TIRED

We have decided to get serious and get our house in Drumright going. And of course we would do this right before we go on vacation. So the past two days I have been going down to the house and doing some clean up. I took Elisha with me to do some work and some of the boys from our church to help. Thanks Austin, Brandon and Mathew you did awesome. My poor Elisha, he has so much to learn when it comes to work. I believe we have spoiled him terribly bad. He does a good job most of the time but the poor kid can not handle the heat. We don't have AC at the house yet so we just have fans blowing to help keep us a little cooler. Everytime I turned around he was standing in front of the fan doing some kind of funny. This child makes me laugh and mad at the same time. I was paying him to work not play. So I have decided that we really need to work on him when it comes to working. I want him to have good work values. I want to convince him it is his job to support a family someday not his wifes job. He is only ten so hopefully by the time he is ready to move out and get married we will of taught him this. We have the kitchen, living room, dining room and three of the bedrooms cleaned out. The master room and bath will be last. It is tuesday night and we are so tired. But I just wanted to let you guys know we was up to.

Lazy Sunday

It is Sunday afternoon and I feel so lazy today. I woke up this morning and debated on going to church. My little two year old has been pushing me to my limits. I think he is teething again, so he is quit emotional at times. He wants something so I give it to him then he decided he doesn't want it. So it is a never ending emotional battle with him. Yesterday morning he wouldn't stop crying and screaming at me. Then a friend called and asked if I wanted to go to lunch. So I thought I would to get him out to see if it would help his mood. It did help get his mind off things a little. But it was a emotional day and I knew that he was starting this morning off in the same mood. I decided to go ahead and go to church this morning but he was quit emotional again. And I spent a good part of the time in the cry room with him crying. I would of took him for a ride in the van but I left my purse and shoes at the front of the church. And the church was very full so I wasn't going to go and get them. He was finally given some candy and that soothed him so I could go and sit back down. So after church we decided to go home and have a lazy day at home. This child of mine can wear me out and make me feel like a emotional basket case at times.

It is just a few more days before we get to go on our vacation. I am so excited to go and get away. I am glad that we will have some time as a family and hopefully we can relax a bit. Lee has been having a lot of back trouble lately so I hope that this will give his back some time to heal. Trina just 6 more days. YIPEEEE

Date Night

It was friday night and we decided to have a date night. I had so much fun, my husband actually took me to the mall to shop...yippiiiee That is one for the books. Well actually we have our trip coming up in just a week ( how the time has flown by) and Lee was in desperate need of some new clothes. I refuse to by him something unless he is there with me. Everytime I buy with out him there he doesn't like it. So off we went to the mall on a shopping spree. He got new clothes and of course I did to. Heheheeh...... why not. He then decided he wanted new shoes so I let him get 2 pairs and I got 3 pairs. I really enjoy spending time with my husband and what better way than shopping. We ate dinner in the mall instead of going to a restaurant. Saved a little there, right. After the shopping was over we decided to go to a movie. We have been wanting to see Chuck and Larry so thats what we saw. A funny movie but there was lots about the movie I didn't approve of. The language was horrible for starters and much much much more. So I really don't recomend this movie. I wish they could come out with some funny movies that were clean. But all in all I enjoyed my evening with my husband he is the man of my dreams. Thank you hunny for spoiling me and I love you so much.

WORKING ON ME

I am at a point in my life where I would like to improve myself. I want to be a good wife, mother, and servant to the Lord. It seems as though everytime I decide that this is what I want to do. The old devil works harder with me. I catch myself being testy with my kids and husband. I decided to take Trina's advice and read "Created to be his Help Meet". So far I really am enjoying this book. I love how she gives the scriptures to back up what she is saying. I love the story of the "One Ugly Hillbilly". She is so right that a smile on your face makes all the difference in how someone feels about you. You can be dog ugly, but if you wear a smile it makes you so much more attractive. I would like to be the woman who is always smiling, even when I am not happy. No body else should have to deal with my mood swings. So from know on if you see me with a frown please let me know. Please God help me to be a better Help Meet for my husband. I do not want to end up as one of those old crabby ladies who chased her husband away because I was selfish. I want to tend to my husbands needs because thats what I want to do and because thats what the Lord has given me to do.

