Different Things....

I know I didnt get around to posting our menu for this week. I have been extremely busy getting my house back in order from the weekend and getting my garden and yard worked on.

But to round out whats left of this week, we are going to have some good meals.

Monday-- Hamburgers on the grill (we had family over)

Tuesday--Pizza (Jack bought because one of his friends from Church came over)

Wednesday---Fried Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Corn on the Cob

Thursday-- Beef, Bean and Cheese Nachos (we will have three of our nieces spending the night with us....(4, 8 and 13). and Jacks girlfriend will be eating supper with us...

Friday---Omelettes

Saturday--Burrito Cassarole (with homemade tortillas, and leftover beans (refried)

Sunday--Open faced roast beef sandwiches for lunch and Eggs, Hashbrowns and Bacon for supper.


On to other things....We had a wonderful weekend. Saturday, we all went with Paul to run some errands he had to run. When we got home, we had a long day of doing work around the house that needed done. Got alot accomplished. Sunday, we had an amazing Church service. It was a very packed house considering how small our church house is. When we built it, we made it small so as not to spend alot of money. Well, it barely holds our 15 or 20 people and Sunday, we had 10 extra people...So it was wonderful. Beuatiful singing and just marvelous fellowship. After Church, it was our Sunday that we go to Sams and get our bulk items. We found several things on sale and had the extra money for it so we picked up a few extra items. (Things we will use but dont buy unless they are on sale...)

Monday, we cleaned house and got ready for our cookout that night. We had Pauls sister and her family over and his brother and one of his daughters and her little boy and Granny and Papa and Jacks girlfriend. It was a blast...noisy but fun. I enjoy hosting things like that but just dont usually take the time to do it. I need to more often.

I have really been working on my husband encouragement even though the thirty day challenge is done with. (for me anyway, you can start it whenever you want). I find myself sometimes really getting annoyed with Paul and I have to make myself stop and say "No, Crystal, you need to be nice about this and let him make the decisions. It will all turn out okay." It has blessed our marriage so much for me to do this!

On a happier note, We DID get a stimulus check! I know in my post before I had said that we werent getting one and I had given up on it.....but we got THE letter in the mail two days after it hit our bank account (according to the records..) But when I called the hotline to make sure that it was all okay....I still get the same automated message that says we arent getting one....Crazy I know but I do have a couple of friends that are having similar situations. Who knows. But THANK GOD that we got ours.

Since we got ours, I did go ahead and make a dental appointment with a dentist that my nieces use (Did I mention how much I deteset dental work....?) I dont know what it is..I can have babies...broke bones......menstrual cramps...(I know bad topic huh..) But I absolutely cannot willnot make myself sit in a dentist chair unless I absolutely have to. Well Paul told me I have to so I guess in the submissive nature that I am trying to be in, I will go. But I dont have to like it. :-( I could just be stubborn and not go, but I am tired of my mouth hurting. So I will go and get my mouth fixed just so I can talk more (Love Ya Honey! :-) ) But please do keep me in your prayers that I may have an easy time getting my work done that I need done. I do have three babies to care for while I am getting it done (which I am afraid may include getting my wisdom teeth out....ouch!)

I guess that is about all that is going on around our house right now. It is late and I need to go to bed. Paul has to get up at 4:30 in the morning to go to work. They have to have a fire alarm test in one of their buildings and he has to be there for it. (YUCKKK...) And since I am trying to be more encouraging, I will be up with him....that is if he doesnt tell me to go back to sleep...then I will be submissive and go back to sleep...gladly...lol.

Much Love and Many Prayers
Crystal

Sorry

I am so sorry that I have been away all week. My computer cord broke and I just got a new one last night. I will try to catch up on my husband encouragement challenge tonight.

Love And Prayers
Crystal

A tearful read.

I just had to post this link tonight. I read it and bawled and bawled some more until Jack asked me what was wrong. "They have such faith and trust and and and...I just cant explain it...Here Read.." I cant explain it..Just amazing faith..amazing. I honestly dont know if I could do what they did. I dont know. I would try I know that. But I really think I would be one of those people that asked God "Why" . Read their story, read the letter that she wrote and look at the pictures. It is so sad, yet so joyous at the same time.

