Fun Times

This has been a great week! The kids had their Easter parties at school last week. My grandma was able to come visit for Easter and stay about a week. Easter Sunday was great...well, except the Razorback game...but, we won't talk about that! Then, I took off this Tuesday and my sister, grandma and I took the boys to a little park by the house. It was so windy we were able to fly kites, thanks to Aunt Kim! This weekend Bill and Josh are camping so I am hoping to be able to finish a few projects...I am not going to say what though cause I don't want to have to show anyone if it turns out terrible! Here are some pics of the boys from the last few days...

From Josh's Easter Party...

Dyeing eggs

Easter morning

Hunting eggs on Easter

Flying kites

SNOW DAY

Finally! A SNOW DAY!!! I know...you would think I am a kid. Well, when it comes to snow, I might as well be. As I have written about, I felt really bad Tuesday when I had to send the kids to school without getting to play in the snow. Being March, I was afraid that we lost our chance on snow. So, I was excited when I heard there was a chance of snow for Friday. So, Thursday night, I went and got stuff for breakfast, stuff to play in the snow, etc. Thursday night we were watching t.v. and saw that Josh's school was cancelled Friday, which made me more excited cause I knew we wouldn't have to wake up early and check the news. I was like a kid at Christmas...I think at one point I even hummed the tune of 'Snow' (the song on Bing Crosby's White Christmas...you know...the one that goes...'I'll soon be there with snow; I'll wash my hair with snow...Go to sleep and dream of snow.'--I swear, I am not crazy!) I even woke up during the night to check for snow. 3 am--no snow 7:30 am--no snow 10:00 am--no snow and then finally 11:00 it started snowing (just as Bill had to leave for work), but the good news was it didn't stop until around dinnertime. We played in the snow several times on Friday and there was still enough left on Saturday morning that we got to go back outside with daddy and play in it some more. It really was a great weekend! Of course, I took plenty of pictures and will share some of them with you.






This weekend we also started a little project. I found the most fabulous thing at Target the other day...it was this wall decal thingy that basically rubs onto the wall and looks like stenciling. The thought is to put it on the wall in the hallway and put pictures of the family all around it in black frames. It says (in gold lettering), "We do not remember days, we remember moments," and in black lettering, it has a big Moments in a scripty font. I thought I had screwed it up because on the picture it has the black lettering 'Moments' under the gold lettering quote. Thanks to my crafty friend Julie...she said that it works just as well the other way. So, this is where we got this weekend...

I'll have to try to do the rest this week.
We also had our church volleyball tournament. It was a lot of fun. My team won!!!!! I never thought I would be this sore after just five games of volleyball...but, I am!!! Sad, but true!
I guess that is all for now. I think I have posted enough pictures here to last for awhile!

Rascal Flatts, Sunshine, Snow and more Snow

So much to say!!! This past Saturday my good friend Laura invited me to the Rascal Flatts concert in Little Rock. The show was great! I must admit, I really don't have anything to compare it to...before this one, my most recent concert was in high school. The thing I think I learned the most is how old I am getting. I know...I know...it shouldn't be a big surprise. I am telling you though...it hit 10:30 and I was TIRED! We really did have a good time, I am really glad she asked me to go with her!

O.k. besides that...it also was really pretty this weekend. Bill and I took some photos of the kiddos enjoying the weather Sunday...

And, then on Tuesday, it snowed...

We also watched the Razorbacks...lose...again, but Caleb was cute!

Well, this post is ridiculously long...so I'll end it for now. It is supposed to snow again tonight in the area. I hope it does!!! Josh's school has already announced they are closed tomorrow so hopefully we will have a fun day playing in the snow!

My Dad...the Poet?

I always knew my dad liked to write when he was younger, but I didn't know that he was good! Yesterday, I was going through some old pictures trying to find ones of me as a baby. (Being the 2nd child, this was more difficult than it sounds.) And, there in the picture box was an old bulletin from my Grandma Holland's church. The date on it was August 6, 1967 and inside there was a poem written by my dad. Here is what it says...

My Buddies, My God, and Me

(Written while on a boat near Vietnam)

There I was on open deck

Cold chills running up and down my neck

The PT boats were coming fast;

This sea fight might be out last.

