This last week was crazy. Mommy and Daddy were sick sunday and monday with some kind of stomach bug. Joseph complained about not feeling well and threw up once monday morning but seemed fine after that. Luckily Audrey and Katelyn didn't ever get sick. Daddy had to go to Tulsa for a few days for work so Mommy and the kids didn't see him at all on tuesday. Tuesday was a long day for Mommy because she still wasn't feeling 100%.
Wednesday was Mommy's birthday. It was the 12th anniversary of Mommy's 25th birthday! Someone asked Daddy if Mommy was 25 (Mommy wishes!). Joseph said he didn't want to be old...nice of him to make Mommy feel good. Actually the kids were pretty bad on wednesday. Audrey and Joseph fought and screamed and cried most of the morning. Audrey hit Joseph (which is not unusual) and Joseph chose to hit her back (which is unusual). Joseph has been pretty patient with Audrey, but Mommy figured one of these days he would smack her. Nice of him to do it on Mommy's birthday. Mommy was exhausted by the time she put the kids in their room for quiet time. Mommy cried and wondered why she had kids at all (just a temporary moment of insanity).
The afternoon was better. Joseph helped Mommy make a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. We did it from scratch using Granny's recipe. Poor Joseph accidentally grated his finger while trying to help Mommy grate carrots. Mommy washed his finger and put on a Spiderman bandage. Joseph liked the bandage. Audrey decided she needed one too for her invisible owie ;)
Daddy made it home around 7:00pm. Mommy wasn't sure when Daddy would get back from Tulsa so the kids and Mommy already ate dinner and had cake. Mommy's friend and her family dropped by and sang Happy Birthday. Mommy got a Cricut Expressions machine for her birthday. Even though she has no time for scrapbooking, Mommy has wanted this machine for a long time. Daddy is way too nice!
Thursday Joseph and Mommy played with the Cricut while Audrey and Katelyn were napping. Joseph loves the Cricut too. He keeps asking to do more crafts. Friday was Mommy's turn to host Joy School (preschool co-op) so we had a full morning. Friday night Mommy got to play with the Cricut and decorated the cover on Katelyn's scrapbook. Mommy is very behind on the scrapbooks. Joseph's covers from birth to 6 months, Audrey's just has her birth information and 1 picture, and Katelyn had nothing at all until Mommy just finished the cover. It will be a miracle if Mommy ever catches up on the scrapbooks.
Saturday was a busy day. Mommy cleaned house and cooked. The neighbors were nice enough to come watch the kids so Mommy and Daddy could go to a geology banquet at OSU. The CEO of Devon Energy spoke. It was interesting, but Mommy doesn't like talk about more drilling and increased energy consumption. Mommy is all about conservation! Anyway, it was nice to spend an evening with Daddy. The neighbors said Joseph and Audrey and Katelyn were all good which is nice to hear. They are pretty good kids even though they drive Mommy and Daddy crazy every so often.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
Vacation
Daddy took vacation this week, but he still had a lot of work to do for grad school and for his job. So, since Daddy was busy, Mommy took the kids to Arlington to visit Nai-Nai and Yeh-Yeh and Uncle Michael for a couple of days. Aunt Hollie also brought her kids to visit so it was a full house in Arlington. The kids had a lot of fun.
Mommy and kids came back late wednesday afternoon. Thursday we babysat for some friends while they went house hunting. Friday, Daddy and Mommy took the kids to the zoo for some fun. Mommy forgot it was Spring Break this week so the zoo was crowded. We still had a good time. Mommy can't believe the week is almost over! Mommy needs a vacation now.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
2nd Birthday!
Today is Audrey's birthday! She is now 2 years old. Time certainly flies quickly. Mommy can't believe her little girl is already two! Mommy wanted today to be a nice day, but it didn't turn out quite as expected.