I remember a note that was wrote in a book that my mom recieved when my older sister was killed in a car wreck..(this happened before I was born....) It said that God needed another rose for his bouquet. He needed another angel. This is true. This note was a big help to my mom in her years of grief. She recalled it even as we were teenagers. My sisters name was Sharon. And any time that we sang a song in Church that had the words "Rose of Sharon" or anything about Gods Bouquet in it, my mom would smile. She knows where Sharon is, just like Audreys parents know where she is...they are in Jesus precious safe arms..where the evils of this world cannot harm them. They are bein rocked to sleep at night in his Holy hands.

Like I said, I would probably (even knowing all this) be one of the parents that ask WHY? But my mom and Angie, (Audrey's mom) are not that type of parents. They praise Him and bless Him and love the time they had with their precious babies, whether a few hours or a few years, they thank Him for that. Malisa put it very nicely on her post.

Please pray that they will continue to keep their faith and that they may heal in Gods timing.

Love and Prayers
Crystal

Ummmmm........

I titled this post Ummm...because I dont really know what to call it. I guess I could have called it Different Links, but to me that is just not as interesting as ummm..... lol.

I had the perfect post in my head a couple of days ago...it was about Being Real. So seeing as I had a Migraine for a couple of days and wasnt going to blog, I thought well I'll keep it in my head and type it when I get better. Well, my sister beat me to it. She's good at that. Beating me to things. I dont know how she does it. (I love Ya Sis)

So then I thought that well, I would just do a couple of different links on my blog of post that I have found inspiring and helpful the last couple of days. So that is what I am going to do. But first, my version of being real.

My husband hates his job. Everyday, he goes to it knowing that he is going to get griped at. Everyday, he comes home in a bad mood and on edge because he thinks that everyone here is going to gripe at him. (This is not saying anything bad about him!). Even though he comes home this way, he calmes down after a couple of hours and is the sweetest most wonderful father and husband you could ask for. This has however taken a toll on our marriage and on our kids lives. So we are having to back up and think about what we do and how we say stuff. It has been a challenge the past couple of weeks since we realized this.

Alaina, is a whiner...most of the time. She knows when she does something wrong and when you say her name to get onto her for it, she whines and carries on and doesnt quit until you tell her you are going to swat her tail for it. She has always been a whiner. Except when she was an infant, she was my good baby then, she would lay in the floor and play or in her crib and play and she slept all night. But as soon as she turned 1 it seemed, the whining started and hasnt stopped. Add this to my anxiety over my husband coming home in a bad mood and you have a bad combination around here. Any suggestions on getting her to stop whining? I am at my wits end with her...It is driving me crazy.

That is my being real!

Now for some inspiring links the last couple of days.

My sister posted an article about RESPECTING Your husband. It had a link in it to go to Revive our Hearts website and listen to a radio show by Nancy Leigh Demoss. Oh Boy did she step on some toes in our family. Big Time! Here is the link to the program. And here is the link to my sisters thoughts on the matter. Needless to say, I completely agree with her. I am going to join the challenge that they issued. A 30 day challenge to uplift and encourage your husband instead of dragging him through the dirt. (And yes he knows what I posted above and he is okay with me posting it. He said it didnt really put him down, it is just being real.) So Starting later today, I hope to post my Encouragement for the day! We will see how I do.

Kelli is always encouraging in her post. She post Verses or thoughts that she thinks of everyday and I gain a little wisdom from every one. I dont always comment but I do enjoy them.

This Blog, is encouraging that they are keeping their faith through what they are experiencing right now. I cry everytime I read it but I also smile because I know that their little girl is safe and that they still have their Faith. And through Him we can do anything right?

I found a few more last night but I cant remember what they are. Migraines seem to do that to me...they make me feel disoriented and I lose my short term memory for a couple of days. I hope I am past that for the time being and can function normally for a few days.

We have a long weekend coming up but I am not going to post about it until Monday or Tuesday. It has alot to do with some decisions we have been trying to make in our lives here lately. But I will inform you later.

