I woke up and thought Bailey had kicked her fever, she looked good and seemed to be acting fine. But E had a low grade fever. We went to Landon's game anyway (which they lost unfortunately) and all was well. Then we returned home and E's fever was gone (the wonders of Motrin), but Landon couldn't even talk, his voice was gone and is throat was scratchy. I swear he was fine before his game. But by the afternoon (after we all took a 2 hour nap and E took a 3 hour nap (1.5 hours more than normal)) both Landon & Bailey both had fevers. Baileys was up to 103+ and Landons was lower at 101.3. Motrin took care of it right away luckily! E still didn't have a fever this evening but he definately wasn't himself. He actually laid his head down on the floor adn just laid there for probably 10 minutes! Soooooo terribly unlike him! I put him to bed at 7 (again, so unlike him).
The older kids & are are watching "Game Plan" right now from On Demand. They are just AMAZED at this whole On Demand thing, "Well, can we pause the movie?" "Are there commercials?", "Do we have to send it back?". Funny how something so simple can amaze them!
Matt is on his way home (or will be soon) from St Joe in the wonderful snow storm, so if your reading this tonight yet please say a quick prayer for a safe drive home. I need him home safely! UPDATE: HE ISN'T COMING HOME TONIGHT,THEY ARE STAYING AT MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE, BUT PRAYERS FOR A SAFE RETURN TOMOROW WOULD BE GREAT! AND THAT E SLEEPS ALL NIGHT!
February 9, 2008
February 8, 2008
Sick Day...
Yesterday afternoon Bailey came down with a fever. It started as a really low grade, and kinda disappeared on it's own at one point, but before bed it was up to 103.98 and she had a really deep cough. I know she's been exposed to lot's of stuff recently (there have been at least 4-5 kids sick in her class all week) so I was a litle worried but was able to get the fever back down a few times in the night (as soon as the meds wore off it was right back up to almost 104) and her cough wasn't terrible through the night. I called the dr office this morning just to check, with the weekend coming I didn't want to have to go to the ER room if they wanted to see her. Basically the guy I talked to read me a whole speal adn they don't want to see her, which is totally fine by me! But she's home today adn we missed "Donuts with your Valentine" at her school so on the way to take Landon to school this morning we had our own Donuts with your Valentine at the bakery. They LOVED that! I have the day off b/c of her being sick so that is at least a little nice. Although E is a bit more needy! Oh well, good snuggle/play day!
Here's another layout I did yesterday...
Made with these super brackets by Amy Wolff
Matt will be out of town again tonight and we are just going to be hanging out, maybe watch a movie or something, who knows! Tomorow is basketball & soccer (although we may end up skipping soccer) then Matt will be gone AGAIN all night! Sounds like a GREAT weekend huh???
And, about Elliot's talking... in the last two or three days his vocabulary has probably quadrupled. He repeats a ton and had all of a sudden started saying words all the time! I'll show you later... stay tuned!
Here's another layout I did yesterday...
Made with these super brackets by Amy WolffMatt will be out of town again tonight and we are just going to be hanging out, maybe watch a movie or something, who knows! Tomorow is basketball & soccer (although we may end up skipping soccer) then Matt will be gone AGAIN all night! Sounds like a GREAT weekend huh???
And, about Elliot's talking... in the last two or three days his vocabulary has probably quadrupled. He repeats a ton and had all of a sudden started saying words all the time! I'll show you later... stay tuned!
February 6, 2008
February 5, 2008
Layouts...
Well it's been a while since I showed off any layouts, so I'm gonna show you my latest three favs... you can see more by going to my gallery(s), link on the right!
I just made the BEST soup... Savory Mushroom Barley Soup. Seriously YUMMY! And not to fattening/unhealthy either! Lot's of vegetables, broth, tomato paste. I did add beef pieces too! Soooo good! We're having it for dinner too!
