~Our Family~

CLEANING!!

2011-12-05T11:39:00.000-08:00

This was my project for today...My bedroom!! This is the BEFORE PIC

and this is the AFTER PIC

Not too shabby for a couple hours...:)

Super Points!!

2011-11-30T04:11:00.001-08:00

I have joined a website called Super Points...Its fun and easy to do and you earn free money! Who passes up free money!? It's invite only so let me know if you want to join, but you click a button several times a day to get points...trade those points in and thats it!! I've earned close to $50 so far!!! FREE!! So e-mail me blueeyedbabe1908@yahoo.com if you want an invite!:)

Starting blogging back up!

2011-11-29T09:27:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! I know I haven't been updating at all recently. I figure I would try to start up again. Alot has happend since I last blogged...Main thing in John and I are finally married!! October 14, 2011 was our day! Thankful that our day went really well and people could make it. Had lots of fun family time.

I have been doing couponing also, been getting alot of good deals and my stock pile is growing. I don't go to the store and get large amounts of items i Just go and get a few things...for good prices!! Here is a picture of part of our stock pile!

Also we had our good friend Holly take our Christmas pictures this year...I think they came out really good:) Here are a couple pictures:)

As for right now, Kimberlee and I are getting ready to go to an appointment:) Catch you all later:)

Making your own household cleaners

2011-03-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

I've found an easy way to save money on household cleaners are to make your own. I absolutely love the Home Made Laundry Soap! It works great and it's so inexpensive! Another thing to make is your own 409 Cleaner...Again it's cheap and easy to make! Or how about if your a gardener here's a recipe for home made weed killer. Even recipes to pamper yourself with home made foot scrub and soak recipes!

ENJOY!

Join Swagbucks!

2011-03-19T14:18:00.000-07:00

Swagbucks is a free search engine that you win "swagbucks" that you can use to buy free items and also gift cards! So why not give it a shot? Go HERE and sign up!:)

Watching tv pays off

2011-03-15T04:16:00.001-07:00

I watch a tv show daily- called The Doctors. They discuss life and body issues. Yesterday they discussed how to do things for free- they talked alot about what you can do and where to go to do thing for free. They mentioned two websites to get free samples of everyday products. I found my favorite site that they mentioned is Freeflys You can explore the website and sign up for free samples to be delivered for...you guess it...FREE!:) Enjoy!

Sunday

2011-03-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

Well today we stayed around the house with the exception of me taking Brandon to the hospital...Poor boy has severe asthma and his nebby treatments were not working...So I called his doctor this morning and they told me to bring him straight to the ER. They did chest x-rays and gave him a nebby treatment there- Well they are treating him for pneumonia- Poor boy! He's on two new meds for 5 days and hopefully we can nip this in the butt. He's had a rough winter.

Both boys have school in the morning and I will be doing some more sorting through stuff. I'm trying so hard to get this place cleaned out but we just have so much stuff that its wicked packed in here- I'm working on it though.

Everyone have a great night!

More New Pictures

2011-03-12T05:53:00.000-08:00

Random pictures- Enjoy!

Been A Long Time

2011-03-12T04:50:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a long time since I have updated this thing. Now let's see how well I do keeping up with writing in this blog. It's scary to think that Kimberlee will be a year old next month. I will have to start planning her first birthday- any ideas? I hate to have it at our house since there isn't much room to park, but it would be good to have it here so that if she needs a nap her bed's right there. She's walking now- getting better at it each day. On another note Kaiden's almost done with his 2nd grade year. He is doing so well this year and improving each and every day. Brandon is in school at the Webster Center in Head Start- He's also doing very well there. He will be in Kindergarten next school year. Scary! Here are some updated pictures and I hope to be updating this blog more often.

Pictures!

2010-06-11T04:08:00.000-07:00

New pictures

2010-05-03T07:21:00.001-07:00

Kimberlee is here!!!

2010-04-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

Kimberlee Ann was born April 16, 2010 at 9:54pm...She was 7lbs and 2o inches long!

Little Update!

2010-04-15T04:17:00.000-07:00

So I went to my Obgyn's yesterday and they informed me they will be breaking my water Wednesday the 21st. Of course thats if I don't go before then. I also have an ultrasound tomorrow, friday, so check on how shes doing. I can't wait for her to be here! I will finally have my baby girl here in my arms. Will do more updates when I can:)

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM!!:)

Due date has come and gone....

