Accomplishments

Today I ....

Got out of bed :)
Drank a cup of coffee and read my bible
Got the kids a warm breakfast at the kitchen table
Got the kids dressed
Put Macy's ear drops in
Took kids to school
Cleaned out 6 totes full of kiddos clothes
Took half a van full of old clothes to goodwill
Picked up more ear drops for Macy
Bought a few doughnut holes and only ate 1
Sorted all 10 loads of dirty clothes
washed 4 of them
Got the kids lunch
Put 3 loads already washed away
Took a shower
Put stew in the crock pot
Made bread dough
Got Macy a nap

Go, Me! :)

hi

Happy Wednesday,

I really need to get laundry put in the washer and fold a few loads already done...but I am tired so I am blogging instead.

Today Ky had a dentist appointment, so I had a sitter lined up for Mia and Macy...only problem as soon as I set Macy down to play once there she held my legs and cried. :( I wasn't sure what to do, as riding in the car is almost worse to her than being with a sitter,...but I didn't have the heart to leave her so I took her (note, I should have left her) :) She was SO grumpy and I couldn't find parking in the lot, so I had to drive out of the complex to the nearest lot and walk over and we were late....anyhow, it was honestly pretty irritating but, i kept reminding myself, It is possible that I become a new creation, and these situations are the tests. :)

So, that was my day in a nutshell. When we were done we dropped a gift off for Ky's cousin who just had eye surgery and then we dropped off stuff at the library, then picked up Mia (had lunch with them at the sitters with her little boy) and now we are home. All in all, I am so ready for Macy's ears to feel better! (I guess it's my own fault I forgot to give her ibuprophen this morning!

I'm so glad I am done with hcg. The stress of not being able to eat much and not screwing that up...it's not so helpful for a mom!
I ended this (my last) round at 147.8. And that's good enough. I had a HUGE salad for lunch with mushrooms, cucs, baby tomatoes, brocoli and a bit of chicken for lunch. It was delicious!

Tonight I am signed up for cleaning at MCR. I don't feel like going, I am tired, but oh well. I know I will be glad I got out (especially since DH will be gone tomorrow night and all weekend. (at the Church's mens retreat. ) I am tempted to be sad about that...we will miss him. But i am determined to send him with a willing heart. Why would i be sad to send him off to be encouraged and in return i get an even better husband (Not that he's half bad now. but you get my point? :)

K, Enough rambling for today and I apologize that I don't have anything exciting to say!

hi y'all

Hey there,

I am so not inspired to write anymore. Sorry. But then I remember how much I love reading other peoples blog so here I am! :)

Let's see...what is going on with us?
Macy is sick, again! :( I spent the day yesterday out and about cuz of it. Well, first I had a dentist appointment cuz i traumatized my molar by biting on a peppercorn. No really! That was his diagnosis. So he prescribed me an anti-inflammatory which I realized when picking it up, is a steroid so no, I won't be taking that right now! (can't imagine it would be good to do that on hcg and my tooth isn't bothering me right now) I know, I am vain.
Hcg is over. I mean, today is my last day on drops, and I was 148 this morning. I am moving on. I didn't make it to 145 but honestly, what's 3 pounds (this is what I tell myself!) :)

Anyhow, so I got sidetracked, but about Macy she has a nasty cold and cough and in general is just misreable and clingy (which doesn't have to make me misreable, but that's a choice :)
Anyways, she has a ear infection so I am starting ear drops. She should be feeling better soon here...I hope!

I am rather excited that I am joining a gym. I called today and figured out that if I spend 55 bucks a month I can get me and the girls a membership to a fitness/activity center, so if I want I can put them in childcare or instead I could swim with them or do other activities or kids fitness classes (so cute :) I am excited.

Otherwise, it's the same ole ;) Lots of laundry to fold and put away and lots of laundry to wash. :) Speaking of which I really should go do that! :)

I hope all is well and I do plan to be back and write more sometime soon! tata

HCG

Hey,

So, I have tried to not make this blog all about weight cuz that's not what I want my life to revolve around...but it is important to me to feel good and since I didn't feel as good about my weight as I wanted at 155, I decided to do HCG one more round. I am on my 13th day and this morning I was down to 148.8. This is so fun for me. . . as I don't remember ever weighing that amount (passed that number right up at age 13 :(
Anyhow, it's not easy (the diet) but it works really well. I am down to a size 8-10 (not super small, but small for me :) and a s/m. . .Now if I can just get through the next 5 days of low calorie! :) . . weekends are easier for me...they are busier and not as lonely cuz DH is around.. but anyhow. . that's what's new around here!

