BOWLING AND A NEW JOB FOR MOM!

Well I thought I'd give you a little update on the whole bowling experience with Ryan's preschool. I thought it was fun although I didn't get to play. Ryan on the other hand, along with many other kids wanted to quit after 6 turns. We went 5 pin bowling and most of the kids couldn't really throw it. Despite the fact that my video camera had a dead battery after a full night of charging and my camera kept turning off on me after every picture, I managed to get these. Nobody focused on the score but I had to get a few shots cuz Ryan was winning up until close to the end. He quit trying and started to basically just drop it. I didn't tell him he was winning but I was feeling just a little competitive when I saw him get the pins down.

We all enjoyed some pizza afterwards and then headed home.

Tuesday was my first day of work at the bank. I think it's going to be great. The ladies there are so nice. The boys dropped me off this morning and it felt sort of weird. They rolled down the windows in the truck and were waving goodbye as I walked to the door. A few I Love You Mom's and I was off to work. It was different this time for me. When I went back to work after Ryan was born it was horrible. I cried in the morning and was sort of a mess. This time I was so okay with the whole thing. I was ready for this and really enjoyed learning today! I was thinking throughout the day that it was feeling like the beginning of a new phase in my life. A little tiny bit of something for myself. I have to say that I have a very thankful heart today. Thanks Lord for my new job!
My Supervisor seems to like me. She called me a nut a few times while we were laughing and figured I'd fit right in with my sense of humor. She said that I think like her. We'll see if that's a good or bad thing!!heehee. Well gotta run.

MY WORD PUZZLE

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LIFE IN THE FAST LANE!!

So here I am again! It's been two weeks since our family grew. And I am wasted! Sunny and Bonnie have proven themselves to be very energetic young girls. Overall I think the next 5 months should move along fairly smoothly. But please pray that I can keep my patience!
Sorry about the leaving a comment glitch! I chose to moderate my comments for awhile because I was getting some weird ones from people I didn't know. I forgot I did that and didn't check my dashboard to see if I had any. I assumed I didn't. Blonde moment!! Thanks for all the nice comments you left. You should now be able to read them all. So here's my life update in a nutshell.

I got a job! Yes, a job!! What am I thinking? Am I nuts! Well, sometimes I am but in this case I was pretty level headed. I wasn't looking for a job it just fell into my lap. Aren't those the best kind. I know that this is what God wants me to do because he made it fit into my schedule so perfectly and handed it to me with not really any effort on my part. I will be working Saturday and Monday at the Aldergrove Credit Union, Matsqui Branch as a bank teller. I am quite excited. It is extremely close to home also a big bonus. I start this week.

This week Ryan and Jacob got sick with a cold and then croup set in in the night. Not fun at all! Now I have a bad cold as well. I've been a mess the last 2 weeks with a bladder infection and 2 weeks of antibiotics cuz the first prescription didn't work. So if that wasn't enough already, my womanly monthly hit me hard for 5 days. Aycarumba!! I probably haven't been that fun to live with!

On a positive note, while I was at the doctor I happened to mention I was feeling a little tense in the neck and back! I wonder why??? so she referred me to a massage therapist. Thank you Lord!! I enjoyed a 45 min massage on Thursday! I already can't remember how it felt anymore but I know I want to go again!!!!Heehaa!

This Wednesday I took the girls to Kids Club at church. I was doing the craft so I hung around for the evening. We made a beaded cross necklace on leather rope. It was a hit! Tonite the girls are having 2 friends over for the evening and they are watching Princess Diaries. That will keep them busy for awhile.

On Monday Ryan and I are going bowling with his preschool class. He's quite thrilled. He thinks he's gonna beat me! Maybe I'll let him! Well, gotta have a shower and start getting dinner ready. Got 4 loads of laundry waiting and a dishwasher that needs to be unloaded and filled.

BREAKFAST FOR DINNER

Poor Dwain, he's wishing I was sitting in the living room watching Criminal Minds with him but since he got me set up in this great sewing room with a TV well, this is my hideout. I"ll have to find a nice chair for him so that he can watch TV while I sew and cut out appliques. Here's one I did today.

I got out of the house for 2 hours of me time this afternoon to run some errands before I picked up my girls. It was a nice breath of fresh air. The girls had a great day today! Dwain made breakfast for dinner tonite. That's his specialty. The girls thought it was kind of weird but cool. They had never had a pancake before. They were surprised that it was soft. I don't know what they really expected!

Tomorrow Ryan has pajama day at school. He loves that. He's quite excited to wear his blue sleeper with feet. I wish I had PJ's with feet and a quick flap for nighttime bathroom breaks! I think I should sew myself a pair of those. I wonder if I can find a pattern for adult PJ's with feet.

Well I better checkout! I'm still getting used to being a sudden mom of 4 and I haven't got into a good routine yet. Have a great day!

RAINY DAY SUNDAY

Today was one of those rainy day Sundays ! One of those kinda days when you feel a short nap is needed. So I had one. Dwain went out this afternoon so the boys and I crashed and the girls stayed up and played cards. A quick pizza for supper so as not to make a huge mess in the kitchen and here I am. Sunny and Bonnie are busy with their next project. We stopped off at Michaels Craft Store on the way home from church and they bought some yarn. They are intensley knitting for the first time making a hat for themselves on a round loom. These girls are brilliant. Lastnight I had them playing the memory game. The one where you lay out 30 pairs of the same picture upside down and mix them up and then each player takes a turn and flips two over and tries to find the matching card. They had about 50 cards on the floor and I was watching them and once they saw where one card was they never forgot it. They would count how many spaces in the row the picture of the duck was and the next time someone flipped the other duck card over they new they'd go back to the other row and count in how many spaces flip it over and it was the duck. I was awestruck! Most of the time I couldn't remember that another duck card had even been flipped. I guess I'm getting OLD!!
Today was the last Sunday for me to teach Sunday school in the CBC Chapel. Next week will be our first Church service in our new building. We are all quite excited and looking forward to what God has in store for our new church.
Well gotta go!

A NEW ROOM AND A VISIT FROM CHINA

Surprise it's a new post!!! Wow we've had a busy month but it's been fun. Dwain and I have been getting our guestroom ready for our girls that were coming from China. The guestroom had turned into my sewing room and so I had alot of things on the go in there and no where to put them. Dwain said he would make the office into sewing room for me and he did just that. I am so psyched to actually use it but I can't seem to find the time to work on any of my projects. I have posted a few pics of my new pad! It's not too shabby if I do say so myself. Note the really cool bookshelf for all my Fat Quarters of fabric.

So this past week Dwain and I had a little getaway in Vancouver. We had such a great time. Gramma and Grandpa took the boys for us and we were off. 2 days away and it seemed like a week! In a good way! What an awesome break. We did a little shoppin. We both got a new pair of runners. Here's a pic of those! Dwain got 3 shirts and a pair of jeans at Old Navy for $25. That's crazy! So we came home Wednesday and finished getting ready for the girls to arrive. Thursday they came. I am so pleased with them. They are very fun girls. They are both 10 years old. Their names are Sunny and Bonnie. I took them to the dollar store in Mission lastnight and they had soo much fun. They came home with a whack of craft stuff. They have literally been busy all day painting, beading and one is trying to crosstitch. I showed them my quilts and now they want to make one. They are very enthusiastic. I think the next several months hold alot of fun for all of us. Here's a pic. Sunny is in the orange and Bonnie in the pink. Welcome to Canada Sunny and Bonnie!!