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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Oh, I love fall so much. The cool breeze, the beautiful leaves, fires in the fireplace, apple cider, big piles of leaves to jump in...the list goes on and on! Right now I am snuggled up on the couch with my sweet little Emily sharing a warm, down blanket. Snuggle time is always good. It definitely reminds me of how thankful I am for my sweet family!!
Today will be a fun day. We are going to have lunch with Joey at school. It's pizza day so everyone is excited. Terry is home this weekend (YAY!!) so we will have our regular Friday night movie and Daddy will get to be here too. We love to camp out in the living room, build a fire, and watch a family movie. The kids have so much fun.
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and it has been so much fun doing things with the kids. Madi had her Thanksgiving program and feast at school on Tuesday. She made a beautiful Indian. They sang songs and even did sign language along with the songs. It was so much fun. Emily had the most fun afterwards at the feast where she tried to climb onto the blow up turkey they had set up in the gym. That's my girl. Her class made a book where Ms Nancy asked each child how to make a turkey. The answers were hilarious. Madi's answer was "She puts cookies on it. Princess ones. Then she puts it in the oven cold for just a minute. It tastes yucky." Needless to say Ms Nancy said she would not be coming to any of the kids houses for thanksgiving.
Emily is getting ready to pounce!
I don't know where Emily gets making faces in pictures from!
Pretty princess!!
Joey raced in his first cubmobile with his cubscout group. He was so brave and had so much fun. It was a very fun date for Joey and Daddy. Joey said he kept running into the bushes. He gets his driving skills from his Daddy who had totaled a car by the age of 3...ha ha ha!!
Such a big boy!!
Joey's cubscout troop!!
I hope everyone is well. We are looking forward to going to Augusta for Thanksgiving next week. If I don't get to write before Thanksgiving (which is probable) I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your sweet families and God's wonderful provision!! I love you all and am thankful(:
Today will be a fun day. We are going to have lunch with Joey at school. It's pizza day so everyone is excited. Terry is home this weekend (YAY!!) so we will have our regular Friday night movie and Daddy will get to be here too. We love to camp out in the living room, build a fire, and watch a family movie. The kids have so much fun.
Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and it has been so much fun doing things with the kids. Madi had her Thanksgiving program and feast at school on Tuesday. She made a beautiful Indian. They sang songs and even did sign language along with the songs. It was so much fun. Emily had the most fun afterwards at the feast where she tried to climb onto the blow up turkey they had set up in the gym. That's my girl. Her class made a book where Ms Nancy asked each child how to make a turkey. The answers were hilarious. Madi's answer was "She puts cookies on it. Princess ones. Then she puts it in the oven cold for just a minute. It tastes yucky." Needless to say Ms Nancy said she would not be coming to any of the kids houses for thanksgiving.
Emily is getting ready to pounce!
I don't know where Emily gets making faces in pictures from!
Pretty princess!!
Joey raced in his first cubmobile with his cubscout group. He was so brave and had so much fun. It was a very fun date for Joey and Daddy. Joey said he kept running into the bushes. He gets his driving skills from his Daddy who had totaled a car by the age of 3...ha ha ha!!
Such a big boy!!
Joey's cubscout troop!!
I hope everyone is well. We are looking forward to going to Augusta for Thanksgiving next week. If I don't get to write before Thanksgiving (which is probable) I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your sweet families and God's wonderful provision!! I love you all and am thankful(:
Thursday, November 13, 2008
It's nice to be reminded...
Last night at Bible Study my sweet friend Steph came up with a prop (nerd) to go along with our study of Psalms. We chose the Psalm that most spoke to where we currently are in life. I chose Psalm 16:1,5-11:
"Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup.
You have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely i have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With Him at my right hand, i will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
We may not understand why certain things come our way...but our Sweet Father in heaven does. He knows what we can handle and He walks with us through each day. Sometimes, it's nice to be reminded!!!
"Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup.
You have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely i have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With Him at my right hand, i will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand."
