brax in costume

here is brax. i couldn't leave him out today:) i will post one soon of all of them together!

happy halloween ya'll!

2 of the 3 in costume

Bronson the Superman

Braylon the Cookie Monster


Shelly and the whole crew

I will post Braxton later. Once I get his picture!

i think i am going crazy

or maybe i have already gone!

a couple of reasons why i think so................

Crazy #1: last night after the frederick's left my house. i went into the boys bathroom to hang up a towel and there was these little black thin looking "bugs" all over in my bathtub. YUCK, i know! so i got to examining them and if you looked at them long enough your eyes willed them to move. EWW! so i got down on my knees to rinse the tub out and guess what it was..... come on andrea, you should know........colby's hair!!! he had gotten his hair cut earlier and when he washed his hair all those little black hairs looked like "little black thin bugs" in my tub! call me crazy!

Crazy #2: i have talked about this with andrea (i think) before. but here it is! last night when i was laying in bed my stomach does this little feeling thing. it actually felt like a baby kicked inside of me. this has happened to me several of times and it is always so weird. now i know for certain that i am not pregnant, but does anyone else ever have that feeling? if you have never had a baby before you wouldn't know what i am talking about but it truly and honestly feels like a baby kicking! it doesn't happen very often, but it does happen!

so there you have it folks my crazy side! tell me some crazy things about you !!!

what are you going to be?

since tomorrow is halloween just wanted to know what everyone and their little kiddos are going to be!

braxton- mizzou football player or a hunter, he hasn't decided yet.
bronson- superman (wow)
braylon- mookie monster (cookie monster). i bought the cookie monster costume when braxton was 2. he wore it, bronson wore it and now braylon gets too. i love the costume. i am not too sentimental on keeping a certain outfit, shirt or whatever, but i can't sell this one! i love it too much and all 3 boys wore it. i know you can't believe it andrea:)

i am not sure what i am going to be yet.

we will be trick or treating tomorrow night and then on saturday night we are going to memphis to a party. the adults are doing a haunted trail for the kids. i can't wait to scare them!!!! i love scaring people:D

so happy halloween to all you ghosts and goblins............

What a day!

election work, answer phone, election work, answer phone, election work, answer phone, election work, answer phone..................................

get my drift????

What an AWESOME feeling

I can't even explain the feeling I had yesterday.....

I woke up around 6 because I was just so anxious. I finally just got up and started piddling around the house. I didn't think it was EVER going to be time for Church. The message was great and the songs just made me so emotional. I don't know if it was b/c I knew what was coming or just everything all together. There were so many people there cheering me on. Thank you to all of you! You know who you are.

I can't even begin to express how I felt. I was nervous, scared, proud, anxious and happy all rolled into one emotion. Someone asked me "how do you know you are ready". And I all I could tell them was, YOU JUST KNOW! I can't explain it. I feel so much better. I am anxious to become a part of the Church family and to have my family grow too. So thanks for the Welcome Aboard Church Family:) Also thanks to my mom and dad for the beautiful bracelet, Andrea for the bible and Corin for the bible cover. It was very thoughtful of you guys to get me something.

A little funny to go along with yesterday. When Andrea went back to help me get ready she was getting the robe ready for me and you know how a bridesmaid gets underneath your dress and gets it all bunched up so she can put the dress over your head? well that is what she was doing but was having trouble then she says "oh wait they are shorts" it was so funny. one of those things you had to be there, but i needed that laugh right then. i wish we could have had a picture of her trying to get it ready for me. so thanks andrea for the laugh and for everything thru this little journey i have taken! very much apprecitaed:)

WOW! WHAT A GREAT FEELING THAT WAS!!!!!!!

Baptized

It is a go! I am getting baptized on Sunday. I will share pics on Monday:)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Some Braylon funnies

* the other night we were laying in bed just talking-
me: do you like your mommy
braylon: no
me: WHAT?
braylon: me don't like you , me love you:)

** i decided i need to take a bath the other night because i was so cold. he thinks coming into the bathroom while i am trying to relax and enjoy some peace and quite is a lot of fun. well i had my arms laid up on the edges of the tub and he started tilting his head and getting really close to my pits. he said "dirty mommy". he thought my little black stubbles in my pit was dirt. too funny!

*** he has started doing his prayers at night! it is so cute. i am going to have to tape it and post it sometime. dear dod- thank you for mommy, daddy, braxton, bronson, grandma dianna, da, grandma teresa, grandma orene, grandma margie, grandma bette, mommy, daddy (and this is where i stop him and say.... and braylon) and he says and me! MAMEN

Take 1.........Take 2...........Take 3..............

Well here they are. Let me know what you think and which one/ones are your favorites! I am really happy with them and I think my dad did a GREAT job!

Thanks Dad!

I just had to share this one b/c look at Braylon! He is just being so ornery and I just love it:)

What did God do on the 7th Day?

