Caleb had his Valentine's Day party today at school (he only goes on Tues and Thurs). Yesterday we made a mad dash to WalMart to pick up goodies. You know he's still totally into coloring, so he picked color your own valentine's cards for his classmates. And bonus, the cards had animals on them! He had a ball coloring them and kept telling me all the kids he would be giving them to. They partied hard today; he came home with a bag full of cards and candy and other goodies. Lots of cards from Claire and Kaylie..... He told me today his girlfriend is Kaylie. What a ladies man! Last night he told my friend Jamie that she is his Valentine and told her husband Justin that he would have to find another valentine!
Joshua could care less that it's Valentine's Day...he was just pumped that he got cupcakes for snack today!
Chris and I have some crazy Valentine's plans this weekend. I get 2 dates this weekend! Tomorrow the boys' school is offering a parents' night out, and we're going out to my favorite restaurant, and Sat. our church is having our Valentine's banquet. The theme is Treasure Island or something like that, so I'll have to post some pics of us in our pirate costumes! Happy Valentine's Day!!!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Mail....
Getting mail is so much fun when you're 4. Caleb LOVES to get mail. Joshua gets a bit excited, but it's mainly all about Caleb! My mom sends the kids mail fairly often. Today, they got 2 things! Mom ordered the kids Madagascar 2, and it arrived today. YEA!! We also got our Valentine's box today. There was something for all of us in there! I actually got fun mail too! Caleb got a new coloring book, Joshua and I each got a book, Chris got some beef jerky (yum!), and there was (of course!) some candy in there too. I miss the days of fun mail....all I seem to get now are bills!
Chris and I are trying to be healthier...please pray for success! I've lost 35 pounds already, but I'd like to drop 20 more. All the baby weight would be gone and then some!!! Anyway, Chris got onto me today. I said I was going to come home to eat after my clinic this morning. He had already planned a lunch meeting (church business, you know!), and planned to eat as well as possible. I succumbed to pressure and went to eat with some students instead of eating my good for me food at home. However, that burrito, while not as good as Freebirds, was stinking awesome! Chris picked at me all afternoon! What can I say: I just can't resist yummy burritos! I'll eat well for supper tonight!
We've also increased our exercising. I forget that I'm no longer 20 years old and not in the best of shape! I have some kick boxing videos here that I enjoy, but I seem to think that I can do more than my body wants to! I'm a bit sore at the moment! I did the quick 20 min cardio one today instead of the 45-60 min ones I've been doing, and it seemed super easy....guess that means I'm doing something right! Now if we can just get some warm (and dry!) weather up here so we can get outside!
Chris and I are trying to be healthier...please pray for success! I've lost 35 pounds already, but I'd like to drop 20 more. All the baby weight would be gone and then some!!! Anyway, Chris got onto me today. I said I was going to come home to eat after my clinic this morning. He had already planned a lunch meeting (church business, you know!), and planned to eat as well as possible. I succumbed to pressure and went to eat with some students instead of eating my good for me food at home. However, that burrito, while not as good as Freebirds, was stinking awesome! Chris picked at me all afternoon! What can I say: I just can't resist yummy burritos! I'll eat well for supper tonight!
We've also increased our exercising. I forget that I'm no longer 20 years old and not in the best of shape! I have some kick boxing videos here that I enjoy, but I seem to think that I can do more than my body wants to! I'm a bit sore at the moment! I did the quick 20 min cardio one today instead of the 45-60 min ones I've been doing, and it seemed super easy....guess that means I'm doing something right! Now if we can just get some warm (and dry!) weather up here so we can get outside!
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Poor, pitiful Caleb!
We went to the Arkansas Sportshow at ASU today. We've started a new men's ministry at our church, and some of the guys set up a booth there. There were lots of "manly" stuff everywhere...camo, guns, boats, animals, food! It was actually reall fun. We had our pic taken with a big black bear. Caleb was loving that! The picture is too cute; the kids are looking at the bear, and Chris and I are looking at the camera.
After looking around at all the stuff (and eating some yummy cotton candy!), we went to hang out in the booth with the fellas. This thing actually started last night, so Chris was there then too. He was bragging last night about the dinner I was cooking him at home...he had marinated some pork chops and I fixed them after work. One of the men asked him how the food was, and he raved about that. Then Kenny asked Caleb if he liked the pork chops. My darling son, totally serious, looks at him and says, "I didn't have anything but water last night." WHAT?!? He's such a goof ball! We all got a great laugh out of that one! I did actually feed my kid last night! Caleb gets a glass of water at bedtime every night, so I'm guessing that's what he was talking about!
Joshua is being his goofy self. Right now I'm wanting to strangle my in-laws for buying him that crazy loud popcorn push toy thingy that he's pushing around right now! That thing is WAY LOUD! His eye is healing well...he fell into the brick around the fireplace last week. Not ER worthy, but bloody none the less! He's getting such a personality. Such a sweetie, too. I love it when he runs up to me and gives me hugs and puckers those lips for a kiss. I love being a mommy!
