Teenager in the house!

Oh help.. I have an offical teenager in the house!! And another one to join in just a few short weeks!! The Birthdays are upon us! And people wonder why I am coloring my hair.

We had a great weekend as a family.. speant it playing and just enjoying each other company.

I will have to get a new picture of the kids up.. they had pictures taken on Thursday.

Pictures

We built some dinosaurs out of styrofoam at a recent academy at the school building.

fun but exhusting weekend

This past Saturday we drove to Hays ( 4hours away) to my cousin Rachel's wedding, it was very beautiful and touching. There is something touching about watching a man cry at his wedding.

Sunday we drove to Valley Falls ( 1 1/2 hours away) to my folks house for Easter dinner, yes it was a week early due to church programs that will be on Easter. We had fun.. it was so sweet my neice R told me that she had been looking forward to seeing me all day. Love that girl, she is the same age my two girls and we just seem to connect.

This week is spring break, but we will be doing some major house cleaning, and school work.

I hope to get some new pictures taken of the kids playing so I can post them here.

Recent Visit at a friends

On Wednesday we went and visited our Vickie and all her "kids".. two two legged kind and 11 or 13 four legged kind. All the kids had fun and Vickie and I had a great visit.

I learned all the momma goats names.. it was fun listening to Vickie and her boys trying to figure out which baby belonged to which mama.. Alice ...Alice Goat.

Pictures of our new baby!

We adopted this precious little "Lady" from the local animal shelter and she has just won our hearts. She is a lab/??? mix.. and gorgeous! Only a few months old, but soo smart.


Of course girl still is not totally sure about her, but is learning to tolerate her. I think she is a little jealous.

Schedule changing..again..big sigh..

My days keep changing.. lol.
Monday: Girls class 8:30 - 10;Boys speech 9-9:55
Tuesday: Girls class 8:30 - 10; Boys Art/Music class 9- 10:30; Home school group 1-4
Wednesday: Girls class 8:30 - 10; Boys speech 8:30 - 9; (boys start reading help 9-10)
Thursday: Girls class 8:30-10; (boys reading 9-10)
Friday: Girls class 8:30-10;(boys reading 9-10); Girls art/Music 1-3:30

Of course then I do still work most nights 6-11:15.

Busy Lady

I thought I was going to slow down this year.. but it seems to have picked up speed instead.

M-F I am in town, the girls are getting extra tutoring help in Math, Reading, and English for 90 minutes a day. During that time the boys and I do school at TPLC, and they have their art & music lessons. Tuesdays we have Home School group learning classes. Thursdays we have a learning academy 2x a month, and the boys speech. Fridays the girls have their music/art lessons in the afternoon. And I work at Casey's 4-5 nights a week.

Mmmm dh time, for about 5-10 minutes a day during the week, weekends we see a little more each other.

I still have not got pictures of the new truck, nor have I gotten the pleasure of driving it. I did however get surprised with a key to it! (so I get to unlock my door...lol)

Life is busy, but I am trying to stay caught up.

New Year, New Truck

James went to Missori today and got his new truck. It's almost everything he was looking for in the new truck.. only it's not a 4x4. Not sure of the color.. I guess it is listed as green, but does look blue in certain light. It is a 1997 F-350 diesel crew cab, power everything it has grey interior. Our 6'3" friend went with him and sat in the back seat.. said there is plenty of room for our tall girls. (lol).

James also found a 24x20 two story shed on craigs list and went and checked it out on the way to get the truck. Sooooo we might have a new shed too!!

The Lord is already blessing us in the new year!!

Oh my goodness.. it is soooo nice... I love the truck!! As of right now I have only ridden in it to work, but I love it.

Busy

I seem to keep busy doing things.. but don't remember doing much..lol. This year seems to have flown by. I can't believe it is almost the new year.. where did the time go?

I have been working 20-25 hours a week at Casys in the evenings..I really do enjoy working there. I feel more confident and know that I can work when I need to. I have worked there long enough to make time and half on holidays!! I worked Christmas, and will be working New Years also.

I need to find some new pictures to post.. I love looking at other peoples pictures, maybe you all might looking at mine.

Have to head off to bed.. taken some cold meds and they are kicking in.

Family Photo

After posting those pictures of the van, I wanted to post something positive.. here are the family pictures we had taken recently.

Hello

After much deliberation, I realized I had not made a post about my wreck on Dec.8th, so I thought I would post some pictures here. Most of the people that come here and read my blog know what happened.

So to make a long story short, I hit a patch of ice and ended up in the ditch on the drivers side. In order for them to get the kids and I out they had to break a few windows. We are all ok, recovered nicely.

Good Christmas Song

added a video bar.. I love the Don't Cross Christ out of Christmas.

Tired

I have been doing more demos at the grocery store and I am sore and tired. My feet really hurt..lol. I was able to see several friends that I haven't seen in a while. Wish I could have talked to them longer, but it was still fun to chat for a minute.

New October Photos of the kiddos

Photobucket Album

Click on the picture, it will take you to the page on photobucket to see the rest.

Kids first Art lesson

The kids had their first art lesson on this past thursday, and they drew Lady bird beetles while watching it done on a video.


Find more photos like this on Art Snacks

Make over

I recently attended a mary kay party and had before and after photos taken.

before:





after:

Lots of changes lately.

We made it back safely, but made several additions to our families only one of the 2 legged kind.

James was able to get our fish tank set up and now we have 12 fish in there.

And our loveable neice is now living with us, not sure how long she will be, but for now she is. Hoping her mom follows through and gets the help she needs.

Trials.. and vacation time

We found out yesterday that hubby's mom has small cell lung cancer.. she is in the hospital and started her radiation treatment today. He and I went up and saw her for a little bit this evening, she was wiped out. The drs say she should make a full recovery after the 7 weeks of radiation. But it makes for a trying time right now.

Hubby and I are supposed to head off to Texas on vacation this Saturday while all the kiddos head off to my folks house for the week. Now it will hinge on if his mom is doing ok. ( Or as ok can be expected).

I have a lot to do in the last few days...lots of cleaning, packing.. etc. Still have to find someone to take care of the animals while we are gone.

Slim fast...

ok.. this morning I decided that I have a mini- goal of lossing 10 lbs by July 21st. If I am able to do that I will be at 199 lbs!! And then I will go from there with my next mini goal!!

So I started my slim fast plan again.. and I decided to allow myself the full 1,500 calories intake a day that they recommend rather than the 1,300 calorie that was the lowest plan they offer. So now I feel like I have more flexibility in what I eat.

Today.. I did not cheat.. even though I wanted to.. and I only took in 1,470 calories!! So still less than what I was allowed. Ok.. I forgot I drank a pop.. so I added that in.. before I did I only had 1,270 calories. So pop really is empty fatting calories!! Bad me on that.

Kids Birthday Party

We had a fun combined party for all the kids on Sunday with over 40 kids in attendence. We played organized games: Sack race, gopher tunnel, Egg relay, egg toss, cubby bunny, shoe pile scramble, Guess my name. It was a lot of fun.. I played alot with the kids.

Here are some pictures: