In hopes of warmer weather....

I just realized that I never posted the pictures of our water fun last summer like I said i was going to so here are a few in hopes of it bringing on warmer weather. :-)



Sprinkler fun!!!!!



Playing in the sun....he's not really into the sprinkler much.



Wading pool @ Washington park

Wading pool @ Washington park

Ok so now bring on the warm weather and sunshine....I'm ready to play in the water!!!! :-)

Long time....and scrapbooking plea :-)

Just wanted to do a quick post while I was looking at everyone else's. :-)

Life is going fairly well for us right now.

I am working part time (nights) at Central Washington Hospital Emergency Room and that is exciting because I got hired on at a really good time for the "Med Rec" position.  There are 4 of us CMA's that do the Med Rec job which entails visiting with each patient and getting an up to date medication list from the patient and inputting it in the computer.  But I got hired just as they decided to expand our roles and utilize more of our skills which is just awesome so we are also doing EKG's and will eventually be doing blood draws.  Along with the fact that I refuse to only do my job :-) so I am constantly learning as much about the department as I can and trying to learn whatever I can to help out the RN's and the techs such as transporting patients to the "floor" (when they are admitted to the hospital) and I am in the process of getting computer clearance to cross train for another position so I can help cover breaks.  I figure with the money crunch the hospital is in....the more indispensable I can make myself the more job security I can buy myself. :-) I am sure my Med Rec coworkers would like me to stop finding new jobs to take on but I work nights and there are times when I sit for hours with nothing to do so I find new things to learn. :-)

As for Brad, he was back with the union for what was supposed to be 4-6 weeks but after 2 weeks of work they were out of work again. :-)  SO I think we are done with the union.  There is no work and no stability with the union right now.  We are trying to focus on getting it to work with him working full time with his dad.  It gives us the flexibility we need for my hours and the boys and it allows Brad to do what he actually enjoys.  So i am praying that this is what he is supposed to be doing.  I feel like it but it is so hard to know sometimes. So I guess we will just keep praying and taking each day one day at a time.

The boys are doing great.  Cameron is enjoying 1st grade and learning so much.  He is ahead of where he is supposed to be for reading and has brought home many +19/20 and +20/20 spelling tests so we are very proud of him and make sure we put those on the fridge so he knows we are proud of how hard he worked.  He has been working really hard at keeping his focus in class where it needs to be and it shows on his daily tracker report so that is a big deal for him. :-)  He is getting excited to start soccer next month.  We gave him the option of soccer, baseball or hockey for spring sport and he chose soccer.   We tried to encourage him to try baseball since it would be with a pitching machine or hockey since he hadn't tried it before but he had his mind set on soccer so we signed him up.  He is not easily persuaded. :-) Kinda stubborn like his daddy if you ask me. LOL  But we didn't really care which sport he played as long as he chose to play a spring sport so that he was staying active. 

Ethan is really enjoying preschool. This month they are doing something pertaining to science each class. He has really enjoyed the science stuff.  He loves his teacher and really likes his class.  He is learning a lot. He learns a lot from his brother too.  Just the other day he counted by 10s to 100 using the same rhythm that Cameron was taught.  He also learned how to spell Mississippi because we were challenging Cameron to learn it. LOL  We are hoping that this fall he will have the confidence to try playing soccer.  Right now we can't get him to do anything without us or brother other than his preschool class.  So we really want to get him broke out of his "shell".  We did finally agree that he would do one more year of preschool instead of starting kindergarten this fall.  He is just so little and and socially not ready for all day kindergarten.  His preschool teacher put it this way:  It's a decision of whether we want him to survive or thrive....if he went to kindergarten this fall she has no doubt he would survive but he would probably struggle.  If we let him go through Pre-k and do kindergarten next year she feels he would thrive not just survive. So Brad and I decided we don't want him to struggle like we both did through school.  And Cameron was almost 6 when he started kindergarten due to his late birthday so Ethan will be just a little older when he starts school. 



