Child like faith

Today the kids were playing outside after a playday at Amie's. They were riding their bikes in the driveway and Adam was holding a balloon that he got for his birthday. I told him to be careful because if it lets go, the balloon will fly away in the sky and he can't get it back. Well, a few minutes later, you guessed it, he accidently lost his grip on his balloon and it flew away and out of sight. He was disappointed of course, but when I said, " I told you that would happen if you let go.", he said, "Well maybe God can just punch it back down here." It was so cute I had to laugh out loud. It is beautiful the way children see God. He is an awesome God and children can sometimes understand this fact better then adults.

Happy Birthday Adam!

Yesterday, May 8th (Mother's Day), was Adam's Birthday. He turned four. He got a lot of cool Star Wars toys and a bike. Some clothes too, but when you're four you don't care about clothes all that much. Happy Birthday Son!

Happy Mother's Day

I forgot to post this yesterday on Mother's day. It is an email I got from my friend. A tribute to mother's.


Before I was a Mom -
I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into
bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mom -
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Spit on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held down a screaming child So that doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom -
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop
the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important
and happy.

Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to
make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
The joy,
The love,
The heartache,
The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Remember that behind every successful mother......
Is a basket of dirty laundry. (Ain't that the truth) :D

Happy Mother's day

Chuckles you can tell in Church

A friend of mine sent me these, I thought they were cute so I decided to share them:


Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl

whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed

in white?" "Because white is the color of happiness,

and today is the happiest day of her life." The

child thought about this for a moment, then said,

"So why is the groom wearing black?"

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Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their

fathers. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few

words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they

give him $50."

The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles

a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they

give him $100."

The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles

a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon, and

it takes eight people to collect all the money!"

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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten

Commandments with her five and six year olds. After

explaining the commandment to "honor thy father and

thy mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that

teaches us how! to treat our brothers and sisters?"

Without missing a beat one little boy answered,

"Thou shall not kill."

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At Sunday School they were teaching how God created

everything, including human beings. Little Johnny

seemed especially intent when! they told him how Eve

was created out of one of Adam's ribs. Later in the week

his mother noticed him lying down as though he were ill,

and said, "Johnny, what is the matter?" Little Johnny

responded, "I have pain in my side I think I'm going to

have a wife."

Potty Training Days...

Well five days ago we started potty training Jack. He is 27 months old which is older then Sarah and Adam were when they were offically labeled "potty trained". I think Jack just wasn't ready until now and I have to say he is doing quite well. Today he only had one accident about 30 minutes before bed so he made it through the rest of the day without a single accident. Now, I do know that a good day can be followed by a bad day, but at least I can be excited about today. He hasn't mastered the pooping part yet, but that will soon come. The potty part is pretty much down except for that one accident. We are very proud of him. It will be nice to only have one diaper to change when the new baby comes.

Great Deal on Children's Books

Tonight was the Ice Cream Social and Book Fair at Sarah's Grade School. All books were buy one get one of equal or lesser value FREE! Wow, it was a great deal. There were Scholastic Books and Caldacott(sp?) Winners. It was very crowded but I got some neat books. The kids all picked the books they wanted. I got $50 worth of books for $28. I was extremely excited. I love books so I had fun helping the kids pick them out. Then we ate ice cream sundaes in the cafeteria. It was a fun family night for the whole family. Reading some of the books when we got home before the kids crawled into bed was the best part.

I've been tagged!

I don't have anyone to tag after me so the tagging will end here on my part. Sorry! I have to pick 5 questions below to answer so here goes...

The questions are: If I could be a scientist...If I could be a farmer...If I could be a musician...If I could be a doctor...If I could be a painter...If I could be a gardener...If I could be a missionary...If I could be a chef...If I could be an architect...If I could be a linguist...If I could be a psychologist...If I could be a librarian...If I could be an athlete...If I could be a lawyer...If I could be an inn-keeper...If I could be a professor...If I could be a writer...If I could be a llama-rider...If I could be a bonnie pirate...If I could be an astronaut...If I could be a world famous blogger...If I could be a justice on any one court in the world...If I could be married to any current famous political figure...

My answers:

If I could be a gardner...I would have the best vegetable garden around and share the fruits of my labor with my friends.

If I could be a chef...I would have my own resturant and make lots of yummy foods.

If I could be a lawyer...I would only take honest people that really needed help and weren't looking to cheat the system or sue for lots of money over stupid little things.

If I could be an inn-keeper...I would have a really fancy house because the mortgage and costs of up keep would be covered under the cost to stay there.

