Hi all!
It has been a little while. Lets see, to be honest, I am not for sure what we did the week of the 16th. I know it wasn't as crazy as some weeks. Maybe I slept through it "-)
Chris went fishing Wednedsday by himself. He was glad to do that. Thursday he went out with Hannah all day and then that night he fished with Brett. It was a good couple of days. Nathan was acting ill, or he and I would have done something. He seemed better over the weekend. Of course, his best friend, Caleb's birthday party was that day, so he had to be, right?
They were so cute to watch together. They were like glue to one another. I am so glad they have each other. Nathan got to do the fun machine for Caleb and they spent most of the skating party in the middle jumping on moving lights and falling down. They were laughing so hard together. It was so neat to watch.
Monday, he and I did have our date, which was nice. Tuesday Chris was off, so we had a family night of reading books and such. Yesterday was a day of PTA board stuff. I am going to be on it and it was neat to be in the room and hear how things went this year and the changes we can make for the next year. I am really excited for the responsiblity and the activity I will be in the kids school. The others I am with are a fun group to be with.
My initiation to that will be sometime in May. Also, yesterday, Chris found out that he got nomiated and accepted into the Management Training Program. Pretty much that is when someone of upper management sees that you have potential and wants to see how far up the ladder you could go. After being accepted, you have to take like a 2 hour test that determines where you best fit in Lowes Corporate and then how far you have the potential to go.
After that test, if you want to pursue the climb, you do some projects for the company and spend a week sometime at headquarters. When that is complete, then whatever level you work towards you become and Lowes majorly promotes you.
Chris is really excited about it. He talked with his Human resource manager, Beck Irwin, and they scheduled his test for next Thursday. So you might be keeping that in your prayers. He is really nervous and excited at the same time.
He wants to do whatever God leads him to do, but is frustrated with where he is the the lack of response in his department. He would like to be able to help others avoid that stress.
Tomorrow Hannah has a field trip, which I would love to go on, but I kept Nathan home today because he was feeling sick to his stomach and was running a fever. So, we will see. Someone said that the stomach flu is making another round around here. I hope not.
Chris has the weekend off and is planning on going fishing again. We are planning on meeting Mom and Dad in Atchison this Sunday after church.
Hope you all are well!
Until next time, our love and prayers!!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Past a busy week!
Hello all!
Just thought I would get on and catch up from this last week. It was a busy one for us.
Monday the kids were off from Easter. Since it was cold, we stayed inside and worked on birthday cards for all the April birthdays we know. We watched movies and read books.
Tuesday I subbed at Hannah's preschool in the class I will be teaching next year. The 3 year olds. It was really fun. Brought back so many memories from my Antioch days. (sure do miss all that)
Tuesday night was Nathan's t-ball sign up. So, we braved the cold rain to get that done. Nathan is pumped and ready to play. Wednesday was grocery day, so Chris and I braved the weather to do that. The huge box we got at Aldi's got wet and we busted a bottle of grape juice on our sidewalk on the way in. It is so stained. I knew grape juice stained, but not like that.
The kids and I had a relaxed night and went to bed early.
Thursday was Hannah's kindergarten roundup. So, we spent the morning doing fun things with her, because I wanted the day to be about her. Well, Brett quit his job, so I needed to watch Abram that afternoon while he did some applications. We got to the roundup a little early, and she must have been nervous and tired because it didn't go nearly as well as we had hoped, considering that was all she could talk about. She decided she didn't want to go to the gym with the other kindergartners. We decided later that she probably thought that she was missing out and that Nathan and us were doing something fun.
It escalated and the night finished with her being the last one to get supper and not being able to finish it because they were closing down the cafeteria.
Hopefully the year won't be so stressful.
Friday was school and Chris was off, so we hit cleaning and organizing storage. It is so nice to know where to find stuff back there. Still more to sort, but in a possible way now.
Saturday was a friend of Hannah's birthday party. it was the first one she has ever been to, so she was scared. By the end of it, she had come out of her shell and was playing nicely. it was a fun party. Carson wanted to do pirates, so they all had black plastic cups on their hands with aluminum foil coming out of the top in a hook shape. They ate a nutty bar cake to look like a treasure chest. She had a good time.
Today, it was nice outside, for once, so after all 3 services at church, we ate sandwiches and played outside all day. We came in and had supper, read some books and went to bed.
That brings us to now.
This week looks like not much, so that is nice. Chris has a dentist appointment tomorrow, and is off Wednesday. He is hoping to go fishing for the first time this year.
As a final, if you could keep a couple things in prayer:
-Our friends, Mark and Rachel Bond- His dad passed away this week: was a christian, praise the Lord, but it will be hard to say good-bye and for the little ones understanding
-Grandpa leach- found out that he has an aneuryism on his spine, not sure about if it is operable or not.
Hope everyone is well and doing fine.
All our love!
Just thought I would get on and catch up from this last week. It was a busy one for us.
Monday the kids were off from Easter. Since it was cold, we stayed inside and worked on birthday cards for all the April birthdays we know. We watched movies and read books.
Tuesday I subbed at Hannah's preschool in the class I will be teaching next year. The 3 year olds. It was really fun. Brought back so many memories from my Antioch days. (sure do miss all that)
Tuesday night was Nathan's t-ball sign up. So, we braved the cold rain to get that done. Nathan is pumped and ready to play. Wednesday was grocery day, so Chris and I braved the weather to do that. The huge box we got at Aldi's got wet and we busted a bottle of grape juice on our sidewalk on the way in. It is so stained. I knew grape juice stained, but not like that.
The kids and I had a relaxed night and went to bed early.
Thursday was Hannah's kindergarten roundup. So, we spent the morning doing fun things with her, because I wanted the day to be about her. Well, Brett quit his job, so I needed to watch Abram that afternoon while he did some applications. We got to the roundup a little early, and she must have been nervous and tired because it didn't go nearly as well as we had hoped, considering that was all she could talk about. She decided she didn't want to go to the gym with the other kindergartners. We decided later that she probably thought that she was missing out and that Nathan and us were doing something fun.
It escalated and the night finished with her being the last one to get supper and not being able to finish it because they were closing down the cafeteria.
Hopefully the year won't be so stressful.
Friday was school and Chris was off, so we hit cleaning and organizing storage. It is so nice to know where to find stuff back there. Still more to sort, but in a possible way now.
Saturday was a friend of Hannah's birthday party. it was the first one she has ever been to, so she was scared. By the end of it, she had come out of her shell and was playing nicely. it was a fun party. Carson wanted to do pirates, so they all had black plastic cups on their hands with aluminum foil coming out of the top in a hook shape. They ate a nutty bar cake to look like a treasure chest. She had a good time.
Today, it was nice outside, for once, so after all 3 services at church, we ate sandwiches and played outside all day. We came in and had supper, read some books and went to bed.
That brings us to now.
This week looks like not much, so that is nice. Chris has a dentist appointment tomorrow, and is off Wednesday. He is hoping to go fishing for the first time this year.
As a final, if you could keep a couple things in prayer:
-Our friends, Mark and Rachel Bond- His dad passed away this week: was a christian, praise the Lord, but it will be hard to say good-bye and for the little ones understanding
-Grandpa leach- found out that he has an aneuryism on his spine, not sure about if it is operable or not.
Hope everyone is well and doing fine.
All our love!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
A short update
Hey! We are home.
Nathan's asthma didn't ever get out of control. However, Friday was Chris' worse day. We seriously thought about looking for a hospital. He rested most of the day.
We had lunch at a place called Incredible Pizza. It was really cool. I am hoping to get some pictures loaded up on here via the laptop.
We all took a nap before the concert, which was awesome. It started at 6:45 and we didn't head back to the hotel until 11:45. The entire group came out and sang a few songs together and then each set of individuals got to sing a couple of their own. Intermission was at 9:15 and from 9:30 till 11:30 was nothing but the groups and the crowd praising the Lord. It was AWESOME!
And Chris got to hang out with several people he admired, so that was cool. He was feeling better enough to really enjoy that.
We got to the hotel in time for Chris' parents to arrive. We weren't for sure if they were coming. There was a death in the family that we were sure would prevent them from making it, but they came anyways. We all slept in and then swam Saturday. We went to Lamberts to eat lunch and had an easter egg hunt at the ToysRUs. We also went to Bass Pro. They paid for our night in the hotel for Sat. night.
We got up Sunday and checked out and ate at the Steak and Shake next to the hotel and then split ways. We got home about 6:30 and had McDonalds for supper. Everyone but me went to bed around 7. I headed to walmart to get basic supplies for everyone to make it Monday.
Monday was mostly cleaning up the springfield stuff and making the house look like home again.
Today, hannah and I went to story time at the library and went major grocery shopping. Everyone is still really tired and recovering from the late nights. So I have been getting everyone to bed no later than 7:30.
With the cold snap we are having, I don't think I can handle anymore sick people. I am run down the way it is.
Anyways, that is what is up here. I thought while I was waiting for Nathan to finish his pulmicort, I would blog a short one.
Will write again soon!
Until then, all our love,
Nathan's asthma didn't ever get out of control. However, Friday was Chris' worse day. We seriously thought about looking for a hospital. He rested most of the day.
We had lunch at a place called Incredible Pizza. It was really cool. I am hoping to get some pictures loaded up on here via the laptop.
We all took a nap before the concert, which was awesome. It started at 6:45 and we didn't head back to the hotel until 11:45. The entire group came out and sang a few songs together and then each set of individuals got to sing a couple of their own. Intermission was at 9:15 and from 9:30 till 11:30 was nothing but the groups and the crowd praising the Lord. It was AWESOME!
And Chris got to hang out with several people he admired, so that was cool. He was feeling better enough to really enjoy that.
We got to the hotel in time for Chris' parents to arrive. We weren't for sure if they were coming. There was a death in the family that we were sure would prevent them from making it, but they came anyways. We all slept in and then swam Saturday. We went to Lamberts to eat lunch and had an easter egg hunt at the ToysRUs. We also went to Bass Pro. They paid for our night in the hotel for Sat. night.
We got up Sunday and checked out and ate at the Steak and Shake next to the hotel and then split ways. We got home about 6:30 and had McDonalds for supper. Everyone but me went to bed around 7. I headed to walmart to get basic supplies for everyone to make it Monday.
Monday was mostly cleaning up the springfield stuff and making the house look like home again.
Today, hannah and I went to story time at the library and went major grocery shopping. Everyone is still really tired and recovering from the late nights. So I have been getting everyone to bed no later than 7:30.