2010-04-14T04:16:00.001-07:00

So my due date and come and past and no baby yet....But she will be making her appearence soon:) Here are some pictures of the boys and the cat and doggie:)

New Ultrasounds

2010-03-12T17:10:00.001-08:00

So we went in last week for a check up and new ultrasounds....On the 4th she was approx 5lbs 2-5oz:)

Kaiden Skateboarding

2010-03-12T07:49:00.000-08:00

We bought Kaiden his own skateboard for his birthday...and well it's finally warm outside so he can practice...Needless to say he loves it:)

Our Guinea Pig Had 2 Babies!

2010-02-17T07:44:00.000-08:00

She just had these two this morning:)

30 weeks

2010-02-03T14:30:00.001-08:00

Yeterday I hit my 30 week milestone..Getting close! Here's a picture:)

Last Weekend

2010-02-02T13:07:00.000-08:00

Well Last weekend my Auntie M took the boys for 2 nights...was a great break!!! John and I went out to eat friday night to Friendlies..I love that place! Then saturday night we spent a night at the Maple Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast..Was very relaxing...I LOVED their big jet tub in the room...I want one! So here are some pics from the weekend...

The Ice Jam in Gardiner

The jet tub in our room:)

The room

Fireplace:)

The kids at Auntie M's

Pictures from John's Christmas Party

2010-01-20T14:55:00.000-08:00

Just got them back!:)

Snow Day! Jan 20

2010-01-20T06:25:00.000-08:00

So Kaiden has a snow day today...Both kiddos wanted to go out and play!:)

Brandon being a cutie
Kaiden- He's cute when he wants to be

Both Kids

Kaiden

Brandons Cheese Face

Kaiden Playing

Pics of Brandon for the other day. After his haircut

Outdoor Play Jan 3, 2010

2010-01-03T15:45:00.001-08:00

The kids had a blast in the snow! John got in the action too, Haha

John's Work Christmas Party & Kaiden's Birthday

2009-12-21T03:04:00.000-08:00

Saturday was Kaiden's 7th Birthday!! We let him open one gift under the tree and we had his party set for sunday. John also had his work christmas party saturday afternoon/night. Went from 3:30pm to about 9pm. Was alot of fun and ths kids had a blast. Santa came too and gave each child a toy (that we picked out ahead of time) and Brandon absolutely adored him. He didnt want to let him go. He kept saying "I love you santa!" Too freakin cute! Of course I forgot my camera at home but there was a photopher there and John thinks all the employee's get a copy of all the pictures. Also we had a family photo done there:) Can't wait to see how it came out. They gave away many prizes there and when Johns name got called we both decided to choose a one night stay at Maple Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast in Hallowell. We figured since our one year is coming right up...the 28th of this month:) We can go for a night away.

Sunday was Kaiden's birthday party! Went well here are some pictures from it:)

Kaiden and his new jacket

Brandon feeding the monkey, lol

Brandon decorating the little tree

Blowing out his candle

Reading cards

Opening Gifts

His cake

Kaiden and his Mom

Brandon and Buddy

Buddy

Kaiden

Brandon

Christmas Cards

2009-12-20T15:29:00.000-08:00

Well we have recieved a few Christmas cards but I HAD to get pictures of the kids with these! Thanks to Nana the kids had a blast with them! Here are a couple pictures:)

Christmas Time is here!

2009-12-07T03:32:00.000-08:00

So yesterday we bought our first tree together:) We came home, made room for it, and decorated it:) I will be wraping gifts today tp put under it in hopes the cat and dog dont get into them, haha. We will see. Here are some pictures of the tree and kids

More ultrasound pictures

2009-11-23T04:24:00.000-08:00

Just uploading the rest of the picture I recieved the 19th. Soo excited! I already have baby blankets, a crib bedding set, and a baby walker...:) Thanks to our neighbor Michelle!! Shes going through all of her girl things and giving it all to me:) I'm so thankful! This baby is going to be spoiled!!!:)

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

2009-11-19T15:18:00.000-08:00

Yay! Kimberlee Ann Henderson will be here around April 13, 2010!!! We are thrilled!!!

Only 2 more days!

