8/12/2009
7/10/2009
Picture post
Alexander and his pinwheel.
Miss Haley couldn't wait to wear all of her July 4th gear.
Miss Rebecca had to have a skirt, with shorts underneath of course.
Madison's first parade! She was so excited and didn't mind the heat or the almost 3 mile walk.
7/02/2009
Where has the time gone??
It's hard to believe that we are getting ready for the Fourth of July. Madison is practicing with the color guard this week in preparation for their parade debut. The camera is emptied of pictures and the battery is charging.
Today is the beginning of a four day weekend for me and the kiddos. Ben is working today but will be free from work starting tomorrow. Today we are working furiously to get the house in order so that we won't have to "work" for the rest of the weekend.
The weekend will consist of watching movies, going to a concert with fireworks, swimming, and grilling. I have two July 4th albums and I want to fill them both with pictures of this fabulous holiday. I don't know why it's one of my favorite times of the year, but I love it. We will put out all of our flags this afternoon and then rest until dinner time. It's way too hot to have the kids out for any amount of time.
In about two weeks, my baby will be two years old. How did this happen?? I can remember his first birthday and it seems like we just had his party. He's walking and talking, riding his tricycle, and colors on everything. I really can't believe it. Time moves faster the older that I get.
Facebook has been interesting. I have found old friends and some not so much of a friends. Most of my family is on there, so you get the good and the bad. :) You can look me up and keep up to date by the minute, if you so choose.
I will do a picture post at the end of the weekend.
Enjoy your Independence and don't forget that it was because of a handful of people who saw that our country was great, and that it should be ours alone to govern. Not many people have the opportunities and freedoms that we sometimes take for granted.
Today is the beginning of a four day weekend for me and the kiddos. Ben is working today but will be free from work starting tomorrow. Today we are working furiously to get the house in order so that we won't have to "work" for the rest of the weekend.
The weekend will consist of watching movies, going to a concert with fireworks, swimming, and grilling. I have two July 4th albums and I want to fill them both with pictures of this fabulous holiday. I don't know why it's one of my favorite times of the year, but I love it. We will put out all of our flags this afternoon and then rest until dinner time. It's way too hot to have the kids out for any amount of time.
In about two weeks, my baby will be two years old. How did this happen?? I can remember his first birthday and it seems like we just had his party. He's walking and talking, riding his tricycle, and colors on everything. I really can't believe it. Time moves faster the older that I get.
Facebook has been interesting. I have found old friends and some not so much of a friends. Most of my family is on there, so you get the good and the bad. :) You can look me up and keep up to date by the minute, if you so choose.
I will do a picture post at the end of the weekend.
Enjoy your Independence and don't forget that it was because of a handful of people who saw that our country was great, and that it should be ours alone to govern. Not many people have the opportunities and freedoms that we sometimes take for granted.
6/20/2009
Facebook...ughh
Facebook.... yeah I am on it. Look me up if you want to be friends. I don't know how active it will be, but I need to know meeting and practice times for M.
6/02/2009
Almost finished!
School is almost over. Activities are finished for the summer. Ben is out of town. I will start my first training session at the gym tomorrow morning. Madison made the color guard at school for next year, and Rebecca took home four academic awards today. I will post pictures on Friday, if I make it that long...
5/26/2009
Memorial Day
Madison and Haley bury Uncle Andrew in the sand.
Rebecca, Haley, and Audrey taking it easy on the beach.
Alexander did not like the beach at all, but he did like having snacks.
Going home, we were sun burnt and tired but it was worth it.
Rebecca, Haley, and Audrey taking it easy on the beach.
Alexander did not like the beach at all, but he did like having snacks.
Going home, we were sun burnt and tired but it was worth it.
We went to South Padre Island for some fun and sun this weekend. We had a blast and the kids did a great job riding in the car. From our house to the condo was a ten hour drive. They all toughed it out and had a great time.
5/22/2009
Picture Pages
I have been on the go every day this week. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.
Haley's field day, Tuesday
First place prize, Hula Hoop
Rebecca's field day, Wednesday
First prize, Tug O War
Madison's Eigth Grade awards were last night and they took group pictures, I am waiting to get those from the teacher. I will post it when I get it.
Haley's field day, Tuesday
First place prize, Hula Hoop
Rebecca's field day, Wednesday
First prize, Tug O War
Madison's Eigth Grade awards were last night and they took group pictures, I am waiting to get those from the teacher. I will post it when I get it.
