Tea Party

Stormie was invited to a tea party this morning. So I decided that I would get up and go ahead and go instead of staying home today. I was in desperate need of a few groceries so why not go to town. Sis. Pam decided to put this little party on for some of the Dawson kids. And Teala and Rebecca asked Stormie to attend. The kids had a wonderful time. She actually used real tea cups and saucers I was so impressed, when Stormie was little we always used the plastic play stuff. But this family goes all out with there tea parties down to the little snacks at the table. They had the girls get dressed up and the boys dressed like cowboys. Thank you Sylvia for inviting us, it was a blast.






Teala, Stormie and Rebecca

Withdraws

What a morning! I have a caffeine addition that I am trying to break. Since I have been pregnant every time I drink a pop it makes me sick to my stomach. But if I don't drink one I get a real bad headache. So which do I chose, and I have noticed that diet pop makes it worse, so I went to regular pop. This morning I was out so I had none so guess what I was having withdraws. But I made it thru and I feel so much better.

We took some pictures of the outside of the house so I decided to post a picture for those of you who are interested in what it looks like. We have advertised on craigslist.org then go to Oklahoma and look in Tulsa or Stillwater under houses for sale.

EMOTIONAL

My poor family, what are they going to do with me. I seem to get so emotional when I am pregnant. I woke up this morning in a pretty good mood. I was feeling good and decided that I would watch a movie (no reservations) this is a clean, romantic movie. How could this movie set off my emotions. Well not to sure how it happened but it did. I don't do good with movies that make me cry, my emotions go crazy. Lee just called to talk and he could tell that my emotions were on edge. So of course he has to walk on pins and needles around me. I don't want to be this emotional, I can honestly see that its me not my family. But it is a hard thing to fight. So those of you who fight your emotions when your pregnant I am sorry. Hopefully our families will just understand and bare with us for a little while longer.

Siblings

Oh why am I having another child to listen to. My two older kids love to argue and tattle on each other. Lets say some of the things they try to get the other one in trouble for is so crazy. They do the same things. I really want my kids to love and cherish each other. I'm not saying they never do but this morning is crazy with arguments and disrespect for each other. I so need to find a way for them to get along more. When they were little we would make them hug. Maybe I should treat them like toddlers again.


My mom is over painting Stormies room for me. I am so excited to get this done. We have not had any calls on the house yet. But I am actually glad, I would like to finish some of the little things. Once her room is painted we can move the furniture back in. Then the last thing to do is have carpet put in my room. It makes me so sad to have such a nice house here and know we will get just a minimal amount of money for it. And once we move to Oregon we couldn't touch this house for less that 270,000 if we was lucky. We are only asking 105,000 for this house. We have put a new roof on it, new a/c unit, new kitchen cabinets with new appliances all included, newly remodeled bathrooms from top to bottom, jacuzzi tub in master bath, the master room is huge it fits a King bed with lots of extra room. There are 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. The windows are all newer with siding on the outside. We put new doors everywhere and the back door is new with the blinds built into the door. I wish someone would come along who would love this house as much as I do.

Sleeping all the time!

This was a very productive weekend for us in the house. I have had several little things that was driving me crazy and my husband has been wonderful about getting them done for me. The main things left to do in this house is paint Stormies room, put the furniture back in there. And order carpet for our room. I wasn't feeling the best on Sunday so I slept a lot of the day away. Sleeping seems to be a problem this pregnancy, I can't seem to get enough of it. I will work in the house for awhile then all the sudden I am so wore out I need a nap. What will I do if the house sells? So much to be done and I am useless most of the time.

I must also add that a lot of you are not posting or leaving comments on the blog. So ladies lets get busy. I love reading your blogs and reading your comments on my blog. So keep this lazy pregnant lady from getting to bored and get on your blogs.

Lessons Begin

Well Lee came home the other day with a surprise for the kids. He has decided it is time for them to learn to play the guitar. Stormie is loving it. She asks to play it all the time. So far she is doing real good, she is learning some finger positioning and to listen to what she is doing. Her fingers are a little sore but she is willing to work thru it. So I hope she stays with this.

My New Hair

Well I went a little bold this time. Not sure what my husband thinks about it. But I love it a lot, and I am very happy with my hair. I am sure that I won't get to keep to long, Lee is sorda partial to hair that looks natural. Not sure if you can tell I had blonde with highlights on the top half and black for the bottom half. Just something different for now.

