{Chaos Captured}

Day 146

2010-05-26T21:24:00.001-07:00

Alex makes a horrible mess when he eats - so we've been trying to have him vacuum up his mess.

Day 145

2010-05-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

Today I put the swing together and Alex made sure it worked with a bear in it :)

Day 144

2010-05-24T21:22:00.000-07:00

I had ordered something from someone on etsy & it arrived today. Thankfully, even though the box was crushed, the contents were still inside.

Day 143

2010-05-23T21:21:00.000-07:00

Tom hung up the shades in the boys' rooms today. Could this help them sleep in on the weekends?

Day 142

2010-05-22T21:20:00.000-07:00

Alex and Anthony got haircuts today - Alex asked for a mohawk so here's his mohawk. When I was trying to get a good picture he moved close enough to the doorway so that I was in it too :)

Day 141

2010-05-21T21:18:00.000-07:00

I think I have finally made friends with my sewing machine. I've been trying to catch up on some projects that I've been putting off.

Day 140

2010-05-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

The flowers Tom brought me for our anniversary! 10 years!!

Day 139

2010-05-19T22:03:00.000-07:00

Slap hands with all the boys after we were finished with dinner.

Day 138

2010-05-18T22:02:00.000-07:00

Tom's new running shoes. He needed to replace his old ones since a rock impaled itself in the sole and cut his foot open.

Day 137

2010-05-17T22:01:00.000-07:00

A new chore list for the boys.

Day 136

2010-05-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

I had meant to get a picture of the front of the movie theater when we went to go see Iron Man 2, but I forgot. So while we were sitting at Sonic waiting for our food I tried to take a couple of pictures.

Day 135

2010-05-15T21:59:00.000-07:00

We ran some errands today, one stop we made was JoAnn's for some yarn so I could attempt to make a fringe blanket for a photo prop for when the baby gets here.

Day 134

2010-05-14T21:57:00.000-07:00

Tom ran out to get some Starbucks. You can tell our very mundane days from the rest - I take pictures of random things. lol

Day 133

2010-05-13T21:56:00.000-07:00

Anthony reading after school.

Day 132

2010-05-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

Anthony just before leaving for school.

Day 131

2010-05-11T21:49:00.000-07:00

Finally a matching bed set for Tom + I.

Day 130

2010-05-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

This was a t-shirt that Tom no longer wanted - the boys loved it so we decided to make it into a pillow for them. My sewing machine didn't want to cooperate with me enough to complete the project so I had to finish it by hand.

Day 129

2010-05-09T21:46:00.000-07:00

Some flowers I got for Mother's Day from my M+FIL.

Day 128

2010-05-08T17:35:00.000-07:00

The boys getting their soccer trophies from their coaches this afternoon. They had their tournament/fun day. Tommy had 1 game at 9:55 am which they won, after ending the game in a tie. So, we went to a shoot-out (which incidentally is exactly how the last tournament game ended too, but they lost the shoot-out). Since they won we had to come back for another game at 12:30, Anthony's fun day game was at 1:15. So thankfully the timing worked out. Tommy's team lost their 2nd game, but only by 1 point. Anthony's team lost too, but they had fun. Right after Anthony's game we had to run to the commissary and get chips and juice bags for the parties. Tommy's party started at 3pm and we got home from Anthony's game at 2:40. Then we had Anthony's party at 4pm. Thankfully they were in the same area.

Day 127

2010-05-07T17:33:00.000-07:00

Dr appointment at the naval hospital. We did some paperwork for the c-section and set a date.

Day 126

2010-05-06T17:25:00.000-07:00

Some things we got in the mail.

Day 125

2010-05-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

We made an impulse decision to go to Panera for dinner & Anthony suggested we eat there.

Day 124

2010-05-04T20:21:00.000-07:00

Tommy at soccer practice.

Day 123

2010-05-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

The boys made Mother's Day cards.

Day 122

2010-05-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

Alex was upset that Tommy got to go outside to play with his friends after dinner so I took him outside to play for a bit. He loves bubbles.

Day 121

2010-05-01T07:58:00.000-07:00

Tommy playing tug-of-war with Rocky. We just bought him the toy the day before and in just an hour or so he had torn out all the stuffing.