Tonight we are visiting a family as a family :) for dinner, so I am REALLY looking forward to that! (it forces DH home for dinnertime! :)

Otherwise, nothing is new besides the flooding around town (Oh my goodness, it's been raining!)

I guess I should go make the salad I promised to bring tonight and switch the wash, so my jeans are dry! :) And do my other chores.....
Have a great afternoon. SMILE! Tomorrow is friday!

on shopping

Isn't it so totally random how sometimes (usually when you don't have money or have to have anything in particular) you find tons of options and things on sale. (I'm mostly talking about clothes here) :) And when you have money and time and really need to find something in particular, there are no options ;)

Anyhow, totally randomly this morning (meaning I wasn't planning to go shopping for the wedding this morning) but I ended up going shopping. I went out to MCR to drop off the older three for the can drive and I was going to just head home or maybe run to the grocery store with macy, but then Maryanne asked what I was doing and said she was running to ross. :) SO...we ended up going for a coffee and then doing some shopping and i was seriously amazed that I ended up with 3 options for the wedding. :) Happy dance! (i'll probably just keep one, but I can't decide.

So, that's what's up over here. I really should go switch laundry and then fold some...so I gotta go. but Happy weekend

Comments!

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Accomplishments so far today-

Got kids breakfast
Got kids to school on time
Took both little girls grocery shopping (HUGE, at this point Macy is the worst shopper EVER! :)
Visited my mom
Picked up Ky from school
Got Macy fed and to bed
Got kiddos lunch
Showered
Put groceries away
Put in a load of laundry.

Yay, me! :)

I didn't end up going anywhere last night. I was just too tired and it was super nice..i just hung out with dh, we cleaned up the house, talked and watched some tv.
Tonight we are going over to some friends house for dinner as a family. I am really looking forward to it.
Best of all, its friday! I'm really looking forward to the weekend.
Have a good one, all!

Motivation

Hey there~

Lately I am just lacking the motivation...ya know how that goes? Like I just have to tell myself just go do it..the housework. Ahh, I'm not just lazy, am I? I don't know . . lately I'm just lacking the umph! ya know?

Anyhow, not much else is new. I am supposed to go to a wedding shower tonight, so I am hoping DH gets home in time for that.. oh and I bought a dress this morning for the wedding next weekend. I loved it! and it was only 11 bucks, but...It was too slinky and just kind of shows off all I don't want to show off, aka the post c-section mama belly! :) So I hope dh not only makes it home in time for the shower but a bit earlier to watch kiddos so I can return that and try again..think thicker material on the next try! ;) Anyhow, I guess that is hoping a bit much of DH, but ya just never know, so I am off to make pizza for them to eat,...just in case...so I can run out the door.

Otherwise, all is pretty much...well.. Macy is just recovering from a virus she came down with....

Hope all is well with you!

Little Miss Macy Grace

Tonight I'd like to talk about being thankful, something I feel I am struggling with lately. You see, my precious little baby is growing and so is her will (and I'll give her this, her teeth, the dang molars!) In any case, on a regular basis I feel a bit suffocated. You see, she is totally a mama's girl. But when something (her teeth, her ears, her siblings, you name it!) are bothering her, she is so dang clingy. Now I totally realize when I say that, if you haven't really experienced her/my life on a daily basis...you may think this is just a random complaint. But it gets so crazy that i literally can't walk away from her (even to pee) without her grabbing my leg and yelling mamamamamama! So trying to drive anywhere, walk her in the stroller or basically do anything besides hold her can literally turn into a rather torturous experience on the nerves.
BUT!

Then when I stop and really think, i'm like seriously? Come on, Jen. Only a year ago I was thanking God from the bottom of my heart for saving my baby's life and now I "want" to complain that she wants me to hold her. (I mean, it is a "little" extreme, often.) But I'm really going to work to keep perspective here. Soon she will be grown and gone and I am going to choose to enjoy these years, rather than look back in five or ten and wish I had. I mean, she is pretty dang cute! And sweet (when you don't cross her will! I mean if she sees a fruit snack-you better hand over the whole package ASAP!) :)

Anyways, that's just what's on my mind tonight!