With the cold snap we are having, I don't think I can handle anymore sick people. I am run down the way it is.
Anyways, that is what is up here. I thought while I was waiting for Nathan to finish his pulmicort, I would blog a short one.
Will write again soon!
Until then, all our love,
Friday, March 30, 2007
Hello strangers!
Hi! I am sure that if you check this regularly, you are thinking, "Wow, it is about time".
obviously things have been busy. I knew march would be, but with some major sicknesses, and subbing, etc.
ok, so where do I start. lets see, the week of the church movie night, hannah went down with bronchitis. needless to say, we didn't go to that. We met my parents in Ks City for a train show the weekend of the 10th. that was a lot of fun. haven't been to one of those since 2001. We are lookin forward to more of those. nathan was so excited.
Abrams party was good. Amy had planned a bunch of neat games. She is on bedrest with baby number 2 now. Last week, she went in to the hospital and they said she needed to be. I have been watching Abram again. i want to help them out and it is much less crazy than subbing.
Which is a whole new topic. I loved it and the kids, but it was beginning to get crazy coordinating with chris when to pick up hannah. she was beginning to have trouble at school and we decided that I have all the rest of their school career for me to pursue that. the teachers I had were really wonderful. they love me and and really want me to make sure to sign on next fall. they kept asking for me by request to sub in their room. The week of the 14th, I had a sub job everyday. it was chaos. It was cool to be wanted like that, but I decided that Hannah needs to come first.
When I did that, the preschool hannah is going to asked me if I would be interested in a teaching position in the fall. it would be tuesdays and thursdays from 9-3, which would be perfect and aweosme and on and on. it would pay about $100 a week, and i wold still have Mon, Wed, and Fri to be a stay-at-home mom. it was like God opened up a major door for me. keep praying as they figure out all that.
let see, now back to my time line.
We went home the weekend of te 17th to a baby shower for my cousin. she looked great and I felt for her. I remember so mjch the juggle. It was fun to see my aunt being a grandma. she is so excited. My other cousin announced that weekend that she was expecting, so there will be 2 babies by Christmas. My aunt is so excited!!
My kids got to hold the baby and they were sure that they will be the best and friendliest cousins ever. i reminded them that they are the oldest and that is a big responsiblitiey
Everyone was getting ready for spring break that week. We don't have one, so we had to leave to get bak in time for school. that was kind of a bummer.
When we got back, I had my last subbing job. the kids were like, "You re the best sub ever!"
I felt kind of bad.
parent teacher conferences were that week also. nathan wrote on his folder for us, "Mom and Dad, I am ready for first grade. " I thought I was going to cry. Seems so wierd for us to be there already. he is ready though. they grade k-1st grade on a A,B,C schedule for preparedness in reading, and when they leave kindegarten they need to be at a C level. nathan is at an H, so we are good to go.
hannah is really ready for kindergarten too. Roundup and early enrollment will be in 2 weeks along with t-ball sign up. nathan is pumped for that.
Lets see, taht wasall last week, so this week, Chris went down with pnemonia. I sent him to urgent care and they said if he had waited anylonger, he would have had to go to the hospital.
We were planning on leaving for springfield, mo thursday for my birthday and a joint concert for Chris and I's birthday's. the gaithers are in concert. so, he rested all week. Now nathan's asthma is flaring and that is actually where we sit. I am at the hotel in Springfield writing. i was up with nathan, checking his lungs and making sure he got some more albuterol.
i had a nice birthday. hannah wanted to make me a dress, so we sewed one together. She picked the material. After several lookings, we agreed on one that was green and pink, our favorite colors. it turned out nice. She bought me a pair of white flip flops to wear with it. it is really comfortable. nathan wanted to get me something original. After all the clues, I couldn't figure it out. if he was feeling up to par, it would have gone better, but he wrapped up himself. he said that what i should have for my birthday was his friendship. I about cried.
Chris got me some slippers and some I.O.U. cards. One for vacuuming and sweeping for a week at the house, one for a total of 10 Me hours, availalble by punch card. a meal cooked by him of my choice, and i can't remember the other one.
We went to olive garden once we got here. wow, didnt remember how fancy it was there. And i have never really taught th kids how to act, so it was interesting. our waiter was super nice and the meal was really good. And of course, the peolple came and sang. it was crazy.
then we came back to the hotel and ate the cake they got me and we went swimming.
And now this is updated. the concert is tommorrow, technically, later today, and we will go home probably Saturday.
will post an update later this week.
well, better get back to sleeping. thought while i was up , i would catch up .
Love all of you and think and pray often for you.
until next time, rest in His care!
obviously things have been busy. I knew march would be, but with some major sicknesses, and subbing, etc.
ok, so where do I start. lets see, the week of the church movie night, hannah went down with bronchitis. needless to say, we didn't go to that. We met my parents in Ks City for a train show the weekend of the 10th. that was a lot of fun. haven't been to one of those since 2001. We are lookin forward to more of those. nathan was so excited.
Abrams party was good. Amy had planned a bunch of neat games. She is on bedrest with baby number 2 now. Last week, she went in to the hospital and they said she needed to be. I have been watching Abram again. i want to help them out and it is much less crazy than subbing.
Which is a whole new topic. I loved it and the kids, but it was beginning to get crazy coordinating with chris when to pick up hannah. she was beginning to have trouble at school and we decided that I have all the rest of their school career for me to pursue that. the teachers I had were really wonderful. they love me and and really want me to make sure to sign on next fall. they kept asking for me by request to sub in their room. The week of the 14th, I had a sub job everyday. it was chaos. It was cool to be wanted like that, but I decided that Hannah needs to come first.
When I did that, the preschool hannah is going to asked me if I would be interested in a teaching position in the fall. it would be tuesdays and thursdays from 9-3, which would be perfect and aweosme and on and on. it would pay about $100 a week, and i wold still have Mon, Wed, and Fri to be a stay-at-home mom. it was like God opened up a major door for me. keep praying as they figure out all that.
let see, now back to my time line.
We went home the weekend of te 17th to a baby shower for my cousin. she looked great and I felt for her. I remember so mjch the juggle. It was fun to see my aunt being a grandma. she is so excited. My other cousin announced that weekend that she was expecting, so there will be 2 babies by Christmas. My aunt is so excited!!
My kids got to hold the baby and they were sure that they will be the best and friendliest cousins ever. i reminded them that they are the oldest and that is a big responsiblitiey
Everyone was getting ready for spring break that week. We don't have one, so we had to leave to get bak in time for school. that was kind of a bummer.
When we got back, I had my last subbing job. the kids were like, "You re the best sub ever!"
I felt kind of bad.
parent teacher conferences were that week also. nathan wrote on his folder for us, "Mom and Dad, I am ready for first grade. " I thought I was going to cry. Seems so wierd for us to be there already. he is ready though. they grade k-1st grade on a A,B,C schedule for preparedness in reading, and when they leave kindegarten they need to be at a C level. nathan is at an H, so we are good to go.
hannah is really ready for kindergarten too. Roundup and early enrollment will be in 2 weeks along with t-ball sign up. nathan is pumped for that.
Lets see, taht wasall last week, so this week, Chris went down with pnemonia. I sent him to urgent care and they said if he had waited anylonger, he would have had to go to the hospital.
We were planning on leaving for springfield, mo thursday for my birthday and a joint concert for Chris and I's birthday's. the gaithers are in concert. so, he rested all week. Now nathan's asthma is flaring and that is actually where we sit. I am at the hotel in Springfield writing. i was up with nathan, checking his lungs and making sure he got some more albuterol.
i had a nice birthday. hannah wanted to make me a dress, so we sewed one together. She picked the material. After several lookings, we agreed on one that was green and pink, our favorite colors. it turned out nice. She bought me a pair of white flip flops to wear with it. it is really comfortable. nathan wanted to get me something original. After all the clues, I couldn't figure it out. if he was feeling up to par, it would have gone better, but he wrapped up himself. he said that what i should have for my birthday was his friendship. I about cried.
Chris got me some slippers and some I.O.U. cards. One for vacuuming and sweeping for a week at the house, one for a total of 10 Me hours, availalble by punch card. a meal cooked by him of my choice, and i can't remember the other one.
We went to olive garden once we got here. wow, didnt remember how fancy it was there. And i have never really taught th kids how to act, so it was interesting. our waiter was super nice and the meal was really good. And of course, the peolple came and sang. it was crazy.
then we came back to the hotel and ate the cake they got me and we went swimming.
And now this is updated. the concert is tommorrow, technically, later today, and we will go home probably Saturday.
will post an update later this week.
well, better get back to sleeping. thought while i was up , i would catch up .
Love all of you and think and pray often for you.
until next time, rest in His care!
Monday, March 05, 2007
Happy March!!
I am so glad it is March. I love springtime! it is my favorite season of the year. My tulips have blossomed 6 blooms and my hyacinths are getting ready to burst through the mulch.
I love spring!!
Well, i meant to post a blog last Tuesday, after I was called in to sub for a 3rd grade teacher at colemanon Monday. it was a lot of fun. I really liked it. they called me tuesday night to sub Wednesday morning. i got there and it was a miscommunication, so i worked in the office as a volunteer all morning. I really had a good time, getting to know more moms and such. My friend Margret and i walked friday and she volunteers at he daughters high scho ol. We talked about how it was almost easier and more fun to be a part of the school setting than our churches because the response from the schools seem to be, "sure, we would love to have you help us anywhere." where as our consistant response from our church is one of, "Well, we will have to see where we might be able to fit you in." And then nothing happens.
We wondered why that was. That a stay-at-home mom is more welcome at the school than the church. Anyways. Friday night was what they called the fun fest. Since I m a homeroom mom, Sephra Brown and I were inc charge of the bowling game. She brought her son Seth and i took nathan. chris and hannah came later. it was fun. games in the gym and ways to earn prizes and stuff. it was really fun. Chris had gone to a men's retreat friday night and saturday , so after he got home, we went to pizza hut to cash in nathan's book it. Then we got the kids new mattresses with our tax return. WE were bushed and went to bed early.
sunday was church and my first sunday back in the 2 and 3's after a quarter break. They wanted me to try out a new curriculm in there. We only had 9 kids, but it was crazy. The story board was a flop and that room just isn't conducive for busy little feet. it is a little clausterphobic with them all energetic and no place to take them. i am going to go in and see if there is a way to rearrange things to make more space in there, so that there is a learning area and a just being a 2 year old area. Most of the ones in there are just 2 and attention spans are short. super sweet, but just too much going on in the room.
