Been a While

Well, it has been a while since I have posted anything. I have had alot going on. Well, lately here is what has been up....

Sunday Aaron and I went to see Fireproof. It was excellent. The acting was just ok. But it had a great story line and some things to learn from. I am still reading The power of a praying wife. It has been great in helping me. Sometimes I feel like marriages lose that loving feeling. We get so caught up in life, in working, and in taking care of kids that we forget about how we need to work on our relationship with eachother. Marriage is definitely not easy. But is life easy?? Not really.

This weekend we have had to deal with a lot. I will have to admit that I broke down a couple times. We have just had a lot happen and it is hard. And I worry all the time about things. I know that I should just trust in God and leave it all in his hands. But I struggle with that. Please keep us in your prayers. Some things happened with Carlee and then things have just kept happening... it is unbelievable at times how life just keeps throwing us curve balls. My stress level has been so high....
anyways...

We are still waiting to hear about Aaron's possible opportunities. I know that God has a plan and we just need to trust in him...

And for what is coming up...
Gavin has his Cardiologist appt. coming up on the 6th and then again on the 7th. Please keep him in your prayers. I know that his heart issues are way less than that of some others, but it still worries me. No one wants their child to go thru anything bad, even if it could be worse. This is another thing I just need to put in God's hands.

Well, that is all I have time for ,for now.

28 today

Ok, so 28 years ago today I was born. And so many things have happened in the last 28 years. Time goes so fast. I mean, look at my beautiful family. I have great kids and a great husband, whom I love very much. I could never imagine a life without any of them.

I am reading Power of a Praying Wife. I have had the book for a while from my friend Amber. And I just started to read it. How bad is that. Anyways, I am loving it. It is very helpful. When I get further into the book I will let you know how it goes.

Please pray for Aaron. He has a big thing going on today. And he needs our prayers. I don't want to share quite yet what it is, but just say a prayer. We would appreciate it. :)

Well, I am off to drop kids off at sitters and then to work.

More on Marriage

So, today at church, Pastor taught on Marriage. Wow. I was like, ok. I am at a point in my life right now where I need this. (God knows this and is trying to help.) The pastor talked about how the men are suppose to be the Spiritual leaders in the house. And that the husband and wife are equal and should make decisions together. And wives need to encourage their husbands and let them know that we respect them. And husbands are suppose to let their wives know how much they love them. And so on. I feel like the next couple weeks are for me. He is doing a series on marriage. Aaron and I are ok. But we struggle just like anyone else. I need strength and encouragement sometimes and I am sure he does too. I just hope and pray one day he will want to go to church and live for God. I think this walk in marriage would be easier for both of us if that happened. So Please keep us in your prayers.
Well, football season has begun. GO COLTS! We usually go to at least one game a year. I hope this year we can make it. We will see.
Man the weather stinks right now. I guess it is that time of year.. I can't believe that winter is almost here.
We are still trying to figure out if Carlee is going to be in an extra curicular activity. She isn't sure what she wants to do besides baseball next spring.
Julian has started practicing his saxaphone. And he is in football right now.
Gavin is still learning how to talk. He is so good. He puts sentences together now and he is just a smart little guy.
Well, that is all for now.

Marriage Tips....

Well, It has been a little bit since i have been on. So let's see what is going on..
Aaron went to St. Louis on Wed and Thurs. He got free tickets to the Cubs-Cardinals game. He took 2 of his friends with him. He left early Wed and got back Thurs evening. While he was gone I just hung out with the kids. He had a good time.
Right now I am listening to the kids running back and forth thru the house after each other.. Gavin has one of Aaron's hats on and Carlee is chasing him. It is so cute!
I have been into reading about the Scream Free Marriage stuff.. here are some of the ideas they give:

Marriage is suppose to be tough.
Marriage is work. We have been lead to believe in fairy tale romances. But it is JUST in the fairy tales. But it is work with all on the job training.
Marriage is suppose to be built on respect, intimacy and mutual responsibilities.
We are responsible for our own happiness not our spouse. Don't expect your spouse to make you happy all the time.
Marriage asks us to grow up so we can speak up without becoming childish or demanding.
The key to building all healthy, nurturing relationships is to first focus on yourself.
You are the one and only person you can truly control.

These are the first few things they go thru. I don't know about you, but focusing on yourself is hard. Especially when you are a mom too. And who doesn't want to have a fairy tale romance?
I will share some more Ideas with you all next time.
I am going to go get the kids ready for bed and try to relax some.