Family Picture's

Since we new we were going to move we decided to spend Christmas with my dads family this past year. This was the first Christmas my grandma was going to have all her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids together in a long time. So I decided to post some pictures of our family. The only missing people were my dad and grandfather. But his kids made up for it with great grandkids. Me and brothers provide the majority of the kids here. The first picture is the whole family kids and all.






Grandma, kids, and grandkids.



Grandma, mom, me and my brothers with our kids.



My family!

House pictures are here!

Here it is I got my camera charged and down loaded some pictures of the living room and kitchen. I must brag Bro. Sam Beason did our cabinets and I think they are the focal point of our house. I love my kitchen and living room area of the house.

We Did IT!!!

The For Sale sign is out in the yard. So know it is time to start praying. We are still doing some work around here, but decided we have waited long enough. There's not much to do, just some little things. So hopefully we can get it done soon. I will post some pictures of everything as soon as my camera battery is charged.

Today has been a wonderful day for me. I have felt real good so far. The house is clean, laundry done, bread rising and even some banana bread in the oven. So thank you Lord for the strength today so far. Yesterday was such a bad day for me, so when Lee came home he decided that he was making a daily chart for my kids. They are loving it! He has every minute of the day planned out for them.

Stormie's List

7:30 am- 7:45 Brush teeth, make bed, clean room
7:45 am - 8:00 Sit-ups, push-ups, jumping jacks and stretches
8:00 am - 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 Shower, get dressed for the day
9:00 am - 10:00 School work
10:00 am -11:00 Chores for mom (dishes, dusting, dirty clothes, sweep, clean up after Samuel)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Reading in your room at least 30 minutes needs to be bible stories
12:00 - 12:30 lunch
12:30 -1:00 more school
1:30 - 2:00 free time in room (music, books or play)
2:00 -2:30 Snack (healthy only and water to drink)
2:30 -3:30 school work again
3:30 - 4:30 play with Samuel
4:30 - 4:45 clean Samuels room
4:45 Ask mom to help with dinner


Elisha's List

6:45 am - 7:00 Brush teeth, make bed, check Scooby's food and water
7:00 - 7:10 do your weights
7:10- 7:40 walk fast or jog on treadmill
7:40 - 8:30 am breakfast , shower and comb hair
8:30 - 10:00 school work
10:00-11:00 chores for mom (putting away laundry, clean bathroom, vacum and take out trash
11:00-12:00 Read in your room, 30 min bible
12:00-12:30 lunch
12;30-1:30 school work
1:30-2:00 treadmill
2:00-2:30 snack (healthy and water)
2:30-3:15 play with Samuel
3:15-3:30 clean Samuels room
3:30-4:30 school work
No more than 2 hrs of t.v. after 4:30 including video games

So far this has been wonderful they love to watch the clock and make sure things are getting done in the right time. So we will see it is the first day and things are always more fun at first. But I must say they have been doing there chores and school with no hassle from me. My house is clean and school has been getting done even faster than usual.

BLONDE

Well I am bored again with my hair. So I think I might go blonde. They say blondes have more fun and if I am having fun then Lee is having fun right. The problem is I am never satisfied for long. I love change, just wish I could change my body and be skinny again. But that is out of the question for a little while. I will just watch what I eat and pray I don't gain any weight this pregnancy. So far I am doing good, I have stayed the same since I found out I was pregnant. The only problem is I am only 9 weeks along. The morning sickness has been brutal this time for me. I find myself barely making it around some days. And I must say its not only mornings it anytime of the day. I have a wonderful husband who takes care of me. He even fixed dinner for the family tonight. It was very good, he made a meat loaf Mmmmm.... Thanks honey, I love you!

Stormie

My pretty little girl who gives me a run for my money. I was remembering when awhile back she got real sick and she gave us quite a scare. She was having real high fevers and it was making her go out of her mind. I remember crying and the thought of her being retarded scared me. I know that thru God she was made whole, and I need to be thankful for her personality.

Herb Garden

I thought I would show you all my herb garden. This little thing is really cool. We have enjoyed it. I did finally decide to put it up until we move though. My little garden had been revived twice already and I wasn't ready to start over with new herbs yet. But I will say it is a really neet thing to have.

