Moriyah has continued to wake up before 7am even though we have stayed up late the last couple nights. I think it was yesterday morning she flung the door open and proudly proclaimed, "Hey Guys!" My 6 am response was not as enthusiastic.
I think that if you stay up past your bedtime it should correlate into an equally, if not longer, sleeping in. Now, how to teach that to my children?
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wowza
Apparently I don't have time to blog while I teach! It has sure been forever since I have posted.
I am loving teaching the fourth grade. I had a bit of a rocky start as I learned to set up the community of my class and got to know the kids. I am truly enjoying teaching my class. It was music to my ears today when several kids commented that they wanted to stay and finish what we were working on rather than go home for the weekend! I was all for going home though.
The transition for our family to Portland and to new roles of working mom and stay at home dad has been much different than I thought it would be. We were gone from Portland longer than I realized and it wasn't that we could just pick up where we left off. Also I miss my big house with a big back yard. I am soooo spoiled by my husband. he takes the best care of me. It is the little things that he does, like buying me my favorite candy to take to work on Monday because I have to stay late for a staff meeting. Honestly who thought Monday after school was a good time for a staff meeting! The only worse time would probably be Friday.
Another amazing thing my husband just did for me: I just accidentally erased my whole blog post. while I initially thought of throwing the computer across the room, my husband just said hit control z. Guess what? It all came back! What a renaissance man.
I love Christmas. I love decorating, I love buying presents, I love turkey, I love ham, I love cold weather, I love Christmas break. 5 more teaching days! If I am lucky it could be less...LET IT SNOW!
I am loving teaching the fourth grade. I had a bit of a rocky start as I learned to set up the community of my class and got to know the kids. I am truly enjoying teaching my class. It was music to my ears today when several kids commented that they wanted to stay and finish what we were working on rather than go home for the weekend! I was all for going home though.
The transition for our family to Portland and to new roles of working mom and stay at home dad has been much different than I thought it would be. We were gone from Portland longer than I realized and it wasn't that we could just pick up where we left off. Also I miss my big house with a big back yard. I am soooo spoiled by my husband. he takes the best care of me. It is the little things that he does, like buying me my favorite candy to take to work on Monday because I have to stay late for a staff meeting. Honestly who thought Monday after school was a good time for a staff meeting! The only worse time would probably be Friday.
Another amazing thing my husband just did for me: I just accidentally erased my whole blog post. while I initially thought of throwing the computer across the room, my husband just said hit control z. Guess what? It all came back! What a renaissance man.
I love Christmas. I love decorating, I love buying presents, I love turkey, I love ham, I love cold weather, I love Christmas break. 5 more teaching days! If I am lucky it could be less...LET IT SNOW!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Blessed
I had the privilege of taking my two nieces to church last Sunday. Lilly loved church. She was thrilled that she knew the songs and sang at the top of her lungs. Moriyah did to. We got done with a song and Mo said, "I sing to Jesus!!"
Lilly sat next to me and drew pictures to Hannah, all of which said I love you. Then she started a new one and leaned over and said, "I don't know how to spell God." I looked down and she had written I Love and then God.
Those were the two moments that I cried in church last Sunday. I cannot explain the difference I feel in hearing the faith of a child in song and in their trust. That faith often brings tears to my eyes. I love hearing how my children love God. Today I was blessed by a young girl who sat behind me and sang with gusto. She doesn't even know it but her worship was encouraging to me.
As a parent I have had the unfortunate experience of my kids saying something so embarrassing in public. They did not mean to offend anyone they just said what they had noticed. They have not yet learned how to filter their thoughts to be polite. Because of this I often think that compliments from young children feel more true. They don't know the social rules yet. I feel a little like that with faith too. They don't have to be excited or happy to be up early on Sunday at church, but they are. They don't have to write love notes to God or sing at the top of their lungs, but they do. Seeing that faith touches me, it seems incredibly genuine. I have been blessed these past two Sundays by children. Thank you Father.
Lilly sat next to me and drew pictures to Hannah, all of which said I love you. Then she started a new one and leaned over and said, "I don't know how to spell God." I looked down and she had written I Love and then God.
Those were the two moments that I cried in church last Sunday. I cannot explain the difference I feel in hearing the faith of a child in song and in their trust. That faith often brings tears to my eyes. I love hearing how my children love God. Today I was blessed by a young girl who sat behind me and sang with gusto. She doesn't even know it but her worship was encouraging to me.
