Walking... YES....

I have decided that I am going to make myself go on a walk. I know this isn't a big thing but for me right now it is. This pregnancy has been a little harder than the others. I am sure it is due to being older and over weight. And I sure don't want to see the scales going up. It is very depressing to me. I have plenty of meat on this body to feed the baby. So maybe if I walk and try to stay away from the candy bars maybe I will do a little better. I am not a over eater I just sometimes or maybe all the times seem to eat the wrong things. So I have a goal of making good decisions on my eating starting today. This baby needs fruits and vegetables to make it strong and healthy right. Now let me say I have only gained around 4 pounds so far but the scales are still depressing me a lot. Maybe I should take sky's way of dieting and portion my food out. I probably would do so much better. Sorry to bore you all with my thoughts this morning. I think this is on my mind and I need to write it down so maybe I will stick to my decision. By the way the walk this morning was so nice. I only did a mile but it was a refreshing way to start my morning.

Good-bye baby, Hello big boy!

BABY BOY AND MOMMA


It seems like yesterday my baby was a baby. Not anymore he is now become superman the potty trained three year old. I miss those diaper changing days. Who would of ever thought that would be. I miss him wanting me to rock him. I miss him needing me for everything. Now he has Stormie and Elisha and they are who he needs most. He wants them all the time. He can't stand it if they go anywhere with out him. He will just bawl for them. Good bye baby and Hello big boy.. Momma loves you!


BIG BOY

Better!!!

One of the things that happened this week was a little road block. The people who are buying our house got a call from there lender telling them they couldn't give them the loan. Can you believe it, they were approved, already paid for a appraiser had there down ready to pay. They were devastated with the news. I was really surprised that I wasn't real upset. I told myself that the Lord had a plan and to leave it up to him. I told the lady not to worry and we would work things out. She started making some phone calls and had another lender tell her today that they would finance the house for her. GOOD NEWS!!! So we are going to still pray about things and leave it in the Lords hands. The move might be postponed a few weeks, the different things that has happened is leading us to feel this way. We still have some business that has come up that we have to take of. I think the devil is definitely trying to stop this move. But I felt like this was going to happen since the day we moved away 11 years ago. I just didn't know when and I am very excited about this new adventure. I will miss my family and friends but doing the Lords will is what is most important in life.

UUUGGGGHHHH

What in the world is going on lately? I know with out a shadow of doubt what we are supposed to be doing. But it seems like the devil is really working overtime right now.. This weekend has been quite the ordeal and today has been even worse. Things seem to be falling apart. I get things set in my mind on how things are going to go and then they fall apart. So if you guys don't mind we could use a few prayers right now. I am trying really hard not to let the devil get the best of me.. I really don't feel like posting all the details right now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL! (3)

I Can't believe it my baby is already three. Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday he was born. We didn't do a whole lot for his birthday this year. We went to my brothers and had cake and played with the kids. Then we let him open his presents at home with just us. It was so cute he was really into opening presents. My mom took him shopping for his present from her and he chose two snakes that he loves dearly. She got him a stuffed alligator that he is sleeping with at night and some other reptile thing. But all in all he enjoyed everything and today is his official birthday. Grandma Bosch and Aunt Chantel are coming down this morning so Grandma Bosch will take him shopping later. What a spoiled little man I have on my hands. But thats o.k. he's only little for a short time. I love you Samuel and Happy Birthday baby......


Samuel opening his presents....


Him and his snake that he loves...

So Much!

Can you believe it, it is almost time to get out of our house. And I still have so much to do. I am trying really hard to get school finished. We are working really hard at it. I am trying to get all of our business stuff together and ready. And I still have so much packing to do.. But the time is creeping up on me. And I am starting to feel the pressure. I had new tires put on Lee's trailer this week and he put a new thingy on the front. Not to sure what its called so I will call it a thingy... I got us a storage on monday so we have a place to put our stuff until we are ready to head out. So this week has been very productive but there is just so much to do, and if I get overwhelmed I seem to go blank. And I must admit every time I am pregnant I seem to lose brain cells. So I am trying really hard to be careful and do things right. But the Lord has been so good to me. I feel as if my strength has increased so much lately and that is such a blessing. I have been able to be out of the house all day long at times running errands and have still felt decent when I get home. So its time to go and start packing something....

