Tagged 3's

Tagged by Lajuana. I’m way behind on posting and here are a few little bits that help catch me up. I think the ChicagoSapps have written more about us than I have this month. So thanks and here we go. . .

3 Joys:
1. Cooking. I have come to realize I love to cook. Even when it makes absolutely no sense I want to cook all my meals from scratch if possible. It’s satisfying and fascinating for me.
2. My faith in God. I probably should have thought of this first. I don’t think I could keep going if I didn’t trust that God is over all and loves everyone of us. There is a way to overcome every trail and cheerfully too. We just have to look and trust and we will find it.
3. My family. I’m sort of borrowing this from Lajuana, but it’s true. Spending time with them is a joy. I love seeing my little children discover new things like today when the discovered the robin eggs they’ve been watching are now pink fuzzy robin chicks.

3 Fears:
1. The changing world. I probably shouldn’t read the newspaper. I’ll stop there.
2. My husband going to training. Three months I think I can handle, six months scares me.
3. Sending my first child to public school. I know everyone is a little scared with their first. I just really want my children to have a positive experience and I wish I knew all the things I will learn from this *right now* so I can make the best choices.
(Side note: about two weeks ago it would have been stinking. I started having an allergic reaction to deodorant after E was born. I tried *lots* of things but found that baking soda mixed with lemon juice works better than any deodorant I’ve ever used. We’ll see where summer takes us, but right now I’m not looking back.)

3 Goals:
1. Write down six most important things to do each day and then do them. Slow and steady wins the prize. Right?
2. Get up and dressed before the kids get up. Always a struggle for me.
3. Host a family dinner once a month.

3 Current Obsessions:
1. Gardening. This year I’m hoping to ease up and share it more with my family and kids. I just love watching things grow.
2. Blogging. I read way too many. No wonder I never post.
3. Reading. I’m a terribly obsessive reader. If I start a good book I want to finish rather than put it down. It has lead to more than one late, late, late night.

3 Random/Surprising Facts about Myself:
1. I have a Master’s degree in Nutrition and Food Science. This even surprises me some days. You’d never know it by my current lifestyle.
2. I worked at a small Boy Scout camp for two summers.
3. I’ve never read a Jane Austin book. Maybe I will sometime when my kids are older. Like when I’m waiting for teenagers to come home. Then I can stay up way too late and not feel so guilty.

I tag Laura. If you have time. :) And anyone else who thinks they want to take the challenge. I’d tag Regina too, but I don’t know if I can tag her kind of blog.

Mother's Day

Even though I have four kids it's still hard for me to think mother's day is for me. Yesterday at church, a youth speaker in our branch read four definitions of a mother. Two of the definitions followed along the lines of elderly respected women. Perhaps that is why I don't feel the pull. It's hard to celebrate the battle's won while you're still in the trenches. It's not that I don't feel like a mother. I am probably called mom more than any other name at this point. I have chosen to stay at home and raise my little ones, so I do a lot of mothering. But I see mother's day as being a celebration for my mothers not myself. So here's to my own mother and other wonderful women that have influenced my life. I would not be who I am today without the strength I gained from you. Thanks!

Happy Birthday Little t

Little t turned 4 last week. Wow! I made a slide show for him of pictures from the last year. He had grown so much. He is such a boy. For his birthday we took him to the children's museum. Then we went to the YW camp fund raiser, a spaghetti dinner and dessert auction. The dessert auction is traditionally a very good way for them to get money for camp (example: $60 for a pie, $15 for a plate of chocolate covered marshmallows.) They were kind though and let Little t win the dessert he wanted, a cherry chocolate torte. It probably could have gone for well over $30 but he got it for $15. He loved it! He is such a fruit eater.

After we got home from the fund raiser and got all the kids in bed T checked his e-mail and found out that he was selected for Air Force Officer in the Financial Management field. It is a great opportunity and we are pretty excited about it. There is still a lot I don't know. Because of T's current work schedule I didn't get to talk to him much more than a few words in passing for the next several days. I've been trying to gather all the information and details about what all this means. Yes, we'll be leaving. But beyond that for now I'll just say it's good news and I'll keep you posted.

It is interesting to note we received the news that took us here the day Little a turned 5. I remember it, T called me one hour before Little a's birthday party started and we moved one week later. Now we received the news that will take us away from her the day Little t turned 4. Only this time one week later we probably still wont know when we're leaving. Still, it's poetic! I love when things turn out that way.

Year Three for Little t

Happy Birthday T

Today is "T"'s birthday. I have a lot I want to say. But for now I'll just leave the comments of little "t".

"I'm so glad about today because it's daddy's birthday. He's getting two presents. A camping stove (actually a charcoal grill) and (long pause) camping stove rocks."

More baby pics

We have another birthday coming up so I've been going through the photos. Here's some more baby photos.

More Reminiscing

I found this old picture of a preschool group we did last year. Ah! the memories. One of the girls is the daughter of my old roommate. (Not the long lost one of course.)