Day 120

2010-04-30T07:56:00.000-07:00

We seem to have this unspoken "rule" that if we go shopping at Target on a Friday after work + school that we stop by Sonic for food. After we finished eating Tom + I each got a shake, l.o.v.e. their banana shakes - yummy.

Day 119

2010-04-29T07:56:00.000-07:00

Tommy reading a book to Alex.

Day 118

2010-04-28T07:55:00.000-07:00

Anthony and Alex played Connect 4 together.

day 117

2010-04-27T07:54:00.000-07:00

Tom had a day off so he took care of some work on the truck.

Day 116

2010-04-26T07:53:00.000-07:00

Laundry folded + ready to be put away.

Day 115

2010-04-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

Tom's 30th birthday. We don't usually do much for either of our birthdays but after a late lunch/early dinner at Macaroni Grill we asked for some Tiramisu to bring home. So when we got home we threw some candles in it and sang :)

Day 114

2010-04-24T07:24:00.000-07:00

Soccer Saturday. This Saturday morning we had Anthony's game at 9:15 and Tommy's at 9:30. Thankfully they were on fields right next to each other, so we sat in between the fields. Too bad though we were on the "wrong side" for both teams. lol Anthony's team lost, but Tommy's team won! Next Saturday is our last regular game of the season.

Day 113

2010-04-23T17:12:00.000-07:00

I cleaned out one of my dresser drawers for baby clothes. I've been trying to figure out the best way to store them all without making it too complicated. I'm sure I'll change it again.

Day 112

2010-04-22T17:11:00.000-07:00

Today his knee was feeling better and when I told him he needed a bath he got a bit upset with me and suggested taking a shower instead. I didn't think he would, but he got in there and took a shower.

Day 111

2010-04-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

Alex woke up complaining that his leg hurt him. We waited about an hour to see if the pain went away, when it didn't we made a call to the dr and got an appt. We got xrays done and no firm diagnosis. We came home with a wrapped knee and some motrin and directions to rest.

Day 110

2010-04-20T17:08:00.000-07:00

The place in which we currently reside. Base housing has come a long way even since I was first introduced to it in 2000.

day 109

2010-04-19T09:50:00.000-07:00

Turkey slider burgers for dinner. Recipe from Rachael Ray's website.

Day 108

2010-04-18T09:48:00.000-07:00

After 3 weeks Anthony finally remembered to put his tooth under his pillow for the tooth fairy.

Day 107

2010-04-17T09:45:00.001-07:00

Tommy's 8:15am soccer game on Saturday morning. We left everyone else at home sleeping and headed Mainside at 7:25am.

Day 106

2010-04-16T09:47:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to score some better deals at the grocery store by using more coupons. This trip to Ralphs cost me just $5.69.

Day 105

2010-04-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

Waiting for Tommy's soccer practice to finish up.

Day 104

2010-04-14T07:38:00.000-07:00

Poor guy got this plastic hammer stuck around his finger. His finger was getting pretty swollen by the time he finally told me, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to get it off. Thankfully with a bit of water it slid right off.

Day 103

2010-04-13T07:37:00.000-07:00

Quick + easy dinner after soccer practice.

Day 102

2010-04-12T07:36:00.000-07:00

Alex has discovered being able to stand in the windowsill.

Day 101

2010-04-11T07:35:00.000-07:00

How we spent nearly our whole weekend, playing games.

Day 100

2010-04-10T07:34:00.000-07:00

The lovely attitude Alex gave me when I started to take pictures of him eating breakfast.

Day 99

2010-04-09T07:32:00.000-07:00

J+J's last day here so we spent a few hours of the afternoon at the beach. Anthony was making his own little creation in the sand.

Day 98

2010-04-08T23:37:00.000-07:00

All 4 boys at Sea World.

Day 97

2010-04-07T23:36:00.000-07:00

An afternoon at the beach.

Day 96

2010-04-06T23:34:00.000-07:00

All 4 boys waiting in line for the Pirates ride at Disney.

Day 95

2010-04-05T23:33:00.000-07:00

A rainy morning prevented us from heading out to a theme park so we opted to stick close to home and headed out for a few hours of arcade like fun at Chuck E Cheese.

Day 94

2010-04-04T13:13:00.000-07:00

After they found nearly all 3 dozen eggs they dug into their Easter baskets.

