Time Needs to Stand Still!!!

Just checking in to say "HI".  We have a lot going on right now, with the Christmas season & everyday life.

My DH took a day off yesterday, so he & I had could get almost all of the Christmas shopping finished.  Only have a few things left to purchase.  He heads out of town soon, on a job.  It will be hard to go through the month with Christmas cheer, without him here most of the time, but I will try my hardest, especially for my kids.  He will be home for Christmas though, thank God.  :)

J-Bird has been working hard with her routine for cheerleading competition, which is this Sat.  They had some problems Mon., with some girls not showing up & we found out they won't be competing on Sat.  But, all is going to work out, cause we have 4 girls to replace them & they already learned the routine.  Yay!!!

I'm hoping to blog more, after this week.  Hoping I get some cookies, candy, & bread made during the month.  I want to make some to give as gifts for some special people, in my life.  Hoping to get the rest of the decorations up (outside) tonight.  Need to get our Christmas pic printed & start mailing those out.  Lots to do this month.  The best thing is...I only work for  3 weeks & 1 day, until we are on shutdown & I will have 11 days off.  Woo hoo, can't wait.  Love being able to be off & home with the kids, during their Christmas break.  Planning on lots of family time, during that time off together.

Well, other then the above, not much else going on.  Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving, as I did.  Love sharing the day with family.

Have a wonderful day & rest of the week.
Lauri

It's been awhile.

Well, it has been awhile since I have blog.  Summer, going into Fall has been VERY BUSY for us.  We have had a ton of things going on with sports, this year.  I am sad to see summer & fall coming to an end, but I am happy to be finished with most of the sports.  AND I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE HOLIDAYS!!!

I thought I would post a few pics of our Halloween this year.  

We had a really great time camping.

Bubba, BMX Kid, J-Bird, & Big O

 Some of the campground that was decorated.

 DH & I

 Big O & Bubba, trying to keep warm.

We also went to our annual family Halloween party, in the country.

Spider cupcakes that the kids & I made.  Yummy.

 Hayride to the pumpkin patch.

 Pumpkin patch

 Decorating pumpkins.

 Kids all dressed up, ready for some treats.

Halloween Night-Trick or Treating.

Cammie dressed up.

 BMX Kid, Big O, J-Bird, & DH ready to scare.

 The guys stayed home to give out candy.  The kids were too scared to walk up to the porch.  LOL.

 Bubba at Talladega-Nascar race for Halloween.  He goes to this every yr. with his dad.  No trick or treating for him.

Well, now it's time to take the Halloween decorations down & get ready for Thanksgiving.  My two favorite holidays will be here before we know it.  Hope everyone enjoys my pics.  Hope to post more on this blog in the future.  :)

GOD BLESS!!!

Lauri

Company Girl- I'm not back just yet.

Hey all you Coming Girls, hope you all are doing well.  Summer is almost coming to an end for our household.  Next Tuesday our schools are back in session.  I am kind of glad & kind of sad.  Glad cause the kids need to get back in their routines & get those brain cells working again.  Sad cause that just means the rest of the year will come flying by.  It seems like to me that once school starts, the holidays are just around the corner.

I will be back on here a week from Monday.  Monday's are usually when I do most my posting.  I will put some pics on here of what we have been doing most of the summer, which was mostly baseball.

Anyway, see ya in a week & 1/2.  Going to enjoy my weekend & my Monday off, with the kiddos.


Have a great weekend and GOD BLESS!!
Lauri

Update on illness around our house.

Well hubby & I are feeling much better after one day of antibotics. Hubby has to go this morning for an ultrasound on his abs & bladder. His doc thinks he has an enlarge prostate. He said this is caused by infection & is treated by the antiobtics he is taken. My med made me sick all day yesterday but I finally took anti nausea med and I am fine now. Thank you for your prayers and please continue sending them our way.

Company Girl Coffee 1-8-10

Today @ Home Santuary, we have been asked to tell, "what has been going on at our place."  Well, let me tell you, it has been crazy around our house this week.  The kids have gone back to school, on the 5th and they have been so hyper everyday, when they get home. 
Mondays, I don't work so, I got to spend one last day with the kids on our Holiday Break.  I talked them into staying around the house and just veggin out.  We stayed in our jammies, until 5:00pm.  We sat around and watch the boys play a new video game, the girls and I got on the webkinz website & adopted all of their new pets, they got for Christmas.  It was so nice to stay home for once & just act like kids.  I did act like an adult a little bit, by doing lots of laundry.  Later in the evening, the kids went to their dads & I took my husband out to dinner for his b-day.  He turned 37 Monday.  We had a wonderful and quite time.  Much needed!!!