As a parent I have had the unfortunate experience of my kids saying something so embarrassing in public. They did not mean to offend anyone they just said what they had noticed. They have not yet learned how to filter their thoughts to be polite. Because of this I often think that compliments from young children feel more true. They don't know the social rules yet. I feel a little like that with faith too. They don't have to be excited or happy to be up early on Sunday at church, but they are. They don't have to write love notes to God or sing at the top of their lungs, but they do. Seeing that faith touches me, it seems incredibly genuine. I have been blessed these past two Sundays by children. Thank you Father.
Monday, September 01, 2008
NEWS, NEWS, NEWS!!!
Well it has been a while since I have posted. Since then our family has moved to Portland. We are staying with some friends because it is taking forever to get all the paperwork completed and verified so we can move into our town home.
I was having terrible luck finding a teaching job. So I had an interview on Monday afternoon. I got a call Monday night and was offered a fourth grade teaching job at Gilbert Heights Elementary school. I started work the very next day. Tomorrow is the first day of school! I have a huge list of emotions about it. I just can't wait to get past the first few weeks and settle in with the students.
I was having terrible luck finding a teaching job. So I had an interview on Monday afternoon. I got a call Monday night and was offered a fourth grade teaching job at Gilbert Heights Elementary school. I started work the very next day. Tomorrow is the first day of school! I have a huge list of emotions about it. I just can't wait to get past the first few weeks and settle in with the students.
Monday, July 28, 2008
craigslist
I love craigslist. We have purchased several things from there but this past week I have discovered the joy of selling things on craigslist! It has been so much fun to put up the post and wait. I have collected money on one item, have someone coming to get another item and a third person who just emailed to set up a time to get another item. I think i might be addicted. It both clears out clutter and provides income! Genius.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Poverty
I just gave up my current read for a book about poverty. Ruby Payne wrote the book a framework for understanding poverty. Truthfully I have been meaning to read this book for several years. Its only now that I laid my hands on it. My head is spinning with the implications that this has on my life as a teacher, minster, follow of jesus, neighbor...
Has anyone read this?
Here is the question that is spinning around my head tonight:
Most church people who start a program or outreach come from middle class cultures, How effective has that been at reaching people who live in poverty? Why do we continue to try to fit people into our models of thinking and behaving? When it doesn't work out how we thought it would do we try something different or just the same thing yet again?
A penny for your thoughts...
Has anyone read this?
Here is the question that is spinning around my head tonight:
Most church people who start a program or outreach come from middle class cultures, How effective has that been at reaching people who live in poverty? Why do we continue to try to fit people into our models of thinking and behaving? When it doesn't work out how we thought it would do we try something different or just the same thing yet again?
A penny for your thoughts...
Monday, June 30, 2008
Cape Look Out
We are leaving today just as soon as Adam gets off of work for a trip to the beach! I am so excited. The beach is one of my favorite places to go. But it will be hard to top my last beach trip as it was on my anniversary and only adam and I got to go! This time we are going with a couple that we hang out with here in Redmond. They have four kids between them and our kids get along very well. I am hoping it can be an annual event.
Among the list of things I hope to get to do are:
*watching the sunset with my love
*seeing my daughters face when she gets her first look at the ocean
*watching Mo's reaction to the feel of sand
*smores
*sitting around the campfire and talking
*relaxing
Among the list of things I hope to get to do are:
*watching the sunset with my love
*seeing my daughters face when she gets her first look at the ocean
*watching Mo's reaction to the feel of sand
*smores
*sitting around the campfire and talking
*relaxing
Monday, June 23, 2008
Morgan Freeman
So he is in a lot of my favorite movies. The newest of which is The Bucket List. Shawshank Redemption has been a long time favorite of mine. There is something about Morgan Freeman that resonates with me. But I must admit I haven't seen everything that he has been in, nor liked it all. For a girl who has a hard time remembering the real names of actors, its funny to have a favorite one.
There were so many things that I liked about the bucket list. I love a movie that leaves me with something to think about or the feeling of being convicted. This movie did both.
Adam and I both recently realized that we are very nearing 30. An age we previously thought of as old. Upon second thought it is clearly not old. Along those same lines I am not going to live forever. My recent, although not deadly, health issues have reminded me that I am certainly not immortal.
