I always used to love the winters and the snow. I must be getting old. My least favorite colors today are brown and white. I miss family and wish I could see the sun today. Here's to Spring arriving early! Everyone think water sports.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Longing
I always used to love the winters and the snow. I must be getting old. My least favorite colors today are brown and white. I miss family and wish I could see the sun today. Here's to Spring arriving early! Everyone think water sports.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Texas
Some of the highlights (completely out of order) were watching Brinton and Ami play at their basketball games. Watching Brinton brought back strong memories of Terry. They look alot alike. Listening to Mom and Dan cheer brought back memories too and I was only embarrassed a couple of times. : ) 
The Temple was beautiful. The kids were so well behaved, not just in the temple but during our entire stay. I really just can't say just how impressed with the kids I am. I know they were on their best behavior for guests, but I am very impressed.
The spirit was very strong in the Temple, but I felt it throughout the weekend and in the Taylors home. It makes my heart glad to have another family blest with the experience of adoption. I could get all weepy and doctrine here but suffice it to say I consider this experience a great blessing to Patrick and Ashlyn and mabe even more so to everyone else involved. Thank you all for letting me be there.
Ashlyn and Hannah are the "two little girls" They are full of life and energy. Ashlyn is catching up and is such a pretty little thing. She is a sponge just soaking up all she can and has a sweet spirit about her. Hannah is a live wire. Her excitement for life is contagious and hard to keep up with. She is loving and so happy. Ethan is a handsome young man. He is a big helper and is so smart. Patrick is eager to please and do what is right. He loves to give hugs and be helpful. Connor is growing up so fast. He is very helpful and is so good at sharing and teaching by example how to treat others. Ami is such a beautiful young lady. She is a little mother and takes good care of the house and her little sisters. She is so responsible. Brinton is funny and helpful. He sounds just like his dad. None of the kids complained or refused to help or do something that was asked of them.
The Temple was beautiful. The kids were so well behaved, not just in the temple but during our entire stay. I really just can't say just how impressed with the kids I am. I know they were on their best behavior for guests, but I am very impressed. 
The spirit was very strong in the Temple, but I felt it throughout the weekend and in the Taylors home. It makes my heart glad to have another family blest with the experience of adoption. I could get all weepy and doctrine here but suffice it to say I consider this experience a great blessing to Patrick and Ashlyn and mabe even more so to everyone else involved. Thank you all for letting me be there. 
Ashlyn and Hannah are the "two little girls" They are full of life and energy. Ashlyn is catching up and is such a pretty little thing. She is a sponge just soaking up all she can and has a sweet spirit about her. Hannah is a live wire. Her excitement for life is contagious and hard to keep up with. She is loving and so happy. Ethan is a handsome young man. He is a big helper and is so smart. Patrick is eager to please and do what is right. He loves to give hugs and be helpful. Connor is growing up so fast. He is very helpful and is so good at sharing and teaching by example how to treat others. Ami is such a beautiful young lady. She is a little mother and takes good care of the house and her little sisters. She is so responsible. Brinton is funny and helpful. He sounds just like his dad. None of the kids complained or refused to help or do something that was asked of them. 
I had a fabulous time in Texas. Great family, great relaxation, great new place to see, and pretty good weather considering what I came home to. Jenny, Dan, and family, Thank you so much for your hospitality. I miss you each already. I wish Texas wasn't so far away. hoping to visit again sooner rather than later.
Monday, January 4, 2010
10 Things...
I often get told by "people who have been there" to treasure this time with my young kids and that one day I will miss the things that seemed so bothersome now. Well, I have created a list of at least 10 things I am positive I will not miss.
1. Wiping the pee off the toilet seat, back and floor every time I want to use it and several times in between. (Boys)
2. Doing the laundry for 4 very messy people, Little or not. (For the hundreth time Your shirt is not a napkin or a tissue. )
3. Tripping over or stepping on someone elses belonging that were left right in the middle of the walk way.
4. Nah uh....... Yah huh...... Nah uh...... Yah huh........YAH HUH....... NAA UH......YAH HUH.......
5. Mom he's bothering me, ....... MOM he's bothering me......MOOOOMMMM HES BOTHERING MEEE.
6. Cleaning up pee in places other than the bathroom.
7. MOOOM I went Poop!
8. Cleaning bare bottoms that are older than 3.
9. Hearing " I'm not hungry, I have a tummy ach, I don't like it. " at the dinner table only to be asked for something to eat moments after the table is cleared.
10. Washing clean folded clothes that got scooped up into the laundry basket because they never got put away when you sent them to put away the clean laundry.
Now least any of you think that I am not enjoying my children and realizing how fast time flies, I have a list of 10 things I know I will miss and treasure them, even if I have to hide it.
1. How small the fingerprints on the window of every room and car are.
2. Someone needing me in the middle of the night because they had a nightmare.
3. Kissing the owies better even if I had told them to stop before someone got their eye poked out.
4. Washing tiny little baby clothes, (Already miss that one.)
5. Watching my children gobble up dinner and say.... That is the best meal ever. even if it was store bought pizza.
6. The funny way they talk when they don't really know how to say a word. (Dick Donalds and Heckitocker)
7. Watching them learn that they really can do something that they didn't think they could.
8. Them wanting to sit on my lap and play with my hair.
9. Singing bed time songs.
10. Knowing exactly where they are when it is 10:00.
Ok I could probablly list more than 10 if I thought about it, but I could probablly make myself cry too, and that was not the reason I started this entry. Time is going by so fast and I know it and sometimes I wish I could slow it down, but really Can't they at least wipe up after they hose down the toilet that I have to sit on?!!!?
1. Wiping the pee off the toilet seat, back and floor every time I want to use it and several times in between. (Boys)
2. Doing the laundry for 4 very messy people, Little or not. (For the hundreth time Your shirt is not a napkin or a tissue. )
3. Tripping over or stepping on someone elses belonging that were left right in the middle of the walk way.
4. Nah uh....... Yah huh...... Nah uh...... Yah huh........YAH HUH....... NAA UH......YAH HUH.......
5. Mom he's bothering me, ....... MOM he's bothering me......MOOOOMMMM HES BOTHERING MEEE.
6. Cleaning up pee in places other than the bathroom.
7. MOOOM I went Poop!
8. Cleaning bare bottoms that are older than 3.
9. Hearing " I'm not hungry, I have a tummy ach, I don't like it. " at the dinner table only to be asked for something to eat moments after the table is cleared.
10. Washing clean folded clothes that got scooped up into the laundry basket because they never got put away when you sent them to put away the clean laundry.
Now least any of you think that I am not enjoying my children and realizing how fast time flies, I have a list of 10 things I know I will miss and treasure them, even if I have to hide it.
1. How small the fingerprints on the window of every room and car are.
2. Someone needing me in the middle of the night because they had a nightmare.
3. Kissing the owies better even if I had told them to stop before someone got their eye poked out.
4. Washing tiny little baby clothes, (Already miss that one.)
5. Watching my children gobble up dinner and say.... That is the best meal ever. even if it was store bought pizza.
6. The funny way they talk when they don't really know how to say a word. (Dick Donalds and Heckitocker)
7. Watching them learn that they really can do something that they didn't think they could.
8. Them wanting to sit on my lap and play with my hair.
9. Singing bed time songs.
10. Knowing exactly where they are when it is 10:00.
Ok I could probablly list more than 10 if I thought about it, but I could probablly make myself cry too, and that was not the reason I started this entry. Time is going by so fast and I know it and sometimes I wish I could slow it down, but really Can't they at least wipe up after they hose down the toilet that I have to sit on?!!!?
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