My youngest 4!!! Not so little!!

 

I am still healing but am starting to feel a lot better.  I have almost no pain now and the incisions look like they are all healed except the biggest one. Of course it is the one that is in the worst place, I can't get my bra on because it will rub. Oh well, it won't be long and then that will be healed too.

 

The girls and I are doing school work slowly but surely. A lot of it has been done from bed but that's ok. The benefits of homeschooling!! I had a Star Wars birthday cake done for today and will post a picture of that as soon as I get it off my phone.

 

The chistian school the kids went to had a talent show last night and the twins and a friend decided to compete as alumni. They had a blast and got a lot of laughs. Rob took a video so we will try to get that off his phone and posted too.

 

 

Gratitudes

1. That I am healing and feeling alot better.

2. That the pastors wife brought us a meal.

3. That Rob and the kids have been doing a lot to keep things going around here. 

More pictures from the visit.......

Some pictures from the visit....

 

Sorry I've been MIA....

But I'm still here. My Dad and Vadie were here for the last week and we had a great visit, even though it wasn't long enough. They never are!!

We have had a few birthdays around here:

Joe's birthday was March 31st.
Grandpa Don's birthday was on April 5th.
Twins birthday was on April 7th.
Riley's birthday was on April 8th.

The twins celebrated their birthday by the guys all going bowling, they invited a few friends and then Opa, Uncle Joe and David went with them too. Afterwards they all came back here for pizza and ice cream cake. They then took over the front room for video games. They all had a great time.

Tracey, Riley and Matthew came down too and then we had a family birthday party on Sunday for all of the birthday boys. Wish you could have been here too Grandpa Don!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see how much fun Matthew ad with all the boys! I will add more pictures of the trip soon but my computer is having issues so that's all for today.

 

Gratitudes

1. That we had a wonderful visit with Dad and Vadie.

2. That the weather is starting to act more like spring.

3. That I have awesome kids.

 

Not much new.....

Not alot has been happening around here, mostly just trying to get back onto a schedule with the girls and getting used to Rob's new work schedule. He is enjoying the new job and goes out for coffee with his friends to get that human interaction that he needs. LOL!!

I just started a new Beth Moore bible study on David and am really excited to get into. I really enjoy Beth Moores speaking and have watched a couple of her videos on youtube. This is a really good one

Beth Moore - Get Out of That Pit

We are still downsizing around here too. Since the beginning of this year we have gotten rid of ........

4334 items!!!!

I have no choice but to believe this stuff is breeding in dark corners! We have slowed down but will be continuing to get rid of stuff for awhile yet. We haven't even got to the shed yet.

Gratitudes
1. That spring is coming!!
2. That we have more than we need.
3. That the boys are doing well and enjoying school.

Update

Sorry I haven't been posting, but life gets in the way sometimes. Here is what has been happening the last few weeks:

I am starting to feel better and get my energy back. I spent a week in the hospital and was released on March 1st. They admitted me after a trip to the emergency room for a really bad gall stone attack. They did bloodwork while in ER and found out my liver and gallbladder enzymes were very high, which meant I had a severe infection in both. They figure one of the gall stones had blocked off a bilary duct and caused the infection. They put me on 2 different IV antibiotics to get the infection under control and fluids because they didn't want me eating in case they couldn't fix the infection and needed to do surgery. Nothing by mouth for almost 5 days and I lost 5lbs!! Not that I would want to do that again though. When they let me go home they put me on 2 more oral antibiotics for another week. Now I am off all the medication and am feeling alot better. I still need to get my gall bladder out though and have a consult with the surgeon next week. So please pray that I won't have anymore flare ups or pain until they can get me in for surgery.


Rob started his new job last Monday and is enjoying it. I like the hours much better than what he had before. He is doing janitorial for the daycare that is in the basement of our church. He works 12 -5 Monday through Friday and then 3 hours on the weekend to clean the other building they have. He has less hours but higher pay so it will work out about the same. We love that he is home for dinner every night now and we have the weekend do stuff as a family.


