Labor Day weekend with the Bestie ...

Jess & Christian came up to see us this weekend! Here is our weekend in pictures-
*This tent goes WAY back! we played in it as kids, my mom saved it, re-vamped it and now Lex plays in it*

*mojitos at PF Changs*

*Mini Lucas*


*Somene soaked their pants- i PROMISE she was dry when she left for dinner! lots of water- Whats funny is Christian ALWAYS seemed to get her when her diaper was dirty. *

*Besties pool side- this is prior to Quin slipping backwards and hitting her head on the concrete. I picked her up, soaking wet in my white shorts, and my self tanner made my shorts look brown. I didnt figure that out until AFTER i'd ran to Target- someone probably thought i'd had an accident!*

*Quin sitting with her Uncle Christian and luke and Lex in pool*

*Grammy Wendy & Lex at Dinner*

*Lex and her Trademark pose for the last YEAR*

*Cheers to such a fun weekend!*

*She got a KICK out of Jess with her "NUM-NUMS"

We were all so tired this morning!!! we've bummed around the house all day, luke worked a few hours and we've all just been eating random things - popcorn for dinner ;0) Sound of Music is on now, so we're all watching that.I LOVE That movie!
Hope you all had SAFE weekends- for you West Coastie's school is about to start- good luck with that!!

**HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!**

Today is My mom's Birthday, so i wanted to do a post for her since we wont be able to spend it with her today!! Happy birthday, Mom! Cheers to a Beautiful mom,& Special Grandma! Sorry We cant spend today with you, but know that our thoughts are in Oregon!! I think we'll go to Brusters and have a little ice cream celebration of our own!!

Love your Georgia Peaches! .. Luke and Jewel too

A Morning Cleaning..

These are 2 of the pictures portraying our morning today!!

Luke had to go in early, after getting home at 2 am, and had to be at work at 10. i tell you, i NEVER know his schedule. I have this down comforter i've bene wanting to wash since we got here- but my washer when i put a comforter in it, leaks water everywhere.. i guess its too big of a load, so lucky me i get to go to the laundry mat to wash it.

Now, for those of you that dont know.. i think i may be the worlds BIGGEST germ - a -phob there is! Since i've moved here, i've had to let it not control me so much.. being in an apartment was hard enough.. roaches, etc etc. .. (oh, we'll get back to the roaches in just a quick second!)

SO, since luke had to work, i had no other choice but to take quin with me.. ahhhhhh! i bathed her for the day and we were off to the mat. i washed and dried it and washed 6 pillows as well, and of course, there was Bleach in every load ;) Quin must have touched EVERYTHING in there, the doors, the floors.. Oh my word! I kept thinking, why did i waste time bathing her, i'll just have to do it again when i get home!! I put the change in the washers and went to go use my hand Sani in my purse- NONE! i switched purses and i left it out! i have a HUGE thing of it in the car, heaven knows where that went to, and so i went for the back up in the diaper bag.. THATS GONE TOO! so, i thought,... well i can use wipes. I took them out at Bible study last night and forgot to put them back in.. !!!!

then, Miss Quin fills her drawers.. princess didnt get changed right away..

In front of the laundry mat, we did see this HUGE moth type thing. Its the size of my entire hand!

And.. Quin made use of her time by crawling in the stroller. Now if THAT isnt funny!

I unpacked this box in the girls room today- PAPA roach made his appearance, being the size of 3 quarters put together, and ALIVE! i was on the phone with my mom, and i THINK she may be deaf from me screaming. I threw my old Anatomy book on him ,after finding him under a flip flop. i thought he'd crawled into Quins bedding. I call my dad back to resume my phone convo. and try to multi- task by picking up the "DEAD" roach.. oh no.. the sucker started scurrying on the floor.. Dad got an earfull of screams and curses.. My poor parents, but i think it just reminds them of how drama-free their lives now are now that' we're gone ;)

i tried taking a pic of PAPA roach, but the camera wasnt working and i didnt DARE risk him coming back from the dead a 2 time.. my heart had enough racin for the night.

Fun & Games til someone gets hurt!!