The kids wanted doughnuts with sprinkles for breakfast. Plus, Mommy thought it would be fun to take the kids out to pick up a few things like bubbles and sidewalk chalk. Audrey loves bubbles! Anyway, while backing out of the driveway, Mommy had a lot of things on her mind and forgot about watching where she was going. Mommy high-centered the car on the driveway. Mommy had to pay the tow-truck man $65.00 to get her car off the concrete side of the driveway.
Mommy was very frustrated and upset so she decided not to go out, but Mommy's neighbor said she should go ahead and go since it was Audrey's birthday. The kids had doughnuts for lunch instead of breakfast. We did get bubbles and sidewalk chalk and cupcakes to celebrate Audrey's birthday. Audrey also picked up a new book. Mommy and Audrey read the book over and over again this afternoon before quiet time. We'll officially celebrate Audrey's birthday this weekend since Mommy forgot it was Audrey's birthday a while back and signed Daddy up for ward temple night.
Audrey and Joseph enjoyed the doughnuts and cupcakes. They played with the bubbles and sidewalk chalk outside even though it was rather cold today. We had a nice dinner and cupcakes afterwards. Then Daddy had to leave to go to the temple.
Overall, it was still a good day though it started off rather badly.
Poor car resting on the raised concrete side of the driveway...one wheel hanging off.
The kids wanted doughnuts with sprinkles for breakfast. Plus, Mommy thought it would be fun to take the kids out to pick up a few things like bubbles and sidewalk chalk. Audrey loves bubbles! Anyway, while backing out of the driveway, Mommy had a lot of things on her mind and forgot about watching where she was going. Mommy high-centered the car on the driveway. Mommy had to pay the tow-truck man $65.00 to get her car off the concrete side of the driveway.
Mommy was very frustrated and upset so she decided not to go out, but Mommy's neighbor said she should go ahead and go since it was Audrey's birthday. The kids had doughnuts for lunch instead of breakfast. We did get bubbles and sidewalk chalk and cupcakes to celebrate Audrey's birthday. Audrey also picked up a new book. Mommy and Audrey read the book over and over again this afternoon before quiet time. We'll officially celebrate Audrey's birthday this weekend since Mommy forgot it was Audrey's birthday a while back and signed Daddy up for ward temple night.
Audrey and Joseph enjoyed the doughnuts and cupcakes. They played with the bubbles and sidewalk chalk outside even though it was rather cold today. We had a nice dinner and cupcakes afterwards. Then Daddy had to leave to go to the temple.
Overall, it was still a good day though it started off rather badly.
The birthday girl this morning. Mommy got her breakfast in the front room so she could watch cartoons instead of breaksfast in bed...too messy!
Poor car resting on the raised concrete side of the driveway...one wheel hanging off.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Sweet Baby
Katelyn is almost 4 months old! Time sure flies. She is just the sweetest baby and we all love her to pieces! She is happy and playful and makes the cutest little squeals and noises. Life just wouldn't be the same without her.
Finally Well
It all started with Joseph. He woke up with a fever a couple of sundays ago. Then Audrey got sick...then Mommy...then Katelyn. This is the first week where everyone seems to be finally well. Luckily, Daddy didn't ever come down with whatever the rest of us had.
Since we were all feeling okay this week, we went with Daddy on a whirlwind trip to Dallas. Daddy was going to a dinner wednesday night and some meetings on thursday in Dallas. Mommy packed up the kids and we headed out wednesday afternoon. Yeh-Yeh met us in Denton so that Daddy could go straight to Dallas. We had a short, but fun visit.
Joseph got to play lots of games on Uncle Michael's X-Box. We also fed ducks at the park and played at the playground. Uncle Andrew left lots of Star Wars toys at Nai-Nai and Yeh-Yeh's so the kids enjoyed playing with those as well.
We were all sorry to leave so soon. Yeh-Yeh took us back to Denton thursday afternoon so we could meet up with Daddy again. We had dinner at the Cracker Barrel and then headed home. Poor kids had a rough time and were not happy about being in the car for hours again, but we made it home just fine.
