This N That - A little bit of life

So I've been avoiding posting for over a week now.. mainly because I would have to admit... "Hi, my name is Karen and I'm 30...."

There I've done it.. I am offically 30. I'd like to say it was an exciting, amazing, kick-off to my thirties.. but NOT really. My Birthday (March 9th) was actually pretty normal. The trip Bryan and I took to Canada in February was our 30th birthday(s) kick-off.

So the "excitment" for the day was that I made from scratch my favorite cake my grandma used to make. The boys helped me put the candles on top...

and we just hung out for the night...

which is just fine with me!!

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Hayden finally got the "SUPERMAN" backpack he REALLY wanted for his birthday... if you remember my post about that... oh wait it was the last thing I posted about...

He loves it!!

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Right now we are trying to sell our van and find another vehicle with lower miles (since our families are so far away). So if you are interested...
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But right now the most exciting news is that it DOESN'T look like this right now....


it looks like this.....





at least for today anyway!

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Until last year I didn't realize the importance of St. Patrick's Day... now thanks to Veggie Tales I have a new appreciation for St. Patrick and the sacrifice he made!
(By the way, I did some looking on the web and found that their versions - while humorous- is very accurate!)
You can watch it too just click here
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Lesson Learned?

Why does it seem like time goes by so fast...

then you hit Thanksgiving and it's all WARP SPEED until after New YEARS?

That's how our time has gone the past two months... as told by my lack of posting!

I did manage the nice Christmas background and header... doesn't that count for something!

So get ready for a flurry of posting over the next week or so or so or so ... so time is still flying by just not the SUPER Warp speed.

Thanksgiving was great... I think I posted about that.. and my gift idea postings... I manage all of 1!!! WOW!!

So our real craziness started the weekend before Christmas (with only 2 weeks home from Thanksgiving before leaving again.. those were 2 crazy weeks too!! Mostly those were school work and getting presents purchased or somewhat put together!)

Before plunging in.. take a moment to enjoy the peace and serenity of our lake..

still -

frozen -

calm-

beautiful

Also a nightmare for a mom of 3 boys...

before reading on there is a warning...

terror WILL BE STRUCK in your heart!!

On Wednesday the 17th of December Carter fell through the ice... see terror... is your heart in your throat... it was in mine...

Unlike you I knew how it ended before I knew how it began...

Carter came in the door of our house wet up to his chest and said.. very timidly..

Carter - "Mom, I was walking on the lake with (a friend) and fell through the ice!"

Me -"WHAT... you did WHAT... Carter are you SERIOUS!!! YOU COULD HAVE DIED!!!"

(Yes, I did yell that.. Yes, I was crying ... I don't usually cry when he does crazy stuff and narrowly avoids death... but this time I DID CRY!!)

Me- "What (sob) happened (sob, sob)"

Carter - "Well I wanted to test it out and I walked on the thin ice and fell through."

Me - "Where"

Carter- "Halfway out to the blob platform" (the Blob is a major hit during the summer for our camp and the water out at the blob is over 6 ft deep... with all the rain in the fall the water has risen so it was about 8ft deep out there)

Me- "Could you touch the bottom?"

Carter - "No I floated"

Me- "WHAT !!!! You FLOATED!! - How did you get out? "

Carter - "I swam over to the one side, but it broke so I swam over to the other side and climbed out."

Me - (SOB SOB SOB) "Carter.. You (sob) could (sob) have (sob) died (SOB SOB)!"

Carter - "Mom, I'm OK!"

Me - "I know because GOD kept you safe"

Meanwhile I received a phone call from the concerned mom of the friend.. (who didn't fall through and was OK ).

I think I was short and cut her off because I was getting the whole.. (sob sob) story from Carter. I did call her back later and told her what happened and that he was fine although I FELT LIKE KILLING HIM!!!

Being the smart mom that I am -

I decided to Google "falling through the ice" to teach Carter what COULD have happened to him.

I found a great video from Discovery Channel.

You can see it if you click here.

Anyway, all that proved is that if Mommy had fallen in.. she would've drowned!!

Carter did what he was supposed to do in that situation!!!

His angel's are always busy that's for sure!!!

So instead, we've had DAILY talks about not going near the lake...

walking on the lake..

testing the lake...

touching the lake...

LOOKING at the lake...

I think all three boys realize to STAY AWAY FROM THE LAKE.

At least until next year...

or until something really cool walks out on the lake...

like the geese...

So this year I'm THANKFUL for my boys... all of them.. and for God's mercy and protection of them.. It's great to know He's ALWAYS with them watching over them !!

Notice in this picture..

THE HOLE and the footprints leading up to it..

YEAH... my heart is in my throat too!

Monday Moment - Just for Moms!!!

I love the Go Fish Guys and just came across this video of their "Mom Song" on You Tube.... It's so good.... Check it out... Then buy the cd. They are great!


Another SOOOOO funny video I found is "Momsense" tooo funny... what do you say to your kids everyday???

In response to her "MomSense" she can up with "DadSense" I CRACKED UP!!!