Monday, April 25, 2011

He is Risen

 
 
Jesus has Risen!  And I am so thankful for that!!!
 
 
I worked yesterday, but I did get to enjoy some family time before I started work at 11 a.m.  We had a treasure hunt with Zander yesterday morning.  And then we tag teamed and got the kids ready for church with baths and everything.  Then we took a few family photos, before I changed into my scrubs and then raced off to work. 
 
Sophia right after her bath
 
 
 
Brian took the kids to church and then over to his parents to celebrate Easter with his brothers and their families.  They had a little Easter Egg hunt for the kids over there.  Brian even brought a plate full of food to the hospital for me because I couldn't celebrate with everyone else.  That was very nice of him.   

Friday, April 8, 2011

Fun at Bellaboo's

I went to Bellaboo's today with my kiddos, my 2 nieces, my nephew, and my mom. Bellaboo's is a children's museum/play adventure place. The kids had a blast. It was fun to watch them having so much fun. After arriving back at my mom's house, my niece Julia asked my mom "can we go back tomorrow."


Here are some pictures from our day.



My nieces and nephew, Julia, Tyler, and Alyssa



Alyssa jumping in the ball pit!





Julia



The Firetruck cookies they made.



Instead of picking up the cookie to eat it, Zander decides to leave it on the counter and bite from there.




Tyler



My sweet little giraffe, Sophia!



The picture above looks really weird, and makes Sophia look fatter than she is. She has the seat belt from the stroller on underneath her dress. She is such a skinny thing, but it doesn't matter to her or us either way. I just wanted to bring clarity to this picture.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Not how I planned my day!

Do you ever plan your day out in your mind, but in actuality it goes nothing like you planned?  That is exactly how my day went.  I am not complaining, I had a wonderful day, but it was nothing like I wanted it to go.  I am a planner and a list maker.  I love 'to do lists'.  And yesterday I made a very long and detailed 'to do list'.   And only a few things were checked off my 'to do list.'  I was woken up around 6:45 a.m. this morning by Sophia, my daughter, and as I was feeding her I heard a knock on the door.  As I walked out of my room wondering who would possibly be at my door this early in the morning, I glanced in the direction of my kitchen window, and my little sister was peering in my window.  She scared me half to death.  She came over because she was already bored.  She is a teacher and is on Spring Break.  It is beyond my understanding why she does not sleep in and enjoy this time, but instead she had been up for 2 hours and decided to come hang out at my house.  I love having her so close, she only lives 5 minutes away.  While we were hanging out my niece Alyssa called me and asked if I could come with the kids to visit her and her siblings.  My nieces and nephew are also on Spring break and are staying with my parents for the week.  I agreed to go hang out there for the morning.  So I got the kids going and loaded in the car with everything, and headed with my sister to my parent's house.  We hung out with my nieces and nephews for the morning and around 12:45 p.m. we headed back home.  Zander is loving that his cousins are in visiting from Fort Wayne, because he is having so much fun with them.  My mom and I are taking all the kids to Bellaboos on Friday, a children's museum in our area, and I am looking forward to that.  Zander loves that place, and he is going to have fun playing at Bellaboos with his cousins. 
     Zander fell asleep in the car as usual, and I laid him down for a short nap when we got home.  Then we found out we had to pick up my husband from work, and then get the car from the mechanics.  Our brakes are finally fixed on the Thunderbird.  Last minute we invited our friends Racheal and Jason and their 3 girls over for dinner.  We grilled chicken and then made some potatoes, rice, and corn to with it.  SO, that was my day.  None of that was on my 'to do list'.  And I think I only got 2 things crossed off my 'to do list', 1 load of laundry and one phone call done.   Well, I guess there is always tomorrow for the 'to do list'.      

Sophia got some new bows from Racheal



And in the picture below, Sophia was not too happy by the time I snapped a few pictures, but look at those skinny legs


Zander also got some Thomas the Train sandals from Racheal, I just forgot to get him wearing them.  Of course he had to wear them right away with his socks on.  I wish I got a picture of that because socks with sandles is so in, and they were Christmas socks none the less.  Hey, they were the most available socks at the time.

I started off writing this post wanting to talk about how I always try to plan my life out a certain way, and God has other plans.  You think I would stop planning things.  I know God's way is always the best way, and I trust that He knows what is best for me.  His plan for my life is the BEST plan.  He has my life all mapped out, and I know no matter what, He is in control, and He will always be there for me.  I serve an awesome and loving God.