We may not understand why certain things come our way...but our Sweet Father in heaven does. He knows what we can handle and He walks with us through each day. Sometimes, it's nice to be reminded!!!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Warning!!! Long update blog(:
So it has been so crazy the last couple of weeks I haven't had a chance to update the blog....So hold on to your seats, it's gonna be alot of information and of course pictures(:
On October 21st, Emily and I went to Madi's school to join her class at the pumpkin patch. Emily was in hog heaven since she is obsessed with pumpkins this year. She kept running from pumpkin to pumpkin and giving hugs and kisses. It was adarable. Madi was so excited to have mommy and sister at her school. Madi has begun to do model poses in her pictures. It is adorable...and she knows it!! The girls got to meet a Crow (which Emily kept hugging and wanted to take home) and also hear a fun story. It was a great morning for us...poor Daddy was at jury duty!
I had to throw a picture in of Emily and her Peanut Butter adventure. She will actually get the peanut butter out of the pantry, grab a spoon, and bring it to me for her to eat. Unfortunately, on this day she got bored with the spoon and decided to use both hands to get it out...UGH!!
Last Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch as a family. We picked a great family pumpkin and got lots of fun pictures of the kids. They had so much fun in the kid maze and Emily of course was running around hugging and kissing pumpkins. Each of the kiddos also got to choose their own kid sized pumpkin to take home! Then we went to chic-fil-a and had dinner and the kids played on the playground. Even Emily goes all the way to the top of the the playground...CRAZY!! But Madi and Joey both do a great job of taking care of their baby sister(:
October 26th was a very special day as our two sweet girls were dedicated at our church. I am so thankful for our church and the amazing environments that each one of us gets to be exposed to. This day was just about us as parents committing to teaching our children about God and His sweet love for them. It was a small ceremony that was very intimate. Only 8 people could fit at our table and 5 of those of course were taken up by the Sleisters(: But Noel and Cherie and unborn Caleb came as well as Steph and the girls. It was just sweet time of committing ourselves to the our family values and having our sweet friends pray for us and our children. Such a special day(: Of course, as hectic as anything with the Sleister's is we did not take pictures of the kids at the ceremony. But we did get some of them in their outfits that night at home while they were pulling each other around on the sleeping bag...Yep, that's how we roll.
Joey and Daddy both had tacky day this week at school. Believe it or not, their tacky day was on the same day. Don't they make an adorable pair!! It was Red ribbon week at school so Joey learned about the dangers of cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol. Sometimes it just seems so early for them to be talking about that stuff, but the reality is that they get faced with that mess very fast. Better to start that line of communication now than to be too late. Even Madi is in on these conversations and it is so cool to be able to talk to my 6 and 3 year old about their body being a temple for God. They are such cool kids. Joey is even involved in the election. He will ask you if you are going to vote for John McCain or Barrack Obama. It is really cool. He is going to go with either me or Terry on Tuesday so he can see what voting is like. He is voting for Barrack Obama because he likes how his name sounds and because he was born in Hawaii(: Oh, the innocence of a child.
On Thursday Madi had her costume parade and party at school. It was lots of fun and she really looked like a princess!! Joey wore his costume and Emily wore her kitty cat ears. They all had fun trick or treating in the school and doing fun activities in the class. Joey and Madi walked around together and shared the same bag for their candy. It was very sweet and great team work.
Thursday afternoon was spontaneous!! Steph went to see the musical Wicked on Tuesday with her friend Erin and loved it so much that she called me on Wednesday and said that we had to go. I found some tickets on line for the next days show so for our Christmas present to one another, we bought them. IT WAS AMAZING!! I am not usually a huge musical fan unless my sweet husband is playing in the orchestra (oh how I love to hear him play!), but this show was soooo great. It was such a beautiful story about friendship. I was very thankful to be able to share that with my best friend...yeah I cried!! Anyway, if you ever get the chance to see that show-GO!!! AMAZING!!
Finally, Happy Halloween!!! We had so much fun last night. We went trick or treating in a neighborhood down the street. It is mine and Terry's dream neighborhood(: The kids had so much fun and looked so adorable. Emily did a great job saying trick or treat and thank you! She really didn't care much about the candy though...she just wanted to take everyone's pumpkins. Unfortunately, Daddy had to leave before we done to travel to Tennessee for drill. But we were thankful to have him there for the time we did(: Well, that is it...Not in a nutshell. I hope you all enjoyed this and I will try to do better about updating! Love you all and thanks for reading. PS Leave a comment so I know you are there(:
On October 21st, Emily and I went to Madi's school to join her class at the pumpkin patch. Emily was in hog heaven since she is obsessed with pumpkins this year. She kept running from pumpkin to pumpkin and giving hugs and kisses. It was adarable. Madi was so excited to have mommy and sister at her school. Madi has begun to do model poses in her pictures. It is adorable...and she knows it!! The girls got to meet a Crow (which Emily kept hugging and wanted to take home) and also hear a fun story. It was a great morning for us...poor Daddy was at jury duty!
