The weekend has been a good one. Saturday I woke up to nothing but sunshine. I love the Sun, and I love being outside. Brooklyn and I spent a big part of our day working in the yard and cleaning out the van. We got tons done, but that was not enough. We talked Sam and the boys and a few friends to go for a walk at the river. What a beautiful day!
The river is very full right now. Which I think is kinda scary. I have never been a fan of water. I hate water skiing, flying over water, the ocean, or any kind of boat ride. I will never go on a cruise, no way no how! The sad thing is I know how to swim and I hate water this bad.
The river was very dirty and moving very fast. But that didn't seem to stop the boys who kept trying to get as close as they could. But that was not hard because the water was right by us.
After our trip to the water we headed for frozen yogurt at our new Sweet C's C's yogurt shop. The kids loved it and it was a perfect end to our successful weekend.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
March 9th....Rain, Rain and more Rain.
Today is Wednesday and it just keeps on raining. I like the rain but there is one problem when it is dark and rainy out side I don't want to do anything. I just want to sleep, eat, and sleep. What do they do in Washington or Oregon when that is all it does is rain? I can't ever live there, I need sunshine.
I have been trying to get things boxed up and get the house staged. Not such and easy thing to do with a house full of kids. The boys keep getting mad at me because I am boxing up there toys. They told me they have nothing to do. Which is true for a few more weeks, but then they will be out doors and they will not care. The garage is filling up with boxes and I have rooms in my house the echo. Will it ever end?
I have been trying to get things boxed up and get the house staged. Not such and easy thing to do with a house full of kids. The boys keep getting mad at me because I am boxing up there toys. They told me they have nothing to do. Which is true for a few more weeks, but then they will be out doors and they will not care. The garage is filling up with boxes and I have rooms in my house the echo. Will it ever end?
Sunday, March 6, 2011
March 6th...all I could do is laugh
Yes, I do have break downs every now and then. Thursday was one of those days. It has been a really rough week. Russ has been dealing with a lot of issues. I have been trying to help him talk through them. Sam is also being a teenager and with that comes a lot of crying. My 3 boys are being well...BOYS. I am trying to decide what to do with our house. I am trying to exercise and figure out how to loose the baby weight. With all of this I had just had one of the "God I can't do any thing else moments". A good friend happened to give me a call and she said many nice things and helped me through my moment, but I also broke down and cried. The phone conversation got over and I went about my day. A few hours later I went to Gage's speech class. When you get to the building you have to check in and get a badge. The secretary gave me a funny look and said "Honey I don't mean to embarrass you but you have makeup running all down your face. The bathroom is over there." All I could do is laugh, Gage look at me and said Mom why are you laughing? I look at the secretary and said, well now you know I have been crying all day! Then I went to the bathroom and took care of my black face. The really sad thing is between the phone call and the speech class my neighbor came over to give me some stuff to mail to Russ. I talked to her for a little while and she never said anything. But she acted very strange and keep asking me if I was OK and if there was anything she could do. Now I know why, I looked like a freak.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Spring is here
Spring has hit Indiana, so we decided to take a Sunday walk along the river. I think everyone else thought a walk was a great thing to do because the river front was packed. I am so glad we have made it to March. I love spring and all that comes with it. The green grass, the sunshine, new life, spring cleaning, I could go on and on.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
February 24, 2011- Trying to keep up
It is Thursday morning, and a rainy one it is! The weather here has been so beautiful the past week. One day it got up to 75' and sunny. I can't complain it is February. I am so ready for spring. I miss the green grass, the flowers, the warm weather, my kids playing outside and YES I miss the humidity. I never thought I would ever say that, but I do.
I love rainy days too. They are the days that you can cuddle up on the couch and play with the kids, or read a book. I have set a goal to read more this year.
It is dark outside and the boys are sleeping in. The girls however went to school grumpy because they wanted to stay inside and watch it rain. Well, the rainy season is here and we will enjoy it. Bring on the green grass, I can't wait.
