Sicky

MJ is not doing well. We have been fighting an ear infection for almost a full month now. The Dr. has put her on three diffrent meds to try to clear this up. She also has reflux so, the poor little thing has been on so many meds lately that she is starting to question anything I try to put in her mouth.
To complicate things, she started throwing up yesterday. To say I am frustrated is an understatement. All the nurses at the Dr. office know her by name, we have been there so much lately. We go back in today at 1:30. Frustration!
Pray for us that she gets feeling better.

Slacker!

I am REALLY bad at this. SORRY!

I have some new pic's so I will share.

MY CUTE KIDS!

Coryne is the one in the helmet. We are at 4H.

Shane is a ham.

MJ loves her walker, even though she can only go backwards.

The new, awesome kitchen floor. It only took 2 1/2 month to finish. :(

I have also re-painted the walls. they are now a grayish blue.

Crazy Dayz

The last few weeks have been insane! Christmas, New Year, Snow, Kids back in school, More snow, Starting to prep for this years school Musical, Dance classes, More snow, Soccer & yes MORE SNOW!

I get so wrapped up in the minute to minute stuff that I really loose all the rest of it.

The Kids are great! Shane will be 4 in two days. Oh my Gosh. Coryne is almost 9 and MJ is 6 months. They are growing so fast.

MJ can roll over now so, no more tummy time for her. We have tried all we can think of to try to entice her stay on her belly but she will have none of it. What an independant soul.

Sorrow

I attended the funeral of a friend today. She was only 38 years old and has been fighting cancer for the last four years. She was originally diagnosed with breast cancer and we thought she beat it. Shortly thereafter, they said it had spread. Eventually in settled in her brain stem. She peacefully joined our Father last Friday. I have cried with her family today and pray that their sorrow will be able to fade quickly so they can fully rejoice her life.

MJ is Four Months Old!

Isn't MJ just the cutest thing in the world!





She had her Fourth Month Birthday yesterday and was then banished to her crib for the entire night. Mike, the soft-hearted daddy he is, saved her at 6am. She did very well actually. She cried for about 15 minutes when we first turned of the lights at and slept thru till 5:40am or so. She is a good baby but was very needy today. I think she was afraid I was going to leave her again.









Red Hair! Her hair is not so bright in person but I do think she will be a red head.









We have had so much snow. This pic was taken Sunday and it had started to melt by then. Saturday night I measured the amout on top of our gabage can and we had

10 1/2 inches. That was a 2 day total. WOW!

Oh Christmas Tree

I am really bad at this aren't I?

This week has been fun and busy. We went and got our Christmas Tree on Wednesday. For all those who are not use to rural life, we have a real tree every year and we do not go to a lot to get it. We buy a permit, head up the mountain and trek thru the snow. It is a family tradition of ours and we all look forward to it. The kids bring their sleds and enjoy some cold time.

Mike is the great tree slayer!

The kids are having fun and...

becoming popcicles.

Except MJ. She slept in the truck.

But, the end result is always stunning.

This picture was taken at the begining of our adventure. The house belonds to our neighbor. And yes, it is real.

My husbands frustrating job!

Most Everyone today is blogging about their Halloween fun ( I'm sure). Not me!
I am so frustrated with my husbands work hours. He works in the Oilfield for a Solutions Company. Basically a Solutions Co. in Oilfield rents out all the Housing, Water, Portalble Toilets, Generators, Communications, ect. They work 24/7, 372 days a year. (Yes, I know there are not 372 Days in a year but after the last few days, it feels like he works those extra few.)
Monday, He worked 11 hours. Tuesday, 14 hours. And yesterday, another 14. I guess my big gripe is that Halloween is a big holiday for our family and community. Every year I spend hours and hours planning a building costumes. I love to sew and design so, halloween is just for me! This year was no different. Lets just start at the begining.
We were asked to be greeters at the annual Halloween Pumpkin Walk in our costumes from last year (an angel and the devil). We were all excited till, work intervined. Mike was in Colorado all day and a good part of the night. My 16 year old nephew stepped in and played the devil role and we had a great time but, I still missed my Mikey.
The big bummer came yesterday. We decided that Coryne, MJ, and I would be Little Bo Peep and her lost sheep. I was Bo and Coryne and MJ two of the cutest sheep you have ever seen. Mike and Shane were going to be a rodeo clown and a rodeo bull. (Mike was an actually rodeo clown up until we got married.) Well, at 11am an oil rig calls and says come move us. To sum up my frustration, NO one understood Shane costume and he had to repeatedly tell everyone what he was. That is very frustrating for a three year old.
The even bigger kicker, all the kids were in bed sound asleep, costumes put away, candy safely hidden, and me crying on our bed when my dear, hard working husband made it home in the wee hours of the night.
He really likes his job. We just hate the unpredictability of it.
Well, Thanks for reading my stress. And I an so sorry that this Blog was down for so long. After we (finally) got DSL I got Very sick so,....