School...

Yeah, I know I'm late getting this posted. I'm trying to get caught up. :) This was Ella's first day of kindergarten and Hadley's first day of fourth grade.

Most Recent Beach Trip

Tonight is the Christmas parade in our hometown. We are excited about it! The children are geared up for Christmas.

What should we eat for supper? I am out of ideas.

I just added the mobile blogging feature to my phone. Maybe I will be able to update more often!

Work. Work. Work. Sleep.

I am ready for the weekend. It's only Tuesday, and I am already drained this week! I am actually just in need of some time off. Many of my readers (okay maybe 2 people...cuz I only have around 3 readers) may not be aware of how seriously I take my job. For some reason, I lack the ability to erase it from my mind when I leave. My coworkers say it is what makes me so valuable to the firm. All of our clients have my home phone number, cell phone number, email at home and work, and any other information they need in order to contact me. Every tax return I work on is prepared with the same love and attention that I show my own tax return. I have lost sleep on many occasions because of a situation a client is in. I take my job personally. The relationships I have built with our clients go beyond a work relationship. Every few months, I need to take a few days off to recharge my battery. Here's hoping that I get a few days off and can spend some time updating my blog....

There are games afoot...

Be on the lookout for some pictures soon.

Notice of Intent to Levy

If blogging were analogous to taxes, I would have received a letter from the government with an intent to levy my personal property to pay my tax. Yes, that's right. I have been so consumed with work, that I have failed to update my blog in nearly a year. Here is a quick update of the last year in no particular order (and a promise to blog more often):

1. I have officially signed my life over to my career.
2. Ella had another ear surgery; it went very well.
3. We had excellent holidays.
4. I am another year older.
5. I attempted to master Myspace.com. It didn't go so well.
6. I can cross-accrue income tax for corporations in my sleep.
7. My secretary who moved to Auburn is expecting twin boys...Oz and Conner.
8. My sister had a baby. Chesley.
9. Layton loves the color orange.
10. Ella is obsessed with preparing "payroll." My career has warped my children.
11. Hadley is addicted to the internet. I should have her blog for me.


I promise to provide updates and lots of pictures soon!!!


AMR

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Ball and Chain...

License to Drool...

Layton likes to drive. He will sit in the front seat of any vehicle and pretend to steer the car. He pushes all the buttons and uses the turn signals. It is so cute!! He will fake drive for hours. In the photos included in this post, he is driving the truck that Papa Jim used to drive to work. This truck doesn't even start at the moment. Papa moved it out of the way for Memorial Day parking at the River, and it promptly died in this spot. He has been trying to get it to start ever since, so Layton gets to fake drive all he wants.

Jet Setters...

Layton and Ella both went for a ride on the red jet ski over Memorial Day weekend. It wasn't Ella's first time on the jet ski, but it was Layton's first ride. He really enjoyed it. The red jet ski is by far the most stable jet ski owned by the Romine family; that's why we use it to take the kids for rides. On a side note, Lindsay and I flipped the red jet ski twice over Memorial Day weekend. It was Lindsay's first time on the jet ski as well.

P.S. Lindsay is the dark haired women in the picture in the post below. She is one of Dan's best friends and has come to visit us a few times from Birmingham.

Memorial Day...

More Babies...

We've procreated to the Family Room...

Recently, my mother had a birthday. Because our family had a strep throat epidemic last week, we decided to postpone the party until the kids were well. Jason, Kathryn, and I agreed to a "family dinner" at the Olive Garden. Well, we've had so many children that there are 11 of us now. The Olive Garden didn't set up a table for us; they told us we would eat in the family room. Yes, you read that right; Olive Garden has a room dedicated to large families. Jason rarely eats dinner with Jay and me because our kids drive him nuts, so I was used to the fact that we had procreated to the point where relatives didn't want to be around us. I was unprepared for the fact that we fill a room. It was great though. I was really excited to see everyone together. Check out the picture of Mrs. Jay's family.