Well people always ask me how I get everything done in a day! For the most part there is a side of me that says stopping at any time during the day is lazy, not sure where i got this notion so form when I wake up until I finally fall asleep I am doing something, lately it has been wedding stuff, homework, substituting at the local schools, being on the booster club board,plus coaching little league and going on all the high school trips. Of course this leaves little time for sleep and no me time, this last week I was on the verge of total exhausting when I was talking with a very good friend she asked me if I had always been that responsible and that busy and as far back as I could remember the answer was yes. She asked me why? I had no idea she asked me if I thought that is was my job to do everything for everybody and I said yes, she reminded me that there are others that will step up and do things It is not my job to do everything. so with that in mind I had to give up coaching little league that made me really cry but after 12 years it is time for someone else. The next few days were so stress free it made me see how much pressure I had been putting on myself. I also have given up the boosters; I will help if they call me but not be in charge next year. I have realized in the past few days that life does not have to be on constant whirl of activity that people should be able to sit and relax and have ME time that is what I am going to do have some ME time (well right after the wedding)

Just being a parent

Well I am trying to write every month since it is almost the end of March I better hurry and write something.
When your children are little you spend a lot of time wondering when they are going to grow up and start doing things for themselves, then one day you realize that you long for the days that they wanted your opinion and your help.
The reason you have children early on in life is when you get older you have said "no" so many times that if you are not careful you will forget to tell children that are still at home "no". sometimes though you do tell them no and they do it anyway.
Teenagers are Gods way of reminding you that you were once that young and had the same conversation with your parents.
When I was younger I new it all, when I had children I somehow forgot everything and then my children knew it all, as soon as they started having children of their own I again new it all.
With only two children still at home I long for the days when we loaded up the old rickety trailer and got to the Clark county fair, those were great times with the family.
Well maybe next month I will have something profound to say.

Getting Answers

So not that anybody actually reads this but I like to write anyway.
So people who know us know that we have a child with cystic fibrosis. Years ago I prayed and prayed about her getting healed or miraculously cured and nothing ever happened at the time I wanted to give up hope and was not sure how much faith I had. After months and months of praying I finally got this feeling that things would work out so I decided not to worry so much and do what the doctors told us. Tressa is now 17 and I wonder were the years went recently we were at the doctor's office and they were saying how healthy she was and what a good job we have done raising her. I was thinking back to when she was born and realized that a miracle did happen while she was growing up. Most people might not see the miracle but it just occurred to me the other day that my prayers were truly answered maybe not in the way I wanted but in the Lords time it all works out.

Basketball in full swing

I used to tell Traci that she does not blog enough, right up until I realized that it is time consuming. We had a great holiday, but January started off with a bang. Tami is on the basketball team and I ride the bus to all the girls and boys games to do the books it is fun but I get behind on my homework. I am going to school full time and substitute a few days a week. I am in hopes to do my student teaching next year at this time. We are planning a wedding for Trina in may so that keeps me busy also. Someday I will figure out how to upload pictures to my blog.Well thats all the news until I get a few more minutes.

My first christmas blog

Well it is true we have finally gone online. Some of my children have blogs I thought it would be fun to have a family one. All the girls came home for Christmas it was nice it is fun to remember things from when they were younger and catch up on things going in each others lives.