My Life for Thiers: 2008

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Balance

Proverbs 31:27
She watches over the affairs of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

1 Corinthians 10:31
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it for the glory of God.

I am currently doing a book study with a couple of gals called "A Woman's High Calling, 10 Essentials For Godly Living," by Elizabeth George. This morning we met for coffee to discuss essential 9, a woman's high calling to her home - home making. And after reading these two chapters I really feel convicted of being unbalanced! First off I have realized that my works and time devoted to my family have been centered around priorities, expectations of myself and the world around me, rather than devoted to the glory of God, and making my family and home HAPPY. As a result I am grumpy, therefore my girls and my husband are grumpy. Instead, I need to appreciate what an honor and privilege it is to have been blessed with the ability to be home with my family. The Lord has given me this opportunity to not have to leave my house every single day, all day; to be here with my girls, to teach them how to love each other and how to take care of each other, and to minister to others. So...when we are in the kitchen together, I need to remember that spilling flour, sugar, or whatever all over the counter rather than in the bowl causing a huge mess, is a blessing and to laugh at it rather than grump at them. Or when picking up at the end of the day, remind myself and everyone else that it is important to take care of our things and surroundings because we are blessed with sooo much.
Well I am now becoming very distracted in my thoughts with my sweet sweet Chelsey. Bye for now.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

We are home this morning after a long day of traveling yesterday. We left my parents around noon, and stopped at a really cute little old church for lunch. Then in the car, off to the ferry to deliver us and all of our STUFF (mom and I did some Christmas shopping) to the train. It was a nice ride home. The train was completely packed, but it was still the train. Lots of room to move around, and it was quiet.
Thank you so much for a great week Dan and Mom. Michelle

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Me and Chelsey unicorn hunting

Lex and Kendra doing some serious hunting!!

Sequim bay

Grandpa Grandma Alexis and Kendra

Alexis

I like to call this picture the popcorn picture.

Chelsey 9 weeks

Alexis christmas tree lighting

Well today is Saturday and our trip is slowly coming to an end. We have been visiting my parents in Sequim Wa since last Sunday. We will be hopping back on the train Monday night to go home. It has been a fun week with a lot of activity. My parents have bought a new house that calls for much exploring. We have been UNICORN hunting out in the FOREST! We went out to the docks to spot some star fish. More Christmas shopping than I planned; my parents are going to have to haul my packages to Wenatchee for me. THANKSGIVING And last night this sweet little town had their tree lighting ceremony. We spent the day today visiting Santa, holiday bazaars, and hanging out with the dogs at duck park. (Our favorite park) Tomorrow we will head out to the fish hatchery. I am exhausted just looking back on it all, haha! We are having a great time. The girls are really enjoying their time with Grandpa and Grandma. Chelsey, just since we have been here has begun talking to us and making such intense eye contact you feel guilty looking away. Well the brownies have just come out of the oven. Gotta Go!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Pictures!!

Scott and the girls spent an evening building this wonderful barn for Kendra's horse "Sarah" She was clearly proud!

This is a usual sight in the morning. We have a nice tree out front where the birds gather in the mornings.

So one of my favorite things about blog hopping is looking at all of the wonderful pictures. I really enjoy the readings, but I have to say that my favorite thing about these blogs is the ability to see the pictures. So here are some more.

Family Devotion

A really good friend of mine got Chelsey and the girls this wonderful picture bible as a gift to share. I was trying to use it as our bedtime story book, but by the time the girls are tucked into their bed, if I actually feel up to reading there is a lot of yawning going on (from me:). So instead the girls and I have been working hard every night to carve out time for Tea Time. Basically, hot tea (Sleepy Time Tea) and sometimes cookies, in the living room reading bible stories galor until bedtime or Kendra falls on the floor asleep, whichever comes first. The girls love this time. They take a big part in setting up, and they absolutely love the picture bible. Thank you Sue.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Yes this is Alexis carrying Chelsey in the Bjorn! Yikes!
Sooo, I know it has been a MONTH since I last posted. I will get better. I have a plan, however I am not going to say it simply because if I can not follow through then I will not feel as guilty! Please forgive me for the out of order and sideways pictures, I am still learning. So Chelsey is now a full 2 months. It seems like she has always been with us, but the time has gone by so fast. She is doing all of the fun 2 month old stuff. Kicking, talking, blowing bubbles, and being so so sweet. Alexis and Kendra are still having a great time with her. Taking turns being on duty for whatever she needs. Kendra has officially taken the title of the Medium one, and The Big Little sister!

Simon and Kendra enjoying each other one day at the park across the street from our house.

And of course my silly hubby Scott playing with the girls.

Here I am with my sweet two month old! Can you believe it? Two months already!!

