I'm still here

I apologize for not posting this weekend.

I had every intent to, what I didn't intend to do though was get sick.

I have had a fever and been in bed since yesterday morning.

Saturday though, ahh Saturday.

We started the morning with an insurance adjuster coming to our house to check out the roof.

The storm that we had two weeks ago had such awful hail that according to our insurance agent, our town was called a disaster area.

She recommended that we have someone come out and take a look.

We were told that our roof had damage as well as our gutters and the paint.

Oh well, it could have been so much worse.

This is small potatoes.

After the adjuster left we headed over to the farmer's market to pick up some goodies.

We scored some squash, zucchini, asparagus, onions, tomatoes and cilantro.

Yum!

Ainsley got a snake balloon animal and Adison got a blue raspberry snow cone that she shared with her siblings.

She really is an amazing big sister.

Saturday night we had church.

Sunday I woke up feeling AWFUL!

My fever was pretty low grade most of the day and then got higher.

I ended up spending pretty much the entire day in bed.

I woke up this morning feeling the same and still feverish.

K decided to stay home to take care of the kiddos and me.

Such a great hubby!

My friend is bringing us dinner tonight!

Isn't that sweet?

So, I'm still here.

Hanging out in bed.

Resting.

I pray that everyone had a great weekend!

InstaFriday

 

I know that I have mentioned one or maybe one thousand times, but I LOVE using Instagram.

That is pretty much the only way that I take pictures with my phone anymore.

 Yum!
I mentioned last week that I am loving the new vanilla cupcake Goldfish, well, last night I got the genius idea to mix them with some cashews.

Seriously delicious.

Soooooo good.

 This is what our small group is working on this week.

Hubby was going to work on his and asked me to text him what chapters we were working on.

Speaking of this, I need to get crackin'

 Out of all the pics I took this week I think that this one is my favorite.

I don't know what it is about this picture that I love so much, but it makes my heart happy.

 The big girls were doing some bird watching.

There was a mama bird that wanted to go feed her babies.

The girls were keen to watch.

It was precious.

 Okay, so this picture isn't great, but in the center, do you see the triangle looking thing?
It was the tiniest little purple butterfly.

Well, the inside of the wings were purple, the outside were white.

I took this one on Memorial Day.

I dressed the kids and I in our patriotic red, white and blue.

This picture cracks me up because little Abby is my shadow.

You can pretty much bet that anywhere I am she is either there or will be shortly.

I love this stage!

Well, that's it.

Head on over to Life Rearranged and join me!
{You don't have to use Instagram, any phone pics will do.}

Happy Friday y'all!

Five Question Friday

Yippee! It's Friday, it's Friday! Yay!
Since it is Friday that means that it is time for 5 ? Friday!

1. If you had to choose, how would you prefer to choose to spend money...on landscaping or a pool?

2. (Scott likes to get things stirred up...) Death penalty, yay or nay?

3. What's the worst thing your kid has gotten into when you turned your back/blogged/showered/blinked?

4. How often do you REALLY go to the dentist?

5. What is your favorite animal (doesn't have to be a pet-type animal)?

 

1. Landscaping. Having a pool makes me nervous and I really don't think that my hubby or I would really want to invest the time in cleaning it. I do love swimming though...

 

2. I would say in general, nay. But, I just don't know...I actually feel really conflicted about it. Ugh, I can't get my thoughts out properly, lets just say nay but sometimes conflicted.

 

3. Um, well, my three year old recently swallowed a rock, she also took a bite out of a dishwasher soap pack. How about coloring on the walls or dumping food all over the floor. Yikes, mama can't even go to the restroom without fear of them getting into something.

 

4. I take the kids every 6 months, no questions. Me, well, I don't go as regularly, sigh.

 

5. My favorite animal hands down are elephants. I just think they are so pretty and sweet. 

It's Thrusday and I'm waiting for Friday

Not much going on around here.

I wish that I had SOMETHING interesting so say.

But, I don't.

Bleh, sorry.

Ainsley seems to have come down with a cold.

She is CRANKY and weepy.

I feel really bad for her though, it's no fun being under the weather.

She did do some painting this morning, it was sweet.

Abby is FINALLY being less cranky.

For the majority of the morning she was her sweet, happy self.

It made my heart happy.

Adison has been doing arts and crafts projects lately.

Yesterday she made everyone jewelry and then made an animal parade.

Today she has been drawing and talked about writing a book.