Ethan's class wearing their Stegosaurus hats they made. :-)



So there you have it....an update on our lives. :-)

Sorry I haven't been posting things, I check on everyone's often I just don't usually take the time to post anything.  I am really in need of a scrapbook day!!!!  We need to plan it on a weekend that I am off and Karalee can come up so we can spend the day in scrapbook bliss. :-) LOL  I haven't scrapbooked in so long and really need to get some done and hopefully keep working on it so I can get somewhat caught up.  But it is so much more fun to do it with a group. :-)  So that is my plea.....please can we all think about maybe planning something. :-)

One of about 6 hummingbirds that are constantly flitting around...so cute!

We just got back from a very short :-( trip to Brad's Granny and Papa's in Republic. It was a wonderful trip and super relaxing I just wish we could have stayed longer. The weather was decent and it's so quiet and pretty up there.  I got to sit and talk a lot to Granny and watch the hummingbirds flutter around the feeder and watch the squirrel taunt the cats from up in the tree.  We saw a few deer while on the porch and 2 while riding four wheelers. 

Looking north towards Canada from their front porch...the furthest mountain you see is in Canada. They are 16 miles from the Canadian border.

They really love riding the four wheelers!

I can't believe Cameron starts school in 3 weeks...OMG!  And he should be starting soccer practice in the next week or so and then with me starting orientation and 12hr training shifts (not sure how many days in a row yet but know that for training it will me noon to 12:30am shifts) it's going to be hectic for the next few weeks. But I am really excited for Cameron to start soccer and so is he.  Now I just have to stop procrastinating and go get him his gear. LOL  His Grammy Lynda took him school supply shopping so he is all set with that but we still have to go school clothes shopping which I am not looking forward to because he is very squirmy and loves to goof off in front of the mirror so getting him to go in to the dressing room and come out in a timely fashion is very hard and I usually end up getting very frustrated and so does he and it usually turns out to be a not very fun shopping experience for either one of us.  I have been trying to psych myself up for it and tell myself that he's a year older and so am I but he is still so wiggly and still gets so goofy in front of mirrors that I am still procrastinating the school clothes shopping trip but I know I have to go because he has grown out of all his clothes.  Alas I will eventually get to the store....and I am pretty sure it's gonna have to be this week because the next two weeks might be way too crazy. :-)  Although if anyone wants to take on the task of taking a vain almost 7 yr old boy clothes shopping please let me know I will gladly let you... LOL

Please pray that I find my patience somewhere between home and the store because I could really use a huge load of it when we go. :-)

9 years....WOW!!!!!!!!!

So Brad and I just celebrated our 9yr anniversary last wednesday the 21st and it was so much fun.  We had Brad's cousin Shawn come watch the boys and we went and had dinner in Leavenworth and then went and played mini golf which he beat me at.  We got some good laughs in at mini golf though.  I had a few out of bounds hits that got us laughing so hard I was almost crying. At one point I hit the ball and it flew off the course and into a bush and we couldn't find it so we are looking and laughing and there is this boy whose like maybe 12 and he's looking at us like we are crazy and he points at the ball and says "it's right here" with a tone to his voice like "duh you old fogeys".  It was really fun to say the least.  So after that we went and got ice cream and sat in the downtown park area and ate it while people watching and listening to the music they play over the speakers (it's like a radio or something) and then decided to go down to Blackbird Island (i think that's the name) anyway we had walked around 1/2 the island and was coming back the other side of it and right in the middle of the path was a deer.  It wasn't spooked by us either.  So we stop and try to decide if we should just continue walking toward it or what.  By then it walks off the path into the trees so we continue to cautiously walk toward it's direction on the path.  I stopped to take pics because it really didn't seem to care about us.  Brad was a little worried that it was gonna attack us or something which was totally cracking me up.  Anyway I took a picture of it and then there was a rustling behind it and out comes a teeny tiny baby deer no taller than maybe 2 ft tall.  Runs up to the momma deer and starts suckling.  It was so precious. I tried to get a picture but seeing as all i had was my phone I didn't exactly get a professional photo. 

