fear and faith

fear is the opposite of faith. i dont' know who said that or where i heard it...but it makes sense. please pray that i will have faith. there are some changes coming. change is always fearful for me... thanks! :)

green onion and the birthday blues......... :)

so, i'm trying to get back on the blog wagon. i'm not doing too bad so far, i guess. :) i'm trying to get my house clean today....always a small miracle with three toddlers running around making more messes. i just put them to bed with a few books each...i figure if they would read for 15 or 20 minutes before they go to sleep, then i might could buy some more time. in fact i need to keep this entry short so that i can get on the cleaning wagon.

i was cooking dinner the other night and was using some green onion. i used about half the bunch..we ate dinner...got the kids ready and in bed etc. i went back in to clean up the kitchen and i noticed that the green onion was gone. i was looking for it because i was going to use it the next night for supper. anyway, i just assumed i had accidentally thrown it away without realizing or kyle had. well, i little bit ago, i was making the kids lunch when kade walks into the kitchen with a fist full of green onion. there is nooooo telling where he has had it for the last three days and even crazier is that i haven't smelt it anywhere. it must have been in his room. he is such a boy!!!!!

tomorrow i turn 32. ugghhh. i still feel 18...hopefully, i'm a little more mature however :) birthdays just aren't what they used to be. i think i live vicariously through my kids on their birthdays now. it is so fun to watch their excitement. the twins will be three on june 24 and they cannot stop talking about it, they are so excited. ahhhh...to be young and carefree!!!!

potty training nightmares X 2

ahhh...the wonderful world of potty training. the twins will be 3 next month. i haven't pushed in the whole potty training area for several reasons. a) i like my sanity. b) i battled rylee for the longest until i finally just told her that if she wanted to wear a diaper to kindergarten that was her choice. (she didn't potty train until she turned 3) c) i figure when they are ready....they will do it. Now...if they turn four and they aren't potty trained we may have issues :)

lily will occasionally tell me she wants to poop on the potty......and she does great when she wants to. she loves wearing a pull-up or "big girl" panties like her big sister, however, i just don't think she is ready to commit.

kade likes to tell me he wants to do something on the potty, gets up there and as fast as he sits down he says, "i done". (complete waste of time:)

now to a funny story... lily had told kyle she wanted a pull-up on this morning. so he put one on her and she stayed dry for a little while...we praised her etc. then i was sitting at the dining room table and she walked up to me and looked straight at me with those big beautiful blue eyes...leaned into me and whispered, "mom, i poop in my puwup". so i told her to wait just a minute so that i could finish what i was doing. meanwhile, she walked over to the table next to the recliner and picked up one of my little devotional books... she opened it up and began "reading" :) "Jesus say no poop in your puwup..no..no..no..no..........no poop in your puwup". I cracked up! Many times when I discipline my kids we discuss what makes Jesus' heart happy or sad and what the Bible says about certain things. However, we have never discussed how Jesus feels about the pooping in your pull-up issue................hee, hee! when my kids aren't driving me crazy, they are cracking me up :)

have a blessed day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my sister is home :)

the following is an email that my sister sent out yesterday. she is now home and blissfully happy to be there. she said that even little things are making her soooo happy. thanks to all of you for your prayers and support over the past months. she's not sure when they will schedule her c-section, possible around may 25th.


I just came from my doctor's appointment this morning. My fluid was 9.73, and I am being discharged! They said that I can safely go home now and deliver with my doctor in Beaumont. I'm so excited! God is so good! I think my c-section will probably be scheduled for either May 18 or May 23. I can't believe I'm going home after 11 weeks, and I can't believe that I will be holding Kate in just a couple more weeks! Please continue to pray for her safe delivery. We also continue to pray that she will not have Downs or any mental retardation, but we pray knowing that God's plans have a purpose and we desire His will above all else, and we are just so thankful that she has just about made it to term. What a miracle! Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We are where we are now because of your prayers!
Love,Mindy