Lost Tooth

Yesterday, Rachelle lost her first tooth.

It all began a few weeks ago when all of us were jumping on the trampoline. We were jumping in a circle and decided to all land on our butts at the same time. 1..2..3.. we all landed. Rachelle was the only one who fell on her back after. When she did, her knees smacked her in the mouth. She was pretty upset and cried. We found out it caused her tooth to be pretty loose. I tried to pull it out then, but it wouldn't come out. Since then, she hasn't let me try again. That is ok, we just let it be and I knew it would fall out in time. I was just hoping it wouldn't take the 6 months or so that Steven's last tooth took (which was eventually pulled by the dentist). Rachelle told me at the time that she didn't like her dad very much for doing it. She thought it was his fault her knees hit her mouth. Of course I told her it wasn't her Daddy's fault, it was just something that happened.

Yesterday, she went outside and was playing and came in to eat a snack of bananas and a fruit dip I had recently tried at my latest BUNCO meet and decided to test out on the kids. ( (1) 8oz pkg of cream cheese and (1) 13 oz jar of Jet Puffed Marshmallow Cream mixed together) Rachelle then went outside and a few seconds later came in crying. I asked what was wrong and she said she had lost her tooth. I asked how she knew and she said she saw it. I asked 'outside?' and she said she didn't know where she lost it. I asked where she saw she had lost it and she said in the glass on the door. Rachelle was pretty upset that it was gone. Not because we couldn't find it, but that it had come out at all. I couldn't make her feel better that it is a part of life that you loose your baby teeth. She calmed down after a bit, but still isn't too keen on the fact that her teeth will come out.

We did find the tooth right next to the couch where she had eaten her snack. And I put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy. :)

TERENA

I play several games on Facebook, and a lot of them have contests to try and win things. Well, one of the contests I entered the person wanted you to look for songs with your name in it. I don't really know how to find song lyrics, but I went to BLINGO and typed in my name. I didn't see any SONGS with my name in them listed (that I could tell were songs anyhow!), BUT this is what I found that I thought was interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERENA
TERENA (Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association) is a not-for-profit association of European NRENs (National Research and Education Networks). It was formed in October 1994 through the merger of RARE (Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne) and EARN (European Academic and Research Network), and is incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

AND

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ter%C3%AAna_language
Terêna or Etelena is spoken by 15,000 Brazilians. The language has a dictionary and grammar rules. Many Terênan people have low Portuguese proficiency. It is spoken in Mato Grosso do Sul. 20% are literate, 80% literate in Portuguese.

PS I won $100BB in this game Brimmies Super Cups for trying :)

YUMMY BROWNIES!

Delsa made brownies tonight cuz Steve said he wanted some so I told him to ask Delsa to. Well, she get them all done and was waiting for them to cool and look what happened?






All Steven and Rachelle left was the edges! I was so mad I sent them STRAIGHT to bed! They both said it was the other's idea, of course!

*EDIT* WOW! I should really make use of the little known feature called SPELL CHECK, huh? All better!

Merry Christmas!

We had a great day. Spent with (some) friends and family. Not everyone could make it, but it was fun. The pics here are of the gift that Steven made me in school. It is one of my favorite gifts. He made a different page for each month, of course. Look below for explanations of a couple.


Cover



January



February



March




April



May




June





July



August



If I was the Principal... I would put hot tubs on all the ceilings so everyone could swim and show their parents they can swim.

September






October



This is Steven and his teacher on Halloween.

November



This is a comic strip. Steven wrote: box 1: Berries are perfect for pie. Box 2: Pie, Pie, Oh how I love pie. Box 3: Thanks! Box 4: Awww! My fork bent! Box 5: Get out Pie! Box 6: Hey! That pie makes a perfect wheel!



December

Tagged

OK, I borrowed this idea from my cousin's blog. Basically, what you do is open the folder where your pictures are kept and open the 4th folder then post the 4th picture.

This is what I found! A picture of Rachelle and a boy I used to babysit, Jordan. This picture was taken Sept 26, 2006. It is a picture that I have been meaning to print for Jordan's mom. BTW, Jordan is only 1 month older than Rachelle!
Ok, now it is your turn, and make sure you post me a comment so I can see what you find!

Nails!

If you know anything about me, it is that I BITE my nails. Well, it has been nearly 4 weeks since I stopped biting my nails! YAY ME! After 30+ years of biting them it sure is WEIRD to have nails. I have to get used to them. For instance, one night I was fixing dinner and cut my nail off with the knife. WHOA! I have never done that before. The next day I was at Costco and ran my hands through my hair and one of my nails snagged in my hair. I looked and my nail had gotten broken somehow.