Well, gotta go get some groceries. Chris closes tonight, so it is just the kids and i. This Friday our church is having a movie night. They are showing FAcing the giants in the gym and having popcorn, hot dogs and sodas. it should be fun. Saturday is Abrams's 2nd birthday and his party. The kids are looking forward to that.
i am just hoping for warm weather. I think we all could use the perk up. Kids are ready to be outside.
Until next time, keep loving like Christ!!
I love spring!!
Well, i meant to post a blog last Tuesday, after I was called in to sub for a 3rd grade teacher at colemanon Monday. it was a lot of fun. I really liked it. they called me tuesday night to sub Wednesday morning. i got there and it was a miscommunication, so i worked in the office as a volunteer all morning. I really had a good time, getting to know more moms and such. My friend Margret and i walked friday and she volunteers at he daughters high scho ol. We talked about how it was almost easier and more fun to be a part of the school setting than our churches because the response from the schools seem to be, "sure, we would love to have you help us anywhere." where as our consistant response from our church is one of, "Well, we will have to see where we might be able to fit you in." And then nothing happens.
We wondered why that was. That a stay-at-home mom is more welcome at the school than the church. Anyways. Friday night was what they called the fun fest. Since I m a homeroom mom, Sephra Brown and I were inc charge of the bowling game. She brought her son Seth and i took nathan. chris and hannah came later. it was fun. games in the gym and ways to earn prizes and stuff. it was really fun. Chris had gone to a men's retreat friday night and saturday , so after he got home, we went to pizza hut to cash in nathan's book it. Then we got the kids new mattresses with our tax return. WE were bushed and went to bed early.
sunday was church and my first sunday back in the 2 and 3's after a quarter break. They wanted me to try out a new curriculm in there. We only had 9 kids, but it was crazy. The story board was a flop and that room just isn't conducive for busy little feet. it is a little clausterphobic with them all energetic and no place to take them. i am going to go in and see if there is a way to rearrange things to make more space in there, so that there is a learning area and a just being a 2 year old area. Most of the ones in there are just 2 and attention spans are short. super sweet, but just too much going on in the room.
Well, gotta go get some groceries. Chris closes tonight, so it is just the kids and i. This Friday our church is having a movie night. They are showing FAcing the giants in the gym and having popcorn, hot dogs and sodas. it should be fun. Saturday is Abrams's 2nd birthday and his party. The kids are looking forward to that.
i am just hoping for warm weather. I think we all could use the perk up. Kids are ready to be outside.
Until next time, keep loving like Christ!!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
What a week!
Hello all!!
I am actually posting before it has been a week. Amazing huh?
This week was one full of phone calls!! I visited with both of my sisters Tuesday. My youngest sister is about to enter the Radiology department at Fort Hays State and has her interview this coming Friday. We visited about that and her anxiousness about where they will place her for her internship. My other sister is a 4th grade teacher in Dodge and I talked to her too. She is working on finishing up her Master's. She will graduate and walk in December. She is getting that degree is ESL (English as a Second Language).
We also recieved a phone call from Chris mom that her parents aren't doing well. She was out there for Christmas to help get some things settled. Grandma has been really sick this week and Grandpa can only do so much with him still being in physical therapy for his back.
And our other phone call of the week came Thursday morning about 11am, when we learned from my grandma that my cousin had her baby. He was almost 3 1/2 weeks overdue.
Mom and baby are doing well and we are glad for that. It is a first for the side of the family, so it has been really fun for me to see it from another perspective. I am the only one until now who had children in the family. So to experience a family birth and it not be me who is giving birth is really neat. I am anxious to hear from my cousin on how it all went. I love pregnancy stories and delivery stories. Each one of them has such a different circumstance and I marvel at how God plans it that way. It is the beginnning of a life story that He is writing about that child.
I look forward to see how God will shape the new member of our family.
AS for other stuff, Hannah came down sick Thursday night, so since Chris was off Friday, he let me go back to bed and sleep most of Friday morning. I was so thankful.
Oh, one more exciting bit of news this week that I almost forgot. Tuesday we found out that Brett and Amy (Abram's parents) are expecting baby number 2. They will be due in the fall. She hasn't been to the doctor yet, but everyone is really excited.
Well, that is about it. Lots to pray for and lots to be thankful for this week.
I am hoping that all of you are doing good and avoiding the strange weather. No tornado watchs with blizzard warnings at the same time. ;-)
Sending all our love and prayers to all of you!!
I am actually posting before it has been a week. Amazing huh?
This week was one full of phone calls!! I visited with both of my sisters Tuesday. My youngest sister is about to enter the Radiology department at Fort Hays State and has her interview this coming Friday. We visited about that and her anxiousness about where they will place her for her internship. My other sister is a 4th grade teacher in Dodge and I talked to her too. She is working on finishing up her Master's. She will graduate and walk in December. She is getting that degree is ESL (English as a Second Language).
We also recieved a phone call from Chris mom that her parents aren't doing well. She was out there for Christmas to help get some things settled. Grandma has been really sick this week and Grandpa can only do so much with him still being in physical therapy for his back.
And our other phone call of the week came Thursday morning about 11am, when we learned from my grandma that my cousin had her baby. He was almost 3 1/2 weeks overdue.
Mom and baby are doing well and we are glad for that. It is a first for the side of the family, so it has been really fun for me to see it from another perspective. I am the only one until now who had children in the family. So to experience a family birth and it not be me who is giving birth is really neat. I am anxious to hear from my cousin on how it all went. I love pregnancy stories and delivery stories. Each one of them has such a different circumstance and I marvel at how God plans it that way. It is the beginnning of a life story that He is writing about that child.
I look forward to see how God will shape the new member of our family.
AS for other stuff, Hannah came down sick Thursday night, so since Chris was off Friday, he let me go back to bed and sleep most of Friday morning. I was so thankful.
Oh, one more exciting bit of news this week that I almost forgot. Tuesday we found out that Brett and Amy (Abram's parents) are expecting baby number 2. They will be due in the fall. She hasn't been to the doctor yet, but everyone is really excited.
Well, that is about it. Lots to pray for and lots to be thankful for this week.
I am hoping that all of you are doing good and avoiding the strange weather. No tornado watchs with blizzard warnings at the same time. ;-)
Sending all our love and prayers to all of you!!
Monday, February 19, 2007
Happy President's Day!!
Well, we got to enjoy the day together. The kids and I, and it was above freezing, as opposed to the last time I wrote.
It was actually pushing 60, so we went to Bartlett Park, since we knew it wouldn't be slushville. There were still piles of snow there, so we played invade the castle. Pretty much the people on the playground equiptment were the princes/princesses and they could throw snowballs at the invading dinosaurs. The dinosaurs could throw snowballs at the princes and princesses to keep them from getting them. Basically it was tag with snowballs. We were the only ones at the park, so that was fun too. We brought a picnic that we ended up eating in the car. We folded down the seats and ate our sandwiches and carrots there. Then we went to Walmart to get some sandwich baggies and some kites. We got home and went to the parking lot across the rivine to try to fly them. It was fun, since the kites were only $1.
As for last week, school was cancelled that Tuesday. Chris had to drive to Liberty, Mo for spring training. He said roads were terrible. It took them 2 extra hours to get there due to the ice and snow. We got about 4 inches of snow, but with 2 inches of icy junk with it. They did have school on Valentines day, but probably shouldn't have. The road in front of Nathan's school was terrible. A delivery truck had to stop to turn left into the school and got stuck. The traffic backed up all the way to the Belt and Ashland. It was awful. And, along with that, Nathan's head homeroom mom called. Her boys were vomiting and so she wasn't going to be able to help with the party. She had all the goody bags and games and everything. So, I got to the school early to try to organize everything and prep myself. It went well, however, Mrs. Kingery said that she had 3 kids come to school, saying that they had thrown up that morning, but they didn't want to miss the party, so their parents sent them. Sephra and I visited later about how she was the only smart and respectful parent that day.
The kids loved looking at their valentines. They were really dedicated the weekend before preparing their valentines. Handwriting everyones names. I still have some mailed ones to send out. Hannah wanted to include candy, so I need to get a padded envelope for a certain family's valentines to go in. (Sorry Bond family; yours will be late!!)
AS for Thursday, with the weather being frigid, Hannah and I decided to actually paint the bathroom. (Yes, I am ashamed to say that it is still unfinished). She really enjoyed that. She is hoping to finish it with me tomorrow. AS long as I let her pretend to be the mom.
Friday Chris was off, so I went walking with Margaret at the mall and they Chris and I went out to eat dinner at Rib Crib. Then it was off to grocery shop before picking up Hannah. As we picked her up, snow began to fall. By the time we made it to Nathan's school, we could barely see for the downfall. We ended up getting another 1.5 inches. We decided to stay home and play cards and watch movies. We made pizzas and ate Oreos. It was nice.
Saturday we stayed home and rested. I was feeling odd, so I didn't do much. Found out then also that the peanut butter we had in our pantry had been recalled for salmonilla poisioning. No one had gone down sick, but we threw it away anyways.
Sunday was church. I was subbing for a girl in the 2 & 3's this quarter. Wow!! I forgot how much I miss those guys. I had the priviledge of getting to know Ariana McDowell. What a sweetie! Her story is one of miracles and amazement. She LOVES to read!!! I am so looking forward to March, for when I get to be in there and spend time with them every week.
Well, that is about it. A week in summary. I hope that your week was one filled with thankfulness to God and awe of His mercy and grace!!
Until next time!!!
It was actually pushing 60, so we went to Bartlett Park, since we knew it wouldn't be slushville. There were still piles of snow there, so we played invade the castle. Pretty much the people on the playground equiptment were the princes/princesses and they could throw snowballs at the invading dinosaurs. The dinosaurs could throw snowballs at the princes and princesses to keep them from getting them. Basically it was tag with snowballs. We were the only ones at the park, so that was fun too. We brought a picnic that we ended up eating in the car. We folded down the seats and ate our sandwiches and carrots there. Then we went to Walmart to get some sandwich baggies and some kites. We got home and went to the parking lot across the rivine to try to fly them. It was fun, since the kites were only $1.
