Priorities

My priorities got a little out of order. I have noticed over the past 2 or 3 months I have stopped praying with my kids at night. I had school 2 nights a week and so Daddy would take over and some nights we would get home too late and they were already asleep and sometimes I would be just too tired and after a while we were not praying together at all. SAD. So I am kicking it into high gear. This week every single night, even if we got home at 10 pm, we have still gone over our prayer list and have prayed together. And guess what I can already see a difference in Melody's attitude and both of them have been fighting less. I am also going to officially make Wednesday nights as our Bible study , While Glenn is at Strengthening Families. We had done this a couple of times but I know it's way important to continue every week.
My Priorities are in this order:

1. My relationship with God
2. My relationship with my family
3. My relationship with the people around me
4. My Job
5. School
6. Extra curricular activities

50 things I want to do this summer!

50 things I want to do this summer in no particular order.

1. daily morning walks
2. make a ninja movie with Mel and Blake
3. plan out a years worth of preschool curriculum
4. go to the park
5. go camping
6. go hiking
7. take the boat out
8. paint rocks
9. decorate Blake's room
10. make butterfly chandelier
11. sew some barbie clothes (with Mel)
12. make a water wall
13. have lots Bar-B-Q's
14. eat watermelon
15. roast marshmallows at home
16. read a good book just for fun
17. make a sea life ice sculpture
18. find a great daycare helper(if Glenn gets his job)
19. play in the sprinklers
20. relax
21. cuddle with Blake and Melody
22. put in drawer liners in kitchen
23. cut stuff with my cricut
24. loose 20 pounds (this is a wish list right?)
25. make some play do
26. paint Melody's picture frame and fix her curtains
27. go yard selling
28. eat corn on the cob
29. make shaved ice
30. find more music, ocean, outer space, sports, and pirate books
31. get summer volunteers
32. wear flip flops ever day
33. make fruit smoothies
34. paint
35. make a separate Baby area in daycare
36. get rid of stuff in the garage. Sale it or find a good home.
37. play board games
38. have a big water fight
39. recycle lots of extra stuff(like big metal things or news paper)
40. get a pedicure
41. cook new things I've never tried before
42. have a daycare barbque with a jumpy house
43. go skating!
44. make my reading corner more cozy
45. grow a house plant
46. drink lots of iced tea
47. make sun tea
48. go swimming
49. grow grass guys
50. laugh a lot

time to get organized!

So I went to the Art cabinet today.... and said to day is the day! (well nap time is only so long so I may have to finish tonight) I am going to try a new system of dividing things by their theme. 12 bags( I will change to boxes I think soon) full of everything I might use for that theme. It is working great with my books by theme, so we will see about our crafts as well. Hopefully it will fit.
 My themes that I've had for about 2 years are
January : Outer space and Music
February : Zoo animals
March : All about me, Healthy me, and my family
April : Community Helpers and Transportation
May : Bugs! and growing things
June : Sports
July : Ocean life w/ Pirates
August : Back to school and shapes, colors, #'s
September : Recycling (used to be nursery rhymes)
October : Dinosaurs and Reptiles
November : Farm
December : Winter


neat and tity, but sideways



Blake and Melody

So here are my cute Children! On our trip to Fort Bragg. We had a really good time.