Coming Along

So, my cleaning is coming along. I got the floors and the laundry done yesterday. Today I am doing laundry, but I have to go to work in a little bit. I normally don't work on Tuesdays, but Aaron and 2 of his friends are going to St. Louis for the Cubs Cardinals game tomorrow and Thurs. So I took those days off instead. He got free tickets from someone, and a cheap hotel room, so it will be a nice little trip for him. I will get more house work done tomorrow and Thurs.
Yesterday I made homemade salsa and then some friendship bread. You know, the stuff you get in a bag and have to add things to it for 10 days.. So, now I have 3 bags to give away. Let me know if you are interested. :) The salsa turned out pretty good. My family loves salsa. Gavin and Carlee could eat it by the spoonfulls..
Also yesterday I heard a guy named Hal Runkel speak on the radio on midmorning 90.3. I love listening to that on Monday mornings. Anyways, he has a book out called Scream Free Parenting. I thought it looked great. I am going to get it and will let you know how it goes. :) I know that I can be a yeller at times, and I hate doing that.. so we will see...
Well, my washer just beeped at me, so I am going to go finish that load and get ready for work.

Fun Family time

Well, yesterday I worked until about 1245 and then we went to Grandma's house for our family cookout. It was so fun. When I get my pics off the stick I will put them up. The kids had a lot of fun. Julian played ball with the other kids and he rode the 4 wheeler with Carlee and my sis Ellie. Gavin ran around everywhere. He always keeps us on the move. And Carlee had fun with her cousins. Both of the girls that are going to be mothers were there. I am going to be a Great Aunt twice within a month of each other. Makes me feel old. :) I know my grandma had a good time too. She loves it when we can all get together. And she has the perfect place to have a get together. She lives on a farm with a pond. And alot of land to play on.

And today we went to church where the kids had fun. The got t shirts and refreshments and games. And then we came home and we cleaned. I have decided to start with one room at a time and clean it. We got the living room done, the toy closet done (for those of you who have seen this closet, you know what a job it was) and the kitchen. So tomorrow will be cleaning the floors really good and cleaning the bathroom and laundry room. It feels good to have the house clean. I am not excited about doing the bedrooms though. We all have so much stuff!

Well, that is all for now. I will let you know how my cleaning goes.. :)

It's Quiet

Well, the kids are in bed and Aaron is at a work dinner. It is so quiet here. Sometimes when I am the only one awake or I am alone I think... Wow, what do I do now? No one is needing me to do things for them, this is weird. Do you ever feel like that? It is just weird for me. Sure, I have plenty of things to do, like clean my house. But at 945 at night I am just not feelin' it. I must say though, that my house is driving me crazy and I am a bit behind on laundry, so that is what I Should be doing.
So, today I had a "Room Parent" meeting at Carlee's school. I am a room parent for her class. So, I will help out with parties and things like that. But I did not take on the responsibility of "head" room parent. I didn't want to be in charge of that, just help. I do have to say that I am proud of Julian. He was not at our house this week. So Carlee had to ride the bus and go to her class by herself. This is a big thing for her. She has troubles with it. Because the buses let the kids off on the other side of the school from the Kind. class rooms. So Carlee said that she got off the bus and she felt like she was going to get trampled on by the big kids and she got stuck holding the door for all of them. (poor thing). So then she saw Julian and he walked on in and said Hi. Well then, he must have felt bad and went back out and "rescued her" and walked her to her class. What a Boy!! Sweet! Maybe I should start taking her to school on the days Julian isn't with us. Or do I let her figure it out on her own? This is hard for me to do. I feel like I want to always be there to "save" my kids. To help them. Wow, this is such a small thing, what will I do when she faces bigger struggles..... pray for me. :)
My little Gav is getting so big! And he is talking so much. We were looking for his Pablo that he sleeps with and he says "Pablo... where are....a you" it was so cute! He will pretty much try to say whatever you ask him to. It is so cute. He now says please and thank you too.. what good manners! :) My baby is so big!
So, i have been watching Jon and Kate plus 8 lately. I am hooked on this reality show that is about this couple who has twins and then sextuplets. It is amazing! I can't imagine doing this. Wow. Check it out on TLC if you can. Oh and this past weekend I watched one of my favorite movies... Because I said so. I love it. And I have to admit I have a little crush on one of the guys in it. :)
So this weekend the plan is to go to my grandma's house for a family cookout on Sat. I really enjoy these. I am excited. My grandma is such a great person! I love her dearly! I don't know what I would do without her.
Well, I am off now to get ready for bed. Getting up with the kids at 630 in the morning.

Today...

Man, what a hot day out today! We just got back from a walk. Carlee rode her bike while Aaron walked beside her and I pushed Gav in the stroller. It was way too hot to be out.

Earlier Carlee and I made a cherry cobbler. With an old recipe that is so good, but oh sooooo fattening. Carlee loves to cook and bake. And she loves crafts. She is so hands on. Give her anything like that to do and she is in heaven.. Now I have to try to stay out of the cobbler because it is so good and I don't want to gain any weight back. :)

And I have to tell you that on Sunday we were walking out the door and a snake crawled right across the sidewalk. I was terrified!!! It was only probably 6-8 in. long and skinny, but I was frightened. The guys said it was a garden snake, but I HATE snakes!! Even tiny ones. So I have to be honest and tell you that every time I go outside I look all around for it.. I am freaked out!!

So, now I want to ask you all to remember me in your prayers... I am struggling with a few things right now. I don't really want to share them on here, but I just don't know what to do about some things in my life.. I appreciate your prayers. :)