Just the 3 of Us

We also had family pics made as well since we do not have many pics that include Dustin! There is something definitely missing in these pics and its our 2 other little sweethearts. They will be going to live with their mom in May and this is quickly becoming our new reality. So this is the 3 of us.

Pure Sugar!!

Here are pics we had made of Samara on Valentine's Day! She is the sweetest thing! This past week she learned to stick out her tongue and she does it constantly. I will have to capture a few pics of that and post later.

My Valentines!

This past week I took off to attend each of the kids school Valentines Parties. Lyric's party was on Thursday. She had a great time. Here are a few pics.

Following the party, I took Lyric to lunch for a date. We rarely are by ourselves anymore and I wanted some special one on one time. And special is exactly what I got! We ate at McDonalds's (Lyric's pick). We ate at the really tall pub style tables which made Lyric really happy. While eating our meal I noticed that Lyric couldn't exactly sit still because she was dancing to the music playing in the background. So I started dancing with her and we laughed and ate our food while I'm sure others around got a good laugh at us as well. After we finished eating Lyric said, "Mom we both look alike and we are both beautiful!" She is a doll and oh how much I love her. Here are pics of us together. We both had haircuts a week ago and she had to have hers cut like mine!

Friday was Dalton's party. Samara had to attend because she was not feeling well and was home with me all day. I planned on taking Dalton out for a date but because Samara was ill we had to take her to the Dr. We had a lot of fun playing in the dr's office and took some great pics on my new iphone but I don't know how to download those pics yet. I will have to ask Christy to show me. We plan on making up our date soon! Here are a couple pics from Dalton's party.

Friday night Dalton and Lyric went to their moms for the weekend. So that left just the three of us for Valentine's Day. It was a great one! We went to the mall and had family pics made. I can't wait to post them. We shopped for a while, had lunch at the food court, and headed home. Samara and I took an afternoon nap while Dustin worked on school stuff. That evening we made omelettes and watched movies together in the comfort of our own home. It was absolutely great! I wouldn't have had it any other way.

Moving Clouds and Stinkin Tomatoes!

Lyric has always been a lively child and constantly keeps us amused with her sayings. The past few weeks she has not disappointed. She is always especially talkative while in the car, I guess because she has nothing else to do. We were driving to school Monday morning and Lyric was being unusually quiet. The sky was still dark from the rain that had came through earlier during the night and parts of the clouds were breaking up and you could see the light blue sky coming thru. Lyric all of a sudden said, "Look Mom, the clouds are moving apart so we can see God and where he lives." It totally warmed my heart to hear the awe in her voice and how excited she was to see God.
Yesterday morning we were on our way to school again and Dalton was concerned that he would not get to play outside because of rain. I told him that I did not think that it was going to rain during the day but it was supposed to rain that evening. Lyric proceeded to let us know, "I don't want no stinkin tomatoes tonight. They make me scared and I am not going to go outside" Dalton and I laughed at Lyric calling tornadoes, "tomatoes". Little did we know what the day would bring. We are so blessed that we were not hit by the bad storms that came through the area. I am always a little nervous about storms because growing up we lived in a trailer and when storms came through we would always rush to the cellar. I pray that God will be with all of the families that lost their loved ones and their homes.

Fifty, Fifty!!

Sunday we celebrated my dad's 50th birthday. The family met in Clinton, OK at Montana Mikes for a yummy meal. Here are a few pics of the great evening we had.

Hope you had a great birthday dad!

Babies Come From Vitamins!

Couldn't resist blogging about the conversation I had with Lyric this afternoon. She came up to me and said, "Mom, I'm never gonna become a mommy." "Why do you say that?" I asked. "Because I haven't been taking my vitamins. Babies come from vitamins and I haven't been taking them because I sometimes spit them out and today you didn't even give me one." So needless to say I quickly got her a vitamin for the day and she ate it. She was happy. "Now when I grow up there will be babies in my tummy!"

Truly Blessed

I'm tired of being at home and of having sick kids. Last week we were all snowed in and the kids did not have school for 3 days. Lyric was also sick with the stomach bug. This past weekend Samara started running a fever and was very congested. Thankfully I took her to the Dr. on Monday and found out that she had an upper respiratory infection and the RSV virus. It was hard to see my baby so sick. She could barely breathe through her nose or mouth because of her congestion. I am happy to report that she is now doing much better and we are looking forward to enjoying a warm weekend! No more sickness!!

My grandma came up on Monday and stayed the past four days with us taking care of Samara and helping me with the kids in the evenings. Dustin has had parent teacher conferences in the evenings this week and has worked late most nights. I have always had a close relationship with my grandma and she has always been there for me when I have needed her the most. She taught me to sew (kind of!) and play cards, and best of all she showed me by example how to stay close to God. I always gain bits of wisdom from her whenever I am with her. This week was no exception. I greatly enjoyed our talks, playing rummikub after the kids were in bed, and most of all just having her presence here. She is and has truly been a blessing to my life.

This Little Light of Mine...

Yesterday I was rocking Samara to sleep and singing the song "This Little Light of Mine". While singing I had a God moment. You know that moment where He speaks to your heart ever so softly and you just know it was him.
I was at the part that goes "Don't let Satan (blow) it out, I'm gonna let it shine". As a child you make the blowing noise and imagine a real light being blown out but as I sang the song yesterday a whole new meaning came to mind. Recently I have let circumstances, situations, and just life blow out my "light". Satan doesn't physically come and blow out our "light" but he sends things our way and how we handle those things affects our "light". I don't want to lose the "light" God has put in my heart, but at times I am afraid I already have.
It's up to me to keep that "light" shining and that's what I intend to do. It's not about what happens to me in life, it's how I handle it. Most important is staying close to God, letting him once again light up my life.