February 2014

Chelsea turned 20 on the 3rd...wow...has it really been that long since I had my blonde haired little girl? We wished her Happy Birthday...but so wished she was here with us to celebrate!! We miss her so much!! I posted several younger pics of her on FB....just to show her how much I cared...and just to hear her say...."mom? really?" I love being THE mother....:)


KK woke me up and said Happy Birthday to me on the 5th...she was the 1st. :) Then Chelsea called and then mom....the kids sang Happy Birthday to me when they got home from school ....I spent the day just lounging and talking with Chelsea. Keith bought me a cake and ice cream...which was a pleasant surprise.

We started this month off with our Pack Pinewood Derby. The boys really got into there cars. Kase's car was already cut but he added the weights and painted it. I helped with the decals since we were running out of time. Coby sanded and painted his...the wts we used made up his Minecraft Creeper face so there was no drilling and cutting wood. The boys did very well...Kase placed 1st and Coby placed 2nd. They will now go on to district in March.

 

The kids took V-day gifts to their little friends at school. Coby decided he was gonna ask Rhiannon to be his girlfriend on the day....so he did...and she said YES!! The days have been filled with we are never gonna break up....we love each other so much we want to kiss....and the lastest is that they are going to adopt because Rhi doesn't want to get ADD from having a baby. Oh how it must feel to be young and innocent again.. :) Kase took a Valentine to a girl who moved back recently to Loranger. He had asked me a few weeks back how to talk to her...so I just told him to ask her interests and just listen. Well he came home and said it worked....so he wanted to give her something on Vday...well due to some incidents he didn't get to give it to her till Monday....but she loved it all the same...and he said she gave him a kiss on the cheek for it...:) KK gave gifts to her friends. I didn't let her give gifts to a boy...because the one she likes is older....and with KK it isn't just see ya at school and talk....she want to talk at home...and go meet him places....and she is just too young for that.

We went to Yogi Bear and Web 2's performed community service by helping them rake leaves and clean up trash around the park. The kids got a patch and certificate for helping.

 

 

Eating at China Palace after doing 3 hours of hard work....LOL

 







 

KK participated in the 4H Beef Poster contest and the Pet Parade poster contest....she worked really hard on this poster!!

 

Report cards came home on the 27th and KK made all A's. She said she was going to focus more on her work and try really hard to make all A's and she did it!! I am sooo proud of her. Coby made 1 C in Math which he is struggling with right now....doing fractions. So I was ok with that. Kase made 3 C's...which I am unsure if those are from trying and not getting it....or just not completing work. Everyday he comes home and says he completed his homework in class.....so he may be rushing through just so he doesn't have to do anything at home. I will know soon...and he will punished if he is just not putting forth the effort.

I have completed all my training for Southeast Home Health....I hope I can get some steady work coming in....I guess we will see soon....

Jan 2014

Nothing much happening in January...school start back late due to frozen pipes and probs with heating. Then a few weeks later there was an ice storm and kids were out again for 3 days. :)

I started at a nursing home in Franklinton...and have been looking into more home health companies for work. My venture with the nursing home didn't last long due to babysitting conflict so I gave notice and started with a home health company out of Covington. I am still with Primecare...but haven't see pts in weeks.

We have lots of scouting stuff coming up for Feb and March, so a lot of planning has been gong on. Kase has been hunting as much as he can....but deer season is almost over...so he will start on squirrel soon.

Happy New Year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Happy 2014!!!

I was reflecting the other night over past dates and I became sadden because its been almost 10 years since my youngest baby was born. 10 YEARS!! I look at my life and see that in those 10 years I am not where I thought I would be....spiritually, financially, motherly, or a person as a whole. I can remember looking back thinking 10 years from now is such a long time....and I have so much time to get these things done that I want to do. But alas reality has sank in....and 10 years is NOT that long...its actually a really short period of time.  I can't exactly recall my 2004 resolutions...but I am sure my health, my family and my marriage were all part of the resolution to do better. And yet I look back and see the same....just 10 years later.

