Greyson is the big 4 today! We went to church today and sang to him in Primary. Yesterday, he had his cake and got his birthday dinner. He wanted chicken nuggets! He also got his presents from Yoo-Ma and Papa and Chris and me today.
When I go to the gym 5 days a week and work my tail off, I don't lose a pound, and sometimes even put one on.
Then, I go 4 days a week and take it easy and lose 2 pounds!
Talk about backwards! Also, you have to eat junk food on your easy weeks, and try to be very good in your eating on those weeks that your working your tooshie off.
Odd...
I would just like to announce how wonderful it feels that I have cleaned my bathrooms, yes all 3, this morning and polished my counter tops. Also...I organized my laundry room. I still have to mop the kitchen, entry and hallway, but I am well on my way to smiling the rest of the day.
Now, I know, this is NOT what it is all about, however, this is better than going to the gym as far as 'happy' feelings go. I just love to see clean bathrooms, kitchen and floors.
I know, I know, I'm crazy, but I hope that you all still love me! :)
Today there were several changes in the Primary organization. I lost Debi Peeler as our first counselor, Karen Brooks as our secretary, Barbara Seng as a teacher, and Cathy Brooks as our Faith in God leader. I will truly miss each of these women as their contribution has been great and their friendship wonderful. On to different pastures for each of them.
With that said, you know that Primary now has SEVERAL missing pieces. So, the good news is that we got Maria Valentich as our first counselor, Mary Gronlund as our Secretary, Lurlene Lawton as a teacher and Faith in God leader AND Kristen Higley as a primary worker in the nursery!
WOW! For a time being, we are fully staffed and are blessed with valiant teachers and help.
However, with all those changes, we, meaning Bobbyn and me, have to get a decent Sacrament Meeting Presentation figured out. The good thing to us working together is that Bobbyn is AMAZING!
Last night we had quite a bout with severe weather. I am truly grateful for some loving friends that called me at 10:33 pm to say "turn on your television, a tornado is on the way"! Well, it would of been nice to turn on my t.v. to see what was going on, but I had NO signal since the bad weather was not far away! Quite distressing!
I then ran into the bedroom where a weather radio was that Chris had just won two days ago at some business thing. I got it out of the package as soon as I could and plugged it in and it started going off immediately! Tornado on the way, with some other sever weather. Well, Chris popped right out of bed when he heard the weather alarm and I was glad since if I needed help grabbing kids, it would sure be faster with two of us instead of just me.
Well, we were blessed and the tornado missed us, but our neighbors around 5 miles away were not so blessed. The tornado did touch down and several buildings/houses were damaged, but I don't think anyone was seriously hurt.
That was an eventful night. It sure was not a good feeling to be hearing the warnings and just praying that all would be OK. However, in my prayers last night after the severe weather passed, I was SURE to thank my Heavenly Father for keeping us safe and blessing me with friends that cared enough to alert us.
I am quite excited because Aislinn is in the beginning stages of potty training. She has gone pee-pee on the potty the last two days. Now, not every time, but once each day and she initiates it herself. I hope that she will be as easy as Greyson. However, I am going to have to skip my gym a few days so that we can stay in the house to get this done. I am not looking too forward to that.
It is raining as I write this and it rained almost all day yesterday. We certainly need it!
For dinner, mac and cheese with hot dogs. Last night was Hamburger Helper, and the night before... Ravioli and Spaghetti O's with meatballs. Now don't all of you line up outside tomorrow night for dinner, I know you want to, but we have to stick to just us. :) (I am not in the cooking mood lately, but I guess you could tell that already.)
Mom and Dad came over for lunch with the kids today. All of them were just ecstatic! We ate lunch with Lauklan, then ran so Dad could see Chris's office. Then back to drop off Mom and Dad for lunch with Kerstyn while I ran to St. Edward's to pick up Greyson. Aislinn, Greyson and I arrived just a few minutes after Kerstyn got her lunch and we all enjoyed visiting with her. Around five minutes after Kerstyn left, Brennan came in and had lunch with us all. It was a lot of fun for all of us. Aislinn was past tired though when we got home.
This afternoon, pick up the kids at 3:00, homework, ball fields at 5 until 7 for Kerstyn, then home for baths and showers, eat dinner, a quick FHE and then off to bed. Hope I make it.
Thank goodness, none of my kids disrupted church today crying at the threat of me having to reprimand them. OK, I hope the trend continues.
Last Sunday, while I was presenting Sharing time to the Senior primary, I heard a familiar wailing. Yes, it was Greyson in the next room crying his eyes out. I sent my first counselor over there to see what was wrong. Come to find out, Greyson was acting up and his teacher told him she was going to go get his mommy and the boy started crying and screaming! When she then put him on her lap and talked to him, he calmed down. How's that to make you feel bad?
Take two...I get a message on the answering machine today from Kerstyn's third grade teacher telling me that Kerstyn got a "C" on a science test today and when she found out she went hysterical! She begged me to take it easy on her and that her average was still a "B". I went up to school at her lunch time to give her a hug and tell her not to worry about it and she started crying again. She told me that Brennan gets in really big trouble when he gets lower than a B and that she was going to get in trouble too. I tried to explain that if she was trying her best, it was okay.
I don't think that I am very good at this... I don't want them to be upset like that. But they do need consequences, right?
It is really annoying that every time I turn around in the fall and spring, I have sinus issues! I don't have time to feel poorly! The world doesn't stop when I do, and I don't have a time out to take. Do you all feel my pain?
I signed Lauklan up for Coach Pitch Baseball. Kerstyn is going to be playing in the minor league baseball. Of course, this means that I will be at the ball fields on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Did I think that I was just sitting around with nothing to do? Oh yeah, Brennan and Kerstyn are going to start piano lessons next month (hopefully) and I have a husband is never home. Luckily Brennan wanted no part with baseball and Greyson is too small, but, it won't be too long until I know that I will be going 5 different places for 5 different kids! Chris warned me, I'll have to admit.
The things we do for our kids... Gladly, I might add.
Why is it that my dear, sweet Greyson must pee around the toilet not in it? It never fails, I have just cleaned the toilet and walk by the boys bathroom and smell urine! That just makes me fiery mad! I walk in there and low and behold, it is on the floor, or even better, in the garbage can that is right next to the toilet! Help me please! I have asked nicely, I have fussed, still, there is pee to be found. Good thing that I love that boy...
Well, I have to admit that we did a DARN GOOD job of relaxing on Labor Day! I believe that I was the only one to leave the house today. I went to the gym for some peace and quiet and exercise. Everybody else, well, they played video games and watched television. Hope they got it out of their system, because tomorrow is back to school, homework, and very, very little of what they did today. :)
