Road Trip

Just got back from our much needed couple days away. The fact that we could spare 2 days in our lives was close to a miracle. Sleep, swimming, eating and just plain old relaxation was on the menu. We enjoyed the time with our kids, and with each other immensely. Thank you Lord for the blessing of giving me a family to enjoy life with. OK so I have a pretty funny story to tell of our road trip back to the shining Great Falls.

A little while after a stop to use the restrooms Emily asked for a snack.

"May I please have berries" was her request.
These are a wonderful little invention of dried blueberries that she loves. So I gave her a handful.

"Mmmm, these are good" she said with delight.
Soon another plea of more, "Please, may I have some more" she asked
Another handful was handed back.
"Sank you" said the little voice joyfully.
It was quiet for a while cause you know the sound of a toddler eating food. (silence)
Then from the back a exclamation of

"Dad there's a berry in my nose"
"What" I exclaimed
"EMILY, your in big trouble if there is a berry up your nose, I said removing my seat belt. (I know, right)
Turning around in my seat (oh yeah, steve was driving) I asked again,
"Do you have a berry up your nose?"
With a wide eyed look she shook her head no, and quietly answered "yes"
I grab her chin pushing her head back to get a good look up her nose,
" Emily I do not see a berry up your nose, do you really have one up your nose?"
"ah- huh " she said still wide eyed.

By this time I had asked my husband a few times if he thinks that she really stuck one up her nose. And I have pushed on her nose from the outside to see if I could feel one, continuing to get more and more upset.
"She still says that she has one up there, what should I do, I can't see one." I say
"Just have her blow her nose" Steve said in all his wisdom

So I grab a kleenex stuck it up to her nose holding closed the opposite side of the one she said it was in, and said "BLOW"

"FFFF-THUMP"
Out came the blueberry!! Steve is gigglin and I have said a few times real fast "why did she stick a blueberry up her nose?"

What a child that we have. At least she is at the age where she tattles on herself, we might have never known of the blueberry before it was too late. LOL. Some days you do just have to laugh.

one of the most wonderful things

These are the things that your kids bring to you that they are so excited about and you just smile and nod and say " Oh, that is amazing honey " Example: a ROCK that she wanted to throw

in the river.

Again and again and again.

And on a hot fall day what could be more fun. With her little rosy cheeks and everything.

September Two Thousand and Eight

This season is so full of mood swings it is not even funny. In weather, it could be a mild fall day; now that the first day of fall is right around the corner, or because we live in Montana it could blizzarding, or even 90 degrees out ,which it almost hit just the other day.

It is also in our lives that our mood swings happen, especially during this season. Like Angela just blogged about 9/11 memories happen, school has just begun, summer just got over so we are waiting anxiously to get out the new fall decor, gotta get out the cold clothes boxes and start putting up the warm clothes (if you live in Cali, I guess you really don't have to think about this one) so many things are going on in our lives it may get a little crazy!!! Well, I have been trying to come up with solutions in our family, cause if you know me, I have usually about 12 things on my plate at a time. Do you want me to mention them?? Better not might ruin my mood. This is supposed to be an encouraging bloob, blog, boob, blog!!! Ha ha ha. I really did type that. Anyways...

So we have taken up doing things like evening walks, high school football games (which steve of course loves), watching hero's or smallville when the kids are in bed, ice cream, exercising (not for the weak at heart), meeting regularly with my hubby just to talk about life (we do have to actually have to schedule that one), one of our favorite's reading Emily's choice books usually the snake story, (story of Adam and Eve) and we hope to get out of town for a little bit this next weekend (yes) whatever it is to you and your families pleasure; do it, do it now. Don't wait another night they need you and you need it. God has given you your families to enjoy them. I have forgotten that many times but I choose even through the business of life I find joy in being with the family God has given me.

And just so you know I snuck the picture of me kissing noah in there of when he was just born he is quite the little porker now!

Flashback Friday!!! These are from my pregnancy with Noah. I enjoy seeing my pregnant belly again. Don't all hate me at once, but I wouldn't mind thinking about having another little one soon in the shape of another belly!!! I had good pregnancies what can i say! Especially love the picture of my hubby and I.