A Good Week!

Wow! What a good end of the week! Wesley had July 4th off and we had family over for a great cookout and fun for the afternoon and evening. The kids played, the grown-ups talked and played, we all ate & ate & ate, and then had a little fireworks show (to the sound of the big fireworks going on down the river)! My family is loud and crazy but I ABSOLUTELY love spending time with my family! We were missing a few people but it was still a good day and night!

Yesterday was not as a good but, not bad. Mr. Who did have to go to work and we missed him not being with us. We did have a good picnic outside with Gi-gi and Easton enjoyed his chicken! I got some things marked off my to-do-list for school (my dry-erase frames for my standards)! Still so much to do though.

Today Mr. Who worked really hard on the rest of the demolition of the deck and is ready to start the construction work! Woohoo! Can't wait to see how it turns out. Then this evening I got to spend some great time with my girlfriend Michelle!! Yes we were the 2 ladies at Logans who stayed from 5:30-10!! Although they probably hated us (most of you that have been in the restaurant business are probably cringing) our waitress was very patient and kind! It was a GREAT time and we got to do some much needed catching-up with each other! Now for a day with our with our brothers and sisters at PBC tomorrow! !

What Is a Mommy To Do?

It was a rainy day today!! And although I wish I could say my fun & creative Mommy juices were really flowing today...they weren't! Instead my Oh my goodness this messy "well-lived-in-house" is driving me crazy juices were flowing! 

So this is how our morning went. While I was trying to clean I had a very helpful 9 year old Who that was helping me clean while a wired/wanting to go outside 3 year old Who was getting stir crazy & a walk around with my arms in the air crying 1 year old Who  was following me around wanting his Mommy! So I cleaned & folded clothes then finally got Who Easton down for his morning nap. Then Who Tanner & I went into his TrAiN wReCk of a room and played a game to get it cleaned and luckily it worked! Although next time I think I might really try some SuperHero socks & cape or maybe a Ninja Turtle suit to help us get some motivation to tackle his mess! We shall see...

Well after lunch and a failed attempt to watch a movie I decided we needed to get out of the house (I needed to get out of the house). What better place for me to go to relieve some stress & get some items to finally start on my to do list for my classroom but....Hobby Lobby. Perfect! ! This would give us at least 45 minutes to nap (no, not me obviously). And YES, all of my little Whos took a nap on the way & woke up refreshed and ready to go to Mommy's favorite place! I know, maybe I should've taken them to the library or a fun indoor place for kids...but Hobby Lobby just sounded much more satisfying today. Besides we had driven by Hobby Lobby yesterday after bowling and it was calling my name...loudly!!

So now I am hoping to use some of the upcoming naptimes to check things off of my classroom to do list (one of those unattained "summmer resolutions"). Wish me luck!!

This is the day that the Lord has made!

Well got the privilege to go to PBC this morning & worship my Lord & Savior with my church family. I was wanting to try to do things differently this morning since I have started reading Parenting in the Pew. Didn't quite go exactly as I was hoping but did take some baby steps to implement some things I have found in the first few chapters.  God has really convicted me not only of how I am leading my children in Him but how I am personally worshipping Him! I thought I was reading the book to give me ideas & guidance in reference to my children but as God usually does, He has had several things in store for me and my personal walk with Him too through the book! Can't wait to see what else is in there.

We got a chance to go deeper into the well known story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. It was a very interesting sermon & Brian did a great job bringing it home in the end. I feel very blessed to be a part of a church family that has 2 pastors who speak God's truths!

Then tonight I got the opportunity to spend some time with some awesome kids leading our Wild Ministries group! It was fabulous to see them having fun with each other & learning God's word. Thank you Lord for giving me Your words and allowing me to work with your children! I can't wait to se what He has in store for me with them too!

Feeling very blessed today & looking forward to another day of summer with my Whos...after an early dentist appointment! :(

We love games!

