Surprise, I'm going to eat you.

There is no question that Leona just might be the nuttiest girl ever. Today, during lunch, she was talking to her sandwich, which consequently was cut into triangular quarters. Apparently one of the quarters had been given a name, Ayla, and it just so happened that it was Ayla's birthday. To celebrate,Leona was throwing her a surprise party in which, as she ate the other three pieces of her sandwich, she would whisper to them about how she was going to surprise Ayla by eating her last. Finally, the other three triangles were devoured and the moment arrived. Without too much fanfare she said surprise and took a big bite out of the birthday girl. 

Unfortunately, I didn't get photo documentation. You'll just have to settle for a random Leona picture. 

 Sure love that crazy girl!

Oh my goodness... a new post, can you believe it?!

It's amazing the lengths I'll go to to avoid doing housework and other things that I should be doing.  I'll obviously even go as far as bringing back from the dead this tired old blog.  I highly doubt that anyone even reads it anymore, but I still look at it daily to get to my friends' blogs so it could use a  face lift of sorts.

Life is going relatively well here in Coos Bay.  Dan recently had some staffing changes at work that will be a huge moral booster for him and make his overall work environment much healthier and more positive.  I think ultimately these changes might make it more plausible that we stick around in Coos Bay for the indefinite future.  We've thrown around the idea of purchasing a home here, but ultimately decided (due mostly to our lack of funds and excessive school debt) that renting is our best option for a while.

The kids are enjoying school, it's been a fast school year.  I can't believe that Emme is going to be a 5th grader and that Leona will be starting kindergarten.  It's super cliche, but crazy how fast time really does go.

We recently bought a trampoline (thanks to my 5K win) and the kiddos have spent every spare second that they can on it.  Even Euan is a big fan.

Today is super rainy and cold.  I don't mind the rain, sometimes I even look forward to it, but on days like today I have trouble finding my motivation.  More than anything I'd just like to curl up in my jammies with a good book and some hot chocolate and forget that I'm responsible for anything.