Prayers. Pleas pray for the above mentioned family That they may keep their faith and have some peace about what God is doing in their lives.

Pray for my sister that she may get the rest and peace that she needs in her life right now. And that she may continue to have a safe and uneventful pregnancy.

Pray for my family that we may open our hearts and our ears and eyes to hear and see what God has planned for us. And that we may have the wisdom to do what is right.

And now for a funny.... Every Sunday in Church, our men try to lead songs that the little kids like to sing at least once. One of our men had lead Wonderful Words of Life for a couple of Sundays because the kids like to sing it. And my son Jack would lead Jesus Loves Me. Well on Easter Sunday, when Paul was home sick, Rick (The man that leads the first song) instead of singing Wonderful Words of Life lead a different song...(cant remember what it was) Alaina looks at me and says " Him not sing Wonerful Words of Life Momma". I quietly told her that it was okay, he could lead a different song....She then turns to Jack and tells him. He tells her it is okay we can sing different songs. Well she seemed okay with this. When it came time for Jack to sing his song, He led Amazing Grace instead of Jesus Loves Me. Alain just started crying. To the point that I had to take her outside to find out what was wrong. Jack hadnt lead Jesus Loves Me and it was the last song so now we couldnt sing it either and Rick didnt lead Wonderful Words of Life...and I think in her eyes, the world was over. To her delight, Jack lead Jesus Loves Me last Sunday and you should have heard her sing. I dont think there was a dry eye in the house.

That is one thing at our Church. Yes we try to keep them relatively quiet during the lesson so we can listen too, but when it comes to singing and worshiping God. We let them sing their little hearts out and it is so precious. Paul is usually our preacher on Sundays. There is one other guy that does preach but most usually here lately, he has had to work on Sundays. People that come to our Church may think it is weird because during the invitaiton song, my little girls (and soon to be Jason too I am afraid) run up to their daddy at the front of the Church and jump up in his arms and sing the invitation song with Daddy. If anyone happens to go up for prayers, my daughters share in the hug and the prayers and the tears. Kylie told me one Sunday that that guy was sad, and I told her yes but we werent to talk about it because that was between him and God and daddy. And she said I know Momma, I wont say nothin..but he needs prayers. So everyday for a week at Lunch, she would pray for this guy when she said our lunch prayer.

I had one lady tell me that if we were to do things decently and in order, that they would not be allowed to do that. Another elderly gentlemen who was listening at the same time said, if it happens every Sunday and God knows that then it is in order. It is when they dont do it that it is out of order because everyone is wondering why they dont....I dont particurly think God is going to look down on us for letting two little girls go up and give their Daddy hugs during invitation time. Now when Kylie gets a little older, I will probably try to get her to stay at the bench with me but for now, she can give her daddy and the members who need prayers all the hugs she wants.

And on that thought, I think I will go fix some breakfast and get things ready for our weekend.

Love andPrayers
Crystal

Ahhhh Monday!

Well, Friday was a crazy crazy day. WE ended up having to get ready and take something to my husband at work 30 minutes away and of course we got there at lunch time and he wanted to eat with us so we went and ate. Then I ran to Wal-Mart to pick up some things that I needed. Wanted to go to the health food store while I was there and didnt get to. Came home, went and sighted in muzzleloaders and set up the ground blind so I could take the kids with me hunting Saturday morning.

Saturday, we got up at 6:00 got ready, dragged the kids out of bed, and went to the woods. At 11:00, we came out of the woods and went and picked up angel food. Then we came home, ate lunch, took baths, done some chores, and Paul and I went to Wal-Mart after some groceries real quick while Granny watched the girls and Aunt Ducky watched Jason ( THANK YOU BOTH...I REALLY NEEDED THAT BREAK) Then we came home, got ready and went the the Church Halloween thing....just a weiner roast and some candy. No scary costumes or anything...except one.....he was the Texas Chainsaw guy...he likes to scare the girls and then give them hugs and make them feel better. lol. He is a cutey...Kylie was a Queen (THANK YOU TAMMY FOR HER DRESS, SHE LOVED IT) And Alaina was a kitty cat. It was so cute. We also had a monkey, a fireman, a sugarplum fairy, a baseball player, and Jason and another little girl did not dress up...they were just babies.

