Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Behind
I am behind. I do not like to be behind. It can be so hard to catch up.
There are so many things that I am behind in...that is even worse.
I am behind in...
Scrapbooking - this is a big deal since I do it on my computer and always have it at my findgertips. I guess I have a good excuse...my computer crashed several months ago. I had all my pictures in neat little folders which made my scrapbooking so easy. Now, my neat little folders are gone. I have been trying to piece together those lost memories, but many of them are still lost. I left off with Hallie's book in January...I am 8 months behind. I left off with our family book last October...almost a year behind there. **I do individual books for the first year and then do everyone together in a family book after that.
Pictures - My walls still showcase my 6 year old little girl, my 3 year old little boy, and my 18 month little girl. Hallie's picture is in the frame in my room waiting to be hung...she is a month old in her picture. Now, for the most part I have updated the pictures (I have been taking them myself), but they are still in the digital form and have yet made it into print. I am behind I tell you. I still need to take a group shot of my bunch and I like to take them to Portrait Innovations, but that has yet to happen.
Cleaning - I need to spring clean, but now it would be fall clean. It will probably end up becoming nesting...or spring cleaning (a year late). I do my best to keep up with the weekly basics (though I admit that that is even hard right now), but the big stuff is way down the list. I did manage to get out the bins of winter clothing and switch out all of my children's clothing...but the bins still glamour my living room as I am behind on laundry and do not want to put the bins away before I am sure that all summer clothing is put away. You know how it goes.
Weeds - I have never (in our 8 years of living here) been this behind on my weeds. I don't even want to talk about it. Let's move on.
Even my calendars are behind. My birthday calendar says July and our school calendar says August. My daily calendar is up to speed, though, and that is a good thing.
I am behind on dr. visits for my children, piano lessons for Katelyn, filing papers, switching out my normal clothes for maternity clothes, and...grocery shopping (Oh, I do not like to do that, especially with morning sickness!)
Pretty bad, huh?
Just for encouragement...I am not behind on
homeschooling
washing cloth diapers
loving my family
teaching my children about Jesus
Just in case you were starting to worry...
:)
There are so many things that I am behind in...that is even worse.
I am behind in...
Scrapbooking - this is a big deal since I do it on my computer and always have it at my findgertips. I guess I have a good excuse...my computer crashed several months ago. I had all my pictures in neat little folders which made my scrapbooking so easy. Now, my neat little folders are gone. I have been trying to piece together those lost memories, but many of them are still lost. I left off with Hallie's book in January...I am 8 months behind. I left off with our family book last October...almost a year behind there. **I do individual books for the first year and then do everyone together in a family book after that.
Pictures - My walls still showcase my 6 year old little girl, my 3 year old little boy, and my 18 month little girl. Hallie's picture is in the frame in my room waiting to be hung...she is a month old in her picture. Now, for the most part I have updated the pictures (I have been taking them myself), but they are still in the digital form and have yet made it into print. I am behind I tell you. I still need to take a group shot of my bunch and I like to take them to Portrait Innovations, but that has yet to happen.
Cleaning - I need to spring clean, but now it would be fall clean. It will probably end up becoming nesting...or spring cleaning (a year late). I do my best to keep up with the weekly basics (though I admit that that is even hard right now), but the big stuff is way down the list. I did manage to get out the bins of winter clothing and switch out all of my children's clothing...but the bins still glamour my living room as I am behind on laundry and do not want to put the bins away before I am sure that all summer clothing is put away. You know how it goes.
Weeds - I have never (in our 8 years of living here) been this behind on my weeds. I don't even want to talk about it. Let's move on.
Even my calendars are behind. My birthday calendar says July and our school calendar says August. My daily calendar is up to speed, though, and that is a good thing.
I am behind on dr. visits for my children, piano lessons for Katelyn, filing papers, switching out my normal clothes for maternity clothes, and...grocery shopping (Oh, I do not like to do that, especially with morning sickness!)
Pretty bad, huh?
Just for encouragement...I am not behind on
homeschooling
washing cloth diapers
loving my family
teaching my children about Jesus
Just in case you were starting to worry...