The kids are all doing great. The boys are enjoying their classes this semester, with one exception. Jake is finding his math class way to easy for him, so his counsellor is going to get him moved to a higher level math next year. The girls got a nice break from school with me in the hospital so now we are working at getting back on schedule. Frank is trying out for a musical production at school, he enjoys acting and singing so hopefully he will get it.


Gratitudes
1. That I am feeling better.
2. That Rob, Frank, Jake and David all really worked together to make sure the girls were taken care of  while I was gone, and they kept the house reasonably clean.
3. That I recieved some beautiful flowers from our pastor's wife and from Aunt Jacquie and Uncle Russ, ad I am still enjoying them. 

Happy Valentine's Day!!

This past weekend the girls had a Valentine's Day party. They had to do everything for it, decide on the food, make the invitations and then do all the set up and clean up. They had so much fun and did a wonderful job. It was very busy and the kids were running back and forth that everything was a blur so I didn't get any pictures of the party but we have a few of the food, the craft and the girls making the invitations.

 

Rob gave me the roses for Valentine's Day early, I think with the girls talking about the party nonstop he thought it was actually on the weekend. They loved having them for a decoration.

 

 

Gratitudes

1. That the weather has been amazingly warm here for the last little while.

2. That Max is doing alot better.

3. That we have so much!! Much more than we need. God is great!!

 

 

Belly Dance Recital

 

Just before Christmas the girls did a dance recital, they had an great time and they did amazing . I am very proud of both of them.

 

This past week has been crazy busy and expensive. Rob and the boys went to Brooks and helped Tracey and Riley get moved up to their new house. I haven't heard from Tracey in a few days so hopefully they are settling in quickly.

 

On Thursday morning we took Max to the vet as he was throwing up large amounts of blood. They did some tests and he has pancreatis. They figure he had it for awhile but because it is controlled with a strict, bland diet we had it under control, because we were dealing with his IBS. Anyways they kept him overnight to make sure that is all it was and give him IV fluids and antibiotics. When we brought him home on Friday evening we were told keep a close eye on him and to keep him calm and resting for 3 days. Anyone that knows Max knows how interesting that was going to be. LOL. Anyways we called Joe and told him he couldn't come over for those 3 days, poor Joe, but Max adores him and goes alot crazy when he is around. Then let Tracey know that Emily and I weren't going to be able to help with the move. Max is doing great now and is back to his old self.

Gratitudes
1. That Max is better and it wasn't anything more serious.
2. That the girls are having fun with piano lessons and I get to hear them practice everyday.
3. That the weather has been really nice lately.

Field Trip to the Firehall

Last month the girls had a field trip at the firehall, they really enjoyed it. Rob took them so I stayed home and had some time for myself, which I really enjoyed.

These girls are so adorable.

Update on the downsizing : I am still getting rid of stuff but slowed down this week and focused on the girls school work. We are still down more though and have a new total of 1475 items gone!!


Gratitudes
1.That the bible study is finished and I really enjoyed it.
2. That I have decided to do the Breaking Free bible study and Shirley asked if she could do it with me.
3. That after all that being sick and nothing getting done, the girls are almost caught back up to where I wanted them to be.
 

Relaxing Weekend

We had an amazing, relaxing weekend. We did absolutely nothing!! The boys didn't work so we basically stayed in our pajamas all weekend and played video games or watched movies cuddled up. The only thing that would have made it better is if Rob had the time off too.

I have been going through closets and bookshelves downsizing alot here and it always confuses me how much stuff is actually laying around unneeded and unloved. Especially since I am always getting rid of stuff, where is it all coming from? I think it might be breeding in dark corners and backs of closets. LOL!! So I have decided to give all those things new homes this year. The challenge was to get rid of 2013 items this year, so far I have gotten rid of 1308 items!! I have decided to push myself a bit harder and see if I can reach that goal by the end of January. I don't know if I can but I will give it a shot.


Gratitudes
1. That I got to spend the weekend cuddling with my kids.
2. That Rob bought me the Little House on the Prairie TV series! Can't wait until me and Emily are done reading the books and then we will start watching it!
3. That the dentist was able to schedule the boys appts for this week while they are off.