Team E!

On Demand

So I hear that my blog is on demand! A couple of my readers have told me this....so I thought I better do an update!

• First and most importantly, I wanted to congratulate Evie and Ada on their graduation from NICU to home. We've been praying for them and their parents and now we're so happy to hear that they are home and can be together as a family.........can't wait to see those babes and catch up with John and Sarah too.
• I can now say that I'm in my graduate studies. On-line education is neat in a way that I can connect with every one in my class. I also get to read about everyone's experiences, their papers and get refreshed in their views. I'm sleeping with my APA manual (some of you will be nodding your heads in agreement here.) Studying, reading, and discussing have now consume a lot of my time.....BUT I'm enjoying it.
• C-man enjoyed his first week of school, first day was boring he said.....but he enjoys his teacher and friends and has relayed quite a bit of information already back from school....so he is learning!
• Miss-O and I have managed to adapt to the two of us again. She misses her brother and I've noticed the kids aren't arguing as much.........it seems as if she gets more talk time in now and chatters about everything...so cute. Sometimes I think I'm talking to mini-adult!
• I found what's not getting enough time is laundry! The kids frequently ask and look for their clean underwear, princess socks......it's not that it's not done, it's just not put away...Kids meet our new dresser (the laundry room!)
• So I'm glad week 1 is done and 15 more to go? I don't know I'm not counting....going day by day and week by week......
• Lastly, I'll post pictures very soon.....Saturday we had a beautiful day at the "Buddy Walk." We're thinking about making up our own team name and shirt.
• It's Sunday already and so I wish everyone a good week.....one that will end in September! and on that note here is something that C-man and I read last night by S. Silverstein in "The Light in the Attic" p. 32 (1981)

"Here Comes

Here comes summer,

Here comes summer,

Chirping robin, budding rose.

Here comes summer,

Here comes summer,

Gentle showers, summer clothes.

Here comes summer,

Here comes summer___

Whoosh-shiver-there it goes."

New Beginnings

Here's to new beginnings:

• C-man starts 2nd grade today. He was dressed and ready to go before Paul and I woke up our sleepy heads. He was chanting: Promotion. Promotion. He is pumped and ready to go to 2nd grade, see his friends, and soak up new concepts.
• I start school today. I don't have to go anywhere fancy but to my computer. I need to log on and make sure my syllabi are available. Finish up on E-learning orientation (which someone at orientation was nice enough to tell me it takes about 4 hours to do).
• We will now go back to a structured routine. Where things become automatic and predictable. (For the kids anyway). Time to allow myself busyness and to stay organized to keep up with it all.
• Very soon, Miss-O will start 2day/week pre-school. She will continue to have the same teachers she's had in the past when she went to 1day/week preschool. She would like to start today, but will have to wait.

One cool second grader!

If you don't see any posts for awhile, it's because I'm buried in one or all of these books.
This is what the first year of grad school looks like for me. Three classes and one half-semester class. Theory, Research, Pain Management, & Seminar.

God Bless You!

Great-Grandma Donna holding Evan.

Phew! It's such a special day being baptized and I'm tired!
Evan's family has been blessed!
Happy Baptism Day!

Uncle John & me.

I feel very honored to be your Godmother.

I will help bring you up in your faith, in my utmost ability.

Love you!

State Fair: Mercy Me!

Newsboys
Midway in a blur

Karen and Me.

Me and Tanja.


I have such good friends. We are mommies, we are wives, we are health care providers, and we are friends. It's so nice to get together with Karen and Tanja with the kids. But it's also nice to get together without the kids and have some adult time, adult talk, and of course our conversation may be about our kids, but there are no interruptions. What is great is that our conversation could linger into hours of conversation. We can just be ourselves and just have a good time.

My good friends were awesome enough to buy me a ticket to see the Newsboys and Mercy Me concert at the state fair this year. A really great birthday present!

Thanks you two, you are awesome!

State Fair: Too Hot to Handle!

Ahhh....it's that time again. The state fair; where the air is scented with corn dogs, tenderloins, and funnel cake. Where there's a stand for lemonade and anything on a stick wherever you turn. First day of the fair, was our only chance to go. We headed out with Aunt Angie and Marin. Our sites included; DNR building, Baby animal building (a/c), Little Hands on the Farm, The BIG slide, Clifford (a/c), lunch, HOME! Did I mention the temperature at 9:30 am was already 90 and the heat index made it up to 115 that day [insert screeching record to a halt here].

C-man showing his cow at the fair!

He looks like a natural, must be from Uncle Bryan and Uncle Brent's genes.
Hugs for Clifford!
We love you!
We also love that you are in an air-conditioned building!

Time to cool down in the dancing water fountains.
Don't worry, you'll dry in 5 seconds flat!

Okay kids, at least we can say we went to the fair this year, whether it was too hot to handle or not!