Mommy was excited to see that the RAM Daddy ordered for the computer had arrived. Updating the computer from 200 MB of RAM to 2 gigs of RAM was a highly anticipated event. Mommy loves the new upgrade! It was like getting a new computer. Mommy had thought about it, but decided against it.
Mommy is also painting our cheap particle board furniture black. Mommy wanted a more pulled together look, but we aren't ready to get new furniture yet. We thought we might do more practical things like pay off the car.
Since we were all feeling okay this week, we went with Daddy on a whirlwind trip to Dallas. Daddy was going to a dinner wednesday night and some meetings on thursday in Dallas. Mommy packed up the kids and we headed out wednesday afternoon. Yeh-Yeh met us in Denton so that Daddy could go straight to Dallas. We had a short, but fun visit.
Joseph got to play lots of games on Uncle Michael's X-Box. We also fed ducks at the park and played at the playground. Uncle Andrew left lots of Star Wars toys at Nai-Nai and Yeh-Yeh's so the kids enjoyed playing with those as well.
We were all sorry to leave so soon. Yeh-Yeh took us back to Denton thursday afternoon so we could meet up with Daddy again. We had dinner at the Cracker Barrel and then headed home. Poor kids had a rough time and were not happy about being in the car for hours again, but we made it home just fine.
Mommy was excited to see that the RAM Daddy ordered for the computer had arrived. Updating the computer from 200 MB of RAM to 2 gigs of RAM was a highly anticipated event. Mommy loves the new upgrade! It was like getting a new computer. Mommy had thought about it, but decided against it.
Mommy is also painting our cheap particle board furniture black. Mommy wanted a more pulled together look, but we aren't ready to get new furniture yet. We thought we might do more practical things like pay off the car.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Early Birthday
Joseph on his friend's Power Wheels
(now you know why we had to get one).
Joseph and Audrey in the Jeep
Katelyn in the outdoor swing
(I wish I could ride in the Jeep)
Mommy doesn't have any pictures of the train set yet because she wanted a picture of it all set up. Unfortunately, Mommy should have snapped a picture of it before Joseph took it all apart saying it was a "tornado" that had destroyed everything. Mommy wonders why he had tornadoes on the brain...hmmm.
Anyway, Mommy used Katelyn's $25.00 gift card towards the purchase of the train set so it is partly hers too. Poor Katelyn is too little to play with the train set or the Jeep. Mommy got some cute pictures of her in the outdoor swing while the kids were driving around the yard.
Mommy and Daddy are glad that the kids like their new toys. However, we have decided that all they get for their birthdays will be cake and ice cream. No more toys....yea, we'll have to see how long that lasts.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Scary Tornadoes
So last tuesday morning, Mommy dropped Joseph off at a friend's house for a couple of hours of "preschool." Mommy is part of a preschool coop. Mommy took Audrey and Katelyn to Mitch Park to play for a little while. The morning was sunny and the temperature was great! It was a little breezy, but Oklahoma is a windy place.
After Mommy picked up Joseph and we all had lunch, Mommy noticed that it was rather gray outside. Mommy realized that it was still early in the season for tornadoes, but Mommy decided that maybe she should check the internet to see if there was anything she should be aware of weatherwise. Weather.com reported cloudy skies for Edmond and scattered thunderstorms, but nothing about tornadoes or hail or anything in the nature of severe weather warnings.
So, Mommy decided that everything was fine after all. Mommy put Katelyn down for a nap and Audrey as well. Not long afterwards, Daddy called and told Mommy to check the news. Daddy said there was a tornado in Yukon and that it was possible that there would be tornadoes in Edmond. After Daddy called, the next door neighbor called and said that there really were tornadoes and to listen to the radio. She said the radio or TV station would track the tornadoes and warn us when to take shelter.