Day 93

2010-04-03T13:11:00.000-07:00

Dyeing Easter eggs with Uncle Jason and Aunt Amy.

Day 92

2010-04-02T08:18:00.000-07:00

Uncle Jason & Anthony - we tried to explain how to play euchre to Anthony.

Day 91

2010-04-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

Driving up I-5 to LAX to pick Jackie and Jason up from the airport.

Day 90

2010-03-31T08:16:00.000-07:00

Alex eating burgers for dinner.

Day 89

2010-03-30T08:14:00.000-07:00

This was taken while we were at Tommy's soccer practice, from the car since I didn't want to chase after Alex at the playground.

Day 88

2010-03-29T20:03:00.000-07:00

Tommy explaining to me about some of his school work when he got home from school this afternoon.

Day 87

2010-03-28T20:02:00.000-07:00

We had a lazy day so we made dinner easy. Anthony was the only one who requested anything really be made for him. He wanted some scrambled eggs, toast + bacon. Tom thought it would be funny to dye the eggs again (we did it at Christmas with our french toast). So he made them purple - only problem was that once they cooked up they turned brownish, almost flesh colored. Anthony wasn't impressed when he was served his dinner. lol

Day 86

2010-03-27T20:20:00.000-07:00

Today we had a busy day. We had to wake up earlier than we normally would on a weekend day and get everyone ready to head out. Tommy had soccer pictures at 10am, we had to be there a 1/2 hour early. Plus we had to allow for extra time because they closed one of the other gates this weekend and the base was hosting an Ironman Triathlon today.

So we had Tommy's pictures at 10am, his game at 11:45, Anthony's pictures at 12:00 and then his game wasn't until 4:15pm. After Tommy's game we came home and had Tommy open his presents and quickly got some lunch for everyone. We tried to all relax for a few minutes since it seemed to be chaos from the minute we woke up this morning. We headed back out for Anthony's game later and then headed back home afterwards to pick up Tommy's friend so he could spend the night. We ordered pizza and finally sang happy birthday to Tommy with his candles all lit. He chose a cake instead of ice cream or cupcakes.

I'm tired just from reliving it all...I hope that there weren't too many incoherent thoughts. lol

Day 85

2010-03-26T20:14:00.000-07:00

Tommy's big birthday gift from us was a new bike. We wanted to let him pick out exactly the one he wanted, so after school we piled everyone in the car and headed to Toys R Us. We figured we'd hit that store first and then head to Target where he saw a bike a couple weeks ago that he really liked. Plus I heard that Toys R Us had an decent deal going on for Toy Story 1 and 2 on Blu-Ray and combine it with two $10 off coupons from online and we were able to score both movies on Blu-Ray for $13.98 plus tax. Anyway...enough about my coupon madness. :)

Tommy picked out this shiny bike and decided it's the one he wanted. He was happy to get outside and take it for a spin and when we suggested that we go in since the sun was setting and we were getting chillly, he actually said he wanted to stay out and ride it a little longer. He never does that! We came to the conclusion that he might've been embarrassed by his Spiderman bike, plus it was too small so I know it was a bit difficult to ride.

Day 84

2010-03-25T22:00:00.000-07:00

Soccer practice. I was trying to get a great picture of Anthony with the blue sky + white, puffy clouds above him but it didn't turn out exactly as I wanted since I forgot to bring my big camera to practice, I only had the point and shoot.

Day 83

2010-03-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Quick + easy dinner when neither of us wanted to cook...we really need to stop eating so much fast food.

Day 82

2010-03-25T21:54:00.000-07:00

Anthony putting together the Lego car he got for his birthday. He put most of it together all by himself.

Day 81

2010-03-22T20:11:00.000-07:00

Happy 9th Birthday Tommy!!!!

We are celebrating his birthday on Saturday after soccer games and soccer pictures. So, he has to wait a few more days to see what he's getting. I did get to go to the naval hospital and do my glucose test though. What fun stuff.

Day 80

2010-03-21T20:10:00.000-07:00

Anthony playing with his new helicopter he got for his birthday.

Day 79

2010-03-20T18:37:00.000-07:00

Anthony opening his birthday presents.

Day 78

2010-03-19T18:36:00.000-07:00

After school we drug the boys out to Best Buy. Funny how they complained so much, but yet they got to spend their birthday money and got two games.

