I know, I know.....I never update our blog! So sorry!

I've Been TAGGED by Mellissa Lazzlo and thought it would be fun to fill this out. I know I am AWFUL anymore about updating.....I promise to make a commitment to be better at this. We have just had ALOT going on in the past month!

8 TV Shows I Like To Watch...(well I will say Watch/DVR, because finding quality time for TV these days is very difficult)

1. Lipstick Jungle (only now its on on friday nights so I have switched to watching the "webisodes" online)

2. Jon & Kate Plus 8 - I DVR this and the girls and I watch it together

3. Wheel of Fortune - We watch as a family and let me just say things can get a little crazy! Cody cant spell to save his life and I swear he cheats off me!

4. Good Things Utah/Hot Homes of Utah - I watch this here and there and mostly just because I love the crafty/cooking segments and all the local information. Its nice to have a show about Utah.

5. King of Queens - I love a good laugh so sometimes I will watch re runs of this show

6. Food Network - not always anything in particular just depends on the day and my mood. As a family we love to cook together so we love to also watch together.

7. HGTV- I also love this network and LOVE getting ideas to decorate, etc.

8. Real Housewives on Bravo. Doesn't even matter which one they are showing. I know its rediculous that I like that show but I do. Cody makes fun of me plenty so for the rest of you......no need. He's got it covered. Ha ha.

8 Things That Happened Yesterday...
1. We went to Codys mom and dads and watched the Green Bay game and visited with all our family that was visiting from up north.

2. I took a 2 hour nap when we got home while the girls napped. It was JOYOUS and I was EXHAUSTED!!! Making another person takes up alot of energy!

3. We made homemade pumpkin belgian waffles for dinner in my awesome pro waffle maker! They were so good! Savannah and Ella both were in love!

4. Watched Baby Mama with Cody after the girls went to bed and it was pretty fun I must say. "couldnt I just spray some Pam down in that region before the baby comes out?" Too FUNNY!

5. Was thankful that I have such a wonderful husband. He went grocery shopping for us while I took that nap! So NICE to not have to go to the store on a sunday but we were SO out of organic milk!

6. Did Laundry. Which I love doing now since we have frontloading machines! Its amazing how much it changes your perspective on doing this once dreaded chore.

7. Cleaned up a bit.

8. Read to the girls. Oh how we all love to read. Except Daddy. Although he does it anyway and secretly I think he enjoys it.

8 Favorite Places To Eat...
1. Johnny Carinos - OH SO GOOD!!! I love pasta!
2. TGI Fridays
3. Chili's
4. PF Chang's
5. Olive Garden
6. Jason's Deli
7. Cheesecake Factory
8. Home- we cook some damn good things!

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To...
1. Getting the babies room finished
2. Thanksgiving and being with family.
3. Birth of our new baby girl
4. Paying off our car. It will be done in 1 year. Cant wait!
5. Christmas and to see our girls faces with the awesome gifts we got them!
6. Decorating the rest of our new place. It will be fun!
7. Finishing up our Christmas Shopping
8. Halloween - yes a year away but we LOVE Halloween around here and want to have a big party next year! Im so excited!

8 Things On My Wish List...
1. A new camera. Im thinking a Canon.

2. A smooth delivery of this new baby so recovery is easier than it was with Ella. A baby and major surgery all in one week dont mix so well!

3. Happiness. I already have it, however I am thankful for it and just want our lives to stay happy and content as they already are!

4. Enough money for my family to live comfortably and never have to worry

5. Health...again we are healthy but I am so thankful for this!

6. For Cody and I to take another fun trip for our anniversary this year. It was a blast and was a little nice to get away without our kiddos!

7. To own a boutique/bakery....probably years down the road but I have some fantastic ideas, etc.

8. To build more new friendships. I love meeting new people and Cody and I really want to find some other couples/families to spend some time with now and then. Price can be a bit boring at times.

I tag anyone who feels like filling this out! Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween, Happy Voting Day, etc and is getting excited for the Holidays just as we are!

XOXOXO
Love to all.

Just a quick little TAG!!!

I am...............Air, Mommy, a best friend, a sister to many, a wife, an individual, really should I go on??
I want...........My home to finally come together after this recent move! I get stressed out when things arent totally organized and we have a baby girl to welcome soon!
I have...........a beautiful, healthy family (including my extended family) that I LOVE so very much! I also have many blessings in my life!
I wish...........for life to improve for some of our family members right now. Its stressful watching other people struggle when your life finally feels at ease.
I hate...........When Cody works night shift and people who dont appreciate their lives more!
I fear............many things but death and the dark are pretty much up there at the top.
I hear...........QVC on TV and the baby monitor for Ella. Its a quiet little hum.
I always.......have Organic Whole Milk in the fridge for Ella and Vana and Coke for myself. Sad on my part. I know. Dont judge!
I miss.........living in the same house with my in-laws after our move from Texas. I got so attached and miss them SO much!
I love...........My whole family, friends, LIFE, etc.
I never........forget to tell my family I love them and I smother them in kisses and hugs all the day long!
I rarely........go to bed before midnight each night and I hate it!
I cry............very rarely, honestly. I just get upset about stuff and have to vent.
I lose.................my mind almost everyday. Just kidding but being a stay at home mom is hard work.
I am confused........about why more people dont appreciate life a little more and worry/complain a little less.
I need.................SLEEP! Always in need of sleep!
I should..............go to bed but I wont. I will try to organize some more things. Sad.
I dream..............about our future then realize its already better than I thought it would be and I just live life day by day and enjoy as many moments as I can!

I tag: anyone who has the time to fill this out.

Ella Glenda...

Last July we welcomed little Ella Glenda into our world and we were so proud to say there were then 4 of us crazy Greenwoods in our little family!

Well its UNBELIEVEABLE how much has changed since last year and that in just 3 months or so we are expecting BABY #3!!!! We sometimes still cant believe it. It just happened so fast, however it is such a blessing to have such a beautiful family and to be so young to enjoy it! I know that sounds crazy but I couldnt imagine doing what I do everyday, oh say, 5 years from now......YEAH RIGHT!! I mean I know I will still be a parent, etc. But I wont be chasing little feet around all day and teaching them that NO stairs are NOT at all a FUN place to play.

I say this because we combat Ella on this EVERYDAY many times a day! Oh we are so excited the new place we move to at the end of this month has NO stairs! YEAH!!! We have baby gates to block her off and that will be MARVELOUS!

Anyway Ella is just a doll to watch grow! She is this teeny, tiny little ball of energy. I really do mean energy too! She has endless amounts of it! Its almost insane. I get exhausted chasing her and Savannah all day but I love watching them as sisters playing and loving one another! I cant believe we are adding another girl to this mix in Dec!

So here is to Ella! Its been an amazing year of watching you grow. And the best part about it is that she and Savannah are so different in so many ways and its a beautiful thing to appreciate them each for who they are! She is my little
Ella-phant!

Thanks so much to both our little girls for making our lives so special and full of love and laughter! There are so many happy memories in our past and so many happy years full of memories to come!

XOXOXO
Mommy

flashback to March 27, 2005

So I was in the process of retrieving photos from people I know today because Kodak removed them from my gallery without telling me first. In the process of doing this I got to look back at some awesome photos.....

I came across the photos of the day Savannah was born and had to share them again. I cant believe how much time has passed. Its amazing to think about. Savannah will be 4 in March this year!

I love seeing the photos of her and Cody together for the first time. There is nothing like the love a daddy has for his daughter the first time their eyes meet! It is truly a blessing!

Everyone enjoy and I will post Ellas pics as well in just a bit! Sorry for the sappy stuff!

Thanks Grampy.....

So every year for all our birthdays my wonderful Grandpa Reinholz always sends money to us. I tell him constantly stop sending anything. Because honestly I would rather he had the money. However we always let the kids pick something. Of course we pick for Ella but Savannah always has fun picking her gift out! This year she decided that she wanted a sand and water table. So we set out looking online, in magazines, etc for the perfect one!

