Merry Christmas!

I am sure everyone is as busy as we have been. The past few weeks we have had few quiet evenings. Larry is doing the sound room for our Churchs Cantata so he's been out at few times a week for that. Our 2 oldest boys were in the SENHCA Christmas program last Friday night which meant practicing parts with them every night for the past month. It was worth all the work though because they did a great job!! We also had the ladies Tea at Church last week which was really fun and nice. This week I have been trying to finish up the Christmas shopping and ended up having car issues......arrgh! Zach's Birthday party is Saturday (he turns 5 the 22nd) and the Cantata is Sunday night. The kids get out of school the 20th which means Christmas parties there and then we will head up North to visit family probably the 24th for a couple nights. Wow sure is easy to get lost in all the things going on during this Holiday Season, I am really looking forward to spending some quiet time as familly next Friday and Saturday (although with 3 boys it never IS quiet) having our own Christmas and letting the boys play with all of there new things. I am really trying not to stress to to just keep in mind why we celebrate this wonderful Holiday............the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! Here is wishing you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish everyone a very HAPPY Thanksgiving! I am thankful for so many things, my Husband, my 3 boys, my extended family , my Church family , all of the wonderful friends that I have, my home and most of all the unconditional love of our awesome LORD! ( just to name a few) Lets all try to remember what God has done for all of us and enter into the Christmas season with our hearts focused on HIM!!

Zach had a dream......

The kids do not often share when they have dreams, but yesterday Zach did.......
When he woke up, he seemed a little more quiet than normal, I asked him if he felt ok and he said " yes but I had a dream." I asked him what it was about. He said " I dreamed I had to have my eyes fixed".
I said "oh you couldn't see good?" He said "Yah I could see , but my eyes were too close together!"
I Laughed! He is so funny somtimes! I wonder what that means??

It is happening again...

Can you feel it happening?? The catalogs have started coming 5 at a time in the mail, the toy commercails on TV , and soon the Music will be heard at the Stores......its Christmas shopping season!!! They used to wait until Halloween was over but I have noticed the last week or two all of the things that "they" do to get people especially kids geared up for Christmas. It is crazy! Have fun shopping and making lists and decorating but always remember the real Reason For the Season is celebrating Jesus' Birthday. Merry Christmas!! (less than 2months to go!)

Quote of the Day

I came across this quote I thought I would share.......

" Loving the LORD is not an emotional goosebump; it is a commitment to selfless obedience."


--John MacArthur

Pea Pods

Last night I made Chicken Lo Mein with veggies for supper. I put some Pea pods in it, which by the way is the only way I will eat peas..... and Zach said something funny I thought I would share . He opened one of his pea pods with his fingers and then watched as the peas rolled out onto his plate and then he said " Look it peeed!" I thought it was funny he made a pun not even realizing it!! It is pretty sad that most of my material comes from my four year old! Have a great day!

Word of the day

INSATIABLE- definition- unsatisfiable

I heard this word recently and had to look it up to see the definition, I had an idea but now I know for sure!
I might try and pick a word or phrase or bible verse of the day several times a week so check back daily!

Target'

Just an FYI.....Target is supposed to open on October 8th in Somersworth NH. Yahoo!!

What????

I recently just figured out that the West Virginia trip happens EVERY spring!! I am not sure I knew that. I figured it was maybe one of those once in a life time type of events. Oh well I guess if Lar goes again then that means I can have a another girls shopping weekend!!

Update on the new hermit crab.....He is still alive!!

"Sweet Ride"

I got a call from a friend today, she asked if I could pick up her daughter and give her a ride to SENHCA this afternoon when I was going to get Caleb. (Her daughter is a home schooler that plays volley ball for the school) So I agreed. I guess it was the first time she had been in my Durango... she said "this is a sweet ride" (she is 16)!
I laughed to myself and thanked her for the compliment and told her that I really liked it too! I a thirty three year old lady with 3 kids has a cool car!! I sure am glad I refused to get a Loser Crusier Mini van!!
oh one more thing....."Yah its got a Hemi"!!!!!

13 years!

Happy 13th Anniversary Larry, I love you!

update on hermit crabs

Zachary told his teacher at school that his hermit crab had died. I guess she felt sorry for him, she called me friday night and brought one over to him. Her daughter had one that she wanted to give up so she gave it to Zach. So sweet! I only pray that we can keep it alive for a while. It is a cute little crab with a shell painted like a football. He seems very active. It is nice to know that there are some really thoughtful people still out there.

Adventures in Hermit Crabs

So we have hermit crabs for pets. Caleb got 2 of them last fall. One of those died like 2months later. We got another one to replace the one that died. Well, they are really easy pets for the most part. You have to keep them warm and give them water and food. They eat very little. And will eat most anything. Well, this summer we went to Cape Cod on vacation and at a Flea market we saw Hermit crabs. Zach decided he really would like to pick one out and bring it home. He picked out the one he wanted (it had a painted shell with a butterfly on it) and it came home from vacation with us. The other day I was going to give the crabs a bath and i picked up Hermit ( that is what Zach named him) pretty much just fell out of his shell. Yuck! He was dead. We have had him just 3 weeks or so. Zach was at school when I discovered the death. When we got home I told what had happened. At first he said "that is ok I can get another" then he started crying. Poor Zach! So I told him we could get another one today. We headed to the petstore............only Huge ones.....then another store ....huge ones that were not moving. OH well I guess we will have to go the the Fox run Mall, they usually have them there.

This past weekend

So we went "up North" this weekend. Both my and my hubbys parents live up there. We took our boys to Satan's Village oops I mean Santa's Village. Anyway, it made me realize how old I am getting. I worked at Santa's Village when I was a teenager for four summers, and that is where i met my hubby. It has changed so much and just thinking back at how long it has been.......about 15 years since i worked there, Yikes! Now I have 3 children who think Mommy and Daddy are crazy talking about all of the old times at S.V.. We also went to the Lancaster Fair. The funniest thing was seeing my four year old (Zach) see the animals. First we saw a Momma pig and he says "She has big milkers!" and then we took him into the milking parlor and watched them milk a few cows and he wanted to know "why the cows milkers are so red after they take the machine off"???? I just replied " I don't know Zach" and just laughed to my self! Oh well we had a great weekend!

Here I Go!

Hi guys I guess I will jump on board with the blog thing. I love reading everyones else blogs so I guess I will try it too! Plus I want to make comments sometimes too.