The past few weeks I have been making my lists and getting ready to check them off. I have officially decided to put the house on the market. My goal is to use srping break to get it 100% ready. With kids home for a week I think we can manage this. We are going to clean, box, paint, and re-arrange. I am going to get a storage shed to move all the extra stuff out. Selling your house is no easy job. I know I tried it last year. But I have much faith that this is the year. When Russ gets home I don't want anything to stop us from being together.
We have no idea where we are moving too. All we know is that there is not a job here in Evansville Indiana. I just keep telling my Heavenly Father I will go where ever he wants me to, just let our family be together. This however could mean that our family will be homeless for much of the summer. Again that is OK, we have family and friends who will put up with us.
Please pray for a quick sell of our house.
I love rainy days too. They are the days that you can cuddle up on the couch and play with the kids, or read a book. I have set a goal to read more this year.
It is dark outside and the boys are sleeping in. The girls however went to school grumpy because they wanted to stay inside and watch it rain. Well, the rainy season is here and we will enjoy it. Bring on the green grass, I can't wait.
The past few weeks I have been making my lists and getting ready to check them off. I have officially decided to put the house on the market. My goal is to use srping break to get it 100% ready. With kids home for a week I think we can manage this. We are going to clean, box, paint, and re-arrange. I am going to get a storage shed to move all the extra stuff out. Selling your house is no easy job. I know I tried it last year. But I have much faith that this is the year. When Russ gets home I don't want anything to stop us from being together.
We have no idea where we are moving too. All we know is that there is not a job here in Evansville Indiana. I just keep telling my Heavenly Father I will go where ever he wants me to, just let our family be together. This however could mean that our family will be homeless for much of the summer. Again that is OK, we have family and friends who will put up with us.
Please pray for a quick sell of our house.
Friday, February 18, 2011
February 18th, 2011
It has been a very long week. But I can say that it has been a successful week. I have learned so much about myself. I have decided that is what trials are for. They are for us to learn about ourselves, and to improve who we are. I set a goal for myself to be a better person when Russ gets home. I am working on that. Russ told me that he had a lesson on this at church. The person giving the lesson said how sad would it be if they are over in Afghanistan for a year and they came back the same person or worse. Russ has really taken this to heart. We have had many long conversations about us, our marriage and our family. Not that Russ has much room to improve, but he thinks there are areas he could try. I told him if he fixed those areas he might get translated. I think he is pretty much close to perfect.
So its Friday and I can now say another week done and over with. Thank goodness for the weekends.
So its Friday and I can now say another week done and over with. Thank goodness for the weekends.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
It's all in a days work
Sticks and stones can break your bones but words will never hurt you, Whoever made this up is wrong!
Saturday I woke up to my ever so familiar alarm clock, EVAN. It was 5am and he was crying. I have not been letting him cry in the mornings because he wakes up the boys. I ran in and got him and got back into bed. Who can complain because he snuggles right up against me and eats away. When he is finished eating he goes right back to sleep and I can quietly put him back in bed.
The problem is I never can go right back to sleep. Thus why I am typing this at 6:30 on a Sunday morning.
I decided to get up and clean the house and then off to the gym. My new goal is to make it to the gym 3 times a week. Yes my first week was successful.
I had a great work out finished at 8:50 and then back home to pick up the boys for TKD, back into town I went. When the boys finished we hurried back home to get Brooklyn for Gymnastics. I had 30 min jumped into the shower. Then off Boo and I went. Came back home cleaned up started the lovely Saturday morning striping of the sheets and washing them. Then back to get Brooklyn. Back home I fed the boys lunch, loaded the dishwasher, and played with Evan.