Pictures of the house

This first picture is of the house before we tore the wall out. And if you look close you can see the ugly cabinets in the kitchen.
I need to take some pictures of the final outcome so maybe next time. Just wanted to post a preview of the house in progress.
I have some more pictures but I can't figure out how to make them smaller so they will fit on my blog. So maybe when Trina has the time I will have her help me. PLEASE!

Morning Sickness

I woke up this morning puking my guts out. Not a good feeling as most of you know. I have had some nausa the last few weeks but nothing like this morning. And of all mornings it would be when I have four extra kids. Thank goodness my mom was down the road to come to my rescue. And the kids were very good. So mom came and made breakfast while I staid near my best friend this morning (the toilet). Its now noon and I feel so much better. The kids have cleaned and done some school. So I think the rest of the day will be a lazy day.

My friend Silvia is on her way to her Aunts funeral and I have her four children. The kids are enjoying themselves so much. I woke up to them playing store with Stormies clothes and dressing up with them also. They assured me that they would be putting them up when they are done. So we will see.












I took some pictures of the kids this morning so I thought I would post some pictures of them.

A Beautiful Day

We had the most beautiful day today here in Oklahoma. The weather was in the 70's and 80's. As the morning was going by it hit me that we needed to go to the zoo. So I got on the phone and called a dear friend of mine and asked her to join me. We had the best time together. Just walking and visiting and letting the kids spend some time together. My friend Silvia means the world to me. And her kids are very special to my heart, they call me Aunt Cherrie and I love it. They always give me lots of hugs and this always touches my heart because we have such a special bond. The zoo really was not up to par but the company sure made up for it. Most things were shut down for the winter so we did a lot walking and letting the kids play.

How do I describe this wonderful friend of mine. She is kind and always speaks good of others. She is wise and has much patience with her kids. We got to know each other when she was pregnant with her youngest daughter and they stayed with us. I can't believe it has been almost been 5 years. I was thinking about how her family is so dear to me. Her mom is one of the best ladies I know. She has been a huge example to me in life. And when I think of a older sister in our church she is one of those who I think about. Someone to go to for advice, someone to look upon and see the good she does, and the example that she is for us to follow. I pray and hope that the Lord will help me be wise in my life decisions so I can be that good example that I see in these two sisters. Thank you Silvia for being such a good friend to me and sharing your mom with me from time to time.

Sadness was in the air today since Sis. Betha died. My heart was heavy for our loss but happy that she was in no more pain. I know it was a hard day for you Silvia and I thank you for going with me. I am so sorry for the family and there loss. We love all of you very much.

SUPER BOWL

We had a nice little super bowl party. My cousin Jeff and Stephanie came down from Texas to enjoy the fun with us. I am not into football at all. But I do enjoy making the food and getting together with good friends. Kevin and Michelle came to join the fun with the kids. And John and Molly came also. We had a real nice time visiting and eating all evening long. I so enjoyed seeing the little babies that Michelle and Molly have. They have the cutest little bundle of joys. Seeing them does get me a little excited about the new baby thats coming. I am finding it hard to get excited about this baby. I can't wait till I get to the half way point. So then maybe my excitement will hit me. Well the Giants won and the house has settled down and I am tired. So for know I will say good night.

Lost and Found

The other day I took my watch off by my bed. At least I thought I did. My days were busy and my mind goes at times. I all the suddenly realized that I haven't seen my watch for a few days. But were could it of gone. So the search began we were scouring the house to find this very important watch. Lee just bought it for me for Christmas. I then thought that putting it on my night stand is not a good idea since I have a two year old who could reach it. I began to get very depressed about loosing this item. I offered the kids a reward for who ever found it with hopes of it appearing. I was praying constantly, asking the Lord to just let me find it. I just knew that Samuel probably put it in the trash and the trash just ran the other day. I had thoughts of the trash man giving his wife my really nice watch that he found in the trash. That night in bed I kept thinking that I needed to look in Stormies purses. My little boy loves purses so maybe it will be in there. The next morning I was picking up the house and went into Stormies room and saw her purse so I looked inside and there it was my watch. My day has been so much better. Thank you God for bringing it back to me. Such a small thing to pray about but it was very important to me.