Twins update!

My brother and sister-in-law are pregnant with twins as I mentioned before. They are expecting identical twin girls! But there was a problem. They found out that the babies have twin to twin trasfusion syndrome. The one baby was very still and had nothing in its bladder. The other baby's bladder was engorged. They did a very delicate proceedure last Friday that seperated blood vessels so the babies had a better chance of making it. The surgery so far was successful! The babies look good and the doctor is optimistic!!! There is still a chance of something bad happening but so far so good!

Thanks for stopping by and have a nice week!!!

Yeah! School is coming!

We got M's laptop, printer, notebook, headset and a bunch of other little gadgets delivered to us yesterday and we are SSSOOOOOOOOOOO excited! It feels like we are really doing it now!! We are still anticipating books and supplies! The lady we had our meeting with told us NOT to buy any supplies until we received our box of supplies because they give you everything from paper and glitter to glue!! So excites! Grateful to live in a country where we are free to homeschool our children! Grateful to be able to worship freely! Hope it always stays that way!!


Have a great day!! Enjoy the weather and your families!!

Getting ready!!

Today I decided to start making a schedule for little A's tot school. I know that while I'm helping M with his school work that little A is going to need to be busy. So I decided to search the web and found some awesome sights that I got encouragement from!! I want little A to get a head start and learn as M does. He's a smart little boy and I want him to get ahead a little bit. I found worksheets and book ideas and calendar time ideas and I'm pleased with all of it!! So very excited!! I am becoming more and more comfortable with the decision we made to homeschool :) A mother I know is trying to search around for an affordable preschool and she is struggling! I don't have to worry about that! I'm so excited to be doing it at home! I'm grateful to the wonderful mom's out there who are willing to share their ideas with others! Amazing job!!

Some of the sites I looked at are :

http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/
http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/
http://www.totallytots.blogspot.com/


Check them out for your little ones whether you are homeschooling or not! Amazing stuff for kiddos!! Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you had a wonderful day!

A very Happy Birthday to my mother-in-law!!!

Trying to finish our basement!!

Completely embarassed I admit that we have been living in our new house for about 4 months and there are still boxes in my basement that need unpacking! I am trying to organize and have everything ready for when M starts homeschooling. So finishing unpacking is definitely on my list of things to get done! Plus I want to do a tot school with little A. I have to get those things organized as well. Oh the things to do! I try not to get as frustrated as I used to when I have a ton of things to do and my kiddos are saying "mom" every three seconds! I know there will be a day that comes when there will be no more "mom" and I will be sad!!

Awesome news as well: My brother and sister-in-law found out today that they are having IDENTICAL twin GIRLS! Yeah Joe and Katie and big A!!!! We are excited for ya! We were hoping that my brother would get a boy in the mix but are just as happy with the girls. Now my mom will have 4 grandsons and 4 granddaughters!!!

Fun weekend and week!

This week has been crazy!! At least the weekend was! Spent Saturday just hanging out with my hubby and kiddos. Sunday we went to church and then went to my moms house for swimming and a BBQ. Yummo! My brother is an amazing griller (if that's a word!). Monday my family and I spent the day at Idlewild Park. It's a super fun family park with lots of rides and a big pool! We had fun even though it was so hot! This week we have been indoors trying not to die from heat exhaustion!! It's not only been 90+ degrees out but the humidity matches it!! It's horrible! They say a cold front is moving in tomorrow! Hopefully it will rain and give my grass a drink! It's turning brown.:(

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day and enjoy life!!!

What I admire about my husband!

I want to post a list of things that I admire about my husband:

1. He is patient. I mean REALLY patient! We've been married for almost 9 years and I've watched him be patient, even when things got really hard! Amazing. Something I need to learn!

2. Giving. He would give you the shirt off his back. Then his socks, shoes and pants!! Extremely generous.

3. Confident. He doesn't need to say much. He is confident in who he is and what he believes. Another thing I need to learn!

4. Fun!! He can take a hom hum boring day and turn it into something completely fun! We don't just have "campouts" in our living room, we do "airplane" with daddy's feet and wrestling and whatever else comes to mind!!! Just so fun!

5. He loves our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. This should be the #1 thing I admire about him. I think there is nothing more amazing than a man with a testimony of religious truth! It gives me the goose bumps! :)

6. Sensitive. He is gentle with me and our children. He listens to complaints and tries to understand the feelings of others. No judgement; just listening.

7. Hard working!!! He works these crazy shifts that takes him away early in the morning and brings home late at night. He does it so I can stay home and be a momma to my boys! Amazing!!

Just an amazing husband!! I could go on and on but I'm tired and it's late here in PA! Love this exercise though! It's good to take time to look for goodness instead of faults!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Hope everyone had a great holiday and a safe one at that! We had a great day! We went to church and I had to run Primary alone because the president is on vacation. Was a little nerve-wracking, but I'm still alive! Then we visited my mom and had a cookout and played baseball and soccer with my niece and nephews. Lots of fun and a good workout!!!!

I am just grateful to have this land to call home! I'm grateful for the ability to be able to worship as I please! I hope that I will always have that freedom. I'm grateful for the men and women who live and die defending our country!! God bless America!!!