2009-11-17T03:51:00.001-08:00

Well the title says it all...Thursday we will find out if we are having a boy or girl...I was leaning torward a boy because of the way I was carrying this one but i took a new picture last night and it looks like I'm starting to carry higher than I was so now I think it's a girl. Thursdays the day!!! So here that picture...And more of the kids playing! Enjoy!

Our life lately

2009-11-11T04:12:00.000-08:00

Okay well I haven't updated in a little while so here we go. Not all these updates are good so keep that in mind while reading. John and I have a baby appointment on Nov 19th to find out the gender of the baby and for a check up- so I'll post again when the time comes. Along with that we should find out the new results of the blood test I have to get re-done. (I'm going in this morning to get the blood re-drawn). Hoping for a negative result this time around. For all of you that don't know I had a blood test done a few weeks ago called a Quad Screen- well the results were positive. Not good, but they said they could of just tested too soon which is why I have to go back in to try again.

On another note Kaiden isn't doing well at all. Brandon's following. Yesterday Kaiden got suspended from his bus for a week so he's not allowed on until the 19th. Thank goodness we have a counselor coming in today to start working with us to get him to listen. Brandon is going through a rough stage...The stage of "NO" and just flat out not listening. That should blow over soon.....Hopefully... Brandon has a 3 year check up for tomorrow..I don't believe he needs any shots...Just checking weight and height. That should be an easy appointment.

Today the kids and I are driving to Pittsfield for my medication appointment....(for my anti-depressants) that also should be an easy appointment, just checking to see if the meds are working the way they should.

I suppose that's enough of my rambling....I hope everyone enjoys there Veterans Day!!

Halloween Fun

2009-11-01T04:07:00.000-08:00

The kids had a blast trick or treating! We first went to John's parents house to get the kids ready to go out...then we went to my parents house...To John's grandparents house..then to Augusta to go trick or treating! They both had an absolute blast! I'm so suprised how well Brandon did going to the doors and saying "Trick or Treat!" and "Thank you!" They both did so well. Here are a few pictures! Enjoy!

Art Project

2009-10-19T06:41:00.000-07:00

Okay so I totally stole this from a friend and I HAD to try it. Didnt come out as good as hers but it's my first try at doing art with Brandon. It's a cute Pumpkin Jar that holds a candle:)

Brandon's 3!!!

2009-10-05T03:10:00.000-07:00

Yay! It's my little boy's birthday today!! His party will be this saturday and he's so looking forward to it! He keeps telling me he wants a Diego party so thats what he's going to get. He absolutely LOVES Diego. Thats this new obsession. He's my little Prince!

Family Outing to Longhorn!

2009-09-11T12:06:00.000-07:00

My Nana came up this way to pick up Brandon for the weekend...Auntie M wanted to "steal him" hehe. So Nana took Brandon & I as well as my parents and brother out to eat at LongHorn! It was great to spend time together! I know Brandon will have a blast down at their house this weekend! Here are some pictures.

Emerson Drive came to Maine!

2009-09-11T12:01:00.000-07:00

We went to the Windsor Fair last Saturday and saw Emerson Drive play!! It was a lot of fun!! Emerson Drive is a country/rock band that has been together for 15 years! Here are a few pictures from that!

Kaiden's First Day Of School!

2009-09-02T05:06:00.001-07:00

So today was Kaiden's first day of the 1st grade! He was excited and went down to the bus stop 15 mins early with his friends. I have my first Ob-gyn appointment this morning at 9 I'll do another update tonight:)

Kids Pictures

2009-08-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the kids:)

Change of Plans

2009-08-13T06:47:00.000-07:00

Well I'll write very quickly...I changed my doctor's office so I now have a mid wife that I will be seeing throughout the pregnancy. My first appointment with them is Sept 2 at 9am...and the best news is that they make an ultrasound appointment to find out the sex of the baby at 18 weeks!:) That makes me so happy. So around the begining of November we should find out what we are having! Anyways thats it for now:)

A couple updates

2009-08-11T14:12:00.000-07:00

Okay so I went to my first appointment this morning...It was just a consult I didnt even meet with my Ob-gyn doctor...But they said I'm 6 weeks 1 day. I have my first Obgyn appointment Sept 3rd and my first ultrasound Sept 4th! I can't wait. My due date is still April 12, 2010! John and I picked out names. If it's a boy his name will be James Reyonlds and if it's a girl her name will be Kimberlee Ann. Since they changed the rules unless something goes wrong I will most likely wont find out what i'm having until he or she is born...I HATE that idea because I wont be able to get anything really for the baby until after the deliverly. They said it depends on what doctor i get but normally they wont do an ultrasound just to see the gender. I've been feeling okay...I'm only a little sick to my stomach in the morning and a little cramping, but thats normal. Other than that I feel great! Which when I was pregnant with Brandon I felt Horrible the whole time. So i'm hoping it will be better this time around:)

Big News!!

