please notice the new “15 minutes” link. please check it out.
this is not one of those random-it-might-be-a-real-story, links.
this little boy is 3. he is a twin. he has 12 brothers and sisters (and you thought we had a lot!).
his parents were my husband’s youth directors when he was in high school. they are awesome people and my honey has great respect for them. pearl’s parents told us the other day that joel was really sick and needed us to pray for him, and sent us a link to their new blog. scroll down to their first entry and read their list of prayer requests. please, please, please do this and pray for them. again, this is not a chain email, or some fictitious thing that made us cry, i’m not sending it for sensationalism, it’s friends of ours.
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i started writing this post and about a paragraph in i realized it was only making me unhappier to write it. so i stopped, erased it, and thought, “what would make me better?” and my words to my oldest on the way home tonight came back to me, “if you have nothing nice to say – say nothing at all.” hmmm… so… here’s to gettin’ happy! when the dog bites, when the bee stings, when you’re feelin’ sad… these are a few of my favorite things… -the song “have yourself a merry little christmas” amazingly, i do feel a bit better. here’s to changing your mindset! yesterday from the kiddos’ room… after not nice exchanging of fussing sounds between my two (currently) youngest, my oldest says very take-charge-matter-of-factly-accusatorily, ” santa is watching you.” to which my middlest says, “he not really…… ????” i, of course, took care of the discussion by staying completely out of it. let them figure it out. :) this will be our first Christmas with just our immediate family in 3 years. i’m so excited. there’s something about being in your own home. with Christmas stuff you haven’t seen in years. and with them getting older, it’s only getting more fun! i love taking them to look at Christmas lights. at every new display my girl draws in her breath. and the boys are loving it. it really is special through the eyes of children. and husbands who are children at heart. my honey brings the magic of the season back for me. i love it. and i love him. he gets so excited about Christmas and, not only does he not discourage me from putting up the tree early he urges me on – who says you have to wait until thanksgiving?! and did i mention at each turn of the weather he watches all night for snow. it’s awesome! and the white light/colored light debate? that’s really funny in our house. i was VERY much a white light only girl. pretty. that’s the key word i told pearl 7 years ago, not tacky. and even pre-children pearl said, “wait til we have kids, they’ll like MY stuff more than yours.” “i don’t care, keep your tinsel and plastic santas, i’ll decorate our house with silver and gold, snowmen, and class.” ah, how things have changed and i’ve swallowed yet more of my words. not only do i tolerate the dancing, singing santa sitting atop my computer that plays carols way too loudly, my favorite houses while out driving are the over-decorated Griswold houses. no, really. i love them. in fact, my tree is a multi-colored fiber-optic extravaganza (no pics, i can’t find a camera, much less figure out how to use it and get it on here, sorry, the joys of living in the constant moment with 3 and half little ones!). so, our tree? it also has white lights to go with the tinsel multi-light star on top. it has my cute snowmen and classy snowflakes scattered amidst the dr. seuss and plastic snoopy ornaments. and because i have a toddler most of the ornaments start at least a fourth of the way up the tree. and most are bunched in the front hanging precariously on the same branch. and i love it. my melded life. proof we have become one. and that we have 3 small children that know what magic is. the santa debate? i don’t want to go into it, because there’s already enough divisiveness in the world. and we all seem to get fired up about everything nowdays. me? i just want to be in the moment, teaching timelessness in Truth, and watching the world while drawing in my breath at every turn. it’s so good to be sitting in front of this ‘puter doin’ somethin’ other than playin’ mahjongg. don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine game, just gettin’ a little old. so, i’ll start spreadin’ the word that i’m back and those of y’all that get word – pass word! here’s my first confession: i haven’t read any of y’all’s blogs yet. this is the first place i came (of course, after reapplying for usernames and passwords – 5 months of absence combined with pregnant brain – info gone from my mind!) i will try to get caught up a little at a time very soon! i can’t wait! a few things have changed since i was here last. i’ll give you the very brief rundown of changes and will elaborate on those of any interest to inquiring minds. *we’ve settled into the 2 bedroom duplex. it’s clean (except for our part), ant and problem free. we’re hot when we wanna be and cold when we wanna be. heaven in a nutshell. *we had a dream house that was in our price range slip through our fingers. almost completely due to capitol one. this is an interesting story and one i don’t mind smearing a huge company over. however, all things work for good. and we feel like we’re supposed to be right here, right now. so, no complaints. except for the evil empire… that is what’s in your wallet. *geico saved us 15% or more. no kidding. ;) *my oldest started kindergarten in august, turned 5 in september, and started homeschooling in october. i’m lovin’ it! *my middlest is still 3 and sweet as can be. he can now say his j’s and s’s. yes, the passing of an era. *my girl’s 19 mos (incidentally the same age my oldest was when my second was born – how on earth did i do it?) and tearin’ up jake. wild as a march hare and sweet as cotton candy. talkin’ up a storm. *i’m 25 weeks preggie (6 mos). next week i go in for the last ultrasound and then begins the 3 week appointments. from the first ultrasound we’re 95% sure we’re havin’ a boy (or peter parker, or parker parker parker- depending on who you talk to!) we’ll let you know for sure when we know for sure. he’s kickin’ like crazy and the kiddos are really excited about a new little brother. i’m tired. and big. and have i mentioned lately this is the last parker baby short of a miracle? oh yeah, i’m not kidding. really. and you know it, cause i’m sayin’ it. and these words have never passed my lips before. i’m thrilled he’s comin’. and i’m thrilled he’s the caboose. my quiver is full, yo. *we’re hoping the tax return brings with it a minivan, hopefully in february. cause baby’s makin’ his debut in march. it’d be nice to not have to carpool our family :). is that all? i don’t know. but my brain is tired from homeschooling 2 children, reading winnie the pooh 5 times consecutively, making a trip to walmart alone with 3 littl’uns, being on suicide watch for my toddler (and consequently all of my breakable belongings) and keeping her from killing the cat. so i’ll move on to more mind-numbing things and less interactive things. blog reading, homeschool site perusing, and maybe even some mahjongging! thanks for stoppin’ by and maybe next time the house’ll be clean, the kids will be well-behaved, and i’ll be well-rested. if not, you know i always have a spot on the couch for ya, some snacks to offer, a listening ear, and hopefully some laughter through it all.  |
  
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