Day 77

2010-03-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Alex trying to escape without us while the rest of us were getting ready to go to soccer practice.

Day 76

2010-03-17T22:31:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my little leprechaun! He's 7 today! I can't believe that 7 years ago I was sitting by myself in the naval hospital at Camp Lejeune after having him. My mom was in town but was at my house with my brother and Tommy. I sent a Red Cross message to Tom to let him know of his safe arrival because he was waiting...in Kuwait. Shortly after Anthony was born they crossed the line of departure into Iraq. Thankfully a reporter that was with him let him use his satellite phone a few days into it and I was actually home when he called. He called the night Anthony and I were discharged from the hospital. It seems like a lifetime ago, but yet at the same time it seems like it was only a few years ago. So much has happened since.

Day 75

2010-03-16T19:17:00.000-07:00

Tommy and Alex playing Connect 4 while Anthony was doing his homework.

Day 74

2010-03-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

This was at about 7:30pm - I can't wait to have a chance to get down to the beach to take some more photos near sunset.

Day 73

2010-03-14T23:07:00.000-07:00

With the time change and two older brothers that won't let him sleep in, Alex passed out a bit early Sunday night.

Day 72

2010-03-13T21:07:00.000-08:00

After a long day of soccer games we went to grab Sonic for dinner.

Day 71

2010-03-12T21:06:00.000-08:00

So happy that I have a new 50mm lens. This is Rocky in his camo bed that the boys picked.

Day 70

2010-03-11T21:05:00.000-08:00

I was just trying to get a picture of him getting his cleats on when he started posting. I asked him why he was posing like that and he said "Because I'm gangster."

Day 69

2010-03-10T21:04:00.000-08:00

Alex and the baby bump (about 26 weeks or so).

Day 68

2010-03-09T21:02:00.000-08:00

These are the banana muffins I made from a recipe I found online - Tommy and I really liked them.

Day 67

2010-03-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

Alex making nasty faces at while we was eating dinner. Note the sour cream on his face.

Day 66

2010-03-07T23:50:00.000-08:00

We put together the crib we bought from someone off of Craigs List to make sure it fit in the room and that we had all the pieces.

Day 63 - 65

2010-03-07T22:38:00.000-08:00

Day 63

On our way to soccer practice.

Day 64

My replacement 50mm lens came in the mail and I was excited to use it again. For some reason all 3 boys were up very early this morning, I found Alex passed back out in his bed shortly after his brothers left to walk to school.

Day 65

The spring soccer season has started and after only 2 short practices we are back to the soccer field on Saturdays to watch with anticipation. Unfortunately neither team won, but it's the first game and they are still getting back into the swing of things. It was especially cold this Saturday, something we weren't prepared for and paid for by freezing.

Day 60 - 62

2010-03-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures for the first couple of days in March.

Day 60

Haircuts for all 3 boys. We had been putting it off for a while, but it finally came time that we couldn't let them wander around looking so shaggy.

Day 61

Today was the first day of soccer practices for the spring season. Alex and I went to Anthony's and Tom went with Tommy. They practice on the same day at the same time, which is great, but they are at different fields. I'm just glad we know Anthony's assistant coach and that Tom kind of works with Tommy's coach so we do what we can and try to have one of us at each practice, but it won't always be possible.

Day 62

Alex really wanted me to let him crack the eggs into the lasagna mix but he arrived just a few seconds too late. So I compromised with him and let him add in the Parmesan...his way was to dump it in the bowl. :)

Day 49-59

2010-03-05T08:23:00.000-08:00

Wow, I really got behind in blogging my 365 photos. I've been getting them up on facebook every few days. Not sure how the blogging aspect part of it will be consistent as we continue throughout the year. We are less than 30 days from Spring break when my SIL and nephew fly in for the week and we are just about 90 days from my due date. Needless to say, I might be a bit busy ;) lol

Anyway...onto the photos...Just a fair warning - this post will be image heavy :)

Day 49

Tommy went to spend the night at a friend's house.

Day 50

I awoke to finding Anthony & Alex downstairs camped out on the couch with all their blankets and stuffed animals everywhere.

Day 51

Today was the day we had Alex open his birthday presents since Dad was in the field over his actual birthday. He loved everything and I am glad I captured the look on his face when he opened the DS game from his Aunt Jackie and cousin Jason. I wish it was a better photo, but his face is priceless.

