Time FLIES!!!!

Must been having fun! I have been looking back over my old blogs and I cant believe how my oldest was so little and how much he has grown. In January He will turn 10! 10!? where has the time gone??? In the ten years as a mother I seen and done stuff I said I was not going to do. Well like everyone else things happen and when your back is against the wall you do what you have to.

We have played Soccer, tried Basketball, Played Baseball, done swim lessons, Went to soccer camp, Went to day-camp and still will be more! Keeps this momma busy! I love it!

Well just another week!

Well after last week this one seems slow. Last week was parents teacher conferences and book fair. Both boys and good conferences. Stuff we have to work on and things that their teachers recommend. I was impressed with how both teachers have gotten to know the boys for who they are. They both are very active boys and their teachers have ideas for each of them to help them in their classroom that might work well for the boys and help them with learning. Now the book fair! Well I was there to help my sister, who is a booster trustee, run the book fair. We spent lots of time at the school and I think it was a pretty darn good book fair! I love to get to see the love of reading that the kids show when they come in and see all the books and they just get so excited and want them all. They can't wait for their parents to come in and see all the books that the love and want to get. As a booster mom I try to help the parent with ideas and help them with the wish lists that the kids made. I for one was able to get a book that my oldest wanted for Christmas. Well he just found it and wants to read it. Dang it I can't keep anything a Secret!  Oh well he still can't have it until Christmas! Rotten kid!  Ok well that about all! Hey if you stop by say hi!!!

Well Just Another Moday....

Well today wasn't to bad for a Monday. As a FM (family Manager) I try to do volunteering at the local schools here. I really believe that the help I can give might help someone else and change the world for them. I love to see the kids and the smiles on their faces when they know who I am and that I am there for them and to help. Well this week is the book fair at my oldest school. This school only has 4th and 5th grades in the building. It was the student preview day and they come down to make their wish lists. Boy did we see it all today. I know that my boys might act up and get crazy. By all means they are not perfect, but the way some of these kids acted today just astounds me.  One little boy told us that "books are over rated!" really!? over rated! so my resounds was that that was his opinion he didn't have to look. But over all it was a good day for me as a Booster mom!

Now for the youngest He had a great day! He is the VIP in his class and well I can say it has kind of gone to his head. But if that keeps him in a good mood and that we don't have any meltdowns, then we are good. His teacher said it was a great day!!!  lets just hope it continues for the rest of the week!

Well Happy Monday!

Getting back at it!!

Well here I sit trying to give this blogging thing a try again. A lot has changed since my last post. and Life has gotten a lot more crazy then before. My boys ( all 3) keep me busy. My oldest is in 4th grade and is really learning to push the limits and of course there are a lot that this momma need to work on. Have some homework of my own to do. My youngest is 6 and in the 1st grade. We work hard at trying to keep him on his schedule so life doesn't get any crazier then it already is.

As it gets colder out and the night come earlier it sometimes seems to make for long days with the kids inside more. I am going to really try to stop and just enjoy every moment. Like this afternoon after church our nieces come home with us for a little bit while their had to run a do some work stuff, but anyways. The kids had gotten out some Dora dominos and wanted to play. So what did it do I just got right down there and played a few games of dominos with the boys and girls. Of course the house needed my attention, but it always does, but just for a few moments I stopped and just gave my undivided attention to those kids. The kids that I see everyday that are growing up way to fast before my eyes! We had so much fun and I was able to teach them a new game. I cant wait for more moments like this. I cant wait any longer or they wont be there!

Neighborly Kindness!

Well we just got hit with another winter storm. I think we have gotten somewhere between 10-12 inches in 24 hours and it is still snowing. With very thing that we have going on here, snow is just one more thing to add on. A few weeks ago My Dad called David to ask him if he would be willing to help as a back up work for the company that my dad works for. He works for an excavating company and they do a ton of snow removal. So David said of course he would, He would love to drive a great big tractor and play in the snow, plus he would be making extra money! So Friday morning my Dad called and asked if David could help out after he got out of work. Well let me remind you that David works second shift (3-11pm), so that meant he would be working very late. Well David not wanting to pass up that opportunity he did. Well he did a ton of snow removing at other places, but we also got a ton of snow in our driveway. So in my little head I was thinking I should help him and go out and at least shovel the end of the drive way so that he didn't have to do it himself after working 18 hours straight. OK I know very well that me being almost 5 months pregnant I should not have been shoveling but I did.



But my real point to this story is how that with everything that is going on in this world. There is still neighborly kindness in my neighbors. After I had done about 15-20 feet myself and come in side to get warm. Here came my neighbor on his tractor with his snow blower to finish the rest and to make it so that David didn't have to do any of the shoveling. I just wanted to share the neighborly kindness we were giving after our first snow storm of 2009!

And So this is Christams!

