dress-up all week:)

All week at Kelseys school they got to dress up as something different..this day was western day...funny b/c those boots she is wearing are size 9...she is a 10 1/2...she was going to wear those boots regardless, and did...ALL DAY
today was Hawaian Day...ally and kelsey

and yeah today was kailyns halloween party at MDO...she was SO excited to finally have her day! She changed her mind on what she was going to be a thousand times...she ended up as a butterfly...this was the best we could do:) those are her antennas on her head:)

tomorrow is kelseys fall festival! for some reason i volunteered to make a billion cookies for them to decorate...not sure about how all that is going to go:)))

forgot one:)

the girls...

thank you to my wonderful and talented friend...Kristin Adams!!!! She took pictures a few weeks ago of the girls and i have to say i think she is AMAZING:))) thank you, thank you, and thank you!!! you are such a wonderful friend!!!

so at the head house things have been a bit crazy...i have felt like things have been falling apart...I have also learned ALOT about how unbelievable easy it is to begin putting my thoughts, hopes and faith in "the world" and forgetting about "My Father", his Grace and that he is always there...in the past 2 weeks we have had our air conditioning break, my windshield wipers break (not good w/ all of the rain), me get a rather huge ticket for answering my phone in a school zone (big no, no if you didnt already know:), jansons deductable on his truck (but did get the truck back, so no more carpooling:), have a cyst growing off of my eyebrow that we found out has to be surgically removed and the decision of what to do about health insurance (long story)....anyway i have felt the weight of the world on my shoulders....then yesterday at church Matt preached about having a quite soul and much more that "really" hit home to me and then today i "happened" to read in Matthew 6 25-34 (which janson is always reading to me:) but verse 34 stuck differently..."Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own"

I guess it is in us to "worry" (our sinful nature) but I feel lately I have to be constantly reminded to LAY it at the CROSS...know this is Gods Grace and Love but I just have SO much to learn!!!

random...

random pictures of the past week...kailyn getting ready for bella dancerella!!!
starting our "stretching" routine;)))

the girls on friday night...kelsey reminded me of rocky w/ wearing her hat and then she was constantly running up and down the stairs...

birthday party...amazing the money people spend on their kids bday party...this one had a professional face painter, balloon guy, magician, popcorn machine and MORE....will say we had FUN:))))

kelsey and friendsme and kailyn...you cant tell here b/c my "belly" is hiding but have gained 25lbs...YES i am out of control...oh well, worry about it in february:))))

leaving party...that is ally on far right!

Loving Thursdays:))

My mom and I got this in Canton...we got it for the baby to wear w/ the new little crocheted hats and hair bands but kailyn could not resist!!! she wanted it in HER hair....pretty cute, i have to say!
miss kailyn paige

nothing like a little PBS kids before MDO

ok so since life w/ a kindergartener began, I feel like a full time taxi cab service... i drive kelsey to school, then twice a week kailyn has speech for an hour, the other 2 days she has mdo, then back to get kelsey...my days fly! Well...THURSDAYS Janson does not have to be in as early so he takes kelsey to school, donuts w/ dad as kelsey says! I get extra time w/ kailyn and we take our time!!! it is wonderful!!!

So i finally finished Shattered Dreams...I am actually really sad about it b/c it was SO GOOD!! God showed me so much through this book about life, truth and love/grace in hard times!!! So my next book....Parenting From Surviving to Thriving by Charles Swindoll!!!! It has been on my heart to read something w/ parenting...A few months ago I read The Strong-Willed Child which was really good to read for any parent of any child:) Janson and I are def. feeling the coviction and weight of soon to be 3 precious little blessings and the job ahead in raising them...janson has been cracking me up b/c he is not a reader and he is even getting on the bandwagon w/ a book about Fathers and Daughters:))) Not that there is a right way to raise children but we are sure praying for the tools to guide, lead and walk w/ our girls through lifes challenges and difficulties...anyways life at the Head Household has been very busy...janson has been w/ us in spirit but NOT physically...we calculated that he is only eating one meal w/ us a week right now...sat. night...crazyness...I know that God desires me to lean on him and makes me 100% aware of this during season...I am thankful for His Grace and Goodness however it is suchhhhh a struggle! My heart desires family, family time, a husband/father and right now I feel very isolated and alone...but I am not! and that IS the "good news"!!!!!