Day 52

Blowing out the candles on his birthday ice cream with a double chocolate chunk cookie :)

Day 53

I ordered a few goodies for Little Miss off of Etsy and was so excited to see them in person. I'm almost glad that all this stuff is a bit pricey, or else I just might have purchased enough for her to wear a new one every day of the her first year. lol

Day 54

We opened a package of girl scout cookies that we bought from a friend and were shocked that we spent $4 on a box of cookies that only had 15 cookies! The boys had that package gone in less than 5 minutes.

Day 55

We had a 15lb box from our good friend Sam arrive. I was astonished to see that she crammed that box full of clothes. I am so thankful that she took the time (and money) to sort through what she had and send us some things.

Day 56

Anthony woke up this morning feeling pretty miserable, so he stayed home from school. I let him curl up in our bed and watch some movies on Netflix.

Day 57

We picked up the wood we needed to make the risers for the washer and dryer. The boys were really itching to help paint, so we let them help for a few minutes.

Day 58

These are the risers we made. They were pretty simple to make and I'm glad that I found Ana White's blog Knock-Off Wood that inspired me to tackle this project. They don't look especially pretty, but they are more functional than a focal point. They serve their purpose and we learned for next time.

Day 59

Shirley and Steve gathered their family to celebrate the February and March birthdays. Tom got all 3 boys to sit with him (for a brief second) while they were getting everything together.

The first 3 days of March will make it in a post of their own.

Day 45-48

2010-02-17T19:00:00.000-08:00

Day 45

Even though he was in the field I still had flowers on Valentine's Day. :)

Day 46

Packages! :)

Day 47

I took advantage of a sale at Persnickety Prints and got a bunch of my layouts printed. It's so awesome to see them in print instead of on the computer.

Day 48

Two pictures for today. My little man is 4! When did that happen? lol He wasn't too happy with me for wanting to take a picture. Oh well.

Day 42-44

2010-02-14T17:50:00.000-08:00

Day 42

Nerf sword fight between Tom and Alex.

Day 43

Tom's gear all packed up for his ship op.

Day 44

A box filled with goodies from Great Grammy.

Day 41

2010-02-11T20:05:00.000-08:00

Day 41

Tommy and Anthony spent some time addressing Valentine's for their classmates.

Day 34 - 40

2010-02-09T18:45:00.000-08:00

I swear I've been keeping up with taking a photo every day! It does happen, some days require more thought and some staging to get a photo of something, but I do take a moment every day and try to record something meaningful to us for that particular day.

Day 34

February 3 ... Alex sitting waiting for Tommy to be finished up at the dentist. We found these Chuck's of Tommy's in the hall closet and decided we should try them on. Alex was extremely pleased to find out that they fit.

Day 35

February 4 ... Tom's boots chilling by the front door after he got out of the field for the day.

Day 36

February 5 ... On this Friday I had a pretty bad headache and convinced the boys that this was the day to try to walk to school on their own. I promised that it was just a trial and that I would watch them walk nearly 1/2-way to school. They survived the walk, lived to see another day, in fact...they have walked to school on their own each day since then :)

Day 37

February 6 ... During our outing we stopped to grab the boys some Burger King on the way back home. Tom asked the cashier for some crowns and he sported one the rest of the way home :)

Day 38

February 7 ... The title to the Dodge Stratus. It's been signed off of from the bank and we received it in the mail. We paid it off when we got our income tax refund - over a full year early. It will be a shock to not have to make that payment every month anymore.

Day 39

February 8 ... The boys walked themselves to school again on this morning. One advantage to this is that Alex gets to sleep in and wake up when he's ready.

Day 40

February 9 ... Alex playing with connectagons this afternoon just before it was time to leave to go get the boys from school.

Day 29 - 33

2010-02-02T19:37:00.001-08:00

Day 29

The boys had the day off from school so I drug them to the grocery store first thing in the morning.

Day 30
Shopping, we grabbed 6 packs of diapers to try to lessen what we'll have to buy in a few months.

Day 31
This is what we did all day, watched movies. In the past few days we watched the top 6.

Day 32
Alex blowing bubbles in the house. He's so proud of himself that he can usually make a lot of bubbles.

