Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It has been a while since I have posted. Before Christmas everyone in the house ended up being sick with the flu except me. Tim had it the worst but it only lasted one day for him, thankfully because he had to put the alternator in my car. The twin's flu turned into a cold and a nasty one at that. They still have the cough and are very cranky.



Our Christmas was wonderful. Tim's grandparents and Mandy and Ryan came on Christmas eve and we had a lovely dinner at Scott and Debbie's house, and the boys enjoyed opening their presents from them. On Christmas day we had a wonderful brunch at our house after we got home from church. After brunch the boys opened their presents from us and loved everything they got.



Matt and Maureen and Katie, CJ, and JD came on Friday. I had such a wonderful time with them. It was great to get to see Maureen and Matt since it had been almost 2 years since we had seen them. De and Lloyd bought Layne hockey skates for Christmas, so on Saturday we all took the 3 little boys (the twins and JD) sledding, while Layne, Maureen and I went skating. Layne was great at it and he can't wait until the fill the rink behind us!



We are going out to dinner tonight at the Walrus with our neighbors from across the street. We invited them to come over after dinner to play wii. Jeff, Kristi and Hunter are going to come over after dinner too. I planned lots of appetizers for us to have too so it should be fun!!



Happy New Year!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Layne stayed home from school today. He didn't wake up until after 8:00, he said he felt ok but his eyes didn't look good. So he spent the day eating yogurt, pudding, and Popsicles and watching cartoons.

I had a few errands to run this morning so Tim stayed home with the kids. On my way to Target I noticed that the battery light was on and the gauge for the battery was going down. So I get there and park the car and turn it off hoping that when I turn it on again everything will be fine. No such luck. So I go in and do my shopping and when I was done I go out and try to start it and it fires right up. So I head over to the bank and head for the drive up lane. I roll down my window, make my deposits, then try and roll my window up as I am pulling out in to the driveway and my car stops right there in the middle of the bank driveway. So I sit there for a minute hoping that if I wait it will start. That work a minute ago at Target. Well no luck. So I get out of the car and walk across the street to the car dealership and ask for help. I sometimes think that my husband knows everyone in town because the person I ask to help me looks out at my cars and says "your Tim's wife" and happily helps me. So I am on my way again, I abandon all other errands and head for home. I get to 9th and Ave c and have to stop for a red light, oh no I am in trouble again. The turns green and I start to go and only make it part of the way. It stopped right in the middle of the lane going west. So I sit there for a minute not sure what to do, hoping someone will help me. After a call to Tim trying to figure out what to do a wonderful lady stops to help me. She flags down others to help and a wonderful man with a truck stopped. He put bumper to bumper and pushed me to the side of the road. He gave me a jump and followed me home. Tim went and got a new battery and we thought the problem would be solved. But that would be to easy, the battery light is still on and Tim said that the alternator is not holding a charge. Now if you can remember back through all of our terrible car disasters, 2 years ago in February the boys got locked in the car on a very cold day because the alternator died. So it is not that old, but we can't find the receipt for the warranty. Merry Christmas to us!!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Well everyone is sick. It started with Brenden throwing up in Wal-Mart on Friday. Of course I had a cart FULL of groceries and still had 2 or 3 things on my list. I didn't know what to do it was everywhere and I really needed the groceries in the cart. So I cleaned him up best I could and since he wasn't crying or anything I quickly grab the things I needed and headed for the check out. It took about 1/2 an hour to finish up and head to the car. He was sick a few more times through out the day, but Saturday was quite uneventful. Tim worked all day and the boys and I didn't go anywhere for fear of Brenden getting sick, but thankfully he didn't. So I went by the 24 hour rule and since Brenden hadn't been sick since Friday we decided to go to church this morning. Once we got there and got all settle in our pew Tim leans over and says"Logan just burped and it smells like puke". Oh no. So I go to the kitchen and get a towel just in case.
I think it could be a false alarm he has been acting fine. I no sooner sit down with the towel and Logan is throwing up. Thank God it was in the middle of a hymn so no one notice (not that there was anyone in church to hear). So I grab the towel and get a grocery bag from the kitchen, Tim grabs Logan and gets his coat on. We decide that Brenden, Layne, and I will stay for church and Sunday school. It wasn't until after he left that I thought about how the rest of us were going to get home. Scott and Debbie had brought the truck to church so there wasn't room for all of us in there. So Scott ended up driving me home so I could get my car and then I went back to church to get Layne and Brenden.

