I have dreamed of having 5 children....

AND NOW I DO!!!! Ok.. sorry, just kidding. I am watching my friends two kids for an overnight AND my GH is out of town. People thought I was nuts, but it's going really great. No issues and we've played outside, eaten dinner, and now are having popcorn and a movie. We are watching Ponyo.. not bad.... different and pretty cute. So all in all.. yippeee! And to make it even a bit more fun, my little J-man has a fever :( 103. Poor guy. So we will see how the sleeping goes for all 5 kids. I am sure I will wiped out tomorrow night, but I'm glad I can help them out.

I've been absent from here for a bit as GH left on Mother's Day and is still gone for another 9 sleeps (that's how we count them here :) ) So I've been running around like crazy. BLEH! I am on the verge of having lost 70 pounds. I'm so proud of myself. I really think this time has done the trick with my brain where food is concerned. I am finally paying attention to what and why I eat. I also can tell more readily if I am full and if I THINK I am hungry and it is actually that I am thirsty. I am running a 10K on June 19th. Looking forward to that. Should be interesting to see how I handle it. Everyone says I will be fine, but we shall see how I feel when it is over :)

Well, no more typing for now I should probably get with the program and pay attention to the little people in case they need something.

Blessings to you all!

Silence is bliss....

So here I sit... on a beautiful Sunday morning which also happens to be Mother's Day AND my husband's birthday. He left about an hour ago for a 3 week trip to Canada for work and I just stayed up and sipped some coffee and played on Facebook for awhile. There was NO NOISE! I hope I can get up earlier while he is gone to enjoy the silence. I intended to do some bible study, but T-man decided to get up a little bit ago so no quiet time for me. BUT, I will try and have my quiet time before bed tonight. Many people like it in the AM and say there is nothing like starting the day out with God, but I love ending it with him almost more. It reminds me that even after a rough day He has walked with me through it and that tomorrow is a new day. And as Anne of Green Gables says (or more appropriately Ms. Stacey on Anne of Green Gables) "Tomorrow is fresh with no mistakes in it" I love that quote. We may be natural born sinners and have propensity to sin, but to remember that every day is new always reminds me of how His mercies are new every morning. He never runs out of Mercy or Grace. How awesome is that?!?! (for the 2 of you that read my postings.. no need for comment :) )

I am excited to go to church and listen to a sermon today. I love working with the babies at church every other week, but I tell ya... time to be fed by God's word to my soul is always a pleasure.

I suppose I better go spend time with the T-man. Nice quiet time with him is at a premium these days and all too soon he will be an old kid and too busy for me to hang out with.

God Bless all the mommies out there today!

Week in the life/Chaos IS my life

Well, best laid plans just didn't work for me. I am much more of a planner when it comes to doing something as grandios as a "week in the life" type stuff. SO... I will share some photos from the week that I was happy with. I will try the week in the life again in June and see how it goes. I need to get my brain around what to do.





This is my usual spot for breakfast in the AM. I have my steel cut Trader Joe's oats and read email and do facebook and such. Then I get going and do the dishes and some laundry. The kids get to watch a show while I eat so I can have some peace.

Early in the week we had some nice mornings to be outside. I caught J-man and D-man relaxing and having a quiet moment. Of course, these days, anytime I show up with a camera the boys like to pose a bit. This is one of my new favorites.

I think I will treasure this one photo for a good many years. It is D-man holding my hand while we pray before lunch. He prefers to hold a finger instead of the whole hand. Even the baby holds a finger and bows his head. I love it.

As is usual here, I missed a nice big spill by my D-man. He somehow took a header off our swing and was face down in the dirt when daddy found him. Looks pretty bad in the picture. He had a really bad bloody nose, too. His owies are almost gone now. Phew!

This is typical J-man in the morning. He is such a good self-entertainer. He was on a kick last week with these safety goggles. So cute!!!

When I was finding the boys to have lunch one day I found them playing together in the Huggies wipes box. I couldn't help but take a pic. So funny! They had a race car at the bottom of the box that was on and just making racing noises, but of course going no where! So funny!

Not a big thing, but a little game of "throw Meow" before dinner with daddy. Meow is D-man's bestest buddy!

T-man is all dressed up for his school choir concert. He's my mr. GQ for sure. I am just cringing at the thought of my clothing bill one day. He will want the designer this and that and the nice looking shirts I am almost positive. But he is so handsome.. who could say no to him?!?!

Despite the look of almost happy, he is whining and crying to get help. Daddy was just wanting to take pics of this before saving him. J-man loves to climb in here and hang for a bit, but the getting out is another story. Can't quite figure out why the head is too big for the opening yet :)

That is a good bunch of photos from a fun filled week. Now that I have that off my plate I will do smaller updates as the days go by.