Andrea's Birthday Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Andrea's party that we had at home. She was really into it this year. A week before her birthday that was all that she cared about. We did end up getting her something electronic.

The week before we took her to a wrestling tournament and the lady there had an I- dog that clipped to your shirt. Andrea thought that it was the best thing in the world. So we went with one of those and a mp3 player. She just loves it.
Not to mention some new earrings that she picked out from Clair's , A soft sweat out fit from Children's Place ( they were having a great sale), and a new pair of K Swiss sneakers. Hers were severely worn.
She is the most stylish girl out there.

My Dearest Peanut,

Who knew that 5 years ago I would be able to write you this letter. For a while there is was scary. I didn't think that we would ever be bringing you home. As a matter of fact when we had you we wouldn't let anyone buy you anything. For fear that God would have a different plan for you.

But here we are and I can't believe how far you have come. You amaze me more and more each day.

From the moment you were born I knew that God gave me a precious gift. He hand picked you for momma and daddy. He knew that you were just the right one for us.

I can't imagine what our lives would be like without your smiles. Your great sense of humor. Your singing Old McDonald has a Farm 50 thousand times in a row. How many chickens does he have anyway?

You are so loving and caring. I treasure the moments when you snuggle up with me, squeeze my cheeks and say, " I LUB YOU MOMMA!" Then you plant a great big wet one one me. I love that you are my shadow.

I pray that you will grow up keeping you smile and joy. I pray that you will bring everyone around you happiness.

Remember God knows the plans that he has for you my sweet girl.
I am so happy to have you call me your momma.
Happy 5th Birthday My Sweet Peanut!

I have been Tagged

Melissa has tagged me. So I felt like the twist of the arm to do it.


Here are the rules:

1. Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer. No cheating {cropping, editing, etc.}!

2. Select the 4th picture in the folder.

3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag 4 people to do the same.


Here is our picture
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We had just gotten our digital camera and I was taking pictures of anything I could get a hold of. I was more than a little excited. I had become snap happy.
Here is Andrea working diligently coloring a picture at her then new Dora table and chairs.





Now I tag Tonya, Emily, Jen, and Katie, ( Jen and Katie are from the ladies forum I'm on. )

What do you do on a cold snowy Saturday?





You steal all of the blankets and make a fort of course!

Praying Everyone is Staying Warm

		Friday, Jan 16 High: 7 °F RealFeel®: -14 °F Cloudy and very cold with snow at times; breezy this afternoon; extreme cold can be dangerous Friday Night, Jan 16 Low: -4 °F RealFeel®: -14 °F Evening snow showers; otherwise, mainly cloudy and very cold; extreme cold can be dangerous

It is a whopping -9 here right now. The school has called a school day. Due to the high wind chill. Plus we have Monday off too because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Yeah a long weekend!

Tonight I have to take Mike over to another school so he can be weighed in for tomorrows tournament. Last week he pinned a kid and lost 2 of his other matches. Hopefully things will get better. This is the first year that he is in the open tournaments. A lot of the kids that he is wrestling have more experience. From what I hear this tournament tomorrow is a harder one. So I am not sure how things will be going.

We will be having a transition meeting next month for Andrea for kindergarten in the fall. I think she is ready. She asks everyday if it is school day. She just loves it. I am hoping that she will be able to make some new friends.

It is also her birthday at the end of the month. I don't have a clue what she wants. I think that she has enough babies to play with. She isn't quite ready for any electronic games. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Mike's Win Video

It took me a really long time to get Mike's win Video uploaded. Every time I would do it my computer updated and shut down. So here it is. Pay no attention to the loud mom at the end. I kinda got excited. The other people in the beginning are just other mom's in the stands. Oh I forgot Mike is the one in the yellow in brown.

We madeit home safely

I am so glad that we made our trip to Michigan when we did. The weather here last night and today has been terrible. Last night we got rain that froze to everything and today we got snow on top of that.



Our school district was on a 2 hour delay. Even though all of the areas around us had closed.
Our school district has a lot of back roads. They told the parents that the buses would not be out to pick up their children. Therefore the parents had to provide transportation at their own discretion.
They really should have just canceled school altogether.


While we were in Michigan we stopped at Tonya's to visit. I love her new house. Tonya has a gift of home decorating. Even her old house was decorated very nicely. I just love her style.
You can come and decorate mine anytime.
I can't believe how Knoha is growing. It seems like he has matured so much since this summer when I saw him last. He is now talking more and he is such a huge ham. I found that he loves the camera and he loves to snuggle with just about anyone. Lastly, the kid loves to eat. I thought Andrea was always eating. Knoah is too. They both must be going through a huge spurt.


Tonya took some pictures. My camera battery was dead. So we will have to wait to see if she posts them or e-mails them to me.

Thanks again Tonya for a great time!

Well that is all for now,

The trip is on

Tomorrow morning we will be attempting to take the trip to Michigan that was really suppose to happen last week. But due to car situation it had to be post- poned. We are suppose to have freezing rain tonight. So everyone please pray from a safe trip.

Mike had his first win yesterday even though he lost 2 matched we were quite proud of him. I am uploading the video now from the win. I would show the matches that he lost but I have been sworn never to do so. "Don't you know you have to protect my image mom", Mike says.

He must think that this blog can reach some important person like a girl he likes and embarrass him. Who knew that things like this would be happening when a boy turned 10. I thought that it would happen a lot later in life. Say maybe 12 or 13. Or is he right on track? Was 5th grade is when it all started happening? I remember passing notes that said , Do you like me? Circle yes or no. I don't remember it being this crazy. Like having to have name brand clothes and having to wear my hair a certain way. It seems to be happening younger and younger.

Well I need to run and finish packing. As soon as the video is done I will have it on here.
Ta-ta for now,

Trip Canceled.

Our trip to Michigan was canceled. We had everything packed and in the car. When Bill went to start it it wouldn't start. So our new car which we have had for a month had to go back to the garage. It seems that the AC compressor was frozen and they need to put a router pulley on it to bypass it. They had to order the part and it won't be here until Friday. So on Monday hopefully we will be able to make the trip then. The only issue is that I have to find someone to watch Mike after school.

Not to mention Bill will have to walk tonight to work in the cold.

Tomorrow Mike's dad is leaving for New Jersey to train for 2 weeks and then he will be leaving to go to Iraq. His dad's wife is expecting a baby and is due late April. So hopefully he will be back for leave then. He has to do a years tour. Please keep him in your prayers.

Saturday Mike has another tournament. Hopefully things go better this time around.
That is all for now,