You can see in this picture (taken almost week ago) the weird way the nail broke. If you can't tell, it is the left ring-finger nail. Ok, I am finished about my nails. It is just something cool I had to blog about because I have never had nails this long before. Thanks for reading.

Recipe For Kindness

My friend Marilyn, who recently lost her husband of 41 years, sent this to me. I thought I would share.

RECIPE FOR KINDNESS

Author Unknown

Fold two hands together

And express a dash of sorrow

Marinate it overnight

And work on it tomorrow.

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces

Add several cups of love

Dredge with a large sized smile

Mix with the ingredients above.

Dissolve the hate within you,

By doing a good deed

Cut in and help your friend

If he should be in need.

Stir in laughter, love an kindness

From the heart it has to come,

Toss with genuine forgiveness

And give your neighbor some.

The amount of people served

Will depend on you,

It can serve the whole wide world,

If you really want it to.

Memory Lane

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments. I would love for everyone to play along. Don't be shy leave whatever memory you would like.




Thanks Steve for posting this in your blog. It is a fun game!

Softball

In order for Steven to earn his Tiger Cub Badge he has to do 15 different things. One of the things he has to do is learn the rules of a game or sport and then go watch it. Since a friend of ours is on a softball team we looked up the rules online and then as a family we went and watched The Sleepers play. We had a great time. Watch the pictures load up and enjoy.

My New Grandbaby!

And here he is!

Braden

Born on April 1, 2008

5lbs

18 inches

Proud Mom!

Dance Dance Revolution!

My brother and sister-in-law came down a couple times after we got our DDR for the PS2 and Jesica wanted to play it. But they never had time. FINALLY we turned it on right after they got here a couple day ago and Joseph and Jesica played it. Jesica said she would like to get one, but Joseph said NO! But who looks like they are having more fun!?!

HAPPY BIRTDHAY!!!

Just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my friends, Sunnie and Gale, and my sister-in-law, Jesica, who happen to share my birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!!

Love ya!

Spring Snow

Yesterday it SNOWED!

I thought Spring was in the air?

It was very pretty though.

Pierced Ears

Steve, Delsa, Steven, Rachelle and I were walking around the mall. Delsa wanted to look for a necklace set similar to the one Terrilyn got for her and Delsa that is 2 necklaces with heats and says 'lil sis' on one and 'big sis' on the other. While in Claire's looking for the necklace, that they didn't have, Rachelle saw some earrings she wanted to have. We told her she couldn't have the earrings because she didn't have her ears pierced.

So she said she wanted her ears pierced. We wandered around the mall looking for a place that would do them where they had better looking earrings for a fairer price than Claire's had. We found a place and got all set up. There were 2 girls in the kiosk and they both loaded a piercing gun. They prepped Rachelle's ears and counted 1... 2... 3... click, click. Rachelle immediately said "I don't want my ears pierced and more"! I told her she had to leave the earrings in for 2 months. Here are pics of her getting her ears pierced.

Spring Is Coming!

The tulips and daffodils are coming up

and there are buds on the trees!

How pretty. I can't wait for warmer weather. I am so tired of being cold!

CRASH!

I wrecked Steve's baby last week! OH MAN! Well, at least it wasn't my fault. :) A lady slid on the slushy road through the stop sign and I couldn't do anything BUT hit her. Everyone involved is ok and his baby will get fixed soon enough! The top picture doesn't show the full extent of the damage. The parking light in the bottom picture is hanging on by just 1 screw now.

Breaking Ground

Pastor Scott told us yesterday in church some AWESOME news! We will be breaking ground for our new building this summer! YAY! Even though we don't have all the money needed to build the whole building, we will start with what we have.

Happy Birthday Steve!

Today is Steve's 40th Birthday.

Transfering A Blog

I just visited my Y!360 site after some several months of inactivity, due to slow dial-up (which is also the reason of the lack of posts here). I read that they are getting rid of Y!360. I don't know when or any other details, but thought I would try to preserve my blogs and comments here. I don't know of any way to accomplish this task, except to copy paste. There is talk over on Y!360 of people "backing up" their blogs, but I haven't checked into the "how-to's". So I will do what I "know-how"!

Edit:
I figured out that I can create a post today and make it like I had posted it before today. How awesome it that? So that is what I will do! Yay Me!

The Pumpkin Patch

The kids and I were out running errands yesterday and we saw a Pumpkin Patch . I decided since we had not been to one before I would take the kids. And of course it was a perfect photo op! Here are some of my favorites.

I DID IT!

I have an actual Blog spot! Well, it isn't my first blog, but that's ok. I have a myspace, yahoo 360, and a couple other things I have messed with. But, since this is linked to my gmail account, I thought I would think about getting serious with it! Now, to figure out how to do stuff with Blogger. Like add pictures, insert links, you know all the stuff that makes blogging cool!