As for last week, school was cancelled that Tuesday. Chris had to drive to Liberty, Mo for spring training. He said roads were terrible. It took them 2 extra hours to get there due to the ice and snow. We got about 4 inches of snow, but with 2 inches of icy junk with it. They did have school on Valentines day, but probably shouldn't have. The road in front of Nathan's school was terrible. A delivery truck had to stop to turn left into the school and got stuck. The traffic backed up all the way to the Belt and Ashland. It was awful. And, along with that, Nathan's head homeroom mom called. Her boys were vomiting and so she wasn't going to be able to help with the party. She had all the goody bags and games and everything. So, I got to the school early to try to organize everything and prep myself. It went well, however, Mrs. Kingery said that she had 3 kids come to school, saying that they had thrown up that morning, but they didn't want to miss the party, so their parents sent them. Sephra and I visited later about how she was the only smart and respectful parent that day.
The kids loved looking at their valentines. They were really dedicated the weekend before preparing their valentines. Handwriting everyones names. I still have some mailed ones to send out. Hannah wanted to include candy, so I need to get a padded envelope for a certain family's valentines to go in. (Sorry Bond family; yours will be late!!)
AS for Thursday, with the weather being frigid, Hannah and I decided to actually paint the bathroom. (Yes, I am ashamed to say that it is still unfinished). She really enjoyed that. She is hoping to finish it with me tomorrow. AS long as I let her pretend to be the mom.
Friday Chris was off, so I went walking with Margaret at the mall and they Chris and I went out to eat dinner at Rib Crib. Then it was off to grocery shop before picking up Hannah. As we picked her up, snow began to fall. By the time we made it to Nathan's school, we could barely see for the downfall. We ended up getting another 1.5 inches. We decided to stay home and play cards and watch movies. We made pizzas and ate Oreos. It was nice.
Saturday we stayed home and rested. I was feeling odd, so I didn't do much. Found out then also that the peanut butter we had in our pantry had been recalled for salmonilla poisioning. No one had gone down sick, but we threw it away anyways.
Sunday was church. I was subbing for a girl in the 2 & 3's this quarter. Wow!! I forgot how much I miss those guys. I had the priviledge of getting to know Ariana McDowell. What a sweetie! Her story is one of miracles and amazement. She LOVES to read!!! I am so looking forward to March, for when I get to be in there and spend time with them every week.
Well, that is about it. A week in summary. I hope that your week was one filled with thankfulness to God and awe of His mercy and grace!!
Until next time!!!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Where do I start?
Ok, well, since I last wrote, so many things have happened. I guess the most logical place to start is at the beginning.
The next day after my last blog, I went to Kansas City to pick up my grandmother from the airport. She had been in Arizona with her brother, Dave. She was early by 15 minutes. As she and I left KCI, it began to snow. We got back to the apartment and we ate some lunch and then it was about time to get Hannah. I let her stay behind, thinking she could use a nap or something. The kids were really excited to have her there. Hannah and her shared a room and it was sweet to see them develop a closer relationship. They talked till probably 9:30 that first night. Then, Thursday, she seemed really tired and out of it. I was worried about her. She didn't get out of bed for the day until about 2pm. Hannah went and laid down with her before she got up. That evening she enjoyed spending time with both kids, having them read to her and stuff.
Friday she went and did the school drop off rounds. Then we met my friend Margret at the mall. She really enjoyed visiting with Margret and Margret wrote me a card thanking me for sharing such a wonderful mentor with her. We were there visiting until noon and then headed home for lunch. Due to the cold weather, she stayed home again while I picked up the kids. Mom and Dad were due in my supper time, so after seeing school work, Grandma and I started in on prepping supper. As we were getting ready to eat, they called, letting us know they were just leaving. So we went ahead and ate and played a couple of board games to occupy the time. They were due by 8. Around 8:15, they called, letting us know it would be another 45 minutes before they would be there. So we put pajamas on the kids and read until they got there a little after 9. By then, Nathan was looking a little pale and felt warm. Took his temp and it was 99.8. Gave him some tylenol and sent him to bed. Checked it again at 10 and it was at 101. By midnight and a dose of motrin later, he spiked at 104.4. I called the nurses hotline here in town that is associated with the emergency room, wondering at what point I should take him into the -15 degree night air to the hospital. She said to keep alternating the tylenol and motrin every hour until it fell and if he went above 105 to take him in.
Luckily, he maxed out there and hung around 102 all weekend. He got up Saturday for breakfast, at 2 bites of cereal and went back to bed and slept until supper time. At supper he ate about 5 bites and was tired again and slept all night. He rested off and on all Sunday and hovered around 101. I took him in to the doctor monday and he said they had seen a lot of that. It was a virus that attacks really quick and spikes a temperature. Once that is over, it is followed by a sinus infection and ear infections. Sure enough, he had both. So he is actually still on it twice a day. He went back to school Tuesday for their 100th day and was ok.
So, Wednesday, I had about 50 loads of laundry to do as well as wash more dishes and general clean up after guests. Thursday, Hannah woke up feeling sick to her stomach, so she slept all day. Since I had done a bunch of house work Wednesday, I took advantage of the situation and slept with her all day, just to catch up a little. When she woke up to get Nathan from school, she still complained of her stomach. I gave her some crackers to nibble on and some gatorade. About 15 minutes later, she threw up all over me, herself and the couch. She went back to bed after a bath and slept the rest of the night. She woke up the following morning feeling great and wanting to go to school. So we let her. She never ran a temp, so I am assuming it was something she ate, or a 24 hour bug.
By then, it was the weekend and so we played all day Saturday, since everyone was well.
Nathan, bless his heart, woke up, got dressed, made his bed, fed Percy, and woke me up to see what his daily job was so that he could be helpful to me. I gave him a hug and told him nothing. His daily job was to play with me.
So we played the game "Guess who". There was a card with a guy on it named Tyler. He has a friend at school named that, so I asked him if that was what Tyler at school would look like when he grew up and he replied, "Well, this guy has black hair. Tyler at school has gray hair, just like Dad." We all laughed about it. Then Hannah noticed something that had Chris' mom's name on it. "Lorna Crosswhite" Since she is our professional reader, she asked what it said. I asked her what she thought and she said, "Llama Crosswhite". We had to call grandma to tell her that she had now become a llama. She laughed.
So, anyways, here we are on another week. Today the kids went to school and I watched Abram. We are getting a winter mix, so school might be cancelled tomorrow. We will wait and see. Temperatures are supposed to drop too. I saw -2 for an actual temp for one day this week, so....
School Valentines party is Wednesday and since I am co-homeroom parent, I got Chris to volunteer his morning, since he has to close. He said he would run the snack table. :-)
Hopefully it will be a slow, uneventful, healthy week.!! I could sure use it.
That is about it. March is looking to be full, so hopefully I will get into a better habit by then.
Hope that all is well with everyone and that you are warm and healthy!!
Until next time, trusting that you are honoring Him in all you say and do!
The next day after my last blog, I went to Kansas City to pick up my grandmother from the airport. She had been in Arizona with her brother, Dave. She was early by 15 minutes. As she and I left KCI, it began to snow. We got back to the apartment and we ate some lunch and then it was about time to get Hannah. I let her stay behind, thinking she could use a nap or something. The kids were really excited to have her there. Hannah and her shared a room and it was sweet to see them develop a closer relationship. They talked till probably 9:30 that first night. Then, Thursday, she seemed really tired and out of it. I was worried about her. She didn't get out of bed for the day until about 2pm. Hannah went and laid down with her before she got up. That evening she enjoyed spending time with both kids, having them read to her and stuff.
Friday she went and did the school drop off rounds. Then we met my friend Margret at the mall. She really enjoyed visiting with Margret and Margret wrote me a card thanking me for sharing such a wonderful mentor with her. We were there visiting until noon and then headed home for lunch. Due to the cold weather, she stayed home again while I picked up the kids. Mom and Dad were due in my supper time, so after seeing school work, Grandma and I started in on prepping supper. As we were getting ready to eat, they called, letting us know they were just leaving. So we went ahead and ate and played a couple of board games to occupy the time. They were due by 8. Around 8:15, they called, letting us know it would be another 45 minutes before they would be there. So we put pajamas on the kids and read until they got there a little after 9. By then, Nathan was looking a little pale and felt warm. Took his temp and it was 99.8. Gave him some tylenol and sent him to bed. Checked it again at 10 and it was at 101. By midnight and a dose of motrin later, he spiked at 104.4. I called the nurses hotline here in town that is associated with the emergency room, wondering at what point I should take him into the -15 degree night air to the hospital. She said to keep alternating the tylenol and motrin every hour until it fell and if he went above 105 to take him in.
Luckily, he maxed out there and hung around 102 all weekend. He got up Saturday for breakfast, at 2 bites of cereal and went back to bed and slept until supper time. At supper he ate about 5 bites and was tired again and slept all night. He rested off and on all Sunday and hovered around 101. I took him in to the doctor monday and he said they had seen a lot of that. It was a virus that attacks really quick and spikes a temperature. Once that is over, it is followed by a sinus infection and ear infections. Sure enough, he had both. So he is actually still on it twice a day. He went back to school Tuesday for their 100th day and was ok.
So, Wednesday, I had about 50 loads of laundry to do as well as wash more dishes and general clean up after guests. Thursday, Hannah woke up feeling sick to her stomach, so she slept all day. Since I had done a bunch of house work Wednesday, I took advantage of the situation and slept with her all day, just to catch up a little. When she woke up to get Nathan from school, she still complained of her stomach. I gave her some crackers to nibble on and some gatorade. About 15 minutes later, she threw up all over me, herself and the couch. She went back to bed after a bath and slept the rest of the night. She woke up the following morning feeling great and wanting to go to school. So we let her. She never ran a temp, so I am assuming it was something she ate, or a 24 hour bug.
By then, it was the weekend and so we played all day Saturday, since everyone was well.
Nathan, bless his heart, woke up, got dressed, made his bed, fed Percy, and woke me up to see what his daily job was so that he could be helpful to me. I gave him a hug and told him nothing. His daily job was to play with me.
So we played the game "Guess who". There was a card with a guy on it named Tyler. He has a friend at school named that, so I asked him if that was what Tyler at school would look like when he grew up and he replied, "Well, this guy has black hair. Tyler at school has gray hair, just like Dad." We all laughed about it. Then Hannah noticed something that had Chris' mom's name on it. "Lorna Crosswhite" Since she is our professional reader, she asked what it said. I asked her what she thought and she said, "Llama Crosswhite". We had to call grandma to tell her that she had now become a llama. She laughed.
So, anyways, here we are on another week. Today the kids went to school and I watched Abram. We are getting a winter mix, so school might be cancelled tomorrow. We will wait and see. Temperatures are supposed to drop too. I saw -2 for an actual temp for one day this week, so....
