Christmas Singing Program

Levi and Zion both had a Christmas singing program on Tuesday. Zion's class sang 3 songs and they did so good. You could tell that he was a little nervous, but he did so good. Levi's class sang 4 songs and in the third song a few of the kids sang a solo. Levi was one of them. I didn't really know that Levi could sing as well as he did. It made me cry. Many people around me that didn't know him or me were just in ahhh about how well he sang.
I am so proud of both of them.


Levi is in the light blue shirt with the tie at the microphone.

Zion is on the top row in the white shirt with the tie on.

The Past Few Weeks Happenings

I know it has been awhile since I have posted and I am very sorry. I am sorry how the picture arrangemenets came out. I am still learning how to use blogger.

Levi and Zion both got the A honor roll again this 2nd 6 weeks. Time is really going by sooo fast. I really am soo proud of my boys.

Avva has lately been writing the same letters over and over again on any piece of paper she can find. The letter are P, F, L, H, G, B, M, and Z. Something funny about her is if you write her name like Avva and not like AVVA then she says it is not her name. She really is becoming very articulate in her speech and the things that come out of her mouth you would think that she was so much older. And she has a really good memory.

All the kids are really looking forward to christmas. The boys really want a XBOX 360 or possibly a WII. We will see. It seems that it is getting harder to figure out gifts to buy for the boys. Their likes and dislikes of theirs change almost daily.

I really do enjoy christmas time and all the lights and decorations and even the music. I am hoping to get the tree and decorations up sometime before the week is over.

My family and I enjoyed Thanksgiving with Saul's family. We had Thanksgiving at Jordan's house. We had LOTS of good food. I ate way too much. I really enjoyed all the conversations and time I spent with the family. I got to see Saul's cousins that I have only seen a time or two. They are such wonderful, happy, well behaved kids and I so much enjoyed the time that I got to spend with them getting to know them a little more. Lord willing I will have many more opportunities to get to visit with them and get to know them more and more. Over all it was a great holiday time.

I am really am looking forward to many more times with spending time with family. Because I know life is soooo short and it can end at anytime. I really do treasure the times that I do spend with family.

Levi turned 9 the day afer Thanksgiving. We had a short little party at Jordan's house with Saul's family. Levi said it was the best birthday he had ever had. That makes me so happy. I am sad tho that my baby is growing up, but I am looking forward to him changing and growing and eventually make a life for himself. I pray daily for Levi and for Zion and Avva that they will make the right decisions in life. I know eventually I will have to realize that it will be them to make their on choices. I hope Saul and I will have given them all they need to make those right choices.

A Very Short Vacation

We decided to go visit Saul's parents this last weekend. We left about 1:00PM on Saturday and ate in Granbury for lunch at Babe's. It was really good. We then headed up to Valley View, TX where his parents live. The kids did really well traveling. We were about 5 minutes from my in-laws house when 2 vehicles in front of us had a tire blow out and a second tire totaly broke off. He started swirving and the vehicle behind that, which was between us and the swirving vehicle slammed on their brakes and started to scream. I was sure we were going to have a wreak. The truck fianlly went off the road trying to not flip. We pulled off and made sure he was ok and helped him find the tires that came flying off. Finally the police and fire trucks got there and then we left still a little shakin up.
We finally made it to my in-laws and visited a little while. Saul and I had already planned on having 'a date'. Saul's mom had agreed to watching the kids so we could go. It had been almost 2 years since we had 'a date'. We went to the movies and saw EAGLE EYE. Come to find out that Saul's mom had taken the kids to Madagascar 2 at the same movie theater. We didn't know til we got back to their house. We visted a little bit longer and then checked in to the motel about 11:30 Saturday night. We were all exhausted and ready to just fall into bed.
We awoke Sunday morning got dressed and went to church with where Saul's dad preaches. After chirch we ate lunch at a Mexican resturant in Sanger. It was really good. We left straight from there and headed down the road and decided to go to Cabela's. We had never been there and really wanted to see it. The place was huge with alot of stuffed dead animals, guns, fishing gear, camping gear and even real fish. Oh did I say guns. I have never seen that many guns in my life. We all really enjoyed it. I had wished I had brought my camerea. We left and then headed down the road and ended up in Itasca, TX. We drove around a long time just trying to waste time so we could go to church that night. We went to church and and then headed home fianlly! Got back about 9:00 PM Sunday night and was glad to be home. We wished we would have had more time, but the kids had school on Monday. Maybe sometime soon we can again. It was nice to get away from the normal for a day or two.

Trick or Treating

All three of the kids were so excited about Halloween and getting to dress up. Levi dressed up as a Scull Ninja. Zion was a glow-in-the-dark skeleton. Avva was a Princess, of course. The boys got to wear their costumes to school. I wished I could have taken a picture of their faces when I told them that they were allowed to wear their costumes to school. Avva had said the day before that she was going to wear her princess dress all day too like the boys. She really surprised me that she was not going to wear it til we were fixen to leave to pick up the boys from school. I fixed her hair in what she calls 'ballarina hair' and put my make-up on her. She was so patient when I was making her face up. I messed up on her lips 3 times and had to start over. She never wined or complained once on how long it was taking.