Day 33
Anthony lost his first tooth last Thursday, but we kept forgetting to take his picture. Until last night he kept forgetting to put his tooth under his pillow when he went to bed.

Day Twenty-Six through Twenty-Eight

2010-01-28T20:57:00.000-08:00

Not so many days behind this time. As I'm writing this the boys are getting ready to head to bed. An hour later than normal, but it's acceptable since they have no school tomorrow. Tom went to bed early because he had a horrible headache and has swim qual at work tomorrow. Anyway...onto the pictures.

Day 26
This is Anthony cleaning the baseboards in the kitchen. He was supposed to have done his "fair share" in cleaning up the back yard and he didn't, Tommy ended up doing the majority of the clean-up. So, this was Anthony's additional chore.

Day 27
Grocery lists, coupons, printouts, etc. I'm trying to begin a better spending trend at the grocery store so that we can save some money. I've spent quite a bit of time gathering coupons, checking out money saving and couponing websites. I've only scratched the surface when it comes to this whole couponing trend so I can't say I'm spending next to nothing, but if at the very least I can shop smarter to save more money then I'll be happy.

Day 28
It was sunny and 65* here in SoCal today. A beautiful day and perfect afternoon for a much anticipated play-date. Everyone grabbed a wheeled vehicle and they were off. We learned that Tommy really needs a bigger bike and Alex will probably learn to ride without training wheels before Anthony. Anthony likes his Razor scooter so much more than his bike. It was nice for us all to get out of the house for a few hours and enjoy the warmer weather and sunshine.

Day Twenty-Three through Twenty-Five

2010-01-27T07:26:00.000-08:00

Day 23

Alex was playing with Rocky and then Rocky realized that Alex still had some remnants of lunch on his face.

Day 24

We let the boys use their Toys R Us gift cards. This is what Tommy picked out. Awesome in theory, he hadn't seen Halo Legos. But, they aren't "real" legos, these are made by Mega Blocks. They suck. The boys had gotten some a few years ago for Christmas, but I had hoped that their quality had gotten better since then so I didn't mention it when Tommy picked this Halo kit out. Ugh, putting it together sucked and it's basically in pieces again. Poor kid.

Day 25

We used this Maple Chops recipe by Sam the Cooking Guy for dinner this night. They were really good and easy to make. The boys even ate it without asking for dip, which is saying alot! :)

Days Nineteen through Twenty-Two

2010-01-23T01:44:00.000-08:00

So.. it looks as though this posting every four days could become a routine. lol I'm going to try very hard not to have this be my normal posting habit. I've been out of the process of taking pictures for a few months and I feel like it shows through in my pictures a lot. I'm trying to take more pictures and get back to trying out different angles and test the lighting and try to use it as much to my advantage as possible. Hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things soon.

Day 19

This is the prediction for our weather for the week, rainy. This is our "bad winter weather", if this is all I'll take it over feet of snow and lots of ice.

Day 20

Tom helping Anthony do his homework. Anthony was taking so long that they worked right up until I started setting dinner on the table.

Day 21

Today was the day for our ultrasound. It was obviously for medical purposes, but since the baby cooperating we were fortunate enough to find out that we are going to be having a little girl join our family.

Day 22

When we found out I was pregnant again I found all the baby clothes I had been trying to sell and stashed them all away. Since we found out that we need to begin to include pink and purple into our mainly blue color palette I decided to sort through all the clothes. Out of all the stuff I had been holding onto, this was all I had that was unisex enough to use for a girl. Figures. lol At least we have something for her to wear though, it could be worse.

Days Fifteen through Eighteen

2010-01-19T23:13:00.000-08:00

I got a bit behind in blogging, I never meant to do 4 days at a time. lol Oops. Well, tomorrow we'll try to at least get back on an every other day schedule. I don't have today's photo ready to go right now, but I do have it ;)

Day 15

How I spent a bit of my time on Friday night, filing our taxes.

Day 16

Tom playing with Rocky.

Day 17

I'm not thrilled with how this photo came out. I was playing with my 85mm lens which I hadn't gotten out in a while and I've come to the realization that for what I take pictures of, it's just not a good fit for me. I have to stand soooooo far away that it's ridiculous. lol Anyway...here's Tom playing Call of Duty with a friend online.

Day 18

This is my favorite of all 4 days. Alex and Tom ate some cereal together on Monday morning. I took all sorts of pictures from all different angles, but this one turned out the best.

