Rocket Fishing Rod

On Friday my husband was able to go with us to a local park and help Elias with his Rocket Fishing Rod ! Elias was very excited to finally get to try it out.

Well, the short and long of it is....my husband was NOT impressed, but Elias thought it was cool.  Well, that's what really matters isn't it? When you're 7 you want to watch it ZING out with a loud pop! Elias didn't care if he caught a fish, or if it worked well, it was just cool to play with!

Here are the boys throwing rocks in the lake, The baby totally loved this game!  His aim is...well...he can throw with force, but not always in the direction he means to...so DUCK if he's around! Seriously!

It was a beautiful day, just lounging, enjoying the air, running around, feeding geese. Loving the in between cold and hotter-than-you-know-what, weather!

Math Equation

This has been hanging on my refrigerator for years now...it still cracks me up!

Crazy slowing down

Well, in my last entry I thought the week was crazy, little did I know it was just picking up!
While the big boys got through the stomach bug relatively quickly, poor Sebastian did not. Add the fact that he has a metabolic disorder, and we ended up in the hospital. 

It was very ugly.  Poor guy wasn't hydrated enough for them to find a good vein, multiple pokes later they finally got one. He was becoming acidodic, a condition they need to keep on top of with kids with metabolic disorders, as it can rapidly spin out of control.

On top of all of this you've got me...previously when my kids were hospitalized, I'm right there, taking notes, doing research, advocating etc. This time...it was a throw up thing...when I say I have a throw up phobia, I don't just mean I don't like it..I mean full blown panic attacks, massive anxiety, heart racing, no eating, etc etc etc. I had dealt with Sebastian and Elias all weekend being sick, by the time we got to the hospital I was no good to anyone. It's rather embarrassing to even admit it, because it's sooo dang irrational. I ended up in the ER our 2nd night there, from so much stress that I ended up throwing up. A nice few drugs later, life looked a little better.

Sadly, now, the stomach bug is hitting just about every family we know...so I am constantly being bombarded with the topic, and some families who don't believe in staying home with sick kids (?!?!) I'm even getting to witness it! It's truly too much in my fragile emotional state. I'm about ready to stay indoors for the next few weeks. It's affecting every aspect of my life right now, all my kids are tired of hearing about it, and I'm tired of thinking about it.  ACHHH!!!  Frustration!!!!!

If I can get a couple of weeks without the topic, without seeing it, hearing about it, witnessing it, I should be able to tone down the anxiety...so, if you know me, and you have sick kids, keep them home!  We don't want more germs and I can't handle the topic anymore!!

So, that's where we are..recovering nicely, but not wanting to get re-infected.  I'll try to write more soon!

Crazy Week

I haven't been blogging much this week..seems life was hectic for one reason or another!

I was to host a yard sale for our Statewide Homeschool Advocacy Organization, Nevada Homeschool Network, today. So, all week we've been collecting donations. It's very exciting to see all the stuff come in!

We've had our normal therapies...speech 4x a week for Elias, speech for baby, state Early Intervention speech, nutritionist and PT (for baby)...

Played at a friend's house...Brian messed around on her computer  (he should come with a warning..."I'll help you but I'll also indoctrinate you on the hazards of Microsoft and Windows"..he's so funny!).

Brian started attending a new local Japanese class...which he loved. Hopefully the mom will run the class longer...this is a short introduction try-out.

Elias had his last gymnastics class....for the moment. Because of his birthday he can not sign up for the class we've been taking any longer....too old! But all of the other classes are in the evenings...ewwww!!!  He's debating signing up for a HipHop class  (his love is street dancing!) or boy scouts.  We'll see. We're going to take a break for a little while...Nanny and Pop Pop are coming in May for the month, so it's a good time to rest!

Had 2 parents meetings for different groups...I lead the mentoring at both which I LOVE  but the meetings both in the same week is sometimes good (get it over) but sometimes bad (being gone 2 nights in one week!).

Dealt with major allergies...mostly me, at the beginning of the week.

And then the little guys got sick Thursday night..not sure if food poisening or a tummy bug, but it was not fun. We're still recovering from that!

Needless to say, I had to postpone our yard sale...so I can collect more donations! We'll do that next weekend!

Wowsers! Maybe it'll be more fun next week!

Playing with a new look

Hey all,

In case you didn't notice...we're playing with a new look!  Allison, over at  Mission Field Designs  is helping me create "a look" ! Very exciting! While I know old style HTML, the newer CSS and others are beyond my scope. And, Brian knows them well, but hates fiddling with images. Oh, I'm so excited to have a cohesive look, matching header, and more !Yeah! Keep coming back to check it out, hopefully you'll love it too!