She is right in the middle...the baby isn't in this picture....at least not that I know of anyway I didn't see where the baby stood up from.

All in all it was a wonderful evening and a great way to spend our anniversary.  It was nice to spend some time just the two of us and laugh and have fun together. And the boys had fun with their "Uncle Joe" aka Shawn.  It amazes me how long 9 years is and how it seems to have flown by and especially when I think about the fact that we have been together 13 1/2 years....almost 1/2 my life I have spent with Brad...WOW.  Well here's to the future and what it holds in store fore us!  TTFN

New direction

So after my last rambling about facebook I decided I needed to change things. I removed some previous posts so that hopefully people don't feel as though I am complaining.  I am going to try to keep this as only upbeat happening and keep my all other thoughts between me, Brad and God.  Maybe that's where they need to stay, sorry for burdening you all with them in the past.  You all have enough in your lives to worry about without having to worry about Brad and I so on to a new start with a better blog. :-)  We will get through all this with God's help and I know I have friends who care about me and I don't need to put my struggles out there in hopes that someone comments just so I am reminded of that.  So no more ( unless I forget and regress. lol) on to better posts and happier things.  When I get time I hope to post pics of our park outings and the sprinkler fun the boys have had.  So look forward to that. TTFN.

Facebook

Ok so most of the time I read peoples facebook status' and they don't really pertain to me but today someone posted about "If I ever complain about something that I made the choice to get myself into I give you permission to shake me senseless." or something like that I don't even remember exactly what it said or who said it but it made me think.  I really hope the people who read my blog don't think that about us.  I know we have made some choices that have turned out to not be so great in the long run.  But we didn't know that at the time we made the decisions obviously.  I just really hope you gals don't feel like i am complaining.  Because I don't want to.  I am looking for encouragement and friendship.  I don't mean for it to sound like complaining if it does. And if it does I am sorry and please comment something like "Hey dumba** your complaining again." :-) or something like that. LOL  I just don't really hang out with anyone or do anything with anyone so my way of getting out of the confines of my depression sometimes is to write it on this blog and whoever reads it and comments is who I get my advice from.  So anyway now that I have left my tidbit i am going to go for now.  Hope you all are having a wonderful day and enjoying this overcast windy day (if your in wenatchee.), it's a nice break from the blazing sun i guess. :-)  Toodaloo!

Some T-Ball pics

I really like this picture but he looks older in this picture....but look at the focus. 

Man this was a good hit....cleared the dirt and a ways into the grass.  Way to go Cameron!

Where Does God Live?

I was reading a few of the books tonight that  I checked out from the library the other day.  One of the books is called "Where Does God Live?" written by Holly Bea  and Illustrated by Kim Howard.  I LOVE IT!

It is a very beautiful book and I highly recommend all my friends checking it out if you can.  (the library will eventually have it back when I return it...I really like it so i may keep it as long as I can :-)  It's about a little girl who asks a lot of questions and she asks her mom one day where God lives and her mom says that "he lives in heaven, way up in the sky."  So the little girl tries to figure out where heaven is because she has never seen it in the sky.  So she goes and asks her animal friends and each animal friend believes that because everything around them is so beautiful that God must live right there with them where they live.  So the girl ends up asking her Grandma and her Grandma tells her how God lives in everything, and everyone. 

Here's my favorite part of Grandma's answer:

"God lives in the frogs and the birds and in you.

When you're looking for God, it's easy to do.

God lives in all things that you see, hear, or touch.

God lives in all people. God's in each one of us.

And when you meet people who are loving and good,

They're letting God out, just as everyone could.

And if you meet people who seem hateful or bad,

They've forgotten God's here, and that makes God sad."

I am definitely putting this book on my Books-To-Buy list. I highly recommend it to all my mommy friends and if you read it please let me know what you think of it.  God definitely knew I needed this book right now though and I am so thankful I read it with the boys tonight.  So heart warming and filling.

Feelin Good....

Okay so first off......Baby Madison got to go home late yesterday.  So that is a huge praise!!!!

