A weekend out

Hello all. It's almost Christmas!!!!! I have a room full of gifts that need to be wrapped. Anyone have an elf I can borrow???

Well, we went to Alabama this weekend. Surprised????? No you didn't miss the memo, I didn't tell anyone b/c I wasnt sure if it would work out to see anyone. We came to see sam's family, this is the one time of year that we could squeeze out a few bucks & now we're flat broke! But that's OK.

Sam's mom & brother LOVED seeing Justus ( and us to I guess). And he recieved a multitude of gifts. It was lots of fun watching everyone interact with Justus. He gave out lots of hugs, kisses & I lub you's. We evern visited the great grandparents & j made them all laugh and giggle at the silly stuff he does.

I'm sorry that we didn't have enough time to make it to Alabaster & say hello. This trip was just to short!!!! We left Friday am & got back Sunday pm. Sam put in a lot of driving miles into a short period of time.

I've been catching up on a few Blogs & that's been fun. Nic, you never fail to make me laugh. And thanks for sharing your christmas pics Crystal. I still have to read a few more so don't be offended if you weren't mentioned. Love you all!!!!

My delima

As you have probably already realized Christmas is is on Sunday this year. Can you guess my delima??? To go or not to go???
Please dont get me wrong, it is the season to celebrate the birth of Christ. And when I go I'll be glad I did.


BUT

my brother & sister in law are here for three days. And all the Christmas traditions are not possible to do if we go to this service. It's at 11am. Complain, complain. I know, not very nice am I????? Well, what do you think?

ps there will be NO nursery for this 1 hour service.

Finally

Well, I'm finally able to put something up. Hello to all, how are ya??? I've written this message several times now but there was something funky going on with the connection.

We had a great Thanksgiving with the family & then played outside after we were stuffed. We also took the kids to the Christmas parade. They loved it!!! I was freezing. Justus did not like the sirens, they made him cry. At least I know he is afraid of something. An odd thought I know, but he sometimes seems fearless.

I am finally done shopping for the family. Now I only need the last minute stuff for stockings. AHHHHHH, what a relief!

I'm glad that is done because between now & Christmas it's mass chaos! As I'm sure you all know. Parties, dinners & food.

What fun this was!

What fun this was!
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Chicken Little or Little Chicken????

Chicken Little or Little Chicken????
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How TO

Has anyone seen the commerical from Lowes improvement store about their HOW TO clinics??? (Lowes is like HOME DEPOT).
Well I saw the add & looked online to see what they were teaching. This past saturday was how to decorate & make a wreath.

I can decorate a tree pretty well but am pretty shakey on the wreath part. I thought it would be fun so a couple of us girls sign up, get babysitters(daddys). We all went to breakfast together & headed that way.

WHen we got there we had no idea where to go.(no directions) So we asked at the front desk. The "manager" told us where to go. We get back there & its a man standing there. No table, supplies, etc. I asked again where to go. He said here.

I asked what we would be doing....& I quote: "We're going to show you how to fluff your tree & show you the decorations we have for sale". I was ticked!!!!!!!! This took planning!!!!!!!

Well the manager heard all about it & said there was supposed to be a lady back there to help. We walked back there but when the mystery lady didn't show up after 15 minutes we talked to the manager again.

I think she was embarrassed. My mom politely mentioned that next year she would teach the class if they didn't have anyone else qualified.

After that fiasco we all went shopping again. And then came home for dinner. YUMMMMMMM!

Addicted

Justus is addicted to the movie Monster INc. & he has been fussing the past 15 minutes while I've been checking email. I think Im learning to tune out that whinning. Though after a while you jus say enough is enough.

I had a pretty good weekend. Saturday was my sisters birthday so mom watched the baby, sam watched Justus & the other kids were elsewhere. We took the day for ourselves. We went SHOPPING! Oh, what fun. Now Im broke.

Bethany wanted to get her nails done so we stopped in & got that done. I got acrylics for the first time. They look nice but my nails were sore the first day. I guess I have two weeks to decide if I really want to keep them or just have them taken off.

Then we had lunch & shopped till we dropped. This year we put a $10/person limit. It's hard to find something real nice at that price but we were pretty sucessful. I started christmas shopping in August so I'm 99% done.

We left the house around 11am & got back at 6:30pm. I was pooped! But we ended up "playing scene" it at a friends house. Guys against girls. The guys won 2 times & we won once. FUN!

My growing child

Lately Justus has been amazing me more & more. Like when he said "watch this mom". No kidding those were his exact words. He usually says one or two words at a time but that little sentence caught me by surprise. Kids are so cute.

After some testing the doctors finally figured out that he doesn't have asthma, only severe allergies. They also said he is still young enough to develop asthma. But for now he has dodged the family curse.

Also, he is now three feet tall & 30 pounds....no wonder he is so heavy!

Pathetic

Well, I stayed home from church & played Packman 3 all day. Pretty pathetic I know. Maybe next week I'll try harder.

