So,

I don't have much to report. The beginning of this week is off to a slow start. Church Sunday, errands yesterday with the girls (where I finally got my car washed and cleaned out) and today the boys are here. I am sitting in the office watching them play in AJ's room. Just don't tell him. He doesn't like when kids play in there. :) Lunch is almost here, and it's odd that all I have had today is a protein shake and protein bar. I wasn't even hungry when I ate that but I made myself eat so I won't over indulge at lunch.

Anyway, two days until Thanksgiving! Today is the last day of school for the week and Brice is off after tomorrow. I am looking forward to the deep fried turkey. Never had it before. But how could it be bad? We will be having lunch at Britney's followed by Sawyer's birthday party. That little munchkin is turning 1.

After the party we will be headed to Amarillo. My oldest sister will not be there. Long story short, her husband took a job close to Odessa. He has been there a week and she and the kids will be going to visit for Thanksgiving. Once the semester is over, they will all be moving there. Makes me sad. Yay for cell phones!

So it will just be my family and I, Pamela and her family and Mandy. Oh and my parents of course. Mandy's kids will be with their dad this year. I think their plan is to have a big lunch and just have leftovers for supper. Which is just fine by me. Don't know if my stomach could handle two wonderful Thanksgiving meals in one day. :)

We will be spending the night with my sister. Brice has agreed to keep the kids while I go shopping on Black Friday. Hopefully Pamela will be able to join me. We had such a blast last year together, we are hoping to do it again. I have my list ready. I'm sure I will be getting more than what's on my list but doesn't everyone do that? I tend to go overboard. But everything is on sale that day, so it doesn't seem like a big deal. :) Ok I tell myself that to make me feel better...

I ordered a 4 foot black tree. I wanted a small tree because our furniture is big and I thought a big tree would overtake the room. Well, I received the tree yesterday. I put it up and had it decorated by the time Brice got home (rare thing lately). I heard him come in (I was in the office). He walks in the office and says, "I give you permission to git rid of that ridiculous tree and buy a bigger one." He said he liked the color but the size was just wrong. OK!

I said I could put it in another room. He then said it is not allowed to go up at all in his house. I was laughing because he was just so serious about it. I'm not upset at all. So now my job is to find a bigger tree at a reasonable price. I found one online but I think I am going to look Friday before I buy it. So I now have a tree that is useless.

***Sorry this post is pictureless. It was brought to my attention the other day that I need to step it up and take more pictures (in my case, any at all) and update my blog and flickr. So here is a start. :)
I hear a baby screaming for me.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Dad

My dad's heart cath went great Wedsnesday. There was no blockage and he has a perfectly healthy heart! We were all shocked by that because of the family history of heart disease. But we sure were very happy!

I was able to go to Amarillo to see him while my girls (AJ was in school) were being taken care of by their Aunt Britney, whom I can't thank enough! I was able to pick up both of my sisters in Hereford. Kerri's husband watched all 3 of their kids so she had 'a day off ' as well. We took Mandy's kids with us and boy did we have my car packed!

We did find out that only two people were allowed to wait on Dad at the doctor's office though. So it was Mom and my aunt. So while Dad was busy, Mom's friend graciously volunteered to keep Mandy's kids and Pamela's kids while us sisters had some sister time. It was so fun! We had a blast and laughed so much. We never get to have sister time without someone's kids so it was awesome. We went to Target and Toys R Us. Me + Target = bad idea.. I love Target! Brice isn't too thrilled when I go there. :)

We get back to the house and Dad is home and he felt great, even with 5 kids running around. I got a great bug hug from him, which was very needed!

I can't seem to thank everyone enough for their prayers! I'm so glad I was able to be there even if I couldn't be at the doctor's office. I am also very thankful that I get to see him tomorrow. The kids and I are headed back to Amarillo for a niece's birthday party. Who knows what Brice is doing. There is a possibility he is going with us, but I'm sure I won't know until tomorrow morning. Oh well, he knows where I will be. :)

Thanks again for your prayers!

Prayer Request

I am 25 years old. In that 25 years, I have never seen my Daddy in a hospital bed. He has never been admitted to the hospital for anything. Sure he has had a few medical problems but none as 'invasive' as tomorrow.

