Brain Fart....

What is wrong with me? My mind has completely quit working and I need to get busy with my blogs I am so far behind. I promise I will get you updated SOON :)

home made Christmas

This year we had all the kids draw a name and that is who they would be giving a gift to. There was only one condition, it had to be homemade by them and not a bought gift from the store. In my mind I was thinking of them making a cute little paper craft or painting a picture, no big deal. So we started thinking of ideas of what they would do and they kept getting into bigger projects. I was so excited by their enthusiasm to make a gift for one of their siblings that I was willing to help them with whatever it was they wanted to do. I owe a HUGE thank you to my neighbor Michelle for letting us borrow her sewing machine so we could work on these projects. They all did such a beautiful job on them and to see their faces when they opened the present was such a wonderful thing. They were all so grateful for how much work their sister had put into making something for them. I think this will be a tradition we continue to do.

Katie tied a fleece blanket for Morgan


Morgan sewed an apron for Lacey


Tyece knitted a hat and scarf for Katie and sewed a rice pack for her


Ashley tied a fleece blanket for Beckham


Lacey tied a flannel blanket for Ty


Mikaiah helped sew and cut a blanket for Ashley


Beckham (me) sewed an apron for Kia

What kids do while you are gone.......

I know I'm really far behind with posting but this one couldn't wait. I promise I will get caught up later. Yesterday we went on a date for my birthday and left Morgan to babysit. When we got home everything was great, the kids were all ready for bed and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But do you ever wonder what really goes on during the 3 hours that your gone? When you have a bunch of drama queens and a video recorder on a cell phone it leaves some proof of what really goes on and leaves a good laugh for the parents before they go to bed.

The girl that may look unfamiliar is Morgan's friend Lina, a little Russian girl that has been staying with us. There are quite a few more videos that I will try to post as soon as I get my hands on Morgan's phone ;o)

Let It Snow......

I am so excited for all this snow!!!! my girls were being so lazy sitting inside the house because it was cold outside and I had to go shovel our driveway because we had up to 3 feet of snow in some spots. Jeff had been pulled out by our neighbor 3 different times (thanks joey) and I was pretty sure he was tired of it. So, I told my girls they weren't going to sit around and I wanted them to get their snow clothes on and come outside. They weren't very happy about it but within minutes they were having a blast. We tried to build a snowman but the snow wouldn't pack very good so they moved onto the next. They made our road into a ski hill since the plows hadn't been by and there was plenty of snow on it..... They went and got mine and Jeff's ski equipment and started going down the hill. It was so fun to watch them and see them having such a good time. We live on a pretty good hill and I was impressed how they could walk back up carrying the skis and walk in those boots......... They were pretty sore the next day.

2 down 1 to go....

I did Mikaiah's class Christmas party last week and have the Valentine's one left. I was scheduled to work on that Friday so I figured I would get everything ready for it and just get enough parent volunteers to go help that I wouldn't need to be there

Well.......... I call this entire page of people who have signed up to help with parties and get ONE parent that says she will be willing to help. Why do people sign up to help with thing if they really aren't going to follow through with it.

I guess it's one of those things that makes you believe you are a good parent if you do. So, luckily I have a really good boss and he let me take the time off long enough to go throw a 2nd grade Christmas party. It all went really good and I wasn't too stressed out but I am SOOOOO thankful it's over and I only have one party to go.

Why do I let myself get too busy?

Yesterday morning Mikaiah and Ty came upstairs and said that Mikaiah had had that "funny" taste two times which means she is having a seizure. Ty said she got into bed with her and she held her until she felt like going upstairs. Instantly I think of the day before and realize I never gave her medicine to her. The morning before, I had picked up my girls from their dad's and her step mom had called me during the day because she had forgot to give her the morning dose before I picked her up. So, of course I say I will go ahead and give it to her but for some reason or another I'm caught up in doing all the other things I need to do and completely forgot about it then I put her to bed without giving her evening dose. WOW!!! I'm feeling like mother of the year. I gave her a dose of medicine and within an hour and a half she had 5 seizures but then the medicine kicked in and she did much better. In all 3 1/2 years of her having those I have not forgotten her medicine for an entire day and it makes me feel so bad. She gets so confused when it starts to happen. First she starts to complain about the funny taste and her belly and head start to hurt, then her pupils get so big that her eyes almost look black and she goes into her siezure. I always try to talk to her about it because I want her to feel safe and to know that we are there and will always take care of her. She is getting better with describing it to me at first she was so confused and would tell me her mouth tasted like celery and now it's like "eating fizzy go-gurts" she use to get really scared because she felt like she was all alone during them but now she tells me it feels like she is having a dream. For a long time we didn't let her know that she was having siezures when she felt that way because she is quite the drama queen and we didn't want her to use that as an excuse to get out of things but when it started happening more often over the summer we talked to her about it and it has been nice for her to be able to tell us she is going to have one and to talk to her about it afterwards. I just couldn't even imagine how frightening that would be and just breaks my heart that she even has to deal with that and have no answers to know if this is something she will have to deal with the rest of her life. Yesterday when I was giving her her medicine she asked me, "will I have to take this when I'm a mom?" The only answer I had for her was, possibly. With as hard as her medical issues have been to deal with I feel incredibly blessed that she recovered with such minimal problems. She may be the craziness in my life but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm hoping this is a lesson for me and I will remember to take care of the important things first during my days and not get so caught up with the things that can wait.