Ok so on to me....so far this week I have lost 2lbs.....I think mostly water weight since I started flushing my system with water and tea and not drinking coffee daily, but none the less I have seen a loss on the scale and am feeling good.  I went to boxercise tonight again.  I love it!  I dread going just cuz I don't have the energy but once I get there and start going I enjoy it so much and especially the feeling afterwards. 


I tried a new recipe today for lunch and it was pretty good.  It was a La Tortilla Factory Tortilla, FF Cream Cheese, Turkey lunch meat, cucumber, tomato, lettuce and onion (3pts total).  It was really good.  Next time I will probably leave out the onion because it was kinda overpowering.  Brad had turkey, lettuce, tomato and onion on a sandwich thin (2pts total) and said it was delicious.  We so far really like the sandwich thins and even if you aren't on a diet they are tasty and make great sandwiches and burgers because there isn't a ton of bun/bread that overpowers the food. 


Anyway enough babbling.  That's all I have for tonight.  Hope you all find yourselves and your families happy and healthy.  

Sports

So excited!!!!  We signed Cameron up for TBall for this spring. 

We were gonna do soccer but then my mom reminded me about tball so we looked into the registration and it is still open and the same cost as soccer so we gave Cameron the choice and he decided to give TBall a try.  I am actually really excited.  I think he will like it and he still plans on playing soccer just not till fall so now he has a spring sport and a fall sport.  Plus I can't wait to see him in those cute baseball uniforms. LOL 

So anyway, I will post a game schedule as soon as I get one but the season doesn't start till April 5th so it will probably be late March before I know what team he is on and when his games are. Hopefully some of our friends and family will attend his games and cheer his team on.

 We got him a mitt and ball yesterday and are going shopping for a bat and some more balls so that we can take him down to Morris park (it's only a couple blocks from our house which is really nice) and start working on him so he knows a little bit once he starts practices.  I figure there will most likely be quite a few kids on his team that have played already so I want Cameron to know something so he doesn't get frustrated.  I researched drills that coaches do with the kids and the skills they work on so we plan to go down to the park on the weekends and work on some of the skills and start running the bases so he can learn the bases and start getting used to running since it sounds like they run at every practice. 

Anyway, just wanted to share my enthusiasm.  Makes me want spring to get here that much sooner. Bring on the sunshine!!!!!

Melt my heart.....

So the writing station at Cameron's class today was to write about Bad/Sad News......

In case you can't read it...." I had a bad dream and it was scary it was with my gramma and with my grampa was in it."

He's doing really good at phonetically sounding out words other than his slang pronunciations...lol. and he's doing really good on his spacing so that you can tell there are separate words.

So i thought that was cute.  Didn't really ask him what the dream was about because the next page made me choke back the tears.  Amazing what kids remember and think about.  For those of you who read this regularly you will remember that my Uncle Hal passed away in September.  Cameron has mentioned him a couple times and more so in the last week or so then he has since September.  So here's the picture that made me cry.....

I didn't include the writing part because it is partially erased and very hard to read and scanned in even worse but I am pretty sure you can tell that this is a grave with a headstone for Uncle Hal.

Oh my goodness!  I left his room after he confirmed what i thought it was and just sat in a chair and cried.  Out of all the sad things that have happened to him in the past year or so (getting rid of our pets, moving away from nene, etc.)  he chooses to write about Uncle Hal.  It warmed my heart to know that he remembers him and misses him but then it melts it knowing that he is sad because he knows that Uncle Hal died and went to heaven.  The other day he told me he saw a rainbow and wished on it that Uncle Hal could come back alive.  Where does he come up with these things?????  I love him to death but it breaks my heart to know that he thinks of such sad things.  But I know he is old enough now to understand what happened and it makes me smile to know that Uncle Hal will not be forgotten.

