So I just about wrote a novel the other night...wow.
I hope everyone enjoyed Thanksgiving as much as we did! Dinner was yummy and the house is now decorated for Christmas, except for our tree, which we will be getting on Sunday after church. Ahhh, sweet traditions! We go to the Christmas Tree Farm in search of the "perfect" tree every year. It's a whole family thing - and when there's snow, there's always a snowball fight...some years with tears, others with just whitewashes. Not this year. This weather is so frustrating.
So we went searching for the camera I keep talking about...I cannot wait until Christmas to see what Santa brings me!!! I know which one I like, but we'll see!!!!!!!
I also plan on taking pictures of the kids this weekend so I can order Christmas cards too. When I do get the pics, I'll be sure to post, both here and on FB.
See? I can make it short and sweet sometimes.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving
Time to post a blog that starts out a little happier than my last post - jeeezzz.
Sorry about the doom and gloom, but since I've posted last, Ava has gotten better, had her birthday party - both for family and friends (life is good at 5, don't you think??), oh, yeah, and gotten in her first car accident. Yep. I was on the phone tonight to Shani asking for a simple recipe when she got hit by a car that failed to stop at a stop sign. All I heard was, "Aaahh! Aaahh! Uh oh." And then I heard Ava start freakin' out and screaming. Then Shani said, "I just got hit. Gotta go." Disconnected. What a helpless feeling!!!!!!! I didn't know how bad it was, where she was, or if anybody was hurt. Nothing. But only a few minutes went by and she called back to say that they were all fine, but they were just waiting for the police to make the report. Whew!
Let's see...what else has happened? Oh yes. How could I forget? Drew had every intention in the world of going deer hunting with Mike. He had been helping with the new deer blind that was being built by my ever-so-talented husband, in the garage, for two nights, with all the doors closed, and sawdust flying everywhere. Not a good combination for one Drew Bolles with asthma. Mix that with just a plain ol' virus and what do you get? Let's see...you get a fever of about 101, increased strength of Advair, add nasal spray, singulair, albuterol, zyrtec, and then to top it all off, steroids and an antibiotic. Wow. (Need a breath.) Fast forward 10 days later, and Drew is doing much better and not coughing like he was. Thank you Lord! It just breaks my heart to see him suffer like that when these things hit...but I am very thankful for Dr. DeTorres and his staff at Shoreline Allergy. They are great at what they do!
Hmmmm, what else am I thankful for? My Mike. My Drew. My Andie. My family. My friends. My job. My life. There is so much to be thankful for. I love this time of year when I can really reflect on what's important and how fortunate I am to have this amazing life that I have and everybody that's in it. If you're reading this - THANK YOU for being part of my happy life!!
My good friend Kris had the big 4-0 last week. Jodi and I planned, along with the help of Don and Connie, (and pulled off!!) a surprise party for her last Saturday. She was just expecting to spend a nice evening at Keith and Jodi's w/Mike and I for a bit of relaxing fun times between friends. Little did she know what we, along with about 20 other people, were at her house waiting for her to arrive. It was a very fun night with friends - and yes, we did the floor party too! Wouldn't have been a party w/o the floor party - right girls????
Looks like we'll be getting Christmas decorations out tomorrow. Andie has been nagging me all week to get started on the house!!! I told her before I would get one single decoration out, we had to do some major cleaning. I like to think that I keep my house pretty clean...but I must admit, it's been tough with being back in school. I know...no excuses, right? But man, I'm telling you, it's tough! With helping the kids everyday with their homework, dinners, everyday mom stuff, cooking, etc., cleaning has become tougher and tougher. BUT. We got into it and it feels soooo much better in here! So I told her that tomorrow morning, we would start with the village. I'll post pictures - I promise! I know I'm not that good at posting pics, but hopefully Santa will be good to me this year :o). But I will. Get pics posted of my village. It's one of my favorite parts of Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy your dinner and families and everything else wonderful that goes along with this holiday.
Sorry about the doom and gloom, but since I've posted last, Ava has gotten better, had her birthday party - both for family and friends (life is good at 5, don't you think??), oh, yeah, and gotten in her first car accident. Yep. I was on the phone tonight to Shani asking for a simple recipe when she got hit by a car that failed to stop at a stop sign. All I heard was, "Aaahh! Aaahh! Uh oh." And then I heard Ava start freakin' out and screaming. Then Shani said, "I just got hit. Gotta go." Disconnected. What a helpless feeling!!!!!!! I didn't know how bad it was, where she was, or if anybody was hurt. Nothing. But only a few minutes went by and she called back to say that they were all fine, but they were just waiting for the police to make the report. Whew!
Let's see...what else has happened? Oh yes. How could I forget? Drew had every intention in the world of going deer hunting with Mike. He had been helping with the new deer blind that was being built by my ever-so-talented husband, in the garage, for two nights, with all the doors closed, and sawdust flying everywhere. Not a good combination for one Drew Bolles with asthma. Mix that with just a plain ol' virus and what do you get? Let's see...you get a fever of about 101, increased strength of Advair, add nasal spray, singulair, albuterol, zyrtec, and then to top it all off, steroids and an antibiotic. Wow. (Need a breath.) Fast forward 10 days later, and Drew is doing much better and not coughing like he was. Thank you Lord! It just breaks my heart to see him suffer like that when these things hit...but I am very thankful for Dr. DeTorres and his staff at Shoreline Allergy. They are great at what they do!
