Why my Husband ROCKS!!!!!!!

SO, In just trying to add to some things about me, I realized how much I have to say about my husband. He is awesome on so many levels, and soooo not perfect on some others. One of the best things about him is his ability to be my friend. He goes above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to being my friend. Even though we do not always have the exactly the same interests, he tries to do things with me that I like to do and I in return try to do things with him that he likes, we also just laugh at each other all the time. We know how to have so much fun together. He is very intelligent and to have the best thing to say at the most funniest times!! I think that one of the best things that we have discovered is that we can talk about any and everything that comes in to our minds. And that we have an awesome level of trust and intimacy that is awesome.

Well... Finally in the CHRISTmas Spirit!!

I have really been having a hard time getting into the feeling that it is Christmas.This year has gone by VERY fast and we kind of had a lame summer where it felt pretty gloomy all summer and when we are used to SUN for 20 odd hours a day...it stinks to go from gloomy ALL day to DARK all day. But... the LIGHT has come. I did lots of things to actually feel like it was Christmas season... I have even been praying that God would show me what I should be doing to feel more like it was Christmas. I had all my presents picked out for what I was getting who, we put the tree up the night before Thanksgiving, we watched the classics, but I just didn't feel it, we made a SnowBlob (apparently the snow in Alaska is not good snowman snow unless it is fresh snow) and named him Fransisco (because its fun to say ; ) ) and then had another movie marathon. But nothing was working, but then slowly in my heart I have begun to feel the joy of the season... how can one have JOY in the midst of the shopping and choas... FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT CHRISTmas IS ALL ABOUT!!!! Jesus is a precsious gift to us. Father God sent Him (although He was willing) to be our Gift and to be our Blameless Sacrifice, to be our Peace, to be our Counselor, and to just BE... Now i do know that Jesus was not actually born in December, but as with the rest of the world it is a good time to remember that He Came to Set us Free. And not so that we were free to continue living lives that had no meaning, but instead to live a life that reflects Him and the Good that is in the Father. Especially the Love that comes from the Father. Only through Jesus and Father God can we truely Forgive those who do us wrong, can we truely love unconditionally, can we truelly love the Unlovely. Those things are all gifts from Him for us to have for other people... and if that wasn't enough... He still gives us gifts that are for us. Love, Joy, Peace, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Patience, and Self Control. We get to feel these inside and from God above. He feels these things towards us too. I have not thought about that until now. Anyways.. I have chosen to live a life this Christmas season that will rest on the Goodness of God and what He has done for me/us.

Another Thanksgiving...

Well, Bless my Momma's sweet heart, she LOVES cooking and making her own special recipes. And seeing as how we spent the real day at my Brother's In Laws, my Momma felt like having a whole nother turkey dinner with all the trimmings, mashed potatoes, corn, homemade rolls, homemade green bean cassarole(a new addition to the menu this year), a traditional Kaputsta (sausage and sauerkraut), and homemade pies. I just love everything that she makes. We usually have alot of fun. My brother Boyo and I have tonsed and of memories that we like to talk about and then I try to include my littler brother and sister. ( well they are only littler in age, not in heighth, I am the shrimp in the family) But it is okay. I adore them and they are alot of fun. We are always figuring something out to do that we all enjoy. Anyways, my Momma worked really hard all week and then today to get a really yummy dinner together. We had thought that we might put up the Christmas Tree today... but Dad took a few too many naps this week (not that he doesnt deserve them, he works really hard) Needless to say we did not have the things that we needed to do the tree. Thats okay... maybe an adventure for next week : )

Addicted to the laptop

Well, I will be spending some more time on here telling the great wide space of the internet what is on my mind. There are many things that I think. I know that this blog is one step towards getting things out there and using my words, (as I tell my babies). I love it... even if no one else really sees it. So, I am trying to gauge why I am not really feeling like myself, or why I have been so very busy , not taking time to take care of the little things. Sometimes I hate when Life gets that way... just this morning I was trying to remember what is was that I did with my kids one week ago on Friday. I had to ask my six year old what we had done. That was so crazy for me. SO, I am not sure what it going on, but I need to take some time to introspect and to figure out what I am doing. I know that this year I was taking a journey where I would learn who I was and why I am the way that I am , but I am not sure that I have taken it to the trail that i was supposed to, so in the next few weeks I will try to rest in who it is that the LORD has made me. Anyways..Now that we got a new puter... A laptop I will be able to take time to write... which I am very excited about. Anyways.. God is good and always is...

