More Holiday Pictures

Some more pictures of the boys because they probably won't see their cousin for another year. And they are just darn cute. If you want to know the ages Jonathan is 5, Nicholas 2 and
Josiah 1.

Blankets

It has finally gotten cold enough to put the blankets back on the beds. But who knows it might be back in the 70's again next week. Anyway as I'm putting the blankets on the beds, I begin to have all these wonderful memories from childhood. You see all of our blankets are from my childhood. My grandmother used to tell us on cold nights that there were plenty of blankets and if you get cold let her know and she would get you more covers because no one should have to go cold. My grandmother always had away of making you feel loved and this was one of them. And even though the blankets are old and worn in some places, I wouldn't give them up for the world. They remind me of a loving grandmother whom I miss very much. And the blankets give me good memories that I want to share with my children.

Thanksgiving

We went to Huntsville and had Thanksgiving at Landon and Kristi's this year. The whole family was together and it was nice.Dad, Josiah, and Scott

Kristi and Landon

Josiah and Scott

Jonathan, me, and Nicholas
This was one of the few pictures where the boys didn't have their fingers in their mouths.

Landon, me, and Scott
Can you see the resemblance between brothers and sister?

The Family
Landon, Kristi, Jonathan, Stacia, Nicholas, Becky, Josiah, Scott, and Mom

Nursery Rhymes

I thought I would sit and blog for a minute. I need to take a break from studying or my head might possibly explode. My boys have really been into nursery rhymes lately so they have pulled out every Mother Goose book we own which is about 3. I enjoy nursery rhymes and a lot of them I don't understand but that is okay. So now I'm getting questions like why did the dish run away with the spoon? Why is Miss Muffet scared of the spider and by the way what is curds and whey? I look at my children and promptly answer "I don't know". Which they don't like because they won't to know why. So I go on with my day and listen to their ramblings about the nursery ryhmes and think life is good. They won't be at this stage forever and I'll probably miss all those questions.

Oh the funniest question they come up with which is about the dish and the spoon which one is the girl and which one is the boy. And I promptly answer "I don't know".

Time

Okay so before I had kids I liked it when the time changed in the fall. It meant an extra hour of sleep. Not anymore. For those of us who are not so fortunate to have their kids stay on their same schedule when the time changes. My co-workers says that the time change does not mess with her children's schedule. Well my kids are early risers to begin with. They feel that anywhere between 5:30 and 6:00 in the morning is a perfect time to get up. Well the time went back an hour so now I'm ushering kids back to bed between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning. They don't want to be up because they are very cranky and feel the need to fight over any little thing. All I want is to sleep until I have to get up at 5:45 and start to get ready for work, fix breakfast and get the kids ready for school. Lets just say this morning when those little guys woke me up at 5:00, I lost it and the screaming and the yelling started. All I could think about was how tired I was and then how I have to go to work and deal with thirteen 2 1/2 year olds. Needless to say by 5:30 I was sitting in my room in tears. Oh I forgot to mention we were in all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday due to the fact that the boys had colds so nerves were already frayed. On with the story, so I'm crying in my room saying Lord I'm not going to survive. I'm tired and weary and these boys are driving me crazy. I need HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well if you remember the song that talks about sometimes God calms the storm and other times he calms his child. Well He calmed the storm today. Everyone made it to school and work with no more fussing and fighting. I only had 10 kids at work which is the perfect number. My co-worker and I actually had time for an adult conversation at naptime instead of running around like crazy people trying to finish our day and start on tomorrow. The boys were calm when they got home. We actually got to sit down together for supper and talk. We did Jonathan's Family turkey project and all has gone well until bath time. They had to get out of the tub early because of not getting along. And the fussing has begun again but they are getting tired since they were up at 5:00 this morning.

All I have to say is Benjamin Franklin why? Why have you tortured us poor parents with coming up with the idea of changing the time. And why congress did you see fit to go through with his idea so many years later? And lastly praise be to Jesus our Lord who answers prayers because we were truly in need today. Thank You Jesus.