I had to throw a picture in of Emily and her Peanut Butter adventure. She will actually get the peanut butter out of the pantry, grab a spoon, and bring it to me for her to eat. Unfortunately, on this day she got bored with the spoon and decided to use both hands to get it out...UGH!!
Last Saturday we went to the pumpkin patch as a family. We picked a great family pumpkin and got lots of fun pictures of the kids. They had so much fun in the kid maze and Emily of course was running around hugging and kissing pumpkins. Each of the kiddos also got to choose their own kid sized pumpkin to take home! Then we went to chic-fil-a and had dinner and the kids played on the playground. Even Emily goes all the way to the top of the the playground...CRAZY!! But Madi and Joey both do a great job of taking care of their baby sister(:
October 26th was a very special day as our two sweet girls were dedicated at our church. I am so thankful for our church and the amazing environments that each one of us gets to be exposed to. This day was just about us as parents committing to teaching our children about God and His sweet love for them. It was a small ceremony that was very intimate. Only 8 people could fit at our table and 5 of those of course were taken up by the Sleisters(: But Noel and Cherie and unborn Caleb came as well as Steph and the girls. It was just sweet time of committing ourselves to the our family values and having our sweet friends pray for us and our children. Such a special day(: Of course, as hectic as anything with the Sleister's is we did not take pictures of the kids at the ceremony. But we did get some of them in their outfits that night at home while they were pulling each other around on the sleeping bag...Yep, that's how we roll.
Joey and Daddy both had tacky day this week at school. Believe it or not, their tacky day was on the same day. Don't they make an adorable pair!! It was Red ribbon week at school so Joey learned about the dangers of cigarettes, drugs, and alcohol. Sometimes it just seems so early for them to be talking about that stuff, but the reality is that they get faced with that mess very fast. Better to start that line of communication now than to be too late. Even Madi is in on these conversations and it is so cool to be able to talk to my 6 and 3 year old about their body being a temple for God. They are such cool kids. Joey is even involved in the election. He will ask you if you are going to vote for John McCain or Barrack Obama. It is really cool. He is going to go with either me or Terry on Tuesday so he can see what voting is like. He is voting for Barrack Obama because he likes how his name sounds and because he was born in Hawaii(: Oh, the innocence of a child.
On Thursday Madi had her costume parade and party at school. It was lots of fun and she really looked like a princess!! Joey wore his costume and Emily wore her kitty cat ears. They all had fun trick or treating in the school and doing fun activities in the class. Joey and Madi walked around together and shared the same bag for their candy. It was very sweet and great team work.
Thursday afternoon was spontaneous!! Steph went to see the musical Wicked on Tuesday with her friend Erin and loved it so much that she called me on Wednesday and said that we had to go. I found some tickets on line for the next days show so for our Christmas present to one another, we bought them. IT WAS AMAZING!! I am not usually a huge musical fan unless my sweet husband is playing in the orchestra (oh how I love to hear him play!), but this show was soooo great. It was such a beautiful story about friendship. I was very thankful to be able to share that with my best friend...yeah I cried!! Anyway, if you ever get the chance to see that show-GO!!! AMAZING!!
Finally, Happy Halloween!!! We had so much fun last night. We went trick or treating in a neighborhood down the street. It is mine and Terry's dream neighborhood(: The kids had so much fun and looked so adorable. Emily did a great job saying trick or treat and thank you! She really didn't care much about the candy though...she just wanted to take everyone's pumpkins. Unfortunately, Daddy had to leave before we done to travel to Tennessee for drill. But we were thankful to have him there for the time we did(: Well, that is it...Not in a nutshell. I hope you all enjoyed this and I will try to do better about updating! Love you all and thanks for reading. PS Leave a comment so I know you are there(:
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