Oh How Time Flies

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Ok, I know, I am really wierd posting these images of myself on the computer but I am sorting through all my pic's and came across pictures of myself pregnant with all three kids and I noticed how happy, awake, relaxed, full of energy, normal, peaceful I looked in my first pregnancy and how tired, worn out, baggy eyed and lathargic I looked in my last....hilarious....if I have another imagine how bad I'll look :)....Anyway enough of that stuff...so this past weekend was really fun. I worked at the hospital on Friday morning and got to catch up with all my work friends and then I worked the auction in the evening and got some good deals on stuff.....$1 a loaf on Aunt Millie's all natural, whole wheat bread and Thomas English Muffins......$3.50 on a large bag of Starbucks coffee.....&1.75 on boxes of Cheerios, Honey Bunches of Oats and Trix cereal.... anyway...there were not that many people there so stuff went really low and I was a happy shopper/worker! On Sat. Keith wanted to watch the bucks smear Minnesota so he watched the kids and I went shopping for shoes to wear to my friend Traci's wedding...it was so nice to be out without the kids, I could take my time, try stuff on and just listen as other kids screamed....ahhh.....so relaxing and nice...when I got home we headed to Keith's mom and dads for a yummy supper and then a trip to the park and fishing...it was a beautiful day and lots of fun. On Sunday Keith went fishing with a buddy so we headed one last time to the zoo with Papa Roynon. We tried to see the things the kids always skip this time so we got to see the snakes and the monkeys..it wasn't too crowded so it was very nice and the kids...for the most part behaved so that was good. Dad kept looking and seeing an aniamel and saying...."Oh my goodness Lucy look at that" so Lucy started saying....oh my goodness papa....oh my goodness it was hilarious! The aniamels were really active so it was fun...the bears, monkeys and hippos were right up against the glass staring at the kids and they loved every minute of it! Keith brought home pizza for supper when we got home so it was a very nice evening! Well that's it from us...have a great week everyone!

No Way!!! We Landed on the Moon!!

Guess what Friday was at Preschool? Yep! They were studying the letter A and Astronauts. They made astronaut helmets, paper "rockets" ate what real astronauts eat and took a walk on the moon! Gideon came home looking so hilarious in this helmet and yelling BLAST OFF!!! BLAST OFF!!! 3 2 1 BLAASSSSTTTT OFFFFFF!!! as he ran around the yard throwing his paper airplane...I mean rocket :) I had to take a picture of him! It was red day also (the color of the week) and if he didn't wear red he would have gotten a red dot on his nose....or so he tells me! So he got to try out his new preschool t-shirt too! He is having SO MUCH FUN at preschool....meeting lots of new friends and learning about all sorts of stuff from astronauts to Adam. Anyway, it's really good to see him so happy about school....I know those days are numbered! I am cherishing every one!!

Keith and I attended a marriage conference at church this weekend that was awesome! It was called "Love and Respect".....I felt like maybe we were a little too young to be going and we don't have a whole lot of "big" marriage issues yet but we decided it was never to early to work on problems and went for prevention therapy :) It was so great and applicable! Keith and I got a ton out of it! I even started to apply one of the biggest things the speaker told the women to do with their husbands and that was just be with them and not talk, right after and it worked! And all of you who know me well know that "not talking" is an incredible feat for me! :) But Keith completely opened up and started talking about stuff which is an incredible feat for him! It was cool and I'd highly recommend this conference!

Ok enough blabbing about the marriage conference! Hope all's doing well!

What happens when.......

Well...a. few days ago....I seem to recall Keith saying...."Have you seen Gideon's sippy cup? I can't find it"....I believe I responded...."I think it's in the fridge but I don't know...." WRONG.....

Wish you had smella blog? I bet not....found it today.....that was last weekend....it was sitting in our sunny window in the front under some toys behind the couch....Yum Yum Yum!!!

Chocolate Milk anyone??

Almost Forgot.....

Ella started clapping her hands and crawling (finally) this past week!! YAHHHHHYYYYY (mommy says) She is already a happier baby just being mobile (sp) She's behind Lucy in crawler history by almost a month....but then again....Lucy didn't have much chub to lug around. She's a little earlier than Gideon....but then Gideon only crawled for 2 weeks before he started walking....Lucy didn't walk until she was 15 months....so we'll see who's the tortise and the hair in the end..... Anyway...it does have one bad side effect......I miss my little baby already and I am getting that "I want another one" feeling back pretty strong right now....Some would call me crazy.....some would call me delusional....some would look at me and say emphatically...." HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND????".....I would have to agree with all of the above....but that doesn't mean the feeling isn't there.....