Family Day

With the move coming so close, I decided that I wanted to spend some time with my family. So me and my mom planned on having a bbq with my brother and his family. My kids and Brians kids all have birthdays coming up so we wanted to let the kids spend some together. With Samuels birthday being around the corner (thursday) my mom made him a cake. It was so adorable, I think she does a very good job.


She put Samuels face on superman...it looked way to cool.


Here he is again on his cake.


Didn't she do a wonderful job.


Stormie and Heather so enjoy posing together.







After we had food, cake and ice cream the dads went to the back yard with the boys and played some flag football. They had so much fun!!!

Aquarium Time..

Last year me and Lee bought a aquarium pass and the time has gone by so fast that I just realized it was about to expire. So we decided we needed to take the kids one last time. So Sunday afternoon we meet Aunt Chantel and Uncle Dale and went to the aquarium. It was a nice relaxing afternoon and Samuel so loved seeing all the fish and different creatures that they have there. I took some pictures of the fun, so here it is....


This is a picture of the octopus who is usually in hiding. But they were cleaning is cage and feeding him so he came out of hiding. So I had to take a picture to show you all. Samuel was very interested in this thing.


Stormie is always striking a pose!


The kids looking at the otters.


Daddy and Samuel




We decided it was time to leave and we saw this fake alligator so decided to take a few pictures on our way out. Here are my kids being silly as usual....




Thank you Uncle Dale and Aunt Chantel for going with us. We had a really nice time.

We later went to visit Bro. Colin and Sis. Teresa and Stormie decided to play ball outside with some of the kids. By the way she had a blast. But she came in at one time with tears in her eyes and had a black eye. I personally thought it was very weird how good she was acting about it. If it would of been Elisha who did it she would of acted like she was dying. But no it was a friend and it was a accident so she was a big girl. So now I know she is over exaggerating when it comes to her brother. Nice to know.....Here is a picture of her and her new eye..

Busy Day!

Today was such a busy day for us. We woke up this morning and had so much to do on our list (mental list). More might of got accomplished if I would actually write things down. But hey that is Chantel's thing not mine. So off to the bank, Lowes, and then Lee had to work on a job for a few hours so we went with him. He is redoing a shower for a elder at our church so I like to go and visit with his wife.

She is such a sweet lady, she lost her eye sight about 6 years ago. So she depends on her husband for so much. She is such a good example to me of faith. She lost one of her sons to cancer right before her eye sight left, he was also such a good example of faith. I remember when we first moved here we would go over and visit this young brother and his wife. They were such a amazing couple, they were married and not to long later she was expecting. There baby didn't make it and he had to take care of her for awhile after the delivery. Not to long after that he fell and hurt himself. He suffered with this for quite awhile until he passed. But the example they were to so many is just amazing. I was visiting with his mom today and she told me that she had questioned God about how come things like her son dying and her losing her eye sight would happen to someone who has always been a good person. She said not to long later she got a prophesy that told her how she had asked this and he told her how his son had died on the cross to be an example. She said that she only mentioned it to her husband and how amazing it was that God heard her and told her he required her and her son to be an example. This sister and her husband are such an amazing couple who has been thru so much in life but still hold to faith.

After Lee finished laying the tile we headed out to get haircuts for the boys and Lee. They were looking pretty shaggy. I got so tickled at Samuel. He said he was getting a ( hair cup )... Kids say things in the cutest ways sometimes.

Our other child

This little dog is such a sweet little guy. I just love his little face, it is so angelic. I know have showed him before but hey he is one of our kids.

One down......

I woke up this morning and started my packing..... I feel like I accomplished a lot today. I only got 4 boxes packed but I went thru all my school stuff that I had out and organized it and packed it. Now I packed all the books stuff, since we did computer school this year we still are finishing that. One of my goals accomplished. Now it is time to tackle the kids closets. Hopefully I can start that tomorrow. We are still doing school and cleaning and cooking during all of this. So I can only do so much before I wipe out for the day. But it does feel good to at least get it started.

I have felt real good the last couple of days. A little tired but that is to be expected. I am getting so anxious for things to finally happen. Wow can you believe it we will be moved, hopefully before the end of May. We would like to take off around the middle of May if we can. So much to do still, to get ready for this move. I still need to finish the business stuff for us to start getting work once we move. I seem to get started on it and it takes up so much time that it is hard for me to get started again the next day. But I will get this done, I always do.

Packing time........

