project 365..day 16...

guess what i did today?
give up?
ok, then, i'll tell you.
i washed windows.
granted, my hands are still numb, 5 hours later, but dang, my windows look good.


the hub and mr. max crawled up on the roof and took down christmas lights. although i did have someone tell me to just leave them up until july (since we'll be celebrating Christmas with my sister and fam here) but really now, the neighbors would be talking. i couldn't live with that.

one of the highlights of day 16 was having my 'great'-nephews over. in the next month or so, they will be moving to Australia for 2 years (their folks, ross and taya, work with Family Life...i'll blog about that soon). we treasure these moments, knowing that they will be gone, much too soon! it was good to have little ones in the house again. what wonderfully, sweet kids. oh, we DO love them!!

as i type this, the house is wafting with the smell of fresh baked bread!
do i have it made or what?? he cooks, he cleans (ok, i lied, he doesn't do that), he is charming, he is just an all around great guy.
AND
HE
BAKES
BREAD!
today,i told him how lucky i was to have him.
his comment??
"why yes, honey, you are!!"
wow, and he's humble too.

project 365...day 15...happy birthday day!

A big shout out to my dear niece, bailee and her brother, bo who are celebrating a birthday today!!!! yes, they share the same birthday, only 2 years apart. their brothers also share a birthday (they're twins so that's fairly obvious). so, between 4 kids, they have TWO birthdays.
that is such an amazing tid bit of info.
it's always fascinated me.
anywho...
my dear bo-bo is 12 years old! TWELVE!!!! bo is a barrel of fun! he never stops. which makes me tired thinking about it. for those who don't know my bo are missing out.i'm here to tell you,first hand what a super kid he is. i am honored to be his aunt. i hope he never gets too old to hug his auntie. just the other day he told me he loved me. oh, sweet, sweet little man...i love this boy!
and then there's bailee.
miss bai is 10 today.no more single digits for this young-en. bai is a red-headed ball of spunk and a sweeter little girl will be hard to find. she is kind. she is considerate of others. always thinking of how she can make every ones life better and she has made mine better, just by being in it.i can always count on a hug and a smile from her. she's my 'sidekick' on those days when we're 'boy-trapped'. i just love her to bits.

project 365...day 14...

a busy running-around (trust me, not literally.)everywhere-after-school-day. so thankful for a husband that has a relatively flexible schedule. he picked max up from school, i picked up jack. sam had tutoring. max had a doctors appt. which left a little time for jack and i to 'hang'. i had promised him that together we would build a LeGo house. (he's been asking for weeks) i'm embarrassed to say, i've been putting him off, waiting for the 'perfect' time. well, today was it! wish i would have done it weeks ago...good bonding time. i think he liked it as much as i did. a quick dinner then jack off to basketball. by the way, WHO decided that SEVEN-0-CLOCK, on a SCHOOL night is a good time for second graders to have practice?? just wondering. anyways, lik drew the 'short straw' so he ended up taking jack to practice,which was just fine with me! dark and raining, yup, i'll stay in,thank you very much! sam, max and i played a ROARING game of UNO. (mommy lost ALL three games) oh well,i could care less, to me it was about being with them, hopefully making good, lifelong memories....

day 13....

-cousin taryn & auntie cindy-

-proud uncle rye-

-niece taya-

-auntie traci loving on em-
yes, this is 'technically' day 14 but whatever. yesterday was one of 'those' days. i had bible study here in the morning which,NEVER let's me down. i have an amazing group of 'support' in my life. we laugh together, yesterday did a lot of crying together and mostly, we grow together spiritually. i know that whenever i need something, these 8 girls would be the first people i'd call. i know that, even today, they are in prayer for me and the happenings in my life. i am blessed.
yesterday we had the joy of meeting the newest member of our family. emily. unfortunately, my boys were not real interested which was just fine with auntie cindy and i. more time for us to love on her. she is SO beautiful. i'm sure every one thinks that about their relatives (probably not) but i'm SO serious...she is gorgeous. dark skin, dark hair and perfectly put together. oh, it's nice having a baby around again! and the best thing is....i can pass her off when she cries. don't think i'm being harsh...i've done my time. i loved having my babies but i'm here to tell you, i didn't enjoy them at that age as much as i should have. maybe it was because i had 3 babies in 2 1/2 years. ya, don't even get me started on THAT! now that my boys are older, i wish i could bottle them. i love this age!!! they are funny, wonderful little creatures...