Thursday, January 24, 2013
Presenting Britton!!
Britton Aksel is a joy! We love our little guy so much. These pics are from the hospital, first minutes of life and 1 day old. More to come :-)
Monday, November 26, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Halloween cometh . . .
Well, hello. Long time no write. Soccer season has officially ended and baby season/nesting has officially begun! Sylas's varsity team lost the first game of the tournament so they were finished last Thursday. Aiden's team lost 3 games in their tourney so didn't make it to the championship round last Saturday. He got pulled out of goalie about 3 weeks ago because a teammate has tendinitis which flared up so bad he couldn't run. So Aiden had to play and sub in for mid-field, forward, and defense, which he did pretty good at considering he's such an awesome goalie. He was really disappointed to not finish as goalie though.
So....nesting....the girls room has been painted, fresh and clean, moved furniture around, gave them each their own area. They love it! And I do too...ahhhhhh the smell of fresh paint. The boys have picked out paint colors and their walls are prepped, so hopefully it will be done by this weekend. Sylas, who has his own room, is painting a large Oregon ducks logo on one wall, complete with wings. My room needs to be painted but I actually love the Pottery Barn look with the beige walls and white trim and black frames. I moved my bed and vacuumed and cleaned and bombed (for spiders and other unwanted bugs) so it's ready for baby. He'll sleep in here for a couple months and then... Not sure where he'll go. We have no room. Maybe we'll remodel, add on. Somethings gotta give. We will also need a bigger vehicle. We've been looking at Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna because both have 8 seats. Then we could still have a fuel efficient car.
Sy is chomping at the bit to get his permit. Yikes!!! We are trying to get the online school done first. He just has a couple more World History sessions and then 9th grade is history! So, as soon as he's done, I will let him take the test. He is doing so much better in school this year. Now we are working on him getting himself up in the morning. We have incentives in place, so he won't have any more tardiness. Cold Stone creamery at the end of this week for getting up good 10 school days in a row. So far, so good.
I'm in the home stretch and sure feel it. Ready to pop, only 5-6 more weeks left. Talked to the doc today about getting induced on Nov 30 so Kenny doesn't miss the birth, just in case. He is 5 hours away during the week and not sure he would make it back in time if I went into labor. Doc says should be fine as long as I'm induce-able.
My mom is coming!!!!! I'm so relieved. She already booked her ticket. She'll be here from Nov 28-Dec 8. There's also a girl from church who may be able to help the week after. I'm gonna really try to not be super mom and do too much. I need help, so I'm gonna take what I can get. I am so blessed....3 gals at church are throwing me a baby shower on Nov 10. I need a carseat and a crib and a changing pad and a bath tub and some other bigger items, so it will be so nice to know I'll be able to get some of that stuff. Kinda kicking myself for getting rid of things. I had some real nice baby stuff. Also, my boss is giving me paid maternity leave for 6 weeks! She is so generous, I am so thankful. God is watching over us.
I have more to say, but need to go to sleep, so will write another day.
Good night!
So....nesting....the girls room has been painted, fresh and clean, moved furniture around, gave them each their own area. They love it! And I do too...ahhhhhh the smell of fresh paint. The boys have picked out paint colors and their walls are prepped, so hopefully it will be done by this weekend. Sylas, who has his own room, is painting a large Oregon ducks logo on one wall, complete with wings. My room needs to be painted but I actually love the Pottery Barn look with the beige walls and white trim and black frames. I moved my bed and vacuumed and cleaned and bombed (for spiders and other unwanted bugs) so it's ready for baby. He'll sleep in here for a couple months and then... Not sure where he'll go. We have no room. Maybe we'll remodel, add on. Somethings gotta give. We will also need a bigger vehicle. We've been looking at Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna because both have 8 seats. Then we could still have a fuel efficient car.
Sy is chomping at the bit to get his permit. Yikes!!! We are trying to get the online school done first. He just has a couple more World History sessions and then 9th grade is history! So, as soon as he's done, I will let him take the test. He is doing so much better in school this year. Now we are working on him getting himself up in the morning. We have incentives in place, so he won't have any more tardiness. Cold Stone creamery at the end of this week for getting up good 10 school days in a row. So far, so good.
I'm in the home stretch and sure feel it. Ready to pop, only 5-6 more weeks left. Talked to the doc today about getting induced on Nov 30 so Kenny doesn't miss the birth, just in case. He is 5 hours away during the week and not sure he would make it back in time if I went into labor. Doc says should be fine as long as I'm induce-able.
My mom is coming!!!!! I'm so relieved. She already booked her ticket. She'll be here from Nov 28-Dec 8. There's also a girl from church who may be able to help the week after. I'm gonna really try to not be super mom and do too much. I need help, so I'm gonna take what I can get. I am so blessed....3 gals at church are throwing me a baby shower on Nov 10. I need a carseat and a crib and a changing pad and a bath tub and some other bigger items, so it will be so nice to know I'll be able to get some of that stuff. Kinda kicking myself for getting rid of things. I had some real nice baby stuff. Also, my boss is giving me paid maternity leave for 6 weeks! She is so generous, I am so thankful. God is watching over us.
I have more to say, but need to go to sleep, so will write another day.
Good night!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Labor Day weekend trip
The 3 littles and I drove 5 hours north to visit Kenny at his hotel and see his job site and go to Chicago! Sy & Aiden are in NY at the youth conference, so we decided we needed to do something fun too! We drove up Friday night and will leave tomorrow morning. It has been so fun so far, little kids are much easier to please. They are happy with free hotel breakfast and swimming in a hotel pool. The effects of the Hurricane Isaac didn't hit too bad here. It rained a bit in the afternoon yesterday, so we went shopping. We had authentic Chicago style hot dogs for lunch and then went to several stores.
Jacklin ended up getting some new outfits, she was in desperate need of clothes and shoes. She grew out of all her shoes this summer and even skipped a size. She was being too picky about running shoes tho, so ended up with none. Wow, that girl can get a nasty attitude quick!!
Then we went back to the hotel and had family game night and snacks. And the kids were able to swim in the pool twice yesterday. Today, we went into Chicago and went to the museum of Natural History. It was super expensive but so cool! They have a very extensive Egyptian exhibit and the biggest skeleton of a T. Rex and most complete. Her name is Sue. It is a museum that would take a couple days to visit properly. It has been there for over 100 years and the architecture of the building is incredible. It is located right on Lake Michigan so we also went down to walk along the water front. The lake was angry today and had a lot of waves, wind blowing and low clouds. But we got some good pics.
We drive home tomorrow, because Kenny starts his new job in West Virginia on Tuesday and has to drive 5 hours south from Ohio to get there. Poor guy, he'll have a total of 10 hours of driving tomorrow.
The kids also have Tuesday off, but both Sy and Aiden have soccer games. So we'll be sitting watching games on Tuesday night. It's been challenging so far, they both have 2+ games a week at different locations and some are too late to take the little kids to. But, we enjoy watching so much. They are both really good players. Aiden is a goalie and Sy plays forward and mid-fielder.
That's all I got for now, we're off to eat some authentic Chicago-style pizza!
Jacklin ended up getting some new outfits, she was in desperate need of clothes and shoes. She grew out of all her shoes this summer and even skipped a size. She was being too picky about running shoes tho, so ended up with none. Wow, that girl can get a nasty attitude quick!!
Then we went back to the hotel and had family game night and snacks. And the kids were able to swim in the pool twice yesterday. Today, we went into Chicago and went to the museum of Natural History. It was super expensive but so cool! They have a very extensive Egyptian exhibit and the biggest skeleton of a T. Rex and most complete. Her name is Sue. It is a museum that would take a couple days to visit properly. It has been there for over 100 years and the architecture of the building is incredible. It is located right on Lake Michigan so we also went down to walk along the water front. The lake was angry today and had a lot of waves, wind blowing and low clouds. But we got some good pics.
We drive home tomorrow, because Kenny starts his new job in West Virginia on Tuesday and has to drive 5 hours south from Ohio to get there. Poor guy, he'll have a total of 10 hours of driving tomorrow.
The kids also have Tuesday off, but both Sy and Aiden have soccer games. So we'll be sitting watching games on Tuesday night. It's been challenging so far, they both have 2+ games a week at different locations and some are too late to take the little kids to. But, we enjoy watching so much. They are both really good players. Aiden is a goalie and Sy plays forward and mid-fielder.
That's all I got for now, we're off to eat some authentic Chicago-style pizza!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Schools in, Tuesday....
And tomorrow is open house! Wow, this summer break flew by! We had a good time, though, going to Victory Conference Center a couple weeks ago and to Missouri on the week of July 4th. It feels like we drove around quite a bit.
The weather has been exceptionally beautiful, 70's and low 80's with low humidity. I've been very thankful, even though we still haven't had much rain. I even turned off my A/C which I don't think has ever been done this early on the summer. We could have an Indian Summer, tho and have to turn it back on.
This weekend we did back-to-school shopping. We mostly got shoes and clothes, I already bought school supplies last month. So, the kids are ready to go back in that regard, just not ready for the end of vacation.
Jacklin starts middle school this year so that will be a change for her.
I did get my ultrasound on July 24th and we found out its a boy! We're all so excited so now the shopping for boy stuff has begun. Ken took Jacklin out for a "father/daughter date" when he was home this last week and they did some shopping for little guy, lots of Ohio State gear. He even got a onesie that says "poop on Michigan" for the Ohio State/ Michigan rivalry that my family may not know about.
Sylas has 3 days to finish online school or else...he becomes a Freshamore, and has to drop his fun classes and do the freshman courses over again. It's been a good lesson in "life's not fair", because our flash player wasn't working properly, then the Internet connection was off, then we were out of town...so for 3 weeks nothing got done. Now he has to cram and get 50% of the work done in 3 days. I've been trying to help him when he lets me. And giving him lots of incentives. He is playing soccer this year, a 1st year walk on, so plays JV but is also on Varsity. He is a pretty good player and it's been fun to watch him scrimmage. 1st real game is Tuesday.
Aiden is also playing this year and I'm so proud of him for branching out more. He is also taking choir!! He has a beautiful voice and I know the choir teacher will be thrilled to have him. Hardly any boys are in choir anymore.
Well, it's late and this baby mama is tired after a busy weekend. I will blog more faithfully after the kids are in school...I mean what else am I going to do all day???
The weather has been exceptionally beautiful, 70's and low 80's with low humidity. I've been very thankful, even though we still haven't had much rain. I even turned off my A/C which I don't think has ever been done this early on the summer. We could have an Indian Summer, tho and have to turn it back on.
This weekend we did back-to-school shopping. We mostly got shoes and clothes, I already bought school supplies last month. So, the kids are ready to go back in that regard, just not ready for the end of vacation.
Jacklin starts middle school this year so that will be a change for her.
I did get my ultrasound on July 24th and we found out its a boy! We're all so excited so now the shopping for boy stuff has begun. Ken took Jacklin out for a "father/daughter date" when he was home this last week and they did some shopping for little guy, lots of Ohio State gear. He even got a onesie that says "poop on Michigan" for the Ohio State/ Michigan rivalry that my family may not know about.
Sylas has 3 days to finish online school or else...he becomes a Freshamore, and has to drop his fun classes and do the freshman courses over again. It's been a good lesson in "life's not fair", because our flash player wasn't working properly, then the Internet connection was off, then we were out of town...so for 3 weeks nothing got done. Now he has to cram and get 50% of the work done in 3 days. I've been trying to help him when he lets me. And giving him lots of incentives. He is playing soccer this year, a 1st year walk on, so plays JV but is also on Varsity. He is a pretty good player and it's been fun to watch him scrimmage. 1st real game is Tuesday.
Aiden is also playing this year and I'm so proud of him for branching out more. He is also taking choir!! He has a beautiful voice and I know the choir teacher will be thrilled to have him. Hardly any boys are in choir anymore.
Well, it's late and this baby mama is tired after a busy weekend. I will blog more faithfully after the kids are in school...I mean what else am I going to do all day???
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Summer, swimming, sweating. . .
I haven't posted for over a month, eghads!! Its been busy with the kids home for the summer. Sylas is doing online summer school for 1 full year of world studies and a half year of English. We all want to start 10th grade fresh, and think he'll have a much better year. We had to pay for the online school so he is paying us back for half of it by babysitting twice a week. I'm still working 2 days a week. Ken has been gone during the weeks at his job in Indiana and home weekends so it is challenging at times being a "single parent" again.
We decided since we have a YMCA membership not to get a pool pass at the city pool this summer. So, we've been riding our bikes to the Y and then swimming and riding home again. It has been super hot the past 4 days, so we drove one day. But on the days we ride, I love all the exercise we're getting. It's about 2 miles to the Y. We have an amazing bike path here too, so the girls and I rode 9 miles last week round trip to a place 1/2 way to Springfield called Cedar Bog(Rona made it 7, then Ken had to come pick her up). But I was proud of the girls, it was challenging!
So, the heat wave recently has been oppressive. It has been in the 90's with humidity. We had a wicked wind/thunderstorm on Friday and several in the state lost power. Also many trees went down and large limbs and debris all over the roads. We were some of the only ones that didn't lose our power. We're having another severe thunderstorm tonight. We did need the rain. It has been so dry and I've been watering so much. Almost lost my basil plants, but they've rallied.
We are planning to visit some friends in Missouri for July 4th. Ken has the week off before starting his next project. It will be a long road trip there and back, but they have a boat and we are going out on the lake to watch fire works. It should be a lot of fun; the kids are really excited and Ken is really making an effort to enjoy his least favorite holiday. The family we're visiting are true Ozark people and pretty lively. We laugh a lot with them! Just their accent makes us laugh.
We have a pretty busy month ahead, so not sure how much I'll blog. I have my ultrasound in a couple weeks and we really hope to find out what we're having. Colin's friend Alex, from Connecticut, is coming for a week to hang out. My sister Amy and her hubby Steve are visiting on their road trip across America in about a week. We are really looking forward to them coming. The boys are going on a youth trip to Washington DC on the third weekend of the month and at the end of the month, we will go up north again to our conference center in New York for a couple weeks. I love a busy summer and I love the lazy days in between.
The weather forecast for this week is hot and stormy; it almost always storms on the 4th of July here. I am very, very thankful for central air! Happy Summer all!!!
We decided since we have a YMCA membership not to get a pool pass at the city pool this summer. So, we've been riding our bikes to the Y and then swimming and riding home again. It has been super hot the past 4 days, so we drove one day. But on the days we ride, I love all the exercise we're getting. It's about 2 miles to the Y. We have an amazing bike path here too, so the girls and I rode 9 miles last week round trip to a place 1/2 way to Springfield called Cedar Bog(Rona made it 7, then Ken had to come pick her up). But I was proud of the girls, it was challenging!
So, the heat wave recently has been oppressive. It has been in the 90's with humidity. We had a wicked wind/thunderstorm on Friday and several in the state lost power. Also many trees went down and large limbs and debris all over the roads. We were some of the only ones that didn't lose our power. We're having another severe thunderstorm tonight. We did need the rain. It has been so dry and I've been watering so much. Almost lost my basil plants, but they've rallied.
We are planning to visit some friends in Missouri for July 4th. Ken has the week off before starting his next project. It will be a long road trip there and back, but they have a boat and we are going out on the lake to watch fire works. It should be a lot of fun; the kids are really excited and Ken is really making an effort to enjoy his least favorite holiday. The family we're visiting are true Ozark people and pretty lively. We laugh a lot with them! Just their accent makes us laugh.
We have a pretty busy month ahead, so not sure how much I'll blog. I have my ultrasound in a couple weeks and we really hope to find out what we're having. Colin's friend Alex, from Connecticut, is coming for a week to hang out. My sister Amy and her hubby Steve are visiting on their road trip across America in about a week. We are really looking forward to them coming. The boys are going on a youth trip to Washington DC on the third weekend of the month and at the end of the month, we will go up north again to our conference center in New York for a couple weeks. I love a busy summer and I love the lazy days in between.
The weather forecast for this week is hot and stormy; it almost always storms on the 4th of July here. I am very, very thankful for central air! Happy Summer all!!!
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