Church Girls

I don't say quite often enough how much I really love our church. The girls love it too. Midge has amazed me this year with her graduation to Sunday School and her move out of the nursery and into children's church. She participates and really strives to learn as much as she can about the lesson. She also loves getting dressed up so it's win win I suppose. Here's a couple of cute pics from this morning. Go Broncos!

Midge was being silly here, but she really did want me to take this picture.

Just Life

Today was a funny day. Not funny ha ha, but funny strange. It started out waking to the alarm, on a Saturday, to make sure we had the girls to soccer on time in their warmest clothes. Today was the last game of the season. We made it out the door on time, despite having to scrape the ice off of the windows before we could even leave. When we pulled up to the field I felt like Chevy Chase on the movie Vacation. We were the "first ones here." Yeah unfortunately we were the only ones who missed the memo that due to the days freezing temps we weren't playing. It seems next Saturday will be the last game. Ugh, all that work for nothing. The e-mail notification came at 9:45 last night and the phone call 15 minutes after we left this morning.

We came home and ate the cinnamon rolls I had stayed up late last night rising. I tried resting for a bit to no avail. We decided to burn our first fire of the season in the stove. It's cute how excited the girls get. It kept us all warm which was nice. I also worked on a lot of house cleaning. It's so hard when I'm exhausted though. I lose my focus so easily. This makes me cranky and then disappointed in myself. I hate when I get snappy and lack patience.
This is one of my projects for this week. I am really hoping to get my desk organized. It's hard to even function with it this disorganized. A lot of what you see is trash. I never used to be this way, but lately I have been saving everything to "deal with it later." Yeah, not wise.
It's hard to get much done when this is what I feel like doing ALL the time. This too shall pass right?

I partially went through the girls winter stuff and was at least able to find some coats. Only Tea needed a new one this year. Hers is the dark pink one. She gets a lot of hand-me-downs so it was nice to take her to the store and let her pick one out.

Overall it was a nice Saturday at home. I can't believe how fast the weekends fly by. The weeks do to really. Next week the King goes back to getting off of work at 3:30 instead of 5:30 so that will be nice in the aspect that I'll have more help in the afternoons and evenings. Hopefully I'll sleep good tomorrow and start the day with a better attitude and determination to get some more things done around here.

Absence

In an effort to start posting more, I think I actually have posted less than normal lately. I wish I could say that I have just been so busy around the house that I just couldn't find the time, but that's not true. Mostly I've just had a lazy week. Maybe it's the pregnancy, maybe it isn't. I take pride in the fact that all 4 girls have eaten three meals a day and never missed a bath. Right now, that's about all I've got in me.

Make it Happen

I have a lot of things that need to be done. Gone are the lazy days of summer. These busy days have caught up with me and definitely caught up with the house. I thought a list might help me get motivated. See, even though I want these things done, it's the doing them part that's hard.

• Sort through kids clothes. All summer clothes need put away while fall/winter clothes need put into the drawers.
• The house needs a good deep cleaning. This means drawers, closets, desks, and all the other little details that get so often over looked.
• The yard needs one last once over. The summer toys need put away for the season.
• All of my pictures need put on discs. I've started this process, but I take a lot of pictures so it seems never ending.
• I need to start having a quiet time to myself, EVERYDAY, to read my Bible. I'm embarrassed to admit I don't do this nearly often enough. This is a must.

I'm sure there is a ton more I could put on the list, but I don't want to overwhelm myself too much. Time is just really flying by and the clutter in this house is building up. I've never been one to have much clutter but it's amazing what 6 people can accumulate. I don't know if it's the pregnancy or what but this is driving me crazy. I think this week is a great time to tackle it.

Shots

Today turned out even better than I could've imagined. When I went to bed last night today seemed a little overwhelming. All I knew was I had ton of laundry that needed done, the girls really needed to get their flu shots, and I have been feeling really tired lately. I was thrilled to wake up and find out that the King had taken the day off. It was so much easier at the doctors office with an extra set of hands to help out. I was also able to get a lot more done just having him home. We went grocery shopping as a family and the girls all picked out suckers for doing so good with the shots.

Tonight I get to just relax with Boo while the King takes all 3 big girls to the Homecoming football game. I'm really looking forward to just chilling out in the quiet. Boo is a piece of cake when she's alone and I'm sure we'll have fun. The older girls are thrilled to go watch the cheerleaders and visit the snack bar so I'm happy for them too. It feels like Saturday, so I really did end up with a bonus day this week!

An Autumn Walk

This has been an off week. I have no idea why, it just has. Today was really no different. I hurt my back, very minorly, somehow and that's just added to the mix of things. I decided to make the best of this afternoon and took my camera along to pick up Chiggie. Chiggie is always excited to see us. She was especially excited today because there is no school tomorrow. Yeah for 3 day weekends. We don't have any plans, but the extra day will be nice.

Tea always has a lot to tell Chiggie about our day while she was at school. Lucky for her Chiggie is a very good listener.

I can't believe next year Tea will go too. It's going to be very different having both of them gone. She's excited though, so I am too.

Midge brought along her microphone and serenaded just about anyone who would listen. She has no stage fright what so ever and will probably be some kind of perfomer some day.

This is what the trees in our neighborhood are looking like. It happens so fast. I love this part though, very pretty.

Cranky

Days like today are usually the ones that I choose not to blog about. Who wants to remember the long, painful days, when complaining and whining were chosen time and time again over compliance and obedience? Not me that's for sure. Really it started last night when Midge woke in the night to use the bathroom and get a drink and woke practically the entire house, if not neighborhood, with her whiny antics. I tried to reason with her, but there really is no reasoning with a half sleeping, cranky, 3 year old. Once she was back in her bed sleeping I figured we were through.

I was surprised when she woke this morning with an equally sour mood. Lucky for me, Boo is in the copy cat phase and chose to emulate her every move. This resulted in all things cranky x2. There are no fevers, sudden weather changes, or any other random excuse. They're just plain cranky today and frankly now so am I. Tonight I have a Bible study to go to and we'll see if the King can't get them sorted out.