Yesterday, we put the heat and air plenum (sp) in and got it wired in at Church. It was an all afternoon project. Then we came home and I did a 30 minute quick clean of my very messy house before we ate supper and settled down to enjoy a movie together.

Today, I am going to be doing a lot of computer work for our business. I need to get it all done today.

I also have a prayer request for myself..This coming weekend, we drew in for a hunt that is in my the town of my home congregation. I am having some "issues" with going there right now. Just some things that are going on and things that have went on. I really dont want to go. Right now I have the attitude that I dont care if I ever go back there. But I know I need to go see certain people down there. So I am going but not happily. Please pray that I will have a peaceful heart when I go and please pray that everything works out okay.

I had better get busy on my computer work for the day. I also need to look at my cleaning schedule and see what I am supposed to be doing this week....I kinda havent followed it for a while...

Love and Prayers
Crystal

Different things.

Some different things

First, We have had a bad week. Hasnt anything went right and when we try to get caught up or ahead, everthing seems to get behind. Anyway, I only lost one more pound but I havent been eating right and no exercise to speak of. I will try to get back on track next week. (I had ice cream this week with the kids)

Second, We had a fun day the other day (we gave up since nothing was going right and took a break. I will try and post pictures later but I have got to pay bills and buy some groceries today and Jack is supposed to come over tonight and we are going to go to the park (if it is not raining.) We try to spend all our time with him when he is over. So if I dont get them up before he gets here, i will try to do it sometime later.

Third, I am really trying to get my bearings on this homeschool stuff...there is so much stuff out there and so many different resources. But the more I read about it and the more I watch my kids while we are doing school, the more I am convinced that this is the best thing for them and that We will be okay. I CAN DO THIS!!!!! It may be tough at times but I can do it.

Fourth, I realized why our week was going bad yesterday. I am not spending enough time studying and praying. Sleep deprivation and little or no studying or prayer does not go well together. I have got to make time to study more.

I guess that is all for today and I will try and get the pictures up. I may wait and put pictures up of the park if we get to go.

Love and Prayers
Crystal

musings

I guess I am kinda down in the dumps today. I am really tired and cant seem to get any energy. Kylie was sick last thursday and couldnt seem to get over it so I took her to the doctor monday when i took Jason to get his shots. She has an upper respitory infection. Jason had a couple of rough days after his shots but seems better today. Alaina has been sick this evening. AND IT WONT STOP RAINING. I know we need the rain but I just wish it would stop long enough for me to mow my yard and let the kids out to play. I am so tired of being cooped up.

CABIN FEVER MAYBE...... On top of mybusy sick kid week, we are having Church at our house again Sunday because the community building is rented for mothers day. Which means that I hav eto clean up my kinda messy house. I mean it isnt terrible because I have kept it up sorta.....but I still have to pick up the mess that we have made and I havent done any deep cleaning this week except for going through the girls clothes and boxing some of them up.

I know I promised pictures of my kids and of lily but so far my internet wont stay connected long enough to upload pictures. I guess it is the storms or something. I will try and get them on here as soon as I can.

Anyway, I need to go get some stuff done before time to get the girls ready for bed.

Love and Prayers.

Monday happenings.

Lots of stuff going on this week. I decided this morning that since I got all my laundry caught up over the weekend, that I will not do laundry every day this week like I have been doing the past couple of weeks. See usually on Monday's I do all the laundry except for the Kitchen stuff like towels and dishrags and potholders. I do those on Wednesday when I clean my kitchen and then on Friday i do sheets and quilts. But since Jason was born, I have not been caught up on laundry so I have been doing it everyday. Now I can get back to my schedule with the exception of Jason's clothes and cloth baby wipes. They will need to be washed every day. And Paul is down to two pair of work jeans so I will need to keep them washed this week until we can buy more this weekend after he gets paid. So I have today to catch up on other stuff like paying some bills that did not get paid Saturday because we were too busy cleaning house and getting this weeks lesson together for the girls and taking a nap.