I got two new backdrops today! I still have all the lights up, it's causing a little congestion in the entry of the house b/c I had to rearrange some furniture, but I've taken some great pics too! I got a white backdrop & a blue one today, can't wait to check them out! E isn't much of a model so I may have to wait for bailey to get home from school!
We will have to do her hair first though! She for some reason though thinks it's CUTE to wear only half of her hair back in a ponytail with the sides hanging down. It looks absolutely rediculous and I all but told her so this morning (I did feel a little bad, it obviously hurt her feelings a little), I told her that we were going to redo her hair and that brought tears. You never want me to do my hair the way I want. So WHATEVER... DO YOUR HAIR HOW YOU WANT! Just to show her how silly it looked I also did mine that way, thinking she would then see the light. Nope... not so much! I said "Don't I look NICE???" and she responded with "Yeah... I like it mom". It was VERY VERY VERY hard for me not to laugh! What's up with that? Why does she think that's cute????? So anyway, she went to school looking like that and when I was at school at 9 she still had her hair "up" like that. Rediculous I tell ya. It's very hard for me to see her like that, I really want it to be done "right".
That girl drives me crazy... good thing I love her so very very much!
I got two new backdrops today! I still have all the lights up, it's causing a little congestion in the entry of the house b/c I had to rearrange some furniture, but I've taken some great pics too! I got a white backdrop & a blue one today, can't wait to check them out! E isn't much of a model so I may have to wait for bailey to get home from school!
We will have to do her hair first though! She for some reason though thinks it's CUTE to wear only half of her hair back in a ponytail with the sides hanging down. It looks absolutely rediculous and I all but told her so this morning (I did feel a little bad, it obviously hurt her feelings a little), I told her that we were going to redo her hair and that brought tears. You never want me to do my hair the way I want. So WHATEVER... DO YOUR HAIR HOW YOU WANT! Just to show her how silly it looked I also did mine that way, thinking she would then see the light. Nope... not so much! I said "Don't I look NICE???" and she responded with "Yeah... I like it mom". It was VERY VERY VERY hard for me not to laugh! What's up with that? Why does she think that's cute????? So anyway, she went to school looking like that and when I was at school at 9 she still had her hair "up" like that. Rediculous I tell ya. It's very hard for me to see her like that, I really want it to be done "right".
That girl drives me crazy... good thing I love her so very very much!
February 3, 2008
NY Giants win!!!! & email issues
OK, so Landon is PUMPED that the Giants won! I'm excited for him he's so excited!
More importantly, my email is NOT working... at all, not sure what's up with that but I can't receive ANY mail, I'm hoping I get them all from today tomorow or something! In the meantime if you need to email me for something you can use this post or the traditional and a bit "old fashioned" phone!
More importantly, my email is NOT working... at all, not sure what's up with that but I can't receive ANY mail, I'm hoping I get them all from today tomorow or something! In the meantime if you need to email me for something you can use this post or the traditional and a bit "old fashioned" phone!
February 2, 2008
Sports Day
Friday was supposed to be a snow day... the roads were terrible when it was time to take the kids to school, but I got them there and it quit snowing by the time it was time to come home so all was good!
I had a dr appt with a dermatologist on Friday to get a mole looked at/removed, so Matt came home to watch the boys so I could go, I drove on the rotten roads to the office, checked in (long story not worth explaining with that too), and then the receptionist informed me that they don't participate with my insurance... so I left. Nice that I had to go all the way there to find that out. So now I need to find someone that participates with my insurance... just one more thing to do!
This morning Landon had a basketball game... he did sooooo well (although he was exhausted from being up til 1:30am), and they tied again. That's 3 tie games so far. Matt's mom, Matt's dad and Sarah, Cobe & Brooks all came to watch, he just loves it when people watch him play! Bailey had a soccer game immediately after Landon's game... she did well too! She actually ran after the ball and kicked it multiple times. I think last year we offered to pay her to kick the ball so this was big stuff!