(P.S. Not that anyone is judging, but just in case...I thought to add this note- I don't actually (normally) :) just hand over what she wants, and therefore..I "hear" about it! ;) And yes, I know this is my job,...to teach my kiddos, I'm just saying that some day/days are harder than other days. Ya know how it is!)

The nightlife

....it's been fun lately. But, it's a good thing i haven't had to be up and at em at a certain time this week.

It all started last week when my sister and I decided we wanted to meet up at 9 for half priced appetizers and drinks. . .I was up til one :) The next day my sister in law had a birthday, so we went with our hubbys on a double date to the late showing of MI-4. Then it was christmas eve and we had visitors til midnight. The next day was christmas. Then on Monday night my other sister and I went out. Tuesday another sister spent the night, so we stayed up late talking. The next night we had my brother (who's going to norway for a year) and his friends come visit. Then last night some friends and I took my sister to portland to a fondue restaurant since it was her 25th birthday. It's been fun!

Anyhow, so that's what i've been up to. It's been kinda nice to realize I do still have friends (besides my kids :) Just kidding! But, you have to understand, I've basically been home for a year unless I had to run an errand and at night I've tucked the kids into bed at 7, maybe watched a show and tried to get to bed as early as possible....cuz I've been up in the night or else up early with kids. . but somehow, magically, my baby has started to sleep til 10 some days and my kiddos kinda :)let me doze on the couch, so hanging out sometimes at night is an option now.

This post may seem random to you, but in my head the point makes sense. :)
Happy friday.
And Happy New Year!

Laundry

Laundry!

That's what's up over here. That being said, I don't have much time to talk, but I just wanted to say hi.

Hope your christmas was wonderful. Mine was so, so nice. Christmas Eve we shared a bottle of wine and the "raqlette grill" with good friends. It's a german tradition. Basically you grill good meats and vegetables and bread and cheese while sitting around the said grill and sipping good wine ;)

Christmas day, we did gifts, the kids loved their gifts and then headed to my parents for a great meal together and more partying. It was very laid back, for us :) And i loved it.
Yesterday we spent a good chunk of the day getting rid of the tree (it was taking up our whole dining area :) (we also discarded many old toys etc :) REALLY good times :)

Anyhow, I hope your holiday was every bit as wonderful as ours.
And have a happy happy day today.

Hi

Hey there,
Happy holidays.
Hope you are well.
We are. Just having a ton of playdates while the kids are off school.
We went and listened to the Youth group carol at a friends house last night. And then my sister spent the night, which was nice. She has been that extra pair of hands i could use and don't have :)
Anyhow, I should go for now, cuz we have 3 extra kids right now plus I really must fold laundry and put it away! like today! :)
Have a happy day today!

Happy Wednesday

Hi,

Not really anything exciting to report over here..but I thought i'd say hi anyhow.
I'm just listening to some westlife over here and googling info about gyms in the area. I really need to get back to the working out..but i'm not sure how to get that accomplished, since (a)My gym shut down their childcare option (b)DH is insanely busy at work again and (c)we sold our treadmill and (d)our wii fit dvd isn't working (not that I used it anyway! :)
So, I am considering joining another gym that has childcare, but it's spendy!

Anyways, so I don't really have anything else to say. I just wanted to say hi and that's about it!

Hope you are having a fantastic week!

what's up over here?

Hi,

Shopping. Xmas shopping. . I've become obsessed with it and can't stop! :) Why didn't I start earlier I ask myself (after having a couple mini panic attacks...I know...still a few days left, but remember the precious ones who only have 3 more days of school and my hubby who works a million hours a month to provide the gifts? :) anyhow this equals only 3 more mornings to hit stores which really means 3 more stores I can go to (Macy is like the worst shopper ever! :) and I actually only have friday free (i'm dumb and made social plans :) wed and thursday morning) Anyhow, that's what's up here. Oh and the answer to not shopping earlier? remember my PRECIOUS van was in the shop? O van, how I missed you! ;)

Otherwise, this afternoon we are going to a friends to decorate cookies :) I'll try to post some pics later.

Happy Holidays,...hope your shopping is going well too :)

It IS friday!

YAY!

I am so glad it's the weekend!
I've been looking forward to it SO much. Tomorrow we are going over to the Synergy 16 tree lot to buy our tree! :)

I am really looking forward to seeing spending some time with DH this weekend!

