Thank Goodness for Husbands!

Shane has been out of town for the last two weeks. I didn't realize how nice it is to have someone helping with the kids and to help around the house. I had to mow the lawn, clean the house, get oil changes and registrations for the car, take the new puppies we have to get shots along with cher, our pomeranian, to get a rabies shot, etc., etc. It was a busy two weeks. All this of course while working a full time job! Also come to find out, the puppies have a yeast infection in there ears so I had to go back and get medication for them and keep the kids away from them. Who knew that dogs could get yeast infections? Let me tell you... I can't wait till the puppies new owners come to get them. They are cute but I am tired of picking up poop.

Shane has been working way overtime lately. I think he ended up working about 60 or 70 hours in a week. Nice to have the extra money but we miss him. We are so proud of him though. He is such a hard worker. He also just applied for a management program at WinCo Foods so hopefully he can get that new position. My grandma and Papa came to help me out for a few days and it was so nice to have them here. Shane and I are so lucky to have them in our lives. They are very special people.

The kids were so good while Shane was gone. They are getting to the age where you can actually carry on conversations with them. It is so wonderful being a mom. Keagan is learning to potty train. He is doing so good! I kind of held off for a while with him because I pushed it on Maddy to early and she wasn't ready. But Keagan is ready and loves being a big boy. We still have a lot of work, but soon enough he will be able to wear big boy undies. Madisyn is the best big sister. She really helps me with Keagan and really loves her little brother. She teaches him new things everyday. It is amazing to watch. I love them so much!

My mom and dad came into town one of the weekends too. It was such an awesome weekend! We went to garage sales in the morning and BBQed on Saturday night. We were able to hang out with my little brother, Jared, his wife, Hannah, and their little girl Jordee. Madisyn and Keagan just love their cousin Jordee. Also my sister, Nicole, was with us which was also very nice. Her husband Mike came back into town on Sunday from being gone a month for work. Madisyn and Keagan also adore their Uncle Mike. We are so blessed to have a big happy family!

Madisyn with her cousin Jordee

We just found out my cousin Meredith got engaged. It is exciting! We never get to see that side of the family because they live in California. The only time we get to see them is if someone is getting married so we were all anxiously awaiting for the proposal. Congrats to Meredith and Anthony! Now just waiting for the special date to be announced so we can plan our trip to California.