We went and picked up the boys from and school and they were so ready to go trick or treating. The local down town shops here in Hico always on Halloween will give out candy. They do this for safety concerns and I really do like that. It is kinda strange to trick or treat when it is light out, but I am not complaining. It was soo hot, but the kids only complained a few times.

Once we got back home they were already pouring out their candy to trade each other. I think that they were on a candy high for most of the evening. Today I have allowed to eat as much as they want. They actually have been some what responsible with it. Well Levi and Zion has been. Avva has taken a piece everytime she walks by.

I am glad to have it all over with. Except the fact that there is candy there to tempt me with. I have worked so hard on losing weight I am really trying to resisit the temptation.

Longest Weeked of My Life

I figured after a couple of days of being sick I would be getting better. Well by Friday I woke up for the third morning with fever and not feeling any better. All the kids were definitely better and going full speed. As for me I was going slower than a snails pace. Well actually I think the snail past me six times. I finally had to ask for help from Saul. After school he took the kids to Stephenville for a bite to eat and some ice cream to give me a little time to rest. He brought me back some dinner that night and I took 2 bites and wasn't able to keep it down. But don't tell him that because he made sure he got me exactly what I wanted.

Saturday morning I woke up with 104 degree fever and was really scared. I had never had fever this high and and never felt this sick. Time seem to go by sooooooooooo sssslllllooowww. Levi had a football game that morning and of course Saul is his coach so he had to leave me. He took Zion with him and left Avva. Avva was so good. She laid next to me and and just patted me and said "I'm sorry Mama you don't feel good. I hope you get better."

I tried almost everything I knew to try to get my fever down. After 4 1/2 hours I was thinking that I probably need to go to the hospital. I decided to try one last thing I had seen on tv. I made (yes me..not sure how I did...don't remember doing it)about 10 sandwich bags with ice in them and put them all over my body. After about 30 minutes my fever had dropped to 102 and then finally after another hour it finally broke. I have never sweat that much in my life. I realized that it has been 7 hours since I had gotten up that morning and thought it had only been 2 hours. It is scary to lose time like that. I tried eating some crackers. but my stomach rejected them.

I woke up on Sunday morning with fever again and thinking when will this nightmare ever end. I stumbled out of bed and had to get the kids up. I told Saul that he was going to have to bathe Avva because he didn't do it the night before like I always do. So he got up without grumbling and bathed her. Even though I was feeling nauseated I got Avva dressed and hair done. I immediately went back to bed. As the day went on I saw a little bit of improvement. A little. I hadn't kept any food done in almost 2 1/2 days and I really wasn't even hungry. That was just so strange to me. Not really the way I wanted to lose weight.

Finally it is now Monday morning and I am beginning to feel some better. I haven't had fever in 14 hours and I kept down a piece of toast. I think that I do see a little light at the end of the tunnel.

Three out of the five of us are sick

Well I can definitely tell Fall is here. We are sick. We seem to always get sick in October.

Yesterday Avva woke up about 2 AM throwing up. I got up and cleaned her up and put the really icky blanket and sheets in the washer. Found a small bathroom trash can for her to have in case she threw up again. And yes you guessed it she did again and again. Thankfully it was in the trash can and not the clean blanket and pillow case I got her. I made her a pallet on the floor in the living room and I laid on the couch not able to go back to sleep because I was afraid she would throw up again. Well then 6:30 Am rolled around and it was time to wake up the boys for school. I called for them to get up and Levi got up, but Zion sat up and threw up all over the bed. I was thinking not today not another one. I cleaned him up and then got Levi ready and realized I was a little dizzy and achy. I took my temperature and I had 102 fever. I told Zion he was going to have to stay home and he cried. He said, but I won't be able to see my teacher today and I am not going to have perfect attendance this time. I told him it was ok to be sick sometimes and miss school. I woke up Saul and asked if he could take Levi to school and he did without moaning or groaning. I just couldn't leave the kids and I really didn't need to be out in the cold air. As the day progressed there was less and less throwing up. As for myself I seemed to get worse, but tried to stay strong for the kids. When your a mother and sick you sometimes just have to push on and take care of your normal duties whether you feel like it or not.

This morning Zion and Avva woke up feeling great, but as for me not so lucky. I got Levi and Zion ready for school and took them even tho I probably needed to stay in bed.

I am hoping our week will get better.

Sorry I don't have any pictures this time to post.

Several of y'all have suggest that I make a blog for my family. So here it goes.

Levi and Zion have really enjoyed going to public school this year. They really have great teachers. For the first 6 weeks Zion got citizen of the first 6 weeks. Levi and Zion both got perfect attendance and the A honor roll. I was so proud of them. This assured me that our decision to put them in public school was the right decision.

Last week Saul had an emergency appendectomy. He is recovering really well. It seems like if its not me sick or having a surgery then it is Saul sick or having surgery. It is definitely not dull around our house.

Levi is playing flag football and Saul and Jordan are his coaches. He really is enjoying that. His team is the Panthers and they actually got their first touchdown this weekend. They were very happy. Football isn't really my thing, but I can endure it for my son.

I guess this is all for now and I will hopefully soon post some more. It may take me a little while to fully get into this and actually say something interesting and to figure out how this all works.