update

okay here is the update.
Basketball season is over. Adrian white team finished third. Mike recieved a very cool medal and is already looking forward to next years season. I will try to get him in a basketball camp this summer.
They will do the first part of his tests to get into the gifted program any day now. The school counselor does the first test and the gifted program coordinator does the second part. I asked her when they would do it and she said sometime between now and the end of the school year. I will be so relieved when it is done.
Mike has also decided to become a drag racer and is obsessed with cars these days. All I can say to him is "go talk to your dad about that" If it goes very far beyond turning the key and pushing the gas or the brake I am lost. Last night at church he started drawing pictures of the car he wants to drive someday and trying to sell them to everyone there for $1. We had a talk on the way home about how I would really like it if he didn't do that at church anymore and if he wanted to sell his pictures to maybe put them on the front of greeting cards. He thought that was a great idea and will be hitting you all up shortly to buy his cards.
Hope is the reason they invented cabinet locks and electrical outlet covers. I swear she is trying to give me a stroke some days. We have given up potty training again. I know she is ready but with the virus she had it was too hard to stay in big girl panties. I just haven't gotten the gumption up to try again. I am shooting for next Monday. I will let you know how it goes.Dora be ready for a phone call!
Her new favorite phrase is "whatever" and she rolls her eyes when she says it.
I took the kids to the Easter egg hunt that the church put on. They had this person in a bunny suit and it scared her to death! she got tons of candy and had alot of fun but when we got home
the only thing she could talk about was that BIG bunny. I was afraid we would be up all night but so far no nightmares!
Kenny is on vacation this week from his paying job. He has a list longer than my leg of things to do here so I don't plan on seeing him too much. He loves driving Hilda Honda to work everyday. He also loves his new garden tiller. He put almost as much work into it as he did into the car and it is a beautiful thing! Our garden is ready to plant any day now.
I have been very busy with stuff for the church. The kids choir is awesome. We has our first performance with seven beautiful and talented girls. I am so thankful for these girls who know what they are doing so I do not have to teach them to much. They are actually teaching me a few things. Last week we got one new girl and Mike. Hopefully next practice we will have Justin too. I dreamed last night that i got to practice and there were 100 kids there.
I have also been doing alot of reading about Emergent or Emerging worship. It has become a bit of an obsession of mine. I am going to a worship conference on it in April and cannot wait!
I have alot more to add but no more time right now!

Rock

ROCK
Michael

Hard and cold
I am everywhere.
Strong and Bold.
People tread on me.
If I'm jagged
OW!!!
Run away
crying.

it is monday again. i am an emotional person and i am an emotional eater . this is a very bad combination if you want to lose weight. that is all i have to say about that!

yesterday my boom box died.
i cried
and my hero fixed it!

i know, i know, iknow!!

okay, i know it is not monday and i am supposed to check in on mondays. but i just couldn't make it happen yesterday. so here i am to tell everyone how pitful my attempt at healthy living is going. i did manage to do 10 minutes on my elliptical trainer sunday, and yesterday i ate rasin bran for two meals( it says on the back of the box you can drop ten pounds if you do this) but i made up for it with my yummy chicken dijon last night for supper. yum!! lots of pasta and french bread, can't beat it. :-)
i really wanted to lose my ten pounds before we went to the allison krauss concert but i don't think it is possible now.oh well. kenny is so excited about this concert he is telling me everyday before bed how many days are left. i don't think he would notice if i gained ten pounds before it. he is a very happy camper these days. he drove to work today in hilda honda. he will go at three and get her inspected and then try to get her tags before he has to come home. She is almost as good as new, very shiny,new tires, new stereo and speakers, and the windshield sprayer thingys are working so no more windex bottle out the window! The best thing of all is that she smells awesome inside. he really outdid himself on this project.
i am trying a new family schedule today. after watching super nanny last night i decided it was much needed to help with the consistency she says we need to help with hope. the naughty stool really helps alot so maybe this will be the thing to get some of my sanity back.if it doesn't help i am going to send in a video and try to get on the show. let super nanny try to deal with her for a while!
so by the schedule my computer time is over. this may really suck! i will let you know how it goes next week.

monday

this has been a long long long day and i am so tired! I began my day by moving beds out so carpet could go in and ended my day by moving beds back in! i won't go into the details of what went on in between but lets just say hope was in high gear and never got to take a nap.
it wasn't pretty!
i would definatly count today as a work out day even though it wasn't on my elliptical.
i did okay with my food today and my water intake. will try to keep going tomorrow.

our valentine's was celebrated on friday. kenny got a big gold star in his crown for my surprise!
diamonds are a girls best friend!
i did ask him if i would have to wait 13 more years for the next one. :-)

church on sunday was awesome! everything sounded great, despite colds,headaches, and sore throats! the band was great the sermon was great and everything seemed to flow really well for a change. i am ready for more of the same!

mom you already know my favorite memory of hilda honda. it is definatly not when i was in labor with mike and going 113mph to liberal. it trully is a wonder that he took so long to come out after that trip!

new home for hilda

well it has started! hilda honda has begun her extreme makeover! last night she was tucked into bed in her cozy new garage home with the latest in air purifiying technology treatment. This morning first thing she had her consultation with dr. kenny. he is coming up with his plan of treatment now.he seems very optimistic about the chances for a beautiful outcome.
hilda seems very happy. i think i even saw a smile. i will keep you all posted on her progress.

monday morning

Okay girls, I really blew it last week. I am using my illness as my excuse and am on a mission to do better this week. Nothing in my closet fits right and it is making me crazy!
Today I am going to Stark to paint for mom so I will get back to my workouts tomorrow. I hope you all had better weeks.

Mike's team had thier first loss this weekend to Drexel. The score 51-12 was pretty hard for them to take, but it hasn't made him want to quit. He is determined to do better next week.
He did tell me last week that he has" been thinking of doing homeschool again next year"
HA! Over my dead body! I sometimes have a hard time keeping myself from running out to the bus and kissing the bus driver when she gets here in the morning!

quiet morning

The kids are still asleep, I have full cup of coffee, Fox and Friends is on the t.v. and Hope slept again all night! Two in a row now! I definatly feel better today!

I did it!

Okay I did it.
I am officially in blog world now, just hope I did it right!