To the handful of people who have inquired about my pregnancy. Thank you. To the people who point out a stray grey hair. Thank you. I am not pregnant, but I am getting older. Again, thank you for reminding me.
The self esteem is at an all time low.
9/23/2009
9/22/2009
9/19/2009
Company Picnic time
The girls and I are headed out to Six Flags on Sunday for my company's picnic. Each of us get Daffy Dollars, unlimited drinks for the day, and a Six Flags photo. We get a catered lunch and a raffle for prizes afterwards. I'm not sure how the kids will handle the rides, but there are plenty of them to choose from. I need to see how tall Haley is so that I will know ahead of time what she will and will not be able to ride on. We are all very excited! I haven't been to Six Flags since Madison was a toddler!!
9/14/2009
Daydreams
Life is slowly coming together. Ben and I are slowly putting down on paper what kinds of things we want to put into a house. It's interesting to notice the little things that "we had to have" ten years ago compared to what we want today. There are still some things that are surprising! I think when we start to think of houses, we are really trying to capture all of the little things that we had as a child. We need to have this or that so that we can feel warm, safe, and happy in our house, just like we did when we were little or when we were at Grandma's house. Sometimes we talk and we want a HUGE house, and sometimes we want a small and cozy hobbit house. I think we have agreed on something in between! He has been home since the beginning of August and i have loved spending time with him. Six weeks straight. I am really going to miss him when he's gone next week. (and most of October for that matter)
The school year is off to a wild start! I couldn't wait until the kids got older; surely things would calm down when they could do for themselves. I couldn't be more wrong. Madison is the busiest, hands down. She is a freshman in high school and everything is new and fun and exciting. Her day starts at 6am, swim practice at UTA, and finishes at 6pm with after school marching band practice with the color guard. Fridays are football games, and Saturdays will be swim meets and/or marching contests. She was supposed to start going to her girl scout meetings on Tuesdays, but I have her out of that until October. Ben and I are going to a confirmation class at church on Tuesday nights through September, and we needed a babysitter. There's a booster club for swimming, band, and choir. Rebecca sings with the children's choir at church, and she had practice on Wednesday evenings. Haley is in the fall softball league and has a game every Tuesday and Thursday through October. I'm not sure when they will be able to practice! Little Lex is along for the crazy ride, and I can't complain. He's a happy boy and doesn't complain about all of the carpooling.
My plan for the rest of the year is to start developing the digital pictures that are sitting on my conputer. Wolf Camera has a special on Tuesdays and Wednesdays that let you get prints for six cents each. I figure if I can get pictures together in groups of 100, it will only cost $6 a week. THEN, I can start using all of my scrapbook kits. I have been getting a kit every month for the past three years and I have only put about ten of them together. I am starting to feel guilty about spending the money and then doing nothing with it.
The girls and I have decided what we are going to make for everyone this Christmas. I have really been talking with them about handmade versus store bought gifts. They always want to go out and buy things for people, which isn't terrible, until they have to spend their money. So I have offered an alternative. I can't say what we will be doing, but it is something that we can make and give to each family group within our big family. BUT, we need to start now if we're going to have enough of a time cushion to get it finished up.
I am really going to try to keep this up! Let me know what you're up to!
xoxo
The school year is off to a wild start! I couldn't wait until the kids got older; surely things would calm down when they could do for themselves. I couldn't be more wrong. Madison is the busiest, hands down. She is a freshman in high school and everything is new and fun and exciting. Her day starts at 6am, swim practice at UTA, and finishes at 6pm with after school marching band practice with the color guard. Fridays are football games, and Saturdays will be swim meets and/or marching contests. She was supposed to start going to her girl scout meetings on Tuesdays, but I have her out of that until October. Ben and I are going to a confirmation class at church on Tuesday nights through September, and we needed a babysitter. There's a booster club for swimming, band, and choir. Rebecca sings with the children's choir at church, and she had practice on Wednesday evenings. Haley is in the fall softball league and has a game every Tuesday and Thursday through October. I'm not sure when they will be able to practice! Little Lex is along for the crazy ride, and I can't complain. He's a happy boy and doesn't complain about all of the carpooling.
My plan for the rest of the year is to start developing the digital pictures that are sitting on my conputer. Wolf Camera has a special on Tuesdays and Wednesdays that let you get prints for six cents each. I figure if I can get pictures together in groups of 100, it will only cost $6 a week. THEN, I can start using all of my scrapbook kits. I have been getting a kit every month for the past three years and I have only put about ten of them together. I am starting to feel guilty about spending the money and then doing nothing with it.
The girls and I have decided what we are going to make for everyone this Christmas. I have really been talking with them about handmade versus store bought gifts. They always want to go out and buy things for people, which isn't terrible, until they have to spend their money. So I have offered an alternative. I can't say what we will be doing, but it is something that we can make and give to each family group within our big family. BUT, we need to start now if we're going to have enough of a time cushion to get it finished up.
I am really going to try to keep this up! Let me know what you're up to!
xoxo
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