according to the husband...

i thought i'd let you know

that the way i write on this blog is the way i think inside my head.

but, it is not always the way words come out of my mouth.

 

according to the husband,

leigh anne tuohy (sandra bullock) in the movie the blind side and i have a lot in common.

i'm thinking that must be a good thing.

especially since she went way out of her comfort zone to help michael.

 

you can go here to see leigh anne in action.

 

(this movie is why i had to go with the ravens in the super bowl.)

currently

this is me today.

currently:


sitting at the computer.

loving:  a poem husband wrote for me saturday.
my brain was a jumbled mess, so i sat down with a piece of paper and a pen to sort it all out.
he stole my paper and pen and started writing about me.
the more he wrote, the more i laughed at myself.
he's such a good man.

reading:  duggars-
a love that multiplies.
i didn't even know they had a new book out.
they seem to be good people.
and not just because they have a large family.

years ago my family was on their tv show.
we didn't have cable at the time, so we've never even seen the episode.
anyways, we happened to be in a grocery store at the same time as them and their camera crew.
a camera man asked me a question and i responded something about children being a blessing.
meanwhile, my boys were behind me hitting each other with boxes.
that is when the camera zoomed in on them.
and that was the one time we were on national tv.
not impressive, but very real.
 

waiting for:  nothing really.
it is easy right now.
everything has slowed down and i am enjoying the calmness.

 

currently these 2 are becoming good friends.
bo christian filled the dump truck with dog food.

excited about:  3 more weeks until school is out!

no more homework or spelling words.

my boys will be home all day every day!

 

trying to:  get motivated to finish a skirt for a friend.

i am nervous about messing up her fabric.

next, i will need to make a couple of jon jons for bo christian.

 

enjoying:  our family walks after supper.

we call them a family walk, but we never stay together.

husband pushes bo christian in the stroller while we talk about our day and say hello to our neighbors.

the big boys are usually at least on the same street as us, but they stop to play with friends along the way.

it is a nice way to end our days.



currently these are all the rage at our house.
doesn't this picture make my backyard look beautiful!?!
really our backyard looks like the other picture above-

very loved in a different way.

planning:  for summer break.

i need to order these.

and make a summer chore chart and a loose schedule.

 

wanting:  a seat for bo christian to go on the back of my bike.

he's finally old enough so we can go on family bike rides.

we could also ride to a farmer's market close by.

or the grocery.

my mountain bike will look confused...

a baby seat on the back with a basket on the front and never going off road.

what is going on in your life currently?

caden and a record

so, caden is officially 12.

(and birthday season is officially over too!)

caden asks the best questions

and makes me think really hard.

i love him for it.

 

he received the only gift he wanted:

a hatchet.

he says that a hatchet is a very useful tool.

i don't even pretend to understand.

he also got a slingshot from a friend.

i will just say that his aim is getting pretty good.

he and daniel boone would have definitely been great friends.

 

the night of his birthday it started snowing.

that was the first time it had ever snowed in our state in the month of may.

we woke up to this:

caden was excited that a record was set on his birthday.

it was strange seeing green grass under the white snow.

 

but, this week we will be back to warm temperatures

and playing in our tub of water.

God's weaving

my boys have been in private schools.

i have homeschooled them.

right now they are in public schools.

i think there are positive and negatives to all the choices.
this is not a post about which is better.

and i totally understand when someone says this is what they are going to do for this year.

 

anyways-

i really miss homeschooling my boys.

i enjoyed it.  like a whole lot.

but, we felt like God wanted our boys back in school.

so we enrolled them in school.

 

so, i ask God all the time if i can homeschool at least some of them again.
it has nothing to do with their wonderful schools,
but it has everything to do with me.
He hasn't said yes yet.

 

(this really does have a point- at least for me)

 

one night last week one of my big boys was frustrated about some school stuff.

he was so mad he just wanted to break something is what he said.

 

somehow (obviously it was the Holy Spirit) i got the idea that he needed to get the sledge hammer and bust up some concrete blocks.

the remains and weeds.

i sat on the swing set with bo christian in my lap.

while watching my boy, i was confused, mad and sad.

he was so angry.
i started praying.  i wanted to homeschool him and protect him.

 

then, God made it clear.

this is why my boy needs to be in school.

my boy needs to go through this.

i know all of this will help my boy to want God more.

that is all really want for each of my boys.
and it is making me lean more on God also.
 

it is amazing to me how God weaves all of our lives.

he sees all the details and misses nothing.

and boys are so different from girls!!!
after all his sledge hammering, he was a happy peaceful boy again..??..

birthday season #1

it's birthday season #1 here.

 which means the 3 oldest boys and i all have our birthdays within 15 days.

 

so if you take that and add

a husband, 5 boys, a house to run and

a mom with low iron...

you get me barely crawling through my days.

 

but after a few hamburgers, a weekend with my favorite people and a clean house,

i feel like walking through my days again.

(why does a clean house help so much??)

 

first, bauer turned 13.

 

he is making a liar out of all the people who say teenagers are difficult.

he's been a teenager for a whole 11 days and he's not turned on us yet.

just the other night he told me that before he goes to sleep at night he checks on each of his brothers.

...speechless...

 

and bronson is now 10!

because of him, i now have more boys that are double digits than single digits.

 

my poor middle child.
he is so sweet and easy and the only blond one i've got.

i did not get a good picture of him.

and his cake turned out, ummm...

however, my creative boy made the top look good:

 

 

and today is my birthday. 

i get to be 38 years old.

husband decorated my bathroom mirror.

the sun is shining and it is going to get up to 80' today.

bo christian and i have already been for a run.

perfect!

after the boys get out of school, caden and i are going to the eye doctor.

husband is "cooking" supper at our favorite burrito joint
since kids eat free tonight.

exciting things happen when you turn 38 years old!

 

then, thursday is caden's 12th birthday.
whew!

 

birthday season #2 will not be until november.

the husband and the 2 little boys have their birthdays then.

nope, we didn't plan to birth our kids so close to our birthdays.

i do like a good plan, but not that much!