School Valentines party is Wednesday and since I am co-homeroom parent, I got Chris to volunteer his morning, since he has to close. He said he would run the snack table. :-)
Hopefully it will be a slow, uneventful, healthy week.!! I could sure use it.
That is about it. March is looking to be full, so hopefully I will get into a better habit by then.
Hope that all is well with everyone and that you are warm and healthy!!
Until next time, trusting that you are honoring Him in all you say and do!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Who am I and where have I been?
I am sure you all wonder that. At least that is how long it feels like it has been since I have posted.
Well, after finally getting Nathan back to a regular life, we got 7 inches of actual snow. We played in it with Brett and Amy one weekend. That was really fun. I hope that we are making an influence on them, considering they don't have a personal relationship with Christ.
School has been good for both kids. They are doing awesome. We had parent/teacher conference with Hannah's teacher and she is more than ready for kindergarten. She said that she thought the structure of public school would help Hannah to blossom when it comes to her social problem.
Nathan is finally getting his top teeth in. He is so relieved. I think he thought that they were never going to come in. He and his class are learning about living and non-living organisms , so they got a bunch of class pets. He said today that their boy crab died. We asked him if the girl crab was doing ok and he said, "Sure. Ms. Kingery says that if she eats all her vitamins she will have babies. That is how mom's get babies, you know." We laughed about that!
So, Heidi, when you want to start a family, you better stock up on your vitamins!!
Hannah has already been asked to get married. I guess one of the girls for show and tell brought a huge fake diamond ring in. So the 2 boys were asking around who wanted to get married. Noah asked Hannah, "since they were friends". She told him, "No way!" I asked her if that upset him and she said, "No, he just went and asked Alaina. She told him sure." Hope her parents, Tom and Nancy, know about that:-) She also has gotten a couple of class pets. A fish and a snail, named Chuck. We were telling someone at church about them and she said, "Well, we used to have a snail named Chuck, but he had to go back to Walmart." We thought that was hilarious!
Chris has been busy at work. They are doing spring reset. With the huge cold snap and the 2 winter storms, he has had some upset customers because they have had to clearance out all their heaters to bring in patio furniture and grills. We got a really nice electric fireplace for cheap. Looks real, so that is cool. He also got a settlement letter from corporate for when they lost their salary and went to hourly. Someone in the company filed a law suit for back pay and won, so any department manager who has worked for Lowes September of 2001 and on gets any back pay that the company owes them, minus a small fee. It will be interesting to see what he actually gets.
As for me, I am still watching Abram a couple of times a week. Amy has gone to part time, which is nice. She wants to have another baby and work herself into being at home. So, I have applied at the school to substitute teach on Mon, Wed, and Fri. When Hannah goes next fall, I can do it full-time. I have the hours and experience. I am kind of looking forward to it.
Tomorrow I go to Kansas City to pick up my grandma from the airport. She has been in Arizona with her brother, Dave ,visiting family. She is going to be here for the rest of the week. Then Mom and Dad will come up this weekend and take her home. Unless Lorrie has her baby, and then they won't, because they will cover at the farm for John and Joy.
Well, I think that is about all. I want to get some of our snow pictures up, but that will have to be for another day. I am so behind as it is and I am still so very exhausted.
Hope all is well with all of you and would love to hear from you. Leave us a comment or two when you get a chance, just to say hi. We would love to hear it.
Sending all our love to you!!
Well, after finally getting Nathan back to a regular life, we got 7 inches of actual snow. We played in it with Brett and Amy one weekend. That was really fun. I hope that we are making an influence on them, considering they don't have a personal relationship with Christ.
School has been good for both kids. They are doing awesome. We had parent/teacher conference with Hannah's teacher and she is more than ready for kindergarten. She said that she thought the structure of public school would help Hannah to blossom when it comes to her social problem.
Nathan is finally getting his top teeth in. He is so relieved. I think he thought that they were never going to come in. He and his class are learning about living and non-living organisms , so they got a bunch of class pets. He said today that their boy crab died. We asked him if the girl crab was doing ok and he said, "Sure. Ms. Kingery says that if she eats all her vitamins she will have babies. That is how mom's get babies, you know." We laughed about that!
So, Heidi, when you want to start a family, you better stock up on your vitamins!!
Hannah has already been asked to get married. I guess one of the girls for show and tell brought a huge fake diamond ring in. So the 2 boys were asking around who wanted to get married. Noah asked Hannah, "since they were friends". She told him, "No way!" I asked her if that upset him and she said, "No, he just went and asked Alaina. She told him sure." Hope her parents, Tom and Nancy, know about that:-) She also has gotten a couple of class pets. A fish and a snail, named Chuck. We were telling someone at church about them and she said, "Well, we used to have a snail named Chuck, but he had to go back to Walmart." We thought that was hilarious!
Chris has been busy at work. They are doing spring reset. With the huge cold snap and the 2 winter storms, he has had some upset customers because they have had to clearance out all their heaters to bring in patio furniture and grills. We got a really nice electric fireplace for cheap. Looks real, so that is cool. He also got a settlement letter from corporate for when they lost their salary and went to hourly. Someone in the company filed a law suit for back pay and won, so any department manager who has worked for Lowes September of 2001 and on gets any back pay that the company owes them, minus a small fee. It will be interesting to see what he actually gets.
As for me, I am still watching Abram a couple of times a week. Amy has gone to part time, which is nice. She wants to have another baby and work herself into being at home. So, I have applied at the school to substitute teach on Mon, Wed, and Fri. When Hannah goes next fall, I can do it full-time. I have the hours and experience. I am kind of looking forward to it.
Tomorrow I go to Kansas City to pick up my grandma from the airport. She has been in Arizona with her brother, Dave ,visiting family. She is going to be here for the rest of the week. Then Mom and Dad will come up this weekend and take her home. Unless Lorrie has her baby, and then they won't, because they will cover at the farm for John and Joy.
Well, I think that is about all. I want to get some of our snow pictures up, but that will have to be for another day. I am so behind as it is and I am still so very exhausted.
Hope all is well with all of you and would love to hear from you. Leave us a comment or two when you get a chance, just to say hi. We would love to hear it.
Sending all our love to you!!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Wow!!
I'll tell you what. It hasn't been a week since I have posted, but so many things have gone on.
Last week Nathan developed that cough. By Wednesday night, he coughed all night long. Took him to see Dr. Evans and he put him back on Singulair. He said that if it would work, we would notice right away. He gave us some free samples and we started Nathan on it right away. The coughing subsided within one day. Still coughing, but not constant like before. He had a half day Friday and yesterday and today off. Over the weekend we were supposed to get a winter storm with snow. Hannah was praying for it because she wanted to make a snowman and sled. We waited and waited for the snow. It snowed a little Friday morning, but by Saturday it was gone. Saturday it sleeted in the evening and it freezing rained all Sunday. That was the end of it. of the front, anyways. Hannah continued to pray for snow and everyone went to bed disappointed. When we woke up Monday morning, it had been snowing since 6:30 am. When looking at the radar, the only place in missouri with consitant snow was over St. Joseph. I asked the kids about what they thought about it and Hannah said, "It is God. He brought me snow."
We went and sled and played in it twice, amidst the 9 degree cold.
Chris and I talked about why is it that we were so amazed that it snowed when we know God can do all things. It was Hannah who was not surprised.
Today we spent the day inside playing and hanging out. It was super cold, so we decided that we would play tomorrow after school.
Anyways, so that brings me to now. I am sitting here, looking at the last of the weeks laundry on my bed that needs to be folded. Tomorrow I am running to the library after the kids go to school and I walk with Margret on Friday.
Well, hope everyone has a good week. My brain is shutting down so I need to sign off. Till next time.
Last week Nathan developed that cough. By Wednesday night, he coughed all night long. Took him to see Dr. Evans and he put him back on Singulair. He said that if it would work, we would notice right away. He gave us some free samples and we started Nathan on it right away. The coughing subsided within one day. Still coughing, but not constant like before. He had a half day Friday and yesterday and today off. Over the weekend we were supposed to get a winter storm with snow. Hannah was praying for it because she wanted to make a snowman and sled. We waited and waited for the snow. It snowed a little Friday morning, but by Saturday it was gone. Saturday it sleeted in the evening and it freezing rained all Sunday. That was the end of it. of the front, anyways. Hannah continued to pray for snow and everyone went to bed disappointed. When we woke up Monday morning, it had been snowing since 6:30 am. When looking at the radar, the only place in missouri with consitant snow was over St. Joseph. I asked the kids about what they thought about it and Hannah said, "It is God. He brought me snow."
We went and sled and played in it twice, amidst the 9 degree cold.
Chris and I talked about why is it that we were so amazed that it snowed when we know God can do all things. It was Hannah who was not surprised.
Today we spent the day inside playing and hanging out. It was super cold, so we decided that we would play tomorrow after school.
Anyways, so that brings me to now. I am sitting here, looking at the last of the weeks laundry on my bed that needs to be folded. Tomorrow I am running to the library after the kids go to school and I walk with Margret on Friday.
Well, hope everyone has a good week. My brain is shutting down so I need to sign off. Till next time.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
What a difference a week makes!
Hello all! It has been over a week since I wrote and wow! All I can say is that last week was clean clean clean. I felt this week like I had nothing to do compared. However that isn't true.
both kids had a great first day back! So glad to be getting into the swing of things, however, the going back meant they came down with the colds that everyone picked up over the break.
Nathan's asthma flared and we are trying to get that under control before Friday when we expereince "the mother lode of arctic air" that KQ2 says is coming . I saw -25 for a forecasted low Friday night. I can only imagine what that will do to nathan.
Thursday night i went to my first ever praise team practice. it was so nice to actually hear what we would sound like together before standing in front of 200 people. I think I am going to really like it I just need to gain the confidence in playing again. The keyboardist said it sounded nice. She wished they could mic me. We will see what this thursday brings. I went walking with my friend margret Friday. We caught up on holiday stories. it is so nice to find someone who thinks the same and can identify so well with each other. she is such an encouragement to me.
sunday, nathan's cough was pretty bad and Dr. Evans was at praise team practice, so after talking to him about the fact that the influenza virus is going around really bad these next 2 weeks, hannah and I went to the 8 and 9 am services so I could play in the praise band and then we headed home so that Chris could go to work. they read and sang here at home. it was good for both of them.
that is about it. Kids have been doing school, i have been catching up on correspondances and such and Chris has been working. We are supposed to get that batch of cold air and with it the possiblity of snow. My kids are praying really hard for snow. They haven't seen any this year. They have a 4 day weekend, so they are really hoping.