Today on the way home from Kirksville I told Bronson that they were to wear their pajama's to Sonlight tonight. I said they were going to watch a movie too. I said do you know why. NO. I said well what did God do on the 7th day? He said "make pajama's." I couldn't help but laugh because it was so funny. I preceded to tell him that he rested on the 7th day and that is why they got to wear their pj's. This kid is SOOOO funny!

Just had to share:)

One family picture....more to come

Here is one of the pictures that my dad took. He has been busy this morning and has had time to get one done with his magic touches. I like it, but he hasn't done my favorite one yet:) Just thought I would share!
Also, I have talked to Steve and I am going to meet him and Chad at the Church on Thursday after work to talk to them about getting baptized! I am hoping to do it on Sunday. I don't mess around:) When I am ready to do something I get right on it:) Thanks Jenn for all the "talks", I appreciate it!

family pictures

my dad just took our family pictures. i am hoping they turn out good. dad is going to do his magic to them and then i will share them with you. they look good but i know they will look better once he does his magic:)

stay tuned......

Tagged!

Man there is a lot of work to "tagging". I don't want to be a spoil sport so here it goes:)

Here are the rules to enjoy the fun:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

1. I often wonder when I die if I will have lots of people attend my visitation/funeral and if I will receive lots of flowers and memorial money. I know.... Morbid!

2. I have a hard time understanding why people think they are "better" than someone. I get very irritated and mad when people make you feel like you aren't as good as them, ex. they have a bigger/better house, the "best" husband, the "best" kids, the "best" car, the "BEST" of everything. They may think they do, but to have it shoved in my face it really irritates me.

3. I often look at my husband and kids when they are sleeping and get this envision of them looking like that when they are laying in a casket. I HATE IT! I must have some terrible obsession with dying.

4. I look at my teeth after everytime I eat to make sure I have nothing in them. I think this is because when I had braces food got stuck in them really bad so I got obsessed with making sure I don't have anything in them and I still do it. Crazy! I had braces 16 years or so ago.

5. I take more than one (like several) toothpick in a pkg from Pizza Hut. I think this has something to do with my obsesssion above. I want to make sure I always have a toothpick handy and I don't want it dirty.

6. I am getting really close to getting baptized. I am so excited about it.

7. I can't stand dirty dishes! Ask anyone that eats at my house. I usually have all the dishes that I used to cook with either cleaned or put in the dishwasher before I sit down to eat. YUCK!!!

here it goes blog friends! i don't know if i have seven friends to tag b/c they have all been tagged already! so if you haven't been tagged previously, you are now:)

hog winner

sorry i forgot to tell everyone who the big winner was. sadly it wasn't anyone we knew, but at least someone won, right?

THE WINNER WAS RANDY DANIELSON! Sorry it wasn't any of you guys. Maybe next time:)

Kids say the funniest things

The following is about my niece Gabrielle in Florida and her conversation with her mom:


Gabrielle said a boy in her class accused her of something she didn’t do. Finally, I said just ignore him. She said, “I didn’t know what kind of words I would ignore him with.”

I thought that was so cute. Kids are always thinking but sometimes just don't know how to express it:)

I am working all day today. I have done really good and haven't gotten really tired. I am starting to slow down but I am going to stick it out until the end of the day.

I hope everyone's week is going great. It is almost over and I know most of you are glad but to me it feels like the week is just getting started. I am sure since I don't work everyday or all day everyday might have something to do with it. I am hoping that next week I can come back full time. I have lots to do to get ready for the big day, 19 days and counting! I am so sick of hearing about the election that I could puke! I am still very much undecided. I don't know if I will ever make up my mind, even on election day. I guess I just need to pray and ask for God's guidance on this issue. I really need it.

tired? not sure!

a crazy weekend it was. i think i might have over done it. i went to bed at 8:30 the last two nights. sat night i went right to sleep but last night i was tossing and turning until about 9:30. my stomach hurt reallly bad last night. it was the inside of it that hurt. it felt like it was burning and pulling apart. not sure why, but i bet it had to do with pulling weeds at the ballfields. we had work day at the ball fields yesterday and let me tell you, it looks better. not too many people would notice the "little, but big" things that we did, but i do so that makes me happy.

i am really excited to go to memphis tonight. we are getting together with some of the other Stixx traveling baseball families. we are going to eat pizza, draw for the hog (and that is why i am so excited), talk about our plans and expectations for the team and BS! i am really hoping that the winner is someone that we sold to. i will let you know tomorrow who the BIG winner is:) jared and i didn't buy any tickets b/c we didn't think it would look too good if we won it but someone else bought some tickets and put our names on them, so if we win i am not sure what we will do. probably put it aside and draw another name. that would only be fair, right?

on another note...............

i have been attending church at the lancaster christian church for the past month. i am really liking it and hoping that braylon is getting more used to the idea. the fourth sunday was a little bit easier. braxton and bronson have been going to sonlight and love it and i think are going to start going with me to services more often. but the reason i am talking about this is b/c of me and my faith. i have always believed but have never found a church that i love, not that i was looking very hard. but the past 2 sundays something has really drawn me in. i am not sure what it is. when the preacher talks about coming down front at the end of his service really has me. i want to go but then i think, should i? i want to! so i am thinking really hard on when is the right time? i know they say when you are ready it will all just fall into place. i wonder in my head what will people think of me when i go down front. now i am not a shy person, but for some reason this is a HUGE step for me and i want to make it perfect! it is the weirdest feeling when he welcomes you to come down there. i get goose bumps and tears in my eyes and wonder do i go? now? when? so, help me guys!