Don't worry too much.....it would take a lot for Keith to agree with me to have one more baby...I mean a lot....like a time machine or some magic energy beans! :)

another wish I hadda

We spent the better part of the morning moving chickens from one pen to another.....it was a really wish I hadda camera moment.....Gideon and Lucy were "trying" to help. Gideon would do a pretty good job but was hilarious with comments like he made when he first got upstairs and opened up the pen...to the chickens " Hey guys! You remember me? It's Gideon" and then later as he was carrying on his seemingly one sided conversation with the chickens...."You know what?......we're gonna eat ya" :) Poor chicks....and they thought they had a friend in Gideon :) Lucy tried with all of her might to help move them as with a big smile she would smoosh them between her little hands...them chirping desperately for release and carry them to the new pen...slowly so as not to "hurt" the wittle tchiky(which was being smooshed anyway with the death grip she had one it)....But unfortunetly mommy was falling behind and has no pic's to share the blessed event with all....sorry!
The weekend was pretty great....even though it rained a lot. Friday night we went up to Amigo's pizza for the buffet (which Gideon loves) with grammy and papa. We ate 'til we were stuffed and then went to Big Gramma Myers house to visit and dig up flowers to supposedly plant Sat morning. Unfortunetly we woke up Sat to an extreme downpour. ..speaking of extreme did you guys know extreme makeover home edition was in Toledo this past week? A lot of people from wauseon in construction at our church actually helped work on the house...I'll have to find out when it airs so you can all see if you recognize anybody or anything! Anyway so I didn't get the flowers planted. Sat night we headed to Keith's Steiner family get togethor. It was a good time with good company, good food (especially jean's taco dip YUM YUM!!) and great weather despite the morning at home. Unfortunetly we returned to the house on Sat night in time to see the Buckeyes destroy themselves penalty after penalty against USC...I couldn't watch...it just made me sick to my stomach with Keith ....yes quiet Keith (not when it comes to OSU football) yelling at his team from the couch :) Sunday we had a quiet rainy day with the family! Not much to share but a little bit! Hope all's well!

First Day of School!

So Gideon's First Day of Preschool was yesterday. He goes in the afternoon from 1:00-3:30. The preschool is just up the road so we can bike if we want to but yesterday daddy came home from work and we all took him. It wasn't too dramatic because we didn't even get out of the car. You get into a big line up of cars and the teachers come out, unbuckle (if necessary) and escort each child into the church. Gideon jumped out of the car with a nervous but excited look and I teared up as we drove away. I didn't actually cry(which I was happy about) but I was more emotional than I thought I would be. It was a little heart wrenching to leave him there and drive away. He seemed so little! Lucy was a bit distraught. When we came home she kept saying...I want Bubba...I want bubba....she started to cry and I told her we would pick him up after quiet time...she ran and threw herself dramatically on the bed and in a a whimpering voice said I want bubba...she soon got over it ! The teachers escort the kids back out to the car when the day is done so as Gideon was getting in I said..." Hi Buddy" He looked mad...he did not want to come home. He was pretty quiet the rest of the night and has yet to tell us about it all but I know he had fun because he wants to go back today even though he can't until tomorrow.

Lucy had her first dance class as well. She is the youngest in her class but still followed instruction pretty well. She was so funny to watch...hopping around the room with the teacher! She kept talking about her dance cass all night. It was really sweet! She will be even more cute next Monday when she gets to wear the whole outfit!! That's all that's new with us...hope all's well!

Happy 3rd Birthday Lucy!!

Happy Birthday to you...Happy Birthday to you....Happy Birthday Dear Lucy...Happy Birthday to you!!

