Some Things

Well, I haven't been feeling real well for the past week or so, so it's been hard to even think about what to write on here...but here are a few random things that happened.

Since Isaac & I haven't been feeling real well, I decided to stay home from church with him while Chad took Tyler & Chloe. However, Isaac woke up pretty early so Chad took him downstairs and took care of him for most of the morning. At some point Chad came to our room to tell me that he made Isaac some ramen noodles for breakfast. My reaction wasn't very kind...(sorry Chad)...no offense to ramen noodles, I have it in my pantry for crying out loud! But the only reason I have it is for Chad to take to work and eat for "back-up" if there is nothing else for lunch that day, plus I was going to make my friends cole-slaw that calls for the noodles. The reason I was so upset was because it has no nutritional value and especially while he's not feeling well, he needs all the help he can get and ramen noodles isn't going to do it! Chad quickly went back downstairs and made some oatmeal for Isaac...(thank you honey)!

Shortly after, I got up and went downstairs. While all the kids were eating I asked Chad if we could talk in the other room for a second (to apologize for my reaction for feeding Isaac ramen noodles). Well, when we returned...Isaac spilled the remaining oatmeal out all over the place and of course, with Tyler & Chloe there laughing...he thought it was okay. He made a huge mess and daddy thought it was funny too so he took pictures.

I guess it wasn't too bad of a mess, but when you are not feeling well...everything seems like a bigger deal than it really is (at least for me)!

One more thing...

For many, many months now we've been trying to get Isaac to call me mommy and it just hasn't happen. Now he's said it many times but I don't think he's actually calling me mommy (I guess I could be wrong). Anyhow, a while back when we said "mommy", he said "daddy" and we laughed so EVERYTIME we say "say mommy" he says "daddy". Well, this morning he finally said mommy when I said "say mommy"! That made me feel so good...I made a huge deal out of it gave him a big hug and told him what a good boy he was. Then I tried it again and guess what he said...

"daddy!"

Oops, I almost forgot...Isaac has another tooth coming in this morning. That makes 14 teeth at 18 months!

My Mommy's Birthday...

Today is my mom's birthday. She turned 54...trust me, she won't mind that I put that on here. She actually thought she was turning 55 and was a little dissappointed when she found out she couldn't get the "senior discount" at IHOP until next year! That's just the way my mommy is! My mom is the best mom to her 3 daughters. She became a Christian shortly after she had me and has been loving and serving our Lord since then. There is so much I could say about my mom. She has given up her life to take care of her mom, who has alzheimers which is a full-time job in itself but she still finds time to run her little farm. Taking care of the horses, goats, chickens, dogs, cats...works a part-time job at home and still prepares the best meals I have ever eaten! I could go on and on...she is truly an amazing woman. It's so nice to be able to spend time with her. I love you Mommy and thank you for all that you do for me and your family!

For her birthday, we all went to my parents house to celebrate it. Danielle brought Rib Crib, I made the cake (it's becoming a tradition...I've been making a Tres Leches cake for the past 3 years), and Jill made her famous Iced Tea. I wish everyone could have a taste of her tea, it's the best!

Happy Birthday Mommy!

This is my mom a little over 30 years ago.
My mom on her 54th birthday!

My mom with her 3 daughters.

This is us now.

This is us then!

Mommy blowing her "54" candles out!

The best parents in the world - Mommy & Daddy!

The next best parents in the world - ha! I guess that would need to come from Isaac!

Isaac (not wanting to hold his hand), Tyler and Chad

Danielle & Chloe

Noah & Jill

Tyler, Chad & Me

Jill & Danielle showing us how to whistle

Chad wouldn't be serious with me in a picture, so I posted it anyway!

Again...

It was a great evening. We even played a game of Scattergories afterwards and laughed a lot! We actually got home and bathed Tyler & Chloe since they had school in the morning and all got to bed before midnight. I know that's late but my parents live almost 45 minutes from us so I thought we did pretty good!

Tyler, Chloe & Isaac

Isaac's 18m Pictures

It was very hard to get him to sit or stay still...but I think we finally got some cute shots that definitely show off his personality!

Chloe's 2090-2010 Pictures

Tyler's 2009-2010 Pictures

The Weekend

I am sure I won't post all of our weekends, however, this past weekend was pretty fun and eventful and took a few pictures while doing it...so I thought I'd share it.

Thursday night the Parents As Teachers Program, where I take Isaac once a week for play group, had a family night where they had a barnyard petting zoo...Tyler and Chloe were with us so all three kids had a really good time with the animals.

Here is Chloe holding "Max"...

If you look closely, Chloe is holding a little chick. The animals had it out for Isaac. The duck tried to bite him and one of the goats tried to head butt him...of course, Isaac thought it was funny...he never got hurt, thankfully!

Oh yeah, he fell in the mud while trying to play horse shoes with Tyler. It was cold and wet out there...so I am sure he was uncomfortable!

Isaac and me, after I cleaned him off. He still had mud caked on his head that I couldn't get out until his bath.

It's not very often that I get Chad in a picture...and I got several this weekend so I thought I'd share them!

Isaac was ready to go...

On Friday, we went to a Fall Festival at my parents church and my sister Jill was there doing face painting. Here is Chloe as a "Princess"

And Tyler chose Spiderman. I was very nervous about that red paint since we had pictures in the morning...but it came off!

Again, thank you Chad for getting in another picture! I love you...

Isaac on his first hay ride...even though you cannot tell - that is where we were in this picture. After the Fall Festival we all went to my parents, ate dinner, and hung out for a while and went home...late!

On Saturday, Grandma Newton took us to get pictures taken at JCPenny's. For Isaac's 18 months, and Tyler & Chloe's 2009 school pictures (we didn't like the way the actual school pictures turned out...so we thought we'd get them done elsewhere and they turned out great)!

After pictures we went to Chick-Fil-A. Then I went to Mardels to take advantage of there 25% off of the kids stuff while everyone stayed in the car. Afterwards, we spent the rest of the day at the Newtons.

I bought them these Veggie Tale figurines and they played with them all weekend. They really loved them and even asked me to take a picture of them!

Chad got sick on Saturday night...so he stayed home from church. I took everyone to church and it was an awesome service! When we got home the kids and I played games and did art projects while Chad slept on the couch. (I think it was God's way of telling him to slow down, since he won't do it on his own!).

Other than Chad gettting sick, we had a really nice weekend!