Our addition

This past Thanksgiving we added an addition to our house.... a mud room! I never did upload pictures so I just thought that I would.

Before we started

The walls are up

Yay!

The room is Tyveked and window and doors are in

and there is the hubby working hard:)

Somewhat done...

I will have to add the finished pictures later because I didn't realize that I didn't have them-oops!

Busy days

It has been crazy busy around here. I had my second delivery this weekend! It was very exciting!! I love birth! God is so amazing! I got the call on Saturday night at 12:22 am from the mother-to-be and by 1:48 pm her and her husband had a beautiful healthy baby boy:) Amazing!

We also were given almost new(5 year old windows) from a guy who decided not to remodel but build a new house. We had to go and take them out of the old farm house that they were in because it is being taken down this week. They are much newer than our 100 year old single pane windows. We are extremely grateful. Now I just can't wait to get them all put in:) He had exactly 13 windows and we need exactly 13 windows- God works in mysterious ways!

Only 5 more weeks of school!! Both I and the kids are excited. Summer is a long awaited break for us all :)

Anne and the other children in her First Communion class

Anne and her godparents

Anne also received her First Holy Communion on Saturday April 15th~ she was so excited to receive Jesus! It was a wonderful day with family and friend and she was beautiful!

My sister Angela has been living in Florida for the past 9 months and she is coming home to visit this week. The kids are all excited to see her, as am I :)

Got to love this face~ always getting into something:)

Any this usualy means some sort of trouble :)

The princess on her special day(couldn't get the picture to flip)

Rebecca always has her own sense of fashion

Charlotte hard at work :)

Well there is our little update :)

Happy belated Easter to all!

It has been a crazy month here. I haven't had much time to sit still. We had a wonderfully blessed Holy Week. I attended my first birth as a doula on Good Friday and it was amazing! The momma did a fabulous job and delivered a very healthy and beautiful baby!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Easter! We enjoyed the wonderful day with our families. The kids had multiple Easter egg hunts, too much candy, and lots of laughter.

We also were able to announce that we are expecting again!

We are so excite, as are the kids!

Wednesday

Oh what a crazy busy Wednesday and it's not even over yet!

Sore neck

I had my thyroid biopsy/cyst drainage today. Let's just say that having a needle stuck into your neck multiple times is not a situation I care to go through again. I will have a nice black and blue mark on my neck by morning and it is currently very sore. It was numb but there is no more numbness and now it just hurts. I am hoping that the cyst doesn't come back and that the biopsy is normal:)
On a side note I met a very nice ultrasound tech that I had a lot in common with. She made me feel very comfortable with what they were doing and afterwards we had a nice discussion about essential oils and what not. Nick sat patiently for an hour and a half until it was done- even though he wasn't allowed back. I could have gone myself but he wanted to be there and that was nice knowing and having him there.
Thank you Lord for the wonderful people you have put in my life.

Update

The little girl is doing great! She is home with her family and they say that she could be up and walking within 2 weeks. Mom is doing better today. She was kind of in a state of shock but today was a good day. Praise God and thanks for your thoughts and prayers!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful St Patricks Day! We did with a parade and visiting with some friends. The kids had a blast rolling down the holland climbing back up it. On the way home we stopped for pizza and a DQ treat(daddy's idea, as if they hadn't eaten enough junk for the day:)!
All in all a lovely day...