Our Saturday started off at the church with some of our church family cleaning out and up!! My organization motivation was so strong after working at the church that I came home to do some in my own house. Gitra live that feeling!
I have had a 1 to 2 weekend project that has obviously taken more than my scheduled time. My goal is to re-do my laundry room (one of those "summer resolutions" that is slowing gaining speed!) I bought some white cabinets from the Habitat Restore (1 of my new favorites) to help me store my mess... because when I say laundry room I actually mean laundry room/craft storage/tastefully simple storage/ & any other random thing storage room. So I have painted half of the walls gray, had assistance from my dear Mr. Who hanging the cabinets on the wall a few weeks ago & FINALLY got some stuff loaded in the cabinets today!! (Yes I am taking baby steps!)
Oh yeah here is the best part while I was working inside Mr. Who was working outside...re-doing our deck to put a new hot-tub in! When I say new I mean new to the Who's because we had some generous friends give it to us!!
After our hard work we decided to have some well deserved fun by having a family game night with Marcia, Bobby, Mama, & John!!
Not to bad for a days work! Now time for bed to wake up in the morning & celebrate the Lords Day & worship my Savior with my church family!
(I will post pictures of projects when they are finished)

Great Expectations!

I am not really one for setting New Years Resolutions but this year towards the end of the school year I made a decision to set a few summer resolutions.  Well....it went about as good as any New Years Resolution usually goes. I failed miserably! !
We have had a busy summer to say the least and things haven't gone quite like I had planned or hoped to plan and as much as I would like to say today is the day it changes...I might as well just say today is the day life will keep going as it has.

One thing I planned on doing was keeping my blog up to date...as we can see that one didn't work!

I can say that although I haven't done it exactly the way I had hoped, one thing I had set out to do was spend more time with my kids doing things they enjoy. So we have had pool days, movie days, friends days, splash in the boro days, & beach days, a week of VBS, 2 softball tournaments, a wedding, & a weekend vacation to Jacksonville Beach !! We have also done some fun things at home too. Since I haven't kept this up to date I am going to add some pictures of a few activities with hopes that from now on I will fo better up dating! We shall see!!

Family Time

I am trying to get better about making my family & my time spent with them my number 1 priority as it should be. Although I too often fall short of this goal & end up very disappointed in myself. I posted on here a while back about making my time count with all of my Who's & while I have gotten better I am not where I want to be...still a work in progress! !

But tonight we did something quite abnormal for us. We went out to dinner & bowling (on a school night). I left dishes in the sink, folded clothes in the living room, unfolded clothes in the laundry room, & school stuff in my school bag. No...I am not nasty & neither is my house, but we aren't spotless either. I figure I would rather have a legacy of spending time with my Whos and having fun with them than a legacy of a woman with a clean house! Nothing could be better than watching Tanner Who bowl & say his typical Tanner sayings that crack us up, watching my big Who girl bowl some pretty spares, all while my baby Who tried to stand up by himself & clap for all of us. No amount of a clean house is worth missing times like those!

Thank You Lord for these precious times and please bless us with many more!

A Week of Firsts!

I have been one happy Mama this week!
Tuesday was my last Who's 1st birthday!  That's right my precious Easton is 1. Although it was a happy day & I loved watching him attack his smash cake face first at his party over the weekend...this Mama is a little sad to think this was the last 1st birthday we get to celebrate!
Our other first was Karlee's softball tournament.  Yes I was one PROUD Mama to see my girl playing some GREAT ball at 1st base & hitting like crazy! Her & her teamates came all the way through the losers bracket aft er losing their firat game to WIN the tournament!
I don't want to leave Tanner out so I will throw in some "Tannerism" from the week. One was "trust me Mama I didn't hurt him" he said as Easton screemed in his room. Another was "way to go Karlee way to go! Whoop whoop" which is what he sang the whole way home after one of Karlee's games!

I love my Whos!