It is time to start packing again, I feel as if all I have done the past year is pack and move. I am hoping this will be the last time for a long while. This move will be more work but I feel like it is such a good move for me and Lee spiritually. I am looking forward to living in a small assembly again. I have always felt that the day would come that we would move back. It has been 11 years since we left and know it is time to return. It astonishes me when I think of all the things that I feel that the Lord showed me.

I have decided to start by packing the closets and the little things that we really don't need to keep out. So I am hoping to get that all done real soon. I talked to the title company yesterday and things are moving right along. The couple buying our house are shopping for the house, they came and looked at the windows to plan for curtains. They are very excited about the house and that does make me happy. I really wanted someone to buy the house who would love it and appreciate all the hard work we put into this house.

In other news I am also trying to get school rapped up for the year. My kids have had a really good year this year. I am astonished how easily multiplication came to Stormie. How Elisha has took off with his school. He does most of it with out my help, he is good about reading the information and understanding how to do it. This has been one of the easiest years for us, and I pray that next year will be the same. I did start school early last year which made it easier for us to take different times off when needed. I hope that I will be moved before the school convention out there. So ladies let me know, I would really like to go. I have Stormies school already but I need to decide what all I want to do for Elisha. He would like to do books this next year instead of computer. And since he is such a good reader and loves it with a passion I would like to do that for him.

I was so excited last night, I was lying on the couch relaxing and this little baby started moving so much. It actually shocked me a little. I have felt butterflies and little things like that but this felt like there was a fight going on. It did it twice and then stopped. I now it wasn't gas because I had some of that to and it was a total different feeling. There is no kicking yet but this was a real neat experience. It is always amazing to know that a baby is growing inside of you. When I get discouraged about being so tired I just tell myself that I am making a miracle inside of me and that is the most important thing right now. I feel so blessed that God has allowed me to carry another baby. And I am so excited to get to see this little one... I have really enjoyed being a mom and I think this is the best gift.

Blah Blah Blah..... My ramblings......

This pregnancy has been so exhausting for me this time. Not sure if it is because I am not 20 any more, had a miscarriage a few months ago, or just because I am over weight. It probably is a combination of all the above. I am just so happy when I have those days that I get things accomplished and don't lay in bed all day. I can slowly tell that I am feeling better every day. When we was at the taste of home show I couldn't even sit in the chair the whole time, I had to go sit on the floor or lean against the wall. I am only 3.5 months and I feel like I should be 6 months.



I was so glad that I got up this morning and got ready for church early. Since I haven't felt the best this pregnancy it is easy to talk myself out of going to church. I usually don't miss, but I am running around trying to get everyone ready because I get lazy and lay in bed trying to talk myself out of going. But this morning I woke up bright and early and got ready. We had such a good meeting today and I so needed it. I needed to hear some solid preaching and all those wonderful testimonies.

Taste of Home!

Me and a bunch of ladies went to the Taste of Home cooking show last night. It was so much fun, we learned lots of tips saw some yummy recipes. I can't wait to try some out. They gave us these nice little bags full of goodies when we walked in. I still need to go thru mine. I think there was around 17 of us in our group, and we won 7 prizes, I thought that was really neat. No I didn't win anything, but my mom and mother-in-law did. And my Aunt from California did so I thought that was real neat. I wish I could remember the some of the tips we learned... let me think.....

1. Spices get old, replace every 2 years.... I will during the packing...
2. Tear lettuce not cut
3. Cut brownies with plastic knife
4. When cooking a hen place on rack to add full flavor
5. Spray saran wrap with cooking spray while waiting for bread to rise, so it won't stick

Well this is the tips I remember, but I am sure Julie will remember more than me and she will probably post later so check her blog out later for more tips.


In other news I heard from the appraiser and he will be here on Monday morning so things are going smoothly. We just need to start packing and getting ready for this move. Its a little hard for me right now, we moved this time last year and was moving on Samuels birthday and it looks like the same situation this year. We have a birthday in April, May and June. Right in the middle of our big move across country.

He is done!

I believe Samuel is fully potty trained. We have gone several weeks with no accidents. He goes to the bathroom all by himself, I just have to watch him when he does # 2 because he doesn't know how to wipe. Ewwww...... I think this is one of the other things I disliked about potty training. They can make a huge mess if your not careful.. So far we haven't had any but I am just waiting. I am very proud of him. A light clicked in his head and he just took off...

Blank

Well I must say that I have a nothing to post about right know. Not sure but I think my mind is running full speed one week and the next week I can't think of a thing to post. So for now I will just not post until my brain starts working again.