Tues. started back the school and work routines, which meant homework later in the evening, blah!!!  I did find out that one of my boys got straight A's this term.  He is in the 6th grade.  I have been so proud of all my kids grades this school year.  They are really trying so hard.

Wed-school, work, dinner, then to religion class.  I have a first grade religion class and I taught about The Epihany (when the Wise Men, came to see Jesus).  I had completely forgotten that I had a teachers appreciation get together afterward, so I had to call the hubby to come pick the kids up & get them ready for bed.  I really enjoyed my adult time.  We talked, ate snacks, received gifts, and prayed together.  It was a nice & relaxing time.  I didn't end up getting home until 10:15. :)

Thurs. started off on the wrong foot.  While driving to work, it started snowing, and snowing, and snowing.  The roads got messy fast.  I went on to work but, ended up being 20 min. late.  The kids got out of school an hr. early so, there wouldn't be so much traffic during rush hr.  That caused me to find someone to pick them up because my mom refuses to drive in snowy weather, which is for the best.  My drive home was slow & hetic.  Why oh why must people use their cells while driving, especially in bad weather??  I left work at 3:00 and got home at 4:15.  I only work 20 min. away.  But, at least all of my family was home safe & sound.  Later in the evening, I developed a bladder infection.  What a way to end a hetic day!!!

Now we are onto Fri., the bladder infection is not any better so, I am waiting for my doc to call in my prescription.  My husband has just left for the doc because he has blood in his urine.  We are thinking he has kidney stones.  This will not be fun for us, if he does.  Talk about painful.  My bladder issues have been on going since Mar.  I am doing my final procedure next Mon, a cysto.  Basically my doc has told me that my bladder is functioning like a woman who is over 60 (I am only 38).  The procedure that is being done Mon, is a scope that looks for tumors.  I had 15 tumors removed 6 yrs ago in Jan.  Doc thinks they are back.  Let's pray for once he is wrong.

Kids are out of school today because of the weather but, with the wind chill it is 8 degrees so, that means they are stuck in the house with me & hubby.  We both feel too bad to play anything so, they are pretty much doing what they want today.  We were suppose to take our Christmas decorations down last night, but didn't feel up to it.  We keep them up until the feast day of the Epihiany.  Looks like they will be up until tomorrow or Sun.  Hopefully my hubby and I start feeling better, so we can at least played bowling on the Wii, with our kiddos. 

Oh how I wish I was back in the warm Virgin Islands.  Below is hubby & I getting ready to have Thanksgiving dinner at a beautiful place.

So, this is everything that has been going on in our place.  I know, it is long winded but hey, this is my journal, so it can be.  :)  I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and please keep my hubby and I in your prayers.  Please pray we get good news. Thank you!!

Lauri

Daybook Update

Ok, a lot of things have turned out differently, since my Monday daybook entry.  At least 2 of the things I published are not going to happen.  1st, my husband is now coming home Sat. instead of Fri.  Apparently something broke in the tank, he was fixing and they are suppose to have the part tomorrow.  He will have to fix it, get all of his equipment & tools ready to be shipped back home, and pack his clothes.  All of this has to be done by Sat. @ 10:00 am.  I hope he gets this done in time.  Kind of worried about it.

Second, we have to postpone my daughters b-day party for Sat. night.  The reason for this is because my husband won't be home until 9:30 pm, from his flight.  Also, because we have several family members & friends that can't make it (Christmas parties).  I really did not want to break this news to my daughter, so I spoke with the parents of all the girls that were going to sleepover and we decided to still do the sleepover.  When I told her, she was getting ready to cry.  I asked her to let me finish.  When I told her about her getting to have the sleepover on Sat. & the b-day party will be in a couple of weeks, she got the biggest smile across her face.  She hugged me & said I was "the bestest mommy in the world."  Just knowing she thinks that, makes me the happiest mommy in the world. :)

The one thing I do feel bad about, is my husband will be on a flight from Virgin Islands, pretty much all day.  He has to come home at 9:30 pm, to at least 7 (I'm sure screaming) girls.  But, I just couldn't take the hurt look in my daughters eyes, if she wouldn't be able to have her friends spend the night.  She wants the b-day party, but she wants her sleepover more then anything.  My husband was very understanding.  After all it is for his "prescious girl." 

Well, I will try to give an update on the sleepover Sun.  Hopefully I won't have disappointing news about my hubby, like him not coming home Sat.  Please say a little prayer for him, that everything works out for him tomorrow & he has a safe flight, back home to us, on SAT.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Lauri