Happy New Years Eve everyone! We have had a great week! Went up to my Dad and Teresa's on Sunday and had our Christmas there - lots of good foods and treats and fun watching the kiddos opening presents and watching the cousins playing good together! Dad played his guitar and harmonica at the same time - very impressive! Monday morning, had to be in Saginaw at 8:30am to take Amber and Brooke to the oral surgeon - Brooke had a tooth exposure done for an impacted tooth and Amber had all 4 of her wisdom teeth pulled. But, they were ready to go to the mall right after for a little bit:) Then stopped at Walmart on the way home. Tuesday was a relaxing, laid back kind of day, laid around played video games, watched HGTV, hallmark movies... Wednesday I took the kids to see the Christophers at Grandma Reid's. Brooke and Curt leave to go to their Dad's tonight for 2 days and wouldn't get to see them when we go to a wedding tonight. Had pizza with them and good visiting. Today I plan on doing some baking for tonight, laundry, baths, etc. We are going to a wedding at 6pm, then to Jenni's for games, food and fun! I plan on spending the night there because I don't last as late as others - need my beauty sleep:) Saturday night we have Christmas with my mom's at Heather's house and then we are done:) Seriously back on my diet to counter all the goodies I've been eating! I miss going for a walk everyday - maybe I'll get back into that next week - just don't enjoy the cold! Once i get out there it's not so bad... just talking myself into getting out there is the hard part:)
So, updating more often now, I hope. Hope you all have a great night tonight with friends and family! Christine
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
last bunch maybe?
loving the rocker
putting the new power pole in December 21st - finally!
dancing girls
Lyndsay likes frosting cookies and eating them at the same time!
lots of pics
decorating homemade ornaments with mom Isaac and Erin
Kids choir did all the singing for the cantata this year! Brooke, Curt, Isaac and Erin did great
our temporary quarters at Grandpa Steve's!
the old house, empty and clean
and more!
the boys room moving in furniture
erin excited about her bed coming to the mobile home in November!
New flooring in the girls room
after new flooring goes in
pics
trying to get Lyndsay to put Brooke's EEG cap on!
Curt October field trip
Brooke on the field trip
Isaac and best friend Maddie on the field trip
Lyndsay being silly!
Merry CHRISTmas!
Merry Christmas Everyone! Well, we did it - we moved into our new home this Tuesday! Monday, they finally came out, installed the new power pole and hooked up our power! I prayed in the morning for God to please hold off on the snow we were supposed to get (even if it was flurries - as they wouldn't work in it), so that the work could be completed. Detroit Edison had come out the week before, but ended up sitting here for 4 hours while the snow was "spitting" and left saying they couldn't work with the snow - too dangerous. So, on my way to town for Brooke's neurologist appointment, my husband texted me "we have power". YIPPEE - I prayed Thank you Jesus and now you can let it snow all you want:) When we came out of Brooke's appt., IT WAS SNOWING:) God is so good! So, Jeremy worked fast and furiously on the room he built around the well bladder in the barn so that we could also turn the water on! We moved in without the water on Tuesday night - everytime I go to Dad Fitch's I grab a van full of our stuff and bring it here and put it away! Yesterday, before leaving for Christmas Eve at Mom Rich's we had the room insulated and enclosed enough to turn the water on:) Took our first hot shower this morning - Praise the Lord! So thankful to be at our "place" now:) Thankful for Dad Fitch putting us up for the 5 weeks he did:) We moved our fridge Wednesday night and I got groceries yesterday morning. I'm getting ready to do some baking in a few minutes:)
Had a great first of our Christmases at Mom Rich's with Jenni and girls, Christopher and Amy and boys and Grandma Reid. Good food, good desserts:) Today, had to wake the kids up, let them open a present while we were waiting for Brooke and Curt to come home from their dad's. Grandpa Steve and Sherry came by and they started ripping and tearing:) Now everyone is playing and relaxing til we go to Aunt Jenni's tonight for snacks and more fellowship. Living in the mobile home after being in a "house" with a basement is tricky - trying to organize, organize, organize everytime I walk through. I hate the cold and going out to the barn to find stuff when I need it is not fun for me:) Yesterday, I finally got to help Jeremy with the room in the barn for a bit - all I did was put blown in insulation in the ceiling of the room - he built a load bearing ceiling cuz it's a hay loft on top so it's being insulated above the room ceiling and then he'll put the floor of the loft over it. Lyndsay is doing pretty good in her toddler bed in her room - sleeps pretty good for the most part. The first night, the kids didn't want to sleep in their own rooms because they are used to us all sleeping in the same room (basement at Steve's:)). But, the last 2 nights have been better - Lyndsay woke up last night and came to our room because the wind and rain were pretty noisy!
