Abundant Blessings of a Large Catholic Family

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Logan, The Sky Angel Cowboy

Pause the blog music (Sonific) for this one!!

Sunday, December 30, 2007

This morning I got up and after breakfast started on all of my calendars for the new year (yes, I have more than one:)). I finally had to set them aside. Life with a large family tends to get a little hectic sometimes. There are times when we feel like we don't even have enough time to slowly breathe. I am not complaining, God has been so good to us, just stating a fact. I walked away from the table and jumped on the computer and of course came upon my own blog as I was skimming through others. Looking at our family reminds me of how sweet they all really are. Having those pictures to look at reminds me of how quickly time flies by, and how I need to stop and enjoy these chapters in my life. The little things I take for granted on a busy day are huge blessings I'm letting slip by. Little Peanuts wild hair, the twins putting a puzzle together on the stairs and don't forget the modeling American girl dolls (who by the way played UNO Attack with us last night :). These are all things that we giggle at and then move on letting them slip away forever. Seeing them in pictures is a reminder to embrace all those sometimes silly, sometimes serene moments for as long as possible before they slip away. The calendars can wait, the housework can be put off for a little while longer. Long enough to fully embrace every moment of this blessed life God has given me, because before I know it the next chapter will begin.

Weekend Fun...

Another weekend gone :( We had another wonderful weekend!! Saturday we went to my in-laws for our Christmas party. We all love going there, it is always so much fun. At our family christmas party the godparents buy for the godchildren and vice versa. Daddy bought a Discovery Exclusive Radio Control Tarantula for our 5 year old nephew. It really was the coolest thing!! He and the other kids (9 total) had a great time with it. After the gift exchange between the godparents and godchildren, the adults (other than grandmas and grandpa) played dirty (or chinese) christmas. That also was alot of fun this year! We ate prime rib and a bunch of other goodies. All of the older kids played (or attempted anyway) Twister. Then some of the adults attempted it. Today Mom and Bud came over for our family christmas. Again it's always great to have them out. We had a great visit with lots of laughter and also exchanged some beautiful gifts. The girls received an American Girl doll each. They played with those most of the evening. When they weren't playing with those they were out sledding down our hill in the front yard. Poor daddy has to go back to work tomorrow. I really enjoy having him home with us. He is always so much fun to be around. I told him he could stay home and work with me. He didn't jump at the invitation though!! Any ideas why? Tomorrow is back to school here on the hill. Sissy is done with her break and will start back up tomorrow. The twins get to help make clay dough to play with tomorrow. We are going to be working on squares and circles, and big and small this week!! Sounds like fun huh? Today I overheard brother J "counting" the cookie cutters as he pulled them out of the bag:) "da...doo...dee...do...". If you don't know, what he said was "one...two...three...four...". I am impressed every day by what they pick up. I leave you now with some pictures. The one of our little peanut is what happens if her hair isn't combed down after her bath:) Talk to ya soon!!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Standardized Tests...

Oh my goodness! I couldn't wait for Wordless Wednesday to get over to tell you what came in the mail yesterday!! Back in October Sissy took the PSAT at the local high school. Yesterday we got the results in the mail. I will share with you what the result form says :) (Pretty nice of me huh?). Drumroll please...

Critical Reading 57 (You scored higher than 80% of juniors).

Mathematics 51 (You scored higher than 57% of juniors).

Writing Skills 60 (You scored higher than 87% of juniors).

Her Selection Index is 168 which puts her in the competition for the National Merit Scholarship!! We are all very excited for her! What a smart cookie!!

Congrats baby girl! We love you!