Well, another week down and a busy one at that! Last wednesday was my first day back to work and it was good to see everyone again and connect! Then, on Friday was a food auction which lasted a long time! Keith usually leaves the kids with my mom and dad(the auction house is next door to them) and brings Ella down for feedings every two hours. Well, the last time he came down, when he went to leave, he got the van good and stuck in the mud. For those of you who don't live in the area, it has been an incredibly muddy and wet spring so far. He left me with the van stuck and took the car and went home. After the auction, I had Gordon (my boss) and his brother-in-law try and pull me out....well...they tried to rock it first with no results, then they tried to pull it out with a chain...then they tried to get a tractor to pull it out but couldn't find the keys....finally they got a heavy duty truck and just yanked it out. The men all asked how I was going to punish Keith for leaving me with such a mess. Well.....I had called Keith to update him on the situation and couldn't hear him because Ella was screaming so much for her mommy! I figured he was punished enough! It wasn't really his fault anyway!
On Saturday, we went to Mom and Dad Myers' and the kids and I spent the day with cousins and aunts and uncles while the men went tackle box shopping at Cabela's and Dave Jan's. They had to stock up! Fishing season starts any day now! Then, in the evening Keith and I and Ella went out to Biaggi's in Toledo with Keith's co-workers to say goodbye to Craig who was let go this last week. We would really appreciate prayer right now for Sauders and the people who work there. It is really not going well and they are in the difficult process of cutting jobs right now. Keith is safe, as well as Jim (Keith's dad) right now. However, the pressure of the job is really getting to Keith. I have been blessed with an awesome husband who not only love and cares for his family, but those he works with too. It's hard for him to see people go! Plus, he is in a new position that requires him to be more "in front" of people at meetings and such and he is not really all that comfortable with that! Next Sunday he'll leave for his first big trip away from home to Highpoint NC for the big furniture show. I may go live with mom and dad for a couple days, although I do want to stay at least one night on my own to see if I can manage all three! The last time I talked to Ang she said that she didn't know how we (who one time slept with a rock in bed for fear of being attacked at night) ended up with traveling husbands! So true!! Oh well....at least with time it gets easier! Hope everyone is doing well and staying healthy! It is a beautiful 58 degrees out today....the snow is melting and although it's rainy it brings a smile to my face! I can't wait for spring warmth when I can take the kids to the park, play tee-ball with them and ride bikes outside! Love to All! Have a great week!

Guess What the Kids got for Easter!! So, I was working at my auction 2 weeks ago and I found this costume, and blow up E.T. My grandma Rigal had a blow up E.T. that we used to play with all the time at her house when I was little and I couldn't pass it up! I paid much to much for it but it had a lot of sentimental value and the kids loved it! They were running around the house saying...E.T. Phone HOME....and other quotes from the movie. It was a big hit! Our Easter was great! We drove to Cleveland to see Keith's brother's family on Saturday, spent the night and then drove back on Sunday afternoon. We ended up Easter at my Aunt Jenny's for supper. The kids had so much fun with cousins Jacob and Josh and second cousins Ryan and Craig. They were quite worn out when we came home last night! Gideon is still talking about going deer hunting with Ryan the next time! Today we are settling back down to normal life, trying to get the kids adjusted back to quiet time and doing laundry. This week is a big one as I am going to go to work one morning and have an auction on Friday night. I can't say I am really excited about going but it is fufilling my contigency requirements and it will bring in a little income too so I shouldn't complain. Mom is going to watch all three kids and this will be Ella's longest time away from mommy so hopefully she'll take a bottle better than her sister did! As far as the auction, it will be late Friday night until I get home. It's a food auction and those go from about 5:00-10:30 or 11:00 at night. I am thoroughly worn out after them and ready to sit down for awhile! Anyway, I hope everyone had a good Easter Holiday with family and friends! Love to All!

Happy St Patricks Day!! We had alot of fun this morning while Ella slept! Of course the hats were soon destroyed but it was well worth it all! Our lives have been quite busy lately but we've been well which is a huge blessing! We just spent the weekend with Keith's cousin Kelli and her husband and kids which was a lot of fun! It's always great to be with family and the kids had a blast with Andrew and A.J. The first 5 minutes of the trip home Lucy was sitting in her seat saying Bye bye Mawk, Bye Bye Ke yee, Bye Bye Andwoo, ByeBye A J! It was really funny! As you can see, Kelli also helped me to add my slideshow to the top of the page so we're all set and ready to go! Well, Ella just woke up so my blogging time is over!

So- long time no type. I have been messing with the slideshow option to get it to work now for about 2 weeks. I can't seem to get anywhere with it so if Kelli reads this and can tell me where to enter the html code that would be awesome! Otherwise I'll come up this weekend to MI and harass her into helping me figure it out :) Anyway.....life here is hilarious as usual. The other day at quiet time....my older kids don't take naps anymore...I heard the bathroom door open and shut. Naturally, I assumed it was Gideon...seeing as though he always has to go to the bathroom during quiet time. 15 minutes passed and still he had not come out so I decided to check it out. I opened the door....and there was Lucy sitting on her potty next to the big potty with her hand in the toilet (mind you the toilet had not been flushed) playing with what was now shredded toilet paper that happened to be in there. I was totally discusted.....she was covered with toilet water (in nice terms)...still.....it's not as bad as last time when I caught her with her head in the toilet blowing bubbles in her brothers fresh "water". Ahhhhhh the terrible twos.....I hope it ends soon!

First Things First

I am just starting out on this blog thing, so you'll all have to be patient with me!!
I figure I will actually have some time to do some blogging now that I stay at home with the kids all day (which I am especially thrilled about)
While life here has not been the easiest to deal with, we seem to be surviving the winter. Gideon and Lucy are thouroughly enjoying their new baby sister and mommy and daddy are learning how to adjust their lives to a babies sometimes difficult schedule again.
Ella is growing like a weed! She definetly follows suit of her older brother. At only 6 # 13 3/4 ounces at birth she's 6weeks and 12 lbs already. At her 4 week appointment the doctor came in the room and her first words were "HOLY COW!!! I can tell she's healthy!!" She has rolls anywhere she can fit them and is already in 3 month clothes. She is starting to smile and coo more everyday!
And.....she just woke up...so my available writing time is now over!!!
Hope to write much more in the future and to keep everyone updated!