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Getting Serious About Blogging

So, I'm going to get serious about blogging now, and I'm going to try to do it more often. I'm even going to invite some new people. We've had an eventful couple of weeks. Easter went well. The kids enjoyed their baskets, and we even got a night off from church to relax.

Jonathan and Juli woke up early to see what the easter basket brought them! Here they are looking all bleary eyed!

Here they are at church. Juli has a Tinkerbell-ish kind of dress on, but you can't tell because she insisted on buttoning her sweater all of the way up. Jonathan found the blue stuffed monkey on the easter egg hunt. He called it an electric fighting machine. We just smiled and nodded. He definitely has an active imagination!

So, we spent our easter evening napping and eating chocolate.


This weekend we had visitors from out of town: John's parents. We've not seen them in almost two years, so this was a very stressful event. Things went really well, so I'm glad about that, and we also got to see John's cousin Katie (she calls us aunt and uncle, which is cool). We had a great visit with her, and Juli especially loved spending time with another girl.




This is pretty much the way these two were all weekend. They just loved each other!

Katie and Jonathan got along pretty well, but she was pretty confused by his "all boy" behavior.

Okay, I hate having pictures taken of me, much less posting them, but this was such a rare event (the two of us actually being willing to have our picture taken), that I couldn't resist.

Here are me and my girls. Juli and I are really going to miss Katie.

This is a picture of my husband's parents with all of the children.

So, after our work week this week, we have Jonathan's birthday party on Saturday, and we'll hopefully have some guests this weekend as well.

More to come!!

Just for You

Dear Reader,

You know who you are.

I am posting this blog specifically by your request.

Sorry it's been so long, everybody (wink, wink), but sickness still prevails in the Bristol branch of the Paul family. We currently are all in recovery and/or not sick mode, so things are looking up.

Bring on the Spring!!!!

In other news, the new house is not working out quite as well as we'd hoped. Our landlady is fruit-loops. Yes, I said it: She's totally bonkers. So, it looks like we are on countdown to our next move, if you can believe it. We've got about 8 months until our lease is out, and we fully expect her to refuse to renew the lease (again, due to the fact that she's about 2 fries short of a Happy Meal). Pray for us, please... we want to stay in one place for more than a couple of months, especially now that the kids are in school.

Also, please pray for our landlady's safe removal from society and into a mental ward. That sounds bad, I know, but she's seriously whacked.

As for the remaining portion of our lives, it's kids, kids, kids. Kids at home and kids at church. That may sound like a complaint, but it really isn't. I never knew just how invested I could be in the lives of 30 + kids in just under a year. I can't tell you how much I want to be a stay-at-home mom -- not just for my kids, but for our teenagers, and for those children that are meant to be ours that we just haven't gotten to meet yet. Here's hoping that we can make that happen.

I"ll leave you with some pics of our recent escapades.

Jonathan lost his first tooth!!!!

Juli's showing off her new dress (which was covered in Fruit Punch within just a few seconds).

Tagged

Amber tagged me!

The rules...

1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages).

2. Open to page 123.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post the fifth sentence on your blog.

5. Tag 5 people.

Okay, the nearest book to me is actually Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer.

The fifth sentence says "Love at First Sight?"

This is actually interesting because it a conversation between Jacob and Belle, and everyone knows I'm seriously a Jacob gal.

Well, the tagging part is hard because the only people who read my blog are Amber, who tagged me, and maybe Joy, who tagged Amber.

I have no one to tag ;-(

Well, we survived the move, Christmas, and the New Year.. but just barely. We've gotten everything pretty much set at the new house, and it is wonderful!! We were sick all through Christmas, so that was unfortunate. But, we had visitors for New Year's, and it was much better. Anyway, I thought I'd post some Pics, and I'll blog longer later.

Here are Jonathan and Juli as their favorite Teen Titans characters, Robin and Raven.

Here, they are watching themselves on TV.

Christmas Morning

Juli got a Bride Barbie for Christmas, and here's her impression. In case you're wondering, that "veil" is actually a hooded towel.

I hope everyone has had a lovely New Year!!

TAGGED

I've been tagged byAmber



The rules:A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.B. Eachplayer lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.C. At the end of the post, theplayer then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs andleaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and askingthem to read your blog.

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1. My greatest wish as a child, and even now, is that I had a sibling. This is also why I agreed to have a child only if there would be another child following soon behind. Lucky for me that I have two friends who've adopted me and vice versa. Amber has been like a sister to me for almost 25 years.. why let a little DNA stand in the way of a dream?



2. I hate to cry over real, personal issues. However, I cry probably daily at TV shows and movies. It 's either really pathetic or very cathartic -- possibly both. So, don't expect me to cry at what hurts me, but if I'm waching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, you might as well pull out the tissues.



3. Once you've claimed me as a friend, you're pretty much stuck with me. I'm like a leech that way.



4. I love books - almost any kind of books. I read during pretty much any down time I have. I have varied taste, but prefer "supernatural" themed novels. I'm just now getting to the point where I can read literature again. I have an English Degree, and I was sick of that stuff for a really long time (I just can't get over my hatred of Faulkner... what was Oprah thinking with that book club selection?).



5. I'm a betta mommy! I love betta fish and I have a tankful of 6 week old babies. They're doing well... I'll keep you updated!!



6. Out of all household chores, I hate doing dishes the most. I would rather clean toilets than do dishes. Thank you, God, for dishwashers!

This is really sad, but I don't have anybody to tag yet. So, if you are reading this and haven't posted yours yet, consider yourself tagged!!