I'm thankful that God can use all things, even having someone steal from me, to accomplish something good in my life.
What is one thing that you're thankful for?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
SLOOOOOOOW DOWN. PLEASE.
That's what I want my life to do. Just slow down a little. Life has just been crazy lately - some fun stuff, some stressful stuff, and not enough sleep. Oy!
We were able to hang out with Kema and Jayden (that's the boy we watched for over 1 1/2 years) on Monday night. We hardly ever see them anymore, so it was fun to just hang out. The adults (Tim was gone, but Kema's sister was there) visited while the boys ran around like maniacs.
Yesterday I took the kids to the the Wagner's for the afternoon. I've been pretty fried on parenting lately, so the time there was good for all of us. The Wagner boys played with our boys and the Wagner girls kinda supervised. The break was nice for me and I know the boys enjoyed goofing off with a non-grumpy person. The husbands arrived after work and we spent the evening eating and visiting. It was a great time!
Today we're buying tickets for a Portland Beavers game. The ticket money was a birthday gift for the boys, Tim and I. We're all excited about the game, but the boys are ecstatic that we're going to take the MAX to get there.
Then, of course, we have swimming lessons starting again next week. That's a huge blessing! The boys finished their first class a couple weeks ago and wanted to take more. We told them we'd only budgeted for one class each, but that we'd do more some other time. Silas' response was "I'm going to pray about it". Well, they've been given two more classes each!! One just because and one as a birthday present. So, they'll be doing a lot of swimming this summer.
Plus there are grade school events, berry picking trips, doctor's appointments, photo shoots, officiating basketball tournaments, baby showers, meal deliveries, marshmallow gun war, a trip to my dad's, legal drama, softball games, and visits from friends who live out of town.
Our schedule is just crammed.
I know just the thing to relieve the stress. Coldstone. And I just happen to have a handy dandy coupon for some free ice cream.
We were able to hang out with Kema and Jayden (that's the boy we watched for over 1 1/2 years) on Monday night. We hardly ever see them anymore, so it was fun to just hang out. The adults (Tim was gone, but Kema's sister was there) visited while the boys ran around like maniacs.
Yesterday I took the kids to the the Wagner's for the afternoon. I've been pretty fried on parenting lately, so the time there was good for all of us. The Wagner boys played with our boys and the Wagner girls kinda supervised. The break was nice for me and I know the boys enjoyed goofing off with a non-grumpy person. The husbands arrived after work and we spent the evening eating and visiting. It was a great time!
Today we're buying tickets for a Portland Beavers game. The ticket money was a birthday gift for the boys, Tim and I. We're all excited about the game, but the boys are ecstatic that we're going to take the MAX to get there.
Then, of course, we have swimming lessons starting again next week. That's a huge blessing! The boys finished their first class a couple weeks ago and wanted to take more. We told them we'd only budgeted for one class each, but that we'd do more some other time. Silas' response was "I'm going to pray about it". Well, they've been given two more classes each!! One just because and one as a birthday present. So, they'll be doing a lot of swimming this summer.
Plus there are grade school events, berry picking trips, doctor's appointments, photo shoots, officiating basketball tournaments, baby showers, meal deliveries, marshmallow gun war, a trip to my dad's, legal drama, softball games, and visits from friends who live out of town.
Our schedule is just crammed.
I know just the thing to relieve the stress. Coldstone. And I just happen to have a handy dandy coupon for some free ice cream.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
WHEW! BUSY WEEKEND!!
Friday - My dad, his wife and her daughter arrived in town Friday evening. They visited for a while, then headed off to their hotel. I spent some time decorating birthday cakes for the boys and hit the sack late.
Saturday - I had a mononumeric birthday, my 33rd, which my sister acknowledged with a cute photo of the two of us. Devon and Tim headed out for the traditional "doughnut date with Daddy" for Devon's birthday. People came over mid-morning for the Silas and Devon's joint birthday party. It was a lot of fun! We played chicken (tied balloons to the boys' ankles and they had to protect their own while popping others'), had a spitting contest (ended up using popcorn kernels because watermelons with seeds have pretty much ceased to exist), hit a pinata, played tetherball and a tossing game, ate a bunch of sugar and opened presents. Good times. We even had a special appearance from Becky, who broke her bedrest rules to recline in our backyard instead of on her couch. My dad took a gazillion pics of the party that are different from the ones we got, so go check them out!!
Two of our kids napped after the party and the rest of us just relaxed for a while. Then it was off to Chuck E. Cheese for an early dinner and lots of games. When we got back to the house Tim and my dad took off to pick up a bunkbed we got from Craigslist, Debra played online, and Ashley and I played outside with the offspring. Then it was time for kids to bathe and my dad (& fam) went back to their hotel after giving a bunch of goodnight hugs and kisses.
Sunday - I hit Walgreens in the morning for some bargains. Then it was church, lunch with my dad before they headed home, a quick stop at the Walgreens across the street from where we ate, then home for naps. I rarely nap. I've just always had a hard time falling asleep during the day. However, I napped for three hours today!! Then it was time to move and assemble bunkbeds. The boys' went to Naomi, which she's in for the first time tonight, and they got the new (to us) one we got last night. We all puttered around the house, eating random food for dinner and just hanging out. It was perfectly mellow. I picked up Granny and made one last run to Walgreens. Wondering why I was there so much today? Well, I earned $4.50 for taking three bottles of St. Ives body wash and two boxes of cookies out of the stores. Can't beat that! Then I loaded a bunch of pics on to Picasa.