Today I spent a good couple hours deep cleaning my kitchen .. like scrubbing cupboards and windows and the microwave. It felt SO great! I forgot I used to do stuff like that. Like be obsessive enough to get it done. :) but I rather enjoyed it. Next is up is organizing it. . (the counter where the bar stools are is where I keep these big old tupperware drawers etc with the kids paints, crayons, papers and I plan to throw lots of old stuff away! :)

Anyhow, i am sure I am boring you! So I will go hang with my kids who are watching kipper :)

Happy weekend!
BTW, yes I got my van back. YAY!

Busy days

Hi there,

I can't believe it's been 3 days since my last post, since I've seriously been meaning to post more often.. but it's just been a busy week.

Macy's ear tube surgery went real well, she now is feeling better, I think! :) But she is really, like really, clingy! Like she just wants to be held all day ever since, like just in case some "scary" people come take her again and put a mask over her face and do something that made her hurt when she woke up with THEM again! :) I can understand it, if I put myself in her tiny little shoes. . .
so that's that!...My life right now :)

So otherwise, my van is still in the shop, so my mom has been really gracious and giving lots of rides, bless her heart, she's saving my dry skin and frizzy hair :) (all the cold weather) My van should be done this afternoon? I'll believe it when I see it! ;)

What else? Hmm..well, I made cookies with Mia this morning (store bought dough from the freezer :) I did one load of laundry and visited with my mom all morning! And I really should pay the bills etc while macy sleeps a bit, so......

I'll go for now...but first I will share what I am looking forward to in the near future......

...watching snow white and the 7 dwarfs with kids tonight (martin has a work dinner)

.. watching bones on tv tonight :)

.....watching the prison break final movie with DH tomorrow night?

....getting our tree on saturday.

,....going to ikea to pick out Brooklyn's gift (a desk/bookshelf)on sunday while the children's meeting kids go to the silver falls holiday bazaar
edited.......(just kidding, there's a normal meeting during this trip ;) but we will go sometime to get this and I ALWAYS love a trip to Ikea :)

......wrapping gifts

...drinking lots more coffee with peppermint mocha creamer

...getting together with the older kids in my family at my parents to chat, laugh and eat great food next sunday night (with out kiddos :)

...a moms and tots holiday party next thursday with mia and macy

.....getting together with my friend Rosy next tuesday

....Buying more christmas presents!

....eating lots of great food over the holidays ;)

....the christmas feast at church next saturday

...watching my kids faces when they open their gifts christmas day :)

Have a super day today and I will try to be back soon!

Things I am loving lately

Hi there,

We are doing well. It is freezing here in this part of the world, but I was brave and walked the kids to school anyhow,..and all bundled up it was actually really nice.
I am feeling the love today, so I am appreciating that :)
I have candles lit and Ruth Anne is on her way. I am super excited to visit with her. It's been way too long.

What I am loving lately...

That they started making sugar free peppermint mocha creamer! :)

Candles

Holiday lights

Walking with the kids

Goofing off with my little family :) (last night we lit some fireworks we found just for the heck of it :)

That my little girl is feeling better (when I took Macy for her preop appointment friday they figured out her ear was infected again! poor thing! I thought it was just her molars bothering her)

That hubby has the day off tomorrow for Macys surgery but still a day off!! :)

Good friends

Chewy peppermint mocha cookies I plan to make soon :)

Happy monday!!

Sorry to disappoint

:)
Tereza,
Your comments (on my last post) cracked me up!! :)
Sorry to disappoint, but nope, Jen doesn't have it all together, at all! I like to, but so don't.

Reality is, My accomplishments in a day are normally, One load of laundry washed and the dishes from the day in the dishwasher. (oh, and I try to shower once a day :) I usually do manage that while the kids have a quiet time.
Walking to the school seems super overwhelming cuz it takes 15 minutes to get there and 20 or more home (Mia is SO lazy and I'm not really in a hurry :) It's not the walking I dislike, it's the pressure of getting to the school on time, walking, with kids in tow. But, once I am forced to do it...it's nice. :)
Anyhow, I guess the picture you (Tereza :) have of me...is what I thought I would want to be like as a mom (like, all put together and everything in its place in my house) but I have realized in order to achieve that, I drive myself crazy and don't enjoy my kids, so I have settled for my home to be "surface cleaned" mostly and I have a standard that I try to stick to, before I hit the sack (basically, I make sure the laundry got put in the dryer, the dishwasher is started, the toys are thrown into the corner of the living room and the coffee is ready to brew for morning and DH lunch is in the fridge)