If I could be a writer...I would write romantic comedies that ended the way they should "happy".

Well...that was it! Thanks for the tagging Beth!

Got a due date!

April 22nd was my first prenatal appointment with the mid-wife. I really liked her and am sure I am going to have a great experience working with her. I got to hear the heart beat also, since I was almost 13 weeks. It was amazing to hear. I remember the same feeling each time I heard the heart beat with all my kids. It really makes it real. My due date is set for October 29th of this year. I will also be getting an ultrasound in about 7 weeks. Today I am 13 weeks and 2 days. I can't wait for the ultrasound to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. I am also getting over the morning sickness. I haven't thrown up in three days now which is a record for me. I still get the strong hunger pains and weak feeling when I haven't eaten so that makes it hard to choke some food down to feel better. As long as I eat every two hours though I should be okay. Now I am still in the inbetween stages regarding clothes. I bought some maternity clothes that I don't really fit into yet, but my regular clothes are getting too tight for me to breathe in when I sit down so I am stuck in the middle until my belly starts to grow more. For now I lounge around the house in sweat pants which works great for me.

Happy Anniversary!

Today is my anniversary. Dan and I have been married today for 8 years. I can not believe it has already been 8 years. Our plans for celebration will be like the usual "work all day, sleep all night". Dan has been working all day and probably won't get home until this evening. Play day was at my house today and it was fun. I learned that my color palet is "Spring" so now I have a reason to buy more colorful shirts. I have a gift certificate to use at Target and I am planning on getting some maternity clothes since I gave all mine away when I thought we might be done having babies. I am excited to try some new colors using my color chart. It's fun being a woman :D

Happy Easter & Happy Birthday to Me!!

Another Baby?

Yep, we are expecting baby #4 sometime the end of October. I haven't seen the doctor yet, but will hopefully soon. I've been feeling the full effects of the morning sickness or should I say all day and all night sickness. Not a day goes by without me throwing up. Sometimes 3 times a day. It really sucks but I only have a few more weeks of feeling this way and then I will be better. I have already lost 5 lbs. I think some of that was from coming off the birth control, but the other few pounds were definetly getting puked up these last few days. I know once I feel better I will gain in all back and then some (well, actually a lot not some). We are all pretty excited about this one coming. I know I will be even more excited once I feel better. It has been hard to do anything around the house but just be lazy and even that is hardwork. :D

We finally got our laptop back. I am keeping a close eye on how close Jack gets to it. I am not going to let him delete the memory again. He has been snooping around trying to figure out a way he can get to it. Little stinker! "A computer hacker at age 2" says Grandpa Clark.

Computer troubles...(Jack ment.)

Our laptop died the other day. How did that happen? Yep, Jack did it. I was doing our weekly bank statements online and set the computer on the table so I could put the bills in the mailbox. Well, I got distracted outside and decided to shovel the sidewalk so the mailman would deliver the mail. That, of course, left plenty of time for Jack to work his magic. And magic it was because I can not for the life of me figure out how he did it. What exactly did he do you ask?
Well, he somehow got into the hard drive and commanded the computer to dump the flashcard memory. Yes, you heard right. He erased the computers memory! While the memory was being "dumped" I tried to turn it off so it would stop erasing, but it would not shut down, so I took the battery out. That worked, but then the computer would not turn back on. It was offically dead. Thankfully, it was still under warranty. The local repairer tried to fix it but they could not figure it out so the company is sending us a new one in about six weeks. I am so amazed that a two year old could accidently erase the entire contents of a computers memory. I had just downloaded some pictures off my camera too. I erased the memory stick, and didn't get a chance to save the pictures to a disk so they are gone. I was really sad about that.

I learned a valuable lesson....Do Not Leave Jack Alone With ANY Electronics...:D

"Hope Rising"

That is the name of the book I just finished reading. It is by Kim Meeder and is a true story about her and her husbands horse ranch in Oregon. They pair abused horses that have been rescue by them and put them with abused children that visit the ranch to find solice. It is a good book, it will bring chills to your spine and tears to your eyes. It is an uplifting story. Well, I also finished my scarf. It has some holes, but I put that end behind me when I wear it so no one can tell. I also made a scarf for Sarah to match mine. It is so much fun knitting. Now I have to go get more yarn to make some more scarfs. I don't know what I am going to do with all the scarfs I plan on making, but it sure is fun making them.

