See Ya!

Well people, this is it, the end, a time to say adios. I have felt for awhile that I needed to end my time of blogging. I don't know why and I can't explain it but I feel if I were to continue I would be in disobedience to the Lord. I hope you have enjoyed this blog. I have been over at facebook alot so please if you keep up on this blog and would like to continue to get updates on this family circus you may shoot me a friend request, just don't forget to mention that you watch my blog. If you don't, chances are I won't know who you are and I'll reject ya. Hope to see ya'll on facebook soon.

Being Crafty

Friday night a friend of mine had a craft night at her house. The idea is to just bring whatever you are working on, scrapbooking, cards or whatever and work on them while fellowshipping. I always have such a hard time doing that because every time I take my scrapbooking stuff over somewhere I just do the fellowshipping part. Well this time I actually got a project done, it wasn't scrapbooking though and that's probably why. This time I made a pennant to hang in my dining room. It was such a fun time to just hang out and do girly stuff even if it was just for a couple of hours (a whole weekend would be ideal, hint hint Ang :)))).

Thank you Shannon for hosting us and letting us stay so late. I love my pennant and now I have made a few more for the girls' rooms.

Where oh where has she gone?

I know I haven't blogged much lately. I'm really not sure why except for lack of time. I used to wake up at 5:00 to go swimming, come home, eat breakfast and do devotions. By the time I was done with devotions it would be only 7AM and my kids don't get up until at least 8:00, hence I have an hour to do whatever I wanted so I would blog. Since I've been pregnant I haven't been able to get up that early so I just don't have as much time. I don't like to blog during the day so I'm not taking away time from the family and at night it's my time with John. Yes I'm blogging at night now but that brings me to the next problem, our computer. Our computer's hard drive has decided to go on the fritz so I've had to wait until night to use John's laptop. I know I sound like I'm complaining again but I'm really not. I guess I'm thinking on the keyboard. My thought lately has been maybe I should just stop blogging to make sure my family is #1 (well after the Lord). I'm still praying about that one.

An update on my sugars. I have been taking them daily at least 2x per day and they have been great. Last night I had a banana and that didn't go over very well but other then that I've been able to eat Almond Roca at night which is my favorite candy, YAHOOOOOOO!!!!! Thank you for your prayers.

I'll try and see you here soon, pending our computer issues. I can't post any pictures since I'm on John's laptop, (he doesn't have the right kind of card reader). So until I have my computer back, maybe a week or so, I won't be able to post any pics, sorry.

Sugar sugar sugar

Now that I'm pregnant I have to think about my previous pregnancies and remember my sugar problem with Sarah. I remember when I was told that I had to cut out sugar, I cried and cried. What this meant was NOT that I couldn't have sugar but that I would have to eat steak and cheese because not only does that mean sugar but all carbs because they all turn into sugar. When I was pregnant with Sarah I didn't have to do that until the very end, 9 weeks left in my pregnancy. This has become an issue again already and it's hard. I think snack time is the hardest. I was just trying to find a snack to eat and it was Kielbasa, nuts or cooked broccoli, I chose the kielbasa. Probably not the healthiest but it sounded like the better of three options. All I really wanted was the monkey munch sitting on the counter that no one else is eating and I can't, maybe it's time to just throw it away. One of my good friends just found out she is diabetic and is having to make lifestyle changes which has been difficult. I need to get some good snack options from her. Oh and by the way, so far I am not diabetic but I do have to watch it and check my blood sugar periodically to make sure I'm keeping it under control.

Anyways, with all this said, could you please pray for me and my sanity in these snack times? I know it will get easier but there is no changing this one for 6 months (hopefully long enough to make a lifestyle change). Thanks for listening to me vent.

To end this on a lighter note:
Emma opening her Christmas present with her American Girl books, probably her most favorite

Bring on 2009

Now that we are the beginning of 2009, I thought I would just say how excited I am about this upcoming year. I think it will be pretty exciting with a new baby coming along and maybe a new layout in the home. I don't think any real vacations are in store for this year but hopefully some short jaunts to OMSI, Gilbert House or the coast.

This last week I spent most of the week updating our bedroom. I have never had a "pretty" bedroom so this was very exciting to me. I am just in awe at how well it turned out, thanks to some wonderful friends. The pictures don't really show it very well, I guess I'll have to see if I can get a better picture to share.

This next week I think will be a difficult one. John is headed back to work after a week and a half off and now it's back to school time. We didn't do much school in between Thanksgiving and Christmas so now it's back to the real life and real schedule. It might prove to be a tough week. Lots of prayer and perseverance should get us through just fine.

For Christmas I got some new filters for my camera and I am so excited to start using them. Hopefully you'll see a neat difference in some of my pictures. I guess that's what you'll have to look forward to here is some more experimenting with the cam.

HAPPY 2009

PS I know I never posted the last two doctrinal questions here and maybe those will be in my projects for the next couple of weeks. Keep your eyes peeled.