And just to clarify, this is the first time I have seen a Bad/Sad News writing come home so this not an often thing thank goodness.  It varies in subjects such as sports, Happy/Exciting news, animals, school, etc.  Last Thursday he wrote about how it was baby Kayleigh's birthday and that she was gonna be one and that uncle Brandon and Aunt Jessica were gonna be there.  So it's not all sad but this one struck me and I needed to share it with my closest friends who have kids and can understand why it pulled at my heart strings.

coupon trip

Ok so i don't have time for details but lets just say I did a coupon trip from krazy lady and wow definately understand the coupon high now.  Spent $30 and saved $57 plus got 8.50 in coupons to use on my next trip.  WOOT WOOT!  Photos and details will be posted soon i promise.  LOL

Begging for coupons

So if anyone has any extra of these coupons i would love to take them off your hands....LOL

They are some of the sales at albertsons and things I would really like to stock up on along with if you have any genral mills coupons for the cereals.  The boys go through cereal pretty quickly so if I could get coupons and stock up on cereal i would be very happy.  So let me know...i know it's short notice but we no longer have johnny's income so now money is gonna be even tighter and i need all the savings I can get.  Although i did order ink for my printer so hopefully soon I won't have to beg like this it just won't be here in time for these sales. :-)
$0.50/2 – Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot, Gushers – (coupons.com)

$1.00/2 – Betty Crocker Fruit by the Foot, Gushers – (bettycrocker.com)
$0.50/1 from GM 1/3

$1.00/1 – Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters – (coupons.com)

$1.00/1 – Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters – (bettycrocker.com)

$0.50/1 from GM 1/3

Zumba

So we signed up at the YMCA so that we can workout but also go swimming as a family.  Sunday we went swimming and that was really fun.  Then Tuesday I did a tai chi class which was nice but not sure my focus is there.  Wednesday i did a Pilate's/yoga class and that was really nice and I am definitely feeling my abs from it.  Then tonight I did Zumba and oh my goodness it was so fun and a really good workout and I am sure I will be feeling it tomorrow.  I love how good I feel and it was such a blast. 

I need to get some different workout gear though.  I got really hot for one in what i was wearing but it also allows a little too much jiggle of the belly and boobies. LOL  So my plan is to get a workout tank that will help hold in my belly a bit and then wear a sports bra under that and then a tank over the top of both to hide the bulge. LOL  I also will eventually have to get a new pair of shoes as I need something with better arch support so my foot doesn't hurt so bad and my toes don't go numb. I know I need alot and have no money to get it but I have a list and will work at getting one thing at a time as the budget allows. 

Anyway the point of my post is that if you get a chance to try Zumba I think you would get hooked.  I know I want Tuesday to get here soon so I can go again. :-)  Alright well that's all i have so goodnight.

P.S. Is there no spellcheck on this new version???

URGENT...Yet another prayer request...

My grandma is back in the hospital.  She has a cyst on her pancreas and a possible blockage in the tube that runs from the pancreas to the liver.  She has had diarrhea for 2 weeks and is just plain feeling crappy.  They sent her ct films to a dr. in seattle and that doctor reccomends doing a scope of that tube.  They don't want to do a scope until they can get her feeling better.  Also they found a mass in her abdomen and the seattle dr described it as ovarian cancer but grandma had a full hysterectomy 30yrs ago so not really sure what it is just yet.  But the dr said his main concern right now is the possible blockage but again he can't do anything until they get her feeling a little bit better.  Also she is 48hrs off of Coumadin (blood thinner) but her bleeding time is not getting better which means that her liver is not functioning correctly which may or may not be caused by the possible blockage.  Please pray for grandma's strength and her to get to feeling better quickly.  So please pray for the doctors that are taking care of her and that they are able to get her feeling better and do the tests they need to in order to find out how to help her.

My Uncle Don is feeling pretty good heart wise.  He has two stress tests coming up but not sure if he is going to be able to do them due to cost.  They are already worried about how to pay for the initial bills from the heart attack along with the very expensive medications they put him on.  So prayers that those issues work out and that they can get help with the hospital bills and medication costs.

Update

I have yet to get up to the hospital today to visit my Uncle Don.  But I spoke with my Aunt Tracy (his wife) and she said when she called up to the nurses station today they said he is still kinda in and out of it.  But when he is awake he is still feeling really good.  So that is a huge blessing.  I still want to get up there and see for myself so that i can rest my mind and my heart but hopefully sometime today that will happen. 

