Colbie Grace!!

The wait is over. My newest niece joined the world Friday, November 26th. She is such a tiny thing weighing in at 5.13 lbs. She is SO CUTE!! Check her out...

To be Thankful!

There are so many things I am thankful for. And because today is Thanksgiving I'm going to list some things on my list.

I'll start with the obvious...my relationship with Jesus Christ!
My husband
my kids
my mom and dad
my brothers and the women they married
my 11 nieces and nephews(and the niece and nephew we're waiting on)
my church and the awesome friends I've made there
the health of my family
the roof over my head and the vehicle in our driveway
the wisdom to handle our finances so we can live debt free
the 2 little girls we sponsor
the fact that I know I am not perfect but there is ALWAYS room for improvement

The list seems so short. But if I were to go on it would take me until next year to finish ;)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Catching Up

Seems like forever since I've been on here. I think this is the busiest I've ever been. The last post was dated Nov. 3rd. The night before Ethan and I made a trip to the ER for what I was sure was a dislocated finger. Umm, no. It was broken. Clean through right above his growth-plate. It was his pinkie on his left hand. Yep! You guessed it. He's a lefty. That was Tuesday. On wed. afternoon I took him to see an ortho doc. After he saw the xray I was informed that Ethan would need to come back Friday(the 5th) for non-invasive surgery to set his finger. So Friday we were up bright and early to be in the office at 6. Ethan was taken back at 7:10 and the doc came to talk to me at 7:30. We had to wait a little for Ethan to wake up but we were home by 9 and eating donuts. We made it through the weekend with a splint on his hand and were scheduled to go back for a post- procedure check-up on Wed. I was under the impression that Ethan would get a better splint that he would wear for the next 2 weeks. Again, I was mistaken. We left with his hand in a cast. One that he gets to wear until Dec. 2nd. I was told that his finger was healing so well they didn't want anything to effect the process. So we get to go back next Thursday and maybe we'll come home with out the cast.

And on top of all that I came down with a small case of bronchitis. I've been sleeping on the couch for more than a week because of the coughing. Weird thing is that I've been sleeping really well ;) So I'm on cough meds with codeine and an antibiotic. This has been a pretty good day so maybe I'll sleep in my own bed tonight.

And Thanksgiving is just 3 days away. AND it's Aaron's birthday. 2 big things all wrapped up in one day. Well 2 days if you count going to my parents on Friday.

I'm waiting for my sis-in-law to call and tell me she's bringing me her two kids because she's in labor with their 3rd. Then we have Christmas. And between our 2 families it takes a week to celebrate. I've invited a Chinese exchange teacher to spend Christmas with us if she doesn't go home. So that should be interesting and VERY educational. And Tim and Nicole are having their 4th baby in Feb.

Wonder if I can add anything else.

Wordless Wednesday

And a child shall lead them!

So today is the day to vote. I hope you exercised your right to do so. Anyway...I had to take the littles with me this morning in order for me to get my voting done. As Katie is asking me where we are going I'm trying to explain to her what it means to vote. Our conversation went something like this....

K-where are we going?

Me- I need to go vote.

K-What's that?

Me- to vote means you get to say who you want to be in charge. Who you want to be the leader. I need to make sure that I let people know who I want to lead us.

K-Oh. Well, then, I want...(a pause as she thinks)...CHLOE!!!

I was cracking up! Chloe is her 4 yr old cousin and her very good buddy. And then I thought about the verse in Isaiah about the lion laying down with the lamb and that a child shall lead them. Not that the verse has anything to do with voting or the outcome. I just thought it was funny. Katie sure knew what she wanted!

Crazy Hair Day

This week is dug awareness week at school. Today's theme is...Use your head, don't do drugs. The boys wanted me to 'paint' their hair. I didn't have any hair paint and didn't want to go out and buy any. This is what we came up with.

A bit drastic, I know. But, he needed a hair cut anyway ;)

Ethan did his own hair. I just added the hairspray.

As if I needed anything else to do...

We are now the proud owners of a 30 gallon fish tank and 10 fish. We also went out last Saturday and bought 5 bunnies. Well, if we're gonna do we might as well do it right, huh? We already had all the cages and feeding supplies from our last adventure and that's the expensive part of getting rabbits. I would like to introduce you to...


Robin
















Robert














Shortcake














Tink














Remmington
















We haven't even had these hoppers a week yet but the kids have loved handling them. The first thing Katie will ask when she gets up in the morning is if she can hold her bunny(Shortcake, Remmington, Tink). It's hard to tell her no but she's not real reliable with the bunnies just yet. She'll learn =) The boys will bring one in and watch a show with it sitting on their lap. Ethan got peed on the other day, so funny! Anywho, it was my idea to get a rabbit. Bu tonce we got out there Aaron just couldn't leave the others. And we might be gettign another from the same place in a few weeks. We'll see.






These are JUST pets but we will be breeding to sell. If anyone is interested in an Easter bunny let me know.