All three one night at the dinner table. Again, playing around and being silly led to this great picture.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

A Proud Sis Moment

Kendra is now the big-little sister around the house. In many ways she is playing the big sis role while at the same time she is still 5 (almost 6) years old. Yesterday she could not keep her hands off of Chelsey. I have been allowing the girls to hold and carry Chelsey as much as possible, but yesterday I could tell that Kendra was a little more excited than usual. I repeatedly asked her not to pick up Chelsey; Kendra's reply was " But mom...I can't help it. She is just so cute, soft, squishy, and hugable!" Definitely a proud sis moment.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Break time! Yesterday, sorry it is late!

It is now break time from school, and I have about 15min left. School is going well. Of course I am not as organized as I once was, but I know it will come in time. Basically the girls are doing a lot of math, reading and writing until I can get them caught up. They are definitely happy to be getting back into the work.

Chelsey had a check up yesterday and is doing great! For awhile there she was not gaining much weight, 1-2oz a week. However in this last week she put on a full 10oz!! Woo-hoo!! Go Chelsey! She is also waking up more, looking around, sucking and drooling down my arm, and kicking her cute little feet. All those fun amazing things that babies do.

Well time is up!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Chelsey after a long day with the Dr.

Alexis and Kendra getting ready to part with Chelsey before Co-op.

At the Pioneer Village.

Well the girls are home now, and it is the five of us. It is still kind of weird to think of us as five, but yet I can't really think of it any other way. So we got our week of to a good start. Scott still had a couple days of vacation left, so he took them this week, considering he was only working two days, and Mon we took the girls to the Pioneer Village Museum in Cashmere. It was a lot of fun, and the girls loved the actual Pioneer Village outside that they could run from building to building going in and out. We have been reading a lot of books about what life was like for the Pioneers so it was good for them to sort of see it up front.

Yesterday we got back into Co-op at the church, and choir. We did some schooling in the morning, which the girls really seemed to enjoy getting back into, and went on such a nice walk. I have to say that I am so thankful that Scott has been able to be home and participate in getting back into some of our routine. He has been so great around the house and helping out where needed! So, after co-op and choir Brant Rachel and the kids all came over for dinner, well actually they came over and Rach made dinner, but just to casually be back together with them as well is nice.

If you can't tell I was really needing to get back into life. I needed my girls to all be together and to start to establish some kind of routine around the house; whatever that may look like with an infant! The girls really needed to get back to school, co-ops, and choir. Chelsey is a little trooper. She is just tagging along through it all. She is such a good baby. For awhile she wasn't gaining much, but I think she is starting to gain, change, and grow. She is still being very generous with her nights, giving me about 6-7 hours of sleep a night. Throughout the day she eats sleeps and with her wide eyes looks curiously around checking out and learning about her surroundings.

We are very happy with the way things are going. The girls are so in love with their new baby sister and simply can not get enough of her. As for Scott and I we are so thankful for the new blessings in our life. We have really learned a lot about the girls over the last few weeks and look forward to the weeks to come.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Getting Started

Getting started is the hardest part. My sweet husband was nice enough to get the new blog set up for me, a good 3 weeks ago, but now I simply need to get started. I hope to use this blog as a way to keep all our family and friends updated on our daily lives, schooling, growth, and so forth. However, I am not the most computer driven person, and I have the slowest running computer in town, so if you find yourself frustrated because it has been awhile since you have seen pics of my sweet sweet girls, please bare with me! So I will leave you with this update:

Alexis and Kendra are spending the week in Oroville with Papa and Grandma, they will be home this weekend. I am sure they are having a terrific time up there, as they always do, but they simply do not want to take the time to talk to me and tell me so. So mommy is on the back burner for now. Chelsey and I are having this time at home to get to know each other a little bit better. She is growing and getting sweeter everyday. Part of me wants to hold her up high for the whole world to see how sweet she really is, but the selfish side of me wants to close the door and lock it and keep her all to myself. Somewhere there is a balance. I am planning to start schooling the girls on Mon. so I am also using this time to prepare to get back into some sort of routine, what ever that may be with feedings every few hours for baby and snacks, breaks, dishes, laundry, co-ops, etc. But I think I can handle it. Really, I can not wait to get back into my daily life. To have all my girls together, learning together, and playing together. It has been a long 3-4 weeks, wonderful however, thanks mom, but it is definatly time for me to get busy!

Oh yeh! My wonderful hubby is at work today, working hard. But he has the next 3 days off so we will have some good quality time together before we pick back up on Mon. I think that is it for now, until later.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Chesley's first internet pic

Sorry no pics of Chelsey yet, but here is a sneak peak for all you moms. Grandma cindy showed up tonight. We are very greatful to have helping hands in a exiting time for our family. God has truly blessed us with family and friends that are so helpful.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Chelsey Fay is on her way

We all await friday after noon. hoping to have some good pics of her first hours.

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