This weekend we took the kids to the fall festival

This weekend we took the kids to the fall festival
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Hello All

Hello all, I'm a little down tonight. Dealing with issues that I don't take lightly. .....sigh...... I guess that's all I have to say for now. Maybe some rest will help me see things clearer!

Tricked

I was going through some clothes today & found some that will fit Justus now but they need to be washed. So I threw them on the floor in the dirty clothes pile that I am supposed to work on today. Justus decided he wanted to try them on. So he put a few things over his head. So far that is as far as he can get on his own. A few minutes later I didn't hear him playing so I turned around to see what he was doing. Only he wasn't there. I called his name & up from the clothes pile rose my little ones face. He was camoflaged by all the clothes. He thought it was the funniest thing that he had surprised me. We both had a good laugh!

10 "Interesting" facts about me...

I've only had surgery once in my life. When my sister & I were fighting and she broke a light bulb in my left middle finger. I got to flip everyone off for free. To this day there is still a piece of glass in my finger & yes its a pain.

I have twin scars, one on each knee. As a kid I was more of a tomboy...now I'm a wimp!

I write left handed but do almost everything else right handed, including bowling.

Even though I really, really want two boys a girl wouldn't be that bad.

Pink is no longer my most disliked color I actually like it now.

I still don't have a drivers liscense. Yes, it's pretty pitiful. But I'm working on it.

Sky diving & getting a tatoo is on my list of things to do.

I rolled in the snow unclothed once...in Finland. Brooke & I also sat in their sauna naked too.

Swimming is the "sport" I enjoy most.

And volleyball is the only sport I can attempt.

I asked Jesus into my heart at age 3. My great grandmother had a picture of Jesus knocking on a door with no doorknob. I asked my mom about & she said that was the door to your heart. She explained how only we can ask Him into our lives & the salvation story. I asked Jesus into my hear that day. When I got married my mom had the pic reframed & gave it to me. Its one of my most treasured possesions.

That was hard!!!! But there you have it.

Rescued

They finally made it home...YEAH. They got home last night , I still haven't talked to them or seen them but at last they are safe and sound. With a bed to sleep in and food in their stomachs!!!

Our little Tinkerbell...aka..Brieanna

Our little Tinkerbell...aka..Brieanna
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She usually isn't too keen on pics but she's coming around!

Spidey....aka...Brandon

Spidey....aka...Brandon
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Justus was scared of Brandon the first time he saw him with the mask on. They were all too cute!

This weekend we took the kids to the fall festival

This weekend we took the kids to the fall festival
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Justus was supposed to be a chicken but at this festival they had the heat cranked up & he was too hot.

DVD weekend

Hello all. Thought I would write a quick note & let you know I'm still here. I havent' had lots of time for internet reading so I'm behind on the times. I hope to catch up sometime in the next few days.

Nathan & Traci are still stuck in Cancun. Their flight out for today was cancelled & are now being replaced by "humanitarian" flights on a first come, first served basis. Who knows when we will see them.

This weekend is Hallelujah House at church but sam is stuck with Justus & I. He pulled a muscle in his back and so he has been resting, watching lots of DVD's from our bed. It's nice to have him around.

Jamie, sorry I havent' put anything up...I'm still trying to think of 10 things.

Cancun update

The last update I got was that N & T had gone 3 hours south to a resort shelter...not exactly sure what that means but I'm still concerned. Nathan's mom has rebooked their flight twice already. If they can't get out by Tues. she'll have to rebook them again. We haven't heard anything from them in 3 days. Keep praying.

Update on mom....she's doing SOME better. She can at least sit on the couch now instead of staying in bed 24-7. Also: keep praying.

One more fun piece of info....someone else is pregnant...NOT ME...my sister in law Aubrey. I think WOW-that was fast!. They're one year anniversary was this summer. Maybe they will move closer so we can see the baby...and them too!

The pumkin patch was CHAOS! It was Justus, me, my sis, her 3 kids & husband. And another relative with her two young boys. Let me just say this- I would not make a good single mom. Justus was being a kid & driving me crazy. I missed sam being there to enjoy & to help me out. We did get a pumpkin but the parents were to worn out to let the kids paint them.

We had already played on the hay mounds, raced on the John Deere bikes, played on the playground, had snack, went on the hayride, & played in a huge "sandbox" of corn. That was really cool! After we got the pumpins we headed home. Justus was out in 10 min!!!!

Yesterday we took the kids to get their pictures taken in their costumes. It took an hour but the pictures turned out pretty good! They won't be back until November, I can't wait to show you! That's about it for the "cancun" update. I guess I got carried away.

Stranded!!!!!!!!

Nathan & Traci are stuck in Cancun! I guess they waited too long to get out & now there are NO flights out. Doesn't sound like the best honyemoon in the world but they'll have a story to last a lifetime. Please keep them in your prayers. The last I heard they are evacuating the coast (where they were). But I'm not really sure where they will be going. Their poor parents!!!! I"ll fill you in on any details as I get them.

ps We're dressing up the kids in their costumes to go & get their pics taken tommorrow. We're also supposed to go to the pumpkin patch this weekend. It should be fun!