As for my Aunt Sherri...she was released from the hospital this morning around 2am.  The CT scan showed no appendicitis so they thing she just got a fast acting yucky virus and so they gave her some meds to help keep the nausea away and she is at home sleeping finally.  So that is another huge blessing. 

My grandma is still feeling kinda sluggish and this morning she had a headache but she is doing pretty good other wise and her heart is feeling normal.  So that too is another blessing.  So things are looking good this morning.  I am doing better emotionally.  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.  I will update again on my uncle when i know more.  TTFN

Prayer RequestS....PLEASE!

So I feel as though my family is falling apart very rapidly and need several prayer requests...

1st prayer request:  My Uncle Don went into the er this morning around 3:30am with a heart attack.  He at one point flatlined but the doctors and nurses got him stabalized.  They took him into surgery and placed a stent.  He is currently in ICU and when he is awake he is feeling really good and his only complaint is that they are keeping him for 4 or 5 days.  :-)  So please pray for his fast recovery and that the stent has truly fixed the problem. 

2nd prayer request:  My Aunt Sherri went into the er this afternoon with severe vomitting and diarrhea.  They got her on iv's to help hydrate her and did some blood work.  The nurse was pushing and prodding around my aunts recent surgery site (hysterectomy) but found no points of pain or concern.  However when she moved up and right to the location of the appendix my aunt about jumped off the table with pain.  So they are getting ready to do a ct scan to see if her appendix if inflammed/irritated and the cause of problems.  So she may be in surgery soon for an appendectomy.  So please pray that she too has a quick and easy recovery as she is still recovering from her hysterectomy too.

3rd prayer request:  Earlier this year my Grandma had a surgery to stop her heart from going into episodes of tachycardia (very very fast heartbeat that is very ineffective at supplying the body with blood.)...the surgery was supposed to help for up to two years but on friday she went in to the hospital because of an episode that she couldn't fix with meds.  She is fine but frustrated that she had an episode so soon.  So please pray that she doesn't have another episode for a very long time. 

I am having a really hard emotional problem with all of this and really need prayers to get through it.  I found out about uncle don tonight at 7pm then about my aunt sherri at 9pm and about my grandma's visit at 9:30pm.  So in one night I find out about all of this and I just wanted to scream, cry and puke.  I know that none of them are knocking on deaths door but with my Uncle Hal passing in september and then in one weekend having not one but 3 family members in the hospital and my uncle Don having a heart attack (which by the way the coroner has listed a heart attack as the reason of my Uncle Hal's death) it has just really thrown me into an emotional whirlwind.  So please pray for my family that everyone comes through ok and with quick recoveries.  Please pray that my grandma's heart behaves correctly.  Please pray that i don't have an emotional meltdown.  Thank you.  I will keep you up to date as soon as I know something and have time to blog. :-)

Christmas Season

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!!!!!

This christmas season has been like no other.  To put it in one word i would definately have to say.....blessed.  We have gotten so many mysterious blessings for our families this year. We are so very thankful!  First we got the Veggie tales movie reminding us to have patience. I needed that reminder so very much!  Then we got wo visa gift cards.  That was a huge help!  We were so grateful for those!  I was suprised by some wonderful girlfriends with a fun night and a wonderul stocking full of goodies.  Then two weeks ago we were blessed to have our lives intertwined with another family..... 

