Friends

Ellie and Adam stayed at our house for part of this past weekend. Sunday after church we went to Burger King so the kids could play at the play land. They really wanted to go to the park but after checking two parks that were closed Burger King got the vote. We ended up playing at the playground at Adam and Ellie's school and then the kids later played on the play equipment at church. They had fun playing together put their time went way too fast.

T-N-T Time Fake an injury night! This is a picture of the Amber's class. Everyone had fun showing off their injuries.

Mom...I don't feel good.

This is our morning.....Everyone is up, dressed, hair done, teeth brushed, backpacks packed, lunches made and breakfast done.
Amber goes back and lays in her bed and said that she does not feel well. Okay..I'm believing her. She is a little warm (I did not take her temp) and she was clingy last night.
Mackenzie starts with the "I don't want to go to school" talk. I hear it too often. She says her stomach doesn't feel good.
She has only missed 1 day maybe 2 this year so........Is she really sick or just playing me?
I hope this is the hardest thing I deal with this week. If so, life is easy.
Anyway...both girls stayed home. However, Are they sick??? I don't think enough to be home. So....I'm taking Mackenzie in to school. It has interrupted my day but I don't have a kid hanging out all day when they should be in the classroom learning.

Just a Visiting!

Last evening the girls and I took off and went to North Branch. Dawn and I went shopping while the girls stayed and played with some of their cousins. We spent the night and around noon today we stopped in to see my grandma who turned 93 last month. Grandma Cooker we all call her because food is aways offered when you stop. The girls enjoyed Cinnamon bread, bananas and an orange. I had the privilege of fixing grandma a tuna sandwich. A tuna sandwich was her Sunday evening after church meal for many years. I'm not sure if she still does tuna on Sunday night. I would say no because of the many cans that are on her shelf.
The weather is beautiful today. What a great day for a visit!

Addict

Okay...I think I'm an addict! Of what you may be asking? I've been listening to podcasts on my ipod. Today I found another blog talk radio show I wanted on my ipod and when I went to sync my ipod with itunes all my podcast disappeared from my ipod. I tried to fix it on my own and after several attempts I had to call in the big guns to help (my hubby). After 2 left messages 40 minutes apart he returned my call. He walked me through the steps and as I'm writing my idpod is getting uploaded with all my old podcasts and some new ones.
I'm a happy camper now!

Sleep

We can't seem to get enough sleep lately. Sunday, the first day of the time change, we didn't seem to do to bad. Okay..we were late to church but that was because we needed to drop Steve off at work. Yes, we missed the exit and had to cross the river and come back but we got up okay.

Monday, we forgot to set the alarm. Amber comes into our room at 7:34. I open my eyes and immediately know that we have overslept.

But since then it seems to be a struggle daily to get out of bed. We haven't been to bed early but by no means real late either. I hope our inner clocks adjusts soon.

This is a picture of Mackenzie sleeping in the princes bed on a vacation in May of 2004. This bed was amazing. It reminded me of the "Princess and the Pea" kind of bed. It was so soft. I would love to stay at that hotel again just for the bedding.

Date Night

I called my mom yesterday and asked if she was available to come over and watch the girls so Steve and I could go out. So tonight she came over and we went on a date.

We had a very nice dinner at Uno's. I ordered the Lemon Salmon with roasted veggies. The meal was good.

We then worked on filling in the "If-Then" chart and "The Blessing" chart. I'm looking forward to using these wonderful tool to help us raise Godly children. Now all I need to do is be consistent in using them and pray that each one of the girls has a desire to live in obedience to God.

I pulled this picture of us from an anniversary weekend about 5 years ago. I don't seem to have any current photos of us together in my library. Maybe I can get Amber to send me a copy of the picture she took of us together at Olive Garden.

Family Movie Night

We showed "Horton Hears a Who" last night. We had about 30 there. This was a first for us. We have the license now so I believe more movie nights are in the future. My family had a great time and I believe everyone else did also. Here are a few pictures I took.
Mackenzie really likes pizza!!!! Okay, so these pictures with Mackenzie and Jacob and then Mackenie and Rachel were staged. Put the rest I just went around and took.