Free Range Family

I apologize about not posting yesterday like I had originally planned to, I was so looking forward to sharing with everyone our wonderful Family Sunday at the pumpkin patch. But something quite traumatic happened Monday night and though I still am not fully sure if I am ready to share this, I need to for my daughter and my family. It happened how it happened and though I am not happy with the way it all went, there is nothing more I can do about what happened that night. I have made peace with that night and all of its scary events, and I hope that you can too. Please no hurtful comments, they will be removed immediately! Please realize that we are all still recovering from this, I will not tolerate hate towards anyone, including the dog.  It was no one's fault, just an unfortunate event for everyone involved, especially sweet Miss Anna. Disclaimer: This post is quite graphic and traumatic. I do not want to leave any details out, everyone should know exactly what happened. If yo...

I don't have much to post about today, just a bunch of random clustered together thoughts lol.  I will try to organize it all as best as I can, but be prepared for a crazy post! I want to give a big shout out to my sister's boyfriend, he is such an amazing father to my nephew and has been still going to college this year too. He is a very hard worker! Well, all of his hard work has finally paid off! The other day Aunt Natalie posted on her Facebook that Uncle Jake was offered a paid internship! We are so proud of him! Most internships you apply for these days are unpaid, but to find a paid one is quite lucky! He will now be able to keep following his dream, while making money for his family. :) Congratulations Uncle Jake! We are so happy for you, Aunt Natalie and Baby Benton! We love and miss you guys so much! Uncle Jake with Benton For my hip hop classes, I always encourage solos with my students. We usually perform them at the end of class, just for the other studen...

But I felt like it today lol! Just for fun and because I am a little bored lol. Both kids are napping at the same time! I am so awesome, although I'm not sure if its such a feat anymore. Its the little accomplishments... Aunt Natalie is officially in her third trimester! Yay Aunt Nat! We all cannot wait to meet Baby B! Her baby shower is a week away from today, I am almost ready for it. I am not sure if my family is though lol, this will be a totally different baby shower than all mine have been. But its for Aunt Natalie, so of couse its going to be different from mine! :) I think that all my little ideas for the dino stuff will be super cutsy! Friday we met up with Heather and the girls at Veteran's Park. It has been sooooooo very nice out the past few days, very horribly windy but nice. I cannot complain. Alan chased Tatum around the playground, then he swung on the swingset with the girls. He is getting more and more into swinging, which I think is cool. I used to just...

I borrowed this thing from Amy @Our Crazy Beautiful Life because I loved it so much and it looks like tons of fun! :) So enjoy, the ABC's of me! <3 Check out Our Crazy Beautiful Life and see her ABCs at http://www.ourcrazybeautifulife.blogspot.com A. Age: 21 B. Bed size: Queen size C. Chore you hate: The Dishes- we don't have a dishwasher so I do them by hand. Thus, dishes are the bane of my existance. :\ D. Dogs: None yet! Not until we buy our own house! We want a great dane for Alan though. A great dane puppy like this would be ideal. This one is soooooo cute!! (This photo thanks to http://www.321dogs.com) E. Essential start to your day: Snuggling in bed with my boys <3 F. Favorite color: Purple G. Gold or silver: Silver definately H. Height: 5’4 I. Instruments: Played the clarinet, bass clarinet, alto clarinet and some piano in high school. (This photo thanks to http://www.concordband.org) J. Job title: Art Teacher K. Kids: Ala...