Funny things kids say and the death of a mailbox...........

Our kids say the most hilarious things almost daily. In fact I could do an ENTIRE blog just on the things that come out of their mouths and you would be in in awe and possibly often times frightened at the way their little minds work. Morgan: "wanna play princess?"

Ryanne: "oh yes, can I be a princess too?"

Morgan: "No, I'm the oldest so I am the princess."

Ryanne: "that's not really fair, I want to be a princess like you!"

Morgan: "let me think.............hhhhhmmmmmmm, I've got a great idea!

You can be Porky Pig!"

(we are sitting at a place eating lunch)

Ryanne: "daddy, was I birthed from you?"

Dan: No, daddy's don't "birth" babies Ryanne only Mommy's can do that."

Ryanne: "oohhh, ok so was I birthed from you mommy?"

Me: "no honey, remember we adopted you when you were a baby."

Ryanne: "oohh ya' so who birthed me then?"

Me: "your birth mom."

Ryanne: "whats my birth moms name?"

Me: "Kristen."

Ryanne: "cool ok."

Morgan: "And just for the record I was the one who wanted you!"

I was in the house running around with my head cut off trying to get everyone out of the house on time for swimming when Morgan comes running in;

Morgan: "Mom, the mailbox fell over!!!"

Me: "the what did what!!!???"

Morgan: "ya' the mailbox fell over and oh I might have been swinging from it AGAIN! But if makes you feel any better on the way down it hit me in the head REALLY hard!"

(yes my child in some way that does make me feel better)

So I threw everyone in the car, backed out of the driveway pausing long enough to snap a photo on my cell phone and then sent it to Dan at the fire station with this text attached;

HAPPY FREAGIN' MONDAY!!!!! :)

What is it about my children that they swing, climb, hurdle, launch themselves off anything they can find? Is this normal? Well, its Tuesday whats the worst that could happen right? ;)

Your Input

Hello everyone, now is your chance to tell me what you think. I shared in my previous post that we are trying to really keep the present giving and receiving in perspective. To spend less and give more. Does that make sense? Nobody "needs" to be smothered in gifts at Christmas to make it special and our family is no exception. I mean what if we all sepnt less and gave more of our time, resources and energy to eternal things? Man oh man wouldnt that speak volumes to the world around us! So every year I have this really cool wood advent house I set up and everyday the girls open it to find little candies, scripture, or coupons for dates with mom and dad; things like that. This year I want to make it 25 days of service to our neighbors. Take the trash cans in, grab the mail, rake up leaves etc. Can you guys give me some ideas that would bless you if you were our neighbors. Please keep in mind that we are pretty close and friendly with most all of our neighbors so it can be more than the average surface thing. I know God will bless our entire family and grow us through this and I pray it will minister to others in a way that we don't even know yet. Come on Bloggers I need 25 ideas!! Have a gret weekend.
(p.s. if you are one of my neighbors reading this you do NOT get to put in your two cents! he,hee!)

Living in the moment

I was recently thinking about how hard it is for us to live in the moment. We are always worrying, thinking or planning about the next "big thing" we have going on. I realize that I am very much like that in the sense that I have a hard time slowing down long enough to enjoy today. I don't know about you but I can often tell when I have my hand in to many things especially during the holidays. I will all of a sudden feel this panic coming on and my brain feels like it is going to explode on the next person that asks me anything about anything. Are you following me? To be honest I have no desire to be that mom who does it all. I would be happy just doing a few things well. I got to thinking about how stores make it really hard to live in the moment. I mean when I was shopping for Halloween I had a hard time enjoying myself because the store clerks were climbing over me to put Thanksgiving stuff out. Now as my family gets all excited about Thanksgiving we have to climb over Santa statues to buy a Turkey platter...........ummmm hello!!I totally get starting stuff early and in fact am almost done with my Christmas shopping (more on that in a minute) but it's already so hard to just enjoy TODAY without all the "pushing" from the outside world. ugh! Seriously when I start shopping for Christmas decorations they will be throwing Valentines cards at me. he,hee! One way we stopped to enjoy the amazing Fall weather was to go to our home school harvest party.Ryanne and her friend Seth. Show me those mugs!!!!
They had a pumpkin rolling contest and Ryanne and her little friend had to work together because the pumpkins were SO BIG! It took these two forever to get down and back but they laughed the entire time and never gave up.