So,...now that y'all know what my reality is, I have to go fold and put away 5 loads of laundry and wash 3 more :) (cuz every once in a while I have to catch up on what doesn't get done regularly, like finishing up laundry and bathrooms and vacuuming and sweeping and mopping etc. Oh and fyi, I pretty much never dust :0

Yes, I read your blogs. . elmina and Tereza and I totally enjoy them, sorry I don't comment.
Hope the weekend is going well for ya

Friday fess up

...I did hcg again and lost 10 pounds :)

.......I am totally pumped for the holiday season

.......My van is in the shop so I walk to the kids school 3 times a day

.....I love reading and don't do it enough

......hubby and I watched a whole season of the show Nikita over the txgiving holiday, it was super fun

......I am not sure anyone reads my blog anymore, but I still post anyhow. :)

.......I am so so far behind on laundry cuz I have been nuturing my social life far too much for that! :)

..........last night Brooklyn and I made these "doughnut things" (some indian dessert I got off tereza's blog) and then we got all the kids back out of bed to eat them :)

........I'm not sure this is a fess up, but rather a bunch of random facts, but anyhow!! :)

........also, Macy is getting ear tubes put in next tuesday which is so good, since she has been on 10 rounds of antibiotics in the last 6 months for ear infections.

.have a super duper weekend!

More pictures

I don't have much to say, so I thought to share more pictures :) ...just from "the life" ya know? :) Some from brooklyn's family birthday party Nov.2. One is from a "home date night" we had :)
Hope you are having a great week!

Family picture

what's new over here?

Hi there,

Hope you are well. :)

We are just waiting for the big "turkey" day over here :) We are going to my parents for the occasion and the kids especially, just can't wait! Their teenage girls have a real fun time planned, so we are all looking forward to it. I plan to have someone take a nice family picture, so we can give those out this year (I'm usually so NOT on top of this...)
Anyhow, I will try to share that on here...if that all pans out.

Otherwise, we are just doing the same ole thing here. The kids have the week off. Parent/teacher conferences were yesterday and we got a great report on both kids, so happy, happy! :) Today we are just hanging out til Macy's ear tube consult this afternoon. Ky and Brooklyn both have a playdate later during the appointment, so they are looking forward to that! Mia gets to come with me! :) yay for her! ..(and me :)

So that's what's up with us..I know I always enjoy reading an update, so I figured you may too?

Have a happy week and enjoy good eats!

Hey there

Hi,

I am not even sure what i am going to post about.. but I thought I better say hi, so no one worries about me :)

We are doing well, just keeping busy with "the life" :)
Today Me and the girls visited the library..got some more books and books on cd for the van and some dvds...with a 7 day vacation from school coming up soon here, I best be prepared :)

I am super into wearing my apron and chopping up lots of veggies for my crock pot soup (lentils, split peas, potato you name it, soups) My hubby loves it, my kids...? not so much ;)

Otherwise, not so much else is new....I am trying to think of good ideas of things to keep everyone happy during the week off, but hmm...? maybe the farm to pet animals and play, but it is pretty chilly out and Macy has a pretty bad cold already,(but then again, she is on antibiotics for her ears....again, so by then maybe she can handle it;)

Anyhow, I have nothing exciting to talk about, but we are doing pretty good. DH stayed home yesterday, cuz his back was so bad, so that was sad for him, but nice for us to see him...I feel I am fighting something too...I feel kind of achy..SP? So, I am taking vit. c and staying warm and hoping to sleep more now that macy has meds for her ear infection.

K, I am so totally rambling, but hope you are well.

What I am loving lately

1. Broccoli (with ranch dip of course :) or on salads (with pecans and dried cranberries, DELISH! :)

2. Pumpkin candles

3. Reading

4. Talking Rain

5. Organizing my grocery shopping lists BEFORE I get to the store, according to the aisles things are on (clearly I have been to Walmart WAY too often ;)

6. My husband . . my best friend. :)

7. My kiddos, even if they don't play together well very often ;)

8. The holiday season...it's coming (and peppermint mocha creamer is in my fridge for my coffee. LOVE! :)

9. That curious george episodes are now instantly on netflix (my kiddos ALL love that little guy. :)

10. Sleeping. :) (I would love to hibernate for just a month or two :)

11. Open season, hey! that movie is FUNNY! :)

12. Fridays, means the weekend is here.

I get to choose

... my mood :)

So I choose to be happy today.