Tuesday was our LAST day with the twins and their mommy.. They went back to England after being on a 5 wk vacation here- This was really the only friend i've made here that i hang out with on a regular basis, so dangit.. i'm friendless again ;) Kidding, really i am!
We took the kids to this place called Monkey Joes- its full of the bouncy toys that kids every age can use- Well, lex came to me after being there an hour crying. Now, she is the Queen of drama but i could tell something was REALLY wrong! there was RED welts on her neck. She proceeded to tell me some boy had CHOKED her!
Lord, have mercy, i wanted to find that kid and BEAT him down! he looked like the kid off of the movie Problem child- ya followin' me?! So, i find a referree to let them know what had happened and he TRIES confronting the kid. You could tell the kid was Freaked that he was caught and of course lies that he didnt do anything- and then TAKES OFF! His mom walks up and asks if there is a problem-
I'm furious, but try to act calm and collected. I tell her the problem and she freakin says to m e :" i'm not trying to make excuses for him, but he's never done this kind of thing before.
"Well, he might not of, but look at her neck, it has RED marks on it."
She asks her son if he did it and he turns into the EXCORCIST kid:"
(SCREAMING) " I didnt do anything to her!!", as he's burrowing his head into
his mom's chest. I keep watching this TRAINWRECK of a kid.. his mom just stands there RUBBING his hair and allowing him to scream. The kid had to be at least 8-
i could tell this wasn't going anywhere, and that the mom was such a sorry excuse for a mom, making excuses for him that she wasn't going to make him apologize for choking my child. By this point, i grabbed Lex's hand and walked away. I sat down at the table i was at, and watched this lady sit down and have her son sit on her lap while he moped and she rubbed his head feeding into his BULL for 30 min. !! Let me just tell you, if MY kid had pulled that, i would have made her apologize and we would have LEFT - how does a kid learn that its wrong if you let them stay?!
Here's the kicker.. these random ladies at my table told me the kids mom was a TEACHER! hmmmm. not at my school thank goodness. Let me also just say Jo from Super Nanny would NOT be impressed by her parenting skills.
I wanted to just whip out a taser and teach him a lesson of his own ;)Next time i go - i'll pack one in my purse. .. uh...

*Mrs. Jennifer with Quin*
(This chick is a SUPER mom, takes 3 kids to and from England Alone, thru airports,
and planned on taking the kids out on the town in NY on her layover!!.. She's got some gutts, i dunno how she does it!)

*Lex with the twins*

*Sisters, i just love this picture*

*Miss Lex looks like she's in Heaven- *

*Quin wasnt so sure about this at first but once she figured it out, she was unstoppable!*

*WHY do they put all the toys at kids level? Poor kid just wants EVERYTHING-
marketing, marketing, marketing. Didnt work for me,i dont buy that junk!*

Why you don't let your kid get ahold of your camera!

So i usually do a daily download, cause now that i'm the psycho mom blogger -i take my camera in my purse everywhere with me..
i download and i find TWELVE pictures like the ones to follow.. i'm not lyin.. Miss Lexi and her daddy built a lego fort, so she told me she had to take pictures so that we could see the inside, etc etc .. and did you notice the ribbon picture in there too?! there is another JUST of ribbon.. HOW FUNNY IS SHE?! Instead of erasing them all, they are kept and maybe someday when she's getting married, or some inportant day in her life, these pictures will be revived along with the underwear pictures and buck teeth pictures we ALL dread and she'll be reminded of how cute she was..

And here she is again from this weekend with Miss PORKY Paisley herself!! (Paisley's Grammy needs to cut down on the biscuits with cream cheese and join the Doggie version of Jenny Craig, maybe called BARK N Craig.. )

**ALSO, i received a note home from Lexi's Beautiful, Wonderful teacher noting that the local Country radio Station, Called Kicks 99 FM came to their class and recorded their "sweet voices saying the pledge of Allegiance. You will be able to hear us on the Radio this Friday August 29th. Please tune in and listen to our debut." Now, for you WEST COAST Oregon Folk.. it would be at 4 pm your time, give or take a few min. I'll attatch the link here and then you can click on the :" Listen Live " box and hear it. **
http://www.kicks99.com/index.php?page=0

