As many of you know, our lives have been very stressful and yo-yoish over the last 30 days. Hubs job has been up in the air and that has made many parts of our lives stressful.
This wee is a big week on many fronts. I would like to ask that you pray that there will be some answers, direction and options by the end of the week. Hubs has several interviews, possible jobs and opportunities that would be wonderful for our family.
I promise when all of this is settled, I will fill you in on the details.
S :)
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Christmas Morning
Was filled with lots of fun. It started way to early. The kids got up and wondered why Santa had not left anything in his normal spot. I explained that the reason Santa did not leave anything upstairs was because he was mad that they did not leave any cookies out for him. So Ry and Ans went running down stairs to see if Santa had left anything under the downstairs tree. He had. They quickly ran over to their pile of items and began looking over everything.
The kids each got 3 items from Santa plus their stockings. Now, Santa has a sense of humor in our household. Hubs and I stuff each others stockings. I always have way to much stuff for his stocking, so some of it gets lay ed out for his viewing enjoyment.
After Stockings/ Santa, we had breakfast. Our traditional breakfast is Monkey Bread. We ate and the kids began to wait for the grandparents to arrive.
The first set of people to arrive would be the in-laws, R. and C. We passed out presents and began opening. We open presents one person at a time, from youngest to oldest. It takes us a few hours to open everything. That way we can enjoy what everyone got each other. R and C gave me the best present! I got a whole package of AA batteries and a Cricut cartridge. Now, don't get me wrong- I love the Cricut cartridge. It was the exact one that I asked for. The batteries where a kiss my a$$ type present. I thanked them and just tried to not let them see that it pissed me off....
After everything was opened, people wanted to "play" with their new toys. Ry wanted to play with the game that the in-laws had gotten him. The game "Mind Flex" required a large amount of batteries... all in sizes I did not have. So, this envoked a nasty comment from R about how I did not get the right batteries again this year. He went on to say a good mother would have gotten the right size for all of the presents, so that they could be played with on Christmas morning.
Needless to say, I was a little pissed about getting batteries and was not to sad to see R and C leave before dinner was served.
The kids each got 3 items from Santa plus their stockings. Now, Santa has a sense of humor in our household. Hubs and I stuff each others stockings. I always have way to much stuff for his stocking, so some of it gets lay ed out for his viewing enjoyment.
After Stockings/ Santa, we had breakfast. Our traditional breakfast is Monkey Bread. We ate and the kids began to wait for the grandparents to arrive.
The first set of people to arrive would be the in-laws, R. and C. We passed out presents and began opening. We open presents one person at a time, from youngest to oldest. It takes us a few hours to open everything. That way we can enjoy what everyone got each other. R and C gave me the best present! I got a whole package of AA batteries and a Cricut cartridge. Now, don't get me wrong- I love the Cricut cartridge. It was the exact one that I asked for. The batteries where a kiss my a$$ type present. I thanked them and just tried to not let them see that it pissed me off....
After everything was opened, people wanted to "play" with their new toys. Ry wanted to play with the game that the in-laws had gotten him. The game "Mind Flex" required a large amount of batteries... all in sizes I did not have. So, this envoked a nasty comment from R about how I did not get the right batteries again this year. He went on to say a good mother would have gotten the right size for all of the presents, so that they could be played with on Christmas morning.
Needless to say, I was a little pissed about getting batteries and was not to sad to see R and C leave before dinner was served.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Christmas Fun
I thought before I recap our Christmas Day, I thought I would give you a run down of a conversation I had with my favorite person, E....
About 3 days before Christmas E called me out of the blue. He was standing at Wal-Mart and wanted to know what kind of batteries I needed for Christmas gifts. I told him that I did not need any batteries because everything we got the kids did not require any batteries. Most of their toys had batteries that get plugged into the wall to charge. He asked me to double check because every year I forget batteries and he is not able to play with the kids toys. I reminded him that I will only buy batteries for the gifts I purchase unless I have a specific request for a size of batteries.