Well we had a good Christmas to spite all the things that had happened the few days before Christmas. We packed up and went to my parents and had a good time like always. Things went just fine becuase Papa (my dad) called Santa and told him that Carson was going to be at his house this year. We had a great time My sister and her family came over to Papa and Gigi's house on Christmas eve and we ate ( like always) and opened gifts and had a Birthday party for Jesus. We all had a really good time. In my little family we are not going to play Santa up real big, but thats because we want are kids to know what the true meaning of Christmas is. We don't get a ton of gifts for Carson, we only do 5, One big gift from us, one from santa and 3 from the 3 wise men. I love Christmas and the whole giving thing so like always I spent WAY to much again this year on Chirstmas. Oh well I can try better next year. We ended up getting up around 6:45, Carson was not to sure what to do at first. And then he saw it, his new GeoTracks that was all set up ready to be played with. he opened a few more gifts and then we all got ready to move on with are busy day. We started at home (papa and Gigi's this year) then to the Snyder's for a fast Christmas and then to my Aunt and Uncle's for My Family Christmas. We always have lots of good food and tons of fun so we had a pretty good Christmas.

Carson and Maya making a cake for baby Jesus

Carson showing off he new game "Candy Land"

Papa reading "the night befor Christmas" to his grandkids.

Carson and his new geo tracks.

We ended up staying with Mom and Dad for two days and then we stayed with my sister and her family on Friday (thanks sis). Saturday we had someone look at what was wrong with the plumbing and we where able to stay in our house on Saturday evening. We still have a lot more work that needs to be done, but for now we can live in our house.

Heres the Birthday party we had for Jesus!






We hope that you had a Great Christmas and a Very happy new year!

I WON'T let it ruin my Christmas!!!!!!!!

We just became new homeowners this past October. We work hard for what we have and would for once like a little break. Let me tell you how my Christmas week started. Sunday was very very cold here with a wind chill of -28 or something like that. I had been at my sisters working on a Christmas gift and didn't get home until that evening. I knew it was going to be cold out in my salon so I went to check on the water in the sink, Frozen! Had no idea what to do. So David told me we would deal with it on Monday. Well like some pregnant women I don't sleep very well, I had gotten up at 5:00am, to get a head start I was going to turn on the heater out in the salon. Bad Idea. I had layed down for about an hour and got up to start my day and went out to check on how things were going. I could hardly open the door. WATER was everywhere. A Pipe had broke. I yelled for David to get up and shut the water off to the salon, because I had know idea where it was! After shutting off the water we went out there and there was about 2 inches of water on the floor and water everywhere. Everything was soaked. David started to push the standing water out the back door and I went to find all the towels that I could to help clean up. Well needless to say we got it all cleaned up and we think that the only thing that needs to be replaced is the floor. But we had talked about doing that anyway just a few days earlier. I guess that's what we get for talking about it.





Well wait I have more! Yesterday I decided to give my sister a break and go watch the girls at her house. Because that's what nice sisters do! But when I was there David calls to tell me he got his car stuck in the driveway and that someone he worked with picked him up. He works second shift (3-11pm) so I knew nothing could be done until he got home. Well I had stayed for dinner with my sister's family and didn't get home until around 8:45pm. I was busy getting Carson ready for bed ( that needed to be in around 8:00) so I didn't even see that there was a problem with the toilet, in the only bathroom that we have let me just say. So I went on with my stuff and started the washer and wrapped some gifts. I went in around 11:15pm to use the restroom and that is when I saw that we had a problem. It was not flushing right. So I just thought I would say something to David when he got in from digging out his car. We had gotten a lot of snow drifts in the driver way. Well just about a minute latter I hear water running all over the floor in the bath room. The toilet had overflown. What do I do. I called David in to help and figure out what was the problem. we had no idea. So David ran to Walmart to get a snake to see if that would help. Oh did I forget the tell you that not only the toilet had overflowed but there was standing water in the bathtub. So now what do we do. I went to bed and poor David went back out to dig out the drive way and was out until 2:30am in the rain and cold only to get a couple hours of sleep,he has to work first shift today. So now I have to pack all of our stuff we need for today and for Christmas to take to my parents house. I was so excited to have Carson waking up in his house on Christmas and now I can't even do that. His Papa and Gigi (my parents) where going to come over on Christmas morning just to see the excitement that Carson had and then they we're going to my sister house for the same thing. The more I sit here and think about it the more I get mad. And I can't have Christmas in my house this year because the indoor plumbing hates me. I know I am sure you are thinking well you could be the one that it homeless and does have a place to have a nice Christmas. And I know that we have a nice little house and this will get fixed but i just wanted to be able to have a nice Christmas in our little home. You know I even had gotten a new coffee maker and something to make for breakfast for when Papa and Gigi came on Christmas morning. OK I am done crying like a baby now. I just want a freaking break, for once! I am sure I will have an update in a few days stay tuned!





Well anyways we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to you and your Family!