2009-08-08T04:52:00.000-07:00

Well I wanted to write a post on John and I's BIG news! I'm pregnant! About 4 weeks along...I am due around April 12, 2010! I have my first doctors appointment this tuesday just a consult since it's my first time going to this new doctor. Brandon's been going there for several months. It's right accross from the Augusta Hospital so I think it's perfect. I'll start blogging when I get news updates from doctors and such!

Some updates

2009-07-20T11:12:00.001-07:00

Well I know I haven't updated in awhile so here goes an update! John got a job!! He now works at G & E Roofing here in Augusta. He loves it and I love being a stay at home mom! He's worked there for a week today. Everything's going great! I called the state today and opted out of TANF (the state assistance I was on) So no more of that! Now I only get food stamps and once we get our finances in order and pay off some of our bills that should be going too! Of course our rent will go up since we are on state housing and it goes by income...I'm expecting it to get up a few hundred. But we are looking into the state housing assistance with new home buyers. They offer help with down payments and repairs for a house. So maybe in a couple years we can have our very own house. Kaiden is in a summer reading program at his school so hes on the bus at 7:30am and come home at 12pm. monday-thursday. His last day of that is July 30th. But it gives me time one on one with Brandon and with Brandon being at his dad's house on the weekends it gives me the same one on one time with Kaiden. I've been working with him trying to figure out whats going on...Slowly i'm getting him on his own routine and getting him to act better and listen...Not an easy task to do but i'm getting there. So here are some pictures!! Enjoy!

4th Of July Weekend

2009-07-05T16:01:00.000-07:00

So we all went camping over this past weekend. It was a blast. I was suprised how much fun I had...Was still stressful for me but hopefully things will get better for me. I have been having a rough time lately and I have to go talk to someone up in Bangor on tuesday. Hoping for help.. Anyways this weekend we went to Giordano's Campground in Winslow with John's parents. John and I spent alot of time in the canoe on the pond...Caught alot of fish and it was so much fun! I so want to go all the time but yea we can't afford it. It's expensive to go to a camp ground. Well worth it though. Enjoy some pictures from the trip!!

Crazy

2009-06-16T04:03:00.000-07:00

We haven't updated in a long time so here's a quick update...I will try to do another post tomorrow....Well the kids are doing great...Kaiden's last day of school is tomorrow. He got invited to go to fun town/splash town with friends so he had a blast there. Brandon has deffently hit the terrible two's. Haha. I now volunteer at the Augusta Animal Shelter...I love it. It's alot of fun. I mainly work with the cats...cleaning them out and whatnot...I also clean out the ferrets, rats, gerbils, hampsters, and walk some dogs. John is a stay at home dad at the moment. I only volunteer 4 hours 5 days a week. Not bad. Still looking for a job but in the mean time John and I have been hooked to craigslist...We find free or cheap things, fix them up and re-sell them. Its fun for the most part...the clutter is driving me crazy. As a family we went to the Winterport Drags this year. It was alot of fun...First time for everything...We camped out the whole weekend. But thats a quick update for now.

Family Night

2009-05-12T03:54:00.000-07:00

Last night we had my parents over for dinner. It was great. They brought the kids bubble stuff and they loved it. We had Pork, Chicken, sausage, and steak on the grill. We also had cole slaw and salad. My parents took the kids to the ice cream truck to get desert. I didnt take many pictures but here are a couple.

Mother's Day

2009-05-12T03:34:00.000-07:00

I have alot of catching up to do on here. Mother's Day went very well. We were on our way and we saw a Moose on Bangor Street in Augusta...I was amazed! We met a guy in Auburn who bought some of Brandons old clothes from us. I've been making a killing by selling stuff on craigslist.com. I'm loving it. Anyways on sunday we went and saw Grammie and suprised her with a homemade card that the kiddos made. She loved it and it was wicked nice to see her again. Then we went to my Nana's and Auntie M's house. Was a blast. We ate hamburgers and hotdogs along with potato salad and deviled eggs:) Yummy! John and I caught a bunch of fish (like 6) there. Was fun! Enjoy some pictures from then.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

2009-05-10T03:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers!!!!!

Mice from outer space!

2009-04-29T17:35:00.000-07:00

Kaiden was in his school concert the other night. So here are a few good pictures we took that night. Kaiden had a ball! He loved having his mouse ears on and his face done. Brandon was having a blast as well. After every song he clapped and was loving it! Then John's parents took us all out for ice cream at DQ:)

Freedom!!

2009-04-25T14:21:00.000-07:00

Alright...So alot has happend since we last wrote. The weather has been soooo nice so we have been having alot of cook outs on our new grill. It's been a blast. We had John's parents over for dinner as well as John's cousin, her husband, and their child Xander.

Also the REALLY good news...We got a van!! We have wheels! It's a 1995 Dodge Caravan..I really like driving it so far. The car itself is in both John & I's names...and the insurance is just me since I'm the only one with a licence right now. Now that we have a vehicle I can take John around and help him find a job in a field that he likes and enjoys.

The kids are doing good. John & I are still trying to find a displine technique that will work on Kaiden...He's going through a rough stage right now where you tell him to not do something and what does he do? Goes right off and does it anyways. But yeah...Brandon just went to the doctors yesterday and got 2 shots...Poor baby:(

I guess thats it for now. John is now working on the van...putting in a radio since the old one didnt work...And we are getting ready to cook on the grill...Does anyone have an old one? The one we have that we are trying to put in kinda sucks...Doesnt go with the car at all. We don't want a newer one or anything just a basic one...no cd player or anything...Please let us know:)

First "real" Spring Day

2009-04-15T04:27:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday was a fantastic day out so we played with the kids. It was so much fun!! Here are some pictures from yesterday:) Enjoy!

Brandons Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-12T16:01:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday & Happy Easter!!!

2009-04-12T10:23:00.000-07:00

I didn't get a chance to get on here for an blog yesterday so first thing is first...Happy Birthday to my Hunnie John!!! His birthday was yesterday and we took a walk accross town...then got a ride from his Mom to Walmart..John for his birthday wanted Lobster so thats what we got...We came back here and his cousin, her Husband (who we both went to school with both of them) and their son. They stayed until like 9:30 last night. Had a really good night.

Also today is EASTER!!:) The Easter Bunny showed up here for Kaiden this morning and I set up an easter egg hunt for him...Now I have to do the same thing once Brandon gets home from his Daddys house.

I will get on here tonight or tomorrow morning to upload pictures of Brandon and his Easter stuff...But that picture above is of Kaiden with all his easter candy from his egg hunt.

I hope everyone has a great day!!!

Up's and Downs

2009-04-08T04:20:00.000-07:00

Well like the title says we have had our up's and downs...Not in the relationship ways but others. We were forced to get rid of our dog Chance due to our landlord saying he was to big. But we were lucky, i believe it was fate..I just happen to be looking on Uncle Henrys online and i saw this 10 month old Beagle...He was fixed, all up to date on his shots, and was regerstered...And he was free! But I told John that I figured he would of been gone, but we tried to call anyways. And come to find out the owner just put that ad online less than an hour before we called! What luck was that!? Haha. So now Welcome to the family...Buddy!!

The boys love him already...Well I just wanted to let everyone know about the new addition...We are going fishing once again today:)

Smelting Adventure!

2009-04-04T16:10:00.000-07:00

Well today we went out fishing on the Kennebec river and where we first went there was no luck but we saw many people on the other side of the river so we walked over there. They were catching smelts like you wouldn't believe! So we gave it a shot. We caught our limit then walked back home for lunch and to warm up since it was still chilly and raining today. Then we decided to go back to get more!:) We are hogs haha. We wound up with about 300 smelts or so. So it was a real good day fishing!! It was the first time we both caught smelts like that and we will be going back for more tomorrow:) After John takes the boys to the Maine Sportsman show here in Augusta we will be heading out for more action. Hopefully they will still be hitting. My parents caught up with us also today and they couldnt believe how we were catching them. They ended up giving us rides back home...Thank You!!! I was getting tired of walking...It's a decent hike where we go.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!