Through WOW (the game Brad plays online) we met a gal who lives in Gig Harbor but her parents live in Wenatchee.  Her parents aren't able to get their christmas decorations down so she wanted to know if we would help suprise them with a decorated tree and presents.  Of course we had to help her!  She then informed us that not only was she suprising them with a tree but they thought that her and her daughter were not going to make it this christmas which would be the first time in 9 years that they wouldn't all be together for christmas.  But they were actually flying in on the 23rd and staying through the 26th.  So anyway, on the 18th we took a fully decorated 2ft tree to their house along with all the gifts she sent over.  Her parents were so happy and excited to see the tree and presents, and they were so nice.  We visited for a bit and as we were getting ready to leave they made a point of letting us know we could come visit anytime.  I have since stayed in touch with Bel (her wow name) and we went up to meet her and her daughter at her parents house for dinner on wednesday.  Such an amazingly nice family!  And her parents were so excited to see her on wednesday!  At the end of the night Ethan really wanted to watch Night at the Meuseum so the dad decided we should borrow the movie that way we have to go back and visit when we return it.  I am not sure why God led us to that family but i am sure glad he did and so excited to see where the future leads.

And then to top it off, not only have we had a wonderful christmas day but we got home from visiting family and got a knock on our door. Brad opened the door and there was a guy with a box full of food.  He handed it to Brad and said it was a from a friend of a friend.  WOW!  Thank you so much to whomever had a hand in that!  There is all sorts of good stuff...Mac N Cheese, pasta, chili, soup, peaches, pears, popcorn, and pudding.  I sat and stared at the box and thanked God for all our blessings this year.

We have been so blessed and I am so thankful for all the blessings!!!!!  I continue to pray that things continue to work out for us and that he continue to help me learn to follow him and trust in him.  I know things will be okay for us because he loves us and these christmas blessings have reminded me over and over to continue to have faith and trust in him.  Our christmas season has been so amazing thanks to God first and all his helpers who he sent to us!  I pray everyone has been as blessed this season and that you are blessed throughout the new year!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

Snow stress....lol

So just when i was feeling good about finances, it snows.....I know we should have already thought about snow before now but we didn't.  So here it is snowing and we have no snow boots for Cameron and he has school tomorrow and I am sure they will be outside for recess.  So Brad grabs up Cameron and they make a quick run to Walmart for snow boots for tomorrow.  Well apparently more people are like us because the gal at Walmart said that as soon as it started snowing the boot department was cleared of most inventory.  UGH!  Anyway Brad found a pair of boots on sale that Cameron says are warm and feel really good so they got them.  Unfortunately they were $31.00.  That bites!!  An unexpected cost we didn't prethink and of course soon we will have to buy Ethan a pair of boots unless we can find someone who has a pair they are willing to give away.  So if you know of any boots for free or really cheap in size 9 please let me know. 

Ok enough venting from me.  The snow is so pretty and I love how quiet everything is when it snows.  I am excited to get some snow pics of the boys...that is if we find boots for Ethan.   I am hoping we have a white christmas and then it can all melt away!  LOL  Ok well that is all i have for right now. 

I know God will provide financial provisions but i am still kinda worried.  So please pray that I can put my faith in God that he will provide what we need. 

Thank you to whoever.....

A huge thank you to whoever is helping us.  First a huge thank you to whoever sent the Veggietales movie about patience to me.  I almost cried when i saw what the movie was about.  And I can only figure it had to come from someone who reads this blog because you guys are the only ones I vent to so thank you.  I appreciate it very much and truly enjoyed watching it with the boys.  And it was a much needed reminder that I needed to have patience.  Secondly, we received two gift cards in the mail either yesterday or friday and a huge thank you to whomever sent them.  It will be a huge help.  I don't know who sent either but I am so grateful for both.  Any help is wonderful but both things came at such a needed time.  SO THANK YOU!!!!!! 

The only part I am struggling with is who both items came from.  How am i supposed to say thank you if i don't know where they came from.  I did immediately pray and thank God for the movie and gift cards but i would still like to know who he worked through.  But if i never know it doesn't matter.  I thanked God graciously for the reminder and the help and hopefully he will pass it on to the hearts he worked through. 

Life may not be fun or easy all the time but the blessings i have make life worth living.  Thank you to all my friends who have continued to give me strength and prayers.  I appreciate it more than I will ever be able to tell you.  Even your simple comments of just reminding me that you care mean so much to me and often make my eyes sparkle with tears of joy. 


May the Lord continually bless you with heaven's blessings as well as with human joys.


- Psalms 128:5