Happy Birthday Michael!

I can hardly believe that my "baby" is 4!!!
It seems like just yesterday, that I was on the way to the hospital to be induced, with my sweet Michael. I had a very easy labor, I was induced two weeks early at 4:30pm on March 23rd, and delivered Michael Daniel weighing 5lbs 9 oz at 7:19 PM. Michael was such a good baby he nursed until he was 18 months old. He was a good sleeper until he turned two.... :) He is my "spirited child". He has such a big heart, but likes to "march to the beat of his own drum".... Michael is the one that makes my Dad's eyes twinkle, he just laughs when I tell him the latest thing that Michael has done. Apparently, I am getting a taste of how I was.(Hard to believe, I know :) )

We had dinner & celebrated at Red Robin with my Dad last night and with cake and presents.

He got so many fun things, Wii games and new books.

I bought him a new pillow..... a couple of months ago, I bought a new pillow for myself, and he has been nuts about it, So I decided to get him his own. Matthew got him a Pokemon DS game. Daddy got him the hamburger slider cooker, which he has been wanting for months! He also got Bolt and a new DVD player of his own, it is portable and "kid tough".

His actual family/friend party will be on Saturday, we are having it at a local soccer club and Michael is counting down the days!

Michael you will ALWAYS be my baby! Happy 4th Birthday "Twinks"!
We love you!
Love,
Mommy

Thank you God for the gift of my sweet Michael, please watch over him as he grows and keep him healthy and safe, always!

"I pray that the Lordwill bless you . . .as long as you live."
Psalm 128:5

Our Spring Break.....

I am back....well sort of :) We had a great Spring Break and I am gearing up for Michael's Birthday tomorrow and all kinds of stuff this week....Hoping I will still have some "blogging time".

We spent Spring Break at Great Wolf Lodge in Kansas City(an indoor water park), with our friends, Dave, Kristin, Josh, Caleb & Briana. We had a blast! We swam and went on the the slides over and over again! We went one night to the T-Rex Cafe, the kids loved it! The weather was BEAUTIFUL while we were there, so at night we were able to be outside and enjoy it! On St. Patty's Day, we ate outside at a place called The Yard House, the food was excellent! Then we did a little shopping at the Legends, we came back to the lodge with some yummy caramel apples from Rocky Mountain Factory. Then played some games at the arcade. We also enjoyed the pj story time at the Lodge one night with some yummy ice cream! The boys also played mini-golf. Kristin and I even got to go to the gym one morning :) We had such a great time, with wonderful friends, and are looking forward to the next trip.....

After we came home, I got a bad virus! So I have been sick since Wed night :(
Finally feeling a little better Saturday and today and hoping it is going to skip the rest of the family! We went to dinner last night and then to our friends Cathie & Fred's wedding today. I am up late baking Michaels' birthday cake and wrapping gifts......and of course typing this post :)
So good night for now.........

It's break time....

This is from Matthew's play last week........

Matthew is on Spring Break, so I am going to take a blogging break to hang out with my family....We are going to do lots of fun things...even a few days away......

I will be back , with lots of pictures, and updates :)

Blessings,

Busy days....

Sorry I have not posted much, but I have had so much going on this week....
Michael and I took advantage of our last warm day for awhile and played at the park.
We have many different things going on at school...We are also having a baby shower for Matthew's teacher this week and I have been really busy with that. I spent the day with my Dad today, shopping for new carpet and furniture, Michael got to spend the day with my brother....He loves his Uncle David!
Our neighbors and friends Diane & Gabe had their 3rd child, a baby boy named Holden Richard he weighed 10lbs and 11oz & was 22 1/2 inches long! Big sister Hannah & Lainey are so proud. I will post pictures after we meet him on Saturday :)

Tonight I had a fun dinner with my friends Natalie & Mindy, we went to the Elephant Bar. It was a great time, like always! When the 3 of us get together, time just flies by. We have been friends for so long and I am so blessed & grateful to have them in my life!

I am glad today is Wednesday, looking forward to the weekend, a few things to do, but some "free time" too! I am also looking forward to Spring Break next week, we need a "break" :)

Beautiful blessings....

We were blessed with the most beautiful weather this weekend! We were also blessed with a Saturday with NOTHING, yes, I said: NOTHING to do :) Soooo we hung out at home, playing outside and catching up on some to-do's. While I was cleaning out the garage, we found some sidewalk chalk. This is what the boys were doing with it...I had to run in and grab my camera, they were so cute! (MY beautiful blessings!)

We did other fun things too....I hope to post more this week! For now I am off to try and catch up from my lost hour of sleep.....

38 years......

Today, is the day that my parents would have celebrated 38 years. Most of you know, that my Mom passed away in April of last year, I still wanted to acknowledge their special day. I am so proud of my parents, for so many different reasons, but especially for being married for 37 years. Marriage takes a lot of faith, hard work and dedication!

Love you and thinking of you today Dad........

Nevertheless, also, let each one of YOU individually so love his wife as he does himself; on the other hand, the wife should have deep respect for her husband.

Ephesians 5:33

Pray for me...Pray for others

I participate in "Pray for Me... Pray for Others" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check out their blog to add your prayer request. Wednesday is now known as "Pray for me...Pray for others" on the Riggs blog - and they want blog authors to post their prayer request and then post a prayer request that they have for another person/family/situation.

Pray for Me :

Things are getting pretty busy around here...just want to be able to juggle it all, WITH a smile and patience.

Pray for Others:

Abby is having a really tough week, with side effects from chemo.

My sweet bloggy friend Lisa lost her Grandfather this week.

Our friend Patrick lost his Grandma this week.

My SMIL(Step-MIL), Penny had surgery on her hand(fast recovery)

This family suffered a great loss this week! http://thewims.blogspot.com/2009/03/arrangement-information.html