laundry blues...

laundry, laundry, go away! but don't come back another day! i feel like the laundry never ends!!!!!! ughhhhh!

this weekend we are having our d-now. it's called "merge" because we are doing it area wide this year. we're excited to see what God does. it's always a great weekend. my brother usually leads a home but he can't this year......bummer. it's always fun having him in corsicana. he's actually speaking at another dnow.

i ordered the 6week body makeover. i saw it (yes........) on an infomercial. there is a guarantee, so if i'm not pleased then i can get a full refund. no, mom, i'm not telling you how much :) kriste is going to do it with me as much as possible. we'll see what happens. we have continued to faithfully exercise and i'm noticing a small difference in my clothes. that's a start, right????!!!!!

duty calls. almost naptime.....woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 years and counting...

kyle and i celebrated 7 years of marriage on monday. it was a great day. i awoke to tulips and a sweet card in my bathroom and then he took me to a very nice restaurant for dinner. we had a great time! i feel very blessed to have him for a husband. they don't come any better!!!

i wish i could write more but i have to go and check on kade who has been screaming my name from his bedroom. i already know what will happen. i'll go in there and he'll say, "i need covers". it's amazing what can seem so upsetting to a two year old. it is so frustrating when he carries on like that for "covers". good grief. have a blessed day!

"coming in the back door"

i'm at my parent's house this weekend. kyle is in amarillo for a d-now and is flying back tomorrow weather permitting. he emailed me a picture of the snow. soooo pretty...

i've gotten serious about weight loss since a few days ago. kriste and i have been faithfully exercising and i'm watching my calories. i'm feeling better and have more energy. my goal is to lose 40 pounds over this year. i think i've mentioned that i've gained 30 since we got the twins. stress eater...me???? oh yes!!!!! actually, i'm a happy, sad, mellow, bored and every emotion known to man eater. but, i'm learning to take one day at a time and make better choices about my food intake. eat to live..not live to eat..hee, hee. easier said than done.

on a random note...my mother is the queen of "passive aggressive". one of my pet peaves is passive aggression. say what you mean...just say it! i'll give you an example...i'm sitting in the living room writing this and my mom is doing the dishes while my grandparents are sitting at the kitchen table. we all just finished dinner. my mom just walked through and said, "look at you sitting in here by yourself while you could be visiting with your granparents". she could've said, "hey...why don't you take advantage of this time and go talk with your grandparents?" i'm pretty sure she doesn't know how to say things in a direct manner. by the way mom, it's probably not a good idea to get me all riled up while i'm actually writing on my blog. have a nice day, frannie! i love you despite your faults :)

the conversation went something like this...

lily: mom, kade is poopy!
kade: i not poopy!
lily: es ou are...ou wyin (yes you are, you're lying)
kade: i not wyin, i'n a tiger! (i'm not a lion, i'm a tiger)

ha, ha, ha!!!!! they are BOTH poopy!!!!! lucky me!!!!!!! :)

random

*went to the funeral yesterday. it was sad but such a testimony in so many ways. as the family was exiting after the funeral, they all stopped to hug the man whose gun went off. it was a silent, but very powerful statement about love, grace and forgiveness. wow! marsha and the girls looked a whole lot better than when i saw them on sunday. however, they still need prayers. this will be a long journey of grief.

*kriste and i met at the ymca yesterday and walked for about 45 minutes. she had to be somewhere this morning very early so we didn't get to walk. we're going to tonight. i'm still having trouble changing my eating habits. what can i say? i love to eat... ughhhh. i need to get motivated.

*big news!!!! my sister is having another girl!!! i had a feeling it was a girl from the beginning :) i'm so excited. they are naming her Madeline Kate and they will call her Kate. she is due in may...i'm hoping it will be around my birthday or on it would be cool :)

ok, i have to go round up some toddlers who are "supposed" to be watching a movie. ha! they don't stay still very long!

prayer request...

a friend of my family died in a hunting accident this morning. he leaves behind a wife and two college age daugthers whom i used to babysit. please pray for God's peace right now. you just never expect something like this to happen...that is probably the hardest part for them.

life is never certain. cary was a wonderful husband and father...also a godly man who was a deacon in my parent's church. he is in a better place...but it is always hard for those left behind. please pray for his family, church family, the co-worker that accidentally shot him (i can't imagine how he is dealing right now) and everyone involved. oh.....and hug those that you love. sometimes we take each other for granted!

fun times...

my friends kim and stacy came over today. we had a 5yr old, two 3yr olds, three 2yr olds, and a 1yr old running around :) oh, and one precious 2mth old who slept most of the time. we had a good time. stacy is in beauty school, so she trimmed my girls and one of kim's girls hair and then she cut mine. she did a great job!!!!!!! best part........it didn't cost anything :) perks of having a friend in beauty school. :)

got a call this morning from my oldest and dearest friend who asked if kyle and i would be guardians of her two precious boys if (heaven forbid) anything should happen. they are doing a will. what an honor... mel, i am humbled and i love you sweet friend!!!!

well, it is friday night. my twins are asleep and i'm fixing to put rylee to bed. then i am going to snuggle up with my husband on the couch and watch a movie on our brand new 42" plasma t.v. i think i forgot to write that our old t.v. went out and it was going to cost too much to get it fixed without a guarantee that it wouldn't happen again. so, my very happy husband got a new one :)

sorry for being so random tonight....J...i missed talking to you this week. been thinking about you and love ya much!

peace out everybody!!!!!

coffee or palates???

got up this morning at 5:30am. kriste and i have started exercising. it was raining this morning so she came to the house and we were going to do palates. well, we couldn't get the dvd to work. seriously... so, we made coffee and exercised our mouths. it was great! hee, hee.