After we got home and ate lunch Tim wasn't feeling great so he decided to go lay down with Logan. Layne and I started to clean the house and I could tell he wasn't feeling great but he hadn't complained about anything yet. So my mom came over and help us clean. It didn't take long and we got the whole house clean. After we were done Layne and I had to run some errands. Were we leaving the second store I still had one more that I wanted to stop at but Layne started complaining about being cold and I notice that his nose was all snotty. So we headed home. By the time we got home he was coughing, had a fever and had started to loose his voice. So I made grill cheese sandwiches for everyone and sent all the boys to bed. Brenden seems to be feeling fine and Logan hasn't thrown up since about 11:00 a.m., but poor Layne. I am not sure if he is going to be able to go to school tomorrow. I hope he can go on Tuesday for his classes' Christmas party. I also hope that Tim doesn't get any worse. He is going to have a short week anyway. I am going to post this and head to bed myself!!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Layne's Christmas program was super cute. He was a shepard and wore a bath robe and a piece of flannel on his head. I was too busy chasing after the boys that I didn't get a picture. I will have to ask Kristi if she did!!

I think I am catching a cold. I really don't feel great today. I hope that it doesn't last long because I have way to much to do!!

I have been trying not to give the twins as junk to snack on in the morning so they will actually eat lunch. So when I go in the kitchen to make lunch I tell the boys to "set the table". They get out the little chairs and the table and put it in the middle of the living room and sit down and eat like big boys! It is really fun to watch!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

So Tim and I discovered last night that Brenden takes all the pieces of yarn he pulls off of his blanket and sticks them in the key hole of his bedroom door. How funny is that!!

Layne's Christmas program at church is tomorrow night. Since we had to cancel the practice on Sunday the kids will practice at 6:00 and have the program at 7:00. It should be great!!

The weather tomorrow is supposed to be nicer so I think the boys and I will run a few errands in the morning!! It will be nice to get out!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Oh, to be stuck inside during a blizzard. I was awoke this morning by a phone call from Pastor cancelling church. I then spent the next 45 minutes on the phone with the Sunday School teachers (oh, the joys of being the superintendent) rescheduling the Christmas program practice we were supposed to have. After that I declared it stay in your PJ's day and make the kids cinnamon rolls and eggs. I am very grateful today for digital cable. We spent the morning watching movies on demand. The first one we watched was Alvin and the Chipmunks. The twins just loved it, they laughed and danced. I was surprised that they watched so much of it.

When the twins went down for their nap Layne and I went to the kitchen. We made 3 batches of peppermint bark, a batch of rice flour chocolate peppermint cookies for my mom and sister (I got the recipe from the cookie class!!), and cinnamon glass candy. I still need to make almond bark covered pretzels for my sister.

It has been a silly day around here:
  • Tim tooted so Logan told him he needed to go potty and we all lost it.
  • The boys found some stocking hats and giggled hysterically while putting them on and off.
  • When Logan got up this morning and looked out the window he said "holy cow". I called Debbie and she was able to hear him do it.
  • Made the boys breakfast. After Logan ate all his eggs he brought his plate to me and set it in my lap and said "eggs please". So I had to go make more. Between the 5 of us we ate a dozen and a half eggs. Go thing we were stocked up.

Tomorrow is supposed to be colder yet. High of 15 below and wind chills of 45 below. Not sure if Layne will have school. Tim's not sure if he can work, he needs to cut tile and the only place to do that at this house is outside. I am going to have cabin fever so bad by Wednesday. I will really look forward to the Christmas program at church Wednesday night!!

Going to put the kids to bed now and go out and help Tim shovel the driveway a bit. We really need to get the snow blower fixed. We have way to much driveway to shovel!

