Macie cracks me up!!!

This is one of Macie's favorite nursery rhymes. There is never a day that goes by that she does not make us laugh! Although many of those times are when she is being ornery!

Baptism

Yesterday was such a special day for our family! Ella was baptized by her daddy! What a neat example of God's love! On November 1st she asked Jesus into her heart in our church parking lot. At the young age of 6 I have seen how God really has changed her life. It has been amazing!

The background story of Ella asking Jesus into her heart...
       When she was 3 we were driving in the car and talking about Jesus and asking Him into her heart. I said that when we die we get to go to Heaven. Wrong thing to say. She was convinced that if she asked Jesus into her heart she would die. She was terrified of that. As she has gotten older some of her friends have asked Jesus into their hearts and, amazingly enough, are still alive. :)

So that night at church we were walking to the van and she out of the blue said she was ready to ask Jesus into her heart. I was stunned! So James and I talked to her a little and she was ready so we prayed together right there. It was such an unbelievable feeling! I was more excited then she was I think. Yesterday she was baptized by her daddy. Another sweet moment! She was very excited! There is nothing that compares to knowing your child will spend eternity in Heaven!

Creative Week

Whew! This week I feel I have not sat still. I have made 2 birthday cakes, made a pair of pants, burp rags and cute hot chocolate holders for teacher gifts. I have always said that I am so NOT creative...and I still don't consider myself creative because I steal ideas from others...but this week has boosted my esteem. And I have had fun!!! I even spent the majority of my day today with 5 other ladies doing crafty stuff. Never thought I would see the day. On the schedule for next week? Macie's halloween costume...the spider that frightened Miss Muffet away! Pictures to come!

Creative Kids

My kids love to be creative. I love that. I let them make carmel apples recently and oh my! What a mess. But they had a blast. They got to put sprinkles and gummy worms all over them. Then eat them. Yummy! That was the best part!

Ella is my ultra artsy kid. She wants to be an artist when she grows up. I will support her 100%...especially since I have not one creative ounce in my body! One way she really enjoys expressing her creativity is through "photography." I love how in these pics she was even using different angles to take a pic, like laying on the ground with the camera straight in front of her. You never know what she is going to do next!

Halloween

Well, tonight we went trick-or-treating. What a work out! First we had jack-o-lantern shaped pizza for dinner...yum. Then the girls got dressed. Ella was the Dorothy...yeah she was cute. And Macie was the cutest Tinkerbell! Of course I went to take pictures and yeah, my battery was dead on my camera...Good one, Mom. We went to the church for Trunk or Treat. I am sad to say but it was not a good turn out. (It was also the Belton/Temple football game so that cut down a lot on attendance.) We then came back and trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. We went with our next door neighbors. It was a lot of fun. My favorite part was have our 2 year olds with us. Macie, Dakota and McKenzie were soooo cute! They were really getting into walking up and getting candy. They were so cute and would get so excited no matter what they got.

I was annoyed with the "big" kids that would come by. They were obviously a little too old to be trick-or-treating, but I guess they were having fun. Overall it was a fun night, but I am exhausted. I am going to read my book and go to sleep.

Pumpkin Patch

On Tuesday night, we went to the pumpkin Patch and took some very cute pics!!

Rough Day

Today has been a rough day. I love my husband so much and I love being a mom. There is nothing in my life I have wanted to do more than have my own children and stay at home with them. I love it so much! This week I started keeping 2 other kids. Emme is 13 months and Paxton is 4 months. It has added quite a lot to my plate, but it is fun. However, the only time I leave the house is for about 15 minutes to go get Pam from school. I get cabin fever easily. James, on the other hand, is gone all day and when he gets home he doesn't want to do anything. Today our personalities clashed. I struggle with feeling that it is my job to do all the cleaning, fixing meals, dressing children, laundry, and discipline of the kiddos.

I told James today that I needed to go to Target for a break. I didn't ask him to come with me. But when I said this, his replied, "Put the girls down for a nap and go." That was fine, I was planning to do that, but that he had to tell me to do that instead of just saying ok rubbed me the wrong way. Then I was trying to clean up lunch, the table, do the dishes, change laundry around and Macie was going potty...and then poop...in her potty. I asked J to help her and got an, "ugh" from him. Why was this so hard for him to do? He was "spending time" with Ella watching tv and playing on his phone. Was it so hard for him to clean up after Macie?

When I confronted him calmly later about this, he turned all around on me being moody. I wasn't. He tells me how much he has going on with church and school. And I know he is busy...I do. But when he is at home and wants to "relax" that is fine. I am all for that. I just need him to also be a dad. And I am not sure how I can talk to him about this without making him mad, but helping him understand how I am feeling. So the rest of the day has been very tense because he thinks I am telling him he is a horrible person. NOT TRUE. I don't think that. I just need a little help with the kids or around the house. So that has been my day.