Days Twelve through Fourteen

2010-01-14T21:13:00.000-08:00

Day 12

Tommy and Anthony sitting at the table doing homework together.

Day 13

All 3 boys went to the dentist today. This was Alex's first visit, well the 2nd time that we tried to get him seen, but he actually cooperated this time. He went back all on his own, had a couple of x-rays done and let them clean his teeth. We were so proud that he was good about the whole experience. To top it off no cavities for any of them! Although one of Tommy's sealants came off so we have to pay to have that re-done.

Day 14

A couple of guys from Tom's work took apart a few Nerf guns to try to make them "better". They made the darts shoot farther and with more force. Before they put them back together they painted them. When I got back home this afternoon from getting the kids from school this was sitting on the chair in front of the house. The kids were so excited to see it and promptly broke it. lol

Day Ten and Eleven

2010-01-11T20:10:00.000-08:00

I knew the everyday posting was going to be short-lived ;) lol That's perfectly ok with me though, I don't want to get burned out on the whole project with only 10 days in. As long as I get a picture for every day I think I might forgive myself for missing a day of updating the blog here and there.

Day 10

Tommy and Anthony wanted to have pb&j for lunch and they offered to make their own sandwiches. They worked very hard at making them just right and thankfully they didn't make much of a mess either.

Day 11

The lamp for our tv finally burnt out after a month of the warning light being on. So when Tom came home at lunchtime he swapped the bulbs.

Day Eight and Nine

2010-01-09T20:19:00.000-08:00

We are up to date through day 9. Let's hope that we continue to capture something each day. Onto the pictures.

Day Eight
Alex and I played with Legos while the big boys were at school.

Day Nine
Tom ran to the PX for me and when he got home he told me that the sky was a great color of purple. So I got my camera and ran out the door.

Day Seven

2010-01-07T22:11:00.000-08:00

Today was rather boring around our house. I didn't get my phone charged last night so my alarm didn't go off this morning. When the boys woke me up I felt like crap, this cold is really getting old. So I offered to let them stay home since I was in no mood to get out of my nice warm bed and actually wake up. So, I spend a good majority of my morning upstairs in bed.

Tom came home a bit early, which is always nice. Especially today since I've been trying to go to the grocery store since Tuesday. We drug everyone out on our food run. So, the picture for today is rather boring, just a picture of the commissary sign - but I did take a picture and that's what counts. :) I'm hoping that tomorrow is a much better day so that I can knock out my to-do list, which I just keep adding to and hardly ever crossing anything off.

Day Six

2010-01-06T23:07:00.000-08:00

Today was an off day in our house. Easy oven pizza for dinner and the boys were allowed to play games most of the afternoon while I dozed on & off on the couch trying to fight off a headache and hope the queasiness would subside. So when I saw Tommy and Alex sitting together on the couch playing games on my iPod I jumped up and grabbed the camera.

Everything was fine with their set-up until I came back with the camera. Then Alex starting acting all goofy and after each shot he just had to see them on the camera. It also didn't help that I just can't figure out a good setting for our crappy orange lighting in our house. I've been trying to change the white balance, but nothing is helping. All the pre-installed settings usually just make it worse. I'm going to have to dig out my manual and see if I can find any tips online. Enough about that though...onto today's picture.

Day Five

2010-01-05T20:06:00.000-08:00

We are still trying to get back into a routine after lounging and being lazy for the past 2 weeks. While I was trying to pick up a bit Alex was riding his Diego bike around the house. He put his stuffed doggie pals, Bomber and Bomber 2, in the back and gave them a ride around for a bit.

Day Three and Four

2010-01-04T21:04:00.000-08:00

I did not forget about posting yesterday ;) By the time I had a free moment to do anything and sat down at my computer to do nothing I forgot to bring my camera over to pull the pictures off of it.

So, today you get two pictures :)

Day 3

Tom tried his hand at making the boys homemade icee's on Sunday. Tommy and Anthony were quite impressed, Alex on the other hand, let his dissatisfaction known.

Day 4

Today we all went back to our normal weekday routines. Alex and I spent the day cleaning and trying to put our house back in order after nearly two weeks of us completely neglecting the house. This is what is left of our Christmas decorations that need to be packed away.