Thanksgiving is for the birds??

No not really. I adore Thanksgiving and all things that go with it. The best part and is the hardest, is taking time to sit back and think about what I am Thankful for. I am thankful for SNOW, BROTHERS IN ALASKA, LITTLE BROTHERS WHO ARE MY FRIENDS, LITTLE SISTERS WHO MAKE ME THINK ABOUT HOW DIFFERENCES ARE A GOOD THING, A DADDY WHO LISTENS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND RESTS IN IT, A MOMMY WHO IS A BEST FRIEND AND A GREAT LOVE, CHILDREN WHO MAKE ME LAUGH AND MAKE ME HAPPY, A HUSBAND WHO LISTENS AND CHANGES WHEN HE NEEDS TO,(adding 11-29-08 I am thankful for a God who loves me just the way that I am and is always watching over me and just waiting to hold me when I need to be held. I am thankful for the gifts that God has given to me.) I WILL HAVE TO ADD TO THIS

New Baby

I have a new nephew. And for a brief moment I was tempted to have another tiny baby around, until I talked to my sister in law and remembered what those first weeks are like and how badly I did not feel like going through that right now again!! But he is sweet. And I am thankful to have the baby around. Until 3 or 4 months ago, he would have been born in Hawaii, thank the Lord, he was born here around us, though. My Golden Boyo brother and his wife had decided that they missed way to much being gone and wanted to move home and I am oh so glad, it would be really hard if they had not been here. But I am glad that he and his wife and his son are here.

Getting Sick Stinks

I used to hate getting sick when I was a kid. (And I was sick alot for a few years thanks to Mississippi's humidity and my lungs that did not like to breathe in wet air) But at least my Momma took care of me. She would drag me to get my breathing treatments, lather me with Vicks and hold my hand and not make me look when they drew blood. Now when I have the responsibility of the hand holding and the dragging its okay, except when my insides are like a ship being tossed on the waves!!! And when my head feels like there is an ax being dropped on it over and over and over again. So, needless to say when the stomach flu came flowing in my household I was bummed. But not as bummed as I was when I had to stay in bed for two days before I felt any kind of normacly. So, now I have to catch up on laundry, dishes, sweeping and loving on my babies who were tv addicts while I was out for the count. Sorry if this sounds like whining. I am sure that it is a little whiny, but it is just to say, Thanks Mom for always taking care of me when I needed/need it.

Busy...

I think that I kind of hate being busy. Life goes by too fast and then all of a sudden you stop and go... "where did all that time go?? I missed something.. my kids are huge all of a sudden... I havent stopped to hug them or to love on them one on one..." I hate that the worst part is that time is something you cannot get back. I cannot get back the last 9 1/2 months when I WANTED to eat healthy and it didnt happen. The summer is all gone too. I guess the biggest thing is to take things moment by moment and see what is going to happen and to make an effort to stop and smell the kids sometimes. The other thing is that God gives us a new day every day and that things can start over in that day and then you take the next day and you keep going until finally even in the busyness, there is rest and there is a completion of all things that I WANT to do...

He is soooo GOOD!!!

I am really learning alot. I have learned that I need to see a different side of God and then walk in that. He is SSSOOOOO BIG! He is just out there waiting to see what my choices will be. And yet at the same time He is watching over me and gets me prepared for things that I do not even know that are coming and yet He prepares me for that. And the sad part is that it takes me a while being in the midst to see what He did before to get me ready so that I can grab the peace that He offers!

Been a while

Well, I need to get a little bit better at this as far as doing it semi-daily. But anyways. Nothing too exciting to report. Friq did loose her first front tooth. That was fun. Now she is even more cute. She will get to take her school pics that way and I think she even likes that idea. She is doing well in school and loves it, that is so cool. The leaves are starting to turn their autumny colors on the mountains. I love that. The crisp-ness is so much fun. Fraq and I have just been hangin out at home with Julie. Either that or I am at work. There is alot going on around us, just not specifically to us. Its okay. I would rather be the support than the supportee. I think....