For a while now, Dad has been having chest pains. He went in for a stress test a few weeks ago and the doctors found something.

Tomorrow my Dad will go in for a heart cath. Mom said they found some blockage and want to see how much there is. And my sister told me this morning that they will also be looking to see if there is any damage to the heart (he has a history of heart disease). Honestly it scares me and I sure it scares him. I have NO clue what exactly is done. All I know is what my sister (who has had two of them herself) told me. My mom told me that we don't need to be there, but please, she otta know her kids by know. :)

I know a heart cath is usually not considered a big deal but in my opinion it is. I think that if it is anything to do with going into someones body to check things out, it is a big deal. So with that said, I am praying that there won't be much blockage or any damage. Brice always says that I look for the bad in some things. I say that I am just a very emotional person. And it is hard not to be when it is someone whom you love very much going through this.

I pray that it will all be healed and taken care of by Him.

So that is where you come in. Please pray that there is no damage to his heart or that there is little to no blockage.

Thanks so much and I will hopefully have good news to report later.

Halloween is over,

and I am already obsessing over Christmas. I have gifts in mind for my children. I have a gift in mind for Brice, that is if we give each other something this year. If not, it will just wait for his birthday.

I have to get a new tree. I have something in mind but I just have to find it somewhere.

I know the decorations I want. I just have to find them.

I have to get our personalized tree ornaments that I get every year. The only problem with that is getting Brice to Amarillo so we can get them. I guess I can do it without him but we have always done it together.

I have to get new wrapping paper. Seems like it is not important, but it really is.

I have this picture in my head of how I want my living room to look throughout the month that I have my tree up. I couldn't do it last year because we had just moved and funds were tight. I am hoping this year I will be able to do it the way I want.

Christmas has always and will always be my favorite time of year. I love to go all out for my kids. I love to make it such a big deal. I want them to remember what I did for Christmas.

So tomorrow I am going to start looking in the stores. Little does Brice know that he has the kids while I am gone. I need some alone time after this week.

Anyhoo, it's ridiculous that I am already starting to obsess about this holiday.

I have been researching the kids gifts online and I am just waiting to go shopping. I am hoping I can go on Black Friday. Some people wouldn't do that but I love it! Last year was my first time to go. My sister and I were at Toys R Us by 5 that morning. I have no problem standing in the cold waiting for the stores to open just to get a good deal on something. That's how much I LOVE to shop!

I still have over a month. Well, actually less. I always put my tree and decorations up the day after Thanksgiving. That's what we did growing up and that's what we will do now.

So much to do so little time..........

It's snowing outside!

I have been MIA because we have not had a home computer. The old one bit the dust and we had to get a new one. We have had it for a week, I just haven't wanted to sit and post anything. Yes, I am that lazy. :)

Not much has been going on here. AJ is still going to school, much to his dismay. Sierra is being well, Sierra. She still likes to test Mommy's patience. :) And Zayna is walking everywhere. And has been doing so for over a week. I don't think I have seen her scoot at all. Makes me very sad that my baby is now a toddler! I'm trying to hold back the tears! Brice is still on the road. He has been less than two hours away but he still doesn't come home until the weekend. If money and time were no object he would be home every night. Price we pay so I can stay home with the girls. And me, well I have been doing the same ol' thing. Housework and keeping Maverick and Sawyer.

I have decided that Brice and I need to buy stock in Huggies Diapers. I could possibly have 2-3 trash bags full of diapers between Zayna and Sawyer every week. Talk about stinky trash!

Let's see....I guess that is about it. Oh, I don't have many pictures to post. I just have a few from the last few days. So here ya go:

Zayna's new favorite thing to do: turn the girls lamp on and off.

I had bought the kids these door hangers months ago and we just got around to doing them. Here is Miss Lefty coloring hers:

Mr. Blondie coloring his:

AJ showing me his loose tooth. This will make number 6 tooth he has lost. Do you see the hole on the left side of his mouth? He has NO clue what happened to it. He does not know where or when he lost it.

Here he is showing me one of his favorite books.