My friend Sheila and I have been planning this day for a couple of weeks. We were scheduled to get our haircut! It has been snowing for days now and I was not looking forward to driving in all that SNOW! I was going to cancel the appointment, but I called Jeff first to just check and see if he thought I could make it. He said I could, but knew that I would not enjoy the drive. So my WONDERFUL husband drove me to and from the salon in Niles! Have I mentioned just how wonderful my Jeff is?! HE SAVED MY DAY! Well, I met my friend Sheila at the salon. (Her husband drove her too! I think he must also be wonderful!) Sheila and I both got our haircut. I wish I would have gotten a picture of us together, Sheila looked GREAT! We had so much fun there and learned a whole lot of new things. 1.Start curling your hair from the bottom and work your way up. 2.If you want 6 hairs to look like 1 use gel/ if you want 1 hair to look like 6 use moose! 3.If you want a great cut and a lot of fun go to see LeeAnn. Our hair stylist, LeeAnn was so funny. We all laughed a whole lot until...I got my eyebrows waxed. Oh man did that bring tears to my eyes! It was worth the experience, but not sure I will ever do it again. Aside from the eyebrows, today was so much fun that I think from now on I will always go to the salon with a friend!
I just have to tell you what Jeff did while I got my haircut. He went grocery shopping for me! I told you he was great. Sorry girls...HE IS MINE!
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Thank you, Honee!
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Haircut anyone!
It was also tooth pulling day. Emily requested that I pull out one of her teeth for her. All I can say is that when you are a mom you do almost everything imaginable at some point in your "career"! The many jobs of motherhood are different than I ever dreamed of. Worth it...just different!
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Friday, January 26, 2007
Snow days
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Joel's favorite things to do!
Playing with Daddy would always be his thing of choice. He is standing up in the chair that Jeff and Joel are sharing. Joel loves to stand on things!!!
Next Joel always enjoys playing with a ball. He enjoys so much putting balls inside of an old tennis ball container and "pouring" them out.
Joel has a way of getting himself into just about EVERYTHING! No space is too small for him. And no height is too tall for him.
In our house Joel is known for his LOVE of socks. You read that right. The boy loves SOCKS. He gets so excited when he finds someones socks laying around on the floor. I have to keep a close eye on him to make sure he has found clean socks, because for some strange reason he enjoys CHEWING on them. The other day when we had the Norris children over, Joel kept pestering Joshua's feet while he sat at the table playing playdough. I finally had Joshua take his socks off and hide them so that Joel would leave him alone. Honestly once the socks were off, Joel lost interest in Joshua's feet! I hope he outgrows this phase soon.
I thought that I would end with something that Joel does not enjoy doing at all. He never likes being away from our family! He doesn't care which family member he is with as long as one of us is with him at ALL times. What can I say...their are enough of us to always go around.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
WOW
We received a great surprise today. A REALLY thoughtful friend sent us a complete set of the Jonathan Park CD series. They are excellent adventure stories for kids and adults. They each talk about why creation is true and why evolution is wrong. Each story talks about a different reason for both. We are VERY excited to own such good material for the family to listen to. Praise the Lord for giving these to us.
We got a little more snow today. The children spent most of the afternoon outside in it. Daniel didn't even come home for supper. I was getting a little worried by 6:45 and started calling around. Jimmy told me that Daniel was just down the hill playing with Jonathan, Austin and one of their friends. Around 7:00 he came home asking, "When is supper?" I hurried and fed him and sent him to bed.
The rest of the day was nothing to write about. So I will end here for tonight.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Life with 10 children!
Not only did I SURVIVE 5 extra children, but I really enjoyed them the entire day. We had such a great time together. We did school, played in the Snack Shop, ate lunch, went sledding, played playdough, and watched part of a movie. I was also told very funny joke. Why was the little ant so confused? (Because all his uncles were ants!) Well....I thought it was funny!
This picture is of the them all eating lunch. Going around from left to right...Joshua Norris, Lauren, Amy, Nathaniel N., Peter N., Mark Wreford(His mom Tammy came by to spend the afternoon with me! We had alot of fun together. We made homemade rolls and soup. Thank you for coming over. I hope your car is okay!) and the rest of the group is Daniel, Emily, and Jessica N. (Joel was in bed at the time of the picture.) The children were wonderful. I even asked if I could have them back on Friday. Their mom is out of town for the week and dad needs the break!
I better go for now. This has taken alot of time.
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
GO BEARS!
Just to make sure that I include Jeff in this blog.... GO BEARS! We have spent much of the afternoon watching football. For my sake I am so glad that the Bears won. Jeff was not very happy during the first quarter of the game, but his mood changed for the better once the win was secure. Way to go Bears.
The rest of my day was spent organizing the upstairs. I tore apart the children's bedrooms and got rid of a BUNCH of stuff. I feel so good to have accomplished so much in one day. We will see how long the upstairs stays clean. I am watching four children all day tomorrow. I am sure that the bedrooms will need my attention for a little while after they leave.
Daniel, Amy, and Emily played outside for a few hours and then watched a movie. Lauren read a book in her bed. Joel napped for a couple of hours this aftenoon.
Today was a very relaxing day! I am ready for Monday to begin.
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
Snow much fun!
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Toothless Amy Jo
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Friday, January 19, 2007
Winter is HERE!!
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