(Dad.. if this post is not found by pulling up my webpage by fri, click on my archived blogs on the right side of the blog and you can pull up todays and get the link-- )

A Weekend Away-

On Saturday, we were watching the neighbor girls again, and got a phone call.. My childhood best friend lives 2.5 hours away, so the mid point is her parents house.. we planned a last min get together, and packed in 45 min. Jessie is a NICU nurse, and was on call. She got called in around 1 am, so we werent able to spend as much time together as planned. But we still had a nice little get together.. here are some pictures.. when we all have our dogs together, there is 5- but lexi's favorite is Jessies dog, Paisley. She's WAY over weight.. 3 times the size of Jewel but seems to be the favorite.

** After Church with Wendy **

** Lexi with Charlie & Paisley, Jewel's cousins **

** A reflection of herself, on the trash can **

** Lexi's FAVORITE thing to do with her daddy is Fish! **



** HOW CUTE IS THIS?! **

((As i was unpacking the toys, i noticed miss sticky fingers, Quincey stole some binoculars while we were there.. so dont let this fool you.. she's a clepto too.. and that goes for binkies as well!!))

*First Dr. Visit*

DOES THIS FACE LOOK LIKE A SICK FACE?!

( this is her saying cheese for the camera)
This little muffin had a bad cold 2 weeks ago, and ever since then has not been herself. She's been super fussy, and in the last 24 hours, stopped eating and spiked a fever. So, tonight we made a trip to the Dr. and my assumptions were right.. ear infection. hi ho hi ho, another dose of antibiotics we go!!

So, we come home and make good ol fashioned popped corn in our own popper- and we added fruit loops. If you havent tried that combo, i highly suggest it.. it gets ya the sweet and salty and miss lex and her BFF Kylie invented it ;)All of us girls sat on the couch to watch the boob tube, and Quin seemed partial to the gallon bag of fruit loops. Since she hasnt really eaten for 2 days, i let her eat to her hearts content. We had to take some pictures!!

Here's how Lexi R*E*A*L*L*Y feels about getting her picture taken. Why not post it, the kid is at least REAL with how she feels, right?!

And while we were goofin off.. Miss Quin DUMPS the fruit loops ALL OVER THE COUCH- folks, T*H*I*S is why we have brown, microfiber couches.. it wipes off.. the Nice furni will come INTO The house, when the kids go OUTTA the house ;)

Today was a rough day- but we all pulled thru, made a little pizza, did homework, and colored. Now the girls are bathed and snoozin away, and our A/C is working.. oh ya.. that was broken for a day too, but the maintenance guys, who *TOTALLY* remind me of tweedle dee and tweedle dumb fixed it. They are super nice but somethin about them just makes me laugh.. maybe its that they drive around in a GOLF cart all day long.. ha ha.

* ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS? *

NOTE TO SELF- DONT REQUEST THIS, IT COULD REALLY FREAK YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY OUT.. i, Kat.. DO NOT WISH TO STAND AFTER IM DEAD.. just throw a HUGE partay, go shopping in my honor ;).. AND MAKE SURE THEY USE ONLY MAC MAKEUP ON ME- NW20 IS THE FOUNDATION COLOR!

Dead man stands throughout 3-day wake
Family fulfills Puerto Rican's wish by propping up his body in living room

The body of Angel Pantoja Medina, left, stands leaning against a wall during his wake at his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday.

His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."
The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.
Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.

*I've been on Hiatus!!*

* a special moment captured yesterday morning, notice Quins arm around her daddy's neck!*

I'll bet ya'll thought something was wrong with me, huh?! No.. life's just been busy and i've been tired- there's alot going on here!!

Our house is in closing and we cant wait to start working with our agent here. We've spent hours driving around looking at subdivisions and the one we've found reminds me so much of Bend.. its beautiful!