I have seen so many of my failings lately. Lets just say that I seem to change all the time. I used to cook dinner every night. Then somewhere down the road life got busy and we seemed to eat out all the time. This is not a good thing it is heavy on the pocket book and you just seem to get lazy. I don't even want to know how much it costs us when I don't fix a meal at home. Hmmm we have a family of five and we were eating out about twice a day. Mmmm not a pretty picture. So I am trying to do more cooking at home. So far I have made dinner 4 times this week. Yaa Whooo.... for me. It is friday and we decided to get a babysitter and go out alone tonight. Well at least no kids. So I will fix the kids something at home and we will go out. But hey don't I need to celebrate a little.

Get Serious Cherrie

It is time to get serious about a few things in my life. I decided to start doing school early this year. Mostly because we are such a busy family. And I know there will be times that I lack in it. Well I started lacking, already. We are about 3 weeks behind and this is driving me nuts. So I told my kids that they are grounded from the t.v. till we get things caught up. It seems that the time just flies by so easily. Its not the kids fault that we are behind but mine because I haven't been consistent with them. Sometimes its just easier to let them do something else. That doesn't need my attention. My goal is to get things in my house flowing like I would like them. And I will start with the school. So here we go........Get in gear Cherrie your kids are depending on you to teach them.

Water Fun

Me and a few friends decided that we wanted to go to the water park today. This was a last of the minute thing that we decided on sunday night at 10:00. We got up and around by 10:00 in the morning to go. This water park is a hour away so we wanted to get there when it opened. We have a new sister who has moved here in the last few months. We was hoping that this would be a way to get to know her better. She is a single mom of four, and from what I can tell she is very sweet. I took some pictures of the park. So I will post them for everyone to see. Our trip got cut short but that was o.k. with me. Sis Ambers little girl got hurt she somehow hit her head and puntured it. Not a pretty sight. So her mom took her to the first aid to patch her up. We decided that it was time to go after that. But the kids did have a great time. And the little girl was awesome. She was a brave little girl. I will post a few pictures know.







We stayed at the part for about two hours but I think the older kids could of stayed all day. They had this thing called a lazy river we loved it. They gave you a tube and the water would push you in a circle. The kids loved this, they had two big water slides for the kids. And a obstacle course for the older kids to do. It was a very relaxing day and God had a lot of mercy on us. Ambers daughter was o.k. and it could of turned out so bad. Thank you God for watching over us all the time.

TIME IS COMING SOON

Fridays seem to be such a busy day for me. It is the day I spend all day in town running errands for my husband. Usually picking up checks and dropping checks off. I always have so much that I want to do and I always don't have the time to do it all. But I will eventually find the time, I always do. Well tomorrow is Saturday and I have lots planned again. Our house in Drumright is so embarrassing the yard needs mowed so bad. The problem is that the house is on the main road for the whole world to see. We don't live close enough to just get over there real quick or anything. And I haven't been ables to find anyone who wants to mow it. So hopefully I will get to mow tomorrow.

I was looking at the calender yesterday and I got so excited. We have a trip planned to Portland, OR. coming up in August. And I realized that it is just two weeks away. This is where me and Lee started our life together and where we buried our first born. So as you can tell it is a very special place for me. I will get to spend time with Dennis and Trina who mean the world to me. They gave me a place to stay when I first came to Oregon. They sang in my wedding and she was in my wedding, and her dad married us. So as you can tell they are very important to me. And I am looking forward to spending some time together. I was remembering a post that Trina wrote awhile back about how to be a good guest. So I think I will read it again so that I do things right. lol...hehehe....

I am wanting to go to the coast were me and Lee went for our honeymoon. I am looking forward to having so many wonderful memories flooding my mind. It is weird how living in a place for such a short time still feels like home to me. I am hoping that God will bless us on this trip. We would like to get to visit with several different ones who have made a difference in our lives in some way or another. We booked our trip about a month ago and the time has gone by so fast. So ready or not Trina here we come.