Friday, December 12, 2008

Logan is talking up a storm. He can count to 6, he sings jingle bells, and says Merry Christmas. Brenden is quite the talker too when you can hear him over Logan.

We are baring down for quite a storm starting Sunday. Mondays high is 15 below with wind chills of 40 below. Needless to say I will not be going anywhere on Monday and Tuesday. By Wednesday cabin fever should be in full swing!!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Its the end of an era. The twins have officially stop napping. It has been 3 days since they took a nap. I still make them go up and lay down (probably more for me than them) and "rest". I use that word loosely because I can hear constant footsteps. I am sure they will nap here and there but I think my days of 3 hour naps is gone for good. It is 6:50 and I don't hear a peep from upstairs. I think if we would have left Brenden in his highchair any longer he would have fallen asleep.

I finished my Christmas shopping today. I am so glad to be done. Now I just have to wrap them all. I did manage to wrap some on Sunday and I notice today that there is a tear in one of the packages. I asked Layne about it and he just smiled at me. I might have to hide them!!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

We have had a lot going on since I posted last. Scott and Tim finished putting the lights up at WBI on Friday. We were so thankful that Scott was able to help! Friday night we were invited to a party for the completion of the building project at church. It was nice to get out and visit with friends.

On Saturday Debbie and I went to our cookie class. We has such a good time and rally learn a lot. We made 9 different types of cookies and 2 candies. We made biscotti which was really fun because I have always wanted to know how to make it!

Sunday was busy. After church Layne and I made 4 batches of peppermint bark and did some cleaning and then went over to my moms house for a while.

On Monday I notice that Logan's mouth was all purple. I didn't think that it was like that before I took Layne to school so I was kind of concerned. I called his pediatrician and she said that he should be seen. So I took him in and they checked him out. His blood oxygen levels were fine which was my biggest concern. The dr. did a good job of checking him out and didn't fine anything that she thought would have caused it. She did detect a slight heart murmur, but said that was common.

So we have been busy and it will likely stay that way through the end of the year. Tim's month is crazy, but we thank God that he has work to do!

Thursday, December 4, 2008

It was the first really cold day today. The wind chill this morning was 9 below. Layne was glad that we didn't have to walk today. I dropped him off on my way to bible study.

Scott was helping Tim today put the Christmas light and they both came home for lunch. Scott and I were sitting at the table with and I noticed that they was some pencil writing on the wall. So I asked Brenden who did it and he said "Logan did it". I laughed and asked Logan who did it and he said "Brenden did it" How funny! It is starting already!

Every year my MOPS group does Christmas babysitting. So tomorrow I get to drop the kids off for 2 1/2 hours!!! I don't really have any Christmas shopping to do though so I am just going to go grocery shopping and run a few errands. Somethings that will take me 20 minutes that would have taken an hour with the kids. It will be nice!

Debbie and I have our cookie class on Saturday. I am really looking forward to it. I will have all kinds of Christmas goodies!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Layne had his eye appointment today. The dr said everything looked great. He has 20/20 vision. So I am glad that his eyes are ok.

Tim was able to be home tonight to give the kids a bath. When he washes them up he always gives them a little soap and tells them to wash their bellies. Well tonight he did Logan first and instead of washing his own belly he started to wash Brenden's. It was so cute. So then Brenden wanted some soap and washed Logan's belly. So they stood there and washed each other and giggled. Then after they got out of the bath they were playing with Chloe and Logan was laughing so hard he fell over and couldn't get back up. Oh, what fun!!

Monday, December 1, 2008

What a weekend. I had such a great time with Tim's family. We ate a lot and played a lot of games. Jody, Debbie and I did get out and do a little shopping on Friday afternoon. Jody and I also went to find her new boots on Saturday. I went to K-mart on Sunday afternoon. They are doubling all manufacturer's coupons this week. My total before coupons was $61 after coupons was $23! Tim can make fun of me and my coupons all he wants! De and Lloyd ended up staying until this morning because the weather wasn't very nice. When Layne got home from school today he said his heart was breaking because he missed Grandma De! It was so quiet today the boys and I didn't know what to do. You would think that they would have taken a great nap today right? Nope!! Neither of them slept! O well they will go to bed early!