This movie speaks about a life well lived and full of love. It shows a couple that are completely dedicated to each other but not the hokey over the top never had a problem kind. I realized that I have spent so much time dedicated to finishing something in order to do the next thing, ie school, potty training... I need to spend more time in the now. I need to think about how I can more truly love those around me, even when they are difficult. When it comes down to it I want to have lived life well and to have it full of love.
On to the conviction. I will not go into many details but I am estranged from my father. It also seems that for whatever reason I seem to cycle through dealing with the lack of relationship. I think there are certain things (movies for instance) or events that cause me to need to revisit it. I am not sure I will ever come away with a satisfying result.
I have not really digested this completely. It will take me more time and thought. As it turns out raising 4 kids and babysitting 2 demands most of my thought and time.
There were so many things that I liked about the bucket list. I love a movie that leaves me with something to think about or the feeling of being convicted. This movie did both.
Adam and I both recently realized that we are very nearing 30. An age we previously thought of as old. Upon second thought it is clearly not old. Along those same lines I am not going to live forever. My recent, although not deadly, health issues have reminded me that I am certainly not immortal.
This movie speaks about a life well lived and full of love. It shows a couple that are completely dedicated to each other but not the hokey over the top never had a problem kind. I realized that I have spent so much time dedicated to finishing something in order to do the next thing, ie school, potty training... I need to spend more time in the now. I need to think about how I can more truly love those around me, even when they are difficult. When it comes down to it I want to have lived life well and to have it full of love.
On to the conviction. I will not go into many details but I am estranged from my father. It also seems that for whatever reason I seem to cycle through dealing with the lack of relationship. I think there are certain things (movies for instance) or events that cause me to need to revisit it. I am not sure I will ever come away with a satisfying result.
I have not really digested this completely. It will take me more time and thought. As it turns out raising 4 kids and babysitting 2 demands most of my thought and time.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
the beginning of the end
I officially have two days of school left. Well to teach that is, then report cards and conferences. The end of the year is such a odd time. There is so much anxiety on the part of teachers because changes are happening; New staff, staff moving grade levels or schools, having to place kids into their next year classes.
I find myself reflecting on this year of teaching. It has been quite the learning experience. I have two classes that are vastly different in dynamic. I have muddled my way through the curriculum, figured out how to manage a whole room of 5 year olds by myself. I am still a firm believer that children learn through discovery and play. I am glad that I allowed for there to be times of unstructured play. I saw some of the most amazing insight into children and their thinking when I played with them or observed them playing.
The place that I would like to improve in is art. I realize that I need to know more craft projects and I would also like to incorporate more art literacy. I think that it is a powerful way for students to learn and express themselves. Plus it is relaxing and a good open ended activity.
I love teaching science. I really didn't expect to have a strong reaction one way or another to science. But I found that it is engaging, demands higher level thinking, incorporates many different learning styles, and can easily be integrated with math and literacy. When I talked about what they will remember most about kindergarten about half the answers were either PE or recess and the rest were some of the science and art we have done. Not one child said the testing or the alphabet. Now don't get me wrong those are important and the children need to know their letters and sounds to be ready to move to first grade but the learning that is making lasting impressions on the students is definitely not the alphafriends!
I was not a perfect teacher this year, but not a total failure. I love that teaching will never be stagnant. I have the opportunity again next year to learn two new classrooms. See what they know are interested in and to learn and grow professionally. I will continuously be stretched and though it can be painful and cumbersome, I wouldn't want it any other way!
I find myself reflecting on this year of teaching. It has been quite the learning experience. I have two classes that are vastly different in dynamic. I have muddled my way through the curriculum, figured out how to manage a whole room of 5 year olds by myself. I am still a firm believer that children learn through discovery and play. I am glad that I allowed for there to be times of unstructured play. I saw some of the most amazing insight into children and their thinking when I played with them or observed them playing.
The place that I would like to improve in is art. I realize that I need to know more craft projects and I would also like to incorporate more art literacy. I think that it is a powerful way for students to learn and express themselves. Plus it is relaxing and a good open ended activity.
I love teaching science. I really didn't expect to have a strong reaction one way or another to science. But I found that it is engaging, demands higher level thinking, incorporates many different learning styles, and can easily be integrated with math and literacy. When I talked about what they will remember most about kindergarten about half the answers were either PE or recess and the rest were some of the science and art we have done. Not one child said the testing or the alphabet. Now don't get me wrong those are important and the children need to know their letters and sounds to be ready to move to first grade but the learning that is making lasting impressions on the students is definitely not the alphafriends!
