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Number 8 is on the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too much to post about

The devil is really working on me right now so please say a little pray for me and my family. Since I last posted that little one is a bit better, over a week later and he still has a cough and runny nose but is better. Most everyone got it this past week besides two of the older ones but then one of them is now not feeling well.I had to take my 2 yr old to the er tonight due to his ear bleeding so much and him just crying frantically and coughing. Drops were given for the ears and antiobiotics. Said it did look like his ear drum was fixing to rupture and that he had bronchitis. On top of sickies all week we also went through something financially . It was my fault and I am so sick. My husband took it really well though.God has done a huge work in him!! Other things happened this week but I am extremely too tired to blog about them.
Please remember the people, especially the babies and young innocent children in Haiti!!!!

The CROUP and what a few snowflakes do to our little town- ugh!!

Well our 1 yr old has the croup. It has so not been fun at all. He started Thursday night with the seal bark and the wheezy sounds. I usually try to take care of everything at home but I knew this could go bad and just recently my nephew got out of the hospital with something similar. I called my doctor's office to make a appt. and they were CLOSED!! They were closed because we had a few flakes the night before and they were closed due to weather. UGH!!! How crazy is that. So I called my old peditricians office and they made him a appt. So needless to say we are switching back over that, not only because of this but because of some other things as well. LIke another reason is they are not big family friendly or haven't been to me. But back to what I was talking about there was NO snow on the ground and you would of thought we had many inches, the schools were closed, and the our doctor's office. I hope you northerner's get a good laugh out of this one. :) But anyway he just said he had the Croup. He still is feeling horrible and now developing a wierd looking rash on his face. IT has been a longgggggggggg two days.

Amazing how

meals are so much better when thrown together. I didn't know what I was gonna make tonight and we really didn't have much in the house, but I remembered I had some potatoes and I have never made potato soup before but thought I would give it a try. I made some cheese sandwhiches along with it and the kids just loved it!!!!!!!!!!! I thought it was pretty good too myself. Amazing when meals are so good and especially when they are just thrown together.

New Years!!!

Well it is soon to be another new year. where does the time go anymore. What are you New Year's Resolutions for this year??? Are they going to be the same thing as usual or are you going to really think hard about them. Of course we all want to get rich , lose weight, etc.. etc... Losing baby weight is upmost on my list but is not on the very top . Here is my New Year's Resolution list.
-Witness more!!!!!!!(this one will be hard for me as I am not really outgoing like my husband is)
-Be more patient, especially with my children!
-Read the Bible more. MAKE TIME for bible study.
-Trust in the Lord Fully this year!!!! ~~~ Wow this list is getting harder.
- Take more time for the fun stuff, not all the strict chores and homeschooling all the time.
-GIve my husband more, I think lately I have neglicted him a bit. I hope not but feel I might have.

Right now those are the top of my list.... so what are yours this year????

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe it is almost Christmas, where does the time go. When I was little seemed like it took years to come back around but now as I get older and older it seems it is mere months. I am trying to just take some time and breathe and take everything in these days cause it seems it is slipping away so fast. The kids grow so fast. This year has been a good year for us though! We have trully been blessed. We were blessed with another baby this year, my dh's business was blessed, everyone was pretty healthy this year while many around us were really sick, we are blessed with so much. This Christmas I just want to sit back and take it all in. What more could a mommy want? A wondeful husband and 7 healthy , beautiful blessings. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and that everyone remembers what this season is about. WE get so caught up in the presents, cooking, get togethers,etc... that sometimes we forget what the true meaning is. I hope the New Year treats you all well but try just just live in the here and now. Live each day to the fullest! Love like you have never loved, give like you have never gave, and most important reach out to others like you never have before. Tell the world about the wonderful baby born to come and save us all!! We will never ever receive a better present! I was saved by that baby and through HIM I will not go to Hell! Yes, I know totally different than what we usually talk about during Christmas but my heart aches for the lost, especially those lost people that are in our families and right across the road from us, our neighbors. God bless you all and have a joy filled Christmas and let your light shine!

Wonderful things happening here

First I want to say it is super busy around here but it is a good kind of busy. I just wanted to let you all know that our 6 year old daughter went in front of the church Sunday morning and with the preacher's help said the prayer and has accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. She will be getting baptised soon. She has been asking for months for us to let her get baptised but her father and I just wanted to be sure. She has been so excited since. They gave her this really neat workbook to go through which we are doing during homeschool and also this little book you can write down the date of when you were born, very neat! I am so proud and hope that she grows to be a strong godly lady.
In other news our 1 yr old is FINALLY walking more than crawling, he can actually almost run if he wants too lol. I love to see a 1 yr old toddling around, nothing cuter. Baby girl is doing really good. She has been mostly in the bed with us but last night she slept from 11:30 to 6 this morning in her bassinet!!!!!!!!! I got some good sleep. :)
My ebay store is doing okay, hopefully when I get more established and have return customers it will pick up.
I went and watched our 10 yr old daughter Monday night during parent's week with her baton class, I was so proud. She is doing wonderful. This is her first year and she was the only one that did not drop her baton and looked like she really knew what she was doing. I really like where she takes because they are Christian oriented. She also does Christian drama there with her 6 yr old sister. I get to watch them do some of the Christian drama Thursday and watch our other daughter that night as well. Oh wow that is tommorrow. Where is the week going?
Our 12 yr old sons are doing well, just normal 12 yr old things we are trying to work on and our 2 yr old son is so full of energy sometimes just watching him makes me tired. He is so super sweet though and tells the other kids all the time, you are my friend. LOL
God bless you all and I hope you are all ready for Christmas.