Random photos

Morgan went ice skating for the first time and did really well. I stayed off the ice and just took photos, much safer for everyone that way!!




We had a birthday party on Sunday and Jackson missed his nap. He is the only child of mine that has EVER liked taking naps and begs to take them!! He looks like he could fall asleep on his chair!










This is a picture of Jackson who loves to wear other peoples clothing (or no clothing at all!!) He had on my shoes and his sisters winter hat, and nothing else!

crazy...

Looking back over a previous post where i mentioned everything i had going on in February, i realized that most of what i thought was going to take place, didn't. This was one very messed up month.

*My moms surgery did go well! She is still in a lot of pain however:(
*My intention was to be their for her and help her out as much as i could, didn't really happen until this week. My kids all decided to get the stomach flu, it was a great time had by all!
*We did not get to celebrate Emma's 1st birthday at our house because 1st of all no one wanted to become infected with the stomach flu (can't understand that!) and second because Emma got RSV and Pneumonia (poor kid!). The party did eventually take place, at my moms a few days later.
*Jacksons appointment in Sioux Falls has not taken place yet because the doctor has been sick (guess that happens to them also!) So hopefully he will go next week and he will get to be in the new Sanford Children's hospital, that should be neat, and hopefully he likes it enough that he does not scream though the x-rays!

This month as just been crazy and i will say i am very relieved to see that March is just around the corner. I am not going to mention what all i have in March, my luck it will all change. I do know i have to visit the dentist...that can change, i really don't want to go!

My Baby

I was going through some old photos and came across these. These are some of my favorite of Jackson, he has such a baby face! Makes me miss having a baby.

Yet, no more babies for me, this is a good thing, i remind my fertile body of this every time i get the craving. My body may be willing, but my mind and more important my sanity, just can't take another.

Also after a week of cleaning up the results of the stomach flu, i just can't imagine having more, this is exhausting!!

Yet that face...uh...it just gets me every time!!

Ever heard the saying.....

Want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans? Well i think he is up in heaven having a good chuckle about now.

My mom is having knee surgery tomorrow. We have known this for a few months now. I really want to be at the hospital when she has surgery, the rest of my family should also be there. So i made plans. I had everything lined up. Kids would be in daycare full time, Brian would be in charge of bringing them and picking them up, he would take them to their evening church activities, it was all set, i was ready for Wednesday. Then that all changed with one puking child. All the sudden nothing was planned, i had no clue how the week was going to go, everything was up in the air. How silly of me a mother of 4 to think everything would go as planned...i should know better by now!!

So i still really have no clue how tomorrow will go. So far the rest of the family is fine, i am praying and crossing everything that will cross that everyone stays healthy and that my mom has a successful knee surgery.

This will be an interesting week, sending prayers up that God will allow my mom to have a quick recovery, and that my family will stay healthy.

Music and other stuff....

You may have noticed that i added music to my blog:) I am still trying to figure out how everything works, slowly i am figuring out how to do different things with my blog. So i added a few of my favorite songs, a few songs that are on my ipod, and that have special meaning to me. I have a variety of music i enjoy, mostly country and christian.

February is now here and i am just praying i can get through this month with my sanity still intact!! A brief outline of my schedule for this month is as follows:
Feb. 2 Girl scouts for Morgan
3 Piano lessons for Morgan
4 pioneer club parents night for Morgan, Dylan, and Logan, plus financial peace class for Brian and me. Not sure how this is all going to work.
6 a much needed night out for me!
7 Morgan has a girl scout/food pantry event at the grocery store and its the kick off for Nascar season...yes i might just be a geek:)
8 Church
10 Piano lessons again
11 My moms knee surgery (please pray it goes well!!)
14 valentines, not much planned but just getting the kids everything they need for their parties. Hopefully visiting my mom in the hospital some also.
15 Emma birthday party at my house. Can't believe she is one!! Then its also the Daytona 500, official start of nascar WOOHOO...yes, you can keep calling me a geek!
16 Girls scouts for Morgan
17 Piano lessons for Morgan
18 Jackson appointment in Sioux Falls, Pioneer club, Financial peace class
22 Is church, and bible study
That's it that i have actually scheduled. But the rest of the month will be busy trying to help my mom with what she needs, trying to keep my own household in order, and also trying to finish up two classes. I have an 11 page research paper due the end of the month.

Its all kind of scary when i think of all that needs to be done and all that i will most likely forget to do. I know God will get me though all this, he always does, but some days i swear he is up there having a good chuckle at some of the messes i have gotten myself into:)

Steph