Until next time, keep warm and keep Christ close in your heart.
both kids had a great first day back! So glad to be getting into the swing of things, however, the going back meant they came down with the colds that everyone picked up over the break.
Nathan's asthma flared and we are trying to get that under control before Friday when we expereince "the mother lode of arctic air" that KQ2 says is coming . I saw -25 for a forecasted low Friday night. I can only imagine what that will do to nathan.
Thursday night i went to my first ever praise team practice. it was so nice to actually hear what we would sound like together before standing in front of 200 people. I think I am going to really like it I just need to gain the confidence in playing again. The keyboardist said it sounded nice. She wished they could mic me. We will see what this thursday brings. I went walking with my friend margret Friday. We caught up on holiday stories. it is so nice to find someone who thinks the same and can identify so well with each other. she is such an encouragement to me.
sunday, nathan's cough was pretty bad and Dr. Evans was at praise team practice, so after talking to him about the fact that the influenza virus is going around really bad these next 2 weeks, hannah and I went to the 8 and 9 am services so I could play in the praise band and then we headed home so that Chris could go to work. they read and sang here at home. it was good for both of them.
that is about it. Kids have been doing school, i have been catching up on correspondances and such and Chris has been working. We are supposed to get that batch of cold air and with it the possiblity of snow. My kids are praying really hard for snow. They haven't seen any this year. They have a 4 day weekend, so they are really hoping.
Until next time, keep warm and keep Christ close in your heart.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Some other pictures
Got programing up on the laptop and am going to attempt to post some pictures you missed from the last few months. Also, we went to Independence to see Chris and Cindy and Nathan Coker the Saturday before Chris' birthday. Will get those pictures posted too.
Happy New Year!!!
Hi all! Sorry it has been so long!
Things are well on their way to returning to normal. Nathan went back to school today and Hannah returns tomorrow.
We had a nice 30th birthday for Chris. He worked in the morning, so I got his cake baked and stuff together. When he got home, he opened his gifts and then we had reserved to go bowling and eat pizza there. It was really nice, just the 4 of us. He really appreciated the book I gave him. He said it was so much better than a party. If you haven’t sent something and want to, please feel free to. There are several people who are still working on it.
Fast forward through the week, to Christmas Eve, the church had their Christmas eve service. It was packed. A Candlelight evening service with the choir singing was really nice. The kids had a hard time going to sleep. They were up Christmas morning at 7:30, dressed and had their beds made. They opened gifts from Chris’ parents first and then each other. It was really simple and nice. They got a toy, book and CD from Grandma and Grandpa Crosswhite. From each other, Nathan got Curious George movie, a lego nascar and a transformer train. Hannah got The little mermaid movie, an Aurora soft doll, and a Cinderella broom. The kids made me a shirt and necklace. Chris got two star wars ornaments. We had gotten a new home stereo system for each other, so he got me ultimate worship Cd to play in that and I got him the new Chris Tomlin. It was nice.
Chris was supposed to work Tuesday and Wednesday so that evening the kids and I headed to my parents. We had chicken and noodles and then opened gifts with my family. Tuesday we hung out with Jon and Mary before they had to head home and then went over to the farm with my sister Karen. We saw a calf that was one day old. Wednesday we went to Grandma’s and ate lunch and played games. We all laughed so hard. It was so much fun. Chris got to Kansas around 8 and we played hide and seek in the dark after he ate supper. Chris had 5 days in a row off, so Thursday,after heading to the café for breakfast with Grandma and Dave, we went to Glencoe, Oklahoma, where Chris’ brother lives.
We stayed with them for 3 days. Brent and Sarah have 3 kids; Robert-8, David-7, and Jennifer-3. So they were pretty close in age to our kids. The boys had such a great time. The girls did too. Hannah was a little worn by day 3. On day 3, we went to Chris grandparents for a big dinner. Hannah got sick due to nerves. Being around that many people and having Jennifer follow her around got to be too much. We went to Brent’s church Sunday morning and heard him preach. It was a great sermon about renewing ourselves in God. We headed back to Kansas. We heard we were driving into snow. The kids were thrilled. We stopped in at Grandma’s and had supper and stayed the night. On our way home yesterday, we had lunch at Mom’s and saw my cousin, Lorrie, who is due with their first child in February. I haven’t seen her since she began to show. She is so cute. Will be nice to have another young mom in the family.
We got home yesterday about 6pm to see that we had gotten a couple inches of snow, but it had melted during the day, so we missed it. It was the first snow in St. Joe and the kids were pretty bummed about missing it. Today Hannah and I unloaded bags and restocked the refrigerator to make it to payday on Friday. Chris was so exhausted that after supper tonight he crashed. The kids went to bed a little early too.
Will attempt to post pictures of our trip. The video I loaded was when we were at my parents house. We found it and thought it would be neat to share.
Well, I hope that all of you had a great Christmas and rejoiced in the birth of our savior. I pray that all of you will find a new way to honor God this year!! Until next time, all our love!!
Things are well on their way to returning to normal. Nathan went back to school today and Hannah returns tomorrow.
We had a nice 30th birthday for Chris. He worked in the morning, so I got his cake baked and stuff together. When he got home, he opened his gifts and then we had reserved to go bowling and eat pizza there. It was really nice, just the 4 of us. He really appreciated the book I gave him. He said it was so much better than a party. If you haven’t sent something and want to, please feel free to. There are several people who are still working on it.
Fast forward through the week, to Christmas Eve, the church had their Christmas eve service. It was packed. A Candlelight evening service with the choir singing was really nice. The kids had a hard time going to sleep. They were up Christmas morning at 7:30, dressed and had their beds made. They opened gifts from Chris’ parents first and then each other. It was really simple and nice. They got a toy, book and CD from Grandma and Grandpa Crosswhite. From each other, Nathan got Curious George movie, a lego nascar and a transformer train. Hannah got The little mermaid movie, an Aurora soft doll, and a Cinderella broom. The kids made me a shirt and necklace. Chris got two star wars ornaments. We had gotten a new home stereo system for each other, so he got me ultimate worship Cd to play in that and I got him the new Chris Tomlin. It was nice.
Chris was supposed to work Tuesday and Wednesday so that evening the kids and I headed to my parents. We had chicken and noodles and then opened gifts with my family. Tuesday we hung out with Jon and Mary before they had to head home and then went over to the farm with my sister Karen. We saw a calf that was one day old. Wednesday we went to Grandma’s and ate lunch and played games. We all laughed so hard. It was so much fun. Chris got to Kansas around 8 and we played hide and seek in the dark after he ate supper. Chris had 5 days in a row off, so Thursday,after heading to the café for breakfast with Grandma and Dave, we went to Glencoe, Oklahoma, where Chris’ brother lives.
We stayed with them for 3 days. Brent and Sarah have 3 kids; Robert-8, David-7, and Jennifer-3. So they were pretty close in age to our kids. The boys had such a great time. The girls did too. Hannah was a little worn by day 3. On day 3, we went to Chris grandparents for a big dinner. Hannah got sick due to nerves. Being around that many people and having Jennifer follow her around got to be too much. We went to Brent’s church Sunday morning and heard him preach. It was a great sermon about renewing ourselves in God. We headed back to Kansas. We heard we were driving into snow. The kids were thrilled. We stopped in at Grandma’s and had supper and stayed the night. On our way home yesterday, we had lunch at Mom’s and saw my cousin, Lorrie, who is due with their first child in February. I haven’t seen her since she began to show. She is so cute. Will be nice to have another young mom in the family.
We got home yesterday about 6pm to see that we had gotten a couple inches of snow, but it had melted during the day, so we missed it. It was the first snow in St. Joe and the kids were pretty bummed about missing it. Today Hannah and I unloaded bags and restocked the refrigerator to make it to payday on Friday. Chris was so exhausted that after supper tonight he crashed. The kids went to bed a little early too.
Will attempt to post pictures of our trip. The video I loaded was when we were at my parents house. We found it and thought it would be neat to share.
Well, I hope that all of you had a great Christmas and rejoiced in the birth of our savior. I pray that all of you will find a new way to honor God this year!! Until next time, all our love!!
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Friday, December 15, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Just a short one!!
Ok, am on the laptop because I am letting Chris sleep, however he needs to get up in about 15 minutes to finish his classes and he needs this computer.
So, iI thought I would post a short update.
Sunday's program was super cute. However, there was a little mishap at the 2pm show. As the angels were walking in, the speaking angels were separated from the standing angels. so, Hannah and Jayden were separated. Well, another little girl, no names mentioned, was standing next to Jayden and so when Jayden and Hannah's line came up, Jayden went to help Hannah down the stairs, and the lady prompting the part, cued this little girl to say Hannah and Jayden's line. Needless to say, this little girl and her parents were thrilled that she has stolen the show. However, Hannah and Jayden began to cry. they had missed their big moment and were really sad. I had to rush to the front to get Hannah to calm down. I told her that there was another show at 6 and that it had been an accident. the lady prompting people didn't know her very well and probably just got confused with all the costumes, etc. She calmed down and went back up to sing. Jayden got calmed down too.
So, fast forward to the 6 show, the lady prompting kids apologized to both girls and it was made an effort to keep the speakers away from the standers. so, when their line came up this time, they took turns saying it and it was really sweet. They were so proud!
of course, the little girl who had swipted their line in the 2 oclock show was really mad because that had become her verse. Oh well. i will see if Chris can help me tomorrow to post some pictures.
monday I watched Abram and the kids had school. Chris was off, so we had a nice dinner and opened another of Gma & Gpa Crosswhite's gifts. Chris and i decided it would be fun to give each other something from our stocking. He got a fish decal for his truck and i got a no-spill coffee mug. Nathan opened up some Lightening McQueen notepads with pencils, so it is now the record keeper of his Nascar races and who wins the championship. Because Jimmy Johnson and Lowes won the Winston cup, Chris has brought home some really neat stuff and it has boosted this interest with Nathan about race cars. You can only imagine. !
Hannah opened a candy necklace pack that had a pink candy necklace with a matching bracelet and two rings. And the most exciting part was that you could eat ALL of it. I told her to stop and then found her in her closet sneaking bites.
Her Christmas program was last night. She was so excited all day. Her my little ponies had a program. Even the pennies we were counting from their savings boxes had a program.
