The boys came up with a great idea today! They know their daily schedule and usually if everything goes according to plan they can come up with a plan of their own. We got up, ate breakfast, and did school all the while the boys were planning. Jayce comes up to me after lunch and said, "Well, Conner, Blake, and I came up with a plan. We have decided, since Daddy is so busy working and paying for this house he doesn't have time to fix it up. Sooo us three boys are going to fix it up for him." (sweet) They scraped up the brick tile we had in our entryway and the main floor bathroom. Cleaned all that up and took it out to the big dumpster we have in front of our house. When they were done with that they ripped up the carpet in the basement that was GLUED to the cement floor. THEN before I knew it they had half of the paneling ripped off the basement walls. We weren't planning on taking the paneling off the walls but that's ok. I guess the boys have a different plan. :) It's the thought that counts and all their hard work. Now they can't wait for Tim to get home to see what they did to help.
We moved to West Des Moines which is about 2 hours away from where we used to live. After looking at several houses we ended up buying the first house we looked at which required a lot of work. Only the Lord could have worked out the timing of everything. The interior had to be gutted right away. We happen to make a habit of buying fixer uppers and are hoping this will be our last project. :) We closed on this house shortly after I had Isabelah. The plan was to spend a solid 2 weeks fixing up the upstairs and moving in. Well the Lord had other plans. Instead of working on our house He provided Tim lots of work. Our house is completely torn apart and hasn't been touched for about 2 months. Some days can be discouraging but I am so thankful for the Lord's provision in our lives. I like how the Lord puts things in our lives to help us learn to trust Him even more. Let's just put it this way...Some day soon I will be one happy girl. I still get to look forward to decorating and organizing. All our items in storage will be like opening Christmas presents instead of the dreadful duty of unpacking a house.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Talk about heaven
Tonight at supper Isabelah was in her little moses basket on the kitchen table. Conner was sitting next to her on the table feeding her a bottle while the rest of the kids were sitting in their chairs. Somehow we got to talking about heaven. The older kids are always telling the little kids that they're on their way to hell because they haven't accepted Christ yet. They are very concerned about their younger siblings as well as neighbors and friends. They always have a list of people they are talking about and praying for. Tonight Conner said that if he dies before me he will be up in heaven blowing me kisses. Blake said that when he gets to heaven he's running over to the toy area. It's pretty funny to hear their little perspectives on life.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Kids update
Jayce is now 9 years old. He is very responsible and mature. He loves to learn and soaks everything up that he can.
Conner is 8 and loves his baby sister. He is always stopping by her to give her a hug. He still thinks he is going to marry me when he grows up. I picked him up this afternoon and held him like a baby. He just layed there all relaxed and thought it was pretty funny. Some friends of ours just adopted a baby so we went to the court appointment when the adoption was finalized. We tried to explain to the kids what adoption is but they couldn't understand the concept. The were more concerned that they might get adopted out. :)
Blake is 6. Tim and i have both noticed a change in Blake. Over night, almost literally he has learned how to be kind and care for other people. He is very proud of his loose tooth right now.
Chloe just turned 5. She is the baby's buddy. The whole time i was pregnant she couldn't wait until the baby was born so she could hold her and feed her. Shortly after I came home after having herChloe had her first bout of responsibility. I asked her to feed Isabelah, She started to feed her and then it was just killing her to sit there while the others were playing. She then decided to give her baby to Conner so willingly. She didn't want that responsility.Funny girl.
Alaycia is 3 but looks like a 2 year old. She's a little short thing and has a munchkin voice. I just cut her a couple weeks ago into a bob abd she loved it. Every morning before church she asks me to put her hair in 2 braids. I always have to tell her hair that it's just too little but maybe someday I'll be able to put a braid in. She is finally potty trained except at night and hopefully that comes soon.
Parker is 2. Poor little guy had to have stitched a few weeks ago and he was a tough little thing. We had to take him to the er and he did a great job. It has healed great but it's looking like it will be a scar. We call him our sweet little baby. He is the sweetest little thing and when he gets in trouble he takes it pretty serious. Adorable!
Isabelah is now going on 3 months. Boy does time fly! She has little dimples that are so cute! She does not sleep through the night anymore. Yep! Not anymore! She used to sleep good at night but not so much anymore. She is a very alert baby and loves to smile.
Conner is 8 and loves his baby sister. He is always stopping by her to give her a hug. He still thinks he is going to marry me when he grows up. I picked him up this afternoon and held him like a baby. He just layed there all relaxed and thought it was pretty funny. Some friends of ours just adopted a baby so we went to the court appointment when the adoption was finalized. We tried to explain to the kids what adoption is but they couldn't understand the concept. The were more concerned that they might get adopted out. :)
Blake is 6. Tim and i have both noticed a change in Blake. Over night, almost literally he has learned how to be kind and care for other people. He is very proud of his loose tooth right now.
