MY SWEET RIDE

I LOVE MY NEW CAR! I'M A DODGE GIRL AGAIN..........

School Days

WHATEVER!

The last day of school has been postponed a week due to area flooding, a.k.a. right up to the school doors! Anyways so they went today and it consisted of them having a meeting with the principal in the gym for 5 minutes as he told the kids who the teachers were for summer school and then they were supposed to pick up their things in their classrooms, but, oh yeah, their teachers weren't even there!!!!!! What a WASTE OF TIME!!!!!!! But, alas, summer is finally upon us. We survived the first year of their school! The rest of the day consisted of them arguing with each other and bullying their sister...only 77 more days til it's over!

A Mother's Work GLORIFIED!!!!!

DUDE----
My son pee'd in his bed then came into our bed and pee'd in our bed. Meanwhile......when I enter my daughter's room, Emma says, "yuckie" and I see that she has taken her diaper off and pooped in her bed and rubbed it all over her legs, so MOMMY gets to disinfect 3 beds, change sheets and clean the poop off my darling Daughter before we take the boys to school one morning. Is this what God has planned for me? Is this His great Awesome plan for my life? Such is the life of a Stay-at-home Mom.

A Kid's Prayer

A kid's Prayer.......
My kids are so cute when they pray, they are straight and precisely to the point. The other day Dylan was praying and at the end of his prayer he goes, "K, God?" It was the cutest thing ever and it made me think of all of OUR prayers and how sometimes we, as Adults, are not necessarily praying to God, but are trying to impress the people around us with our magnificent ability to say wonderful prayers. Why can't we be more like a kid anyways, God knows our true motives and if we are praying to hear how good we can pray, will that prayer REALLY be answered? i think when we are most sincere, we do not use all of those big words that make up a beautiful prayer. I have to tell you, though, nothing is more beautiful than to hear your son or daughter pray a heart-felt prayer. That is probably how God feels too.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving.........I am thankful for:

My extremely hot, caring, thoughtful, sensual, loving husband
My miracle twin boys
My one and only BEAUTIFUL daughter
My parents
My brothers and sisters
Friends and family and family who are my friends
Naps with my boys
Shopping with my girl
Mom's cooking
Dad's breakfast
Cafe Mocha
Walks in September
Sweaters and Jeans
Sharing a hot tub with my husband
TIVO
Health and the health of my family
Beautiful gardens and tulips
The majesty of clouds and the wonder of sunsets
Life-long friendships
Sledding with my children
The excitement of Christmas Morning
Baking cookies
Scrapbooking
Watching "Friends" every night with my hubby

Ode to Mister Schwans Man

I love Schwans.....what's not to love, they deliver food to your door, many things to choose from including ice cream!! HELLO!!!!! Only 1 problem........my Mister Schwans Man always comes when I am in my pj's. No bra, no underware, no makeup, bed-head hair. The solution: go and hide with your 3 kids in one of their bedrooms while saying shhhhh, shhhhh! (oh, and of course the giggles!) Now, I know today that he KNEW I was home, probably because my sons were waving "hello" to them from their bedroom windows as he drove up to our house, or maybe he just heard me say, no, no get down, come here and hide in baby Emma's room! Who am I fooling? :) But I do love the little orange sticker he leaves us, "Sorry, we missed you" Yeah....it should say, "Sorry you are hiding from me today" I'm sorry Mister Schwans Man, but you should know by now to please come in the afternoons!!!!

Emma's 18 Month Pictures