They walked in with reindeer heads on. the funniest part was near the end of her classes singing, another little girl next to her said really loud to Hannah, "I like your dress." then forget the singing, they were comparing beautiful dresses. Oh well.
today, my plan is to finish remodeling the bathroom, since it has been postponed for the last 2 weeks due to being busy with babysitting and other stuff.
this is my only day to do it until next year, i think. Anyways, need to go wake up Chris. My 15 minutes are up.
Hopefully will get pictures up tomorrow. Be looking for them.
also, chris' 30th birthday is next Monday. I am making a book for him and wondered if any of you would like to send a note or comment I can include in it, that would be great. He is having a hard time with it. Feels like the last 30 years were wasted in some ways. I sent some snail mails out to family and such to see if they would send their favorite memory and maybe a picture to put in this book. I didn't get everyone one sent, so if you check this and have something you'd like to share, just email it to me and I can print it off.
Hope everyone has a good week. Adult Christmas program is this weekend and so Chris is looking forward to that. Also, Paul has convinced me to play my flute, so I guess I have that on the list of things to do this week too. Practice, practice, practice!!
Sending all our love
So, iI thought I would post a short update.
Sunday's program was super cute. However, there was a little mishap at the 2pm show. As the angels were walking in, the speaking angels were separated from the standing angels. so, Hannah and Jayden were separated. Well, another little girl, no names mentioned, was standing next to Jayden and so when Jayden and Hannah's line came up, Jayden went to help Hannah down the stairs, and the lady prompting the part, cued this little girl to say Hannah and Jayden's line. Needless to say, this little girl and her parents were thrilled that she has stolen the show. However, Hannah and Jayden began to cry. they had missed their big moment and were really sad. I had to rush to the front to get Hannah to calm down. I told her that there was another show at 6 and that it had been an accident. the lady prompting people didn't know her very well and probably just got confused with all the costumes, etc. She calmed down and went back up to sing. Jayden got calmed down too.
So, fast forward to the 6 show, the lady prompting kids apologized to both girls and it was made an effort to keep the speakers away from the standers. so, when their line came up this time, they took turns saying it and it was really sweet. They were so proud!
of course, the little girl who had swipted their line in the 2 oclock show was really mad because that had become her verse. Oh well. i will see if Chris can help me tomorrow to post some pictures.
monday I watched Abram and the kids had school. Chris was off, so we had a nice dinner and opened another of Gma & Gpa Crosswhite's gifts. Chris and i decided it would be fun to give each other something from our stocking. He got a fish decal for his truck and i got a no-spill coffee mug. Nathan opened up some Lightening McQueen notepads with pencils, so it is now the record keeper of his Nascar races and who wins the championship. Because Jimmy Johnson and Lowes won the Winston cup, Chris has brought home some really neat stuff and it has boosted this interest with Nathan about race cars. You can only imagine. !
Hannah opened a candy necklace pack that had a pink candy necklace with a matching bracelet and two rings. And the most exciting part was that you could eat ALL of it. I told her to stop and then found her in her closet sneaking bites.
Her Christmas program was last night. She was so excited all day. Her my little ponies had a program. Even the pennies we were counting from their savings boxes had a program.
They walked in with reindeer heads on. the funniest part was near the end of her classes singing, another little girl next to her said really loud to Hannah, "I like your dress." then forget the singing, they were comparing beautiful dresses. Oh well.
today, my plan is to finish remodeling the bathroom, since it has been postponed for the last 2 weeks due to being busy with babysitting and other stuff.
this is my only day to do it until next year, i think. Anyways, need to go wake up Chris. My 15 minutes are up.
Hopefully will get pictures up tomorrow. Be looking for them.
also, chris' 30th birthday is next Monday. I am making a book for him and wondered if any of you would like to send a note or comment I can include in it, that would be great. He is having a hard time with it. Feels like the last 30 years were wasted in some ways. I sent some snail mails out to family and such to see if they would send their favorite memory and maybe a picture to put in this book. I didn't get everyone one sent, so if you check this and have something you'd like to share, just email it to me and I can print it off.
Hope everyone has a good week. Adult Christmas program is this weekend and so Chris is looking forward to that. Also, Paul has convinced me to play my flute, so I guess I have that on the list of things to do this week too. Practice, practice, practice!!
Sending all our love
Saturday, December 09, 2006
It's about time for an update? :-)
Hi strangers! Wow, sorry it has been so long. I know that the last time I wrote, it was looking like an easy week. It didn't turn out so simple.
That week we had an ice storm, which put school out on Thursday. We decided to put up our christmas tree and open our first gift, even though it wasn't quite December. Saturday, Hannah decided to go to bed in the afternoon while we were making a gingerbread tree. She woke up crying and said she was dizzy. We took her to Urgent care to find out she had an ear infection in both ears. Chris was headed to the Big 12 game in Kansas City with his friend Coker. They stayed until the 3rd quarter, at which time they were so frozen, they left and went back to Coker's house in Independence and finished the game and drank hot chocolate.
The following week, I guess which would have been this week, Hannah went to the doctor Tuesday for an ear check up and her ears were clear. Dr. Evans said it was probably viral and would have cleared itself up. He said 80% of ear infections are actually viral and can heal themselves. We kept her on the meds, though so that the infection wouldn't affect her bladder and femine areas. I watched Abram Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and today. He is learning to go potty all by himself so that has been fun. He is so little.
Since it iced the week before, Hannah's field trip to Wonderscope was rescheduled to this past Wednesday. It was really neat. An old school converted into a hands-on museum. Each room had a theme. If I can ever get the dial up to do my pictures, I will post some of the trip. Nathans school had an early out, so he got to come with us. there was a room devoted to all the things you could do with balls. One was a space room and another was all about muscles.
Today we went to the kids clinic at Lowes and built a castle out of wood. it was neat. then we went to practice for the children's Christmas program, which is tomorrow afternoon. I actually just got done making sheep vests with ears to go with for several of the kids.
Nathan is a sheep and Hannah is angel #4. she has a speaking part with Jayden Kindley.
It should be really sweet. For any of you who know them, Emily Bledsoe is Mary, Asher Smith is the donkey, Madison Parnell is a shepherd, so is Zach Vega. Zoey Vega is the star. Jagger Lawerence and Zoey Brand are wisemen. it is pretty much the kids say lines as they set the nativity. It should be really sweet. At the end, they all will sing Away in a manger and Jesus loves me (by request of Emily, Madison, and Jayden) I will try to post pictures of that too, if I can.
this week is looking like Hannah's preschool christmas program is Tuesday night. the adult Christmas program is next weekend and Chris is in the choir. His 30th birthday is next Monday.
Hard to believe that Christmas is just a week or two away. I hope that this finds everyone doing well and enjoying the time when we remember that God found "a way in a manger to make a way to the cross".
Sending all our love and wishing everyone a happy holiday season, since we may not get a post on till then. :-)
All our love~~
I hope everyone is doing well. I am hoping to
That week we had an ice storm, which put school out on Thursday. We decided to put up our christmas tree and open our first gift, even though it wasn't quite December. Saturday, Hannah decided to go to bed in the afternoon while we were making a gingerbread tree. She woke up crying and said she was dizzy. We took her to Urgent care to find out she had an ear infection in both ears. Chris was headed to the Big 12 game in Kansas City with his friend Coker. They stayed until the 3rd quarter, at which time they were so frozen, they left and went back to Coker's house in Independence and finished the game and drank hot chocolate.
The following week, I guess which would have been this week, Hannah went to the doctor Tuesday for an ear check up and her ears were clear. Dr. Evans said it was probably viral and would have cleared itself up. He said 80% of ear infections are actually viral and can heal themselves. We kept her on the meds, though so that the infection wouldn't affect her bladder and femine areas. I watched Abram Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and today. He is learning to go potty all by himself so that has been fun. He is so little.
Since it iced the week before, Hannah's field trip to Wonderscope was rescheduled to this past Wednesday. It was really neat. An old school converted into a hands-on museum. Each room had a theme. If I can ever get the dial up to do my pictures, I will post some of the trip. Nathans school had an early out, so he got to come with us. there was a room devoted to all the things you could do with balls. One was a space room and another was all about muscles.
Today we went to the kids clinic at Lowes and built a castle out of wood. it was neat. then we went to practice for the children's Christmas program, which is tomorrow afternoon. I actually just got done making sheep vests with ears to go with for several of the kids.
Nathan is a sheep and Hannah is angel #4. she has a speaking part with Jayden Kindley.
It should be really sweet. For any of you who know them, Emily Bledsoe is Mary, Asher Smith is the donkey, Madison Parnell is a shepherd, so is Zach Vega. Zoey Vega is the star. Jagger Lawerence and Zoey Brand are wisemen. it is pretty much the kids say lines as they set the nativity. It should be really sweet. At the end, they all will sing Away in a manger and Jesus loves me (by request of Emily, Madison, and Jayden) I will try to post pictures of that too, if I can.
this week is looking like Hannah's preschool christmas program is Tuesday night. the adult Christmas program is next weekend and Chris is in the choir. His 30th birthday is next Monday.
Hard to believe that Christmas is just a week or two away. I hope that this finds everyone doing well and enjoying the time when we remember that God found "a way in a manger to make a way to the cross".
Sending all our love and wishing everyone a happy holiday season, since we may not get a post on till then. :-)
All our love~~
I hope everyone is doing well. I am hoping to
Monday, November 27, 2006
Been awhile!!
Hi all! As you can imagine, things here have been busy. Nathan wanted to help write the last post, so I typed while he talked about what he wanted to say.
Lorna arrived safe Saturday afternoon. It was like 45 degrees, so she was in for a little shock. We headed back to St. Joe to meet Chris at Lowes since he was due to get off at the same time we were arriving into town. He showed her his department and then when we got home, I started finishing supper. We had Hannah's favorite meal, meatballs and macaroni and cheese along with some veggies. We finished the night off with watching Cars. Sunday was church at 8am. Sunday school at 9:30 and lunch at Cici's after that. The church Thanksgiving dinner was that night, so when we got home after doing some playing, I told the kids we needed to lay down for an hour. Usual bedtime is 8 and since I wasnt sure how long we would be at church, I wanted to make sure they werent' too tired for school. While we were resting, Chris and his mom went out for ingredients for our items to take with to the dinner. They stopped by Goodwill and bought the kids their own christmas tree. The kids were really excited about that and spent the afternoon decorating. Lorna and I baked while Chris went across the hall to Brett's to watch the Chiefs game. We went to the church dinner and Nathan made new friends with a man named Michael who drew him a picture of a train.
