Family Pictures 2010

We got these taken in December, but never got them posted.

New Couch

We bought this couch used when we got married. I recovered it a few years ago but it was really past time to get a new one. It looks better in the picture than it does in real life.

So, we got a fabulous bargain on this couch. It had a small hole in the material on one of the arms (that can be fixed to be like new) and a small knick in one of the feet (that I can color in with a marker). We love it and think it makes the living room look sooo much better.

No School Day Activities

So we had some unusually cold weather for Louisiana and had some freezing rain which ended up getting school canceled. We enjoyed a nice couple days at home.

We made pancakes...

saw our trees covered a little ice...

played dolls with Kylee...

and sewed some new pajamas for Kylee's doll Darlene.

Guess we will have to get back to our normal routine, but it's been fun while it lasted. We are now having a relaxing Saturday. I love my family and am so blessed.

Kylee's school picture

Kylee's kindergarten school pictures finally came in. I love her little grin in this picture. It's so her. I just had to get them. It saves me from taking her to JcPenny's and then having to try to pick out the poses that I want. It's usually such a hard decision.

Play-doh time

I love watching my kids play together. They love play-doh. I couldn't decide between these three pictures, so I posted all of them. :-)

Halloween 2010

I helped out at Kylee's school last week with their Fun House for the kids on Friday. Each class came through the Fun House (decorated room) on Friday and we had a couple little games for them and then gave them some candy and a drink. They let the kids dress up as something they want to be when they grow up. Kylee was a mommy last year, but this year decided to be a teacher and mommy (just like her pre-k teacher and kindergarten teacher!) this year. Her friend Kiersten dressed up as a mommy, too. They are too cute.

We had Trunk-or-Treat at church last night, so Kylee dressed up as Sleeping Beauty. She and I had a lot of fun getting her all ready. I had never curled her hair before, but amazingly enough it stayed (with the help of some hairspray!). After I was done, she patted her hair and said "I feel like you mommy." I love my little girl.

Zane is so into balls of any kind at the moment, but in the end I dressed him up as a construction worker, since the only thing I had to buy him was the hard hat and make him the tool belt. He loves his hat and wears it whenever he isn't wearing his baseball cap.

(I just noticed that it looks like a piece of wood is coming out of my head!)

Kylee & Gracie

the hat

We had church at the park last night, ate, played games, and then some played a game of baseball. Thankfully it was so much cooler than last time we did this. Like last time, Zane brought his bat and ball. This time though he finally had a hat. He had noticed while watching a baseball game on TV that the players not only had a ball and bat, but also a hat (something that he didn't have). He was very disturbed about not having a hat and kept pointing to his head and saying "hat". Well, I finally found one his size on clearance at Old Navy. It is even cuter because it was so cheap! My friend Michelle took this picture of him. I think it turned out so cute.

5:45am

My alarm was set for 6:20, but my morning started at 5:45 am. I know some of you people get up at that insane hour of the morning, but not this girl unless I have to. I know this morning is wonderful compared to millions of others who have way more stress filled mornings, days, etc than I ever will have. And actually, it doesn't seem as bad now that it is the afternoon as it did this morning.

5:45am - Kylee "gets rid" of all that nasty drainage from her allergies (I'll spare you the details). I get that all cleaned up.
6:00am - Zane wakes up (doesn't normally wake up till 7am) I bring him into my bed because he normally will go back to sleep. Yeah, that didn't happen. He just kept asking for a drink. Kylee sleeps with me when Josh is gone to drill, so when Zane sits up to ask Daddy to bring him a drink, he becomes even more awake and starts asking where Daddy is.
6:10am - Zane calms down and is about to go back to sleep when I feel pee squirting out the top of his diaper, onto my arm, and then on the bed. UGH! Diaper and clothes change.
6:20am - well I need to get up now anyway, so I take him out to the couch to get him a drink.
6:45am - Kylee is getting up and I hear the toilet lid shut. Zane decided to put his diaper in the toilet. Yeah, potty is suppose to go in the toilet, but that's not what I meant!

Then God put this song in my head by Lincoln Brewster "Today is the day". I love this song, but I wasn't exactly wanting to rejoice, just wanting to go back to sleep.

Today is the day You have made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
Today is the day You have made
I will rejoice and be glad in it

And I won't worry about tomorrow
I'm trusting in what You say
Today is the day


I guess God thought I needed a bit more encouragement. I have put different verses on index cards and put them on the bathroom mirror, etc. So there I am washing my hands after retrieving the diaper out of the toilet and I see the verse Philippians 4:6 - "Don't be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God".

So, I made a two choices.
Choice One - I will be happy and be patient with my kids. I will enjoy the day even though I just want to go back to sleep, because someday they will grow up I will tell young moms to enjoy these years because they go by so fast.



Choice Two - I need a big cup of coffee with Italian Sweet Creme liquid creamer in it.

Note - We did get Kylee to school on time and the rest of my day is going much better.