This afternoon Matt's dad helped me set up his old studio lights and figure that out a little. I was able to get some fun pictures of the kids tonight too... see the 365 blog (link on right) to see them!
Matt is in St Joe, he left right after the games and I'm just sitting here waiting for him to return... should be any minute now though!
OK, that's been all over the place... hope you could keep up! :)
I had a dr appt with a dermatologist on Friday to get a mole looked at/removed, so Matt came home to watch the boys so I could go, I drove on the rotten roads to the office, checked in (long story not worth explaining with that too), and then the receptionist informed me that they don't participate with my insurance... so I left. Nice that I had to go all the way there to find that out. So now I need to find someone that participates with my insurance... just one more thing to do!
This morning Landon had a basketball game... he did sooooo well (although he was exhausted from being up til 1:30am), and they tied again. That's 3 tie games so far. Matt's mom, Matt's dad and Sarah, Cobe & Brooks all came to watch, he just loves it when people watch him play! Bailey had a soccer game immediately after Landon's game... she did well too! She actually ran after the ball and kicked it multiple times. I think last year we offered to pay her to kick the ball so this was big stuff!
This afternoon Matt's dad helped me set up his old studio lights and figure that out a little. I was able to get some fun pictures of the kids tonight too... see the 365 blog (link on right) to see them!
Matt is in St Joe, he left right after the games and I'm just sitting here waiting for him to return... should be any minute now though!
OK, that's been all over the place... hope you could keep up! :)
January 31, 2008
Marketing...
OK, so does anyone else get really grossed out by the term "Active Cultures"? I don't even know what they are but they totally disgust me! I think that is why I don't like yogurt. Not because it tastes bad but b/c there are "Active Cultures" in it and who wants that gross stuff in thier body? Not I that's for sure! Wouldn't you think that for marketing purposes they would find something different to call it or maybe market more the taste & stuff? Maybe I'm the only one they would be marketing to then but I promise you that I will not be able o eat another bite of yogurt til they remove that part from the packaging and quite talking about it. Yup, even when it's not written on the packaging it's still in thier, but I won't have to see that it's still in there.
Yup... that's all I have for ya today! Important... NO, but on my mind it is!
Yup... that's all I have for ya today! Important... NO, but on my mind it is!
January 30, 2008
Snow days & Cranberry Apple Muffins...
Yippeeeeee! We have a snow day! Wasn't the weather crazy last night? I walked over to a neighbors for a minute and it was just raining out... 20 minutes later the ground was covered with snow! Only in Michigan right? Now there is ice and snow on the ground, although in parts of the yard you can still see grass b/c it's drifting so bad! My jeep is covered though, which is fine b/c I think we will stay in at least most of the day if not all of it! (Although I think I have a little cabin fever already... safety first though)
Right now I have in the oven some of my fav muffins EVER!!!!! I got this recipe off of All Recipes dot com and have included my revisions in the recipe here...
INGREDIENTS
2 cups shredded peeled apples (I use about 3 apples, whatever that measures out to be is what we get!)
1 1/3 cups sugar (or splenda)
1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup shredded carrots
handful white chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 nutmeg
DIRECTIONS
In a bowl, combine apples and sugar; let stand for 10 minutes. Add cranberries,w choc chips carrots, nuts, eggs and oil; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg if desired and salt; stir into apple mixture just until moistened. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! And boy do we! Three times in one week!!!!
Right now I have in the oven some of my fav muffins EVER!!!!! I got this recipe off of All Recipes dot com and have included my revisions in the recipe here...
INGREDIENTS
2 cups shredded peeled apples (I use about 3 apples, whatever that measures out to be is what we get!)
1 1/3 cups sugar (or splenda)
1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup shredded carrots
handful white chocolate chips
1 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 nutmeg
DIRECTIONS
In a bowl, combine apples and sugar; let stand for 10 minutes. Add cranberries,w choc chips carrots, nuts, eggs and oil; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg if desired and salt; stir into apple mixture just until moistened. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
I hope you enjoy them as much as we do! And boy do we! Three times in one week!!!!
