You Know You Are Having A Bad Day When...

You ask yourself "What did I do to deserve this?" before noon. It has been one of those days. The kids are driving me up the wall and the house is falling apart around me. The kitchen is a disaster, the whole house needs a good cleaning and here I sit in front of the computer instead of doing my job. An hour ago, all 4 kids where crying at the top of their lungs and I was headed for a nervous breakdown. Now they are all in their beds and the house is somewhat quiet. So of course I would rather be on-line than wasting my time cleaning the house. It is really disheartening when I spend time cleaning the kitchen, just for the kids to totally mess it up again. This happens at Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. So the satisfaction from having a clean kitchen quickly disappears. And you start to ask yourself "why bother?" It is a horrible attitude to have, but I dare anyone in my situation not to feel like that. I have to keep reminding myself that as long as the kids are healthy and happy all the other stuff doesn't matter. But it does matter to me. I can't function in a dirty environment. The house runs so much smoother when the house is clean. It is just too bad that it is only clean for a millisecond. One of these days, I hope to have the upper-hand on the cleaning, but until then I will just complain. :)

Overtime!!

Starting on Thursday, Russ is on mandatory overtime at work. The extra money is always welcome, but it really takes a toll on the whole house. Not only does Russ have to spend 2 more hours at work, he has to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. This dramatically cuts down on time he helps me with the kids. I know that kind of sounds selfish, but it really is stressful on the whole family. It really messes up the whole schedule of the house. So overtime for Russ = overtime for me and the kids. The only difference is we don't get paid for it. :)

Night, Night.

Last night, as I always do, I checked on the boys before I went to bed and this is what I found:






My precious baby boy cuddled up with his monkey. So of course I had to grab the camera. Trevor is a light sleeper, so I risked waking him for this photo op. There is nothing cuter than your child sleeping.

And just so Wyatt doesn't feel left out.




He is pretty darn cute too!! Oh, how I love these little guys.

Dancing in the Streets!!

Don't worry, we aren't literally dancing in the streets. But I have to brag about the amazing dance skills all 4 of our kids have. Mommy and Daddy aren't too shabby when it comes to dancing either. I wish I had some video, but they refuse to dance when the camera comes out, so you are just going to have to take my word for it. Trevor is our booty shaker. Music comes on and he just can't contain himself, he also gets the arms and head swaying if it is good music. He is very entertaining to watch. He is the one that perfected the "Stevie Wonder." Which is expert head swaying. Wyatt is our break dancer. He starts doing the splits and yoga type moves. Also very entertaining. Landon just started his dancing so he only bobs up an down. It is so cute. Then we have Aurora, her dance moves are more evolved and actually look like dancing. She is also our singer, she doesn't even know the words but she pretends she does. She is pretty good at it. So imagine all four of our dancers dancing together and we get quite the show. Move over Osmonds and Partridge family, the Jones are coming. :)

Some of My Favorite Links..

I wanted to share some of my favorite links that I visit frequently.

I proudly voted for Chuck Baldwin in the 2008 election and have been following his opinions ever since. Here is a link to his recent article.

chuckbaldwin.com

Another is a website that I randomly happened across the other day. It is called "In The Days." It is news-stories and how they may relate to Bible prophecy. If anything it will display some news-stories that you may not know are happening. Yes, you can get news from CNN and Fox News, but some times they leave important news-stories out.

www.inthedays.com



One of my favorite blogs to follow and the blog that actually got me motivated to blog myself is Kingdom Twindom. This family was blessed with 2 sets of twins and a singleton. If you ever get the chance go take a peek. I guarantee you will be hooked.

www.kingdomtwindom.com

Another blog that I like is all about bargains. I love coupons and free things. I have already gotten some pretty cool samples in the mail.

luvabargain.com



So there you go. Some of my favorite links. So next time you are surfing the net, look them up. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

No Facebook for a week.

I deactivated my account on Facebook for the week. I may or may not be back. I just felt this was the perfect week to live without facebook. If you just can't live without me, you can always reach me at my email address. And if you don't have that you can reach me here on the blog. But I have a feeling you can all live without me for the week. :)

No Running on the Blacktop!!

If you attended Margaret Scott Elementary in the 90's, then I am sure you heard that phrase a couple of times. I am pretty certain they probably still say that to this day. I took Aurora to the school last night to play and as she was running around I was struck with a memory. I can hear the noon assistants blowing their whistles and shouting "don't run on the blacktop." I was responsible for that rule. I am sure that it would have been a rule eventually, but the day that it became a rule, I was the reason. In one day I fell twice while running on the blacktop. I scraped one hand, one knee and my ankle the first time and the other knee and other hand the next time. So by the end of the day I was covered with band-aides. I don't remember crying, but they were some really good scrapes. The principle went to every classroom telling my story and how they were no longer going to allow kids to run on the blacktop. So that is my claim to fame.