I am lighting pumpkin spice candles. . brewing some coffee in my new coffeemaker and starting a crockpot of lentil soup, (my husband will thank me for the soup, guessing not the kids, but who cares, I can still be happy! :)

Anyhow, that's me today. Choosing to love my life. choosing to make it good for my family and choosing to BE happy! :)

Hope you are well.

Update

Hi there,

I am alive! (I know..you were worried, cuz I always post so regularly!) :)

Anyhow, we are well. DH was in Arizona for a business trip all week so I have been real busy with kids, etc. (Like normal, hmm..I don't really have a better reason for not updating though)

In any case, nothing is really so new around here. I just spend my mornings with my 2 little girls. Super nice to have a little time with just them. And after we pick up Ky from kindergarten I get them lunch then do some chores and we have a quiet time. Then play some more and then we are off to get Brooklyn. Then it's snack time, homework, then bath time, then the kids have their favorite show while I get dinner, then dinner time, then time to get ready for bed and storytime and sometimes a movietime and then bedtime for kids, then the "real" quiet time begins! :) :)
(Yeah, that was a MAJOR runon sentence!) :)Anyhow....

Macy is quite the "toddler" now. Learning lots of new things, we are really enjoying her. (even when she hits the spoon full of pears on the floor or all over me :) :) She's a bundle of love. ;)

Mia seems to be settling in as a big sister (a year later, it seems she is no longer jealous that she has a baby sister) Thank the Lord! I was wondering if that day would ever come! :) She is really a fun, sweet little girls most days, nowadays!

Ky is doing super good in school so he earned himself a remote control car. (we had a program where every day he was good, his teacher gave me a thumbs up on the way out and he got a star for that and once he had his chart of 30 stars marked off he got a new remote control toy ;)

Brooklyn is my super A student. . she is constantly coming home with awards. She's nonchalant but so proud to be learning! :)



I have been having some get togethers with friends this week. It is super nice for me. I am such a social person that when I don't do that, I tend to feel real lonely (i know, I am never alone, but I miss BIG people) :) Ruth Anne came to visit on monday and I have gotten together with other moms the other days and today a friend came for lunch on her lunch break (oh and an uncle stopped by too :) LOVE it...and speaking of the lunch, I still have dishes to do from that, so I should go now and clean up before I go get Brooklyn!

Lastly, but best of all ...DH is back from his trip and going to make it home for dinner today! ! ! :) LOVE <3

Happy (almost) friday!

On this fine friday

Hi,

Hope you are well. We are too. :)
This morning I packed up all children, dropped the older two off at their school and hit the gym and it felt great ;) Then I went to famous footwear and bought myself a new pair of running shoes. LOVE THEM :)

Not much else exciting happening around here. . it's just a fall day with candles burning in my house, some chai tea about to be made, the washing machine is humming and I am planning soup for dinner :)

Tomorrow I am doing some cooking in the morning for a rental group at our church property and then we are taking the kids to go swim. They are pReeety excited :)

I am looking forward to the weekend. It's always nice to spend some time with my DH and enjoy a fun activity with the kids.

Have a great weekend!

Pictures from the zoo

What's on my mind tonight...

What's on my mind tonight is that it's so good to be merciful.. That's what I want. My kids have been fighting like A.LOT! lately. Ugh. I just hate all the bickering and I tend to get so frustrated with them. Like, just.stop.fighting! Why do I have to keep reminding you?
But then tonight, as I was apologizing to Mia for not being so patient today and telling her I really want to be more patient tomorrow..she innocently replied, "you always tell me that, mom" :) rather :(
OBVIOUSLY, I need patience and mercy, so I best be merciful toward my kiddos.
Matt. 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.

What I am loving lately

1. Enjoying family outings with hubby and kiddos on saturdays (last weekend, it was the zoo...pictures to come.)

2. Chai tea (LOVE IT! :)

3. Projects (today it was "that" HUGE pile (it filled up 6 clothes baskets) of kids clothes in my room of clothes the kiddos had outgrown)

4. Shopping (I had 100 dollars to spend at Ross...note...it turned into 130 :) but anyhow! ;) I had money from hubby to spend on new clothes for my birthday. I keep buying stuff and deciding it's not perfect so returning it and spending it on different outfits, eventually I am sure I will settle on some certain clothes but for now.. it's been fun to return and buy different stuff :) :)

5. and lastly...its fun to type alone when your words make sense, but Macy keeps crawling up and changing what I typed so I keep erasing and retyping so I am gonna go play with her instead of forcing my way :)

Happy Monday

The pumpkin patch 2011