Morgan did great too!

Ryanne came out with this crown on this morning, I guess she wanted to make sure everyone knew who was in charge today. ;)

Yup, they even had sack races. Morgan was all business!

OK, so I wanted to share our idea we are using to keep Christmas small and in perspective this year. Every year we say,"let's not go over board, cash only, etc." Well, this year I got this great idea out of a magazine I was reading. Dan and the girls thought it was a great, fun way to make Christmas more fun and keep our eyes on the Lord. You buy three gifts; one they REALLY want, one they REALLY need and one that is a total surprise. We are doing stockings for them as well. It has really caused the girls to stop and think about what they are asking for and what we can buy for Dan as well. Just a thought. :)

Please vote!!

OK, so here I go on my soap box; please vote. Please don't e-mail, call or post on my blog that you are undecided or what one lady said,"I am going to mark Jesus Christ as my president in the blank as a sign my civil protest." Uummmmmm..........last time I check he wasn't running and isn't interested in holding a man made position designed to be held by MAN. God desires to be our king and in that if we are choosing to make him our ultimate leader we should be seeking his will for every choice we make as believers. Please vote.
Please don't tell me one vote doesn't matter because you figure if your not the only one saying that then it's no longer one vote and yes one vote does matter. We have been given the privilege as a country to voice our opinions. Please vote.
It's not a matter of choosing the "perfect" candidate, there is no such thing. We are all sinful and fallen and clearly the president is no exception. Regardless, we have to seek Gods wisdom and I truly believe he is the one who gives us hope and wisdom in this temporary home of ours.
Please vote. We have men and woman serving in the armed forces to protect our freedom. Please vote. This is our civic duty to make sure we attempt to make a difference.
Please vote. Please take your kids with you to vote so they learn to respect this freedom. Also, regardless of the outcome please pray for our leader whoever that ends up being. Pray for their salvation, for wisdom and for Godly people to come along side them and minister to them.
Please vote. OK, getting off my soap box. :)

Halloween Fun

Give me the camera and nobody gets hurt lady!! Our friends and neighbors came over for dinner. Marianne and I each made homemade pizza and we all ate dinner together before dressing the kids up.
Morgan was mad the other day because we dont have alot of picutres of just the two of us. Here you go girl, your wish is my command. he,hee! Get it? Your wish, she has the lamp? Oh never mind. ;)

A quick family photo to prove Dan was home with us this Halloween.

Ryanne looked so cute but I relaized something about dressing your kid in all black on Halloween and then walking around the neighborhood; uumm.... nobody can see her. We tied glow sticks to ALL the kids but Ryanne still got tripped over twice. :)

Morgan had on glow earings, bracelets and a necklace so you could see her for miles. I think planes were trying to land on our street cause they saw all the kids walking with glow sticks and mistook it for a runway. :) More pictures below. Blogger isnt working very well today so my photos are all out of order and the spacing is wierd. Oh well, you get the idea of how cute everyone was. :)

More Halloween pic's.......

Lucky for me in about a week they will have forgotten about all the candy and I can ditch it/donate it. Anyone not get enough sweets last night, I deliver!
Best buds!!! Kind of an odd couple wouldn't you say?

Lillie was a China doll but getting her to sit still for a picture with her mama took a group effort.

Sweet sisters!

Luke, Lillie, Morgan, Ryanne, Caleb and Morgan all ready for a night out! I had to take like 6 pictures to get them all standing still and looking at me.

Do You LOVE it?

I love the look of my blog! I have my ever so talented friend Jessica to thank for that. I wanted a new look but don't have the time or talent lately so I asked if she would mind. I sent her a photo and a verse that God is using in my life right now and ta-da! She worked her magic. Isn't it so cute!!!!!! Thank you so much Jess for making my Blog scream,"This is Christy's blog whew-hew!!" Love it!!