Have a great weekend!
After looking around at all the stuff (and eating some yummy cotton candy!), we went to hang out in the booth with the fellas. This thing actually started last night, so Chris was there then too. He was bragging last night about the dinner I was cooking him at home...he had marinated some pork chops and I fixed them after work. One of the men asked him how the food was, and he raved about that. Then Kenny asked Caleb if he liked the pork chops. My darling son, totally serious, looks at him and says, "I didn't have anything but water last night." WHAT?!? He's such a goof ball! We all got a great laugh out of that one! I did actually feed my kid last night! Caleb gets a glass of water at bedtime every night, so I'm guessing that's what he was talking about!
Joshua is being his goofy self. Right now I'm wanting to strangle my in-laws for buying him that crazy loud popcorn push toy thingy that he's pushing around right now! That thing is WAY LOUD! His eye is healing well...he fell into the brick around the fireplace last week. Not ER worthy, but bloody none the less! He's getting such a personality. Such a sweetie, too. I love it when he runs up to me and gives me hugs and puckers those lips for a kiss. I love being a mommy!
Have a great weekend!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
WE SURVIVED!!!
Wow, this has been the craziest week ever! The ice storm was massive. I've never seen ice like this before! It covered the trees, and I bet the ice was at least 2 inches in diameter! It came through last Tues. I had class that morning (students and I were not too happy about that!), but by that afternoon everything closed down. We lost electricity that morning. Thankfully, we have a gas fireplace and a gas cook top and best of all HOT WATER! Chris's parents were up visiting (poor things!) and endured it with us for a few days. Tues night, Chris and I tried to brave sleeping in our bedroom (super cold!) and it sounded like gun shots through the night as branches and huge portions of trees fell outside. Kind of creepy! By Wed. morning, most of the area was without power. We luckily found a restaurant open and got us some grub.
Jonesboro was up and running for the most part by that evening. We spent lots of time in the play area at the mall over the next few days just to stay out of the house and keep warm! I never thought I'd be tired of going to the mall! After that first night, we all camped out in the living room by the fire. Schools were closed all week. Most are back open now, but there are still some out indefinitely.
It was quite interesting taking showers! While the water was hot, it was freezing cold outside the shower! No hair dryer....lots of bad hair days! We survived, though, and it was not the most ideal situation, but I am thankful for what we did have.....
Some friends of ours live in town, and they got power back Sat. morning, so we packed up days worth of laundry to take to their house and catch up at least a little bit! That evening the kids and I were headed back home while Chris was off to the hospital to see another friend. I was talking to him on the phone when I came over the hill to the house, and my garage light was on! I never knew I'd be so excited to see a light bulb glowing! We were (and still are) the only house on the street with power. Our internet/cable was restored last night, so now we have more than one fuzzy channel! Power came on at the church Sat, also, so we were able to have services on Sun., and we were able to feed community members and electric crews last night.
There are still tons of people in the area without power. The crews up here are working very hard, but it will take probably till the end of the month to get everything back up and running. Pray for those still without power. This morning, about half my students were still without power. We'll make it through though! God is good!
The kids took it all in stride. Joshua was WAY out of his routine....bad napping, not wanting to go to sleep at night, etc., but we're getting back to normal. Caleb was concerned that he was not going to school, so he was pumped this morning to get back! I must say, I'm kind of glad to get back to a routine too!
Jonesboro was up and running for the most part by that evening. We spent lots of time in the play area at the mall over the next few days just to stay out of the house and keep warm! I never thought I'd be tired of going to the mall! After that first night, we all camped out in the living room by the fire. Schools were closed all week. Most are back open now, but there are still some out indefinitely.
It was quite interesting taking showers! While the water was hot, it was freezing cold outside the shower! No hair dryer....lots of bad hair days! We survived, though, and it was not the most ideal situation, but I am thankful for what we did have.....
Some friends of ours live in town, and they got power back Sat. morning, so we packed up days worth of laundry to take to their house and catch up at least a little bit! That evening the kids and I were headed back home while Chris was off to the hospital to see another friend. I was talking to him on the phone when I came over the hill to the house, and my garage light was on! I never knew I'd be so excited to see a light bulb glowing! We were (and still are) the only house on the street with power. Our internet/cable was restored last night, so now we have more than one fuzzy channel! Power came on at the church Sat, also, so we were able to have services on Sun., and we were able to feed community members and electric crews last night.
There are still tons of people in the area without power. The crews up here are working very hard, but it will take probably till the end of the month to get everything back up and running. Pray for those still without power. This morning, about half my students were still without power. We'll make it through though! God is good!
The kids took it all in stride. Joshua was WAY out of his routine....bad napping, not wanting to go to sleep at night, etc., but we're getting back to normal. Caleb was concerned that he was not going to school, so he was pumped this morning to get back! I must say, I'm kind of glad to get back to a routine too!
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