I was not a perfect teacher this year, but not a total failure. I love that teaching will never be stagnant. I have the opportunity again next year to learn two new classrooms. See what they know are interested in and to learn and grow professionally. I will continuously be stretched and though it can be painful and cumbersome, I wouldn't want it any other way!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
WooHoo!
I got a new computer! Well its a laptop and I love it. I know next to nothing about it, except that it is mine and has a 17 inch screen and vista. It shares the file on the desktop that has my pictures in it and I can access scrapblog. sorry all you tech savvy readers, send my husband an email, he knows.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Real life survivor
Several weeks ago the talk started. People quietly whispering in the hall way. Others openly speculating for all to hear while people look at them like they are nuts. Some people talking about others behind their backs. As time has marched on relationships have become more tense. Emotions are running high and all eagerly wait to see what will go down at tribal council...or staff meeting. Thats right this is all happening at my school. Teachers have no idea what they are teaching next year and I think people are going to start losing it if we don't find out soon. My teaching partner and I have joked about people trying to make alliances as they decide who they'll be teaching with.
The tension has spread to the kids. Poor kids I think they're getting it from both the teachers and the parents. I have fielded several phone calls from parents that are just as anxious as the teachers. They have heard it through the grapevine. What they think they know is always pretty interesting.
I had no idea what the end of the school year was really like from the teacher side of things. So many things have to be prepared for the next year and I'm trying to wind up this year at the same time. It is a crazy, hectic time of year. People are unpredictable and more last minute things keep cropping up!
I have 9 more teaching days!!! Then a work day and a few conferences. I can hardly believe that my first year of teaching is almost over. It is a little bittersweet. In some ways I am very ready and in others I need a little more time. The first year is supposed to be the hardest and double session kinder is apparently the worst assignment ever, so if I teach again next year hopefully I will be a more effective and less stressed teacher. Or maybe I'll be off on another adventure, only time can tell.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
of tread mills, frogs and ice cream
Adam and I joined anytime fitness on friday. I have been three times to exercise. My legs hurt. My arms hurt and I have slept really well the last couple of nights despite our frog problem. Our house has three "water features" that are doubling as frog breading grounds. The noise that a tiny frog can put out is simply amazing. I decided one night that i wanted to see these blessed creatures. I stood on the deck and used adams mag lite to look out toward the ponds. as soon as I had the flashlight on dead silence. flashlight off, ruckus, on silence, off ruckus. They were mocking me!
As i sit here blogging i am eating left over birthday ice cream. the dreyers slow churned with half the fat means you can eat twice as much right?
As i sit here blogging i am eating left over birthday ice cream. the dreyers slow churned with half the fat means you can eat twice as much right?
Monday, April 21, 2008
Betcha haven't done this!
So today i saw poop come out of a caterpillar butt (if they have butts). We have 31 caterpillars in my classroom. They are much more disgusting than I thought that they'd be. For a week they have been doing nothing but appearing bigger each morning. They have hardly even moved. Then today clearly pooping right in front of our eyes. I was surprised that the little boys in my class who giggle when someone says fart, poop or butt were so disgusted to see the caterpillar poop. They just like to talk the talk, deep down inside they are still little boys.
Monday, April 14, 2008
My beautiful girl
My daughter is so amazing. Sometimes so frustrating, but mainly amazing. She is beautiful, kind, tenderhearted and loves to sing.
Today she came in the house and her and Moriyah sat on the couch and she read a story to her. Then they went upstairs to get on dress up clothes. Hannah held moriyah's hand all the way down and as they walked off to play Hannah said, "Daddy, she is my best friend forever!"
Melts my heart. I pray they will always have a close and tender relationship.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Not again
There are several things i have never wanted to do or really ever entertained in my mind. Among those are bungie jumping, eating something that once produced slime and having surgery.