Hmmmm, what else am I thankful for? My Mike. My Drew. My Andie. My family. My friends. My job. My life. There is so much to be thankful for. I love this time of year when I can really reflect on what's important and how fortunate I am to have this amazing life that I have and everybody that's in it. If you're reading this - THANK YOU for being part of my happy life!!
My good friend Kris had the big 4-0 last week. Jodi and I planned, along with the help of Don and Connie, (and pulled off!!) a surprise party for her last Saturday. She was just expecting to spend a nice evening at Keith and Jodi's w/Mike and I for a bit of relaxing fun times between friends. Little did she know what we, along with about 20 other people, were at her house waiting for her to arrive. It was a very fun night with friends - and yes, we did the floor party too! Wouldn't have been a party w/o the floor party - right girls????
Looks like we'll be getting Christmas decorations out tomorrow. Andie has been nagging me all week to get started on the house!!! I told her before I would get one single decoration out, we had to do some major cleaning. I like to think that I keep my house pretty clean...but I must admit, it's been tough with being back in school. I know...no excuses, right? But man, I'm telling you, it's tough! With helping the kids everyday with their homework, dinners, everyday mom stuff, cooking, etc., cleaning has become tougher and tougher. BUT. We got into it and it feels soooo much better in here! So I told her that tomorrow morning, we would start with the village. I'll post pictures - I promise! I know I'm not that good at posting pics, but hopefully Santa will be good to me this year :o). But I will. Get pics posted of my village. It's one of my favorite parts of Christmas!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy your dinner and families and everything else wonderful that goes along with this holiday.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Love Friday :o)
Ok...Ava's got H1N1 it looks like - keep them all in your prayers so that everybody else doesn't get it!! Shani just took her for an x-ray because her fever has been so high since last night (around 103-ish), and she's been saying all day that her chest hurts. Good indication of pneumonia...but the x-ray showed only a little shading in her lower right lung, which could mean that it isn't full fledged pneumonia yet, so hopefully getting her started on antibiotics right away will help keep it that way. My poor new five year old goddaughter! Breaks my heart that she's not feeling well, Josh too. :o(
So we had conferences this week...and do I just have to say how proud as a mom I am of my two munchkins! Drew is currently carrying a 4.0 GPA and adjusting remarkably well to middle school. Way to go Drewcifer Jenoble!
Miss Andie Makae is doing outstanding as well. Even though she's missing two worksheets in math, her grade is still an A...and Mr. Knowles is letting her turn them in still. So she has the pleasure of competing this assignment twice. How lucky for her! Thanks for Mr. K for his flexibility! She claims to have completed them, but they've somehow been misplaced. Hey - it can happen! So other than that little hiccup, she's doing well also. Mrs. Dorr said she's going to start really pushing Andie with her writing. Fine by me - Andie's pretty creative and Mrs. Dorr apparently sees quite a bit of potential there, so go for it as I told her!! Stretch her abilities!
Great job Drew & Andie :o) Mom and Dad are proud of you.
Indoor soccer is well under way at this point. I'll try and remember to take the camera to tomorrow's game so I can post some pictures. All the kids have such a blast playing, and I think all the parents of the W.L. MasterTag Maniacs (boys' team) have just as much {if not more} fun that the boys playing!!
I'll post more when I've got the photos to share. Have a great Friday...it's easily my favorite day of the week! And tonight we've got a great fire in the fireplace and are chillin' at home together. Doesn't get any better than this!
So we had conferences this week...and do I just have to say how proud as a mom I am of my two munchkins! Drew is currently carrying a 4.0 GPA and adjusting remarkably well to middle school. Way to go Drewcifer Jenoble!
Miss Andie Makae is doing outstanding as well. Even though she's missing two worksheets in math, her grade is still an A...and Mr. Knowles is letting her turn them in still. So she has the pleasure of competing this assignment twice. How lucky for her! Thanks for Mr. K for his flexibility! She claims to have completed them, but they've somehow been misplaced. Hey - it can happen! So other than that little hiccup, she's doing well also. Mrs. Dorr said she's going to start really pushing Andie with her writing. Fine by me - Andie's pretty creative and Mrs. Dorr apparently sees quite a bit of potential there, so go for it as I told her!! Stretch her abilities!
Great job Drew & Andie :o) Mom and Dad are proud of you.
Indoor soccer is well under way at this point. I'll try and remember to take the camera to tomorrow's game so I can post some pictures. All the kids have such a blast playing, and I think all the parents of the W.L. MasterTag Maniacs (boys' team) have just as much {if not more} fun that the boys playing!!
I'll post more when I've got the photos to share. Have a great Friday...it's easily my favorite day of the week! And tonight we've got a great fire in the fireplace and are chillin' at home together. Doesn't get any better than this!
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