Funny Bubbles

The other day Sarah was taking a bath and she said "I like farting in the bath because it makes bubbles." Of course I laughed. She laughed too. I must say that I didn't expect to hear that from my daugher, but with two brothers what can I expect from her. :D

Knitting.....

is so much fun. A couple of days ago a friend taught me how to knit. I have been hooked ever since. I have been knitting a scarf which doesn't look all that great, but hey, it's my first time knitting. It has a couple, well quite a few actually, holes all over the place. I know that these holes are a special stitch in knitting, you can make a design using them, but I can't figure out how I am doing it so they are in weird spots all over. It does not look like a design but rather a sorry looking scarf. Oh well, I am still having fun. The best part is that Sarah also learned to knit. I taught her the same day that I learned. She only knows the first string but does it very well. She caught on so fast. Also her cousin Kaylyn learned too. My sister Tanya and I had fun knitting with the girls. The next day we bought the girls crochet needles and yarn and taught them how to crochet. Something we learned when we were little. It was amazing how easy it was to remember how to do it from so long ago. We had so much fun watching the girls make yarn necklaces, bracelets and headbands.

According to Adam....

every time he has a bath it will be his last. He hates getting the shampoo rinsed out of his hair because of the soap running down his face that he says "I'm not gonna take a bath anymore." I just smile and say "Oh really?" because I know that the next bath time he will be rushing to get in because he loves bath time. At least until he gets his hair washed and then he doesn't want a bath ever again. LOL. He just started saying that about getting his nails clipped too. If I let him get his way he would be a dirty little guy with long fingernails and toenails. :D

Happy Birthday Jack!

Well today is Jack's 2nd birthday. I can't believe he is already two. It is amazing how quickly time flies.

Times have changed

I was noticing the other day while watching the kids play with their things that times sure have changed. A long time ago children used to help out with chores starting at a young age. The girls would be helping out around the house, learning to sew, cook and take care of their younger siblings. The boys would be outside with their fathers tending to the animals, chopping firewood, and hunting for food. It was all there was to do. I am sure they had some things to play with but nothing like the toys kids have these days. Most of these things were learned behaviors. The kids did what they saw their parents doing, which brings me to my point about noticing that times have changed because I was watching Jack walk around the house with a play cell phone held up to his ear just talking away. When he was finished he said bye and snapped the phone closed and walked away. Of course this is a learned behavior. I didn't realize how much I am on the phone, but he has been watching me and has my habits down quite well. He even paced the room like he has seen Dan and I do before while chatting on the phone. It was cute but also kind of sad because kids these days are really spoiled with all their toys. I know our kids are. One of my earlier posts was about how my kids had so much fun playing with a card board box. It was so nice to see them using their imagination to it's fullest. Times are continuing to change. I wonder what kids will have to play with in the next two hundred years. Provided the Lord hasn't returned yet.

A Great Gift

With all the hustle and bustle I forgot to mention one of my favorite gifts I received for Christmas this year. My wonderful husband bought me a "Dust Buster", well actually it was from him and the kids, but was also for the kids to use to help me out. So far it has been wonderful. The housework is now that much easier for me. The kids have actually fought over who gets to vacuum the crumbs from under the table when they are done eating. Finally the kids came up with the idea that they will take turns every other day so they each have an entire day to vacuum. It is sooo great!

Kids are wonderful.....

These past two weeks have been so busy with the holidays and all, company coming and going. We haven't had time to just sit and watch the kids play with their new Christmas toys. So during the past few days we have tried to slow down as a family and just enjoy each other, and I have been noticing just how wonderful kids really are. I mean I know kids are awesome, but just sitting and watching them gives you a sweet perspective of them. And not just my own kids either. Kids have such pure hearts and minds. They are so honest and matter of fact. Just this morning I put a dress on for church but wasn't sure if I was going to wear it or not, it was wrinkled and I didn't have much time for ironing, but before I changed I woke the kids up for breakfast and Sarah said, "Mom, did you get that dress for Christmas?" My response was "No honey this is one of my old ones" "It is a beautiful dress" she then said. So of course I wore that dress to church this morning. Her response made me look at the situation differently. I was worried about how wrinkled it was and started thinking about how if I didn't wear the dress I didn't know what I was going to wear. She just added a child like purity on the matter and solved it for me right then and there. It made me feel good. Also these past few days Adam has been sharing and thinking about others without even being asked to, and Jack has been going around the house saying "I love you, I love you" to all of us. It is so awesome to witness them maturing before our eyes. Don't get me wrong though they still have their moments where they transform into little stinkers, but they still have beautiful little minds through it all :D.