I am in a blogging slump.  I put off blogging until night time & then, I don’t want to blog, I just want to go to bed; however,  I have to remember my purpose of blogging for 100 days…to capture this time of my life.   I can’t find my camera cord, so I think that is also adding to the bloggers block.  I will try to press on, though.  

Let’s see, today was a fun day with the Fam.  I got up early this morning to go hunt down strawberries at the Farmer’s Market, but they were all sold out.  However, I did find some great things : beets, squash, beans, carrots, & broccoli.  I also got some fresh butter & milk.  I went by myself, so that was a very nice way to start out the day!  

I came home just as babies were going down for their first nap.  During naps, Chris and I planned out our garden we will eventually plant while Harper played outside.   Then we set up a tent in our backyard.  We had planned to put the boys in the tent while we worked on building our veggie beds, but then the day got away from us & we didn’t have time to begin our garden….maybe on Monday.  We did have a grand ol’ time playing in the tent though.  Harper was so excited about our new “liddle house.”  

After lunch, we took everyone outside.  Chris cleaned the garage while I played in the tent with the kids. It was incredibly hot, so once everyone was nice ‘n sweaty, we came in for a cool drink & bottles.  Playing outside is THE trick to having babies take good naps!!  Everyone slept for 2 1/2 hours!  I was able to take a cat nap, read and plan & make goals for myself. (more on that later)

Once everyone woke up, they played for a bit while I made the babies dinner.  Chris went to get us & Harper Logan’s Roadies tonight.  They are the little mini-burgers on their sourdough rolls…so good!  It always reminds us of when Harper was born.  That was the first meal we had as a family of three right after I delivered her!  We wanted to grill out, but our grill is disgusting!  Chris cleaned it this evening, so hopefully we can use it this weekend!  Grilling = summer is here!  

After we ate, everyone had a bath.  Bottles & bedtime went relatively smooth, so I’m hoping for a good night!  Oh,  I forgot to mention that Crews & Maverick decided they would just wake up at 11pm last night and stay awake until 2 am!  They only thing we could figure out is that it was a full moon!  So, here’s hoping to some sleep tonight.   

After we put them to sleep, Chris and I finished watching Valentine’s Day.  Very cute movie with some really funny parts!  Then I was finishing up the dishes when I realized I hadn’t blogged today!  So, the daily blog, is just that… a blog of what we did today.  Now, back to those dishes & then into my comfy bed!  Yesh!

Hope you had a great Saturday too!

ML

I am choosing not to blog today.  I just plain don’t want to. 

Hope you have a happy friday night!

~ML~

By about 5 pm yesterday, I was about ready to climb the walls.  No one had napped together.  I had at least 2 babies with me at all times yesterday.  And they weren’t happy babies. they were cranky, squiggly and squirmy babies.  I think they are teething again because nobody could get comfy.  Once one was down, another would wake up, and so on.  My house looked like a tornado had hit it.  

One good thing was that dinner was ready when Chris got home, and Harper had actually eaten!  So, he took over and fed the boys to let me and Harper go for a little walk.  It was so very beautiful outside and the sun felt so good on my skin.  A big part of our neighborhood isn’t developed, so there is a lot of road we can walk on that isn’t dangerous.  We have a game we play to get Harper to actually keep up when we walk.  We get her to run and jump on the man hole covers to the rainwater/sewer things.  Harper would say run mama, so I would run and jump up on one of the manholes and wait for her and she was pumping her little arms and grinning from ear to ear.  She would step up onto them with me, and then say “Jjjjjjj-ump!”  and would jump off.  

We did this for a while until her little cheeks were bright pink and her hair was curling around her face.  We were both laughing and having the best time.  I knew it would happen where she looked up at me and said “hold you.”  (Her way of asking me to carry her – I don’t correct her b/c I know she will learn soon enough the “right” way to ask me to carry her.)  So, I just carried her up the hill and she rested on my shoulder.  It was pure delight.  At the top, I needed a rest, so I sat her down and we began to jump from manhole to manhole again.  

Then, came the most amazing blessing!  It started pouring rain while the sun was shining so very bright.  Harper was laughing and we were singing made up songs about praising Jesus and thanking him for the rain.  I kept looking for a rainbow, but never could see one.   

