It is with much fear and trepidation that I announce that today is the day we begin our 30 Days of Nothing. I am fearful of being held accountable for it!!
Today should not be too bad as the three older girls are off with their day to Bring Your Child to Work Day at his company. They were very excited to go, especially Emaleigh who has waited for two years to finally be old enough to go. Kalli was not thrilled that everyone left without her, but she is dealing.
Okay, lesson 1:
*I spend a lot of money on convenience How do I know that? Well knowing that I can't buy whatever has led me to spend hours trying to plan for the month. Mostly in the food department. I am going to try once a month cooking this month. That way I will cook from scratch, staying in the rules, but still be able to save some time during the week.
Wish me luck!!
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
TGIF!!!!
Thank goodness it is Friday!! What a great day of the week:) We were going to head out camping this weekend, but decided to stay home instead. Now with the weather looking so yucky, I am glad!
We were looking over our summer schedule last night trying to decide what to do for vacation. Every year we get the girls together and pray for knowledge of where to go on vacation and then we draw from a hat. We put in N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW and home. When we pick a direction, we look at a map and find something that would be fun in that direction. One year we really wanted to go north and we drew east. We put the paper back in and prayed again (just in case He did not hear us the first time :) and we drew east again. We had a blast on that vacation seeing things that otherwise we would never have seen! Anyway, last night we drew for this years vacation and we drew home. Now, our rule for if we draw home is that we get someone to come in and clean the house before we start, we eat out the whole week and no regular stuff like chores, laundry, phone calls, etc. The girls were pretty bummed that we will end up vacationing from home, but I think it could be a blast. We decided to go with the theme of air, land and water. We will have one day of each! If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!
I forgot to mention that the doctor called on Monday about Kalli's check up. She said that Kalli's anemic and she needs to add iron drops to her daily regime of vitamins. She said that kids usually become anemic at her age because they drink so much milk that they don't eat enough and milk has no iron in it. Kalli drinks iron enriched soy milk that has plenty of iron so she thinks there could be something else causing the anemia, but she wants to start here and see. Kalli will go back in about 6 weeks after taking these drops to see if this helped.
The Children's Place is having a great 4.99 sale. I ordered Tori an outfit and two shirts, Emi an outfit and Kalli an outfit and I paid $39 including shipping!! WooHoo am I excited!
Well, I guess I need to get going! The girls are waiting to start their math tests!!
Later Gator!
We were looking over our summer schedule last night trying to decide what to do for vacation. Every year we get the girls together and pray for knowledge of where to go on vacation and then we draw from a hat. We put in N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW and home. When we pick a direction, we look at a map and find something that would be fun in that direction. One year we really wanted to go north and we drew east. We put the paper back in and prayed again (just in case He did not hear us the first time :) and we drew east again. We had a blast on that vacation seeing things that otherwise we would never have seen! Anyway, last night we drew for this years vacation and we drew home. Now, our rule for if we draw home is that we get someone to come in and clean the house before we start, we eat out the whole week and no regular stuff like chores, laundry, phone calls, etc. The girls were pretty bummed that we will end up vacationing from home, but I think it could be a blast. We decided to go with the theme of air, land and water. We will have one day of each! If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!
I forgot to mention that the doctor called on Monday about Kalli's check up. She said that Kalli's anemic and she needs to add iron drops to her daily regime of vitamins. She said that kids usually become anemic at her age because they drink so much milk that they don't eat enough and milk has no iron in it. Kalli drinks iron enriched soy milk that has plenty of iron so she thinks there could be something else causing the anemia, but she wants to start here and see. Kalli will go back in about 6 weeks after taking these drops to see if this helped.
The Children's Place is having a great 4.99 sale. I ordered Tori an outfit and two shirts, Emi an outfit and Kalli an outfit and I paid $39 including shipping!! WooHoo am I excited!
Well, I guess I need to get going! The girls are waiting to start their math tests!!
Later Gator!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
You know how excited you get when you reach the last hour of an eight hour drive? That hour seems to fly because you have entered familiar territory and you see an end in sight! That is how I feel today! First of all, tomorrow is the beginning of the weekend and then after this week, we have only 5 weeks of school to go!! Yoohooo!!! I am ready for an awesome summer with the girls. I don't think we are going to travel as much this summer, we are going to spend lots of time hanging out around here. I think Kalli is old enough this summer that we will be able to do more all together.
The girls received their awards for LTC last night. They were very pleased with the results, though a bit disappointed that chorus (yes, the one I directed) got a silver. I don't agree with the final result, but such is life. I told the girls that a lot of times we don't get what we deserve, and most of the time that is a good thing!