January 29, 2008
Anitique Lovin'
So, I went to an antique store this afternoon thinking I would hate it as much as I hate garage sales and that one trip would be enough, but that was not the case at all! I think I might be hooked! There was SOOOO much great stuff in there, I'm definately going back... with Matt. I really want to get two old weathered windows adn while I did find one it had a broken piece of glass adn I'm not sure what it would take to replace it! Matt could tell me thouh, so now he HAS to go with me! I want to check out a few other places too! How fun!
Weather is supposed to get bad again tonight... but we WILL have school tomorow... I'm sure of it (wink! wink!)
Weather is supposed to get bad again tonight... but we WILL have school tomorow... I'm sure of it (wink! wink!)
January 28, 2008
Not much going on around here... not much more than normal at least! Sunday after church we grabbed lunch at Red Robin then home so E could take a nap. In the evening we had our Health class at church to attend, we weren't done making dinner though still at 5:30 so lucky for us Matt's mom was able to come and watch the kids. (Thanks!)
Today I babysat and taught Sarah how to turn her camera on... and take a picture or two! We had a very uneventful day all in all.
Matt is headed to my grandpas to take staples out of th floor tonight. I'm so thankful that he has taken on such a huge load with doing all this, I feel like it's not his responsiblity at all yet he's willing to do so much. He already doesn't have any free time, he's making time in his schedule to go do these things. Seriously he works from 8am (b/c he can't/won't get out of bed earlier) til 10pm on days like this, he won't get home til 11 and probably won't have eaten dinner yet. I'm so thankful for him!
So anyway, this leaves me home alone all day (besides kids at least). I've bothered Sarah a few times on the phone for adult conversation. I made Coconut Curry Chicken for supper... can't say I'm all that impressed and my kids weren't either, they are currently eating peanut butter & honey sandwiches. I'm about to take them to my dad's house in a bit so I can head out to BSF for an hour. I'm skipping the second half so that I can get the kids in bed on time. (Specifically worried about E). I so can't imagine being a single parent and I respect those that are able to handle it on thier own all the time! WOW!!!!!!
Today I babysat and taught Sarah how to turn her camera on... and take a picture or two! We had a very uneventful day all in all.
Matt is headed to my grandpas to take staples out of th floor tonight. I'm so thankful that he has taken on such a huge load with doing all this, I feel like it's not his responsiblity at all yet he's willing to do so much. He already doesn't have any free time, he's making time in his schedule to go do these things. Seriously he works from 8am (b/c he can't/won't get out of bed earlier) til 10pm on days like this, he won't get home til 11 and probably won't have eaten dinner yet. I'm so thankful for him!
So anyway, this leaves me home alone all day (besides kids at least). I've bothered Sarah a few times on the phone for adult conversation. I made Coconut Curry Chicken for supper... can't say I'm all that impressed and my kids weren't either, they are currently eating peanut butter & honey sandwiches. I'm about to take them to my dad's house in a bit so I can head out to BSF for an hour. I'm skipping the second half so that I can get the kids in bed on time. (Specifically worried about E). I so can't imagine being a single parent and I respect those that are able to handle it on thier own all the time! WOW!!!!!!
January 26, 2008
Guess what I'm doing...
eating yogurt! That's only blog worthy b/c I have refused to eat it for at least 25 years if not more. I picked some up today though and decided it was time to at least try it! Not bad, it's just that thought that kills me. I got Yoplait Light (can't normally do light stuff but since I don't know what the "normal" stuff tastes like I can handle it) Thick & Creamy - Key Lime Pie! I love Key Lime Pie (actually not sure I've ever had it, but I do like the taste of limes). So yeah... there's your big news for the day!
Oh, and check out the 365 blog (link on right) for update on Landon's game today!