Hopefully tommorow I will get to sew on me some dresses and maybe some outfits for the girls.
I have been looking at something on other blogs called Menu plan monday. I need to go check out the website and see what it is all about. But if it is something that is interesting I will see about doing it on here. For today though, I need to work on my budget and My menus for the next two weeks. I am trying to find some new Crockpot dishes to try but am not having any luck finding ones that my husband might like. If yall have any suggestions please let me know.

Paul killed a turkey saturday. Yippee!!!! Congratulations. I love seeing him having fun and enjoying himself. He so enjoys hunting and being in the woods. Plus now we can have deep fried turkey breast and turkey breast rubbed with some great seasonings that we aquired and baked like a pork tenderloin. I love trying new stuff. The only downside to him killing the bird was that I had to clean the meat after he had cut it off. YUCK!!!!!! All I can say is I am glad I am not pregnant this time. Last time he killed a turkey, I was pregnant with Kylie and could not even look at it raw. He had to clean it. Funny cause when I killed my deer, I was pregnant with Alaina and it did not even bother me. Even Funnier, kylie is our finnicky eater, she wont hardly eat meat and Alaina wont hardly eat vegetables but she devours meat. Isn't that weird.

anyway, my goal was to list two things fun to do with my kids every day. today, i am going to snuggle with them during nap time if jason will take his nap at the same time. They love for me to take naps with them. second, I am going to play barbies with kylie. She so enjoys this. And I will find something to do with alaina. she isnt' really into anything right now. If It warms up any at all and the wind isn't blowing, I will try and take them out side. I dont want to go if the wind is blowing though because I already have a sinus infection and kylie's allergies are really acting up.

I am going to try to get some new books to read with this next paycheck. I want a new cookbook and a new cd to so we will see.. If I get them and start reading them I willpost them.

Love and Prayers

Happy Easter!!!!

Happy Easter Everyone. I not only celebrated egg hunting with my kids today, I celebrated Christ Death Burial and Resurection. I know it sounds strange to celebrate something like that but If he hadn't of died on the cross for mans sins, I wouldn t have a chance.. If he had not gave up his life so our sins could be forgiven what would this world be like today? I dont really know or want to even ponder it but if you have any thoughts on what it would be like let me know.

For those of you who dont know, our church family has been having church at the community building in Natural Dam Ar, We are working on getting ready to build a building but are having to wait on everyone else to get stuff done. The perk test so we can put in septic and water. and then have to wait on the water line to be put in. You know that saying Hurry up and wait. well that is the story right now. anyway, the community building was rented for easter. so paul and i decided to have church at our house today and have dinner afterwards followed by an easter egg hunt. We really enjoyed it. The kids had a blast and us adults got to fellowship with each other. It was wonderful.

I was talking to a couple of the girls that we got to church with. (known them all my life.) We got to talking about homeschooling because I am homeschooling our kids. They would like to homeschool their kids (future kids). One of them is a single mom with two kids and the other is a newlywed who is trying to get pregnant. (Prayers for both of them please). I thought that was kinda neat. I thought everyone thought that I was crazy for wanting to homeschool. It is nice to know that others are interested. especially ones so close to home.

I was reading on a blog comment the other day about how a blog is supposed to be like that persons journal. I guess that is how mine is. I just write (type) whatever is on my mind.

I guess that is all for today. I dont really have anything else to say right now. I am going to go enjoy an evening with my husband and try to hide all the leftover sweets from my kids. (and myself.)

Love andPrayers
Crystal

Philosophy

I was just thinking last night about things I learned in College about teaching. It occured to me that I didn't learn that much. About the only thing I remember is the Foundations of Education Class. We had to write all kinds of different papers. One of them was our Philosophy of Education. We had to write this and their goal for the teaching program was that at the end of your course study you would have changed that philosophy based on the knowledge you gained.

It made me think of how little girls have a dream of someday getting married and becoming a mommy and by the time they are teenagers usually that dream has changed a little bit to include college, and by the time they are either in college or married that dream has become reality and the knowledge now makes that childhood dream seem so far away.