5/15/2009
5/10/2009
bits and pieces
Here's a brief wrap up of the past two or three weeks.
It started when Ben went out of town. He was going to be out for 12 days. It was a sucker punch because he had been home for over a month and we were all in a routine. Things went smoothly, he was home for dinner, and practice, and anything else that came up during the week. Then, he's out for a long show. Normally when he travels it is for about 7-10 days at a time. It's getting to the point where it's normally 10-12 days per show. Don't get me wrong, we are very thankful that he has a job and is working as much as he does. Every little bit helps.
Where was I....Oh! So now we're all out of schedule since daddy is out of town. He left on Monday, and by Tuesday night all of the error lights on the car are on. I take Wednesday off to get the brakes fixed, but the battery light is still on. I get a new battery and everything is great. Thursday go to work, and when it's time to go home the car won't start. It's not even turning over. The battery is dead, so I beg a ride home from a coworker. Friday, I work from home. Well, that's the plan anyway. I get the girls up for school and they are picked up by the carpool. Alexander is home with me because his eyes are goopy again. Every time he gets green goopy eyes he has an ear infection. He had finished a 10 day round of antibiotics a couple of days before so this is alarming. The girls are out of the house and I call the doc. They want me to bring him in to recheck his ears. Sure enough, instead of one ear being infected, they are both infected. 10 more days on a different antibiotic. Oh yeah, the car! Before we went to the doctor's appointment I had the paople from enterprise rentals pick me up so that I could have a vehicle for the coming week.
The next week goes by without incident. Friday, Ben is flying home, I turn in the rental car, and pick up my car from the shop to go to work.
Third week...It's about 1 in the afternoon on Wednesday and I get a call from the sitter saying that Lex woke up from his nap with a low grade fever. I had been watching for symptoms since Monday. That's when he finished his second round of antibiotics. He had a clear runny nose, and a mucousy cough starting the next day and now low grade fever. I call Ben and he is more than willing to call it a day and pick up the kids early. I put a call in to the doctors office and they want him to be on a stronger antibiotic for another 10 days. AAGGHH!! I was mad. I don't like to give my kids that much medication. I let them run low grade fevers, I let them cough up mucous. I think it's better for their bodies to try and fight the illness and build up the antibodies. By the time Lex is over all of this he will have ha 30 days of medicine, which is ridiculous.
That's my little melodrama for the month. :)
Now, for some little things we're working on. I am slowly but surely getting some of our old things replaced. Last week I bought new bedding for our room, new towels for our bathroom, and new pillows for everyone. There was a sale going on! This week I replaced old silverware, pots, and pans. We have had some of those pans for at least 10 years!! And how do you lose forks? Does anyone else have this problem?
Looking into charter/private schools for the girls. You don't even want to know what goes on in middle schools. It's learning all right, just the unsupervised kinds that you warn your kids about!!
Summer camps are scheduled.
My summer work schedule has been scheduled.
Slowly purging old stuff out of the house and on to goodwill if they are still in working and good condition.
My tomatoes, peppers, and herbs are growing!! I am so flipping excited, I can barely stand it!!
I have accumulated 2 years worth of monthly SB kits, and I have only completed about 8 of them. Need to find time for this.
I should start meeting with a personal trainer this week to do the fitness assessment...aka barely alive...and get onto a work out program. Starting to make healthier food choices for myself and for the family. I don't want them to grow up with the same struggles over food that I have right now.
I hope everyone had a relaxed and wonderful mother's day. I give the gift of blogging. xoxo
It started when Ben went out of town. He was going to be out for 12 days. It was a sucker punch because he had been home for over a month and we were all in a routine. Things went smoothly, he was home for dinner, and practice, and anything else that came up during the week. Then, he's out for a long show. Normally when he travels it is for about 7-10 days at a time. It's getting to the point where it's normally 10-12 days per show. Don't get me wrong, we are very thankful that he has a job and is working as much as he does. Every little bit helps.
