So there has been allot going on. We had Easter and putting the garden in the last month, and right now the twines are spouse to be napping. But instead they are playing with there musical toys. We got the twines so they are not afraid of Hubby's bike anymore. May be someday they can go for rides with daddy. Here is J with daddy

Here is K

And one of our birthday gifts. We got golf clubs too they are behind me on the ground. I took this picture as soon as i saw them both in the same place and sitting still. Note my camera dates are never right not even on these pictures.

Overall we have been doing quite well we picked up a second cheap car. I find it funny that it is a the same car I drove in high school but it gets 30 mpg and for Hubby going to and from school and to work in it. It happens to save us right now 2 bucks a day right now in gas and more if it goes up and it didn't cost us money to add to our vehicle insurance. In fact it takes 1 dollar off the bill a month thanks to the multi vehicle discount and in my opinion that ain't to shabby. At this time we have been looking at different counties that have tracts of land for sale. Jefferson county seems to be way better priced then Shawnee or Douglas county's, Hubby does not want to make payments on land but to get 20 or more acres like he wants we are going to have to. Are plan is to find 20 or more acres and have it paid off in less than 10 yrs. Quite ambitious but doable. We hope all are well that read this and have a good day

What we have been up to

So ya as with most moms we don't get allot of me time. Right now its not even me time. I only have one child awake and that is good enough for me. J is sitting on my bed vrooming cars and being semi quite. I count it as a win and use the time for things that i want to do.
The last time I was I posted about how the boy loves to crawl out of his playpen and sleep in his sisters with her. That was getting to be quite a hassle for the Little girl. Nether of them had room to move so in November of 2010 we bought toddler beds. I was amazed that the transition was not hard. They enjoy sleeping in them. The only one to fall out of bed was J and he didn't even wake up. But this is what we find most mornings
Yes they sleep together allot. It goes both ways sometimes J is in K's bed and vise verse. With all the finances straighten out hubby saved enough money to buy a bike. He is so happy and has the biggest smile on his face. We expect another marriage on the pressgrove family side soon. Hubbys Littlest sis will be getting married any month now. Were so happy her future hubby is so awesome . He brings a whole new dynamic to the family. The kids are cool with it mom and dad not so much. But they have never been on board with any of there kids marriage's.
We did a whole family picture with my family. It had been over 10 years sence the last one and allot had changed. Two marriages and three grand kids later.

Love your mommy body

"those stretch marks and pooches and scars are the marks of a queen. Any ol' selfish princess can maintain the body she had at 17; a queen bears the marks of walking into the valley of the shadow of death hand in hand with the Savior, and coming out on the other side of the valley having brought forth a little human being.

In this mortal life, we are all subject to the law of opposition: we don't get something without giving something up. We give up our time for a paycheck. We give up our 20s for a mission and education. We women give up our "girlish figures" for the opportunity to partner with God in bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of our babies (who grow up too fast). All in all, that's not a bad choice at all!"

Found it on a page i frequent

Wow

Things have just been going 100 miles a hour. From both the kids walking and wanting to be out side and in everything that we do. To J learning to crawl out of his bed and crawling in bed with K and Hubby starting school.
He is on track to have school done in 1.5 yrs instead of 2 at the pace he is working toward. We are glad to have the bankruptcy over and have the breathing room in the budget. We did give the bike and Lexus and house back. We didn't see the point in paying 800 a month between the both the bike and Lexus and another 800 for a house with a crumbling foundation and black mold in it . Right now we are down to one car but we make do. Hubby gets a ride from a friend during the week so I can have the car while he is at work. We love the new home even though it is a rental. The space is wonderful and it is way more healthier for us. Yeppie no more black mold. I do feel bad for who ever buys our old house they are in for a rude surprise. We did get a lovely fine from the city for 125.52 because a neighbor complained we had not been mowing the back yard. Well we hadn't we had only been mowing the front. Mostly because that is what you can see from the street. I do hope the mortgage company gets our name off it soon so we are not responsible for mowing it.