i feel better getting that off of my chest. i have been thinking about it for a week now.

better run. need to take a nap so i will be in tip top shape for my big evening:)

shot

went to the dr and everything is looking good. i got my first of two shots. they gave it to me in my stomach. yeah, ouch! although they did put an ice pack on my stomach for 5 minutes to numb it so the shot itself didn't hurt. once the numbing wore off it got sore.

i can drive now!!! yeah! look out gas prices will be going back up since i will be back on the roads.

my pathology report was good. it was all endometrious. she said it was definitely something that needed to be done. so i am glad i did it now.

just thought i would update everyone on my doctor visit. see ya.

Mohawk

This is how Bronson came home on Wednesday. He went with my grandma to the beauty shop and Linda Day said that she would fix him up so noone would even notice his new hair cut. He thought it looked pretty cool:)

I have to go to the Dr today. Hopefully everything will be going good. I didn't feel the greatest yesterday but today I am feeling much better.

Happy Friday to everyone and I hope you all have a great weekend. We have a very busy weekend. Tomorrow is soccer, baby shower and flag football. Sunday is church, work day at the ball fields and a pumpkin carving party. Fun filled weekend!

Barber Bronson

last night bronson decided he needed a hair cut. he is right he needed one, but he didn't need to do it himself! i thought he had been in the shower an awful long time so when i went to check on him he was up on the counter in our bathroom just cutting away! now i know every kid does this, but this is my kid that did it:) he only got one side of his bangs done when i caught him in the act. we left it the way it was and told him that he couldn't wear a hat or hood. this is his punishment. i don't think he really cared at the time b/c he thought it looked good. but this morning he had his hat on and tried putting his hood on. we aren't getting our hair cut until thursday night so we will see how much he likes his hair cut then.

i am feeling better. monday was not a very good day for me. my throat was hurting so bad that i had jared take me to the dr. my sinus infection was just getting worse. they put me on a different antibotic and i feel much better today. i had a fever monday and tuesday and didn't feel like doing anything but laying around. i went to wal-mart today with dianna kinney, thanks dianna! i needed a few things and basically just needed out of the house. i am now at my mom and dads checking up on all my emails and everyones blogs. and yes i drove to town! i know i am not suppose to but what does it hurt to just drive to town?

better run, need to go home and take a nap. my wal-mart trip wore me out. funny how being down for a week wears you out.

HOME!

well, i am home as of yesterday. thanks to everyone that called, stopped by, sent flowers or has already brought food. it is greatly appreciated! it is great to have such good friends and family. it looks like andrea updated her blog about me but for those of you that don't read her blog i will tell you about it....

my surgery took 2 1/2 hours instead of an hour and half. the doctor said it was worse than she had anticipated. i had a lot of endometrios, a tumor on my left ovary and a chocolate cyst on my bowel. they sent both of them off to pathology to make sure they are ok, but she was almost certain that they would be fine. i had told her that i wanted to keep my ovaries but if she got in there and there was something wrong with them then to take them. i had originally had problems with my right ovary so you can imagine my surprise when they told me they had taken my left ovary. she said of everything in there that my right ovary looked the best. i have to go in friday for a check up and to get my first shot. i have to have 2 shots that will last 3 months each. the shot is to make sure the endometrios doesn't come back. the shots will put me into menopause for 6 months. i am real excited about that. but i really don't want the endometrios to come back. also, my bladder was growing into my uterus. not sure how that works but that is what they said. i had a lot of pain the first day and night. i woke up at 1:30 on Thursday morning in a lot of pain. i thought maybe i just needed to get up since i had been laying in that bed forever. when the nurse came to get me up i told her that i was really shaky and that i felt like i had gotten behind on my pain medicine. which i knew i hadn't because i had been hitting it a lot. well come to find out my iv for my pain medicine had fallen out and i hadn't been getting any pain medicine. no wonder i was hurting. once i got some pumped into me i started feeling a lot better. i am doing very good for everything i have just been thru. i am really glad that i went ahead with the surgery. because who knows what it would have been like if i would have waited. God was looking out for me. i went to bronson's soccer game this morning and then to braxton's flag football game this afternoon. a lot of people wondered why i was out and i told them i was just going to sit at home so i might as well sit at their games and watch them. i am more sore tonight than i was last night so hopefully i didn't overdue it today. anyhow, thanks again for all the prayers and for just thinking about me. i love all of you:)

i am going to try and talk jared into getting a computer. this sitting at home without one is for the birds. i should have thought of that sooner, then i would have maybe had one now!

i will hopefully be back on here soon to blog. i have really missed reading everyones blogs! have a great rest of the weekend and i will be in touch.....