Chloe just turned 5. She is the baby's buddy. The whole time i was pregnant she couldn't wait until the baby was born so she could hold her and feed her. Shortly after I came home after having herChloe had her first bout of responsibility. I asked her to feed Isabelah, She started to feed her and then it was just killing her to sit there while the others were playing. She then decided to give her baby to Conner so willingly. She didn't want that responsility.Funny girl.
Alaycia is 3 but looks like a 2 year old. She's a little short thing and has a munchkin voice. I just cut her a couple weeks ago into a bob abd she loved it. Every morning before church she asks me to put her hair in 2 braids. I always have to tell her hair that it's just too little but maybe someday I'll be able to put a braid in. She is finally potty trained except at night and hopefully that comes soon.
Parker is 2. Poor little guy had to have stitched a few weeks ago and he was a tough little thing. We had to take him to the er and he did a great job. It has healed great but it's looking like it will be a scar. We call him our sweet little baby. He is the sweetest little thing and when he gets in trouble he takes it pretty serious. Adorable!
Isabelah is now going on 3 months. Boy does time fly! She has little dimples that are so cute! She does not sleep through the night anymore. Yep! Not anymore! She used to sleep good at night but not so much anymore. She is a very alert baby and loves to smile.
Blog Subject
I've put a lot of thought into what my blog is going to be and I have come up with a plan. I am going to blog about my life. You will kind of be reading a diary of my life. It should be fun and entertaining. You'll read about funny things my kids do or say, my home school journey, crazy days, trials, and blessings.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
WOW it's been just about a year since I've posted anything. SHAME ON ME! I'm starting to have a little more free time so I think I will put a bit more effort into this. It's fun for me to look back (on whole posts) and read some of the stuff. Tonight is not the night to begin but perhaps very soon. That was for you Lynn!!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Now I have a funny story! I just thought about his yesterday and everytime I think about it I can't help but laugh!
April and I went to Waterloo to get Tim some supplies at Menards. Tim really thought that April and I could handle this little project. First we had a hard time finding the stuff he needed. One of the things he had us get was a long metal pipe that was about as long as a car. Well maybe it wasn't quite that long but it was pretty long. As we were walking through Menards we had a hard time carrying it and not hitting people with it because it was so long. After buying it we headed out to the little car to try to figure out how we were going to fit this thing in the car. Finally we decided that we were just going to put it in through the back 2 windows of the car. Imagine us driving down the interstate with a pipe hanging out both sides of the back windows. It didn't last for very long. We about took up 2 lanes where ever we were driving. The funny thing is that a couple months ago I saw a police car doing to same thing that April and I tried to do. We at least had some guy tell us that wouldn't work before we left the parking lot.
April and I went to Waterloo to get Tim some supplies at Menards. Tim really thought that April and I could handle this little project. First we had a hard time finding the stuff he needed. One of the things he had us get was a long metal pipe that was about as long as a car. Well maybe it wasn't quite that long but it was pretty long. As we were walking through Menards we had a hard time carrying it and not hitting people with it because it was so long. After buying it we headed out to the little car to try to figure out how we were going to fit this thing in the car. Finally we decided that we were just going to put it in through the back 2 windows of the car. Imagine us driving down the interstate with a pipe hanging out both sides of the back windows. It didn't last for very long. We about took up 2 lanes where ever we were driving. The funny thing is that a couple months ago I saw a police car doing to same thing that April and I tried to do. We at least had some guy tell us that wouldn't work before we left the parking lot.
Last night I came to terms that I have strep. My neck and throat hurt so bad! Although I'd rather have strep than the flu. :)
When I was pregnant with Parker I was very sick with kindey stones and in the hospital about 9 times. My kids handled it pretty well but I never realized how serious they took until last night. After Tim layed the kids down for the night we heard one of them crying so Tim went to go check on them. Down comes little Jayce just sobbing. He couldn't even gain his composure he was crying so hard. He was worried about his Mommy and didn't want me to get sick like last time. It's always nice to see compasion in your kids. It took him a couple hours to calm down and then he woke up crying about it again. What a sweetie!!
Here are a couple of the things he said . . .
1) He never wants me to die
2) He never wants to grow up
3) He is never going to be naughty ever again
4) He will always take care of me
5) He loves me very very very very much!
6) He never wants to leave me
7) He loves his Daddy, Mommy, Grammy, and Papa very very much
8) He will always protect me
When I was pregnant with Parker I was very sick with kindey stones and in the hospital about 9 times. My kids handled it pretty well but I never realized how serious they took until last night. After Tim layed the kids down for the night we heard one of them crying so Tim went to go check on them. Down comes little Jayce just sobbing. He couldn't even gain his composure he was crying so hard. He was worried about his Mommy and didn't want me to get sick like last time. It's always nice to see compasion in your kids. It took him a couple hours to calm down and then he woke up crying about it again. What a sweetie!!
Here are a couple of the things he said . . .
1) He never wants me to die
2) He never wants to grow up
3) He is never going to be naughty ever again
4) He will always take care of me
5) He loves me very very very very much!
6) He never wants to leave me
7) He loves his Daddy, Mommy, Grammy, and Papa very very much
8) He will always protect me
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