:)
Saturday, September 4, 2010
God's Gift
It is with great joy that Josh and I would like to announce that we are expecting blessing #5! This little person is estimated to join our family in April of 2011. We are extremely excited! All of the children are hoping for another brother, especially Brenden, but we will be excited either way!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Evenings
I know that someday it will be fun to look back and see what we did in our evenings when our children were young. So, I decided to write about it...and share it with you!
Recently my husband's job hours have changed. He now goes to work very early in the morning and gets home in the afternoon (usually around 4). What a joy this has been for our family. Sometimes when he gets home some of the children are still napping and so he relaxes on his recliner...and falls asleep rather quickly (I wish I had that talent!). If the children are awake he will usually wrestle or play with them (I think he is trying to keep moving so that he doesn't fall asleep :) ) After awhile he and the children will go outside and check the garden (lately we have had lots of strawberries and tomatoes). He then will start dinner...yes my husband can cook, and he enjoys it. Katelyn loves to help him and he enjoys sharing his knowledge (did you know that he went to culinary arts school for awhile...before he was called into ministry). During this time I am usually telling Josh all about my day or life in general...he is a very patient listener. Something that is very important to me is that we eat dinner together as a family...and we do every night. After dinner our evenings vary. On Mondays we attend our small group at our friends' house, on Wednesdays we go to church, and on Fridays we usually clean the church together as a family. Our Tuesdays and Thursdays are unplanned. Sometimes we go grocery shopping together. Sometimes we just sit at home and talk while the children play. The children also take baths on these nights. At about 8:30 we start our bedtime routine. The children clean up their jurisdictions (yep, got that name from the Duggars). Brenden cleans up the playroom, his room, and the shoes in the laundry room. Katelyn cleans up the living room, her room, and their bathroom. Makenna helps whoever has a messier job. The kids then have a night snack since we eat dinner fairly early. Then we do family devotions - right now Josh is reading them a Bible storybook with questions. We then sing and pray together. After devotions the kids get ready for bed and head to bed. Josh will then lay with the kids and they love to drive cars on his back. I will feed Hallie and put her to bed. Once the children are in bed, Josh will then check his email/facebook. I will either read, go on the computer, or just chat with Josh while he is on his laptop. Sometimes we get The Walton's from the library or netflix and we enjoy watching that together. We usually head to bed about 11.
Well, that is how we spend our evenings.
Recently my husband's job hours have changed. He now goes to work very early in the morning and gets home in the afternoon (usually around 4). What a joy this has been for our family. Sometimes when he gets home some of the children are still napping and so he relaxes on his recliner...and falls asleep rather quickly (I wish I had that talent!). If the children are awake he will usually wrestle or play with them (I think he is trying to keep moving so that he doesn't fall asleep :) ) After awhile he and the children will go outside and check the garden (lately we have had lots of strawberries and tomatoes). He then will start dinner...yes my husband can cook, and he enjoys it. Katelyn loves to help him and he enjoys sharing his knowledge (did you know that he went to culinary arts school for awhile...before he was called into ministry). During this time I am usually telling Josh all about my day or life in general...he is a very patient listener. Something that is very important to me is that we eat dinner together as a family...and we do every night. After dinner our evenings vary. On Mondays we attend our small group at our friends' house, on Wednesdays we go to church, and on Fridays we usually clean the church together as a family. Our Tuesdays and Thursdays are unplanned. Sometimes we go grocery shopping together. Sometimes we just sit at home and talk while the children play. The children also take baths on these nights. At about 8:30 we start our bedtime routine. The children clean up their jurisdictions (yep, got that name from the Duggars). Brenden cleans up the playroom, his room, and the shoes in the laundry room. Katelyn cleans up the living room, her room, and their bathroom. Makenna helps whoever has a messier job. The kids then have a night snack since we eat dinner fairly early. Then we do family devotions - right now Josh is reading them a Bible storybook with questions. We then sing and pray together. After devotions the kids get ready for bed and head to bed. Josh will then lay with the kids and they love to drive cars on his back. I will feed Hallie and put her to bed. Once the children are in bed, Josh will then check his email/facebook. I will either read, go on the computer, or just chat with Josh while he is on his laptop. Sometimes we get The Walton's from the library or netflix and we enjoy watching that together. We usually head to bed about 11.