The Greek meaning of Philosophy is "love for wisdom" . I wouldnt call my self a philosopher but I am always searching for answers and truths. Like the little girl, my philosophy on life changed when I became a teenager, It changed when I became the mom of one and then two and now it has definatly changed with 3. I am sure it will change many times more in my lifetime. I just hope that with each change, it is with more knowledge and positivity than before.

I hope this makes sense, It is just some ramblings that I have had going around in my head all night and wanted to post.

I will probably post later today about our weekend. Right now, I have to go fix breakfast as my quiet computer time is over because my 3 yr old has recently decided that 7:00 in the morning is a good time to get up and she no longer needs a nap during the day either. what fun they are.....!

Colds, Mixed up Nights.

All three kids have a cold. Not Fun. I figured they would after we went to Broken Bow, My little niece had a runny nose. But how do you tell a five year old that she cant touch the new baby or play with her cousins? I know i could have but she is one that you dont want to hurt her feelings. Jason also has his days and nights mixed up kinda he eats every two hours day and night and i don't know what to do about it. I kept him up all day yesterday and he still woke up every two to three hours last night.

I have made a decision though. I don't know how many people read this blog as i don't ever get any comments or emails. But I am not going to blog again until I get my house back in complete order, get the kids all back on a schedule and catch up on stuf i have to do for paul. I have alot of things that I want to blog about but maybe after I get all of this straightened out I can have time to sort it out and post it. I will be back hopefully soon.

Love and Prayers.

Weekend Happenings

We had a fun weekend. I guess you would say. We went to Broken Bow to see my family. We left late Friday night and got back late last night. They had a baby shower for us while we were down there. That was nice. We got some things that we sure could use. The baby shower was a surprise though. We got to pick up the rest of our stuff that we still had down there. We only have a few things left now. We brought back our freezer which will come in handy for storing bulk frozen items. I didnot realize how much i missed that freezer until the last couple of months. Not really a whole lot else going on just trying to catch up on house cleaning today. We are going to get back into somewhat of a routine. Kylie wants to do her school work today and I need to scrub my kitchen although it is not wednesday, We are having Alaina's birthday get together tommorow night and I need to have my house somewhat clean. It is rough getting back into a schedule once you have gotten out of it. I also am trying some new discipline techniques with the girls but I will talk more about that later. Right now I need to go start supper in the crock pot and fix some breakfast since we got up late this morning.

Love and Prayers.

Who am I?

My husband has a lesson called "Who am I?" It talks about how God made us and knew who we were and what we were to be even before we were born . I just wanted to pose this question to all of you.

My answer to this is not complete because I have yet to discover all of my abilities. But as of right now, I am #1 a CHRISTIAN, I am a child of God and My first Job is to serve him. # 2 I am a Wife, My second Job is to serve my husband in a Godly manner. #3 I am a mother, My third job is to raise my children up in a Godly manner and to teach them Gods word. #4 I am a Sister in Christ and my job as this is to be there for my brothers and sisters. This has been an issue lately with one sister in particular. I need to be there for her but I don't know how to help her.

Like I said, My list is not complete, I have yet to discover everything. I am living and learning everyday.

I just wanted to put this question to you. Let me know what you think, Email or leave a comment.

I have also gotten interested in reading a Book that my husband has. it is "The Zondervan Parallel New Testament In Greek and English" It is basically the new testament in the King James Version, The New International Version and then translated from Greek. It is interesting to see how close or different the different versions are from the Greek. I love reading old languages like that. Paul thought I was nuts when I said I wanted to read it. But I loved Humanities in College and Old World Literature. So I am reading this book. It will take a while as I read the Greek and follow along with the other versions but I will get there. And hey, I am reading the Bible as I go.

Anyway, I have to go feed Baby.
Love and Prayers

Doing Okay

We are doing okay. The girls are getting back on schedule and Jason is adapting wonderfully. We are having some problems breastfeeding. My milk supply is diminishing already and he is taking at lest 2 oz of formula if not 3 after he nurses. I think we will probably be on formula completely before to long.