Saturday Luke and i had date day- We went to lunch, shopped around a little bit, went to a movie (Tropic Thunder- it was TERRIBLE- i hated how they made fun of retarded people and God, and we walked out.. )had lots of laughs.. and decided to look at more houses. Dont get too excited yet, we're saving so wont be getting into one probably for another 6 months. We know that God has a plan for where we'll buy a house and WHAT house we're getting, so i have total peace, and have put all my trust FULLY in him. I'll keep you updated on the house.. and pictures will come when we find which one we're getting.

i've also been very busy planning my BFF Jessie's wedding.. who you saw in a previous post. we've been friends since we were born and this day is long awaited- I thought she would NEVER get married, but thanks to her breakin down and getting on EHarmony, she has met her match and he's quite a catch. ;) The wedding will be in Folly Beach, SC- if ya'll have a second, google it and the beach houses there.. WOW!! absolutely beautiful!

*She better watch where she travels, or she may lose her finger!*

Moving here was quiet the feat- between my mom and i, we had to carry 2 purses, a kid, two car seats, 2 carry ons, a stroller and a port a crib, AND A DOG IN HER CARRIER!!- ( if you only could have seen me on my 2nd day, no makeup or shower trying to stabilize it all in the airport underground shuttle in the ATlanta airport, it was a SIGHT!)needless to say, i've had tight neck and shoulder muscles that have been sending me into daily migrains- luke told me i could get a massage, so this morning i went and had one and thought.. oh, to have one of THESE once a week! fully italian full sevice salon RIGHT NEXT TO MY PLACE! pure HEAVEN!
Little Quin Quin has risen from her nap, so luke and i must go and open a bank account.. i guess its time. (if you all remember i didnt get on Luke's bank account until 3 years after we'd been married.. just never "got around to it") we're not the kind that jump at that stuff i guess.

LORD, HAVE MERCY!!

Yes, that's FIVE girls you see!!! These cute girls are our neighbors- their dad is here for work and they are visting him from across seas. I'm watching them while their parents go on a date.. the twins are lexi's age, and their sissy is 3. I didnt know how it was going to go and i was scared! i've never watched this many kids at once, but if John and Kate can have EIGHT kids, i can easily take care of 5! These girls can E-A-T! they've had;
*Granola bars
*mac 'n' cheese
* 3 bags of popcorn
*cookies
and they SAY they are still hungry, but i'm not feeding them anymore, i'm afraid they will get sick!
We've watched a movie, painted toes, made cookies, and colored. Quin and the 3 year old like to test each other.. but, they've managed to have fun. As for Jewel, she takes the smart way out and hides in her crate, WATCHING everything that goes on.


Now.. as i'm cleaning up, i walk in to the bathroom, and find our first R_O_A_C_H.. i stayed quiet, although i wanted to SCREAM, grabbed the camera of course, for ya'll to see, and squished that little booger.. THOSE SUCKERS ARE FAST !!
I'm freakin out now.. going to the office tomorrow and telling them to spray in my house. Oh gosh, i just itch thinking about it! ( yes, this is Hannah Montana soap)



we've lived here a little over a month, and this is the first roach, so i'm praying it will be a long time until his uncle comes for a visit.. i'll be killin HIM with the same flip flop his nephew died with!

Bigfoot in Georgia?!

So i get this phone call today from Amie telling me that Big foot was caught in Georgia- uh, nope hadnt heard of that one.. have not seen anything on the news about it.. Want to know why? The truth is, the paparazzi has been following me around and finally got a snapshot of me in my birthday suit.. Sorry, folks, no Bigfoot here.. its just Kat!!

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***I wanted to send out a HUGE congratulations to my friend Tiffany and her Family on the new little bundle of life that just joined their family! They have been patiently waiting on adopting and just welcomed their little angel into their family. She is absolutely PERFECT and God couldn't have picked a more loving family for that child. Congrats Tiff and Family, i know she now completes your family! When she wants some chocolate covered coffee beans, you tell her to call me, and i'll make it happen ;)***

*Have you ever wondered?*

As i was going to pick up Lex from the bus stop today, this beautiful Indian Woman was dressed in one of those silk get-ups they wear.. have you ever wondered how the heck they keep that ONE piece of fabric wrapped around their bodies and it DOES NOT fall off?! Shoot, if i wore one, i'd be flashin the town with it fallin off all the time!