I tend to start things and then pretty quickly they get set aside! Yeah, it took me 2 years (maybe) to get s picture on myspace. And I haven't updated the post I started on my 360 for Steven's first day of Kindergarten. Today he finished day NINE of First Grade. How Sad!



But we will see what happens with this one.



Thanks for reading!

PS I figured out how to add links. SO here is a good one to get you started!

Carnival!

(I will add a picture soon!)
Saturday we went to the Art City Days Carnival in Springville. It was a lot of fun, although carnivals have certainly gotten expensive! I went on the Yo-Yo with Delsa. Afterwards Steve told me that because of the trees the ride was not up to it's full running speed! Thank Goodness for that, it was all I could do to get on it! And my Step-Mom wants me to ride the Colossus when we go to Lagoon next month :) Delsa, Stevie and Rachelle went on the little Roller Coaster, rode the ride that looked like Flying Saucers, drove some cars around in circles, and a little fun house type of ride, without the scaryness! Just walking back and forth to the top and then sliding down to the bottom.

After the carnival we went to Steve's boss' house and had a steak salad (salad with cooked steak and black beans mixed in, with a ranch and BBQ sauce dressing), with garlic bread(french bread with butter, minced garlic, light sprinkle of italian seasoning and season salt), and S'mores made with Cadburry Dark chocolate and rootbeer floats for dessert. Then we watched the fireworks. It was a lot of fun.

Blogs

I have been wanting to post more blogs, but with my computer and internet I can't be on like I would like. Also, LIFE seems to cut into my plans. I have over 100 flower pictures that I want to share, that I have taken at varying stages of the season. Then there is Stevie's last day of school program, Delsa's 6th Grade Celebration, Terrilyn at work, and other pictures that I want to share :( So little time, so much to do!

Well, I will get off here now to get dinner made and get the kids ready for bed. Now that Summer is here I will be trying to get the littlest ones to sleep in their OWN bed, ALL night! Stevie will not crawl into bed with us IF he sleeps on the couch. Rachelle will no matter where she is sleeping. When they come to bed with us we just don't sleep well as the kids are all over the place. And we are awakened with their elbows, knees, hands, and feet in our face, neck, legs, back, you name it we have had it poked by the little ones! :)

Have a God Blessed Weekend in case I cannot return!

Mowing the Lawn

Yesterday I mowed the lawns. We don't have a very big yard, just about .16 of an acre, and of course the house takes up a little bit of the land. But the yard is bigger than A LOT of the homes now a days. Or is it just that our home is smaller than a lot of homes? LOL However it goes, I did it! Usually Steve makes the girls do it, or he just mows it himself. Last week I read somewhere that mowing the lawn for 1/2 hour burns 200 calories. That's pretty good in my book as I don't get a whole lot of exercise. I know, 'You are a mom of 4 kids, 2 of which happen to be under 5, how can you NOT get a lof of exercise?!?' LOL well, it is easy if you are like me and HATE to do anything!

Any how, I mowed the lawn yesterday(first time in about 2 or 3 years)! It took me about an hour to an hour and a half to do it all, pick up the dog poo, mow and clean up the sidewalks after (so if i do it over 2 days each week, there I only have to exercise 2 or 3 more times each week, right?). It felt pretty good, too. After it was all said and done I realized I had 2 blisters on my hand. Of course, after not mowing the lawn or doing any real labor with my hands (I rarely even weed my flower beds!), I should have some blisters, right? LOL Well, it isn't the fact that I got some blisters, the funny part is WHERE I got some blisters! On the BACK of my fingers. Yep! Little blisters popped up on the first knuckle of both my tall and ring fingers of my left hand! I couldn't figure it out... How did I get them on the BACK of my hand? Well, then I figured that it must have been because I was making a fist while holding onto the handle of the mower and my thumb rubbed the backs of my fingers. LOL

Ok, Just wanted to fill in a blog entry and this was all I could think to say! So now I will say goodnight!

God Bless!

Blood Work

On Wednesday the 26th I went in the Dr and had some blood drawn. Just a routine checkup for cholesterol and diabetes. I had gone in on Monday the 24th and visited with the Dr, but didn't fast, so I had to go back another day for the blood work. I got the results back. The diabetes test came back normal. That is good because diabetes runs in my family. The cholesterol wasn't so good. The overrall count was 188. The nurse said it should be below 200. The good cholesterol was a little low at 38 and the bad was 139. I can't remember what the ranges are suppoed to be, except that the good should be over 40. The Dr recommends a low fat, low cholesterol diet. Ok, I can do that, I think!

