Just another Manic Monday. . .

We had a great time at lunch today. We had to find a way to make it through this "Manic Monday" and we decided to bust out the camera. I took so many pictures, but these are the funniest ones. Lyla had just woken up from her morning nap and her hair is definitely proof of that. I hadn't cleaned up the boys faces yet and I thought it was great to get a few shots of their nasty lunch faces. Wonderful!! One day, they will be older and I will forget about all those "little" things that I did every day for them. I want to cherish them and get a good picture of the craziness that is our lives. Enjoy. . .

[caption id="attachment_506" align="aligncenter" width="221" caption="Cheese!!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_508" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption=""Sissy, look at the camera!""][/caption]

  

[caption id="attachment_509" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption="LOL"][/caption]

  

[caption id="attachment_511" align="aligncenter" width="574" caption="Silly Brothers"][/caption]

  

  

  

 

[caption id="attachment_514" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="What a messy face!"][/caption]

 

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption="Scary!! LOL "][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_526" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption="Deep thoughts. . ."][/caption]

  

Picture Post. . .

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Jaxon, Logan, and Jacob"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Asher, Logan, and Noah! Go Holland!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Logan, Jaxon, and Asher @ Logan & Lance bday party!"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Asher, Hannah, Hannah's dad and Ron @ the party"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Soccer Pals @ the party!"][/caption]

My dear friend, Becky, sent me these pictures and I just had to share. She is such a great mom! I wish I could get back to keeping track of my pictures. Soon! It is great that our sons are on the same teams and our husbands both coach the teams. It gives us great opportunity to get some great photos. We both click away and between the two of us, we get some great pictures. Well that is if we can get our babies (Luke, Lyla, Lauren, & Noah) to be calm enough to for us to get our cameras out. LOL  Thanks so much Becky!!! Divide and conquer! LOL

One of my worst nightmares. . .

What a weekend!! I'm not really sure how this weekend took such a terrible turn, but it took that turn VERY FAST! We had soccer games and pictures on Sat. That was so much fun. . .minus the lack of sunscreen! (of all things to forget!) We finally made it through 4.5 hours at the soccer complex and got to come home to the task of washing EVERYTHING in my house. As I was cutting Jaxon's hair, I found head lice this weekend. (stop itching your head! lol) I only found 2 adult bugs, but no eggs or nits. What a blessing!! I have never had so many panic attacks in a 24 hour period. I thought I was going to lose my mind. I did a total of 37 loads of HOT water laundry. Allen cleared every room and sprayed everything that couldn't be washed. (Again, I am so thankful that we have a small house!) We worked tirelessly for a straight 12 hours and then slept for a few hours and were up again at 6 am to start laundry again. We washed every pillow, cleaned and sprayed both vehicles, took comforters to the dry cleaners, etc. As Allen was spraying everything, I was cutting and treating the boys' hair and my own. I am so happy to have boys that look great with short hair! WOO HOO  But come on now, I didn't get off that easy. . .my hair alone took 2 hours. I was so physically exhausted that my legs just shook. I was so sick to my stomach that I couldn't even think of food. I didn't eat anything until late Sunday evening. I couldn't sleep Sat. or Sun. night. My head has sores from my continuous scratching. **Let me say, we didn't find anything on anyone except Jaxon, but as a precaution we treated everyone and everything.** 

What a sick, nasty feeling. Last night (Sun.) I had a mini meltdown with anxiety. I was so scared that he would go to school and get it again. We spent over $200 in cleaning and supplies. We COULDN'T afford to do this again. I sent a note to his teacher and asked her what steps I should take to get the class checked. She is so wonderful and called us this afternoon after school. She told us that the school nurse checked the class and everyone (including Jaxon) was clean and no lice was found. WHEW!! Thank you Lord!!! I have been a lot less stressed this evening. I am so thankful!  This is our first experience with this nasty thing. I am sad that we had to go through this, but our boys were troopers and Allen and I really worked well together. I love good ol' family teamwork!! Ok, enough of that. I can't stop itching my head. lol YUCK! :) 

This morning, Lyla had her 15 month well-check. (I know almost a month late. bummer!)She is so precious. I am still in awe of having a daughter. I must sound like a broken record, but I can't shout it from the roof-top enough. . .I'm so in love with her!! Allen stayed home today and worked from home so I could take her and spend some Mama/daughter time. I am so thankful for the times I get to have one-on-one time with any of my kids. It is so special and you can really see their personalities come shining through. Even if it was for a doctor appointment and vaccinations, I am grateful to get that bonding time. While waiting for Mrs. Tena (our doctor), she just sat on my lap and played and we sang songs. It was so wonderful. . .well until the nurse came in and gave her shots. That was a major bummer. WOW She is one tough cookie. I was so proud of her. She took them like a champ. I wish I could say the same for me. I was a mess. I think it is because of the stress of the weekend. LOL  She is perfectly healthy and wonderful! I am so thankful and blessed!! 

I haven't been able to upload any of my pictures because our desktop has completely crashed. We have another one ordered and should be here in a week or so. Allen didn't want me to install my camera programs on the laptop, so I'm just working with what I have for now. Here are a few that I took with my phone and some soccer ones from our friend Becky.  She is Ron's wife/Logan, Lance, Lauren, and Luke's mother, and a great soccer MOM! We just love them. :)

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="321" caption="Cool Man Joe finally fell asleep! He wouldn't take off the sunglasses. "][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_480" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption="Coach Ron, his son/Asher's BFF, Lance, and Asher"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_479" align="aligncenter" width="717" caption="Noah, Asher, Lance, and Coach Ron. Thanks Becky for taking these! "][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_478" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Noah Michael with his new shades"][/caption]

  

[caption id="attachment_476" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Lyla loves her new swing! :)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_474" align="aligncenter" width="384" caption="Asher with his new shades"][/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Lyla playing peek-a-boo on Easter"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_489" align="aligncenter" width="533" caption="This was from Jaxon's Kindergarten field trip. I just love his smile. Too precious! I found it on the laptop and had to post!"][/caption]

 

  

 

Happy Easter. . .

Wow, can you believe it is Easter already?! This has been such a wonderful day. Our God really provided the most incredible weather for us, didn't he?! I am just over-the-top excited. We finally decided to go and visit a new church today. After being without a church for 9 months, we decided to give it another try. A family that left CGT (Christian Gospel Temple) about the time that we moved here, (six years ago) invited us to come visit their church. We have always loved this family and come to find out they were actually neighbor to Allen's Grandparents in California years ago. So they have been family friends for years.  They are simply some of the most kind-hearted people I have ever known.  We really enjoyed the service and the time we got to spend with them. It was a different kind of Sunday, because it is the 1st Sunday of the month and Easter. Next week there will be children's church and hopefully the kids will love it.  I felt such a touch this morning. It was incredible to be in church again. I think I will just leave it at that. I only have a few more minutes before Allen is done working out and we are going to finally have a minute to talk about the day. It's been a busy one, but thankfully it has just been our family today. We decided to spend the day with each other and make memories as a family. I'm so thankful!! :)

Here are some pics from our egg hunt yesterday and some quick pictures I took this morning before church. It's been a long time since I have had to get us all ready so early in the morning. It was fun, but a little rushed. But we were NOT late!! Early actually, can you believe it?!  yay!!!

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