Hi

I do still exists ;) Although I am functioning a few fries short of a happy meal right now. To say that I am consumed with thoughts of receiving our LOA is an understatement. Yucky! I wish I could stop my brain waves about it, but that has been unsuccessful. I just discovered the LOA will not come directly to us (first), so now I can stop holding my breath when I hear a truck rumbling in the distance. Of course, my email chime is now more important. So it's actually worse.

This was our church's Lent reading today. I stewed over it at the gym. So good for me as I struggle with the ridiculous conversations I have in my head. 

Stir up Your power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins,
let Your bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with You and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory now and forever. Amen.

Thomas Cranmer, 16^th century

 

I am feeling sorely hindered by my sins, but oh so grateful for his grace.

 

This week was the 3rd grade performance. Owen hardly talked about it, but they practiced a lot. You should have seen Ryan's excitement when Owen walked on stage. Oh my goodness. I think the whole class noticed him and not because he was loud, just his facial expression and little waves ;) I am sure Owen wanted to crawl under a rock.

He and 2 other buddies were the ONLY 3 kids in the whole 3rd grade NOT wearing PJs. Supposedly it was optional. At least according to Owen. Jury is still out on my feelings about that. I can't say that I blame him for not wanting to wear pjs in front of everyone, but still. Hope this doesn't come back to bit us in the butt with a more serious issue in future.
The show was a perfect 20 minutes ;)

Rocky Start

So yesterday I changed all the clocks in the house except for the most important one, the one and only alarm clock! EJ even woke up at the new 7:30 and I told him (in a not so nice way) to go back to sleep . I didn't realize anything was wrong until Owen and I came downstairs for breakfast and the clock said 8:15. The tardy bell rings at 8:10! Oops! Not to mention the 3rd graders were recording their 3rd grade performance at 8:30. He was really mad! We drove in two shifts to allow Mason a few more minutes to inhale his breakfast.
Perhaps if I hadn't stayed up late working on Ryan's baby book (b/c he is almost 3!) and had Mason and Ryan not been up for AN HOUR in the middle of the night b/c Mason was suddenly scared of the shadows, my body would have realized what time it was. Oh well!

No pictures to prove our busyness this weekend. Just trust me ;)

Seeing Pink

Sugar Plum's room is painted! 

I love it, but definitely still getting used to it. It is a big change from the blue and green.

Special Sub

Guess who joined Owen on the court Saturday? They were short players, so Mason suited up. He was SO excited! Fortunately Owen didn't mind and it was pretty obvious they've played together before.

Mason held his own and for being a year younger than the youngest players, he was not the smallest one on the court. He even made a basket.
Sadly, EJ missed his debut. He was on a men's retreat this weekend. But my parents and Aunt Lissa were all there :)

Owen has enjoyed basketball (it's not his favorite), but is already in high gear for baseball. The seasons are overlapping more than his taxi driver would like. Even on the same days at times. Two more bball games to go.

Creative Juices

EJ was very creative when he was younger. Dressed as a different super hero everyday kind of kid ;) He still is very creative when given the opportunity. Fortunately it no longer involves underoos! Mix that with me, the art major and apparently you get all kinds of artists.

Mason has been excited for LEGO's new line of Chima characters. So, he cut a poster he got free at the LEGO event and made his own.  ALL BY HIMSELF

Ryan has an obsession with balloons. His newest obsession is decorating them.

Owen loves making comics. My mom recently found an old cartoon making kit I had when I was a kid. Yep, moved 3 times with them. Coming in handy again.