Update

I am finally here to update you. Aren't you excited? The Scout Master has been very busy interviewing for jobs for the past week. All of them went really well, and we are waiting to hear the out comes. He is also scheduled for one this week and, I believe, two next week.

B is trying to potty train herself. I am not discouraging this action, but I am not pushing for it yet either. It is what it is. I am letting her feel it out. She is such a good little girl. She even gets a sani wipe and cleans the potty when she is done!! I see this as a potential problem in the future since she is a neat freak and Emma is not, and they share a room at present. Humm.......we will have to think on that one. Other then that she is doing well.'

Ky is busy and never stops talking. There is a constant hum in the room when he is around. It's alright.......I get to hear how smart he is. There is always some interesting fact that I didn't know coming out of his mouth. "Mom, did you know........" is the way he starts most every sentence.

Emma is doing well in school and is finding it harder and harder to be getting older. Where much is given, much is required and we are trying to teach her that. She is a happy little girl and she went to a skating party for a little friend's birthday and she got out there and by the end of the party it was like skates where her intended mode of transportation. And she looked dang cute too.

Me, well.....I have started counting my points (you know what that means if you have ever seen a Weight Watcher commercial) and walking 3 miles a morning. It feels good to go out and walk. I don't have to worry or hear fighting. I should have started a while back to help me deal with the stress in my life a little better (because then maybe I wouldn't have gained the 10 pounds I gained since we have moved here). I am happy to report that last week I lost 5 pounds!! Hurray!!

I think that is about all for now. Consider yourself updated!!

Pictures from Easter and Today

Here are the pictures that I have been promising of Easter.

The Easter Baskets

Emma with her basket.

Kyle with his basket.

B with her basket.

The kids in front of the house on Easter Sunday (outfits courtesy of Granny & Grandpa).

Pictures from today. They got lots of compliments on their clothes at Church today (these outfits also courtesy of Granny and Grandpa).

Are they not adorable? I think the color is really cute on the girls and it looks pretty good one Kyle too. Emma is getting so big and Kyle isn't too far behind. Well, that's all for now folks. I hope you have gotten your fill of pictures for now. Happy Sunday! I am off to some more Sunday meetings!

Dear Bridget,

You turned 2 on April 16th. Today was your party and you had lots (but not all) of your family in attendance. There was Mommy & Daddy, Emma & Kyle, Grandma & Pappy, Great Gramps & Great Grams, Aunt Audrey & Uncle Jason, and Great Grandma Powers. Here is what you looked like today.

When your guest arrived you were sleeping.

We decorated everything with colorful polka dots. (See Grams you are on the blog!)

This was your cake (brought by Aunt Audrey and Uncle Jason).

Bringing you the cake. You had to blow on the candle 4 times (and I helped) before it went out.

You enjoyed having the cake, since you were asleep for dinner.

Here you are with mom and dad (aka The Scout Master).

Opening presents was lots of fun this year. You where really into these sandals that came with the outfit that Great Grams & Great Gramps got you.

Opening more presents.

You are the present. You are always so happy and smiling.

Mommy had a good idea for a few photos outside with the balloons that Aunt Audrey and Uncle Jason brought to the party.

Aunt Audrey and I got lots of really good pictures of you and your balloons.

Here you are smelling the pretty flowers out in front of our house.

Here you are watching the video of the day you were born. You really liked the baby.

We all had a very good day with you. The party was very nice and we all put our troubles aside and laughed with you as you ran around with your beautiful smile and blond hair. We all love you very much.

Love Mommy




PS For all you readers out there. The Scout Master is finally back from roaming around and the computer that I can load pictures on is back!! So very soon I will download the pictures from Easter and some other adventures so that you may see them.

I Bet

I bet that you are wondering why in the world I am not posting on here as often as I have in the past. Well, let me tell you. The Scout Master has been a complete computer HOG!! Looking for jobs and doing homework, so I guess I can't be too upset. By the time he is done at night I am exhausted and ready for bed, and most mornings he is on it before I can get to it. Then when I am on the computer he keeps asking me if I am done, when I have just logged on! This morning he got a call and went on an interview. The job doesn't pay as much as his last and it is contract, however, it pays more then unemployment!! So he is gone and I have the computer all to myself!

I would love to report on the weekend, but since only good pictures will do it justice I have to find my camera before I do. Somehow it snuck away after I took pictures of the kids in their Easter outfits.......and before I could take pictures of the rest of the day!

I will tell you that our Easter was really nice and we had a very good day. That should be enough to have to look in on us again in a day or two.

I hope your Easter was grand!

What Day Is It?

I have to confess that I haven't even got a clue what day it is today. I do know that I didn't have to get up this morning because it is the first day of Spring Break for the kids! I LOVE to sleep in. I know that in some people's opinion this means that I am lazy, but really I am not. I am just a night owl at heart and that makes getting up in the morning very, very hard.

So there I am in bed this morning.....sleeping soundly and having a really good dream.......really, it was lovely and I really wanted to see where it was headed, but instead I was awakened buy the ringing of my cell phone. Our lovely neighbor (she also goes to our church and was the realtor who sold us our house) called to make sure we weren't freezing to death since the power was out and it had been snowing all night. It was only 7:13AM, no one was up and we had no idea that the power was out. I hung up the phone and the Scout Master groggily asked me who it was. The Realtor I answer, the power is out. Which shot him right out of bed to go and check the sub pump. I closed my eyes and the phone rang. I answer and it is my mom. She tells me about a job in the paper that The Scout Master might be a good fit for. I hand off the phone to the Scout Master and I close my eyes again. I hear the shower and some other things drifting in and out of sleep. Buy 8:15 I was up for good. I never did get back to that lovely dream.

I have several things in the works. On Friday morning I cleaned up the basement and re-arranged the furniture down there. It just wasn't working for me the way we had it set up. So now I like it much, much better. I still have to finish putting the books back on the two book shelves and also sort and organize the toys in to the new bins.

On Saturday the kids, the Scout Master and I, met my old college roommate at an Amish site. We walked around and chatted about our lives. We keep in touch but it was so nice to see her and meet her new husband. I had a really great time, though my crying baby girl and my overactive children may have given them some pause. Overall it was nice to see her again.

Today, the Scout Master spent all day at his job of finding a job. He has filled out 100's (I'm not even exaggerating here) applications and talked to at least that many people on the phone. He is working so hard and I see his frustration as the pressure of finding a job builds to our last severance check. It's like his hard work isn't paying off. But he is working very, very hard. It seems that finding a job is more work then working a job. He was out doing that and my mom, fresh off of her vacation to Ashville, North Carolina, came over to show us all her goodies and the kids and I oohed and ahhhed over the gems she got while panning there. It was nice to see her again.

So for not know what day it is today, it's been good. I was just wondering are you a morning person or a night owl like me?

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