Now I'm here. And I'm content. But I'm tired.
Saturday - I had a mononumeric birthday, my 33rd, which my sister acknowledged with a cute photo of the two of us. Devon and Tim headed out for the traditional "doughnut date with Daddy" for Devon's birthday. People came over mid-morning for the Silas and Devon's joint birthday party. It was a lot of fun! We played chicken (tied balloons to the boys' ankles and they had to protect their own while popping others'), had a spitting contest (ended up using popcorn kernels because watermelons with seeds have pretty much ceased to exist), hit a pinata, played tetherball and a tossing game, ate a bunch of sugar and opened presents. Good times. We even had a special appearance from Becky, who broke her bedrest rules to recline in our backyard instead of on her couch. My dad took a gazillion pics of the party that are different from the ones we got, so go check them out!!
Two of our kids napped after the party and the rest of us just relaxed for a while. Then it was off to Chuck E. Cheese for an early dinner and lots of games. When we got back to the house Tim and my dad took off to pick up a bunkbed we got from Craigslist, Debra played online, and Ashley and I played outside with the offspring. Then it was time for kids to bathe and my dad (& fam) went back to their hotel after giving a bunch of goodnight hugs and kisses.
Sunday - I hit Walgreens in the morning for some bargains. Then it was church, lunch with my dad before they headed home, a quick stop at the Walgreens across the street from where we ate, then home for naps. I rarely nap. I've just always had a hard time falling asleep during the day. However, I napped for three hours today!! Then it was time to move and assemble bunkbeds. The boys' went to Naomi, which she's in for the first time tonight, and they got the new (to us) one we got last night. We all puttered around the house, eating random food for dinner and just hanging out. It was perfectly mellow. I picked up Granny and made one last run to Walgreens. Wondering why I was there so much today? Well, I earned $4.50 for taking three bottles of St. Ives body wash and two boxes of cookies out of the stores. Can't beat that! Then I loaded a bunch of pics on to Picasa.
Now I'm here. And I'm content. But I'm tired.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
MONONUMERIC
It's happened to me twice before. It's happening today. There is the reasonable potential for it to happen six more times.
Friday, June 12, 2009
RANDOM FRIDAY RAMBLINGS
Arctic Blast 2008 - We're suffering from the snow storm that happened six months ago. Tim's last day was supposed to be yesterday. Now he's working through Tuesday. Now, I realize many husbands work full-time all year and that Tim got an extra week off in December because of the storm ... but I still want to whine a little. It's been a doozy of a week and it would have been great to have him home today. Oh well.
Bad Memory - We recently read George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans and a picture very similar to this one is on the back cover. This is George.
Every time Naomi sees the picture she says "Papa". Ummmm ... nope. I think it's been too long since she's seen my dad!! Good thing he'll be here for the weekend and can spend some time reacquainting himself with Naomi.
The Grocery Budget Poll - I must say that I was a little surprised by the results of the poll in my sidebar. I knew there would be a variety of numbers, but I expected a stronger grouping somewhere in the middle. It would be interesting to see what those amounts are spent on (lots of eating out, just basic food, diapers, etc), but there's just no way to do that here. Anyway, thanks for satisfying my curiosity.
Bad Memory - We recently read George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans and a picture very similar to this one is on the back cover. This is George.
Every time Naomi sees the picture she says "Papa". Ummmm ... nope. I think it's been too long since she's seen my dad!! Good thing he'll be here for the weekend and can spend some time reacquainting himself with Naomi.
The Grocery Budget Poll - I must say that I was a little surprised by the results of the poll in my sidebar. I knew there would be a variety of numbers, but I expected a stronger grouping somewhere in the middle. It would be interesting to see what those amounts are spent on (lots of eating out, just basic food, diapers, etc), but there's just no way to do that here. Anyway, thanks for satisfying my curiosity.
The Boys & Church Stuff - Devon was recently spotted online watching a puppet show (first pic, on the right) at church. Silas showed up in some pictures from a beach trip he took with the grade school group. They spend a Saturday in Tillamook - playing at the beach, visiting the Tillamook Cheese Factory, and eating at Abby's. You can find him blindfolding Teacher Kaipo and flashing peace signs with him (first and second pics), telling two truths and a lie to Teacher Pat (first pic), listening to Teacher Josh and digging for buried treasure (third pic in the center, fourth pic on the top), heading up the dune (fourth pic, grey sweatshirt and red shorts), and concentrating or feeling confused (third pic).
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Wonderful Summer Dinner - I tried two new recipes a few nights ago and fell in love with both. These two things make a perfect summer meal, light and fruity with some chicken for substance. Go check out the recipes - Tropical Salad and Grilled Hawaiian Chicken. Yum!!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
6/10/09 THANKFUL THURSDAY
I'm thankful that Silas has access to Patanol and Benadryl.
What's one thing you're thankful for?
What's one thing you're thankful for?
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