Now to the twinnies. J can climb in and out of bed as he pleases and over the baby gate. K can not quite do that, she is not as tall as her brother. We have still enjoyed eating sand and picking and throwing tomato's on the ground from the garden. K loves to watch My baby can read, and J loves Thomas the train. Some days they love each other and some days they don't. This year they are going to be thing one and thing two for Halloween. That was Hubby's choosing, I'm just glad he picked easy costumes to make. now time for pictures. We have some of are visit to the the kids discovery place, not sharing a bed, and garden goodies









Climbing in and out of bed
Mirriors are awesome
Vroom Vroom
Sharing bed,

So it has been a while

A lot has gone on in the past months. The twinnies started walking around 13 mos old, and have been on the move ever sence. We got rid of the old house and moved in to a way better one. No more mold or leaky basement. We got lucky and go a place where we could move the livingroom from the basement to up stairs. It is so nice living on one floor again. We still have a basement but it is now only for storage and laundry. John likes that he doesen't have to spend 4 hours mowing the lawn anymore. It only take 1 hour to mow it at the new place.
My sister graduated from collage this weekend it was wonderful. The whole family had a shindig for her. We are so proud, she is a geanus. This weekend is full of excitment. One of my Bro-inlaws leaves for the military we are having his hoedown this saturday. We are so proud that he has found soemthing that he wants to do and will be happy at. The crowing date is my Mom in laws 50th birthday. This one is going to take some planning. I hope it goes over well.
Other than that we have just been busy with moving . I hate to move, but it was so worth it.

Here are some new photos of the twinnies. They got a sand and water table for there birthday and love it. Well J likes to try to eat the sand and K wants nothing to do with it.

Happy Birthday to us

So we turned one this month. WOOOHOO we servived the first year. What a first year it has been. By we are both now 30 inches tall and Bubba weighs 21 lbs and Sisy 22 lbs. We love to sand up and not walk. But we are still in to everything. Books are the best taisting things of all. Other than that we are all doing well, We have decied to move and sell the house. It is needin more work then we can afford to do sence the foundation went to crap. We are just hoping to get out from underneath it. We will be moving to a rental house. We are also about to be rid of all the credit card and time share debt also thank goodness. That has been one stressful long road. Now we can work on getting Hubbys car and bike paid off And When john gets done with school here in a year and a half I hope it holds true that I wont have to work anymore eather. We will have to see on that one.

This first year has been a trip. We ready to see how the rest of this year goes

Month 11

So we are 11 months old now. I wonder where the time has gone. Ahh its the lack of sleep that makes time go by so fast. That has to be the reason. Here are the goofies, there smiling now but no less than 5 seconds later Sissy was crying and brother has pushed her over.

For most of the day the kids free range around the up stairs. Seeing that the basement is still not finished . So we let them play, they sleep better if they don't spend all day in there huge play pen and I do enjoy sleeping through the night. Well before I went to work I forgot to re attach the child lock before I went to work. I got a text asking where the extra paper towles were. I also forgot to make a new set of baby wipes. Yes making are own wipes saves money and they work better than the store ones. When I got home aroung 6:30 ish after helping bro in law clean off his windows to his car. It seems that his ice scraper has walked right out of his car. I found the norm toys everywhere and low and behold cocco powder and an ink pad all over the floor. Hubby came up and showed me these pictures.yummy cocco and lookie mommys cook books
What can not be fully seen is brothers hands and feet covered in cocco powder and the hand prints all over the chairs and the floor. So far we are one for one. On my watch they got in to the vasaleen and got it all over the couch and the front room chairs. Other than that life is good, were getting alot of snow, im hoping that will help the watter table this year for gardening. Hubby got Netflix and is very happy, He loves not having to sepend the money to buy sesons of showes he wants to watch, and they come strait to the door.. Got one the SUV paid off woohoo. Rest of the family on hubbys side seems to be doing well. Bro-inlaw and wife-ie are going to buy there first home here shortly. There doing all the Home inspections and those goodies. Sis in law and Hubby are full time in school and sis got hired back at babys r us. They have a full house with Her hubbys parents living with them till they find a house in the area. My side is good, all are working and sis is liking teaching out at shawnee hights. Still have chores to do got to go.