Happy Thought

Today after cleaning the house and not quite succeeding in having a clean house, I decided that there are 2 things that I'm looking forward to after my kids are grown. One, is that I will indeed have a clean house and it will stay that way until I dirty it and two, is that I will have a Christmas tree that looks like the one at Dillard's. You know the tree where there is a 2 color theme and about 7 different kinds of ornaments. My life will probably be so boring that I will wish for the days when I had a dirty house to clean and relish the times my grandchildren come over to haphazardly decorate my tree, but for now the thought makes me happy!!

Side note: Julianna is already over 3 months old and is a complete joy. She hardly ever cries and has always been easy at night. Oh, she also has the courtesy to poop only a few time a week, which is really great since I'm using cloth diapers!

Halloween

My friend made the ballerina spider costumes. She had made one for her daughter the previous week and asked my kids on the Thurs. before Halloween if they would like to be spiders. Yes was the obvious answer so she was finishing costumes right before we went trick or treating! We had fun trick or treating, but this may be the last year we do it. I'm not much on Halloween and there were some really scarey costumes. I think next year we'll just go to a fall festival and that's it. I hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Sick

Well the whole family has been sick for a week with probably the Swine Flu. We are still here and kicking, but still in the recovery mode. If any of you have gotten this already, I'm so sorry, it is very horrible! It's one of those things where your pretty sure that all you need is death and then you could feel better! Caroline got sick at her birthday dinner, so we haven't even had her party yet. We have some making up partying to do for that little girl! Take care every one, I hope you steer clear of dun..dun..dun...THE SWINE FLU!

Happy Birthday Caroline

Happy Birthday, Caroline, we love you!!!!!

We had a good day today celebrating Caroline's 4th birthday. She got a fishing pole from her Daddy, so we went on a short fishing trip to make sure she caught a fish. She's been fishing before, but this time she finally caught one. It was a baby Straighter Fish (aka Bass). Good job Caroline!
Today I've been thinking back 4 years ago when my sweet little girl was born. It was not a tremendously painful birth which I was very thankful for. I remember the worse thing I said was "I don't think I want to ever do this again" and "I don't like Eve for making childbirth painful." That's pretty darn good comparitively! It is such a joyous thing to have that new born baby in your arms. When Caroline was being delivered her eyes were open and that's pretty much how she has been. She's always ready to try new things. Olivia and I used to call her danger woman. She was swimming underwater this summer because she saw one of the little girls on Jon and Kate Plus 8 do it. Life with Caroline is never boring and I sometimes have to hold my breath and pray a lot! I couldn't imagine life without her! Thank you Lord for giving me such a precious little girl!

Busy, busy great months

David's Aunt Winnie From Scotland and the girls with their outfits that she brought them, they had to change right away and I believe they wanted to sleep in them!

Olivia and cousin Asia buried in the sand by Uncle Matt when we went camping at Lake Texoma with my family this summer.

Sitting in rocking chairs outside Cracker Barrel. David thinks Caroline's smile is hillarious, which it is, but I will be glad when she remembers how to smile again!!! Poor little thing!

We've had quit a busy late summer and early fall. Two of David's cousins and their families came and we had a big party for one of David's Uncles that left to work in an orphanage in Mexico. He is 71 and has had a dream of going there since he was 18. It was a wonderful time to be with the whole family and celebrate this new adventure with him.

Then David's Aunt and Uncle from Scotland were visiting from Scotland. We have such a great time with them. His Uncle reminds me so much of David. We also went with David's parents and his Scotland Aunt and Uncle to visit David's youngest brother in Abilene. We had such a great time there. David's brother (Jonathan and wife Teresa) work out a boy's ranch there. We went to see prarie dogs, went to a really neat museum and went to an old historic town.

I've also got to spend some time with different friends from high school. It has really been a great few months of fellowshiping with family and old friends.

School has been going well. I am extremely laid back with it and I'm (finally) okay with that. The kids (and I) have been learning a lot. God is faithful to show us new things in life and in his word. I have learned to really try and ask God to help me live out the verse "A soft answer turns away wrath, but grevious words stir up anger" Prov. 15:1. The kids have also learned that verse and it has really helped.

I will try to be a better blogger from now on! I miss everyone when I don't check your blogs!

Finally I posted a blog again

The kids and I just looked back through the blog and saw all are pictures. I didn't realize how much they've changed in the last year!
We finally started our school year about 4 weeks ago. It's going really well. We really only have to school for about 2 hrs a day. Of course, all throughout the day we are learning, working and playing together.
David's uncle and aunt from Scotland are here, which is great! We found out yesterday that David's grandpa has lung cancer, so it is great that Peter (David's Uncle) could be here. It's in times like these when you realize how important family is and to spend as much time as possible with them.
These are some funny things the kids have said:
Caroline and I went out to gather eggs and she says "Shhhhh Mommy, the baby chicks might be asleep."
Olivia and I were playing baseball and I said Olivia choke up on the bat, so she puts the bat over her neck!! We both started cracking up!!