Also, on our way out of Taco Bell ( shalyse, its our new fav place and everytime i think of you and your Bean burritos), there are these two fine examples of our 20 somethings today.. ok.. not.. but each of them was smoking, and as we walk out, of course my outspoken 6 year old YELLS:" PEWWWWW! smells like smoke out here!" oh, Lordie.. i mean.. ya, it was really bad, but did she HAVE to say it out loud right in front of them. I had glanced at the woman that was smoking and found her shirt amusing.. it said something about conserving Energy, or some kind of save the earth type thing and i thought to myself.. how about you do YOUR part to save the earth by NOT smoking.. SO funny, but isnt that how we all are?! so quick to judge, yet we all have our flaws and are so hypocritical!

Insightful words by Kat... ;)

The tooth **Fairy** came last night..

Hop skippers came home from school yesterday saying that her tooth had been bleeding. She's overdramatic- i cant figure out WHERE that came from, and so i blew it off. She had her Friends, the twins ( who are visiting their daddy from England) over last night, and she started fussing with that dang tooth again- i look at it and its like twisted the WRONG way - she left the room again and came back screaming.. " i lost another tooth, first one to lose in Georgia!" So.. Thank goodness the tooth fairy had gotten a few extra golden coins at the bank in Oregon, so one made it under her pillow last night. God forbid she ever go thru the coin section of my wallet, or i might be found out!!

Tonight, i went and bought 2 dresses at this place called Strasbury Children- not a place i would usually shop for the girls.. too classy for me ;) But, my BFF jessie, who i just did a post on, JUST got engaged.. while she's in the bahamas for the week, i'm planning her wedding and found these AMAZING dresses that would be perfect for a flower girl,beach wedding, so bought them.Shoot, hope she likes them, cause i dont get cash back.. On our way home, i decided to make a little call to Pizza hut and have them make dinner tonight.. So, pizza it was. Now, let me let you in on a secret.. when Lex was a baby, she always ate, so we called her Buddha cause her belly was so big.. our little Muffin Quin OUT EATS lex! she ate TWO pieces of pizza tonight, and then GRABBED MINE OUT OF MY HAND TO EAT THAT TOO!! apparently she didnt think me or my thighs needed the extra calories... Thanks for the subtle hint, Quin... ( this is her little face while eating.. So innocent she looks, but dont be fooled!)

Wanted to give a shout out, "Hootie Hoo" to Carrie for the awesome birthday present for Quin-- she's stylin in her juicy.. you have to keep your reputation of being the juicy gift giver.. EVERY piece of juicy in this house is from you!! GRACIAS, Blondie!! And those bath toys.. HER fav, strung out all over the house and about half in the bath tonight.. ;)

Nighty Night, Peeps!!

*part 2 of school day*

*HERE SHE COMES!*
*i promise, Jewel really does love this, and no, she's not being strangled!*

Lex got home awhile ago and i've already taken pictures and downloaded.. NO.. i'm not a slacker mom, Quin was in a nap, so that's why they are downloaded. Now, the girls have Hannah Montana blaring in their room and are dancing everywhere.. its super cute and i'd post a video but blogger doesnt let me download my videos.. Boo on them.. i'm sure i'm just blonde and am doing something wrong. i'm sitting at lex desk in her room.. ( she's set up the camera and is recording herself dancing.. PRICELESS!)

i got some cute pictures of her getting off the bus, etc.. BUT she had a nametag on, and i'm not all about the psychos trackin us down, so for our saftey, new pictures were taken.

I found this little craft in her bag-- she explained that she did this AFter they do the pledge of allegiance, which by the way they do daily here- Another reason YOU would want to move here! (ok, she's now watching the video of herself she just made.. )

.. oh goodness.. the dog has just confiscated the rice cake the baby was just eating for snack.. at least i have THE DOG as a vacuum since the other one is in ATLANTA! -- found a dyson on sale for 399, should i buy it?!

OK, me and my summer cold (poo on summer sickness!) are signin off- --