Brooklyn and I fed and took care of the neighbors dogs for 3 days and made $40.00. We decided to go out to lunch together, so off we went. We took Evan with us, had lunch, went to Walmart, and then found a cute, NEW, frozen yogurt place. WE had to try it. Back home again I decided to install a new door handle on our front door. It was successful and only took me 1 hour to accomplish this. I cleaned up the mess vacuumed the house, and then crashed on the couch. After my 45 min nap I got up and off the boys and I went. Our local High Schools were having Semi-finals in Wrestling and I thought it would be the best way for the boys to really see how to wrestle. They started wrestling last week and it is hard to understand why people are telling them what they are,without seeing a real match. On the way to the stadium Logan says
Logan- Mom why are you fatter than Dad?
MOM- I have had 6 kids and your Dad has had 0.
Logan- So
MOM- When you have babies your body gets fat and each time you have to work really hard to get back into shape. I have not done that yet, but I am working on it.
Logan- You should work harder.
MOM- Does it embarrass you that I am fat? ( I went to his school to help with the Valentines party and he would not speak to me or look at me).
Logan- After minutes of silence......Yes, Don't come to my school.
How do you tell a 6 year old that he just hurt your feelings by being honest? All week long I have been talking to him about honesty and how you should always tell the truth and if you do you will get in way less trouble than if you lie.
Yep, it hurt me really bad! But great incentive to get to the gym.
After watching the wrestling matches we went for a little dinner at Culvers. We found friends there and so we stayed and talked. The boys loved it and I was glad to have some adult conversations. I have now taken all 4 kids on a date and feel that my Saturday was more than successful. Yes, Sam and I are going out this week. She didn't get left out.
Saturday I woke up to my ever so familiar alarm clock, EVAN. It was 5am and he was crying. I have not been letting him cry in the mornings because he wakes up the boys. I ran in and got him and got back into bed. Who can complain because he snuggles right up against me and eats away. When he is finished eating he goes right back to sleep and I can quietly put him back in bed.
The problem is I never can go right back to sleep. Thus why I am typing this at 6:30 on a Sunday morning.
I decided to get up and clean the house and then off to the gym. My new goal is to make it to the gym 3 times a week. Yes my first week was successful.
I had a great work out finished at 8:50 and then back home to pick up the boys for TKD, back into town I went. When the boys finished we hurried back home to get Brooklyn for Gymnastics. I had 30 min jumped into the shower. Then off Boo and I went. Came back home cleaned up started the lovely Saturday morning striping of the sheets and washing them. Then back to get Brooklyn. Back home I fed the boys lunch, loaded the dishwasher, and played with Evan.
Brooklyn and I fed and took care of the neighbors dogs for 3 days and made $40.00. We decided to go out to lunch together, so off we went. We took Evan with us, had lunch, went to Walmart, and then found a cute, NEW, frozen yogurt place. WE had to try it. Back home again I decided to install a new door handle on our front door. It was successful and only took me 1 hour to accomplish this. I cleaned up the mess vacuumed the house, and then crashed on the couch. After my 45 min nap I got up and off the boys and I went. Our local High Schools were having Semi-finals in Wrestling and I thought it would be the best way for the boys to really see how to wrestle. They started wrestling last week and it is hard to understand why people are telling them what they are,without seeing a real match. On the way to the stadium Logan says
Logan- Mom why are you fatter than Dad?
MOM- I have had 6 kids and your Dad has had 0.
Logan- So
MOM- When you have babies your body gets fat and each time you have to work really hard to get back into shape. I have not done that yet, but I am working on it.
Logan- You should work harder.
MOM- Does it embarrass you that I am fat? ( I went to his school to help with the Valentines party and he would not speak to me or look at me).
Logan- After minutes of silence......Yes, Don't come to my school.
How do you tell a 6 year old that he just hurt your feelings by being honest? All week long I have been talking to him about honesty and how you should always tell the truth and if you do you will get in way less trouble than if you lie.
Yep, it hurt me really bad! But great incentive to get to the gym.
After watching the wrestling matches we went for a little dinner at Culvers. We found friends there and so we stayed and talked. The boys loved it and I was glad to have some adult conversations. I have now taken all 4 kids on a date and feel that my Saturday was more than successful. Yes, Sam and I are going out this week. She didn't get left out.
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