I have recently reconsidered the last of the never to do activities. I always said i never want to be in a hospital for a reason other than having a baby. I have been feeling so miserable lately despite the new medicine they gave me. At my appointment yesterday he went from, " well you seem to be having symptoms even though you're on the medication' (Um duh, I just said that) to 'the surgery would be a good option if we did this test. You could have (tuned out due to overuse of medical jargon) CANCER' (tuned back in due to the use of the word CANCER!) did I hear him right? The truth is i don't have cancer and at this point he doesn't think that right now i'm a good candidate for cancer, (I imagined people running for the cancer election when he said this), it is however a possibility if we can't find a way to manage these symptoms. So lucky me i feel crappy and i get to continue to feel crappy for some undetermined amount of time. Once they decide when to have me do the next round of testing I have to stop taking my pills for a week before hand. His advice for when doing the test is to do all the things that really make me feel horrible. That way they'll get a good handle for how bad it is. My poor family, my poor husband. I am going to be such a happy camper for a while. I am hoping that whatever this next test reveals it is difinitive. I would like one extreme or the other. Surgery is the only option or we can't even consider the surgery. None of this middle ground having to make a decision of wether or not to have a surgery. Cause frankly I'm not sure what I'd pick.
I have recently reconsidered the last of the never to do activities. I always said i never want to be in a hospital for a reason other than having a baby. I have been feeling so miserable lately despite the new medicine they gave me. At my appointment yesterday he went from, " well you seem to be having symptoms even though you're on the medication' (Um duh, I just said that) to 'the surgery would be a good option if we did this test. You could have (tuned out due to overuse of medical jargon) CANCER' (tuned back in due to the use of the word CANCER!) did I hear him right? The truth is i don't have cancer and at this point he doesn't think that right now i'm a good candidate for cancer, (I imagined people running for the cancer election when he said this), it is however a possibility if we can't find a way to manage these symptoms. So lucky me i feel crappy and i get to continue to feel crappy for some undetermined amount of time. Once they decide when to have me do the next round of testing I have to stop taking my pills for a week before hand. His advice for when doing the test is to do all the things that really make me feel horrible. That way they'll get a good handle for how bad it is. My poor family, my poor husband. I am going to be such a happy camper for a while. I am hoping that whatever this next test reveals it is difinitive. I would like one extreme or the other. Surgery is the only option or we can't even consider the surgery. None of this middle ground having to make a decision of wether or not to have a surgery. Cause frankly I'm not sure what I'd pick.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
because its so fun
Yes I was tagged as well.
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Kindergarten teacher
2. work study in presidents office at cascade
3. mervyns
4. olympic gym childcare
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. finding forrester
2. cinderella
3. a walk to remember
4. shrek
Four places I have lived:
1. Portland OR
2. Gresham, OR
3. Troutdale, OR
4. Redmond, OR
Four TV Shows that I watch
1. Survivor
2. the office
3. Good Eats
4. iron chef america
Four places I have been:
1. Anchorage alaska
2. Various places in CA
3. Prescott AZ
4. Boise, ID
Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Erinn Lakey, my teaching partner
2. Redmond moms club
3. deschutes public library
4. Ms. Dunsomeones class even though I don't have a child in their class and I keep asking them to take me off the stupid mailing list.
Four of my favorite foods:
1. chocolate
2. sweet corn tamales, authentically made
3. chunky chips with malt vinegar on them
4. everything that my wonderful husband makes!
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Somewhere in Mexico
2. Hawaii
3. bed
4. a greek island
Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year (next 12 months):
1. financial peace university
2. my first summer break as a teacher
3. celebrating my tenth anniversary with my hubby at the beach
4. no longer having a "baby"
Four significant/memorable gifts I have received:
1. my kids
2. baby bassinet for andrew
3. flowers
4. a new ring, that came with a romantic proposal
Four Books that have impacted me the greatest:
1. ok so you'd think that i could answer this question being that i love reading, have a degree to teach it, sit on a committee...
2. But i am struggling to come up with books that impact me.
3. mostly i just like books.
4. i usually find something redeeming in anything that i read.
mosaic of thought
gospel of john
esperanza rising
Four People who have changed my thinking and continue to do so:
1. Jesus
2. Adam
3. kevin reed
4. ummm....
Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Kindergarten teacher
2. work study in presidents office at cascade
3. mervyns
4. olympic gym childcare
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. finding forrester
2. cinderella
3. a walk to remember
4. shrek
Four places I have lived:
1. Portland OR
2. Gresham, OR
3. Troutdale, OR
4. Redmond, OR
Four TV Shows that I watch
1. Survivor
2. the office
3. Good Eats
4. iron chef america
Four places I have been:
1. Anchorage alaska
2. Various places in CA
3. Prescott AZ
4. Boise, ID
Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Erinn Lakey, my teaching partner
2. Redmond moms club
3. deschutes public library
4. Ms. Dunsomeones class even though I don't have a child in their class and I keep asking them to take me off the stupid mailing list.