Today I am so thankful to have a cozy home, a beautiful view from all of the windows - still hoping to see the occasional deer or turkey walk out... thankful for my husband and kids, for the noise they are all making and watching them enjoy all the gifts they opened this morning - Lyndsay kept saying "WOW" each time she opened or watched someone open a gift:) Erin was worried about trying to catch Santa in the act last night - hoped whe would hear the sleigh bells and be able to come out! When we got our tree on tuesday, we decorated it Wednesday morning and Erin stopped while decorating, looked around and said how is he going to get in here, anyway (talking about Santa). Lyndsay got the angel out of the box and stood at the bottom of the tree trying to get Daddy's attention to put it on top of the tree! Thankful for my saviour who gave His Son to die on the cross for us! We don't promote santa, but haven't had the heart to completely squash Erin's enthusiasm about him this year:) Trying to focus more on Jesus' birth and what He did for us... Kids are so precious! I will be sending our annual picture and letter out, but not til next week - finally have all the kids together so we can get a family picture hopefully tonight! It's just been too busy the past month or more:) But, that's one of my favorite things to do this time of year, so I'm not going to skip it! I will post pictures soon - have lots to update photo wise from the last few months!
Merry Christmas everyone from our home to yours! Love, Chris
Had a great first of our Christmases at Mom Rich's with Jenni and girls, Christopher and Amy and boys and Grandma Reid. Good food, good desserts:) Today, had to wake the kids up, let them open a present while we were waiting for Brooke and Curt to come home from their dad's. Grandpa Steve and Sherry came by and they started ripping and tearing:) Now everyone is playing and relaxing til we go to Aunt Jenni's tonight for snacks and more fellowship. Living in the mobile home after being in a "house" with a basement is tricky - trying to organize, organize, organize everytime I walk through. I hate the cold and going out to the barn to find stuff when I need it is not fun for me:) Yesterday, I finally got to help Jeremy with the room in the barn for a bit - all I did was put blown in insulation in the ceiling of the room - he built a load bearing ceiling cuz it's a hay loft on top so it's being insulated above the room ceiling and then he'll put the floor of the loft over it. Lyndsay is doing pretty good in her toddler bed in her room - sleeps pretty good for the most part. The first night, the kids didn't want to sleep in their own rooms because they are used to us all sleeping in the same room (basement at Steve's:)). But, the last 2 nights have been better - Lyndsay woke up last night and came to our room because the wind and rain were pretty noisy!
Today I am so thankful to have a cozy home, a beautiful view from all of the windows - still hoping to see the occasional deer or turkey walk out... thankful for my husband and kids, for the noise they are all making and watching them enjoy all the gifts they opened this morning - Lyndsay kept saying "WOW" each time she opened or watched someone open a gift:) Erin was worried about trying to catch Santa in the act last night - hoped whe would hear the sleigh bells and be able to come out! When we got our tree on tuesday, we decorated it Wednesday morning and Erin stopped while decorating, looked around and said how is he going to get in here, anyway (talking about Santa). Lyndsay got the angel out of the box and stood at the bottom of the tree trying to get Daddy's attention to put it on top of the tree! Thankful for my saviour who gave His Son to die on the cross for us! We don't promote santa, but haven't had the heart to completely squash Erin's enthusiasm about him this year:) Trying to focus more on Jesus' birth and what He did for us... Kids are so precious! I will be sending our annual picture and letter out, but not til next week - finally have all the kids together so we can get a family picture hopefully tonight! It's just been too busy the past month or more:) But, that's one of my favorite things to do this time of year, so I'm not going to skip it! I will post pictures soon - have lots to update photo wise from the last few months!
Merry Christmas everyone from our home to yours! Love, Chris
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Christmas is coming fast!
