I need a vacation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have I mentioned that February is the longest month?? It may only have 28 days, but that is God's grace to us. Even 28 days seems like 57!! It is too cold to do much, too snowy to do anything, and its been too long since we could do anything. It is simply a tough month to get through. The winter always seems to sink in in February. And I am ready for warm weather!!! I am ready to go somewhere without 45 minutes of dressing and searching for hats and gloves, ready to let my children out in the yard to run off some steam without said 45 minutes of dressing and searching, and darn it ready to wear flip-flops!!

Anyhow, enough of that. Today my kitchen window go broken. I won't even go into how that happened, but as you can imagine I am not a happy mommy today! My kitchen is cold and I have had to remove tiny, minuscule pieces of glass out of 3 different feet already today. I swept and vacuumed, but there are still renegade pieces remaining. SO I have cried, been on my knees, and have decided to get myself off the floor, pull up my maternity pants that fall down every 4 seconds, and move about my day with a smile on my face. Forced as it is, I am trying to avoid doing some sort of permanent psychological damage to my children who are home for like the 15th day this month!! Plus today is Brandons 2nd birthday and I really try not to be a royal crab on birthdays. So party on we will.

I apologize for this most NOT uplifting blog. I would post a picture of my puffy-eyed, not happy but smiling face but I still cannot post pictures so a word picture will have to do. Till tomorrow.

Ok Ok Ok

Well it has been a while since my last post. I still cannot post pictures, but I will post anyway. All is well around here. I am 18 weeks pregnant and growing. So far everything is going well with this pregnancy and I feel good. The kids are all great, thankfully with no major news to report there either. So the reason why I haven't posted in a while is I have nothing to tell. It has been too cold to do much else than stay in. My house is a mess and my kids are bored! But never fear, the groundhog says spring will come early this year:) Since I base all of my weather info on that special little hairy groundhog, I have hope:)
In other news, my much anticipated ultrasound is coming up in 2 weeks. I assume it is a boy, but I would love to hear your thoughts. I have no preference other than healthy, but it is always fun to guess! So leave me your comments on what you think it is and I will let you know in 2 weeks the big answer!!!

I've been Tagged!!

Alright I got tagged so I am indulging Jen. Here goes....

A- Available or married? Married 7.5 years

B- Best Friend? My husband!!!

C- Cake or Pie? pie, banana cream!!

D- Drink of Choice? Dr. Pepper

E- Essential Item? Cell phone

F- Favorite Color? Orange

G- Gummi Bears or Worms? bears

H- Hometown? MattEson Il

I- Indulgence? Egg McMuffins(2 at a time) with 3 hash browns!! I know, I'm pregnant!!

J- January or February? February, cuz it is closer to spring

K- Kids & names? Tressa-8, Jacob-7, Tyler-6, Marcus-5, Samuel-3, Brandon-almost 2, we are taking ideas for the newest

L- Life is incomplete without? Jesus

M- Marriage Date? May 2, 1999

N- Number of Siblings? Brad, Gordon, and Joanie + spouses

O- Oranges or apples? Neither, not much of a fruit girl

P- Phobias/Fears? falling out of a moving car

Q-Favorite Quote? I'm, sure it is from an 80's movie, but I can think of none right now.

R- Reason to Smile? Egg McMuffin's are currently 2 for 3.00!!!

S- Season? Fall

T- Tag three people! Melanie, Michelle T., Clair( I would create links, but I have no idea how)

U- Unknown fact about me: I'm an open book

W- Worst habit? Biting my nails

Y- Your favorite food? I'm going to have to go with Egg McMuffins (after all of this egg McMuffin talk, I am on my way to get a couple)

Z- Zodiac? Is stupid!!!

Houston, we have a problem

I have hit a glitch in my blogging capabilities. Apparently, my computer has only about 500 megabytes of space left on it. I have been informed not to put anymore pictures, music, etc. onto my piece of garbage! So that leaves me a little stuck for my blog and my poor lonely ipod!! We will be looking into purchasing a new computer soon, but those kind of purchases tend to take a back seat to the needs of 6 children and the coming attraction! So my future blogs will probably not include too many pictures. ARRGG!!!!! If anyone has any suggestions on how to get a good computer on a tight budget, I am open to ideas. As I look over the checkbook, I am not sure how a computer fits in so it may be a while. In the meantime, I can read your blogs and check my email and I suppose I need to be content with just that. A bit frustrating, but not the end of the world. If fact just typing this and rereading it has given me some clearly needed perspective on that which are "needs" and that which are "wants." I sound a little spoiled complaining about computer space. And on that note of confession, I must sign off and go repent!!!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!

Today Tyler is 6!! As I reflect over the last 6 years, I am so excited about the hope that I have for Ty. This child gave the terrible 2's their name!! It started at 18 months and continued until about 3 and 1/2. A rough couple of years for us. Now he is the most amazing child. So kind and sweet, with a heart for worship like no other. As I watch his relationship with the Lord grow and change, I am so excited to see what God has for him. We love you Ty Ty French Fry!! Happy Birthday big guy!!!

5 little monkeys sitting on a couch!!

This past week we enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Barker's. I forgot my camera, but my Amazing friend Sam took these for me. Here is one of the few shots in existence of all of the boys together. It is no small feat to get them all to sit still for the time it takes to get a picture.

Brandon and Faith were SO cute that day. Well they are so cute everyday!!!

I will update with Christmas pictures shortly. Although, we purchased a new video camera this year so I didn't get as many still shots as usual.
As for me, I feel good. First trimester down, two to go!!! I am due July 15. We have now told the kids and they are so excited. For the first couple of days, Tyler didn't want to leave my side in case the baby came!! We finally convinced him he will not miss anything! It would be a long six months for him otherwise! Well I will be back in a few days with the Christmas pictures.

GO PACKERS!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!

Green Bay 26- Bears 7!!!!!!