Harvest Gold

Jason and his brother drove to town one day to pick out a paint color for their newly made "Beddar Bar". They debated and talked about what color they should choose. I just laughed. They really took into consideration all the possible choices, and what colors are already out there, and what farmer already has a certain color of plow, and so on.

When they happened upon the name "Harvest Gold" as one of the paint samples, they were hooked.

I like the color, and I got told it is NOT yellow. :)

They built this plow that is behind the tractor.
It has taken lots of man hours, and lots of patience with measuring, cutting, welding, and re-cutting on a few occasions.

This is their 3rd one to build. And I think I finally know what this piece of equipment does.

You use this plow to make the beds in the fields before you plant.

Then at the end, after all is finished, they weld in the signature seal of approval,

The JJ stands for Jason and his brother, and just so you know the "S" on the end stands for me. :)

Name Game

The countdown is on for the new baby to be born; only 6 1/2 weeks to go.

And the NAME GAME still persists.

We can't decide.

So, Jason said the famous "we will just wait until we see what she looks like, and then decide. "

I am fine with that, but deep down inside I don't like that. I am scared I will be out of it or something and won't be thinking correctly to pick a good name. And then she will go for 2 days without a name and everyone will be giving there opinions, and then be pressured to just write one down for the certificate.

And, if you know me well at all, I would really like to have the name monogrammed on burp rags, blankets, or a onesie. :(

It is basically between 2 names.

After Jaxon came out a boy, and ever since we knew baby #3 was a girl the name has been

Maggie.

We called her that, prayed for her calling her Maggie, and Kylee was "all in" for having a Maggie.

Mainly I started not liking it because I couldn't think of a middle name to go with it (any hints would be welcome) AND I wanted the girls name to have the "ee" on the end of it like Kylee.

Spellings of Maggie I like best:

Maggee, Magee, Maggie

I tossed around all of these for a while. Then Jason all of sudden throws out a new name

Allie.

We all immediately dumped Maggie, and were "head over heels" for having a baby Allie. Kylee switched from calling her Maggie to Allie.

I liked it, and pinned the name as

Allie Kate

Spellings of Allie I like best:

Ally, Alyee, Allie

But, now as time goes on, we are kind of drawn back to Maggie.

And since a middle name was a problem, I have kind of liked

Maggie Kate

So, those are the 2 names, we are thinking about.

It still doesn't answer the problem of wanting it to have "ee" on the end, so

TIME TO VOTE:

Which do you like

Allie or Maggie?

Which spelling do you like?

Potty Training??

This wasn't quite what I had in mind.........

We've got a long way to go. :)

Motherhood = AWESOME

Back in the fall, earlier in my pregnancy, I ordered some things from Motherhood Maternity online. They came, and with them, came a big plastic sack of coupons and other various advertisements. In there, was a $20 gift card to use at Shutterfly.

I was so excited because Brianne and I have been ordering a yearly book from there.

Fast forward to a few weeks ago, I still had a little money on a gift card to Motherhood, so I thought I would order something. I ordered 2 shirts, but the best part of it is, they came in 2 SEPERATE SHIPMENTS........

Which meant I got that little plastic sack of coupons and stuff, TWICE.

You guessed it!!

I got 2 more $20 gift cards to Shutterfly.

A total of $60 to Shutterfly = AWESOME

Brianne and I ordered 2 books last week for $8 each!!

Motherhood = AWESOME

Bet you didn't know I'm a rule BREAKER....

I ate gobstoppers and beef jerky ALL weekend.

I have braces.

No, I didn't break a bracket,

but I probably will, if I keep that up.

In other news, our house is an ABSLOUTE wreck. Mainly because I am trying to organize closests and for some reason I make this HUGE mess before it looks any better.

The kids closests are pretty much done, but I was wanting to order a bookcase for Jaxon's room to put MOST of the toys since the baby's bed will go to Kylee's room eventually.

Well, 2 weeks ago, the bookcase was on sale, and now, after I decided for sure on it, it's $60 more. I was so mad, so I didn't order it, so the mess of books, puzzles, and stuffed animals that need a place to go will just have to sit on the floor a little longer.

ALSO,

I have WAY to much stuff for scrapbooking and crafty things. So, I am trying to organize all of this, but the playroom in turn looks like a tornado, but Jason is going to HOPEFULLY hang some shelves for me tonight, and then I can proceed on.

And I don't really have an excuse for dirty floors and dusty furniture. :)

SING IT!!

Riding along in my automobile

My baby beside me at the wheel

I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile

my curiosity running wild

crusin' and playin' the radio

with no particular place to go

1/4 of a cow

My dad is a rancher, and knows all about the cattle market and what it is doing, at any given time.

I always enjoyed having all sorts of animals like, pigs, horses, goats, sheep, and cows, roaming the land when we were growing up. Even with all the stink and disgusting stuff they can do I still liked it. Jason, not so much.

But, no matter how bad they stink, I tell you, the 5 grandkids,

LOVE ANIMALS.

They don't care about the stink; they are begging Paw-Paw to take them to check the fence, feed the cows, or ride Darlene (the hores who all 5 grandkids rode last summer). They love it.

Well, 3 of dad's cows went to the slaugher house about a month. There are several families at church that all take about 1/4 or 1/2 of a cow, and eat on it for 1/2 a year or so. It is actually a little cheaper per pound, if you have a place to store all of it.

Here's our 1/4 of a cow.

Stacked nicely on the top 2 shelves of our freezer. This is actually not all of it; we couldn't fit all of it, and really weren't interested in eating the "ox tail" so we sent that to stay at my Grandmother's freezer.

I think beef is what's for dinner.