From one crazy week to the next!

This past week has been C.R.A.Z.Y.!!!

We're getting ready for our trip down to Sacramento for Thanksgiving - so much to do! I also (for some crazy reason) decided to book a PartyLite show for during this week. I'm so smart. ;) In a way it was great because that MADE me have the house clean earlier than I would have. So that got one thing out of the way. Plus the show was fun and I got lots of good stuff for hosting it. :)

Also on my list of things I needed to do - Finish Christmas shopping, go grocery shopping, pay bills, wrap presents, wash the dog, make agendas and calendars/newsletters for church since I won't be here next week, get caught up on laundry, pack, and keep the house clean. Those things HAD to be done. I also WANTED to burn dvds of all the home movies we had taken over the last 3 years, make the annual dvd that we give to our grandparents and immediate family, and decorate for Christmas - all before we leave.

HA HA!!

I am please to say that I have gotten all that I NEED to have done, done. Except I'm still packing but that's okay. I had begun burning dvds and all went well until one night the computer decided to update itself while I was running my program and ever since then, I have not been able to burn anymore discs. SO NOT COOL! I've tried uninstalling the softward and reinstalling it. No good. Ryan thinks we need to dump everything on here and wipe the entire computer clean, reload everything, and then hopefully all will run smoother. That will be fun. *sarcasm*

So, I will not have the annual dvd anytime soon. This is going to be a big project. I was really late getting them out last year (They didn't go out until earlier this year! lol) so I guess it's okay if I have to be late again. Bummer though.

And since I've been devoting so much time to TRYING to do the dvds, I'm now left with no time to decorate. That's okay. Most people would think I was crazy if I had decorated this early anyway. I just like having Christmas up immediately after Thanksgiving and since we won't be here immediately after Thanksgiving, it is fun to come home to Christmas when we get home. I'll just have to decorate the week we get home. :)

Now, because my life wasn't crazy/interesting enough, about mid-week I got a phone call from my dad. My parents are recently divorced and it was finalized in August. Well, this week my dad told me that he is engaged! I didn't exactly see that coming! lol Of course, he's able to make his choices and if this is something that is right for him then I am fine with that. It was a bit of a shock though! It looks like we'll be meeting his fiancee on Thanksgiving and it will be nice to meet her and get to know her a little.

So, I'm pretty close to being ready to leave. Today we need to finish packing, go to church, load up the car, have our Home Teachers over, get some rest and then wake up at some insane hour to hit the road. After such a crazy week, I'm just glad that I have the things that I NEED done, finished.

Of course, this upcoming week will be nearly as crazy! Though, hopefully less stressful! lol We will visit with my best friend, Heather and her family, meeting the four new children that have just come to their home and who they plan on adopting. And if having 9 kids in one home for 24 hours isn't crazy enough, the REAL craziness will begin when we get to Sacramento and start the family juggle. Visiting with everyone will be fun though and we are looking forward to all of it, craziness and all! :)

When was the last time you saw a miracle?

After last week, I have been reminded that everytime I look at my daughters, I am seeing miracles.  :)

But let me share with you my friend's little miracle.  I am just so happy and inspired by them!  If you want to read something that will make you smile, read Stacey's blog about Scarlett.  I think it's neat that Stacey still has her ticker on the top of her blog.  A week ago, she went into labor and was hospitalized.  They stopped her labor for a couple of days but on Thursday, Nov 1st, her water broke and it was time for Scarlett to arrive, at only 29 weeks pregnant.  Scary, I know!  But this story has a happy ending, so go read about her and see her beautiful pics, I'm sure they will inspire you, just like they inspire me. :)

Because we're such cool parents...

We decided to celebrate the Patriot win over the Colts by letting Cadi stay home from school to party!

Okay, not quite.

Cadi is actually staying home from school because she's a sick-o! She was home from church yesterday too. (Ryan stayed with her and kept Rori so I went to church alone.) It's an odd bug because she doesn't feel sick and doesn't act sick but she has a very convincing symptom that is impossible to fake of manipulate. It's also something that makes it hard for her to go anywhere because she needs to be very close to a bathroom at all times. (TMI, I'm sure.)

So she is killing Storm Troopers today. I'm hoping that she will get to go back to school tomorrow. At least she's not miserable and at least I didn't have anything I needed to do today, just work around the house. :)

WHEW!!!

Oh. Wow.

We DVRed the BIG GAME today and I admit that though my mind was all on church during the hours of 1:00 - 4:30 (we had a meeting after for just a few minutes), as soon as I got home, that was the ONLY thing I could think about! I LOVE DVR!!! Grabbed a plate of pasta and turned on the game!

Oh. Wow.

Sorry, did I already say that???

I was so sick the ENTIRE time! I regretted eating ANYTHING and was shaking with nerves!

So let's cut to the chase... WE WON!!!!!

But before we get to that... It was a really, REALLY intense game! I think I may have mentioned this already, but Oh. Wow.

Despite some really BAD calls (one pass interference that wasn't and another that wasn't but should have been - both BAD calls that set us back) and some subpar playing on our side (I'll admit it, we were NOT playing as well as we should have), we still managed to fight back enough to win the game.

It was such an intense game that I'm sure I can count it as cardio. My heart is still racing! lol

Don't worry Colts fans... you'll get another chance against my Pats, at the AFC Championship. Oh, not sure where to watch it? It'll be at the RAZOR, BABY!!!!

Still undefeated... going for 16-0!!!

COLTS stands for...

Count On Losing This Sunday!!!


GO PATS!!! :)

It's a good thing she's cute!

I sure do love this kid but man, does she make me work!

Her favorite thing is to mess up anything I've just made/clean/fixed/etc.  If I pick up her toys, she scatters them.  If I sweep the floors, she dumps cheerios or goldfish and then usually "dances" on them so they're crushed into powder.  If I fold clothes, she unfolds them.

This morning, I am folded the same load of laundry THREE times!  The first time, it was my fault for leaving the clothes on the chair where she could reach them... I was really asking for it.  She took all the folded laundry and put it in the laundry basket (at least it was all contained and not on the floor with the cheerios).  So, I refolded and put them back in the basket and put the basket on the couch.  (I was doing more laundry and was waiting to get that folded too before putting it all away.)  The next thing I know, the basket is pulled off the couch and not only is she emptying all MY folded clothes, she is wiping each one on her face and then throwing them onto the dog's bed!

The little snot!  (If she wasn't so snotty, the face wiping wouldn't be so bad! lol)  So back in the wash they go, let's hope that folding them the third time will be the charm!

It is a VERY good thing she is cute!  On days like today, it is her saving grace! ;)