Well, as I have been grocery shopping I have been looking at the lables. I don't do that very often, obviously! Because now I KNOW we don't eat very well! But how come is it that all the bad for you food has no cholesterol? I mean sure 8 grams of fat per serving isn't too hot, but no cholesterol in the cookies REALLY makes it EASY to say YES! LOL And the hamburger is pretty high in both areas. I buy ground turkey because it is cheaper and I thought it was better for you. Well, surprise, surprise, it is just about as bad! I looked at the Boca Burgers (vegetarian burgers) and they were WAY LOW in both fat and Cholesterol. And even pretty high in protien. Maybe I will start buying those! LOL

God Bless!

Song from Sunday's Service

Song from the Worship Service Sunday April 30, 2006

Give Us Clean Hands
Charilie Hall

We bow our hearts, we bend our knees
Oh Spirit, come make us humble
We turn our eyes from evil things
O Lord we cast down our idols

Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
Give us clean hands, give us pure hearts
Let us not lift our souls to another
O God let us be a generation that seeks,
That seeks Your face O God of Jacob
O God let us be a generation that seeks,
That seeks Your face O God of Jacob

Mammograms

On April 28th I had my first mammogram! I am considered young (although I feel ancient sometimes!) and they say you should have your first one at about 35 :) Since my mom was diagnosed in September 2005 with breast cancer I have felt I should have a mammogram, if not for anything else, but something to base future mammograms on. My Dr wasn't even concerned when I met with her on the 24th of April.

I have heard HORROR stories about how painful they are! I have been sent emails about the woman who is talking to her husband and has very pointed but smashed breasts and says 'Yes I had a mammogram today, how did you know?' (I wonder if I have that picture somewhere on my computer?) After all that how can one NOT be scared to have a mammogram?

Well, I went and had it done finally! LOL And it wasn't near as bad as everyone had led me to believe! Sure it was uncomfortable and after I wondered if I would be a little bruised the next day, but I didn't cry. The technician was very nice (except where she wouldn't let my mom come in with me, although that wasn't her fault. It seems the hospital says it is against the law for anyone else to be in the room. Oh well, I survived!)

God Bless!

Oh yeah, I got a letter a few days later stating that they were 'pleased to inform me that my mammogram showed no signs of cancer' and to return in a year for another bilateral mammogram. YAY! And no, I didn't bruise.

Stevie

I had to take Stevie to a WIC (Women Infant's and Children) recertification. We were sitting in the waiting room waiting, of course, to be called into get our vouchers. Stevie was sitting playing with the toys when all of the sudden he got up and went off behind me, visibly upset. I got up and went to him and asked him what we wrong. He told me 'there is no food or drink'. I asked him what he meant and he pointed to a sign on the door. It said 'No Food or Drink allowed' because they had new carpet in the office and didn't want it to be ruined. I smiled and had him read me the sign and then helped him understand what it meant.

Stevie will be 5 on July 12th.

Easter Service

Today is one of my favorite holidays! Easter because we celebrate the Resurrection of our RISEN Lord. I kept hearing on the radio over the weekend that if Jesus didn't really rise from the dead that Christianity is nothing. HOW TRUE! My other favorite holiday is Christmas.

I got up this morning and made the breakfast casserole that I signed up to take to church for the brunch they have every year. I was told that last year they fed over 500 people. WOW! I took the juice and casserole to church at 9am. Then came home and finished getting the kids ready (with Terrilyn and Delsa's help of course! How great that they help!) Then the kids and I went to church, while Steve went to help a friend do some things.

At church we ate some of the great brunch. SEVERAL kinds of egg and meat and cheese casseroles, with all kinds of fruit and muffins, donuts, etc. They even had a chocolate fountain with all kinds of things to put it on. Like strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, cinnamon bears, teady grahams, etc. I heard it was pretty popular! In an hour they went through 5 lbs of chocolate!

After church we came home and had lunch. My dad came in the afternoon and we had a little egg hunt for the kids. Steve and my Dad hid plastic eggs full of candy around the yard. I think my step-mom had more fun than the kids did! We took a video of it and I took a lot of pictures. I haven't uploaded them to an album YET!

The girls (yes, all 3) went to my dad's for the week. It was Spring Break here, but Stevie had school all week. I kept him home so he could go. I know, HOW MEAN!

Allergies STINK!

Ok, I just wanted to let you all know that I think allergies are a PAIN! LOL As if you all didn't know it! My allergies have been acting up the last couple of weeks. UGH! This year they are the worst. I have a runny nose, stuff in my throat and watery, itchy eyes. Steve, Terrilyn and Delsa keep telling me I don't have to cry all the time! Like I can help it.:)

Ok there is my rant for today.

God Bless!