Mommy wasn't sure how serious the situation was. Our satellite kept cutting out because of the storm. Joseph wanted to watch a movie and Mommy told him no, she was trying to watch the news. Joseph pushed the button and changed the channel so Mommy yelled at him because she was feeling a little anxious by that point. Mommy finally gave up on the satellite and got out the radio. After listening for a few minutes, Mommy decided that she should wake the kids up and we should hunker down in the hallway as the safest place in the house. Mommy had a hard time hearing anything on the radio because the kids were talking and playing in the hallway. Mommy had flashlights and snacks. A few minutes later, our neighbor called again and said that we needed to get in our storm shelter. She came over with her son and we all got in the storm shelter in the backyard.
The tornado was a couple of miles away when we got in the shelter and had been projected to come straight thru our area. When we got out of the shelter maybe 15 minutes later, our other neighbors said that the storm had turned east and missed us. The only damage we had was to our roof from the golf-ball sized hail that fell from the accompanying storm. We'll probably be getting a new roof.
Only a mile or so down the road from us, there was alot of damage from one of the tornadoes. Several tornadoes actually touched down in Edmond. Mommy found out that a tornado had hit between a middle school and Mitch Park where Mommy had taken Audrey and Katelyn just a few hours before. The Oak Tree neighborhood where the million dollar homes were destroyed was where Doss' corporate Christmas party was held. It was weird to drive along the roads a few days later and see the damage...of course Mommy forgot her camera so she didn't get any pictures.
Mommy and Daddy feel blessed that we are all safe and that there was minimal damage to our home. The kids actually thought it was great fun to get in the shelter so there was no crying or "freaking out" or anything like that. This was our first tornado of the season. Mommy is not really looking forward to tornado season. This one was really a bit close for comfort.
After Mommy picked up Joseph and we all had lunch, Mommy noticed that it was rather gray outside. Mommy realized that it was still early in the season for tornadoes, but Mommy decided that maybe she should check the internet to see if there was anything she should be aware of weatherwise. Weather.com reported cloudy skies for Edmond and scattered thunderstorms, but nothing about tornadoes or hail or anything in the nature of severe weather warnings.
So, Mommy decided that everything was fine after all. Mommy put Katelyn down for a nap and Audrey as well. Not long afterwards, Daddy called and told Mommy to check the news. Daddy said there was a tornado in Yukon and that it was possible that there would be tornadoes in Edmond. After Daddy called, the next door neighbor called and said that there really were tornadoes and to listen to the radio. She said the radio or TV station would track the tornadoes and warn us when to take shelter.
Mommy wasn't sure how serious the situation was. Our satellite kept cutting out because of the storm. Joseph wanted to watch a movie and Mommy told him no, she was trying to watch the news. Joseph pushed the button and changed the channel so Mommy yelled at him because she was feeling a little anxious by that point. Mommy finally gave up on the satellite and got out the radio. After listening for a few minutes, Mommy decided that she should wake the kids up and we should hunker down in the hallway as the safest place in the house. Mommy had a hard time hearing anything on the radio because the kids were talking and playing in the hallway. Mommy had flashlights and snacks. A few minutes later, our neighbor called again and said that we needed to get in our storm shelter. She came over with her son and we all got in the storm shelter in the backyard.
The tornado was a couple of miles away when we got in the shelter and had been projected to come straight thru our area. When we got out of the shelter maybe 15 minutes later, our other neighbors said that the storm had turned east and missed us. The only damage we had was to our roof from the golf-ball sized hail that fell from the accompanying storm. We'll probably be getting a new roof.
Only a mile or so down the road from us, there was alot of damage from one of the tornadoes. Several tornadoes actually touched down in Edmond. Mommy found out that a tornado had hit between a middle school and Mitch Park where Mommy had taken Audrey and Katelyn just a few hours before. The Oak Tree neighborhood where the million dollar homes were destroyed was where Doss' corporate Christmas party was held. It was weird to drive along the roads a few days later and see the damage...of course Mommy forgot her camera so she didn't get any pictures.
Mommy and Daddy feel blessed that we are all safe and that there was minimal damage to our home. The kids actually thought it was great fun to get in the shelter so there was no crying or "freaking out" or anything like that. This was our first tornado of the season. Mommy is not really looking forward to tornado season. This one was really a bit close for comfort.
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