Trying to Take Things Easy

Wish I could sleep like Ryan

Do We Look Alike

Me an Ashlyn
Samantha and Ryan

This is my oldest daughter and I with the babies...do my daughter and I resemble each other???

Since I had posted pictures of my sons I decided to post one of my oldest daughter...do not have a current one of my youngest daughter...we have not seen or heard from her in over six weeks. Very long story there most of it is in posts on my Cafemom account.

I get to see my mom this weekend finally...I will try to take pictures of some of the pages of the scrapbook before I take it down to her and post them here as well.

One Week

Some of the people that I have had at my house this weekend
My second son T.J.

I am sitting here at work trying to get the time to post something because I know that once I get home I will not be able to do much on the computer. So far everything that I had planned for this weekend is still not done because my plans got blown out of the water when my husband returned from WI a full half day before he was supposed to and so there went my plans for those hours when I could do what I wanted to do.

With my oldest son and his family at my home and then my other son and his family coming over the noise level has been really bad. This has kept Ashlyn and Ryan in an uproar and has destroyed all of their sleep and eating habits. I will get into the vent about different parenting styles later. Suffice it to say my two daughter-in-laws married my sons and they have their own style of parenting and I do not interfere in their parenting (I made them both a promise that I would not interfere before their children were born). So, I think that they should let me parent/raise the two babies that I have custody of without interfering.

I have more pictures to post to this later tonight after my oldest son and his wife go out to dinner and a movie while I babysit my oldest granddaughter.

I still have to finish my mom's scrapbook because we are going to Arkansas this weekend to see her. Nothing much got done on it and I really want to get it done so I can take it to her.

End of Day 6

The first picture is of the grandchildren.Me and my oldest son, Robbie

Well, I had all but one of my children here today...I also had all five of the grandchildren here at one time...Trying to get a picture of them with me and my husband was not fun...there is always one who does not want to cooperate.

My son and his family got here around 2 in the morning...I got approximately 2 hours sleep...I got a hours nap this afternoon...hopefully I will get to go to bed early tonight because I need some sleep before I have to work tomorrow...My other son came over from Mt Vernon, MO with his family and so the house was very noisy for most of the day. I am so tired I cannot think straight. I will post more tomorrow from work and add more pictures tomorrow night after I get home.

5th Day

Ashlyn decided to prove to us that she could still use the walker...even though Ryan is the one who is using the walker now. She climbs in on her own and can even climb out if we are not watching her.

Dale got back to MO around 8:47 this morning and Robbie, Dawn, and Naia should be arriving around midnight. Dale knocked down the "No Parking on this Side of the Street" sign when he was trying to back their moving truck into our drive way...I wish I had had the video camera going for that one.

Fourth Day

Pictures of Ashlyn and Ryan wearing a hat that Samantha found while cleaning her room. Ryan thinks it is so cool and funny to wear a hat and Ashlyn thinks that she is the cutest thing ever while wearing the hat.

Well, my hubby is in WI on his way back...driving the moving van with my son's belongings in it...his older brother went with him...he should be back home late tomorrow afternoon and my son should arrive about the same time...according to my son the moving van can only travel at the speed of 55 in IL...so that is why it will take my husband longer plus he has to drop his brother off at his home.

I had to work today and again the person that covers the shift after I leave was ill and did not come to work. There is no way I could put in a ten hour day and then come home and have to take care of the kids so we closed the office again at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. The boss was not too happy about it...when my hubby is home and able to be with the kids I do not mind staying until ten (Friday's are one of the days of the week that he has off).

Day 3 Of My Life

Mikey, Robbie, Bill

& Naia

October 2008

As you can see the Christmas tree is still up in the living room because we are waiting for my son from Wisconsin to get here this weekend. He will be staying a few days before he and his family complete their move to Arkansas. Also above is a picture of my son and my two younger brothers when my son was down in Arkansas in October when he had to preach one Sunday so that the church could do a vote on whether or not to accept him as a youth pastor. That is my oldest granddaughter in the cheerleader outfit that she wore for her first time to go trick or treating (she had never gone before). I am so excited to be seeing my son in a few days and I cannot wait for him and his family to get here. He is my oldest son.

So we are busy cleaning and disinfecting (because of the kids stomach flu) so that we will be ready for their visit.

I also have to find time to work on and finish the scrapbooks that I have for my mom, brothers, and sisters for their Christmas gifts.