Finally it was to be found at Target! And Daddy knew exactly the kind of cool colored sand to get. I didnt even know colored sand existed except for sand art type of stuff. Turns out Cody led me to Wal-Mart and there it is.....about $8 a bag! So we loaded up on lots of colors and are now wishing we had bought more!

You will never guess what color she used first and its her absolute FAVORITE!

PINK!!! She loves pink.

onto another story while in the car one day she is asking everyone their favorite color. Questions are a thing of beauty to a 3 year old. Its like the only kind of conversation we seem to have these days....We love the questions, however the supermarket checkers......NOT AT ALL! Its sad to see a grown adult snub a 3 YEAR OLD! Rediculous really!

Anyway back to the actual story. I answer her that my favorite color is green....she gets this sad, sad look on her face and says........."You dont like Pink at all anymore?? Why???" and is devastated because we dont all LOVE the color pink like she does.

Ah the things that traumatize the world of a 3 year old. If only adult problems could be so simple.

keep in mind in most of the photos she is recently up from a nap, so the hair is a bit crazy! Also I am posting a couple pics of her having fun with daddy!

All these babies..

Since our last posting we have taken many trips to SLC to see family, have some fun, etc. So throughout all this posting I will include pictures of the babies who are all MUCH bigger now and have really developed into these cute little people. The 3 girls are all 1 now (we had birthdays over the summer) and it really is such a fun age to watch...however it can be so trying as well. Little people learning how to control and navigate their world can really be a handful at times! But it only comes for a short while and Savannah seemed like she was just there and already she is going to be 4 in March! I hate it sometimes! Time flies when you are having fun!

again with the photos.....

more photos.....told you there would be many!

Where to start..???

So I believe I last left everyone with the post of us expecting another child. So sometime in April also we took Savannah to the Dinosaur Museum up at Thanksgiving Point. For those of you unaware, Savannah is obsessed with dinosaurs. She really thinks they are neat and for quite a LONG while was convinced she could have one, (just a tiny one) as a pet. She was so sure Daddy and Mommy could just get her a tiny dinosaur......so we bought a little stuffed one for her. She named it Sanana-saurus but still wanted the real deal...


Option #2....we bought a book titled something like "Do Dinosaurs eat pizza?" and it kinda goes through how they are extinct now, blah, blah, blah.......This still doesnt work and she is now getting fed up with these attempts....

Option #3....try talking to her and really explain the whole dinosaurs are "extinct" thing......this didnt work too well either.

LAST RESORT!!! We take her to the museum. She sees all the bones, exhibits, etc.

Finally she gets it. We even took in an IMAX movie after our tour of the museum to really give her the idea. Too bad it was in 3-D, it honestly scared her a bit when the other dinosaurs would eat one another......either way she finally understood and was cool with it all. She now tells everyone about the dinosaurs being in the ground, people digging up the bones, etc. Its really funny to hear! SO I will post some pics of our visit there. Also to come later we recently took a trip to Build a Bear.....and yes it involves a dinosaur and a great friend of ours!

We're back....and it has been a while!

So......I dont know what is wrong with me but all summer I just had NO urge to update our blog. I know we were VERY busy and I am sure that had a lot to do with it, but it seems I had to spend my free time in other ways.

So now we're back and better than ever! just kidding. However I made a promise to myself that I wouldn't go longer than a month without adding something to our blog.

Now, I'm not promising that our family is really all that interesting or that the reads will be good....because that's just how life is everyday I guess. But I am promising to keep it better updated so that those dear to our hearts who can't see us everyday or even often for that matter can stay updated on our family and what we are up to these days!

Anywho you guys are going to see alot of pictures and posts of our summer. I hate to overload everyone that way but we did some really fun things and would love to share with everyone! Summer was busy for us! However we are SO glad its coming to an end and that FALL (my FAV season) is well on its way! I love, love, love sweater weather and just breathing in the cool, crisp fall air. Thats something you don't get in many places besides Utah and seriously you miss it tremendously when you leave!

Well thats all for now folks. Time to upload some photos, etc. Hope everyone is well and that you don't fall asleep reading all the upcoming posts!
ha ha ha!

XOXOXOXO

The Greenwoods