My 50 calibre machine gun at the ready,

I looked at my hands, not too steady;

I was scared, I must confess;

I prayed, "O God, get us out of this mess."

Then all at once I knew no fear

Because I knew that God was near;

The enemy boats, they numbered three,

But there was my buddies, my God and me.

The order came for us to shoot;

We gave it all we had--and some to boot.

The battle raged for a little while,

Then ceased, and on my face broke a little smile

No enemy boats were on the sea--

Because there was my buddies, my God, and me.

I did finally find a picture of me...not near as interesting as the poem, but I'll post it anyway. Lots of people say that Caleb looks like Bill....some say he looks like me. See what you think after looking at the pictures below...

Me

Caleb--obviously

Bill

Valentine's Day and other stuff

I have no pictures to prove it, but my husband gave me the prettiest flowers for Valentine's Day. Since he works at night, he also took me to lunch. It was much easier to get a table for lunch on Valentine's Day than for dinner! After lunch, I took the rest of the day off to go to Josh's Valentine's party at school. I still can't believe he is in 'big' school. Let's see.......what else has happened...
Josh is playing t-ball again this year...with one major difference. This year he is playing in the league that actually keeps score and is competitive. They had try-outs Saturday...and I was definitely more nervous for him than he was for himself. He was smiling the whole time--And, he did AWESOME!!! We haven't found out which team he will be on yet, but we should soon because they start practice in March.
I am really struggling with my attitude at work lately. I think it is just the time of year maybe. Well, that is what I am hoping anyway. I am trying to be better at making my mind up to control my mood and not let myself get in a bad mood, but it seems that I am as good at that as I am at controlling my diet (which is not very good).
I guess that is all for now...I'll try to post some pictures later (cause I know that is the only real reason anyone would read this blog!!!).

One blog a month...not too shabby :-)

Hmmmm...been a long time since I blogged last. So much is going on right now it is crazy. Bill took a new job in January. He is now working as a Dock Supervisor for Saia Motor Freight. It is quite a few more hours than his old job, but it is back in the Transportation industry and it is a supervisor position. Lets see....what else....Oh yeah, Josh is getting ready to start baseball again. We are actually playing in the competitive league this year so we have to do tryouts and all that jazz. Tryouts are this Saturday and I am already trying to prepare myself. When I was growing up, I loved competition and enjoyed any chance I got to prove that I was as good, if not better than the next person. I have a feeling that when it is my kid out there being judged against other kids I may not handle it as well. I just hope he has fun...I want him to enjoy playing sports as much as I did. This last weekend we were able to go to Fayetteville with my family and watch a Razorback basketball game. We were also able to take the kids by my mom's name. For those of you that don't know, the University of Arkansas has a tradition of imprinting the names of everyone in each of their graduating classes onto the sidewalks of the campus. Well, my mom is to the right of the new student union, just below the grate in the sidewalk! The kids got a kick out of it. Here are some pictures to catch everyone up...

Finally....the pictures

This has been a crazy week. I have been sick since before Christmas. Well, I finally decided to go to the doctor Wednesday to see if I could get some medication. And, boy did I get my wish. Not only did I get a shot in the office, I was prescribed a steroid, an antibiotic and some cough syrup that has codeine in it. Let me tell you...that stuff is powerful. I took it the first night and then woke up after being asleep for about two hours and thought I heard my cats getting into something in the kitchen. So, I went to the bedroom door to listen to see if I could tell what they were getting into. I didn't hear anything so I turned to go back to bed. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw one of the cats by the window in our room, so I walked over and, of course, there was no cat! I worked from home yesterday and when I called to make sure that was o.k., I told my manager about the cat incident. I forgot to mention that we actually do have cats and that I didn't just imagine random cats in my bedroom. When I came in to work this morning, I found little cut out pictures of cats all over my cube. On my monitor, shelf, keyboard, pencil holder, in my desk drawer...EVERYWHERE. It was hilarious!!!
Well, as promised, here are some pictures from Christmas...

Caleb looks funny in this one...i think i must have snapped this at the end of the word 'cheese'...

This was after Caleb's Christmas program...both the boys were sick of me taking photos...

The boys in their Sunday best.

Christmas morning. Caleb was not yet fully awake!

Enjoying their some of their loot...

The pirate hat was not a Christmas gift, but Caleb insisted on wearing it while riding outside!