Missy's Moments

  The first picture I scanned is the both Rick and Eric. Any guesses on who's who?? There is a hint in one of the pictures. They are 1 year old. The second one is Rick at 5 years and the third is Eric at 4.5 years. Pretty amazing.  

  Sam is A CONSTANT form of entertainment. He's been so funny at night when we do our prayers and I'm really trying to figure out a way to set up the video camera so that he doesn't know it. He won't perform so a sneak attack is the only way to capture this. We read Devotions for Preschoolers at night, last night the reading was entitled "With Jesus". The little girl Zoe had a goldfish that lives in water (duh?), anyway it said "the water is exactly what Zoe's goldfish needs to live. The bible says that people need Jesus to live. When you have Jesus in your heart, he is with you to help you in everything you do." Then at the end is says " Aren't you happy your not a goldfish? You don't need a bowl of water. You need Jesus!"                                           ...

Some friends of mine have a list of 101 random things so to go with the flow I've been convinced to post one for me. So here's mine. Lets see if I can come up this on my own or if I have to enlist help from my kiddos. It may be fun to hear their thoughts....then again maybe not! LOL 1. My husband will hate this list! 2. I have 4 children- Kayla, Jordan , Eric and Sam 3. We have one dog that would have to leave if she became high maintenance or annoying! 4. I lived in San Jose, Ca from July 1990 until Dec. 1992 5. I was born in Rochester, MN at St. Mary's Hospital Feb 1st, 1972 at 11:55pm. 6. I moved 19 times before my 18th birthday. 7. My family was.... well shall we say..... dysfunctional. 8. I can't spell and would be helpless without spell check. 9. My kids make fun of the fact I can't spell. 10. My first job was at Burger King. 11. I have always wanted to be a nurse. 12. I have wanted to be a peds or NICU nurse for about 3 years now. 13. I am not a nurse. 14....

I was looking back through some of the entries I've made and not that I don't think about it but I became painfully aware that poor Jordan doesn't have much written about him. There are a few different factors that contribute to that.  The first being that that some days he doesn't exhibit a whole lot of "cute" behavior, he's a almost 13 year old boy that is really more concerned about making my hair gray these days.  Kayla gets space as she's the only girl. Eric and Sam are a constant form of entertainment or a constant challenge.  I was thinking about 10 years from now and wondering what I would remember about this age for Jordan. There are a lot of memories over the last year or so that have tested about every weakness and every strength we have. I guess I want Jordan to know is that my motives are driven by my love for him.  I feel as though I'm so tough on him but I feel so strongly that in today's world we're called to so many differe...

  I just started the book Bringing Up Boys by JaBrmes Dobson. I was listening to his radio show and there were a few excerpts taken from this book that really caught my attention. There is a poem in the first chapter that really touched me. That Little Boy of Mine Two eyes that shine so bright. Two lips that kiss goodnight. Two arms that hold me tight.                                                                                                          ...

  " Mommy I need some lip chap, that cause my lips is chapped"   Love this line. Sam calls chap-stick "lipchap" And when he puts it on it is nowhere close to his mouth is in danger of being chapped! His lips on the other hand are still in danger! Yesterday the Dash shirt came off. It's been through the wash and is at the bottom of his drawer in hopes he won't think of it for a day or two!

  Today Kayla had a orthro appointment. I picked her up with the camera in hand convinced today was the day. Since early February they've talked about taking her braces off and at every appointment the last three times there's been the possibility. I have tons of pictures of her with braces but I was hoping to mark the last day a bit. Kayla decided that she can take better self portraits so she had a little photo shoot right then and there in the truck! Here are some more of the before pictures. You’ll have to wait for after pictures-I won't have any for you here because we go BACK AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS!  Bummer......  She's taking it better than I  am