Monday was taking the kids to school with Lorna. Chris had off and I was watching Abram. Since Lorna and Noel will be in Tennessee taking care of her parents all their Christmas break, she wanted to get everyone's Christmas gifts while she was here, so we could keep them here. So, we went shopping all Monday. Chris and her were having a blast. I am not a big shopper, so I kind of felt like a damper, trying to keep Abram out of breakable things and give my two cents. Abram liked Lorna, so it made a nice trip to the store overall. We picked up Hannah and then Nathan. I had prepared Heidi's chicken casserole ahead of time and we had that for supper. A regular nights schedule of stories and baths before bedtime. After the kids were asleep, it was gift wrapping time.
Tuesday, Lorna's last day with us, we went to morning storytime at the library and then she met Nathan at school for lunch. She came back to take a nap and then she, Hannah and I went back to Target to get Chris' christmas gift. She took us out to Rib Crib for supper that night. We were sad to see her go. It was really nice letting her be a regular part of our lives. Lots of good memories made. Chris took her to the airport at 5:30am Wednesday morning to fly to Oklahoma City.
I had Abram Wednesday and we played at the house. Nathan had an early out, so he got to play some with Abram before picking up Hannah. We headed home and played outside a little. Then it was inside to read a little and do our chores and recover from our visit with grandma. We opted the daily jobs while she was here, so we caught up.
Chris had to work till midnight, so we decided to eat our own Thanksgiving dinner together and then the kids and I would head to mom and dads since Chris was going to have to work all Friday and Saturday. We went to Grandma Ferdinand's friday for a dessert. Saw a lot of people I haven't seen in years. Brent and Katherine Stirtz were there with their 3 kids. Louisa is 6, Adialine is 4 and Benjamin is from China and is 18 months. My kids had a blast with them. They promised each other that they would always be friend. It made the visit really sweet.
Saturday we played outside with grandma and grandpa before heading home to eat supper with dad. We re-set the chair swing in the tree, and got the mini basketball hoop out. Dad's old wagon took the rocking fish for a ride and tree climbing, leaf pile raking and swinging.
I also helped mom a little on working on a family history book that mom is trying to re-do from Grandma's pink notebook. Some really neat stories. I am looking forward to the finished project.
When we got to St. Joe, we went to sonic for supper on our way to a surprize. Holiday park lights!!! Sunday was church again. My last sunday for the quarter. I am sad to see it over. So is Rebecca! We have volunteered to check kids in this next quarter so we can continue to see the kids. We moved about 5-7 up. We hope that will help Hawley this next quarter in there.
We played outside all afternoon since it was so nice.
Today was school again and I had Abram. He helped me grocery shop. He really was a good help. He napped as we cruised Target for some necessities. Picked up kids and watched Thomas while having a snack. Read books, and ate supper and called it a night. I have a lazy cat on my lap right now and Chris is working on his homework. That is about it.
Tomorrow is library day and Wednesday is another field trip for Hannah! Friday I go walking with Margret, so it looks to be a nice week.
Hope this finds all of you doing well and looking forward to the holiday season where we remember Christ's birthday and the meaning of all that to our salvation!
All our love!
Lorna arrived safe Saturday afternoon. It was like 45 degrees, so she was in for a little shock. We headed back to St. Joe to meet Chris at Lowes since he was due to get off at the same time we were arriving into town. He showed her his department and then when we got home, I started finishing supper. We had Hannah's favorite meal, meatballs and macaroni and cheese along with some veggies. We finished the night off with watching Cars. Sunday was church at 8am. Sunday school at 9:30 and lunch at Cici's after that. The church Thanksgiving dinner was that night, so when we got home after doing some playing, I told the kids we needed to lay down for an hour. Usual bedtime is 8 and since I wasnt sure how long we would be at church, I wanted to make sure they werent' too tired for school. While we were resting, Chris and his mom went out for ingredients for our items to take with to the dinner. They stopped by Goodwill and bought the kids their own christmas tree. The kids were really excited about that and spent the afternoon decorating. Lorna and I baked while Chris went across the hall to Brett's to watch the Chiefs game. We went to the church dinner and Nathan made new friends with a man named Michael who drew him a picture of a train.
Monday was taking the kids to school with Lorna. Chris had off and I was watching Abram. Since Lorna and Noel will be in Tennessee taking care of her parents all their Christmas break, she wanted to get everyone's Christmas gifts while she was here, so we could keep them here. So, we went shopping all Monday. Chris and her were having a blast. I am not a big shopper, so I kind of felt like a damper, trying to keep Abram out of breakable things and give my two cents. Abram liked Lorna, so it made a nice trip to the store overall. We picked up Hannah and then Nathan. I had prepared Heidi's chicken casserole ahead of time and we had that for supper. A regular nights schedule of stories and baths before bedtime. After the kids were asleep, it was gift wrapping time.
Tuesday, Lorna's last day with us, we went to morning storytime at the library and then she met Nathan at school for lunch. She came back to take a nap and then she, Hannah and I went back to Target to get Chris' christmas gift. She took us out to Rib Crib for supper that night. We were sad to see her go. It was really nice letting her be a regular part of our lives. Lots of good memories made. Chris took her to the airport at 5:30am Wednesday morning to fly to Oklahoma City.
I had Abram Wednesday and we played at the house. Nathan had an early out, so he got to play some with Abram before picking up Hannah. We headed home and played outside a little. Then it was inside to read a little and do our chores and recover from our visit with grandma. We opted the daily jobs while she was here, so we caught up.
Chris had to work till midnight, so we decided to eat our own Thanksgiving dinner together and then the kids and I would head to mom and dads since Chris was going to have to work all Friday and Saturday. We went to Grandma Ferdinand's friday for a dessert. Saw a lot of people I haven't seen in years. Brent and Katherine Stirtz were there with their 3 kids. Louisa is 6, Adialine is 4 and Benjamin is from China and is 18 months. My kids had a blast with them. They promised each other that they would always be friend. It made the visit really sweet.
Saturday we played outside with grandma and grandpa before heading home to eat supper with dad. We re-set the chair swing in the tree, and got the mini basketball hoop out. Dad's old wagon took the rocking fish for a ride and tree climbing, leaf pile raking and swinging.
I also helped mom a little on working on a family history book that mom is trying to re-do from Grandma's pink notebook. Some really neat stories. I am looking forward to the finished project.
When we got to St. Joe, we went to sonic for supper on our way to a surprize. Holiday park lights!!! Sunday was church again. My last sunday for the quarter. I am sad to see it over. So is Rebecca! We have volunteered to check kids in this next quarter so we can continue to see the kids. We moved about 5-7 up. We hope that will help Hawley this next quarter in there.
We played outside all afternoon since it was so nice.
Today was school again and I had Abram. He helped me grocery shop. He really was a good help. He napped as we cruised Target for some necessities. Picked up kids and watched Thomas while having a snack. Read books, and ate supper and called it a night. I have a lazy cat on my lap right now and Chris is working on his homework. That is about it.
Tomorrow is library day and Wednesday is another field trip for Hannah! Friday I go walking with Margret, so it looks to be a nice week.
Hope this finds all of you doing well and looking forward to the holiday season where we remember Christ's birthday and the meaning of all that to our salvation!
All our love!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Hi, this is Nathan
Hi! This is Nathan. We wish we were there.
I am 6 now.
This week at school in gym, my favorite center was swinging across the alligator pool. I swinged over the alligator pool 2 times. I jumped on the knot of the big, big rope hanging from the sky of the gym. That was cool!
Outside for recess we started a clubhouse in the pile of leaves. I was one of the gates and my friend Ish was the manager. We all got a turn to be the clubhouse manager.
I ate chicken nuggets with purple ice cream, bread, 2 kinds of vanilla milk, and I had carrots with honey. That was good!
Well, I need to go eat breakfast. My grandma comes today in the afternoon. Well, see ya later!
Bye!
Nathan
Monday, November 13, 2006
Wow, has it been that long!!!
I am so sorry. I started a blog a week and a half ago and wanted to post some pictures. I never finished it.
Well, so highlights of the last two weeks. Well, Halloween was the kindergarten party. I was a homeroom parent so Hannah and I went to help. I was different since our family doesnt celebrate Halloween. The school wanted to take it as a fall party where everyone came dressed as what they wanted to be when they grew up. That would be the theme. I appreciated that and that made it more a costume party than the druid celebration of death.
Anyways, Nathan wore the train engineer vest he got a couple of years ago for Christmas. Hannah put on one of her princess dresses. I was in charge of the craft and we made cat puppets. I also read the class a story about two mice sharing a pumpkin. It was a nice time.
Then the following Saturday, we all went to our first Missouri Western football game. It was a great day for it. 65 degrees for kickoff at 2pm. They were playing my sister's school, Fort Hays State University. The kids really liked it. We bought nachos and drinks. Hannah really liked the marching band. Nathan really liked the parachuters coming in with the American flag. The game was a pretty good one. Final score. MWSU- 24 FHSU-10.
Sunday our 2&3 class went to the 4&5's for the first time. It went really well. The kids liked it and the lesson fit. We were starting to talk about Abraham and how God called Abraham to move to somewhere he didn't know. Then we went down the hall and played a game and made a craft and came back to our room. Yesterday we did it again and it seems to be working really well. The first week of December, we will move the older kids in my class up and hopefully they will be ok.
I forgot to mention that Friday of that week, I went to my friend/mentor (Margaret Triplet)'s house to walk and pray. It was really cool. We walked about 2 miles and then went inside and drank some tea and prayed. We are meeting again this Friday. We are still getting to know one another, but she is such an encouragement to me as she is still a stay-at-home mom and is such a blessing to her family.
Lets see. This week in highlights, I watched Abram Wednesday and it was a really nice afternoon. Temperature about 75, so we played at Nathan's school after everyone got out. I swang and snuggled with him. My kids don't do that as much, so it is really nice. We were expecting my Uncle Dave to arrive, and called my grandma to see what was up. He decided to take a bus to Emporia, which I was kind of relieved about. We are going to have to make a special trip to see him, however. The kids had his bed all made and such.
Chris' mom will be here Saturday for her thanksgiving stay. Everyone is looking forward to that.
Chris had this past weekend off, so we spent it just hanging out , as the weather turned cold again and we had some snow flurries. Chris is working so hard on his classes. He did that most of yesterday. The kids and I colored, and played games and did some reading.
They are getting so smart.
Well, that is about it. I am hoping to post another one after this with a bunch of pictures. the one above is everybody at the game. We send all our love and I will hopefully not be so long next time.
Till then, try to find a way to encourage someone with Christ!! You will make their day.
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