Pictures

Ok, just picture, but it's something. It's from our old camera, but it's a picture. I actually had a picture from our new camera uploaded buy accidentally deleted it when I was trying to figure out how to type above the first picture on the post. This all is frustrating me. I am now going to take a nap or make a cup of coffee. (Callie's eyes look funny in this picture. I don't know why)

No Pictures

I'm a bit frustrated right now. I finally put pictures from our new camera onto our computer, but every time I try uploading them to blogspot or facebook the computer locks up. Any idea why this would be happening? Very frustrating.

I have some great pictures of Callie that I want to post. She is 4 1/2 months old. At her 4 month check up she weighed 14.4 or 14.5 (can't remember -poor 3rd child). She's in the 86th percentile for her length and 60's for her weight. I can really see this in her clothes. She's outgrowing sleepers and her dresses are getting shorter. I'm still having a blast putting her in dresses. :)

Awhile ago I did a 4 day internet fast. It was harder than I thought it would be. I'm not someone who spends hours on the internet at a time, generally speaking. However, I do often jump on to check email or facebook or look up a recipe. It's amazing how much time you can spend on something without realizing it. During those four days I spent more quality time with the boys. For example, instead of making them lunch than grabbing something for myself and sitting down at the computer I often ate with them. When I had a few extra minutes I looked for something else to do or spent time with the boys. I did miss connecting with friends and being able to research stuff. It was a good experience and I'd recommend you try it sometime.

I really just want to post pictures. I don't feel like writing anything else. Maybe one of these days I'll figure it out...

Grocery Bags

I went to a few yard sales this morning. Jeremy is away for the day so I decided the children and I needed to get out for awhile. My Grandma drove along with us so that I could leave the kids in the car while I jumped out and ran to the yard sales. I saw a lot of junk, but I did find a few good deals.

At one place they were selling kids clothes "$5 for a Wal-Mart bag of clothes". I stuffed 18 items into a bag. In case you're wondering that works about to about $.28 a piece. Not bad! Later I was thinking of the sign the people had made that actually read "$5 for a Wal-Mart bag of clothes". When I was growing up we called grocery bags IGA bags. I think we called them IGA bags even after we moved from IGA land. Now it's Wal-Mart bags and everyone knows what you mean when you ask for one. They really have taken over.

On the way home we passed a house that had 3 items sitting at the end of the driveway. One was a gliding rocker with a "free" sign on it. There was also a boys bike and a tricycle sitting beside the rocker. I've been praying that I would be able to find Isaiah a bike for this summer. I stopped and tried to knock on the door to see if the bike really was for free or it it was just rocker. No one was home. My grandma was sure the sign meant all 3 items were free. Another lady stopped and she too thought the sign was for all three. She took the tricycle. I left a note on their door with my number and took the bike. Do you think I stole a bike or was it really free? No one has called yet.

Picture overload

We are having a blast with our new camera (Isaiah is holding it in one of the following pictures). However, we haven't loaded any onto our computer yet. Here are a few pictures left on on our old camera. The first few are of the boy's new bedroom Jeremy built upstairs. I'm very pleased with it! He did a great job. This is at the bottom of the steps looking toward the upstairs. The wall on the right used to look just like the wall on the left. (there was no wall at the top of the steps. It was one big open room) The door you see at the top on the right is the bedroom door.

The two pictures above should be switched around. The one is taken from the hallway into the bedroom (do you like how I cleaned up everything before taking these pictures??) The other picture is of the walk-in closet. To the left of the closet you can see a little hole in the wall. Eventually there will be a door there. Jeremy brought the wall out a little to make a crawl space for more storage, something we need very badly.
The proud new owners of the new rood. Eventually we will get Isaiah a new bed. He doesn't seem to mind this set up. Now if we could just figure out how to keep Nate IN his bed. :(

The following pictures are random pictures from the last few weeks.
Our little princess, 4 months old today!
Decorating cupcakes. I'm posting this picture because I hope it makes you all think I'm a wonderfully patient mother that does projects with her kids everyday. :) It was fun to do and it reminded me that I need to do more things like this with them.

The new camera!
Callie and one of her Great Grandmas (she has four living Great-Grandmas)

Finger paint

Communion for Mother's

Dear Lord,

This evening I went to Your house for a Maundy Thursday service. During the communion service I was interrupted by a baby that needed nursed, two poopy diapers, my two-year old throwing a crayon across the aisle, and my four-year old who suddenly forgot what whispering was.

I hope that the messages I was trying to send to my three children was not as clear to those around me as the one you were trying to send through my husband who was speaking to the congregation. I tried to meditate on what you did for me at Easter while taking communion, but once again I was distracted by children that didn't understand why mommy was eating bread and drinking juice and not giving them anything.

I hope you can see my heart, Lord because on the outside I'm all frazzled and worn out. I do remember what you did for me and I am forever grateful. Thank you for taking punishment upon yourself so that I could have peace.
Yours,
Sabrina