Thanks!!!

Happy Veterans Day! Thanks to all the guys and girls who have ever served in our military and their families. Especially my dad(Air Force), my mom(military wife) and TJ(Air Force).

Holy Cow

I passed this house in our neighborhood this morning that had the funniest thing on the lawn. There are a bunch of wooden cows(57 I'm guessing, but I didn't count) covering the whole lawn. In the middle is a big cow holding a sign that says, "Holy cow, big [name] is 57!" It's hilarious. I should drive by and get a picture so you guys can have a full appreciation. Someone went to a lot of trouble. It was nice to get a little giggle on my way out of the neighborhood this morning:-)

$2.14

I got gas for $2.14! Yay, I'm so glad the prices are going back down, especially since we are going on a long trip soon.
The unfortunate part of getting said gas is that I got it at Wawa. I have nothing against Wawa, quite the contrary...I love Wawa. I just can't stand inconsiderate Wawa customers. I sat waiting for a pump for about 5 minutes...there was no line. Just people who left their cars at the pump while they went shopping. It's also annoying to sit behind some guy talking on his cell phone at the pump, not pumping his gas mind you, just sitting in the driver's seat talking. There are parking spots that do not block gas pumps for these things people! Be considerate of others.

Expanding?

We are thinking of finishing our garage. If we do we will probably make the half bath into a full bath and add a bedroom. The rest of the space will expand our family room. We are wondering if it will decrease the value of our house to get rid of the garage. We never use our garage for our car. We basically only use it for storage, but I remember thinking it was good to have a garage. What do you think? Is a garage a big selling point over another bedroom(on the entry floor) and 2 full baths (instead of 1 1/2)? It would definitely work better for us at this point, but we are not sure if we want to stay in this house much longer. It is a big expense to undertake without being sure it's definitely what we want and it wouldn't depreciate the value of our house.

Cars and Trucks and Things that Go

Is it any surprise to anyone that this is Ryan's favorite book? He loves to point out the different trucks. He has learned quite a bit about some things and always wants to know more. He likes to find the silly cars like the pickle car or the carrot car. It's just all around fun.

He had also begun to ask for A Special Something more lately. It is a book about a mommy and what is in her big tummy. It's fun and sweet. Ryan really likes to do the page where it asks...Is it an alligator? Noooo! or a hippopotamus(which sounds a bit like Christmas)? Nooooo! Is it a monkey? Noooo! etc.

I love story time!