Wow December 5th already - where has the time gone? It snowed yesterday:) I love snow but I hate being cold:( We are still at Dad Fitch's, camped out in the basement, settled in a bit more. He has been gone, mountain lion hunting in Montana and is due back tomorrow night. Detroit Edison did drop off the telephone pole, but sigh... it is still laying on the ground! Jeremy is going to start working on the skirting around the mobile home and get that taken care of. We did end up winterizing the camper and the mobile home the beginning of this week. Can't afford frozen pipes on top of everything else! Homeschooling is going better. I've had a bad migraine most of this week - did get some stronger meds from the Dr. on tuesday, but it still doesn't "take it away", so I've had a harder time getting going in the mornings:) Curt's computer power cord decided to puke 2 nights ago, so we have to get a new one pronto today so he can do yesterday's assignments and not get behind! I've got a bid on SOS for Brooke on Ebay - 3 more days left to see if I get it for a 1/4 of the cost brand new:) We discussed it and decided to go that route for her as well. I sent back the other ABEKA books 2 days ago... Switched on Schoolhouse is nice in that everything is on the computer (books and all), it figures and gives the daily lessons, quizzes, seatwork, tests and grades for each subject. They are responsible for doing each subject lesson for the day. It also gives projects to do as well. I can keep an eye on them and look at what they've done. I can reassign a lesson if I feel they rushed through it or aren't getting it. Much less stressful for me (and them)! Delta has a homeschool friday thing that I am going to check into as well - swimming, sports, some hands on chemisry, science, etc. Sounds like a fun way to get away for the day - especially in the winter!
Jeremy and I have to register for Michigan Works this next week and hope to be able to take some online classes towards SOMETHING! I already did the online resume thing and have to look at our folders to see what else we are required to do!
Amber was home last week for Thanksgiving. The Valdez's brought her home and I took her, Francisco and Rachel back on Monday. We left at 3pm after getting the oil changed in the van and got there around 7:30pm, ate at Subway and I left there around 9pm to come home. I took Erin and Lyndsay with me. Erin did pretty good at keeping me awake but at around 10:45pm I got too tired and pulled over at a McDonald's and took a 25 minute power nap, then got a hot fudge sundae and was fine until I got about 30 minutes from home. But, I made it safe and sound at 2:30am. I hope our children realize someday the things we do for them...........already thinking about my trip to take them back on Jan 4th... I am a terrible long distance driver! Hopefully we will be all settled into the mobile home by then and Jeremy will be able to go with me!
Today we are going to go "into town" (millington) and watch their Christmas parade. They also have live reindeer, sleigh rides, etc. So, hopefully I won't freeze to death! Should be fun. Yesterday, Erin was soooo excited to see the snow and wanted to go out, but I have to find boots, etc. At all of our meal prayers yesterday, she thanked GOD for the snow and told him how much she loves Him and the snow - so cute!
So, please keep praying for the power to be hooked up - we are holding out on a tree for another week or so just to see where we will be celebrating Christmas! We could always decorate our stuffed bear in the basement corner with the lights, ornaments, etc.:) Brooke is outside, feeding and watering Steve's mice and lizards. Steve breeds/raises snakes and the mice to feed them. Also has raised lizards in the past but no babies to be had in awhile. Isaac wants a snake real bad and I tell him - he has a bunch - out in Grandpa's barn:) That's close enough to home for me! Well, off to feed everyone breakfast so have a great weekend! God is good ALL the time!
Jeremy and I have to register for Michigan Works this next week and hope to be able to take some online classes towards SOMETHING! I already did the online resume thing and have to look at our folders to see what else we are required to do!
Amber was home last week for Thanksgiving. The Valdez's brought her home and I took her, Francisco and Rachel back on Monday. We left at 3pm after getting the oil changed in the van and got there around 7:30pm, ate at Subway and I left there around 9pm to come home. I took Erin and Lyndsay with me. Erin did pretty good at keeping me awake but at around 10:45pm I got too tired and pulled over at a McDonald's and took a 25 minute power nap, then got a hot fudge sundae and was fine until I got about 30 minutes from home. But, I made it safe and sound at 2:30am. I hope our children realize someday the things we do for them...........already thinking about my trip to take them back on Jan 4th... I am a terrible long distance driver! Hopefully we will be all settled into the mobile home by then and Jeremy will be able to go with me!
Today we are going to go "into town" (millington) and watch their Christmas parade. They also have live reindeer, sleigh rides, etc. So, hopefully I won't freeze to death! Should be fun. Yesterday, Erin was soooo excited to see the snow and wanted to go out, but I have to find boots, etc. At all of our meal prayers yesterday, she thanked GOD for the snow and told him how much she loves Him and the snow - so cute!
So, please keep praying for the power to be hooked up - we are holding out on a tree for another week or so just to see where we will be celebrating Christmas! We could always decorate our stuffed bear in the basement corner with the lights, ornaments, etc.:) Brooke is outside, feeding and watering Steve's mice and lizards. Steve breeds/raises snakes and the mice to feed them. Also has raised lizards in the past but no babies to be had in awhile. Isaac wants a snake real bad and I tell him - he has a bunch - out in Grandpa's barn:) That's close enough to home for me! Well, off to feed everyone breakfast so have a great weekend! God is good ALL the time!
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