We were able to go to church last night for the first time in about three months. The girls had swimming and then gymnastics which made us unable to go. I had really been a bit restless with my church experience. We had talked about looking elsewhere for a place to attend. We have really discussed and prayed about the right thing to do. Our main concern was that our 12 year old and our 5 year old really have not found their "place". Brianna is pretty laid back and rolls with the punches, but it was really bothering Emaleigh (5). She does not seem to have any problems making friends anywhere except for at church. I must admit that when we invited everyone her age a year ago to her birthday party and only two even bothered to RSVP or come, I was pretty discouraged. She has never been invited to a birthday party of anyone her age at church except one sweet little boy! Pretty discouraging! Anyway, we have decided that we are needed where we are at and can use it as a lesson of what we should be with our church family. I do however hope that they can both find some friends there. I remember growing up that was where my best of friends came from! It was great to be back last night!
I attended a class last night about simplifying your life to further the kingdom. I have thought about simplifying before, in fact I have read many books about it, but never for the purpose of living a more Godly life! What a great thought! I really started to think about where we were in this picture. We have simplified our stuff. Every few months we go through and get rid of any excess and it feels pretty good. Last night has shown me though that we are hoarding something else now in its place, activities. We are gone all of the time and though it is for good things, how can we further the kingdom if we never slow down to experience it! I am really glad that I was able to attend this class. The girl that teaches it is such an inspiration! She had a baby just about 2 months ago and yet she is there, very prepared and ready to go. Boy do I feel bad about my whining about being too tired! I am going to start praying about where to cut back on our commitments and see what happens!
Well, I had given the girls a 5 minute break and I thought I would spend a couple of those minutes typing, but it looks like my 5 went into 10, so I guess I need to skat!
Later!!
The girls received their awards for LTC last night. They were very pleased with the results, though a bit disappointed that chorus (yes, the one I directed) got a silver. I don't agree with the final result, but such is life. I told the girls that a lot of times we don't get what we deserve, and most of the time that is a good thing!
We were able to go to church last night for the first time in about three months. The girls had swimming and then gymnastics which made us unable to go. I had really been a bit restless with my church experience. We had talked about looking elsewhere for a place to attend. We have really discussed and prayed about the right thing to do. Our main concern was that our 12 year old and our 5 year old really have not found their "place". Brianna is pretty laid back and rolls with the punches, but it was really bothering Emaleigh (5). She does not seem to have any problems making friends anywhere except for at church. I must admit that when we invited everyone her age a year ago to her birthday party and only two even bothered to RSVP or come, I was pretty discouraged. She has never been invited to a birthday party of anyone her age at church except one sweet little boy! Pretty discouraging! Anyway, we have decided that we are needed where we are at and can use it as a lesson of what we should be with our church family. I do however hope that they can both find some friends there. I remember growing up that was where my best of friends came from! It was great to be back last night!
I attended a class last night about simplifying your life to further the kingdom. I have thought about simplifying before, in fact I have read many books about it, but never for the purpose of living a more Godly life! What a great thought! I really started to think about where we were in this picture. We have simplified our stuff. Every few months we go through and get rid of any excess and it feels pretty good. Last night has shown me though that we are hoarding something else now in its place, activities. We are gone all of the time and though it is for good things, how can we further the kingdom if we never slow down to experience it! I am really glad that I was able to attend this class. The girl that teaches it is such an inspiration! She had a baby just about 2 months ago and yet she is there, very prepared and ready to go. Boy do I feel bad about my whining about being too tired! I am going to start praying about where to cut back on our commitments and see what happens!
Well, I had given the girls a 5 minute break and I thought I would spend a couple of those minutes typing, but it looks like my 5 went into 10, so I guess I need to skat!
Later!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Hooray! I love Wednesdays, it means that the weekend is coming!! Yesterday I got the house cleaned from top to bottom, the girls school went wonderful and I had time to play with the babies for a couple of hours....NOT!! I did get some laundry done and the girls got their school done, but the house is still a mess!
Tori started a more advanced tumbling class last night. She was the youngest one and looked so little compared to the other girls in the class. She looked overwhelmed from the beginning, but she stayed in the class and did pretty good! She had trouble on the trampoline, she gets nervous and jumps for several minutes before she does her handspring and it gets her so worried and upset that she falls. I had to walk out because I get nervous watching her jump for so long to prepare. She seems to do much better on the floor than the trampoline. I guess it is the floor that matters though! I sat there watching these other girls do a back tuck and I wonder if I will ever be able to stop being so nervous and just watch!! Her coach told her she was a super trooper for hanging in there!
