Lots to catch up on!

It's been quite the week since I posted last. We are still so very excited about our trip, only 4 days to go!!!! The kids are so excited, I keep expecting to hear they've been naughty at school! We are looking forward to the sunshine and warmth. I know it's been a little cold down there but as long as there's no snow, I'll count it better than here!

In the meantime, Scott's grandma became very sick and was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She had dementia and wasn't very healthy to begin with so there was no possibility of treatment. Grandma went to be with Jesus last night, as Megan puts it. While we are sad she's not here anymore, we know it's better for her because she's not suffering anymore. We will definitely miss having her around!

I haven't been able to record Cody reading yet, every time I do, he of course won't read or gives up after one sentence! Anyway, I'm not sure I'll have time to post again before we leave, so please pray that the travel goes smooth. That is my biggest fear, is the plane ride and I try not to let the kids know of my fear so that they don't get scared. We take off from the Detroit airport on Monday at 6:30 pm with Spirit Air. We leave Orlando at 8:30 am on Wednesday the 11th. I'll make sure to post when we get back and I'll only have a few pictures to share! Last time we took 1500 in one week!

Bittersweet

As a mom, there are moments in our children's lives that are very bittersweet. School starting and all that it brings is one I can think of. The last few weeks Cody's been really taking off with his reading. As a mom, I am happy because this means that all the work I've been doing with him the last 2 1/2 years is paying off. When he was 3, I did preschool with him while Megan was in school all day and have continued to work with him since then. This summer I blogged about him starting to read when we were working on the 100 easy lessons book. Now I, and his teacher, have noticed him reading everything he lays eyes on! This is happy for me but it's also a little sad because this is my baby. He's growing up and there's sometimes feels like he doesn't need me much anymore. I know this isn't totally true, he needs me to feed him, love him, and much more but this is just the beginning. I will have to record him reading on my camera when I have time so you all can see how well he's doing. Thanks for listening!

Christmas, New Years, and New Fears

It's been a busy couple of weeks around here! Lots of fun but very busy. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were lots of fun. The kids were of course totally spoiled! On Christmas Eve, Scott got out of work early so he came home and played in the snow with the kids! They had so much fun throwing snowballs and Scott threw the kids in the air and they landed in all the snow!

After that we went the Scott's parents for our celebration with them. It was a nice night and we had lots of fun. The next morning was our family time to celebrate Christmas. We had the kids open the stockings and santa gifts.

After that we made monkey bread and opened the presents from each other. The last big gift was the trip to Disney World. We did a scavenger hunt and had it end in Megan's room with a note saying 39 days until Disney. Neither kids saw the sign, they were looking below it! Finally we told them to look up and when they did, they didn't react near what we thought. Megan gasped and Cody asked where the next clue was! They are now getting more excited each day but we now know not to tell them Christmas Day!

After our time, we went to my parents and had lots of fun there! Megan got the Ruthie doll she wanted so bad! It made her day!

New Years Eve the kids celebrated with my sister and her family. They had fake champagne and were in bed by about 9! We went to a friends from church and celebrated with our Pointe Group. We had a great time and Scott loved playing Wii with the guys!

The latest new fear we have at our house is Cody's absolute fear of his room at night. He doesn't like how dark it is outside when he goes to bed. We are going to try to move things around so his bed's not by the window anymore but I'm not sure that will help. I really hope it does but I'm at a total loss as to why he's so scared. He won't tell us what happened to make it such a big deal every night with screaming and crying. Any ideas out there of what to do would be greatly appreciated! Below is a picture of how I found Cody Monday night when I was going to bed!



Sorry the post is so long! Have a great day!

Christmas Slide show

Happy 40th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Ok, I know this is a day late but I spent all day yesterday trying to get their present(a scrapbook of their lives together) done before dinner. It didn't work but it was worth a shot! For my parents anniversary, they took all 16 of us out for dinner! It was a lot of fun and I'm glad they wanted to spend it with us! Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad! I can't believe you've been together for 40 years, though I'm glad you did! Below is a picture of them 40 years ago and a picture of them in September of this year: