Hells Hollow, Facebook and FINISHED with School this year!!!

First things first - Just in case any of you see my picture on facebook - I did start an account for my field trip coordinator information. This is a very limited account as you all know how iffy I am on the facebook ordeal after last year. So please don't friend request me as I am not opening it up to be like normal. I am using it to post updates in a closed group for our co-op. I do not want it to get back to the way it was and my guard to be let down again. It is just better this way. So thank you for respecting that decision. I may be seen "liking" or commenting on a picture here or there because when I do log in - it is IMPOSSIBLE not to see a few things and hit that ever so tempting like button.

Now... back to regular blogging as normal.

We are done!!!! Another homeschool year in the books. Evaluations were today. Ok ok so I technically have 5 or so days to finish up but with as long as we have to do so... it is going to be "mom I am bored" ok do an Explode the Code page etc type deal. Nothing structured. The Evaluations went very well and portfolios are ready to be turned into the schools when I get around to it.

Done... and then time for My school! Summer session starts Sunday. I am so nervous so please keep me in your prayers. Not nervous about the work... but nervous of figuring out how the online classes actually go! I am sweating that big time! What if my computer is screwed up, what if I don't understand... what if ahhhhhhhhh. Ok... breathe. Sunday. Prayers. Thanks.

Took the kidlets to Hell's hollow at McConnells Mill on Sunday. Super awesome! We left at 10 am and didnt get home till 4ish. I took a picnic in the cooler. We had a blast! Thank God I remembered to pack extra clothes and shoes. Ok so we took along our rain boots and just put back on our normal ones. We were crick stomping fools!

The kids were so excited at the water snakes and grinnies we saw. Too funny. they climbed every fallen tree, walked acrossed some making my heart stop. And my arms were sore! It is fun to crick stomp but I had to hold up and steady Mr. Wyatt the whole time. And he was not missing a beat of being in there with the kids. I lost a pound! ha ha

here are some pics.

Night all - Babysitting early tomorrow. Gotta go to sleep so I don't scare Dan to death looking like - well me in the morning - when he comes to drop Abby off. lol I shall at least attempt to look presentable. Unlike my regular morning sitting - I just roll outta bed and open the door glasses and all. Poor Ashton. No wonder he hates getting up for school. ha ha.

New Baby!!!! Anna Alysha is here ... and lesson learned....

So today my bestie Jennifer and her husband Shawn welcomed a new addition to Marxville. Man alive was her hospital room full of people. And KarKar couldn't wait to see what it was like and decided to check herself into the birthing suites too. But her little Connor had to stay put a while longer with a shot to slow her labor down. But Anna Alysha is here!

 Hmmmm. What?? Assmerelda...?? ha ha the story with that goes - Everyone had an opinion on Whether they liked Anna Alysha or Alysha Anna better and if any of you frequent Marxville you will know that opinions are not just given - they are demanded. With love right? That's what it is... anyways. Jenny got fed up last night and told her mother screw it all I am gonna name this kid after dad and you. Assmerelda Ester calling her A$$ for Short for Dad and Ester after Mom (it's Sharon's middle name) So when Jenn told the nurse that story she lovingly made up the name for the bassinette. Assmerelda!

It's even more funny to me because up until the day my little niece was born my Xbil and sister in law smart enough not to be - kept the name secret and She actually was named Esmerelda. Shocked us all but fits her and is pretty today.

Anyways... here I am with my little Anna...

And in other news... today I took a rest on the couch for an hour while the kids played legos. I was reading a book and Wyatt was playing my iphone. Wasn't paying attention and the little stinker erased half the stuff off my phone!!!!! I am sooooo sad to say my 63 floor tower on Dream Heights, my level 20 tree on Dream PetHouse and my new Zoo on Dream Zoo that was REALLY making me happy.... are no more. :( :( :( What a sad sad day for me and my iphone.

I also thought I had lost my running apps but thankfully he just moved those into another folder.

Oh a good note he taught me to make new folders in my pictures! Never knew how to do that but now I do! Got one labeled TY Whatever that means... ha ha. I did figure out how to change the name of the folder too. So I did learn a few things. How to make picture folders and to not doze off when Wyatt is playing my iphone.

Later Taters! Nighty Night!

****Editing to update*****
 Guess Wyatt is teaching me many new things. Ha! I figured out that since I synced my phone to itunes yesterday - my apps were there. And I was able to transfer the lost ones back with minimal data lost! Go me! Guess I should thank Wyatt for all this new knowledge about my phone I am getting... ha!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY Pictures Galore!

So for Mother's Day this year we got mom this Picture Album that stands like a plaque. It is nice I think (Well I should since I picked it as a gift right? lol) But it holds pictures so here are the pictures we took/got to put in it. (I also sewed her a new bag holder for walmart sacks - the one she had I  made her when I was 17... it was well time for a new one!)

Here is my beautiful niece Adelyn Grace...

 A Family Picture of my big brother Josh, his wife Christy and my nephew Nathan.

 My 3 kidlets

 My little brother Chris, his wife Lauren and Adelyn

 My kidlets and me. It was kinda funny. It was raining when I took these. I had my tripod in the field by my house and we kept hitting the timer, running into place and then saying go! And running to look at our shots. I think we had more fun than ever taking pictures. We were laughing and getting wet - looking like goofballs for the neighbors to watch but it don't matter. It was fun!

 My kidlets and I again.

 Big brother Josh and Christy and Nathan

 Then today for Mother's Day after I got the kids back from Justin we went to my mom's house and they got to meet Maggie. They were surprised to find her there because I did not tell them my parents got a puppy. Of course they adored her!

 And Here is Grandma with her babies on Mother's Day.

 Puppies and Babies - my kids love to  hold them. Tristan especially is a tender hearted soul for babies and puppies. He so loves them!

 Me, Myself and I. Tamara put a few more highlights in the hair yesterday from when she did it last week.

 And Mr. Wyatt and Me. His little mouth is still sore and I am not sure he is 100% himself yet... but on the mend.

Happy Mother's Day to all my wonderful friends!!!

And super excited - tomorrow morning my bestie Jennifer is being induced. 5am. Prayers!!!! Can't wait to meet the newest little Bowser tomorrow!! Night All!

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What's happening :) Dogs, Babies and Trails

What a week. Found out Mr. Wyatt's Fever was NOT from an ear infection  (MedExpress said it was but Dr. Trotta said nope) it was from where he punctured the back of his mouth at his dad's two weeks ago! It got INFECTED! Big sore all white. Antibiotic took the white away and now it is a gaping hole. GROSS. Poor little dude fevered all week and ate nothing! He was starving but flipped out anytime food touched it. It was pitiful! And hard on the rest of us. Miserable little dude.

Playing a new game on my phone. :) Dream Zoo. Lets you take pics of the animals and Wyatt had to take one on the doctors table. I know we are geeks. Then Tristan put a Rhino with us and laughed cause his "Butt" was in my face. OH THE JOYS OF LITTLE BOY HUMOR!

 Poor Mr. Wyatt was so wiped out this entire week. Up restless all night and then zonking out at the table!! Mid Peanutbutter and Jelly sandwich!

Went to the trails twice this week and going again tomorrow. I think my neighbor Adrian is going with me tomorrow. She has been asking to go and usually I go spur of the moment but I know being kidless this weekend that I will be there so I let her know.
The trail is BEAUTIFUL right now. Butterflies are crazy again. They fly right into you and you see a gazillion of them!

Time is ticking for my best friend Jenn... Monday is d-day. Her 4th little Bowser is going to join the world Monday. I can't convince her to break her A Name trend and go with Linda or Palma... They both END in A... The kid would be blessed to bear my names. :) But alas she thinks shes gotta stick with the theme. :::eyeroll::: Oh well  So Can't wait for that. Prayers for a great delivery on Monday!!

And with other new arrival news - My parents found their puppy! The right fit for them. A Cavapoo. It is a mix between a King Charles Cavalier and a Miniature Poodle. This is little Maggie.

 This dog is gonna be squished! It is attached to feet. It loves to just settle wherever you stop. If you move it will go on to someone else but it wants to settle right underfoot.

My kidlets don't know they got it yet. They are at their dads but Sunday we will be going to Grandma and Grandpas house for Mothers Day and boy will they be surprised! LOVE IT! Makes me want one... ALMOST. Then I think of all the work my 3 are and think - YAWN... nope. I am good. Night guys hope she sleeps for you! :)

I am sure I will feel that way on Monday too. A little yearning and missing so much.... (when Jenn has her baby) But I won't mind going home and going to sleep. ha ha ha. Night all!

Ear Infection and Highlights

So yesterday the kidlets went with their dad to their cousins birthday party. Wyatt came home all cranky having fallen off a swing. He wanted to go to bed. Last night he was up all night with a fever that tylenol was not even touching. Poor little baby. We missed church this morning and I took him to the MedExpress. Came home with antibiotics for an Ear Infection. Poor Baby.

My friend Tamara came over and highlighted my hair for me. Didn't get enough though, need more in the back. So we will be doing it again but I like it.

Ready for Summer! The Pool can open any time now! I also finally got my AC turned on. I am not using it except if it is storming and I want the windows closed... but not having the option to use it at all was killing me! There was a valve that needed turned on and the new maintenance guy just kept saying  "shouldn't be" and "I'll get over later to check it out" Two months later I finally had my friend just come do it for me. Took him all of 5 seconds! THANK YOU BIG TIME to him. Cause I told the new guy I had him do it and his answer  was "oh I kept thinking about you and I knew I needed to get over..." Yeah... Thankfully I have good friends.

Got my email for online classes to start. The intro class is May 9th. Classes start the 20th. Ready set go!

Still plugging away on my guitar. Back to practice now. Later!

Everyone Have Your Daughters Listen to This Song!

The Ministry of Christ 1000 Days - A BookSneeze Review

I had a really hard time reviewing The Ministry of Christ 1000 Days by Jonathan Falwell. I was very excited to review this since I am having such a great time with another book I reviewed that concentrates right on Jesus - his words, his life. My problem with this book is I didn't feel connected to his stories and I felt the book was very wordy and slow to grasp me and draw me in. I found myself zoning out and putting it down.

I like the idea of the book and perhaps someone else might be drawn into as a better fit.
I really hate not giving good reviews. Especially for ministry books that might be exactly what someone else needs. But for me - I did not get much out of this book that I did not already know.

There are some good qualities to be found and learned in this book. The book helps to explain what it means to follow Christ. He points out that knowing God is more important than the material wealth of the world. But a lot of times moving from examples and such - he left me confused.

The chapters are set up with questions at the end that help you study his points made. The final chapter is a Bible Study Guide.

Like I said - I don't like being rough on Ministry books but I really would not recommend this one. I would probably direct friends to others.

I received this book free for review from BookSneeze.com and was not required to give a positive review.

Tristan's Clinic Day and rambles.

Friday was Clinic Day down at the Hemo/Oncology Clinic at Children's Hospital. It was a longer day for Tristan and me because we also had an Echo Cardiogram scheduled to check out his irregular heartbeat.
(I want to write Murmer but just cannot figure out how that is spelled!)

I love that little boy so much. We got to see Whitney the Nurse Practitioner and she had done a Fundrazor for Cancer. I could NEVER pull of a shaved head and look so beautiful! But she does it awesome!

Tristan's counts were good. Everything looking exactly as they want to see em. Praise you Jesus!!!

And we should get the results of his Echo later I guess.

The kidlets are at their dad's for the weekend now. Chugging along.

I signed up for my fall classes at BC3. It was hard cause I wanted to sign up for fall after I started my summer load to see how I did with 6 credits. But since you have to sign up now I have no clue... so I just did another 6 credit load in the fall. Guess I will add another class in January if I think that is good.

It is kinda exciting to see more classes checked off my list. (even more exciting at they get finished!)

I also FINALLY got my name change papers! The lawyer said one week... 4 weeks later I got tired of watching the mail (I know mom said I should got tired sooner...) and called him. Guess what! It has been done and he accidentally filed it instead of mailing it to me! What a mess! So I have been in limbo with financial aid, college, car registrations etc not knowing what name to use. Not wanting to file things and then change a week later... sigh...

But that is moving along now.

Went to Marxville last night. Took my mom :-) Played cards. lol That was fun. I made mom go to the rails to trails with me first. She liked it half way... the way back is a gradual up hill.. she was not liking it then. she did 3.25 miles. Good job mom!!!

Alrighty then. those are my updates!

Who I am

Isn't this the truth. I want someone to love me for "who I am". Exactly. I got this cd today. lol I know - Nick Jonas - you know I am cool!