Four of my favorite foods:
1. chocolate
2. sweet corn tamales, authentically made
3. chunky chips with malt vinegar on them
4. everything that my wonderful husband makes!
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Somewhere in Mexico
2. Hawaii
3. bed
4. a greek island
Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year (next 12 months):
1. financial peace university
2. my first summer break as a teacher
3. celebrating my tenth anniversary with my hubby at the beach
4. no longer having a "baby"
Four significant/memorable gifts I have received:
1. my kids
2. baby bassinet for andrew
3. flowers
4. a new ring, that came with a romantic proposal
Four Books that have impacted me the greatest:
1. ok so you'd think that i could answer this question being that i love reading, have a degree to teach it, sit on a committee...
2. But i am struggling to come up with books that impact me.
3. mostly i just like books.
4. i usually find something redeeming in anything that i read.
mosaic of thought
gospel of john
esperanza rising
Four People who have changed my thinking and continue to do so:
1. Jesus
2. Adam
3. kevin reed
4. ummm....
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Its been awhile!
Well it has been an incredibly long time since I blogged. I feel like an entirely different person since that blog posting. I have grown and changed much since that time. Teaching has its ups and downs. Thankfully I'm in an up motion now. I have had horrible health issues that were solved, after much testing and worry, with a pill. As we come up to our tenth wedding anniversary adam and i are still learning what it means to live sacrificially and to choose love each day.
Here's the story that brought me to this computer as I wait for my toe nail polish to dry.
This morning the girls woke up bright and early at 6:45. Which is the regular time for them, they still haven't caught on to saturday and sundays schedule yet. Adam and I each got a girl and brought them back to bed with us. I had Hannah he had Moriyah. We laid quietly for 1.2 seconds then the talking, giggling and general awakeness began. Mo, thats what we call Moriyah, crawled over adam and Hannah to come find me. she put her face right between mine and Hannah's. I thought Hannah was going to have a cow but instead she looked at me and said as if introducing us, "This is my friend Moriyah." Those were the most precious words to hear. I have been a little worried about the girls because they seem to like to pick at each other even though they're so little. I guess all siblings are going to fight sometimes. I just don't remember the boys doing it this much.
I am so excited because my husband is the bomb. He earned some sort of award for something at work. (I think he had to be in the top 10% in the NATION for something). We are going to a banquet tonight. I started asking a girl friend that works at tmobile what it would be like, what i should wear, etc. The best way to describe her responses is a high school formal. I had to go buy a dress and everything. The funny part of that was there were five high school girls trying on formals at the same time i was. I'm pretty sure they thought I was in high school to. So I'm waiting for my toes to dry so I can get dressed and all dolled up. Hopefully have a great time!
Here's the story that brought me to this computer as I wait for my toe nail polish to dry.
This morning the girls woke up bright and early at 6:45. Which is the regular time for them, they still haven't caught on to saturday and sundays schedule yet. Adam and I each got a girl and brought them back to bed with us. I had Hannah he had Moriyah. We laid quietly for 1.2 seconds then the talking, giggling and general awakeness began. Mo, thats what we call Moriyah, crawled over adam and Hannah to come find me. she put her face right between mine and Hannah's. I thought Hannah was going to have a cow but instead she looked at me and said as if introducing us, "This is my friend Moriyah." Those were the most precious words to hear. I have been a little worried about the girls because they seem to like to pick at each other even though they're so little. I guess all siblings are going to fight sometimes. I just don't remember the boys doing it this much.
I am so excited because my husband is the bomb. He earned some sort of award for something at work. (I think he had to be in the top 10% in the NATION for something). We are going to a banquet tonight. I started asking a girl friend that works at tmobile what it would be like, what i should wear, etc. The best way to describe her responses is a high school formal. I had to go buy a dress and everything. The funny part of that was there were five high school girls trying on formals at the same time i was. I'm pretty sure they thought I was in high school to. So I'm waiting for my toes to dry so I can get dressed and all dolled up. Hopefully have a great time!
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