Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
My Pops rocks!
It wouldn't feel complete today unless I said something about the super awesome guy I call Dad, or Daddy, or Pops, or Big Man, or Old Man. Just depends on the situation.
He is the most patient, gentle, kind, sacrificial man I know. He truly lives his faith and has fun doing it. He loves my mom like crazy and has been such a constant in my life. I never, not once, questioned his love for me, my mom, or my 9 siblings. Yeah, 9 that means there were 10 of us he had to work to feed, clothe, and care for. He did it wonderfully. Our lives weren't flashy, we didn't have much, but we had what was most important.
He doesn't read this blog, but for the 2 people that do read it, now you know. My Pops rocks!! :)
He is the most patient, gentle, kind, sacrificial man I know. He truly lives his faith and has fun doing it. He loves my mom like crazy and has been such a constant in my life. I never, not once, questioned his love for me, my mom, or my 9 siblings. Yeah, 9 that means there were 10 of us he had to work to feed, clothe, and care for. He did it wonderfully. Our lives weren't flashy, we didn't have much, but we had what was most important.
He doesn't read this blog, but for the 2 people that do read it, now you know. My Pops rocks!! :)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Run, rinse, repeat...
That's how my summer has been going.
Not actual running, unfortunately. I've only done that a couple times.
Running, as in running around from one thing to the next with little to no regard for my sanity.
This week in particular I will be glad to have over. It's "activity week." Which means its the one week that is uber duber crazy with my kids doing stuff. I don't mind it mostly because it's just one week like this.
This is how it's gone.
8:30-drop Autumn off at volleyball camp
leave boys at Toddler Time.
Go to house or church to work
9:45 pick Autumn and boys up
10:30 take Autumn to art camp
11:00 take Cory to swim lessons
11:30 pick up Autumn at art camp
11:45 pick Cory up at swim lessons
Pray that my father in law who is town with my mother in law will take us to McDonalds so I don't have to fix lunch. He's done that a few times and I'm SO glad when he does :)
Today I also drove my route for the summer lunch program from 12-1.
Yowza!!
Thank goodness my baby is still in the napping stage cause I don't think I would stop if he wasn't.
Evenings have been full with tball and baseball games, saying goodbye to my beautiful friend Amy, and packing for the upcoming move.
After this week, our days should, for the most part, go back to being lazy. Which means my kids will be super bored and very annoying and I might sell them to some passerby who thinks they are cute.
Not actual running, unfortunately. I've only done that a couple times.
Running, as in running around from one thing to the next with little to no regard for my sanity.
This week in particular I will be glad to have over. It's "activity week." Which means its the one week that is uber duber crazy with my kids doing stuff. I don't mind it mostly because it's just one week like this.
This is how it's gone.
8:30-drop Autumn off at volleyball camp
leave boys at Toddler Time.
Go to house or church to work
9:45 pick Autumn and boys up
10:30 take Autumn to art camp
11:00 take Cory to swim lessons
11:30 pick up Autumn at art camp
11:45 pick Cory up at swim lessons
Pray that my father in law who is town with my mother in law will take us to McDonalds so I don't have to fix lunch. He's done that a few times and I'm SO glad when he does :)
Today I also drove my route for the summer lunch program from 12-1.
Yowza!!
Thank goodness my baby is still in the napping stage cause I don't think I would stop if he wasn't.
Evenings have been full with tball and baseball games, saying goodbye to my beautiful friend Amy, and packing for the upcoming move.
After this week, our days should, for the most part, go back to being lazy. Which means my kids will be super bored and very annoying and I might sell them to some passerby who thinks they are cute.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
10 years ago...
I was 19.
A baby really.
But I knew what I wanted...
Despite being good looking, which really is just icing on the cake,
he's kind, thoughtful, gentle, hard-working, humble, faithful, confident,
seriously, the best dad ever and loves me to pieces
(are you getting nauseated yet?)
I could go on...but I won't.
Um, I think I'll hang on for a few more years and see how this all turns out!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!
A baby really.
But I knew what I wanted...
Despite being good looking, which really is just icing on the cake,
he's kind, thoughtful, gentle, hard-working, humble, faithful, confident,
seriously, the best dad ever and loves me to pieces
(are you getting nauseated yet?)
I could go on...but I won't.
Um, I think I'll hang on for a few more years and see how this all turns out!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Ode to my Grandma
My grandma is going to turn 90 at the end of this month and I'm doing a video montage for our family. I thought I'd share a few pictures that have really touched me. She is such an amazing woman. An old Irish gal from Minnesota who fell in love with a soldier. She lived through WWII, as did my drill sargent grandfather. There was one point during the bombing in London, that my grandma knew that is where my grandfather had been, but didn't hear from him for 3 weeks! In our current society of instant information, this is so hard to comprehend. She is always full of stories. I honestly think I could write a book with all the stories she has told me. She and my grandpa, who passed away a few years ago lived a full, beautiful life and I'm just so thankful that she is still in our lives. What a gift we have been given to have such a wonderful lady!
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