Hi!!!!!!! I hope this finds everyone doing well!
We are moved in and fairly settled-- come on over and see us sometime! We LOVE our house and are so thankful for it. We cannot even begin to express how blessed and how grateful we are to such a loving God.
In other news-- it's a good thing we have an extra room upstairs because a new little one will be filling it later this year! Travis and I are expecting again- due over the Holidays this year. Brenton is adorable- already talking to the baby and playing peek-a-boo! He says it is a sister...so we'll see! :)
We've had so much fun over the past couple of months- it is hard to even know what to post on here. We've had great times with friends and family...busy, busy times...and then of course, the usual everyday stuff. Right now we are sitting in my parent's living room in Tulsa because my little sister is graduating high school tonight! Congrats, Maranda! Since we don't have internet at our house I thought I would take advantage of being here and post a little.
Breakfast is calling my name, though-- hope to catch up with you all soon!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
10 days and counting!
In case you haven't heard- this will become a regular part of our family's life in just 10 short days (by that I mean 10 days that feel like an eternity long each!)!
We have asked for prayer for decisions and the ability to buy a house and jobs and countless other things and now all I can say is praise God for the blessings he is showing us! Of course I still have worries and would never want our friends would to stop praying for us as we have daily requests, but to say the least I am a very happy girl. :)
So...our lives right now consist of dreaming about hanging blinds...worrying about fitting things down the stairs into the basement...and packing, packing, packing.
In other news, Brenton has an upper respiratory infection- this winter has been killer for him. He's never been sick much before, but we have not been able to knock this cough completely. Previously the diagnoses have been "a cold" and "walking pneumonia"....and now the URI. This time, though, we referred to Aunt Michelle for treatment and she has Brenton on breathing treatments twice a day and they are helping SO much! Between these, his meds, and the weather finally starting to get warmer- I think we will be rid of it soon and I am so glad!
Hey- is the time change kicking anybody else in the rear?! I find myself staying awake forever at nights, waking up at 8am (instead of the normal 7am) and feeling like it is 5am! Crazy.
I am feeling a little random this morning- sorry for hopping all over the place!
We went to Tulsa a couple of weekends ago and 2 great things came of it-- Maranda did a great job in "All Shook Up" at her school; the entire cast was awesome and the show was outstanding AND my mom is getting better! Really getting better! I am so thankful that God has carried her through this time in her life and continues to do so as he shows her healing every day.
Last weekend we celebrated baby Jacksen's 1st birthday- always cute to watch a little baby dig into some birthday cake! That is our nephew for those of you who are lost. We also spent some time with Rhonda, Les and the kiddos (some of which are way taller than me and probably shouldn't be identified as kiddos anymore!) and the g-pa and g-ma.
I better run, but I'll leave you with this: Choose God.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Is it Spring yet?
It's supposed to be 39 here today....
can it get any warmer? Please?
We are all well now around here and are thankful for that. Brenton actually had walking pneumonia for a few weeks, but I can gladly say he has not coughed all week! Travis and I have both had the cold/sinus crud that has been going around and it really stuck around a while for me. On top of that I got some kind of 24-hour flu bug a week or two ago...
but like I said- we are all well now and so thankful!
Other than being sick we've spent the past few weeks spending time with friends here and there, working and, well, the usual. We have a few birthdays to celebrate this week- my dad turned the big 5-0 yesterday and we are going to head to Tulsa most likely for a party this weekend, Travis' brother, Tim, is turning 27 today, and our good friend Mira's birthday is today as well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GANG! :)
Oh yeah! Travis and I have UNO on our Wii now so we have been battling each other in that-- it's pretty intense. He gets the UNO competitive drive from his mom's side of the family- they know how to play some mean UNO in Manhattan!
Brenton has been growing as usual. I can't remember if I posted this before, but he knows how to spell his name now and it is really cute! His baby-sitter taught him a little chant to help him learn it so he says "B-R-E.....N-T-O-N" and then we will say "what does that spell?" and he yells "BRENTON!". Here is a funny story while I am talking about him: A few nights ago I took him to his favorite place (he goes through phases, but this is his current fave): Emperor's. His attention span was about out and he had already finished eating so he started playing around, being loud, finding creative things to do as usual and he started standing up in the high chair he was sitting in. I told him to sit down twice and when he continued I said to him "Brenton, look at the floor- it is very hard. If you fall out of that chair you will break your head open and we will have to go to the hospital." He looked right back at me with a huge smile and said "and then they will have to put a new one [head] on!"
So much for trying, right?! :)
I have to run get the kiddo ready for the day- email or call us soon!
can it get any warmer? Please?
We are all well now around here and are thankful for that. Brenton actually had walking pneumonia for a few weeks, but I can gladly say he has not coughed all week! Travis and I have both had the cold/sinus crud that has been going around and it really stuck around a while for me. On top of that I got some kind of 24-hour flu bug a week or two ago...
but like I said- we are all well now and so thankful!
Other than being sick we've spent the past few weeks spending time with friends here and there, working and, well, the usual. We have a few birthdays to celebrate this week- my dad turned the big 5-0 yesterday and we are going to head to Tulsa most likely for a party this weekend, Travis' brother, Tim, is turning 27 today, and our good friend Mira's birthday is today as well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GANG! :)
Oh yeah! Travis and I have UNO on our Wii now so we have been battling each other in that-- it's pretty intense. He gets the UNO competitive drive from his mom's side of the family- they know how to play some mean UNO in Manhattan!
Brenton has been growing as usual. I can't remember if I posted this before, but he knows how to spell his name now and it is really cute! His baby-sitter taught him a little chant to help him learn it so he says "B-R-E.....N-T-O-N" and then we will say "what does that spell?" and he yells "BRENTON!". Here is a funny story while I am talking about him: A few nights ago I took him to his favorite place (he goes through phases, but this is his current fave): Emperor's. His attention span was about out and he had already finished eating so he started playing around, being loud, finding creative things to do as usual and he started standing up in the high chair he was sitting in. I told him to sit down twice and when he continued I said to him "Brenton, look at the floor- it is very hard. If you fall out of that chair you will break your head open and we will have to go to the hospital." He looked right back at me with a huge smile and said "and then they will have to put a new one [head] on!"
So much for trying, right?! :)
I have to run get the kiddo ready for the day- email or call us soon!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Something must be going around...
I think we've caught a couple of the bugs that have been going around lately. Brenton has had a terrible cough on 3 separate occasions this winter and it is not going away this time....and he woke up in the night with "other symptoms"....enough said. I sneezed once Sunday night and that one sneeze has turned into some sort of horrible cold or sinus infection- I feel like I've been run over by a semi-truck. We are headed to the doctor this morning....
In other news we had a great time at the Harlem Globetrotters last weekend- they were hilarious and it was a really fun time for our whole family. Not to mention our church choir sang the Star Spangled Banner before the game and did an excellent job! We are really excited to have pastor Brent at church now and SO looking forward to some new things that are coming- including a new SS class and probably some small groups. This is just what Travis and I needed!
Please continue to pray for us as we really hope to be making some really important decisions in the next few months! Hope to hear from you all soon!
In other news we had a great time at the Harlem Globetrotters last weekend- they were hilarious and it was a really fun time for our whole family. Not to mention our church choir sang the Star Spangled Banner before the game and did an excellent job! We are really excited to have pastor Brent at church now and SO looking forward to some new things that are coming- including a new SS class and probably some small groups. This is just what Travis and I needed!
Please continue to pray for us as we really hope to be making some really important decisions in the next few months! Hope to hear from you all soon!
Friday, January 1, 2010
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