Happy Mother's Day!

Today we celebrated Mother's Day! It's the day when you're supposed to sit back and enjoy people waiting on you and telling you what a wonderful mother you are. In our Adult Bible Fellowship Class this morning all the guys had to tell something they were thankful for about their wives. It was pretty cool to hear this.... However, today I feel like I am the blessed one. I LOVE my family so much and I am happy to be the mother of this amazing little group of people! God has blessed my with the perfect family to "mother"!
PS-- I am also SOOOO blessed to have the most amazing mom, mother-in-law, and Grandma! These ladies have certainly paved the way for me and I pray to follow in their footsteps!

Teddy Spaghetti's!!!

You want some really good food? Teddy Spaghetti's on Heights-Ravenna Rd. is awesome! Our first time there and we all loved it! They probably won't want us back because we left it much messier than when we got there!

where does he get it?

Stubborn=Benjamin

Okay, there is stubborn and then there is an entire new level of stubborness (is that a word) and that would be my almost 3 year old!

Let me set the story...Brent out of town for the weekend, no nap yesterday or today, an hour past lunch, and we're at O'Charley's with my mom and sister and niece and Madelyn. 3 adults and 3 kids 2 and under. At least the teams were even. I ordered 2 cups of oranges to get the kids started because they were hungry and cranky. Benjamin gets his and starts SHOVING handfuls or mandarin oranges in his mouth and mushing them at the same time to make orange juice. It was the stickiest mess.

First step: I ask him to eat them one at a time while I'm wiping up OJ from his face, arms, table, and chair. He didn't get the message and continues on.
Second step: I ask him again to eat them one at a time while I'm cleaning the OJ. Still hasn't gotten that message.
Third Step: I take away the mandarins and tell him that he can have them back if he eats one at a time. His reaction is a scream and says NO.
Fourth Step: I hand him a spoon and tell him to eat his oranges with a spoon. He grabs the spoon out of my hand and CHUCKS it across the restaurant!

Nice. Real nice.

He must get his stubborness from Daddy.

too busy to camp? i think not!

I am finally at home having a little relaxation time after our "Maiden Voyage" with the camper all the way to Hoffmaster State Park! We were so excited for the weekend and to get camping again, but I think that we tried to do way too much in one weekend. I'm happy that we did enjoy a couple great campfires, 2 trips to the park, some good walks, t-ball games, and a lot of laughter because it was a jammed packed weekend! We didn't get there until 6 on Friday night. Then I volunteered yesterday morning for a Relay for Life event and then church this morning and then Brent cooked at church this afternoon while I took the kids to Grand Rapids to see the kids! Brent and I both agreed that we'll be better off waiting until I'm done with work and we don't have any other plans. And next time we'll leave the county of Muskegon! Maybe that will help too!

The pics above.... our family at the campfire and Madelyn after her tubby! Brent couldn't find the brush!

Camping time is HERE!

My sister, brother-in-law, and niece are on a cruise ship right now enjoying all the luxuries! I'm a bit jealous of them, but happy to be in Michigan because we are GOING CAMPING this weekend! Yes, our maiden voyage with the camper all the way out to Hoffmaster State Park! It felt so great to load up the camper last night. It smelled like camping! I love to camp and be outside and so do the kids. I love that our family does this. It's the best family time and so great to be in the nature. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good weather. Right now we're looking at a lot of rain in the forecast.

One quick little Benjamin quote before I sign out....

Benjamin: "We're going to Grandma and Grandpa's house and I'm going to check on Grandpa. I'm going to blow is ouwie all away!"

So sweet!

Thankful Tuesday....

1-Thankful my father-in-law is okay after passing out at a restaurant and being rushed to the hospital by ambulance on Saturday and spending the entire weekend there. Apparently it was just a crazy side effect to his medication.

2-Thankful that God gives me the endurance and patience to get through the stressful days at work and come home to my little babies who need just as much love and patients as my students do.

3- Thankful for my husband who is such a great father and husband. He is so awesome with the kids and I couldn't ask for a better partner!

4- Thankful for my God!!! He is amazing and loves me for the imperfect person that I am!

5- Thankful that it's 11:30pm and I get to go to bed now!

2 LiTtLe MoNkEyS jUmPiNg On ThE bEd!!