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I have a fabulous group of mommy friends, most with children within a few months in age of mine. I love them dearly. We talk about all kinds of things; parenting, our spouses, choices we make for our families. We don't all do things the same and I think that is great, I learn a lot from these Godly women in my life. As of late, the topic has been preschool. A few of us considered co-oping a preschool for our children and others felt lead to do things a little more traditionally. We ended up deciding not to do the co-op. Spread sheets were made, schools compared and now everyone is signed up for preschool for the beginning of next school year. Everyone but Eliana. We are not doing preschool next year, or maybe even ever. I have given this a lot of thought, and this is what I have come up with. These are our reasons, I don't expect my friends to make the same choice for their family. 1- I like Elie. I know other people like there kids too. I just don't feel the need to get ri...

We got a bunch of it! It's all fun and games until Matt can't get home from NYC. Oh well. At least we got to go sledding.

Who is in your family: "you are, I am, Addie, my bubas and my puppies are" Who is your favorite person: "you" What do you love to do: "Play with Addie" What don't you like to do: "Obey" What is your favorite thing to eat: PBJ pancakes and chocolate chip pancakes What don't you like to eat: "ants" What is your favorite thing to wear: Dresses What makes your angry: When you spank my buns What makes you happy? Hugging you and giving you kisses Where do you like to go: Starbucks! thats my favorite place Where don't you like to do "Go to the store, but I do like juice" What does mommy do: help Addie What does papa do: Work at California What makes you laugh: When I do this (sticks out tongue ) What do you like to do for fun?: Go to Graces house, I like to play a lot Who is your friends: Gracey , Miss Kit Why does otis bark: Because he is a puppy Who runs fastest: Otis...or bunnies What do you want to be when you gro...

Elie, Addie and I were playing on the floor. Addilyn crawled up into my lap and Elie said "Addilyn, be careful! Your squishing the baby!". "It's ok" I told her "God keeps the baby pretty safe in there". Elie thought for a second and then looked very impressed. "God is in there too? Is Jesus?".

Did you catch that? Elie is announcing that we are expecting baby #3! I haven't been to the doc yet, but I assume baby will make his/her appearance around the end of October or beginning of November. We are so excited! Yes, we "planned" this. No, we don't care if it is a boy or girl. Yes, I am still feeling ok, just need more naps.

Yes, I know, Addilyn has been one for about 6 weeks now. I was waiting until she was willing to stand by herself. Well, she is able to stand, she is just unwilling. Then she had a cold and no one want pictures of a baby with boogers all over her face, it just isn't cute. So she is now healthy and I decided to go for it! They took over 100 pictures, I would guess that over half of them she is crawling away or trying to climb on top of whatever she is next to. Regardless , here are some of my favorites.

Lesson 1: Spend less than you make In my house, we have a set income. If we spend more than what Matt makes, we have a problem, it leads to debt. Debt enslaves and in American we pride ourselves on freedom. I thought I would be done talking about politics when the election was over, apparently not. Kari and all else who's eyes just glazed over are welcome to leave the class. Bailouts. Economic Downturn. Stimulus . What would happen if the government lead by example? What if Obama issued a decree that all areas of the government must reduce cost by 20% except the areas that help provide for those in need, so that they could pay off debt? What if Obama let the company's who made bad choices and paid the executives way too much just go under? What if the government created a plan that reduced government debt over the next 4 years instead of increased it? Times are tough but we have been here before. Even in the worst times, Americans don't have it bad. We may loose our ...

My sister Steph was telling me about packing lunches for her kido's and we were discussing ideas. She was talking about her sandwich maker and I thought, "I gotta get me one of those!". After a $10 investment from Wal -Mart I am now wondering how I ever lived without this thing! It is really fast, super easy to clean and makes the perfect size items! Being GF , i have had to use something other than bread so I have used masa harina dough (1 part masa harina , one part water, roll flat and place in maker) and corn tortillas. Here are some ideas I can't wait to try: Pigs in a blanket - pancake batter and chopped up sausage in it (cooks in about 4-5 min) Omelets - 2 eggs, 1/2 c cheese and bacon (cook 3 min) Tuna cakes - 1 can tuna, 2 eggs, 1 c crushed cereal, 1/2 cup chopped onion, salt and pepper (cook 4-5 min) Hash browns - butter, hash browns or shredded potato, 1/2 c chopped onion salt and pepper (cook 3-4 min) Corn bread - corn bread mix (follow directions on b...

Lent: The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter. I dislike rules, especially rules that are deemed "for my own good". This is one of my hang ups with traditionally practiced Christianity. I think the focus is too much on "what to do" instead of the heart of the Man whom we are to emulate. I have some great friends who are Catholic. I would be a terrible Catholic and yet I am intrigued by the idea of lent. I have always seen lent as this showy kind of thing you do to prove to God that you really mean this whole "christian" thing. I have seen lent as a "rule" contrived to make you a better person. I recently read an article that challenged my thinking. Jesus spent 40 days in the dessert being tested. It was then when we could see what kind of Christ he wasn't, he was tested for our sake. The world was flooded for 40 days in Noah's time, to wa...