

Congratulations Makenna and Gene!

My little sis tied the knot last week. It was the most beautiful little wedding! My dad and her son, Dylan were able to walk her down the isle. I was making an attempt at being the photographer and then I decided that I would just stick to my day job. I don't really know how to work my camera that well. But... you'll get the point. It was intimate, she looked beautiful and his family was so sweet! His sisters did the music on violin and piano. I'm so happy for you sis!! You deserve the best and I'm so glad you've found your perfect match!!

This is my brother, for those who don't know. I may have mentioned him in previous posts... he's not in jail anymore, and hopefully getting enrolled in school somewhere.

This picture, I thought, was so funny. The wedding was over and you can tell by the look on her face that she just wanted to get out of there and on to her honeymoon. My mom was still picture happy so the fun times had to be put on hold for a few. I would have totally covered if you slipped away when no one was looking!!

The Rich family has an announcement to make...

The Rich family is proud to announce that we are now, officially a family of 6!

About 6 weeks ago I found out that we were expecting a new baby. I know I didn't tell many people, but we were waiting just to be sure......

And here he is. My new baby Cooper! Isn't he a doll!

He's a sweet, mild tempered boy. He spent his first night with us last night, and I must say, its almost exactly the same as having a newborn. One good thing about this baby is that he is pretty much potty trained. He whines when he has to go out. He's only 6 weeks old right now and still adjusting from the plane ride down from Idaho, and missing his mama and sister. But we are giving him lots of love!

Teething, fighting, cleaning, pulling weeds... I love weekends!

I thought it was time to toss everyone a line. I don't know if I've ever brought this up.... but, the main fight in my marriage (besides my spending) is my yard!! Personally, I don't think its my job. I clean the inside, and the man cleans the outside. I think that's how its been since the beginning. It says in the scriptures "God made man to do yard work" (not in those words, but you get the point) Men cleaning the inside is just like giving a 4 year old windex to clean the windows. You end up with something that looks a little better, but only the bottom half is done and you still end up doing it anyway (can you tell I'm a little T.O.'d this morning or what?!?!) Don't get me wrong, I've made attempts. I've mowed the lawn and tried to weed whack but its just not the same.

random question for those who have grass... do you ever pull a chair up to the window to watch your husband mow the lawn??? If so, isn't it so entertaining!! All the stuff they run over and you can see their mouths moving and know under their breath they are saying "retchin' fetchin" and other complaints about you being so bossy. That is entertainment at its best!

Anyway, we did yard work on Saturday for 3 hours and this is how it looks! (keep in mind it still looks like crap to those with nice yards, but this is strait beautiful from what I've had to look at the last few months!

Now don't go tattling to him. I'm not saying he's lazy, because he really isn't, he's busy. He just doesn't have it "on the top of his priority list"

(sarcasm) In other news, its spring break and I'm looking forward to being my children's sole entertainment. YAY... It will be a fun week of arguing, mess making, eating every 15 minutes and pee on the floor because our puppy will be here on Tuesday. I still don't have a name. I've changed my mind since the last time. If you have any ideas leave them for me please!

Oh and fun things to look forward to.

Our playgroup is having a boutique and all the mommies in it are supposed to make something to bring to sell. I'm making aprons that I sort of just made on a whim for Christmas presents last year. They are so darn cute, I just have to find the time to make one for myself. Here is one I made for Maddi. I make children and adults and they are so much fun!! If you want to come to the boutique, its going to be Thursday, March 26th at 10:30 at the Towne Meadows park.

These are some of the fabrics that I'm using for the aprons that are going to the boutique. The bottom fabric is the apron and the top fabric is the pocket.

Besides Nolan, this is my main source of stress...

When these suckers poke through my life will be back to normal.

Madison the Spy and other things

Today was just a typical Sunday. I'm not sure how much I'm liking the 11:30 church because of nap time and all of that... but it sure does make for less fighting. I don't know about anyone else, but I can totally understand the title of the song "Sunday, bloody Sunday" That song was made for my house. I know Sunday is supposed to be a spiritual day, but come on! We are shacked up all day and the kids run crazy, I'm tired, Judd is gone for meetings all day and for some reason the house is always a disaster! But 11:30 church kind of cuts our day in half so the fighting has become less and less.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I was looking on Amazon and found the movie "Harriet the spy" I loved that movie! I had to get it because its right up Madison's alley. So on Saturday night we had a family movie night and watched it. It was still as cute as I remembered and the kids absolutely loved it. However.... I didn't realize that this movie would give certain kids bad ideas about spying on their parents. Don't worry, its not like that, yet... but I catch her hiding around the corner peeking at me all the time. folding laundry, doing dishes, talking to myself, she's spying and writing about it in her notebook. Tonight I was cleaning the kitchen after dinner and I knew they were spying on me. I just would talk and say funny things and I could hear them snickering. Now that Coulson is in his walker they have no chance of hiding. He walks around after them and makes these noises. We call them his "underwater whale noises", because he seriously sounds like some marine mammal. Well he was giving away their position so I thought it a great opportunity to grab my camera and jump around the corner and surprise them.

Hopefully this spy business gets old quickly. Who knows what they might over hear or...see

In other news... we've been putting our kids to bed every day at about 7. Lately Nolan has had a hard time falling asleep at night, so I thought it would be a good idea to change his nap into a quiet time instead. so I gave him the rules "stay in here for 1 hour, you can't come out, and if you get bored or tired, lay down." Well I went in my room for my quiet time to read and I ended up falling asleep. He came into my room to wake me up and that was fine. He lasted about 45 minutes in quiet time. not too bad. Well I was throwing something away in the bathroom and noticed blue stuff all over the toilet seat. Hmm. that's strange. Then I turn around to see that Nolan squirted out the whole tube of brand new toothpaste into the sink. I'm just trying to imagine his thought process, but all I can come up with is... male. I made him clean it up. Maybe next time he'll think twice, if its possible for a male brain to do so.