one more post.

Yes!!! I'm back.  Clearly I did not do well on the entire MONTH of October so I am just going to pick up right here.  WAY to much to fill you in on.  So in order to make the transition smooth from NOT HAVING MY SHIT TOGETHER to being completely spot on..... I am going to do an early morning list AND a few random pictures.

1. Coffee
It's made the list before - it will make the list again.  It's sort of like my crutch to get through the day. Recently I have started drinking coffee around 2pm to boost me through the afternoon and be a fully functional wife and mom in the evenings.  I am currently sitting in the dark of the morning, drinking my coffee, and it is making my soul HAPPY.

2. The kitchen is done -- ALMOST
It's really the kitchen, floors and half bath....but either way....it's almost completed. I am excited for my garage to go back to normal and to have a toilet paper holder in the bathroom.  We have had a functioning kitchen for weeks and that goes without saying -------- SO FREAKING GRATEFUL.

3. The twins turned 8.
That's a pretty big deal in my book.  Yup, time is officially flying by and not so painstakingly hard with these two.  (Now the 2 year old.....wowzers...but that's a different story)  These two have been ultra easy and fun to be around.  I also miss them like crazy on most days because I have started to share my weekday evenings with Greg.

4. Mike cooks dinner EVERY NIGHT
My husband is pretty fabulous about a lot of things but this is one that makes me grateful every single night.  This man usually has dinner started or almost finished when I walk in the door from work.  I will admit, it has made me a mess in the kitchen when it is actually my turn to cook but for right now I am in love with this arrangement.

5. TWO classes left of school
Right now I am on track to finish school by the end of the year.  My goal is to have it completed, graded and FINISHED by Dec 13th which means I need to bust out some solid hours of work these next few weeks.  All the extra time on my computer makes me want to stay away from my computer for everything else (hence why I haven't done the blog).  I will be so PUMPED when this is completed.

Mike has been on two hunting trips in Ohio.

Love the slumber parties with this crew.  **Last night at the Abel's**

Just SOME of the costumes at work last week.  

We are in full fledge dance part mode in our new kitchen.  We LOVE the dance parties.

He actually thought this was his new bed that I was buying him at IKEA a few weeks ago.

A picture from their party.  Is this real?  WOW.

My favorite FAVORITE holiday to celebrate with my kids.  

Late night meeting of the minds.  

STILL in the toothpaste BIZ.  

I MUST SAY -- this was a super fast blog post and easy to get out and down on paper.  That being said -- I will be furiously trying to get my school work done this month and I am not sure how much I will be posting over the next few weeks.