House hunting.....

stresses me the hell out!!!

It's hard to house hunt when your hubby is only home 1 day a week.

Thankfully he was home every night this week, so we were able to look at a total of 5 houses this week. Just when we "think" we found the one, another comes up. We keep going back and forth. We are trying to be smart about this decision. The last one we looked at this evening really took my breath away. Not really the location we were looking for, but Jerry and I both fell in love with the inside. It's all new. 4 bedroom and 2 bath.

We have lots to be thinking about in the next 2 days.

To my brother on Veterans Day....

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served our country

and who are currently serving our country!

God Bless You!

AW - we miss you so much and hope to see you around Christmas.

*This nation will remain the land of the free

only so long as it is the home of the brave*

Happy Anniversary

Tomorrow - Jerry and I celebrate our 8 year wedding anniversary!

Jerry and I met at the skating rink. We were both 15. We were "boyfriend\girlfriend" up until I was 20. I could sit here and write so much about him and I. Funny how things work out. God has been good to us. Jerry and I got back together in 2001. I was 24 and he was 23. We had not talked in years. I was living in Indy at the time. I checked my email one morning before work and had an email from him. The email said something like "if you are coming home this weekend, we are having a cookout at the lake, come out."

I remember my stomach feeling like it had a million butterflies in it after reading that email. I drove home that weekend and went to the lake.....

and that's all she wrote!! :)

Ginder Goblins

What a great Halloween the Ginder's had!!

We love Halloween!!

Jordan was a snow princess and Johnson was a clown. Jordan had her wig off by house # 5 and Johnson would not leave his hat on. Jayce came over and helped get the kids ready. They both received lots of yummy candy. Around 7:30 Jordan went with my mom to Sandy's house for some yummy Halloween food. (Sandy is my moms best buddy) Johnson crashed early. Once Jordan got home, we watched Ghost Adventures on TV, ate popcorn and drank pepsi's.

We had such a good time!!!

Fall Fun

What fun we had this afternoon. This was the first Sunday in 3 weeks that Jerry has not had to leave. Sucks though, that he has to leave at 3AM tomorrow. We talked about taking the kids to a Pumpkin Patch, but decided against it. We didn't want to spend the day driving...since Jerry will be driving most of tomorrow. The kids had so much fun outside!!

I love days like today!!

Watch out Taylor Swift....

There's a new star on the rise!

SCARY.....

Grandma Brenda picked up these PJ's for Johnson...they are so cute!

Notice all the toys on the couch?

He needed them out of his way so he could vacuum.

Babysitting fun!

These pics were taking on Friday! We had such a great day!

Jordan & Jayce

Jerry's sister Jayce leaves for Florida next month.

Her hubby is in the Air Force and he has been deployed for the last several months. He will be home next month. His base is in Florida.

I'm not 100% sure Jordan understands this yet.

This picture was taken last month at

the Olde Tyme when we celebrated Jerry's dads birthday!

Jordan wanted to wear a dress because Aunt Jayce was wearing a dress.

Jordan

Can't get over those eyes and dimples!

(and Jordan just so you know..your daddy says there is no way you are dating when you are 16!)

Sorry this is so small...

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

My cousin's wife is taking pictures.

She does a great job!

Hit me up if you are interested!

B-I-G B-O-Y

Catch me if you can!!

Birthday and a walking we will go!

Yesterday was Jerry's bday!

We were so lucky that he was in town to celebrate.

The kids and I had some balloons sent to his work along

with some soda and candy.

And, Mr Johnson had a little something for daddy too!

He started walking!!!!!! I was so glad that Jerry was home to see it!!

Jerry misses out on so much while he's gone. I just couldn't hold back the tears yesterday when Johnson was showing daddy how much of a big boy he is now. It was so freak'en cute!

He had been walking while holding onto a hand for a while.

Then for about the last 2 weeks or so he would take 2-3 steps and fall down.

I just can't believe he's walking. He is growing up way too fast.

Yesterday evening, his mom and sister came over. We had such a good time. Brenda (Jerry's mom) made a yummy cake. Jayce decorated it. We ordered taco pizza from Joe's (Jerry's favorite).

Tomorrow night we are all going to the Olde Tyme. It's our Ginder Family Birthday tradition to go there on someone's bday.

To touch on other things:

• Jordan is no longer playing soccer
• Jerry has been working some crazy hours and will be gone all next week
• Jayce leaves soon - not sure how we will handle this
• My parents are in California (still) a 2 week trip turned into a 3 week trip
• I love being a stay at home mommy
• Jordan stayed a weekend in E'ville with Jayce
• Jordan is going to be a Snow Princess for Halloween
• Not sure about Johnson yet
• We hate this cold weather