2009-03-28T09:28:00.000-07:00

I wanted to write a blog to thank everyone for everything they have done for John & I and our family. Mom and Dad took the kids clothes shopping yesterday and we are so thankful for it! My parents have always helped me no matter what sitution I have myself in. I'm so thankful to have family like them! Also I we thank both of them for the Chinese gift certs. It was very yummy!!

Also I would like to Thank my Auntie M for giving John & I some furniture! My Auntie M has always gone above and beyond to help me out and I'm so proud to call her my aunt. She has Brandon this weekend and I'm glad Brandon has family like her as well.

I would also like to Thank my Aunt Aly & Uncle Ford for the gift card they sent me for my birthday! It helps out alot. Thank you!!

Another Thank You goes out to my Nana for the card and money for my birthday! She has no idea how much Brandon & I love her.

I'm so thankful to have family like you all! Thank you for being there for me through everything I have put you all through! I have finally seen the light so to speak. I am very happy with my life now and I couldnt ask for anything more!

Have a great day!!

2009-03-23T16:07:00.000-07:00

Good Evening Everyone!

Today was a busy but good day...John and I borrowed my mother's car and drove to my parents house to get fishing stuff and John helped Dad out. Then we went to John's parents house to get his fishing stuff and visited with his mother. We then went back home to unload and needless to say we were shocked....We put Chance in the bathroom while we were gone and yeah...He tore that sun of a gun apart...He pooped so it stunk and tore up 2 rolls of toilet paper, the towels, the shower curtain, and ug the door a little bit...Yeah not impressed...but hey he's only 9 months old and still adjusting to the new place. I cleaned it all up and bleached the floor...Sprayed air spray up there so hopefully the "wet dog" smell will go away soon, haha. After that was all cleaned up and the car was unloaded we went to my bank and got something to eat. We picked up Kaiden from school at 3 and went to Walmart to get food and stuff for Chance. So needless to say we had a busy day. Now we are looking for a large dog crate to keep Chance in while we are away which isnt often.

We just ate and now we are all relaxing until the kiddos bedtime at 8. Then up for a long day of cleaning tomorrow. Thats it for now:)

Jamie & John

First Blog

2009-03-22T17:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our blog!! My family said it would be a good idea to start one so here it goes. We're growing up from myspace, haha. Well today was a really good day! We got our doggie Chance.. He's a mix breed dog. He's a real good dog too...He loves the kiddos and is such a cuddler. We couldn't ask for a better dog.

For our first post we decided to tell some stuff about our lives and such. John & I dated when I was 14 years old back in freshman year in high school. Didn't work out then but I found his Dad on Myspace and we have been together since. He asked me to marry him and things are going great. We plan on getting married in late summer of this year. Haven't decided on a date yet but will soon. While we are on this subject we would like to congratulate my brother Chris and his Fiancee on their recent engagement! We are happy for the both of you! Ok moving on...We have 2 children living with us. My 2 1/2 year old son Brandon and John's 6 year old son named Kaiden. We are one big happy family and we couldn't ask for anything more. Kaiden is in kindergarden and he's loving it. Brandon gets jealous that Kaiden can ride the bus and wonders why he can't. But we can use Kv Transit once in awhile and he loves that bus.

John has gotten me back to my old self and more. We have been going on walks everyday most of the time several times a day. We have discovered so many things here around us and we also collect bottles around the city. Its fun for the kids and it makes money at the same time. We also found a nature trail and a park for the kids. John is getting me into fishing which I am thrilled about. We are getting our fishing licences on the 1st and we will probably go out that day and fish since it's the opening day for open water fishing. We found several great fishing holes that are very close to us and look promising. We also are going to be going camping once the weather gets warmer and the mud goes away. I'm excited to do that as well. John knows alot about the outdoors and I know alot of computers...It evens out so our kids will get the best of both worlds. John's excited to get Brandon into hunting and fishing since I'm into the fishing part but not the hunting part. This year was Brandon's first time ice fishing and he loved it so he should love this summer when we do more fishing.

I'm also glad that my family is warming up to the fact that John and I are together and will be for life. It makes me happy that they are starting to see how happy I truely am now. John's family loves me and the idea of us together. Especially the fact that John straighted his life out since being with me. They see how happy we make each other.

Thats about it for now. We are heading to bed shortly. Good night everyone!