I've been silent

It has been an interesting week. Nothing too exciting. Well, I mean Monday was my birthday. It was a pretty good day. I was blessed to have my whole family come and see me and have some ice cream with me. That was cool. Other than that I have been home all week and that has been good as far as I am getting totally caught up on laundry that I needed to take care of. And my son and I have started talking about the Alphabet. He needs to have one on one time with me and that makes it alot better for him and he focuses and gets ahold of the letters better. We will see how fast he catches on. I wish that I could get a pinpoint on how I feel right now. I kind of feel out of sorts and I am not sure what that is all about. So, I will head into my weekend and see what happens this weekend. Not too much planned. We have birthday party to go to on Monday (which is Labor Day) That is it.

The weekend

So, on Saturday was my older, younger brother's birthday, Golden Boyo. We entered into the only two days in the entire year when we are only 1 year apart. It is kind of a silly thing, but we always thought that it was kind of fun. Of course he always tries to convince people that he is really the older sibling. He has come up with some interesting stories sometimes, but he has been my best friend our whole childhood. He always makes me laugh and knows exactly what to say to get under my skin at any given moment. Now that we are both married and have two sets of different lives, it gets a little harder sometimes, but I know that if I need him, he would still be there for me and that we can still hang out and have fun. I guess that is all that I can ask for in a brother. But, anyways. We had a family dinner for him and it was nice. My kids were kind of wound up, but other than that it was a nice time. Then on Sunday we went to church and then out to lunch with the in-laws. We have put ourselves on a strict budget so it was our one time going out for any meal this month. After lunch we went over to the in-laws and made some sopapillas. They were pretty good.

Fun day off

So, I got to go shopping today. That was okay. Alot of it was for food that we need, so that is a good thing. It was Mimi, Frack and Julie going to Costco and getting the nessecities. Then we just hung out at Moms. We got a babysitter(AKA my awesome brother ~ Soldier~ who loves my kids and takes care of them in awesome and far`out`ways and who is neat and cool and needs to get a life, but I still love him) and then went to have dinner at a friends house to celebrate my brother's and) my birthday. We had lots of fun with games and just visiting. It was nice to get out and not worry about the kids. But we had to come home eventually. That is okay it was still lots of fun, it is nice to have time with people that you have known and they have some of the same memories and thinking that you do.

Frack's Birthday

So, I am not addicted to blogging or anything I just wanted to sit down while I had some time. Today was my middle child's fourth birthday. I cannot believe it. It sure does not feel like it has been four years. But that is okay. He had a good day. We snuggled off and on, I cleaned like a crazy woman because I had tons of people coming over to have cake and ice cream. I love birthdays because we have family around. And on the birthdays I love inviting everyone over for some cake and ice cream. It is great fun. My kids are big on visitors. They pull out all stops and perform as much as they can get away with. "Hey look at me I can run around the kitchen" That was my two year torturing a guest to the party. But I am thankful that Frack was healthy and mostly happy for his birthday. He kept asking me... "Is it really my birthday today?" I think it was like 5 times today that he asked me that. Funny little guy. Anyways. He got some fun new toys. New Transformers. Those were a big hit, especially the little car that turns to an AutoBot. It said on the package for 5 and over, but the Twenty-ishes and the one teenager were having the hardest time with the toy. If they would have just given it to the younger ones, they might have had an easier time. He also got some new clothes and a new dart gun, some water guns, (I know it is the end of summer, but he really wanted the water guns) some new games, and a couple of yard games.

Fricks First day of First grade

Yesterday we returned to the ship-shape schedule of school. Frick was very excited to go. So much so that we have been dealing with emotional melt-downs for a about a week now. She was ready to learn more and more importantly she was ready to TALK to all of her classmates from Kindergarten. Picking her up after school felt like we didn't have a three month break that it was something that we had been doing all along. It is kind of funny how habits feel that way. Even when you get into the rut of doing something again and again (as long as it is a good thing and not a bad habit) and then you do not do it, it is sometimes nice to go back into the rut. But anyways, she did good and was brave and was excited that she had no homework yet. So, we will see what this year will bring for us.

Getting ready for school.

So, my baby will be first grade. I am okay with that because she is very ready. School is good for Frick, she has a mind that produces a better attitude when kept busy and I wish that I had more time to occupy her mind myself, but I do not so I will send her to school and let her get even more smart. She is a little memorizer. She has an awesome memory and I know that it will help her as she goes through school. She has said that she is a little nervous, but I know that once she gets there tomorrow and is in the midst of it all she will be fine. Meanwhile the other two kids will be with my Mom~ Mimi tomorrow as I go to work to tackle the world of embroidery.