Catching Up

We have had a busy couple of weeks. It started with the Sacred Gathering at church. We were fasting and I sort-of did a fast from technology as well. I did not really get on the computer or watch tv, just wanted to listen for God's voice and be as "undistracted" as possible. It was an amazing time of worship at church, I loved it! Lots has happened. My sweet baby boy turned 6 on Valentines Day! I will have to post some pictures of that later. We had a party for him here at the house and invited some of his friends from school. It was a Transformers party and he and his friends were wild. No one can get excited about something like Maveric. I always have a weepy moment on all of the kids birthdays when I think back to when they were born and how tiny they were. The night before his birthday, I went in to tuck him in and he was already asleep, so I kissed my 5 year old boy for the last time, yes another weepy moment. Another big event that occurred was Savannah getting her hair cut. It is just below her shoulders, but layered with some long bangs. She is straightening it and it looks beautiful! She looks so much older. Savannah is also starting private saxophone lessons and is auditioning for a solo in her choir at school. Joshua just started gymnastics over the weekend at Tri-star. He took gymnastics a couple of years ago and then retired to go onto his other careers in multiple sports...baseball, soccer, swim team, karate (well, one lesson-he said he learned everything he needed to know) and cub scouts. Who knows maybe gymnastics will be his thing, he seems to be very good at it. Ali is still doing the fast pitch travel softball team, which becomes all consuming when summer gets here. And Piper girl is just along for the wild ride! With the activities they have chosen for now they all actually work out well scheduling wise. At one point all four of the older kids were doing ball: baseball and softball. That was nearly impossible to do scheduling wise! So I am thankful for this. Hope all is well with your families. Posting pics soon!!

Something Funny

My dad received an email about a teacher that had given her class the first half of famous proverbs or sayings and her first grade class had to complete them. Some of them were hysterically funny. My dad thought that it would be fun to do the same thing with our kids. So, he printed off the email and made copies of the paper without the second half of the sayings so that our kids could fill them in. Josh and Ali over thought this exercise and were frustrated that they did not know the "right" answer, like they were taking a test that they were going to fail. They just did not get that the point was to answer wrong and that is what made them funny. Anyway, Maveric's answer were quite funny. Here is what he said...

Strike while the...animal is still.
It's always darkest...before it rains.
Never underestimate the power of...lightening.
Don't bite the hand that....is yours.
You can't teach an old dog...not to dig in the trash.
Love all, trust...Jillian and Chandler. (His two best friends!)
A penny saved is...so you can buy something.
Don't put off till tomorrow what...you can play today.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...somebody's going to tell the teacher.
If at first you don't succeed...erase it.
When the blind lead the blind...you might have to feel goo. I'm thinking that he got this idea from the haunted house experience in Gatlinbug when Savannah said that she couldn't see anything and she was feeling the walls and it felt like goo.
A bird in the hand...poops.

Savannah knew a lot of these but some of hers were funny too...
If you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...they laugh at you.
there are none so blind as...blind people.
When the blind lead the blind...there's trouble.

Hope some of these made you smile...have a wonderful day!!