Update: Ok, so I could only finish half of it. I think I may get some chocolate ones to try, Bailey seems to like that kind! And who doesn't love chocolate!
Oh, and check out the 365 blog (link on right) for update on Landon's game today!
Update: Ok, so I could only finish half of it. I think I may get some chocolate ones to try, Bailey seems to like that kind! And who doesn't love chocolate!
January 24, 2008
Non snow day snow day...
Well, I was kinda planning on a snow day today, we were supposed to get a ton more snow but when I woke up at 5:30 there were only three school closings (one being the one that the mom of the boy I babysit for works at), none around us, so I changed my alarm time b/c I knew I didn't need to get up that early. At 6:45 Landon came & woke me up asking if he had a snow day... "no buddy, get up, eat, get dressed etc" I switched on the t.v., Just In Case and got my hopes up when I kept seeing all the local schools listed... but then the alphabet ended and ours never showed up. I didn't believe that though, so I had to go check the other major station, then b/c it wasn't listed there I had to check the internet and my email, but no luck! Really, it's worked out well though, Carson isn't here today and my oldest two are at school so that has left plenty of time for E & I to spend together. We ran a few errands this morning, then had lunch with Matt & Landon at school, then we headed to Baileys school to have lunch (but ended up out for a COLD recess instead). Now E is in bed... notice i didn't say sleeping, he's talking & playing, but he's not screaming, so he will stay there!
So anyway, in conclusion... not the day I planend, but a good one none the less. Thsi one on one time with e was much needed!
I also took some toes pictures of E I would love you to check out and vote for your favorite... you can see them here. It's the post from 1/24 if you can't find it! The poll is on the right side of the screen! Thanks!
So anyway, in conclusion... not the day I planend, but a good one none the less. Thsi one on one time with e was much needed!
I also took some toes pictures of E I would love you to check out and vote for your favorite... you can see them here. It's the post from 1/24 if you can't find it! The poll is on the right side of the screen! Thanks!
January 23, 2008
Relief
You just never value your health until you are not healthy and I tell you... today I am so thankful for health. I have had a headache for the past two days. Not a migraine, although almost as bad. I think it was soemthing to do with sinuses because I now have a soar throught, swollen glands and other cold symptoms, but all of that is minimal w/o a headache.
Last night I was sleeping by 8:15 and slept til 6 this morning, and this is the third night of going to bed early for me, I have gotten more sleep in the past three nights than I do in a normal week, but obviously I needed it!
We had the BEST dinner last night...
I picked this sauce up at Meijers yesterday, not exactly sure what it was, but it sounded good. I sauteed chicken and then heated with sauce and made brown rice & steamed broccoli to go with it. Bailey ate TWO full helpings... which is a TON for her, both kids were raving about it and E ate a ton of the chicken & Broccoli, even thought the sauce had just a hint of spice to it! He loved it, we all loved it! And I have to think it was healthy, or at least a little healthy, no cream, no cheese and it was still good, imagine that! I also picked up 
to use on Salmon sometime soon! (Maybe tonight!) Although if I remember right orange sauce is spicier so I may have to have other options for the kids!
Last night I was sleeping by 8:15 and slept til 6 this morning, and this is the third night of going to bed early for me, I have gotten more sleep in the past three nights than I do in a normal week, but obviously I needed it!
We had the BEST dinner last night...
I picked this sauce up at Meijers yesterday, not exactly sure what it was, but it sounded good. I sauteed chicken and then heated with sauce and made brown rice & steamed broccoli to go with it. Bailey ate TWO full helpings... which is a TON for her, both kids were raving about it and E ate a ton of the chicken & Broccoli, even thought the sauce had just a hint of spice to it! He loved it, we all loved it! And I have to think it was healthy, or at least a little healthy, no cream, no cheese and it was still good, imagine that! I also picked up 
to use on Salmon sometime soon! (Maybe tonight!) Although if I remember right orange sauce is spicier so I may have to have other options for the kids!
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