Spring Break...

The thing I was looking forward to most about Spring Break was being able to sleep in past 7:00 am since I wouldn't have to get Sarah up for school. But can you guess what happened? That's right, just the opposite! The kids were waking up no later then 6:30 am everyday, Hooray!! So school starts on Monday and it looks like I will get to sleep in, for 30 minutes at least! UGH! I can't wait for summer break :D

Happy Birthday....

to me. Well, today is my birthday. I am 27. Wow I can't believe I am almost 30! LOL

Parent Job Description

I got this from a friend in an email and thought I would share...

PARENT - Job Description This is hysterical. If it had been presented this way when we were young, none of us would have wanted the position!!!!

POSITION : Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa

JOB DESCRIPTION : Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities! Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES : The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects. Must have the ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT & PROMOTION : None. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE : None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION : Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS : While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life

Sarah took these...

pictures of Grace.  I thought she did pretty good with the camera.  Grace is already 4 mos old!

Whoo Hoo...

I went to get Sarah at the bus stop today. It was so stink'n nice outside that I almost did a cartwheel. :D I never knew 47 degrees could feel this good. I guess I am just itching to get outside.

Love Story (kind of)

Last week was parent/teacher conference and Sarah's her teacher gave me lots of stuff that Sarah has been working on in a folder to take home. Here is a story she wrote on Feb. 6, 2006. It's really cute. I will keep the spelling the same so you can get the full affect.

One day on Satreday Grace and Jonay(Jonah). I think they love echothre(each other). It is silly very very silly. They lookde at echothre and I laphde(laughed) very very much. They are babys. Grace is my sistre. She is 3 mons old. Jonay has three brothrs and Grace has 2 brothrs and 1 sistre. The babys are two little two play in the snow. But I can play in the snow Adam and Jack and mom and dad can too.

In case you didn't know Jonay is Amie's Jonah. Anyway, I just thought I would share her story because I thought it was so cute that she would choose to write about it at school. :D

Grieving...

For the loss of a wonderful mother and wife...Although I never knew her I read of others who knew her and appreciated her. Please pray for those left behind, her husband and now five children. She never awakened from the c-section of her fifth child on March 1st. My heart aches as I mourn with her friends and family. She passed away from this life and onto life everlasting with our Heavenly Father.

In memory of Missey

Lent...your thoughts requested

Okay so I am confused. I have been watching the news today and the reporters have been reading email from people who have given something up for Lent. One person said they are
"giving up telling people what they want to hear and instead being brutally honest with them". This is where I get confused. I mean isn't Lent about giving up something that stands in the way of your focus on God. To eliminate distractions and reflect on our Lord and Savior. These people seem to be giving things up that sound more like New Years Resolutions. I know you shouldn't always just tell someone something they want to hear, but isn't being brutally honest a bit harsh. I mean that is the whole reason the term "brutally" proceeds honest. What do you all think? Could deciding to be brutally honest with someone help with your reflections on God?