Today was all about..... ME!

Today was SO wonderful...and it was all about me!

Today start with a phone call from Jayne...she wanted to be the first to wish me a Happy Birthday. Followed by breakfast and a pedicure with Julie, which of course was such a blessing and I loved EVERY minute of our time together. Thank you so much for showering me with love today. After I came home we did a couple things around the house and I worked on Beth's culottes. Next came a wonderful dinner cooked by Jim: shrimp and chicken on the grill, corn on the cob, and chicken rice. YUMMY!!! They gave me my gift, sang Happy Birthday to me and then we ate a Triple Chocolate cake! Between all this I had several phone calls from friends to wish me a Happy Birthday. Oh and get this... Jim got the kids in the kitchen and they are doing all the dishes from dinner!!! Whooo!! It was a great day!

Gifts Galore!!

Today I was so blessed with many gifts from my friends for my birthday!! I was seriously spoiled and I really LOVED it. Thank you to everyone for making me feel so special today.

He's Back!!

It is so nice to have Kyle home!! The bus pulled in the church parking lot about 7:15 tonight and there were some happy but tired faces. Kyle came over to me right away and gave me a BIG hug.... I am so glad that he still is willing to do that! It sounds like they all had a good time and even with bus trouble everyone is home safe. God blesses all the time.

The spaghetti dinner was a blast. So many people helped to make it happen and I personally enjoyed being able to work!

Well, I have things to finish for tomorrow, so Good Night all.

Library, Swimming, and A Phone Call

Today Beth got her next reward for the reading program at the library. She has already finished at least eight books. Her goal is to finish the entire reading program before Kyle gets home... don't know why exactly... but she thinks it would be fun. She read and I cleaned out a closet.

We also played in the pool... well, actually I stood there and went under a couple times and got out...she played. I did some reading while she continued to enjoy her time. I am taking forever to read this book I have but I am enjoying it.

Jim and I actually talked on the phone for a really long time tonight too... that is something that rarely happens!

And now... it is way past my bedtime. See ya later.

Family Night

Tonight we went out for dinner and played a few games. Beth and Jim won... but I still had fun. It is strange having family night without Kyle, but I realize that this kind of thing is going to happen more and more as he is getting older. Time flies so fast.

Kyle called very late last night and let us know that he got down to Texas all right and is having a good time. I hope to get lots more details when he gets home!!

Mom and Daughter Day

Fun at the zoo! Today was just about her...and she LOVED it!

We usually take a picture of the kids on this lion.. this time I only had Beth...really strange. The last time I had only 1 child with me was shortly after Beth was born and my Mom watched her so Kyle and I could spend the day at the zoo with just the two of us!
One of the kids favorite things to do... smash pennies!
We saw A LOT of birds, but this one is my favorite.
I just like this one.
We thought this little guy was so cute hiding behind the tree! I had her watch the video they have there on one of the babies being born... her comment: that is really gross!
Beth LOVES going to see all the butterflies!!
And every time we go now, she asks to ride the carousel.
My cute little river otter! I took so many pictures of her behind these things!
Stingray Bay is so fun! You should go and feel these things!
And finally, we were very close to this beautiful bird! She is blind in one eye and has been at the zoo for a long time, 30 years she may have said. And I was amazed to find out Leah (that is her name) weighs only 10 pounds!

Busy Working at home

After soul winning today the kids and I stopped by Wal-Mart to get a few "forgotten" items for the BIG Texas trip tomorrow. We then came home, got the grass mowed, ironed, packed, did laundry, worked on Beth's culottes, and finally Jim and I went out for dinner. Time is flying by so fast!!

This and That

Well, we did some shopping today so the kids would have some clothes for their trips... I can't believe Kyle is going to Texas on Sunday! Beth's trip to camp will be in such a short time too...

We had our picture take for the directory and we liked all but two pictures, so that was really nice. I can't believe we will have them in less than 3 weeks.

We had our "Family Night" tonight... we played Chinese Checkers, Jim won. He usually does. He has his moves planned out many turns before and it is just so hard to keep up with him!

That's about all for now, off to bed.

Late Night and a Short Day

Monday night we went up to FBC in Milwaukee for their soul winning conference. The speaker was Pastor Jenkins, and he gave a very good message. We arrived home about 12:45 in the morning and fortunately the kids and I were able to sleep late, but with so doing I had a short day. (Jim had to get up for work, but was able to get to sleep a little earlier than usual tonight.)

Kyle, Beth, and I went out this afternoon to sell more tickets for the Spaghetti Dinner and we did very well. I am so thankful for the many people that we so generous to us! He is almost at his goal!!!

Happy 25th Birthday Sabrina!!

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Ashley's Party

Right now at this very moment I am at Ashley's 18th Birthday party. We have enjoyed her opening gifts, lots of yummy food, cake and ice cream, an attempt to have a fire, and now we are just hanging out. I am at Kris' house, so I will post pictures later (well, only some of them!!!)

Culottes

Yesterday and today, Julie came over to help me make some culottes for Beth. They are so cute! I just love culottes! Julie was such an enormous help and hopefully I will be able to make a few more pairs for her in the next week or so with out any problems (yes, she is that good at explaining it). Julie, thank you so very much for all the time you spent with me, I greatly appreciate it especially knowing how busy you are!

18th Anniversary

I just thought it would be fun to put our wedding picture up today as we celebrate 18 years together.

Home School Convention

I have spent the last three days at the home school convention and it was wonderful!! Lots of teaching that will help me with my kids and some information about creation that was FABULOUS.

Happy Birthday

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A very special birthday wish for a very special lady!

Hope your birthday is wonderful Julie!!

Don't You Hate It When You Find A Product That Is GREAT And It Is Discontinued??

Okay, just to warn everyone... I am posting about intimate apparel!

Read at your own risk ;)

I have been doing some searching for "The Best Fitting Intimates in the WORLD". Yes, that is actually the name of the the item. They truly are wonderful and as I have been checking on how to get these as the supply is dwindling rapidly at Wal-Mart, I have found out that you can NOT buy them!!

Here is the scoop from Sara Max (or SaraMax), they only deal with stores, so you can not find them to purchase online at all. The ONLY store that carries these... you guessed it, WAL-MART has stopped ordering them! So, what does this mean.... it means no one can get them anywhere at all. This is not good news!

During my search online, I saw many comments about this particular brand and many people are in the same boat... love the product and can't have them. So, today I called Wal-Mart and told them it is terrible that they are discontinuing this brand. They will send the info up through the chain of command.

So, here is my reason for posting. If you are one of those people that love these, we have to tell Wal-mart. The company won't make them if no one orders.

Here is Wal-Mart's number: 1-479-273-4000. Tell them you want them to continue to carry this item as it is not available anywhere else. If they don't know we want them by hearing the negative comments, we won't have them and have to start the hated process over of finding something that fits.

That is all. Thanks.