I love you grandpa. We'll see you soon.

So we have taken the jump!!!

We have signed the paperwork to begin the building process for our next house. I know it sounds crazy to upgrade from a 3100 sq ft house, but it will give us plenty of room for the kids and any future kids we may have. It comes with 6 bedrooms with another 3 possible in the unfinished basement. 5 bathrooms as well. It will require Anna to work a little longer to help us with some of the moving expenses, but it will be worth it. We want the kids to feel that they can stay as long as they need after they graduate from HS..in our current home it would be extremely tight. The lot we choose is a corner lot and it's in a neighborhood only 1 minute away from where we are right now. We've had a few people come by looking at the house, but nothing serious yet. Luckily we have a good amount of equity, which allows us to lower it if needed. I think it's pretty close to what comparable houses are in the area.

Today was N's birthday. Sweet sixteen. He is having a little get together tomorrow. We are hoping he can get his license sometime this summer. Overall the kids are doing well. R is probably the most polite little girl I have known. She always says thank you jacob or you're welcome. The kids definitely have a piece of my heart. At times I think I try too hard to correct poor behavior, but I really hope we can be a good influence of what is good in life...and how life can be happy and consistent. It looks like adoption could be started as soon as April.

Brown wins in Mass...!!!!!

What a great showing from a conservative type of senatorial candidate. I'm glad the people are finally seeing the light that this socialism crap is not going to work. God bless America and down for Obama and the dems later this year!!!

So we have pretty much decided to move...

We have a realtor coming by on Monday to get us going in this crazy process. We will then most likely begin building out here in the EM city center. It's just too good of a deal to pass up on a much larger house. It will allow us to adopt the kids and hopefully have a few babies some time in the next 5-7 years. This will allow us to be comfortable in a home and also give the kids some space. It may mean we'll need Anna to work a little longer to get the home spruced up, but we feel it is the right decision right now.

We just want the kids to feel like our home is always open to them. It will be easy for the boys to just pick up and leave when they turn 18 or graduate. But we want to have enough room for them to feel like they can stay for awhile if they'd like. By having more space, this makes it much easier to tell the kids and show them we mean it. Otherwise with our current house, it would be hard to say you are always welcome when we already have a full house.

Also there is small bedroom/den on the main floor. This could be used if my parents or Marie need to come live with us. There will also be a full bathroom on this floor. It just makes sense on a lot of levels. Also we have the funds to do it this year...so why not?

Overall things are going pretty well. We are both proud of the two older boys. They seem to be taking responsibility of things pretty well at school. It has been a rough semester with what happened with their mom and they both passed all of their classes. N is excited to get drivers ed going so he can probably get his license this summer. He is turning 16 in a few weeks. It's weird to think he's that old...

I am starting my diet/exercise this week. It's time to stop the excuses and make time for myself. Plus we get a huge discount on our health insurance if I reach some of my goals...lol.

Life has been good.

Court was crazy, but other than that, we are doing well. We may be buying another house to help us have some more room in the future to accommodate a larger family. The boys have taken things pretty rough, even though they don't really verbalize things very well. Hopefully they can calm down and we can keep our patience.

Thanksgiving was pretty good. We got to see my grandpa, even though he is looking very ill. It is crazy trying to sleep/cram everybody in my parents house...but worth it. the weather ended up being very good and not an issue while driving. I'm hoping it is the same for Christmas.

B is now 2 and the cutest little girl ever. She does and says some of the funniest things. She is beginning to do better at nursery and be not so clingy.

Anyway, just thought I would do a quick post before going to bed. night

I hate our government. These socialistic policies

are going to kill us!!! With Medicare and SS going to hell, why would anybody want our government to run our healthcare system? And for those who say it's only one option, it's going to drive private health insurance out of business!!! I do not want the government running any part of my insurance and to get out of my life. This is getting to be ridiculous. Please pray that the Senate doesn't pass this hellacious bill.

I'm just sick of this crap. Please help the liberals wake up to reality. Feelings of helping the world don't solve the world's problems. Cap and tax and now healthcare are going to tax the hell out of us. Please stop the madness. They say this will only affect the wealthier but that is garbage. There are serious trickle down effects from higher taxes on the rich. It seems simple but so misunderstood.

And football is done.

My coaching days for the sixth grade team are done for this year. The last game is actually tomorrow but we have a baptism tomorrow at the same time. It has been a crazy time as it takes up so much of our time. D finishes his schedule in two weeks for the eighth grade team. It was good to see the progress some of the kids make throughout the year. With some of the kids I wonder why they are even out there as they seem pretty disinterested. We'll see if both boys decide to play next year.

At home things have been going pretty well. Anna's work has her working a modified schedule now, so Anna can be more involved with the kids after school each day. Her work has treated her very well...probably because she has worked her butt off for them, but great nonetheless. The kids are doing okay at school. D is almost getting straight A's. He seems to have the best memory and does the best on his homework. G and Y are still a little behind and are working hard at times to get caught up with things.

Y is having her baptism tomorrow. We are so proud/excited for her. It will be my first baptism in over 10 years. Man I am old. We are going to have a little luncheon thing afterward with some of her extended family. Court is coming up in a 4 weeks. Should be interesting.

Overall life is good. I'm excited for a little break this next weekend. 5-6 couples are going down to St. George to stay in a few timeshares owned by our neighbors. Not sure how golfing is going to go...it's been forever. It should be fun to have my mom stay with the kids while we are gone.