Our Busy Saturday Part 1

Yesterday was a very busy Saturday for our family. We had a lot packed in to a very short amount of time. It turned out to be a very good day!!

Started out......... I woke up and still felt like junk! I've been sick since Monday and thought it would be gone by now. No such luck!!! I took Madie to a birthday party at a friends house while the rest of us got ready to spend the day at Frontier City. Here are some fun pics I took.

Better

Well, my goal is to be a better family blogger.  This will kind of be like my journal minus the personal and spiritual experiences.  

I am still very sick today.  I thought that my cold would be gone by morning but it was the worst day yet.  I just can't stand being stuffed up, sneezing, and coughing all day.  I'm a horrible mother when I do not feel good.  Just ask my kids and they will tell you the same thing.

About 3 weeks ago now I got a Macbook laptop computer.  I love it!!  I earned it, if you are wondering, by working for Bryan a couple hours a week for the past 5 months.  I cannot believe I have lived without a Mac for so long.  I was missing out!!  If you want a user-friendly computer this is the one for you.  I figured out pretty much everything in a few days and am constantly amazed at how easy it is to use.  I LOVE it!  Did I already say that??

Did I already mention that it was pink??

Okay, life is tough with 5 kids.  I think people look at me and think I am just this perfect mom on the outside but if they got a glimpse of how I really am they would be shocked.  I have a short temper with my children, especially when they don't listen which is pretty much all the time.  I am still looking for the right way to discipline.  I take away privileges and they just don't seem to care.  What more can I do???  Really, there is just so much noise in my house that I almost think I am going insane but.......... sometimes I really surprise myself that I am actually doing okay.  I know that I will look back on these years when they are young and wish for them back.  Right now I cannot even imagine that!

Hmmmmm, what else is new??  Bryan's practice is doing pretty well and we have been able to pay off some debt.  That is a really good feeling!!  We finally payed off my mini van and then, yep, you guessed it, it broke down a month later!!!  We ended up buying an 07 Honda Odyssey LX-R with Navigation & Entertainment.  Wow!  What have I been missing??  We got a pretty good deal on this car considering it already had 40,000 miles on it and it was only 1 year old.  We love it because it has an 8th seat and we always seem to just need "one more" seat.  Now we have it!!  

My mom came out to visit us for 10 days from Utah.  We had a really good time.  We didn't even argue once, which is a big accomplishment for us.  We watched a couple movies, went shopping, scrapbooked, watched Camp Rock, and I showed her how to make jewelry (now she is hooked!)  It was a really good time and we actually miss her around here.

One of the days she visited we were able to go to the OKC Temple.  It was a very special experience for me.  I love my mom and I was so happy to be able to share that moment.

On the first Saturday in June we drove up to Kansas, in our new car that fit everyone, including my mom.  We were able to participate in the Little House on the Prairie Days.  Those of you who know me well know that I LOVE Little House on the Prairie.  I am reading the series for the 2nd time right now and I own & have watched all 9 Seasons from TV.  It was a very neat experience to see the little log house that Laura's family lived in when they lived in Indian Territory.  You will have to read the books if you haven't already.  Here are a few pics.

Nope, I'm not pregnant!  It's just the shirt and I still need to lose that extra 20 pounds!

On the Friday before my mom went home we went to lunch at Inspirations Tea Room with some girls from church. It was such a neat "girls" place. We really enjoyed ourselves.

I need to do better!!

I am going to try to do better at updating my family blog.  I have been so wrapped up with my craft blog that I have not thought about this one at all.

Here is a few pics of my kids at the OKC Zoo.

Bryan, Jeff, & Craig

Bryan wanted me to post this on my blog.

YIKES!!!

I just got home from a church activity and had to open my garage door (since I have a rental car and left the garage opener in my other car) when I saw something out of the corner of my eye going into my garage on the side!! I thought it was a worm or something. I saw that it was a SNAKE so I got a stick to try to get it to go OUT of my garage when it tried to attack me!!!!! I ran across the street to have a neighbor help me because my DH just went out of town today. He finally got it out of my garage and down the driveway and then killed it. It tried to attack him the entire time!!! Here are the pics. I think it is a cottonmouth or a copperhead. We have both in Oklahoma. Look at it's head and the color on it's back. What do you think it is.

Now I can't even put my feet on the floor!!!

Happy Birthday Katelyn!!

I cannot believe that Katelyn is 10 years old!! Only two years until Young Women!!

Our Branson Trip

A Day at the Zoo!

It was such a beautiful day today that I decided to pack my 3 little ones up on a moment's notice and take them to the OKC zoo. We have a family pass so we can go as often as we'd like for as long as we'd like. I usually only go for about an hour each time. Here are some fun pics we took today.

New Shoes

Makes all the difference!! Wow! I don't know what I've been missing. A good friend of mine suggested that I get a really good pair of shoes since I am starting to work out on a regular basis. Today I went to the store she suggested and they set me all up. It seems that I have been wearing tennis shoes that were too tight for me! That probably explains why my toes were going numb after wearing them for only 5 minutes! Check these babies out!! Look, they have pink in them, too!!

Happy Birthday Andrew!!

Today our little Andrew turned 6!!! I still remember when he was born. We were in dental school living in a 2 bedroom apartment. We moved to Florida when he was just 3 months old. When he was 2 years old we moved to Oklahoma where we are now and it seems just like yesterday when he first arrived.

We decided that because he had a birthday party last year that this year he could only have a 2 hour playdate with one friend during the day. We had a family "party" tonight with just us, 2 large pizzas, some cake & ice cream, and some games of Wii.

My men

Tonight I looked over and this is what I saw. I had to run and get my camera because of the rare photo op.

My Scrapbook

I will NOT cut his hair!!

Okay, the big debate in our house right now is about cutting this precious little baby's hair. I think it is so sweet. Brayden is the only baby we've had with curly hair. Bryan, on the other hand, thinks it is time for a little boy haircut! If he had his way he would have done it 3 weeks ago. I am holding on to Brayden's babiness. He's such a sweet thing!

Here they are!!

My sickies!!

I've been very sick!

Just wanted to give a quick update on what's been going on around here. On Friday morning after I returned from the YMCA I started feeling a little yucky. I took my temp and it was just barely 99 degrees so I thought I would be fine. Within 2 hours my throat hurt, my body ached and my fever was almost 103 degrees. I could not even get out of my bed to take care of my boys. My Visiting Teacher (thanks Sarah!) came over to pick up Andrew for school and also get Brayden out of his crib and set him in his high chair for lunch. I don't know how I managed until Bryan got home but I made it. I thought that it was just the flu that everyone around here seems to have had. At 10:30 pm on Friday night Brayden started majorly throwing up and that lasted for 3 hours! I finally fell asleep at 2:30am and woke up at 3:30am in so much pain I could hardly stand it. I decided to drive myself to the ER and get tested for strep. I tested positive and got on the antibiotics by 5:00am on Saturday. I've been on the antibiotics for 32 hours now and I am still in extreme pain. My throat looks like something you would see in a horror film, just totally disgusting!!! I still can hardly swallow and I sound so funny when I talk. So funny, in fact, that Bryan thinks he has to repeat what I say dramatically and laugh. What a husband I have. He can find the humor in the weirest situations. I'm glad somebody can laugh at this!!

Anyway, didn't mean for this to be a downer post but I just feel terrible. Hopefully I will be feeling better by tomorrow. I'm not holding my breath but am hoping. I have so much to do around here!!