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~~~WORK IN PROGRESS~~~

Obviously I have been out of my blog for a while. God had plans for our family that did not include blogging. My goal now is to do a brief overview and bring you all up to speed. I appreciate your patience with me.

A must read for parents:

Rescued Remnant: Parents, Grow Some Kahunas!:

need more encouragement to continue breastfeeding?

Good article about DHA/ARA in formula and baby food: http://www.babywhys.org/formulapoisoning.htm

without him I have nothing...

literally. Nine years ago today I married the most amazing man ever. He is my blessing. Without him I have nothing. He is my husband, my companion, my example of a strong faith. He is my friend, my lover, the father of our children. The "bread winner", the hot pool guy, and Mr. fix it. He puts up with me EVERY single day. For him I am thankful EVERY single day. Truly blessed beyond measure.

Baptism Affermation

Baby C was baptized in the hospital on 1/13/10 at 26 hours old. This weekend we had his affermation in the church with his sponsors. What a wonderful day it was. My parents were able to make it from western South Dakota. Thought I would share a few photos of the baptism and the affermation. (**all four of the boys have worn this suit for their baptisms, much longer and C would not have fit into it)

HAPPY EASTER!

Thank you Jesus!

Sibling love

Sweet baby C!

five days old.

two weeks old.

four weeks old.

two months old. Sweet smile!

3/25/10 enjoying a little tummy time.

We are all doing well. I have been absent from this blog because my family is my priority. All of the kids are doing well. Baseball season is upon us. We have a little leager and an bambino league. H, W, and D are all excelling at school. L is really excited for this nice weather (75 degree yesterday). She loves the sandbox (still eats the sand too...). Sweet baby C is growing fast. on 3/25/10 he weighed in at 15lbs 5 oz. Happy and cooing often. Jeremy even got him laughing the other night.
May God bless you on this Maunday Thursday.

http://onething.beautifulheritage.com/?p=4538

And baby makes 7!

Yes, he is finally here.

sweet baby C

1/12/10 7:05am

8lbs 15oz, 21in. long

full head of hair, healthy cheeks for suck'n

We are all doing fantastic. The brothers and sister just love him to death. Jeremy has to actually tell them that it is his turn to hold him. I look forward to sharing more details as I have more energy.

**remember I do not post my children's names. If you would like to know what we named our beautiful little guy, just ask, I will message you privately.

Happy day!

"Golden" December-- BIRTHDAYS!!

Happy golden birthday to H!! We love you very much!

Also with a birthday this past week, L! Happy birthday sweet baby girl. We love you!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

just a litte quiz that is floating around

Who was your favorite celebrity as a child? Christian Laettner

What type of pets do you have? we do not have any pets at this time

What is your favorite color? Blue, any shade.

What is most memorable about your high school years? moving

What word describes you best? currently... Crabby

What is your greatest accomplishment? H, W, D, L and soon to be...

What drives you every day? God

What is your favorite food? pizza

Where do you want to retire? the UP

What is your business goal this year? to mind my own... LOL

Where do you like to vacation? any where with my husband

Who do you admire? my husband and my mom

What is your mission? Love God. Love others.

If you were invisible, where would you go? to bed

What traits in others are you attracted to? hard working

What is the kindest thing anyone has done for you? oh my, there are so many things. I can't don't know just one.

How do you want to be remembered? as a redeemed child of God

What would you do with a million dollars? be debt free

If you were on an island, who would you want to be with? my husband

You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about? God and family.

Kind of a different one, I know but I saw it on a few blogs I read and thought I would toss my answers in too.

C A K E!

Bowling for Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my W!

My second born is seven! And for his birthday he wanted to go bowling. We had a whole lot of fun. A friend from school and Auntie Mary came along. What a sweet young man he is growing into. Proud mom!

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

while I am here,

I have a favor to ask. I want to change my play list (you know, the music that plays when you are at my blog site!!). I love what I have but need a change. I would love suggestions. What is your favorite Christian music song (or artist)? I am excited!!! Don't be shy, leave me a comment, PLEASE!

Sick of being sick...

Hello, from my L_O_N_G absence. It has been a long month. With school, church, Cross Training, Lutheran Pioneers, ST, karate, the basement, this pregnancy (which might I add we are in our 27th week, six days until the third trimester, 90 days to go!! Doing great, 12lb weight gain total, FAILED my glucose test miserably but have been managing my numbers with food, tons of movement! The only thing that stinks is because of the gd I now have to see my OB every two weeks.), Jeremy's job and yard work, we are staying busy. (oh yeah, in there some where we loaded my parents moving truck, moved a piano from their house to ours...) Then we tossed the wrench into to spinning wheels and our lives came to a screeeeeeeeching hault. SICK KIDS! (and me too but I was pretty minor compared). W missed four days of school and at his highest had a temp of 105. Diagnosed with an ear infection and strep throat. He still sounds funny (lost his voice at the very end of it all) but he is back to happy. H missed two days of school, his highest fever was also 105. Completely viral and we rode it out! D is still recovering. So far has missed three days of school. His temp also reached 105. Ear infection. What is getting him is the cough. He is playing nice today and resting in between, I am confident he will be back in school tomorrow. L is a wreck. At her highest her fever was 105. She has a double ear infection. She just got wiped out from it. She now has a slight head cold but otherwise only looks bad. The nice thing is all temps have broke and they are on the upswing. My temp never got over 100 (yes, that is just fine) and I had the headache that is going with all of this. I now have the cough, it is soooooo horrible, it is all flem related but I feel bad that I keep Jeremy up all night. Even if I go to a different part of the house, we are all coughing so it does not matter. I joked on my facebook the other day that there is a large blinky arrow sign outside my house advertising the coughing contest we have here. By the grace of God Jeremy is still healthy and working too! Through it all, we are blessed.
This week, W turns seven. That means we have lived in this house for seven years. Who would have thought when we moved in that we would have out grown it too! Never fear, Jeremy is here!! He is making (with the help of many other people, including our parents) more space in the basement. Much progress has been made. I can not wait to post photos!
I also, before the wrench, took some photos of our fall colors in our yard. I will try to get them posted this week.
Thanks for sticking with me. I will make an effort to not be gone this long again. What can I say, life happens.
Happy day.