Snow Pictures

We have had almost a foot of snow on the ground for almost a month, and bitter cold temperatures... but we got outside last week and enjoyed it while we could. It is alot easier to appreciate the snow when you know it is about to disappear! And the funny thing was... this week was the first time I have EVER been excited to see brown grass and mud puddles! :-) e

KIDstuf 2/1/2009 (Howie Manikin)

slightly busy...

Wow... so has it really been 6 months since I posted anything on this blog?! I have been paying more attention to facebook, but mostly, I am just busy! Taking care of the boys constantly keeps me on the verge of just being totally overwhelmed. Brian will be 2 in April, and yet, I still have moments where reality hits and I think "Do I REALLY have 4 sons?!" in a mixture of awe, shock, excitement and horror, all at once! You know I adore them all and would never ever consider doing my life any differently... it is just that I never knew this is where life would take me. SO... outside of the boys, I try to find time for myself too. Not easy, and not abundant, but it does happen on occasion. I love to read or get pedicures or go shopping alone... yes even running errands solo counts as "me-time" sometimes. A couple months ago, a friend at church kind of summed it up when he noticed me NOT holding a child and claimed that he almost didn't recognize me! One thing that I do love doing is helping out with the KIDstuf production at church. I have grown to love it... sometimes it was more stress than it was worth! KIDstuf is a drama production we do every week with music, choreography, skits and all kinds of fun stuff for the kids, all centered on a monthly virtue and a different Bible story every week. I am in charge of The Word, which is the telling of the Bible story. It is usually a skit, but sometimes just a monologue. I re-write or edit a given script to fit in the time allotted, then have to find volunteers to act or do whatever the script calls for. Lining up all of the volunteers and doing all those re-writes can be a little overwhelming at times, but the actual production is so much fun that it makes it worth it... especially when I see my children excited to be there each week. Last week JC was one of my actors in a skit based on Deal or No Deal. I will post my video of that later... it was pretty funny. My video isn't the greatest, but I did what I could. :-) I really want to update this more... and will soon... but duty calls! I will post some pictures next!