After math of the flood.

Ok. So today I had all the windows open, the fans going, the doors open but the whole house stinks like mildew/mold/must It's so bad in the 2 bedrooms that we moved Carsyn into Corbyns and Coles room. His room didn't get wet so it smells fine. Chad and I will be sleeping in the living room. Our Landlord is Usually here on Sundays so we're going to ask him how long he thinks it will be before something happens. We're thinking about asking about a hotel or something. It's so bad here.

Anybody Wanna Go Swimming?

Yep this is my living room thanks to a big storm that moved through and a storm drain that apparently doesn't drain fast enough. This is how high the water was when I decided to put the camera away. It came in a few more feet before it stopped. I didn't take a pic of my bedroom but my closet and Carsyn's closet looked about the same. The water nearly reached our bed. My good neighbor went and got a shop vac and helped me vacuum up the lake so it could some what start to dry. My land lord isn't a happy camper. His office had about a foot of water lol. I don't think anything got really damaged in our apt. the only thing that got wet was the tv stand feet, the bottom of carsyns toy rack, and some shoes

Camping Trip

Ok so our Camping trip didn't quite go as planned. We had a great time though. We wanted to leave here Monday night after Chad got off (7pm) But I got so busy during the afternoon that we weren't quite ready to go. So on Tuesday we planned to leave in the morning but we kind of played it lazy and didn't get out of here until noon. So we get up there and we had a pretty good time just sitting around. Then the evening came It took me a while to get the younger boys to sleep but after that battle I went out and sat by the fire with Chad. Thn Chad and I "tired" to go to bed lol...Corbyn had a rough night so between Cole and Corbyn we probably only got 1 hour of sleep. It was still dark out when Chad said "I think it's morning" I asked him why he thought that. and he replies " I can hear the birds waking up" Sure enough morning was here. So since Chad is such a sweet heart he got up with Cole and let me sleep. So then we just sat around all afternoon. We drove a trail in the truck. Cole was pretty mad all day because apparently I have to bring my rocking chair and I didn't. So that evening we were getting dinner ready in the dutch oven and we saw some dark clouds to the East. but it looked like they were going to miss us like they did the night before. We started to wonder if we should just head home a night early because Corbyn had had such a rough night. And our tent we know for a fact doesn't hold out water. So we decided to go ahead and pack up and then leave after dinner. Well then we heard Thunder and the winds changed so we rushed and got everything in the truck and just as we started falling the tent it started raing pretty hard. So we just threw it in and headed out. We had all of us including the dog in the front of Chads little pickup. When we got home we put the dutch oven in the oven to warm it back up lol. Then we watched episodes of the Office. It was a great few days off.

Happy Fathers Day Chad!

Just a quick note to let you know how much the Boys and I love you, and all that you do for our Family.

The Boys and Their Bears

The boys have always loved their Build a Bears. It started when Chad and I got Carsyn one just because he is spoiled. Then when Corbyn was born, Carsyn wanted to build him one, and the same with Cole. They sleep with them and play with them. It truly is fun and I'm glad that we're able to do this for our boys.

Guest Book.

Ok, So I'm just kind of wondering who reads my blog. I know I have a few regulars. But I think I also have a few lurkers :) Just for my own curiosity If you come across my blog would you please post a comment to this thread just to say hi? I think It will be fun to see.

Have a Happy Day!

Carsyn's School Report.

In Carsyn's history lesson he was to do a report like he was repoting the news. This is what we came up with. We had to mail it to his school.

Corbyn is growing up so fast. Chad and Carsyn always enjoy a nice bike ride together and Chad usually hooks up the bike trailer and drags Corbyn along. Well the tire was flat on the trailer so Corbyn didn't get to go :( He was pretty upset about it. So when they got back from their ride we took Corbyn to walmart and got him is own little bike.

Our kids are SOOOO SPOILED!

Wide Eyed!

Ok he looks pretty silly in this picture but I thought it was so funny.

He is such a happy boy.

I love Saturdays

Saturday is the one day the I force myself to clean. I clean thru out the week but it's just normal everyday day stuff like laundry, dishes. and putting toys away. But on Saturdays I break out cleaning agents, put on my rubber gloves and work at it as much as I can. And don't think I'm wonder women because there are some Saturdays that I just make it look exceptable. My Goal every Saturday is to make the house smell better and clean by the time we go to bed so when we wake up on Sunday Morning I turn on some Sunday music and I'm able to feel the spirit in my home. It helps a lot with reverance at church, and just makes the day peacful.
Cleaning the house can be so full filling. At the end of the day I feel so accomplished. It's uplifting and gives me a sense of self worth. I reccomend it to everyone. Even if you just get 1 room "done" It will motivate you to do more the next week. It helps to get the kids on board as well. Carsyn can do pretty much whatever he wants on Saturday mornings but around 3 or so I start singing the Saturday song and he know's it is time to jump in and get all the toys picked up and his room clean. He loves to sing the song with me as we work together. It's such a simple principle to teach him about keeping the sabbath day. He knows once the toys are put away he doesn't see them again until Monday. I want to Challenge anyone who will accept to pick one room next Saturday and Clean it until you cannot think of anything else to clean in the room. If the item doesn't have a place then do you reall need it? Good luck!