 Don't worry, that's not blood under the tiger, it's a painting of cute little hippo.

I am really excited, a new INDOOR childrens center just opened in our town yesterday.

I can't wait to take the girls to it.

Yippee, something fun to do on those hot, humid, miserable summer days.

Well, as well as, the cold, miserable, windy winter days too.

I am honestly thrilled.

Sorry for the boring post, hopefully I will have something fun to write about tomorrow.

{fingers crossed :)}

Sisters

I remember as a little girl wanting a sister.

That desire to have one went back as far as I remember.

I had friends growing up that had sisters and I thought that was the neatest thing.

Not that I didn't love my brother.

He and I had a wonderful relationship.

But there seemed to be something special about sisters.

When I had Adison my hearts desire was for her to be a part of this magical sisterhood.

My mom and I would talk about this.

She always wanted a sister too.

She had two older brothers whom she loved, but she also wanted to experience this.

This desire even traces back to my grandmother who also had two brothers.

She too wanted to have this special relationship.

It appears this has been a  long held family wish.

Then when we found out that Ainsley was a girl I was over the moon.

A boy would have been wonderful and our hearts would have been thrilled, but to give Adison a sister was truly magical.

When we found out that I was pregnant with Abby, I really just wanted a healthy baby.

Finding out that she was a girl there was absolutely no disappointment.

In fact, she was the cherry on top.

Experiencing having three daughters is wonderful.

I can imagine {someday} the bond that these three miracles will have.

I dream of them being best friends.

By the looks of things and with some prayer, I hope that this comes true.

That these magical children will indeed have a lifelong bond.

I started jogging again...what was I thinking???

Tonight AFTER dinner I decided to start jogging again.

Well, actually, I didn't decide on it.

It went more like this.

The kids are asleep.

Oh, look, it's still sunny and pretty out.

I could really use some exercise.

It would be nice to get some fresh air.

Hey! I should go for a jog.

I just then decided to get up and do it.

So, I jogged.

I downloaded an app on my phone that tells me how far I jogged, how long it took, how many calories I burned, etc.

Sounds great right???

The downside is that I now know how many calories I burned, it was kind of disappointing BUT at least I know what my jogs are doing.

QUESTION

How often do you jog?

I am just wondering if this should be an everyday thing or an every other day thing.

I decided ahead of time that I would jog all the way to my Dad and Step-mom's house {about 3/4 of a mile away} AND that I would jog the entire time.

I am happy to report that I managed to jog the entire thing.
Granted it was only 3/4 of a mile BUT I did meet my goal.

I chatted with my Dad for a bit, drank some water and checked on the baby birds from yesterday.
I even got to see the mama feed them again, precious.

The second part of my goal was to jog the whole way back.

In all I jogged 1 1/2 miles.

Yes, I huffed and puffed more than I care to admit.
But hey, I will celebrate a success.

Do you listen to music when you jog?
If so, what do you listen to?

Tonight I jogged to some Black Eyed Peas, it was fun and I really enjoyed myself for a bit.
You know, between the huffing and puffing.

Some bird watching

I was talking to my dad the other day when he mentioned that they had a baby robin's nest in their backyard and would the kids want to see it.

Um, yes!

We were invited over last night for some fun and bird watching.

{After Abby took a 7 hour nap!!!!}

{Yes, you just read that correctly and it's not a typo, 7 hours.}

After dinner {turkey burgers with avocado, yum!} we got the kids ready and headed over.

When we first got their we lifted up all the kids so they could see the babes.

The nest is on top of a wreath on the wall.

So funny.

The babes were soooo cute.

I attempted to get a picture, but it didn't really turn out.

I'll share it anyways, you know, because I'm nice like that.

Ha!

 

 

We kept waiting for the mama bird to come and feed her babies.

It was so sweet watching them lift their little heads in anticipation.

Finally we told the kids that they had to be REALLY quiet and NOT move.

Sounds good, the reality though is that it probably won't happen.

 

Adison and Ainsley did really well with the whole quiet and not moving thing.

At this point the mama was in the yard waiting for the all clear.

 

 Abby on the other hand, well, she was just really excited about seeing the mama bird.

Lots of squealing and running around ensued.

It was really cute.

The mama kept getting closer, then Abby would squeal and she would scoot back.

I then decided to pick up Abby and head to the corner of the lawn in hopes that the mama would feel comfortable enough to feed her young.

Lo and behold, after a few moments, this occurred:

 

It was so neat watching this mama take care of her three little babes.