I probably will not get to plant my garden this year. We don't have the money to buy the tools or the seed for it. I was hoping but it seems like we get a new bill every month and all our extra money is going to pay them. I gues that is what happens in life.

I am going to ask for prayers once again. I as most of you probably know do not ask for help or for prayer often so this is new and helpless feeling for me. I don't like feeling helpless. Anyway, I am having some very bad feelings toward certain people and things that they have done. I know that I should forgive and forget and get on with life but that is kinda hard to do when you have to live with the consequences of the decisions every day. I wish i could get more specific but i don't want to mention names or situations because of hurting feelings. That is not my intention. I just need prayers for help on dealing with this and the consequences. Maybe in a couple of months when I am not so emotional I might explain better.

Anyway I have a long to do list today and am not getting anywhere yet. But that baby is fussy again this morning. So I don't know what I will end up getting done.

Love and Prayers.

More Thoughts

Just updates tonight. I am as of right now still fat and pregnant. I cannot believe how different I am carrying this baby than Kylie and Alaina. I gained alot of weight with Kylie and not alot with Alaina and I haven't gained as much with this one as with Alaina but I am carrying it all in the front and it hurts to even walk sometimes. And because of the front weight, if I stand too long it makes my back hurt really bad which feels like back labor. But anyway, maybe only a couple of more weeks at the most. I am hoping that there are no problems this wednesday when I go to the doctor. With Alaina at my 37 week check up, her heartbeat was in the 180's and they like for them to be in the 130's to 150's. So the doc got kinda scared i think and wanted her out but because her heartbeat did go down he had to wait until 39 weeks. I will be 38 weeks with this one Wed. so maybe no problems. Say a prayer for me that all goes well. I don't need a C-Section or anything. After all I will have 3 babies at home by myself all day everyday until Paul comes home from work. That is going to be a little tough. My motherinlaw is fighting a cold so pray for her also. She is supposed to be my babysitter when I have this one.

I read Julies post the other day and she is studying Prov. 31. I have been reading this and some other scriptures also. But then I talked to Julie the other night and she told me that she has been following a deal that she found where you read a scripture of Prov. 31 and write down what it means to you or how you relate it to your marriage. I think I will start doing this and see where I get. I am not a very self confident wife so maybe this will help me.

Anyway. I gotta go get kids in bed.

Love and Prayers

Still Hanging In There

Just got a minute to post. I am still pregnant. I really hope that it comes soon but tommorow is my nieces birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE!!!!!!) and I really don't want him to come on her day so i am patiently waiting.

I have not done alot today. I put Enchilada in the crockpot for supper and have been updating our webstore.

I have been researching alot here lately on Cloth Diapers and Cloth Wipes. I have already made some Cloth Wipes and they work great. I am probably going to experiment with the diapers soon. I have to make some curtains for my bedroom and living room first and i want to make me a new purse and the girls some summer clothes so I will see how much i get done between now and when the baby is born and how much i get done afterward. I want to plant a garden and I have no idea when it is time to start. I need to ask my father in law since he grows one every year.

Anyway, just musings for now. Curious what others think about the cloth diapers and wipes.

Catching Up Again

Sorry I havent posted. I have been busy trying to keep my house up and keep up the computer work that goes along with our website. It gets strenous this time of year, taking discontinued stuff off and putting new stuff on. Plus the baby dropped last week so it isn't as easy for me to do housework as it was. It takes alot more energy and time to keep it all done so I haven't been concentrating on my blog. I have been trying to read the scripture that Julie requested on her blog and like her am struggling to absorb what I am reading. I think I will get my CD on Romans out and listen to it and see what they have to say. Maybe that will help. Or would that be cheating. I don't know. I might try it. Anyway. I went to the doctor and nothing much is going on just my body getting ready to have this baby. If I don't go into labor by 39 weeks then he will induce me if I want. I go back at 38 weeks and he thinks I will have had it by then if not soon after. I guess this is all for now. I am really tired and want to go to bed. Alaina is out for the night, if I could just get Kylie to go out......She is enjoying Daddy time. He has been working late alot here lately and she is missing him. So I will post more later.

Love and Prayers
Crystal