We were as soaked as could be by the time we round the corner to see our house and head home.  It was so nice just to walk and sing in the rain since there was no thunder.  I will never ever forget this memory.  Just as we rounded the corner, the rainbow was so bright and arched perfectly over our house.  I wish I had my camera.  It was so beautiful and breathtaking.  I could even see exactly where both ends of the rainbow touched down.  (I was looking for the pot of gold & little leprechaun, but never saw them – hee hee)  We made it back home, and Chris had a towel waiting for us.  I ran and got my camera to try to take a picture, but the little rainshower had already passed over. There was a little bit of a rainbow left, but it had arched away from our house.  (My picture doesn’t do it justice AT ALL).  I snapped a few pics, and then my camera battery died before I could change the settings.  Some things are only meant to be captured by the mind anyway.

My mood had completely changed when I came back inside.  I thanked the Lord from the bottom of my heart for showing me His presence & creation, as well as, for the gift that I was able to share such a sweet memory with Harper.  She may not remember it, but this is a record to tell her one day that we experienced this together.  The boys were fed and happy after dinner, so we all just played on the floor while it started raining again.  I love the image of the shadows of rain, so I tried to get this picture, but it turned out pretty pathetic.  

The little loves played until about 7:30 when we gave them their bottles and put them down to bed.  They were so happy the rest of the evening doing stuff like this:

Chris then received an email about a minivan we found on Craigs List.  The guy said it was available again.   (They had let a family friend who had lost everything in the flood borrow it)  We had been researching this vehicle and praying about it for the last 2 weeks.  We went and test drove it today, and the sale will be final tomorrow morning!  How amazing is that?!?  

Thanks to Mrs. Jean & Mrs. Debbie – my Thursday blessings (they’ve come every Thursday since the boys were teeny tiny).  They kept all 4 kiddos today while Chris and I were out trying to get everything squared away with the vehicle.  We now have a van to ride in & we celebrated by piling everyone in the van and going to Sonic for orange cream slushes!  

(this was a week or so ago with Mrs. Jean (left) and Mrs. Debbie (right) & Harper’s classic ‘smile’)

Oh & when I got home I had received some books I had ordered on Amazon that I wasn’t expecting until Saturday.  I’m telling you, it was just like Christmas today!    

Thank you, Lord for the many blessings you given us these past 2 days.  I know there are times of famine and there are times of feasting.  Both have their time and place, but I praise you for these blessings today. 

Now, off to bed~

ML

{P.S.  Thank you for all of your awesome dinner comments!!!  As you can see, I need to start implementing some of them :-D}

~ML~

Saturday night Harper and Chris went on a date to Lowe’s and bought me 3 peach trees!  They were having a sale on fruit trees.  We really want to start growing a lot of our own fruit and veggies but probably won’t really start until next year.  Chris let Harper pick between a peach tree or an apple tree.

Sunday morning was fun because we took all the kids to church again.  This time we were able to introduce the boys and re-introduce Harper to the students.  Last time we went, we snuck in and out to get a feel of how it would be.  This time we just dove in!  A friend had my camera & I forgot to change the settings on it, so all my pics are blurry.  Here are 2 pics of the morning:

The boys were so good!  I didn’t even get paged during service!!  And, they (well, their teachers) made little foot print butterflies for me… it was precious! I’ll keep those forever!

While we were hanging around telling everyone bye (we are ALWAYS the last people to leave church – we were this way even when we didn’t have kids!), I had the notion to go out to eat!  Why not, right?!  So, we did it!

Me loving on Harper after she fell and scraped her knee.

The Fam
(I originally wrote the Farm- haha – could be that too, I guess… look at Harper’s sad wittle face)

We decided to go to a yummy Mexican place called, Nachos.  We figured we could deal with a little bit more craziness if the boys were fussy there than a “special” Mother’s Day outing.  Hey, it would be special no matter where we ate!  The boys did such a good job!!  We were stuffed back in the corner and had great help accompanying us – The Taylor family and sweet Arica!  We strategically placed the boys around the table.  They ate puffs & baby food before the food came out.  Then, they just sat and played in their high chairs.  It was a wonderful memory, and lots of fun!

Me(with a mouthful of chips & my bra strap showing :-/ hmph) & Maverick

 

Crews & Me (and my bra strap)

 Strategically Placed

 

Harps & Daddy

 

Linc & JoElen feeding Warner chips and salsa babyfood

Too bad Arica and the Taylor’s couldn’t come home with us!  They boys had overloaded on activities and were so tired they wouldn’t fall asleep. They pretty much cried the rest of the afternoon.  But, overall, my day was fantastic!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE being a Mommy!