Well, it doesn't seem possible that 3 years have past by but sure enough they have! Lucy turned the big "3" on Sat.....it seems like Gideon just turned 3 but he'll be 5 in November!! My kids are growing up waaaayyyyy to fast! Well, we pretty much celebrated all weekend with Lucy for her birthday. Friday daddy took the day off work and we spent the day just hanging out as a family. For supper we went over to Nani and Papa's and then we canned peaches and ate fresh peaches with icecream while Lucy opened up a few gifts! She got a musical birthday card which played "You can Fly" from Peter Pan and she played it over and over and over and over again. On Sat. she got her choice of breakfast which ended up being Pancakes! After lunch a special package came in the mail from Uncle Drew and Aunt Melinda...an Aurora (sleeping beauty) barbie doll that's dress changes from pink to blue....she was thrilled and played with the doll and sang "I know you I walked with you Once Upon a Dream" the rest of the afternoon....she also kept saying "Pink.....No Blue.....No Pink.....No Blue" (If you've seen the movie you'll understand it). Then we headed off to Grammy and PaPa's for supper and fun with cousins. Lucy had a blast at a special supper just for her with corn on the cob, tomatoes, hotdogs and macaroni and cheese. She got lots of nice presents like a Giselle Barbie, a Cinderella costume and a really cool bag that Grammy made for her shoes and tutu for dance classes (which was our gift to her) She starts tonight and I am excited to see what all they do and if she'll like it or not! We finished off the night by taking a walk down to the dock and hunting for and throwing Buckeyes in the water and then went back to Grammy and Papa's for Caramel Corn before calling it a night. On Sunday we went to church in the morning and then met Nani and Papa at Mcdonalds for a birthday lunch and Lucy got another princess skirt made by Nani (she loves it and is currently parading around the room in it) Then, we went to Sauder Village for the afternoon to check out the new areas. It was really fun. Gideon and Lucy milked the cow, played in the cabin churning butter and playing dress up and tea party and saw Oxen and took a horse and buggy ride by Big Guy (a retired race horse) We all had a lot of fun at the Natives and Newcomers area where we sat in a wigwam, a teepee and went to the traders post to pet beaver, fox, bear, fisher, racoon, mink, and ferret pelts. Gideon was especially interested in how the aniamels were killed (yah...) The kids had a blast and were tired last night and ready for a good nights sleep!
So....Happy Birthday to our Princess Lucy......so dear to our hearts.....one minute we can't get enough snuggle and the next we're ready to pull our hair out!! But....we love her so much and can't imagine our lives without our beautiful princess girl!

Trip Highlights

Well Keith's trip to China was well spent. He got a lot of stuff done....unfortunetly he also still has to do a whole lot more now that he's home. A normal day for him was to wake up at around 6:00, order in breakfast (anything you can think of) and meet his co-worker Doug in the lobby to catch a taxi to the factory of the day or the Sauder Asia Office. He would work til lunch, break and the people would order in from Mcdonalds, Papa Johns or Kentucky Fried Chicken (they didn't feed them the factory food because they would have gotten sick I guess). Nothing like going to China and spending the entire time eating American "shipped in " food :) Anyway he would work at the factory until between 7 and 9 at night....they would hit a restaurant in the hotel for supper and then head up to their rooms only to work for another hour before going to bed...Vacation it was not!!! All he did was work! He did get to do a little shopping one day (for the kids) and he saw a rat (Gideon wanted him to see a Panda Bear....unfortunetly although in the rain forest he didn't get out of the city long enough too!) He also got to try authentic Hot and Sour Soup which we frequently order at our local Chinese restaurant here. Well.....in China (hopefully not here) authentic Hot and Sour Soup is made with Coagulated Pigs Blood....Yah....GROSS!! After eating some he asked what was in it...only to take two more "polite" sips and be done! He also had some good conversation with some of the factory executives in which they discussed tea. Tea is very cherished in China....the favorite being "U-long" (I don't know how to spell it) They were telling Keith all about the preparation and all it did for you and the taste and stuff. Keith said " In America we can go to Mcdonald and order and iced tea with lemon and sugar".......the factory workers were laughing at him....EWWWWW......NONONONONO....that is no good...that is no good. Keith said it was really funny to see their reaction! Anyway so that pretty much sums it all up. It was a good trip but long and he's happy to adjust back to life here! After our busy week away from home...I am too!

My Boy is Back in Town!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keith is back! He got back Sunday around 4:00 and life has been grand since then! We haven't done much of anything but just having him back is awesome! He's still dragging quite a bit because of the time change and all but every day is a little easier! He went to work this morning but we were glad to have labor day to spend with him yesterday and he said last night he may take off work on Friday which is awesome because he NEVER does that unless he has too!! Anyway that's life here! Hope all's well with you guys!!