Roses

I am such a terrible, mean mother. The kids were being wild,crazy,screaming and fighting, so I made them go upstairs and put their pjs on. I went into Trent's room and saw one of my roses that Jared got me for our anniversary. Trenton had cut one of them right at the tip of the rose. I immediately got angry and yelled at him for doing it. He also had my blue painters tape that I had just bought. I shut his door and told him not to come out. I felt bad so I went back to his room. He had the saddest look on his face. I told him I was sorry and asked him if I made him feel bad. Then came the saddest nod. He was trying to tape the rose to my mother's day bag that he made at school. He wanted to give me the rose for mothers day. He has been trying to be nice to me for Mother's day and I just snapped. I need to be more patient and loving and realize he is only 5 years old. Let me be a better mother.

HELP

I NEED TO WRITE, I NEED TO WRITE, I NEED TO WRITE. THAT IS ALL I COULD DO SO FAR. MORE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELP

I NEED TO WRITE, I NEED TO WRITE, I NEED TO WRITE. THAT IS ALL I COULD DO SO FAR. MORE TO COME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Valentines Day

My mom used to make big heart sugar cookies that we got to decorate when I was younger, so I decided to start a tradition with my kids and do the same thing. So these are the kids masterpieces.

A Mother's Instinct

Today was a very hard day for me. I took Emma LuJean in to the dentist I work for at 7:00 a.m. to get her lower frenulum clipped(area underneath the tongue). They put her on versed which was suppose to make her sleepy and not remember what is happening. She was kind of acting like she was drunk. The dr asked me to leave because he knew it was going to be hard for me to watch her struggling and being held down. So, I went out to my car and cleaned out my purse and tried to read a magazine but couldn't concentrate. All I could think about was how scared Emma was. Finally, they called me and said she was done. She was so happy to see me. I think she will be fine. She can stick her tongue out a little farther. It doesn't look very good right now, but I am hoping after a few days of healing, it will be what she needed. As a mother, we worry so much about our children. A lot of times mothers know just what their kids need and don't need. You don't ever want anything bad to happen to them. We took a long 3 hour nap and she woke up as happy as can be. You wouldn't have know what she went through early this morning. Emma is scheduled to go in for her first speech therapy session next Tuesday, so I am anxious to see how she does. I have to admit though I am going to miss her special little language. Below is a clip of her repeating scriptures and saying her prayers. She is so adorable when she says prayers. You usually can't understand a word but she is so proud of herself. (Don't look at all the dust on the bookshelf)
P.S. I am still trying to get my video to post.

Savers Chair

I got this chair from Savers (cool second hand store) for a whopping $6.00. It was really in fairly good condition. I forgot to take a before picture, but it had a tan canvas material on it. I bought the fabric for around $25, so the whole chair cost me about $30. That's what I'm talking about! I love finding deals like that. I really love finding furniture at 2nd hand stores and reburshing them. Jared and I recovered this chair in 2 nights, and I think we did a pretty good job for first time reupholsterers(sp). The best part of this chair is that it is a rocker. Love it.

New Fireplace

We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE our new fireplace. I don't know how we ever got along without it. I should have listened to Jared in the first place and put it in from the beginning. We have definitely saved money on our heating bill. We keep the fire going all the time and it heats the whole house. My hubby did an awesome job on it. Thanks babe.