He insists that he is going to buy batteries because I'm a bad mother who does not want to spend money on batteries.
Fast forward to Christmas morning....
We open all the gifts. Guess what I got from E, a package of size AA batteries. What every girl wants!
The kids want to play with a couple of gifts they received from E and their grandparents. Guess what this bad mommy did not buy.... you guessed it...the right size batteries. I had not idea these gifts where coming and I did not buy batteries for them.
E got made, stomped off and told me next time I should buy batteries for everything! For the record, the only time we have not had the batteries for a gift is when it was given to the kids by someone other than mom, dad, or santa.
I say if they bring the gift, they should get at least the batteries for the first time, if they plan to play with it on Christmas Morning!
About 3 days before Christmas E called me out of the blue. He was standing at Wal-Mart and wanted to know what kind of batteries I needed for Christmas gifts. I told him that I did not need any batteries because everything we got the kids did not require any batteries. Most of their toys had batteries that get plugged into the wall to charge. He asked me to double check because every year I forget batteries and he is not able to play with the kids toys. I reminded him that I will only buy batteries for the gifts I purchase unless I have a specific request for a size of batteries.
He insists that he is going to buy batteries because I'm a bad mother who does not want to spend money on batteries.
Fast forward to Christmas morning....
We open all the gifts. Guess what I got from E, a package of size AA batteries. What every girl wants!
The kids want to play with a couple of gifts they received from E and their grandparents. Guess what this bad mommy did not buy.... you guessed it...the right size batteries. I had not idea these gifts where coming and I did not buy batteries for them.
E got made, stomped off and told me next time I should buy batteries for everything! For the record, the only time we have not had the batteries for a gift is when it was given to the kids by someone other than mom, dad, or santa.
I say if they bring the gift, they should get at least the batteries for the first time, if they plan to play with it on Christmas Morning!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Christmas in retrospect... Christmas Eve
Hubs and I made a pact to put aside our personal troubles and not burden anyone with it until after the holidays. We put on smiles and welcomed everyone into our home for the holidays. To start, we went to my parents house for Christmas Eve dinner. It was fun but a little crowded with 16 of us in their small house. Mom served finger foods, so that we could accommodate all 8 of the kids. Yes, I did say 8 kids. Now that does not seem a lot but it really was... They are all under 10 years old. 6 of them are under 5 years old... Can you say crazy? It really was not to bad until my niece began tossing her cookies all of the floor... By that I do mean throwing up. If it was as simple as a few cookies on the floor it would not have been bad, but she throw up 6 times in 45 minutes. While I understood that she wanted to be around all of her cousins, I was a little nervous that all of us would have the stomach bug within 24 hours.
The kids get to open one gift on Christmas Eve. This gift is always a new pair of PJs. The kids are excited to wear new PJs in anticipation of celebrating Christ birthday. We spread our reindeer food and then hurried off to go home, so that Santa could come.
Next up.... Santa and Christmas Morning
The kids get to open one gift on Christmas Eve. This gift is always a new pair of PJs. The kids are excited to wear new PJs in anticipation of celebrating Christ birthday. We spread our reindeer food and then hurried off to go home, so that Santa could come.
Next up.... Santa and Christmas Morning
Stressful
The last two weeks have been very stressful in our home. Instead of boring you will all the details, I found this quote that was posted by a friend on Facebook.
Sometimes it takes clouds to appreciate the stars
Sometimes you have to go through the rainstorm to see the rainbow.
I know that in the end we will be ok. We will grow stronger as a family. We will grow stronger as a couple. We will be able to move forward stronger then we are now. 2011 will be our year. I ask that you continue to remember our family in your prayers.
Sometimes it takes clouds to appreciate the stars
Sometimes you have to go through the rainstorm to see the rainbow.
I know that in the end we will be ok. We will grow stronger as a family. We will grow stronger as a couple. We will be able to move forward stronger then we are now. 2011 will be our year. I ask that you continue to remember our family in your prayers.
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