Well, that is how we spend our evenings.
Friday, August 27, 2010
T-ball
I am a little behind in this post, but it is still worth sharing. This summer our son had the opportunity to play t-ball with many of his friends from church. Though we do not plan to do many organized sports, it was a fun time of learning for the kids and fellowship for the adults. Our team constisted of 9 children ages 4-6. 6 of the children went to our church.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Never say Never
Have you ever had those times in life where you say "I will never do that."
We all have I am sure...but have those ever come back to say, "That is what YOU thought!"
When I was in high school I was a go go go person. I loved to be busy! I was involved in all kinds of activities and found great pleasure to go from one activity to another. I did not want to be a stay-at-home mom. That sounded boring to me. I did not want to sit at home all day and watch tv (I knew little about parenting obviously). Well, it did not take me long after my first little bundle of joy came into this world that I knew I needed to be home with her. Now, I cannot imagine myself as anything else! I love being home with my kids...which brings me to my next "never".
Homeschooling. I had a degree to teach and I was planning to teach and have my children be in school with me. I was pretty passionate about this - until my first child became school age. I could not imagine sending her away all day. I truly found joy in being with my children. So, a homeschooling-stay-at-home-mom I became... and I LOVE it! I plan to homeschool them all the way through.
I have never really had a plan on how many children I desired to have. I wanted a big family, but really had not put much thought into it. One thing though, was the spacing. I had decided that 3 years was the magic number. For no other reason other than it sounded good. Nope. None of my children are 3 years apart...and I am so thankful. With each child they are getting closer in age and I love that. My children play together so well and enjoy each other.
As I have more children I have found that many of my little "nevers" have become so, well, little. I rock my baby to sleep sometimes, okay many times. I lay with others till they fall asleep. My baby doesn't wear onesies because she sweats in the extra layer. My children sometimes go days without baths. They always play outside barefooted. They play in the sprinkler in their clothes and take baths in their swimsuits. They stay in their jammies all day. We leave the house with dirty faces, unbrushed hair, and mismatched clothes.
God knows me so well...even better than I think I know myself. He knows me now and later. I am so thankful that He changed my heart on each of these "never's". I feel that I am so much a better mom and person because of them! Being a parent is not an easy task, but it is stretching me to be who God wants me to be.
We all have I am sure...but have those ever come back to say, "That is what YOU thought!"
When I was in high school I was a go go go person. I loved to be busy! I was involved in all kinds of activities and found great pleasure to go from one activity to another. I did not want to be a stay-at-home mom. That sounded boring to me. I did not want to sit at home all day and watch tv (I knew little about parenting obviously). Well, it did not take me long after my first little bundle of joy came into this world that I knew I needed to be home with her. Now, I cannot imagine myself as anything else! I love being home with my kids...which brings me to my next "never".
Homeschooling. I had a degree to teach and I was planning to teach and have my children be in school with me. I was pretty passionate about this - until my first child became school age. I could not imagine sending her away all day. I truly found joy in being with my children. So, a homeschooling-stay-at-home-mom I became... and I LOVE it! I plan to homeschool them all the way through.
I have never really had a plan on how many children I desired to have. I wanted a big family, but really had not put much thought into it. One thing though, was the spacing. I had decided that 3 years was the magic number. For no other reason other than it sounded good. Nope. None of my children are 3 years apart...and I am so thankful. With each child they are getting closer in age and I love that. My children play together so well and enjoy each other.
As I have more children I have found that many of my little "nevers" have become so, well, little. I rock my baby to sleep sometimes, okay many times. I lay with others till they fall asleep. My baby doesn't wear onesies because she sweats in the extra layer. My children sometimes go days without baths. They always play outside barefooted. They play in the sprinkler in their clothes and take baths in their swimsuits. They stay in their jammies all day. We leave the house with dirty faces, unbrushed hair, and mismatched clothes.
God knows me so well...even better than I think I know myself. He knows me now and later. I am so thankful that He changed my heart on each of these "never's". I feel that I am so much a better mom and person because of them! Being a parent is not an easy task, but it is stretching me to be who God wants me to be.
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