Here we are....

I had great intentions of writing in this blog...I had great visions of what it could be. I truly wanted to write all of our life's components....from the beginning till forever. Quickly life got busy, unpredictable, unimaginable, I just didn't do it.

I think the reason might be that I felt too overwhelmed with my HUGE undertaking. Imagine that. Sooooo............I'm going to try this. No back story...no playing catch-up. Here we are. Meet us now. This is us today.

Tonight we went to the movies. My kids LOVE the movies. I really think they just love the popcorn...but hey...the movie helps some. We went to see the new Dragon movie (How to train your dragon) in 3D. I was pleasantly surprised. After a long week we felt an itching to get out as a family tonight. At 7pm we decided to head out to the 7:45pm showing. Josh and I got the kids in jammies and out to the car in record time and we were at the theatre by 7:20. Not bad huh? Noah LOVED it. I feel a new obsession coming on....on the way home he asked (before he fell asleep) if tomorrow I could get him "a lot of paper" for all the dragons he was going to draw. Adalyn did not like the 3D glasses and opted not to wear them as usual. The movie kept her interest some. She made some loud comments here and there and mostly just enjoyed being out with the family. My favorite part about movie night is that we're out late and the kids fall asleep on the way home eliminating "day 2" (this is the part of the day when it's time for the WHOLE bedtime routine, bath, stories, pick up, song ......and it seems to take so much energy that I have decided it really is another day in its self).

As I was getting ready to lay Addy in bed I saw a few strange figures tucked under the blankets. On closer examination they were small Disney Princess figurines. Her latest obsession.

The other day I caught her putting some of her princesses in bed for a 'time out nap'. She explained that those princesses were hitting the other princesses and needed to "take a nap". Her other thing right now is the word "dang". She has picked this up from her older brother and it's so unexpected out of such a little girl that it's funny. I'm not sure if I'm going to tackle this one or not. It makes me laugh.

Noah is Noah. There is no other explanation than that. His name actually means "rest" but we were REALLY off with that. Wishful thinking I gather. He LOVES to play outside with friends in the neighborhood. There is a green space behind our house and that's where they all hang out. The kids climb the trees and look for bugs and all that jazz. It's a kids world back there and they love it. He also is really in love with video games. If I'm not careful he could turn out to be a real junkie. We have to hide the DS Nintendo system from him. However, there have been times that he'll find it and sneak away with it. He learned a great lesson this week about sneaking things. Apparently a few days ago he took the DS to a friends house and outside to play without permission. Needless to say the DS was misplaced and MIA for a while until the truth came out in tears that it really could be anywhere. We explained that while we would help him find it, we would not replace it if it was gone for good.

More tears.

Very thorough search.

Found DS.

DS now REALLY put away.

I think every kid gets this lesson at one point in their life. Don't you?

Noah's also playing baseball this spring. Josh LOVES that. Just getting all the gear was a big deal for the proud papa. Fortunately Noah is just as into it. As a mom I think he's cute in his uniform. We'll have to see how the season plays out, but so far so good. As long as Noah's busy the whole family is happier.

Keeping him busy will be my big challenge this week. It's Spring Break. Bring it on! I think. Wish me luck.

I LOVE COUPONS!!

I've always been skeptical of the coupon thing. How is saving 10cents on a $2.00 product worth all the cutting and prepping of the weekly paper.....well guess what....IT ADDS UP!!
I've been doing this for at least a year and am really perfecting the art and game of it all. Today for instance I set out to save and bought a HUGE, HEAPING, SPILLING OVER cart of two weeks worth of food for only $170. Now some of you might think "big deal"...well here's the big deal....I saved $130 in coupons! hahahaha I love it! It's my own personal triumph! It's a total game to me. I find some odd pleasure in it. Now my 4 ft long receipt is hanging along the kid's crafts on the fridge as my own personal work of art. How's that for finding joy in the little moments?

It's been a long time!

It's been a really long time and a ton has happened since then. Right after that last post I found my life upheavelled and many unplanned and surprising things came marching into my life....suffice it to say that I'm learning, moving forward and really truly focussing on raising my own family in a way pleasing unto the Lord. I'm not one to dwell on the past or stand still for too long, so I'll do as I always seem to do and use today and move forward.

Josh and I had a wonderful time away this week. We went to the coast with his managment team from work. I got to spend a day completely alone in a hotel room while he was in meetings. At first this worried me...I'm not ever alone...but bought a book, some magazines, brought my workout gear and decided to give it a shot! It was fantastic! I ran and did some strength training in the morning and then had a long hot shower lunch and a nap!!! I did some reading too, but really enjoyed it all. The next day was spent with my hubby however, and we had a great time. It was nice to just do as we wanted when we wanted and really concentrate on each other. We ate lunch at a restaurant we both used to work at back in Idaho and talked about old memories and stories from our first years of marriage. We then went to see a movie in the afternoon. As we were driving to the mall for some shopping (our daughter's 2nd birthday is on Sunday) we got caught in traffic....well it was an odd time for traffic and we thought we'd check the Trailblazer's NBA schedule....sure enough there was a game that night....so we took the next exit and decided to get scalper tickets!! We LOVE Blazer games! We had a blast! To top the night off, on the way home we went to see another movie...just because we could....thanks mom for watching the kiddos! We love to be spontanious when we can. It makes things a lot more fun.
The funny part was getting home at 2am and realizing the furnace was out and the heat was not working! Back to reality so quickly...and tomorrow morning we add the kids to the mix again....
Oh well....it was fun while it lasted.

Sooner or Later...

So...anyone who knows, seen or taught my little boy Noah knows that it's been a challenge to raise such a boy. I love him dearly and he has some FANTASTIC little qualities but he will definitely try you....Take today for example...

I knew that it was only a matter of time that the poor little guy would have some major major meltdown at school and show the teacher what she was really in for. We lasted 3 days without an issue...but on the 4th....I was in the carpool line ready to pick Noah up when the teacher escorted Noah to the car...big red flag...then she began with "Noah is soooo intelligent and is an amazingly clever little guy"...I love it when they try to butter you up like that... "and I now see what you were trying say a couple of days ago"...to be fair I always forewarn..."but today we had"...wait for it...not 1, not 2 but "3 major meltdowns!"...I guess he was trying to make up for those last 3 days! Apparently there was an issue with not wanting to go outside, then not wanting to go inside, and playing with his food and bugging the kid beside him at snack time...resulting in losing his snack which brought on the meltdown. Oh what will I do with that boy?!?!

So the teacher and I discussed that he was probably trying to test her and see what he could get away with with her. We also discussed his cleverness and that he's smarter than he looks.
I guess we'll see how the next few weeks go. Poor Mrs. Schmeltzer...she ain't seen nothing yet!

I just wanted to end by saying....THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all you teachers out there that have my precious little boy in one of your classes. I know it's not easy now....but Josh and I bring ourselves through this part of his life by saying to ourselves...there's got to be something big in the horizon for this kid...we've just got to guide and watch and pray because with his personality there has got to be SOMETHING! please? And I'm sure it will be fun to watch unfold...If we can only just survive it! hahahaha

Here We Go.....

Well I did it. It's time to "follow the prophet" and start record keeping....kind of...hahaha.
So, no one told me that my life would change dramatically when Noah started school. I don't know how I feel about not having a flexible schedule anymore...actually I do...I don't like it. But Noah does and is thriving...and it's all about them right? So from now until Noah leaves the house we're officially scheduled.