Happy Birthday Talen!!

27 Years old today! We didn't do much for Talen's birthday because: 1) he's on call, and 2) we had to go to church at 9:00 this morning. Talen is always in charge of breakfast and Hudson on Sunday mornings, so he made his own pancakes and he even made chocolate chip pancakes for Hudson. Good birthday breakfast huh? At least he hasn't gotten called out yet, so I made his new favorite for dinner: Chicken Cordon Bleu. Hopefully he won't get called out now, because it is still in the oven cooking! Since we couldn't really make plans for his birthday, we decided to do his birthday party next week with his family. But he did get to open his presents from Hudson and I today. We got him a couple of new shirts, a new belt (so he would stop wearing mine!), and we're going to go get a ladder this week, so he can pick it out himself. He was a little bummed over the clothes for presents, but he seriously needed them! Talen is a great person and he works so hard for his family. Hudson and I love him so much and appreciate everything he does for us! Happy Birthday...and WE LOVE YOU!!!!

First Post...What's Going On

So, I've finally decided to try my hand at this blogging thing. After looking at a bunch of other blogs it actually looks kind of fun, and I'm always looking for something to do during Hudson's naps. So, we'll see how it goes.

Well, our major project going on right now is building a shed in our backyard. I gave Talen a deadline, that it had to be done by the end of September or I was going to go buy one at Lowe's and have them come and install it for us. This seemed to get him going, because he's actually almost done now. He enlisted the help of a guy at his work named Gary who knows how to do all this stuff, and he told me that they could have it up in a day (yeah right!). Laying the cement took a day, and the shed has taken about 2 weeks now. All they have left to do is put in the window and the door, and then we have to finish it by painting and shingling and building shelves when we get time. Talen has been working really hard on it and actually lost a fingernail in the process...it didn't slow him down though. I probably would have used it as an excuse to get out of the hard stuff! Hudson has been having kind of a hard time with Talen working on the shed so much. He knows that his dad is home, but he doesn't know why he can't play with him. So, instead he plays a lot in the dirt and sawdust, and I get to chase him around and keep him from falling on nails. Thank goodness that the weather is finally cooling off. We've spent some warm days out there and Hudson, and I, don't take the heat very well.

I'm hoping that in the next week or so we'll be able to start storing things away in the shed. The main reason for the shed is because of our baby that is coming in January. We're planning on moving Hudson into the extra bedroom, so we can put the baby in the nursery, but the extra bedroom kind of serves as our storage space for now. I want to get it all cleared out and started looking like a bedroom before Talen's hunting season begins...which is quickly approaching! That way I won't have a ton to do while he's away. I'd rather spend that time decorating the room rather than clearing it out.

Well, when the shed is all complete I will post another picture of it, hopefully it will be in a few weeks and not a year or two!