You might be misrepresenting God if...

I happened upon this Blog Post and thought it SOOOO thought- provoking and so Where I Am (or, where I try to be, and need to be!!), that I had to share!  Hope it is meaningful to you.

You Might Be Misrepresenting God If…

November 24th, 2007 by Steve Sensenig

n the spirit of that great theologian, Jeff Foxworthy, I present to you some rambling thoughts in my head, all completed by the phrase "you might be misrepresenting God"…

• If your message is not filled with hope, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you tell people that they need to come to you to understand the message of scripture, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that "being real" means talking more about the wind and waves in your life than about the One who calms the storm, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that people who don't attend a Sunday morning meeting are outside of God's covering and protection, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that sickness, financial problems, hurricanes, broken bones, auto accidents, and terrorist attacks are all tools of God "to teach you something", you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that a person can't live above their circumstances and walk in peace and victory, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that someone is not being real unless they tell you they're struggling with some huge temptation, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the only legitimate types of prayer for a Christian are prayers of lament, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you tell someone who is experiencing the peace and joy of the Lord to "hang on, your turn is coming", you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that only "properly authorized leaders" are capable of serving communion or baptizing others, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that Christianity is best represented by a set of propositional statements and/or a systematic theology, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If your message does not lead to freedom, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the Father doesn't speak to his children in various ways, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that America is "God's chosen country" and that everything America's foreign policy represents is ordained by God, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the Republican party is "God's party, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that religion and Christianity are compatible, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that you can only "cooperate" in ministry and missions with people who have been baptized by a pastor in your same denomination, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that true Christianity is only represented by a particular denomination or systematic theology, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If your belief in Christ does not manifest itself in living the life that Christ commanded us to live, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that you are more capable of articulating what someone else believes than that very person is capable of doing, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, freedom to the captives, and walking to the lame were only for first-century "verification of the message", you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that the only legitimate way to articulate one's belief in God is found in a 4th-century statement, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that our main responsibility in relationship to God is to study the Bible, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that "everyone needs to have a pastor", you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that leaving the institutional church is what the writer of Hebrews meant when he wrote, "Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together", you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that a relationship with God means that you will accept or reject certain styles of music, certain hairstyles, certain beverages, or hanging out with certain people, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you think that Jesus turned water into mere grape juice, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that a particular translation of the bible is the only inspired version, you might be misrepresenting God.
• If you believe that one's beliefs about baptism, bible translation, rapture timing, tongues, or a particular interpretation of Genesis 1-2 are absolute essentials to salvation and/or fellowship, you might be misrepresenting God.

computer woes

So, I get up this morning to this

I'm thinking, WHAT DID THAT KID DO TO MY COMPUTER?!?!

Ok, I restart my computer. Everything will be fine.

My mouse won't work! Why wont it move?!?! Darn thing, whole computer's falling apart! 

I pick up my mouse and notice a piece of post it is stuck on the bottom, un-enabling it to move.  Ok..my desk is sort of paperfilled, stupid cats must have gotten on my desk (they're not supposed to, but overnight who KNOWS what they do!)  NOW it'll work.

But it's still not...it's moving, but very weird, like with a trail of arrows falling it. And nothing I click on is working. I have to like double click on hit Open In A New Window.  What the heck did the boy do to my computer? What program did he have to download on MY computer now?  He's never allowed on my computer again!  WHy is he on mine anyway, he's got his own!

Restart stupid thing, see if it's any better.

SOMEHOW I get to my mail, but like half the letters are missing in my titles and subject lines.  And I still cant open a message without opening a new window.

I give up, someone better go get that boy out of bed to tell me what silly program he downloaded and get it OFF MY COMPUTER!

Of course, the whole time I'm screaming  WHAT THE HECK?!?!  WHAT?!?!  MAN!   WHAT THE HECKKKKKKKKKK.

These are all my thoughts through this very frustrating 15/20 minutes of wasted time! I HATE wasting time!

Dear beautiful son walks in with a smile, very unlike a child who has just been hauled out of bed and knows he has done something wrong....sits at my computer and basically says, "it's a screensaver, April Fool's".

Little S*&^  !!!  Duh!  It never crossed my mind!  He is a prankster of the uber kind! Look at what all he did!!

• Switched the mouse button preferences
• Turned on mouse trails
• Switched keyboard layout to Dvorak  (so anything I type, its the wrong letters!)
• Put the Blue Screen of Death Screensaver on
• Added the Total Confusion Combo Pack firefox extenstion  (ohmygosh you have to read what all this does! It's INCREDIBLE!  You still have time today to add it to your loved one's computer!! I didn't keep it installed long enough to think I was crazy, thankfully!
  

Happy April Fools Day!