I always have heard....there is plenty of time to make mends, to earn that money, to take that trip.....etc...but the past 10 years have taught me that life is so unpredictable....and when you think you have 10 more years....you don't....you may only have 10 more months, weeks or even days. Its been over 7 years since I lost a good friend in an auto accident. I remember thinking to myself after her funeral...that I was in so much pain...and she was only in my life for 9 months....what would I do if I lost someone who had been there the whole 30 years. Well that became a reality on March 25, 2010. I get a call that my dad past in his sleep. I still remember the night before. I still remember wanting to call him....but thinking it was too late and that I could always call in the morning. I remember laying in bed and hearing Chelsea cry. I asked what was wrong and she didn't know....she said she just felt really sad for some reason. Then the next morning I get the call. It still hurts today like it did on March 25th. I still wished I could go back and make that call....but I can't. We aren't guaranteed any time for anything. We have to live in the now and enjoy it...because we don't know what tomorrow may bring. Life really is too short!!!!!

So for my 2014 resolution....I am not going to say I will loose 60 lbs...though I need too...:) I will say that I resolve to be happy, to love as much as possible and to be a better follower and disciple of my Lord Jesus Christ.

HAPPINESS- It really is contagious. Seeing things on a positive side makes me feel good all over....I thinks its the endorphins that your body releases....but I see it in the faces of the people I meet, on my children, and it just feels good in general.

LOVE- It really is unconditional...at least for me. I sometimes feel that is a downside to really loving someone is the fact that 'unconditional' is not always the way others feel. But I will continue to love this way...because its how my Lord and my father taught me and how they love me.....despite my faults, my wrongs, and my miscomings....they love me regardless....and so shall I!!

FOLLOWER- I have always been a believer. I have questioned GOD at times...for I am human and seek answers instead of having patience and waiting for the answers to be revealed. What I have to work on it being a FOLLOWER!! Living the days, weeks, minutes of life through the blood of Christ as he has put into my heart. Teaching of his ways to those who are uncertain or have lost their way. This is my path. This is what I am told to do...and I shall FOLLOW!!!

Dec 2013

We started Dec off with putting up a new tree....Chelsea bought me a pre-lit tree for Christmas..my first one ever.....I love it....3 pcs and plug it in....

The scouts were in the Loranger Christmas parade on Dec 2nd....it was a great night....

We made Christmas cards and snowflake ornaments to take to the nursing home residents. Each snowflake was made out of a toilet paper roll. The cards were made using scrap paper. A very simple craft but a great gift.

We visit a local nursing home with the scout pack. The scouts and siblings assisted the residents in making sock snowmen. The kids had a great time....helping and visiting with the residents. I enjoyed how much the kids wanted to help them.

The kids had a slow last week at school. Kailtyn has been having issues with another student and I hope this break will give the school time to correct these issues.

Christmas was great...kids all rec'vd instruments. Kase and KK got guitars...Coby got a mandolin.  Kase is really working hard on learning how to play. Kase got lots of new hunting clothes. Coby got new lego/minecraft stuff...and KK got One Direction stuff...which she just died over. Kase and Coby got a camo comforter and Duck Dynasty wall art for their room. I got Keith new camo pants/hoodie and a gun bag and some clips for his AR 15. I got power tools for Christmas...LOL I know right? but its what I wanted....I want to build stuff.... :) KK got me a beautiful bracelet that she saved her own money for...:) I am loved sooo much!!

 

 

Kase went hunting Christmas night...it was sooo cold...but he has the fever and really wants a deer!!!

 



 

I started a new job at a nursing home in Franklinton. I am not crazy about how unorganized the place is...but it will work for now.

The kids were with Keith for New Years...they had a Bon fire....and stayed up late. I stayed up till 11pm and watched the ball drop in New York...and then I called it a night :)

Bring on ~2014~ :)

November 2013

Kaitlyn and Kase had their fall dance with school. Coby was upset he didn't get to go...I had to explain he will get his chance next year. I chaperoned agained this year since I wasn't sure how Kase would act without supervision....:)

Kase graduated from DARE...

 

 

 

Kids were elected as officers in 4H....this was their first meeting. Kase is Junior Prez and Coby is Junior Vice-Prez...Kaitlyn is photographer....

 

 

 

We had our first annual Cubanapolis 500 (cardboard box derby) with Cub Scouts...it was blast...the boys had a great time....

 

 

 

The kids packed 6 shoe boxes to send for OCC...We went to the dollar store and each one picked out the items they wanted to pack.....they really enjoyed this...and I enjoyed watching them pick each item.

 



 

Kaitlyn and Kase had a Fall Band Concert...this is Kailtyn 2nd year but Kase's first. They both were so excited and did very well playing. I am so proud of them and their love of music.

 

 

Kase made turkeys in class....

 

 

Kaitlyn made this for Veteran's Day...I love how my babies are learning about what really matters in the world. Our military is the reason we enjoy the freedoms we have.....