Kalli and Emi had a rough night last night, thus I had a rough night last night. I really need to come up with a sleeping solution that works better, those two just can't sleep together.
Today Kalli has a gym class with me at noon and the other girls at 1. Then Tori has a lesson at 2:30. She goes back for more tumbling at 5pm and then we are going to head to church. We have our first youth group parent meeting tonight! I can't believe my biggest baby is going into the youth group!
We are trying to decide if we still want to go camping this weekend! It sounds fun, but a weekend home getting things done sounds fun too!! Well, I am off to impart my wisdom on my girls!!!
Tori started a more advanced tumbling class last night. She was the youngest one and looked so little compared to the other girls in the class. She looked overwhelmed from the beginning, but she stayed in the class and did pretty good! She had trouble on the trampoline, she gets nervous and jumps for several minutes before she does her handspring and it gets her so worried and upset that she falls. I had to walk out because I get nervous watching her jump for so long to prepare. She seems to do much better on the floor than the trampoline. I guess it is the floor that matters though! I sat there watching these other girls do a back tuck and I wonder if I will ever be able to stop being so nervous and just watch!! Her coach told her she was a super trooper for hanging in there!
Kalli and Emi had a rough night last night, thus I had a rough night last night. I really need to come up with a sleeping solution that works better, those two just can't sleep together.
Today Kalli has a gym class with me at noon and the other girls at 1. Then Tori has a lesson at 2:30. She goes back for more tumbling at 5pm and then we are going to head to church. We have our first youth group parent meeting tonight! I can't believe my biggest baby is going into the youth group!
We are trying to decide if we still want to go camping this weekend! It sounds fun, but a weekend home getting things done sounds fun too!! Well, I am off to impart my wisdom on my girls!!!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Happy Easter!
We have survived the girls LTC convention this weekend and are drawing to a close of Easter, 2007! Brianna and Tori had a great time this weekend. They both did good at Bible Bowl. Brianna is pumped for next year and has already started studying. They were both in drama and that went well also. My chorus group sounded outstanding (just my humble opinion!!). We really all had a great time. I got to visit with some people that I do not normally get to talk with. All four kids had fun.
Kalli had her 2year old well check. She is still quite small for her age tipping the scales at 22 pounds! Everything else looked great. She got 4 shots so Friday night at the hotel, she was a bit fussy and did not sleep good. Saturday she felt much better.
Easter has been quite relaxing around here. We grabbed breakfast out and then all watched "Facing the Giants" together. It was a pretty good show. What it lacked in the acting department was made up for in the message!
We are getting ready for tomorrow which will be our last coop day for this school year!! I am really excited to be done for the summer. The girls only have six more weeks of regular school and then we are going to have a totally awesome summer!!
Have a wonderful Easter!!
Kalli had her 2year old well check. She is still quite small for her age tipping the scales at 22 pounds! Everything else looked great. She got 4 shots so Friday night at the hotel, she was a bit fussy and did not sleep good. Saturday she felt much better.
Easter has been quite relaxing around here. We grabbed breakfast out and then all watched "Facing the Giants" together. It was a pretty good show. What it lacked in the acting department was made up for in the message!
We are getting ready for tomorrow which will be our last coop day for this school year!! I am really excited to be done for the summer. The girls only have six more weeks of regular school and then we are going to have a totally awesome summer!!
Have a wonderful Easter!!
Friday, April 6, 2007
Good Day!
Yesterday was Kalli's 2nd birthday. I still can't believe that she is 2. I am going to post some more pictures of her party.
Boy were we busy yesterday. Brianna had to finish getting a powerpoint presentation ready for a class she is taking. I was just amazed at what a great job that she did putting it together. She decided to do it over God's plan for our lives. She is such an outstanding servant of God. She inspires me often! Her name means "of great faith" and boy has she lived up to that. God has very special plans for her one day!
Tori had several gymnastics practices. She is doing better on her back-handspring so was in a much better mood! That was good for all of us :) She has another practice today and then is off for the weekend.
Speaking of the weekend, we have a leadership training convention to go to for the girls. They are really excited! They will participate in a Bible quiz competition, drama and chorus. It is something that they have done the past few years and have really enjoyed it.
Kalli has a doctor's appointment today for a check-up and shots. I am not looking forward to that.
My girls are such a blessing to me! There are days that I think I must be crazy, and then we have sweet days like yesterday and I see the light! I never imagined that being a mom would be so hard, yet so worth it!!
Later!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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