Where was I....Oh! So now we're all out of schedule since daddy is out of town. He left on Monday, and by Tuesday night all of the error lights on the car are on. I take Wednesday off to get the brakes fixed, but the battery light is still on. I get a new battery and everything is great. Thursday go to work, and when it's time to go home the car won't start. It's not even turning over. The battery is dead, so I beg a ride home from a coworker. Friday, I work from home. Well, that's the plan anyway. I get the girls up for school and they are picked up by the carpool. Alexander is home with me because his eyes are goopy again. Every time he gets green goopy eyes he has an ear infection. He had finished a 10 day round of antibiotics a couple of days before so this is alarming. The girls are out of the house and I call the doc. They want me to bring him in to recheck his ears. Sure enough, instead of one ear being infected, they are both infected. 10 more days on a different antibiotic. Oh yeah, the car! Before we went to the doctor's appointment I had the paople from enterprise rentals pick me up so that I could have a vehicle for the coming week.
The next week goes by without incident. Friday, Ben is flying home, I turn in the rental car, and pick up my car from the shop to go to work.
Third week...It's about 1 in the afternoon on Wednesday and I get a call from the sitter saying that Lex woke up from his nap with a low grade fever. I had been watching for symptoms since Monday. That's when he finished his second round of antibiotics. He had a clear runny nose, and a mucousy cough starting the next day and now low grade fever. I call Ben and he is more than willing to call it a day and pick up the kids early. I put a call in to the doctors office and they want him to be on a stronger antibiotic for another 10 days. AAGGHH!! I was mad. I don't like to give my kids that much medication. I let them run low grade fevers, I let them cough up mucous. I think it's better for their bodies to try and fight the illness and build up the antibodies. By the time Lex is over all of this he will have ha 30 days of medicine, which is ridiculous.
That's my little melodrama for the month. :)
Now, for some little things we're working on. I am slowly but surely getting some of our old things replaced. Last week I bought new bedding for our room, new towels for our bathroom, and new pillows for everyone. There was a sale going on! This week I replaced old silverware, pots, and pans. We have had some of those pans for at least 10 years!! And how do you lose forks? Does anyone else have this problem?
Looking into charter/private schools for the girls. You don't even want to know what goes on in middle schools. It's learning all right, just the unsupervised kinds that you warn your kids about!!
Summer camps are scheduled.
My summer work schedule has been scheduled.
Slowly purging old stuff out of the house and on to goodwill if they are still in working and good condition.
My tomatoes, peppers, and herbs are growing!! I am so flipping excited, I can barely stand it!!
I have accumulated 2 years worth of monthly SB kits, and I have only completed about 8 of them. Need to find time for this.
I should start meeting with a personal trainer this week to do the fitness assessment...aka barely alive...and get onto a work out program. Starting to make healthier food choices for myself and for the family. I don't want them to grow up with the same struggles over food that I have right now.
I hope everyone had a relaxed and wonderful mother's day. I give the gift of blogging. xoxo
4/25/2009
4/21/2009
Day Two
- filled out my fitness info packet for the gym
- 11501 steps so far today
- did some shopping, bought two workout pants, new socks, and a new outfit for work
- the shoes that i ordered shipped today!!
- my car had a mini stroke and will be fixed tomorrow, I will be working from home
Here's a picture of my new addition:
4/20/2009
Day One
- Use pedometer to track the number of steps that I take daily.
- pick up fitness assessment packet at the gym
- take a walk after dinner
- read new cookbook, make a meal plan for the week
4/10/2009
Good Friday
It doesn't seem to matter how late the kids stay up the night before or that they don't have to wake up early the next morning. Haley and Lex were sitting on the bed next to me at 7am. I scooted over so that they could lay down next to me, but they were in the bed staring at me while I was trying to get back to sleep.
So, we're up for the day and eating our breakfast. I will go to pick up Madison from the church lock in at about 10:30 and I expect that she will be asleep until sometime later this afternoon. Today's game plan is spring cleaning. I need to rotate the kids clothes out of their rooms and into storage bins for next season and I need to take the heavy quilts to the dry cleaners. I need to get into the salon for a bang trim and to the store to find a dress and shoes for church on Sunday. BUT, none of this stresses me out because it is FRIDAY and I am NOT at WORK!
WooHoo and GOOD FRIDAY!
So, we're up for the day and eating our breakfast. I will go to pick up Madison from the church lock in at about 10:30 and I expect that she will be asleep until sometime later this afternoon. Today's game plan is spring cleaning. I need to rotate the kids clothes out of their rooms and into storage bins for next season and I need to take the heavy quilts to the dry cleaners. I need to get into the salon for a bang trim and to the store to find a dress and shoes for church on Sunday. BUT, none of this stresses me out because it is FRIDAY and I am NOT at WORK!
WooHoo and GOOD FRIDAY!
4/08/2009
Bunny cake
One of the ladies that I work with brought this to me this morning! How sweet is that? She thought that the kids would enjoy it. They did.4/05/2009
promised pictures
Lukas Owen Mitcham, he was born on Madi's birthday. 3/23/09
waiting to bat
waiting to bat
Haley in the dugout.4/04/2009
disaster and defeat
Disaster:
Alexander fell down in the living room last night. He broke his other top front tooth. Ben met with the dentist first thing this morning to pull it out.
Defeat:
The girls went to Haley's first tee ball game today. It was awesome. She is the first base girl and she got tagged someone out. Her team, the Super Chicks, beat the other team 15-9. They were so excited and they all played REALLY well. The coaches were surprised that they were able to field the balls and move quickly. My camera has a sports setting that I have been excited to use. It takes three consecutive pictures to capture all of the action. I will post pictures tomorrow.
After church tomorrow, we are off to visit with the newest Mitcham baby. I will post those pictures too!
Alexander fell down in the living room last night. He broke his other top front tooth. Ben met with the dentist first thing this morning to pull it out.
Defeat:
The girls went to Haley's first tee ball game today. It was awesome. She is the first base girl and she got tagged someone out. Her team, the Super Chicks, beat the other team 15-9. They were so excited and they all played REALLY well. The coaches were surprised that they were able to field the balls and move quickly. My camera has a sports setting that I have been excited to use. It takes three consecutive pictures to capture all of the action. I will post pictures tomorrow.
After church tomorrow, we are off to visit with the newest Mitcham baby. I will post those pictures too!
3/31/2009
you asked for it
I rearranged our living room yesterday. Here's the picture of our orange couches! We had the book cases divided up on both sides of our television. I just combined them and moved them to the opposite side of the room. It gives the room a defined living room area and it looks a lot bigger because the book cases aren't breaking up the look of the room. We still need to get some stuff for the walls and new curtains, but I will know what I want when I see it. Until then, we make do with what we've got.
3/30/2009
100 posts
Rangers Game 2008
Buzz cuts are cool!
Haley's trip to the zoo with Kindergarten.
Haley's 6th birthday at The Magic Time Machine. 2/2009
Madi's 14th birthday at the Ranch. 3/20093/29/2009
a year in review
Chinese New Year 2009
Christmas 2008
I made three pies from scratch, cherry, pumpkin, and apple. Thanksgiving 2008
Madison and Rebecca with their first communion class and teachers.
Rebecca and Haley for Halloween 20083/26/2009
Catching up on life...
Alexander is doing well, I think I might have been a bit paranoid after the last doctor's visit. His cough is minimal and he had no fever after Friday. God is good.
Our friends had their son on Madison's birthday, Monday. We are all excited to see him next weekend and welcome him into the clan.
Rebecca is a crazy Wii fit girl. She gets on there every minute she can. She wants to beat everyone's records.
Today, I went to the zoo with Miss Haley belle and her kindergarten class. It was so much fun! They have a new exhibit where you can feed the birds. Of course, you have to buy a seed stick but it was so much fun. As soon as we opened the doors, the birds flew onto the sticks and ate it all up. They were able to walk around with two little birds and it made the whole day for them. My little group crammed into a little photo booth to take a picture, but we soon found out it wasn't working. We were disappointed, but quickly moved onto other things. I am going to try and get the memory card out of this camera so that I can update my page with our pictures. THEN, I am going to put the pics into an 8x8 zoo album that I had ready and waiting. :)
Our friends had their son on Madison's birthday, Monday. We are all excited to see him next weekend and welcome him into the clan.
Rebecca is a crazy Wii fit girl. She gets on there every minute she can. She wants to beat everyone's records.
Today, I went to the zoo with Miss Haley belle and her kindergarten class. It was so much fun! They have a new exhibit where you can feed the birds. Of course, you have to buy a seed stick but it was so much fun. As soon as we opened the doors, the birds flew onto the sticks and ate it all up. They were able to walk around with two little birds and it made the whole day for them. My little group crammed into a little photo booth to take a picture, but we soon found out it wasn't working. We were disappointed, but quickly moved onto other things. I am going to try and get the memory card out of this camera so that I can update my page with our pictures. THEN, I am going to put the pics into an 8x8 zoo album that I had ready and waiting. :)
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