November Is Already Over

 Sleeping children make my heart melt!

 Thanksgiving treats - chocolate pecan pie; Isabella made turkey cupcakes!

 Scouts are asked to lead the flag ceremony at the city 5K!

 During Thanksgiving, we run, play Turkey bowl, and run some more.

 Post meal naps

 Boerne Parade with the Youth Group and Nativity Float

 Helping to safely remove limbs from a big tree that hangs over Nana and Grandpa's house!

Texas plates now grace my car.

Summer Time and the Living is Easy

I can't be bothered to catch up on end of school year madness.

Just to much fun and crazy time and pictures.

But events included 2nd grade basketball tournament club,

lots of circus club performances,

class parties and end of year assembly.

 

All good, but we're to summer and I'm in the easy frame of mind.

My days are crazy busy, but with more of this type of stuff.

Blah, Blah, Blah - This is What We Do

I may not love mornings...

or more accurately not sleeping,

but if you have to be up -

I guess a good sunrise is the way to do it.

Found a belated Mother's Day paper in Issac's backpack.

It's close enough and fairly flattering.

I'll take it.

Bella may be pint sized, but girl is strong.

She lifted this 50 lb bag of rice up from the basement.

I actually sent her down for a 10 lb. bag.

Travis and I suspect Issac may be rich.

Dude is not afraid of a little hard work.

So if his siblings have tablets and he doesn't...

but he wants one, he is not afraid to earn it.

Thanks to our neighbor who was changing,

he got a screamin' deal.

Look at that happy boy!

Likewise Kody is now feeling left out.

It didn't help when Issac won this learning Geo Safari laptop.

But alas, he sold it to Kody for $5...

 the last of the money he needed to buy the tablet.

And ironically Wyatt may play it the most!

 

All is well that ends well.

We are doing okay!



It's A Crazy World Out There

One of the things that are most said to me when people hear that I have a hubby who works away from home the majority of the time is:  Do you sleep well or Do you ever get scared at night?  Usually they follow it up with I wouldn't or I'd be too scared to sleep before I even get a chance to answer.

For me the answer is no.  Normally I am not a terribly fearful person, and add to that fact that I have no knowledge of anyone ever entering my house at night or when it is locked in my thirty some odd years of existence and therefore it is not something I worry about.  That being said....

The other night I was deep asleep in my bed.  I awoke automatically feeling like someone was in my room.  This happens with some frequency and so I listened for children footsteps to discern who it was and then what they needed.  I heard no footsteps and so popped up to see who was in my room.  No one!  Hmm.  I still couldn't shake the feeling that someone had been in my room.  It was at this point I started to feel a little freaked out.

So while I mentally willed myself to calm down, I chanted in my head - the doors are all locked, the garage is closed, there is no way anyone could be in the house without my hearing the entry portion.  After a few minutes of calming I ended it with this prayer:

Heavenly Father, I know that faith and fear can't co-exist.  If someone is in the house, tell me how I should proceed, if not let me fall back to sleep and not spare another minute worrying.  Within seconds I fell back into the dreamland I had been awoken from. 

So when people ask me how I sleep the answer is, usually just fine.  Because with answers to prayers like that, there sure is a lot of faith and very little fear.  Sweet Dreams.