quiet evening

Chris is at work, and the kids are in bed. All is quiet in my house. Well, except for the Christmas music I have playing. :) Chris closes on Thursday nights. This is to prepare him for management. They are building a new location closer to us, and Chris has already been promised a management position there. woohooo!!

The kids are all sick. Everyone has a runny nose, coughing, etc. Poor Conner - he seems to be the worst. Although Madison is quickly catching up to him. Conner hasn't really been sick much, so this is new for him. I asked if he wanted to stay home from school today - he just looks like he doesn't feel good- but he said he wanted to go.

Megan has been acting up at school again. We had a talk about it tonight, and she promised to do better. We'll see.

I can not believe Thanksgiving is next week!! It has happened too fast! Where did the time go? Wasn't last week halloween? I knew I had tons of time to get things done, and now I'm falling behind! ugh!! Gotta get my butt in gear!

Well, I'm off to enjoy the quiet. I think I'll catch up on some reading.

(((HUGS)))

Whatever You're Doing

This is currently my favorite song! I absolutely love Sanctus Real, and here's another wonderful song by them. I've put the part that most applies to me right now, in green. But I LOVE the whole song!!


Sanctus Real - Whatever You’re Doing
From the album We Need Each Other

It’s time for healing, time to move on,
it’s time to fix what’s been broken too long
Time to make right what has been wrong;
it’s time to find my way to where I belong

Chorus:
There’s a wave that’s crashing over me, and all I can do is surrender
Whatever You’re doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but somehow there’s peace
And it’s hard to surrender to what I can’t see, but I’m giving in to something heavenly

Time for a milestone, time to begin again, re-evaluate who I really am
Am I doing everything to follow Your will or just
climbing aimlessly over these hills?
So show me what it is You want from me
I give everything – I surrender

Chorus:

Time to face up, clean this old house
Time to breathe in and let everything out
that I’ve wanted to say for so many years
Time to release all my held back tears

Whatever You’re doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but I believe …
You’re up to something bigger than me
Larger than life, something heavenly

Whatever You’re doing inside of me
It feels like chaos, but now I can see
This is something bigger than me
Larger than life
Something heavenly, something heavenly

Time to face up, clean this old house
Time to breathe in and let everything out

Weekend over? *sad

I can't believe the weekend is over. It was a pretty good one. Chris was at drill yesterday and today, so the kids and I went shopping w/ my parents on Saturday. The only thing I bought was a new Christmas tablecloth. I could have bought tons more, but hubby doesn't get paid till Thursday. :( God continues to bless us financially. Don't get me wrong, things are tight. But God continues to show me that He will provide when we need it. He goes by His timetable, not mine.

Today was a fun day. My cousin and his family are in town. I haven't seen him in years. In fact, I'd never met his kids, and he has 3! I got to see my grandma, great grandma, aunt, and lots of cousins! It was great! We had our own mini-Thanksgiving. He told us he is considering moving to OK. All of his family is here except his dad. We would love to have him back!

I have a horrible headache and can feel a cold coming on, so I guess I should get to bed. I don't want to get sick again! We've had enough of that going around. I think Caleb is coming down with something as well. I'm sure it's just a matter of time till we all have it again. ah, the joys of winter!

(((hugs)))

cute story

The other day we were driving in the van, and I heard Conner and Caleb having a conversation in the back seat. I love listening to them when they are getting along. lol Kids have some great conversations! Anyway, Conner is saying to Caleb "Meme (his gma) is a gift to Memaw (his great gma), Mama is a gift to Meme, and we are gifts to mom. Because the Bible says childs are a gifts to their parents." How cute is that??!! I especially loved his use of the word "childs". lol I love to hear them talking about things that are in the Bible. Conner is my one that has been asking questions about becoming a Christian - how to do it, what it means, what you have to do, etc. We aren't pushing it, just letting him ask his questions and figure things out. That way when he's ready to make a decision, we will know it's his choice.

We have just started going to a new church (Chris was voted in as youth pastor last Sunday), and the boys' SS teacher has already come up to me and said "your boys are so smart. They always know the Bible story." We have been telling our kids Bible stories since they were born. And they know if it's in the Bible it's true. It fills this mom w/ motherly pride to know my kids know their Bible! What a blessing it is!!

((((HUGS))))

Rainy Monday

ugh!! I had a whole blog typed out, and then it was gone! That bugs me so bad! Ok, well here's the shortened version - today was a cold, rainy day. But I still managed to get a workout in, and take the kids to the library - as much for me as for them. ;) I also went grocery shopping with Madison which took longer than planned. That cut into her nap time, which meant she was cranky the rest of the night. But it was my fault, so I guess I deserved the crankiness.

Madison is growing up too fast. :( Not only is she crawling and pulling up, but this weekend she cut her first tooth! Where is the time going? Ok, that's all I have for tonight.

(((Hugs)))

Another week comes to an end

I can't believe it's Friday. This week has been a crazy week! I voted on Tuesday, but my guy didn't win. :( I was very saddened by this, but I have now accepted it enough to begin praying for the president elect. I am angered at how Sarah Palin is being portrayed, but what can you expect? The media loved Obama, and it seems even now, they are doing all they can to discredit Palin. But moving on...

I took Madison to the doctor this week. She has another cold, and I just wanted to make sure she didn't have an ear infection. The doctor suggested a cool mist humidifier. Of course, mine was warm mist, since that's what was recommended when I had my first child. So I bought a cool mist. I'll probably hang onto the warm mist since I'm sure they will go back recommending that one in a few years. *eyes rolling Madison does not have any infection anywhere, so we are just waiting out the cold. I sure hope we don't have a whole winter of one cold after the other. My kids have always been very healthy, so I'm hoping Madison follows that pattern.

The kids got their school pics this week. I'll post those another day. They all turned out so cute!!! Of course, I'm biased, but my children really are beautiful. ;)

Hubby had to work in the evening one night this week. It's all in preparation to make him a manager. woohoo!!

I am so proud of myself. Last week I came up with a menu, did my shopping based on that menu, and actually stayed w/ the menu. (I did change up some days, but got all the meals in) This was so much nicer than walking aimlessly through the grocery store trying to plan meals in my head. And I didn't come home w/ a bunch of food that had purpose. I've been trying out new recipes which Chris loves. The kids are actually doing pretty well with it also b/c they've eaten everything I've made. yay!! I feel like I'm really starting to do better at being a good "homemaker".

That's all I've got for now. I know there's much more to update on - like the fact that Madison is already pulling herself up! But those other updates will have to wait.

Hope everyone is doing well!!
big hugs!