Is it really April??

After last week's post and nasty weather on Saturday and it got better as the week went on, then we hit today, April 5 and we are having a "wintry mix" BAH I am so very done with winter. I know it is barely spring but I am sick and tired of cold weather and all the winter precipitation it involves. OK, enough about that.

We finally got to have Rebekkah's birthday party. All the stomach flu is gone from our house, please Lord keep it that way!!! All of her friends were able to make it, which made her very happy. They ate cake and ice cream and then swam for two hours. My kids all slept really well on Friday night. Yesterday was good, William and I went to weigh in at church, we are doing the Weigh Down program. Then home and he got a visit from a nurse to show him how to check his own protime at home, kinda nice now he isn't running to the doctor so often. At least not for protime checks. The kids and I ran errands, I gave my step brother's girlfriend a masaage, she is 32 weeks pregnant and was most grateful I could help her back pain out. Then we headed to Target, we had been given internet coupons for free glasses for kids 12 and under. Picked out frames and then told we had to have the "original" coupon. Well, we left there without glasses and I was not a happy mama since I was told the coupon would work. I will never go back to Target for optical needs. Tried looking for Easter shoes for all four and pants for Nathaniel but was tired and irritated so we came home. William grilled steaks last night, YUMMY!! Woke this morning and Noah has a sore throat. UGH He is my one who is most suseptible to strep, so he may coming in to see me, ok the doctor, at the office this week. So, I spent all morning snuggling with him. William and the others went to church, then William and Rebekkah went to dance to practice for the father/daughter dance for recital. They got home and William and I had to run to WM for groceries for lunches this week and potty paper and other basic needs for a family of six.

Tomorrow is back to same ole, same ole. Sometimes I wonder if "normal" is where I really want to be. lol Seems like "normal" is too much fun for me.

Please pray for baby Stellan. He is still in SVT and in the PICU. He has now been there since March 22. His family is making more and more important decisions regarding his health every day. Continue to lift them up and pray for God's will and a miracle!!

Michelle

Sickies, and ice, ice baby.....

Well, we have had quite and eventful last month or so. I have had early stages of pneumonia, thankfully I am much better now. William and both girls now have nasty upper respiratory infections, William got on antibiotics Thursday and the girls seem to be riding it out pretty well. But earlier this week they both woke around midnight(tues/Wed) puking, ugh what a thing to wake to. Emerald only had that one night/day and then was ok. Rebekkah on the other hand, had a nearly 48 hour stretch where she could keep nothing down, not even water, 7-UP, jello or popsicles. We had her into the doctor on Thursday(thankfully we all go to the office I work at so it was only one trip for William) and got phenergan suppositories. SHe is now better despite the nasty cough she has had for over a week now. I am thanking God that we didn't have to go for iv fluids. The boys have managed unscathed and have not gotten either "bug", praise God for that.

We were supposed to have Rebekkah's birthday party last night but rescheduled since she had been so sick. I did not think the YMCA would appreciate puke or diarrhea in the pool. They were not very nice about it but we rescheduled it for next Friday. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, March 29 and will be 8!!! How did that happen, my baby turning that old already??!! It goes so very fast.

They have been forcasting a nasty snow storm for here all week. Instead we have received lots of ice so far and the snow is expected to come in this afternoon. BLAH I am sooo over winter, although it has not been a terribly snowy one I am just ready for spring and warmer weather. Cold and winter never used to bother me but now that I am getting older I am just over it all. Tree limbs have begun to break and fall in our yard and as I type I hear ice hitting the window. They say 4-8 inches of snow on top of this. BAH Ok enough whining about the weather here in KC.

We spent the morning cleaning and disinfecting. Trying to get the bugs outta here. Still not perfect but much better. Now we are all showering and getting in comfy clothes to hunker down for the day. Watching movies, napping and just enjoying not having to get out in this weather.

Michelle

Will post pics later of our weather.

Prayers please....

Please pray for my internet friends, Kristy and MckMama(not her real name but her blog name)

The links to their blogs are on the right side of my blog. They are both facing some extremely trying times right now. Please lift them up and intervene on their behalf. We are called to lift one another up. Please take a few minutes to left these families up. If you click on the links, you can get all the details on each situation!!

Love,

Michelle

I love this man........

All six of us 2008

At the science museum in St Louis a few years back!!
I just LOVE to catch him "in the act"

Handsome dude!!

Geekiness and all!!!

I even endured a live football game with him, I love him so!!!

February 17, 1991!!!!!!! William's dad married us outside in Feb(in TX)

Engagement photo, December 1990

Christmas trip to KC December 1991

This is how he looked when we met!!! He actually had hair on top of his head!!!

So, without further ado, I want to declare to all who may read our blog.........I love this man!!!!! More now than 18 years ago!!! He is the love of my life, the head of my household, the father of our beautiful children, he is my everything!!! I am SO glad God put him in my life. I am one very blessed woman to call myself, Mrs. William Farley!!!

William, you are an amazing friend, lover, spouse and father. Just like the song says, when God made *you* he must have been thinking about me!!!!!!

Michelle

Few more pics

My camera ham!!! ALWAYS posing.

They really DO get along but don't ask them to admit it. lol

Me at the park yesterday, so my hubby won't complain and whine b/c my picture isn't in this post. Love you dear!!! More now than 18 years ago!!!

ATTEN......HUT!! My camo guy, posing for the camera.

Braids for bedtime. Rebekkah's hair is so fine AND long that is tangles terribly so I did this so morning brushing is not such a chore AND screamfest(her not me)

OK, just a few more shots to reel people in. The kids are all headed to church tonight, grandma let Em borrow her car so they could get there. I am home tending to my sick hubby, ok right now he is resting in bed while I am on the computer, he has that nasty upper respiratory junk that is going around. Not a good thing for someone who is high risk, cardiac/pulmonary, so I am babying him(role reversal) this time. I am so blessed to be able to take care of him!!!!

Michelle

February 10, 2008.....

Nathaniel, getting ready to play!!

Look ma, NO hands!!!! Rebekkah showing off.

King, er queen, of the playground!! Emerald, being a goofy teen!!

Mom, I am at the top and not holding on!!!! Noah, up to his daring antics(nothinh new for him)

William, walking and enjoying the sun and 60+ temps.

Well, yes, it is February in KC, ok EVERYWHERE, but you'll never guess what we did this afternoon. I will let the pictures speak for me. OK, I was there but only one shot of me and well, I am not heartbroken it didn't make it to the blog. ;-P Anyway, I got off at noon today(I get to work on Saturday) and it was beautiful and so we headed out to get some Vitamin D and fresh air. Wonderful way to hang with the kids and hubby. Making it even nicer is the fact that if I wasn't working this Saturday we could not have done this, it is gonna be cold and possibly doing that nasty four letter "S" word, you know.......snowing!!! Hey this is KC if ya don't like the weather we're having hang around a day or two, it'll change!!!

Michelle

Lazy Saturday

My kind of day, ahhhhhhh, so nice. William and I are starting a new minstry, a bookstore, at church tomorrow and met with Pastor Kevin this morning. Got the bookstore stocked and ready to roll for tomorrow. Ok so it sounds like a cliche but it really will roll, it a wooden cabinet on wheels, pretty awesome. We have been working on getting this together for a couple of months. We are excited to get it going. We both serve in many other areas of ministry but wanted something to do together so this was an opportunity we couldn't pass us. Please pray for us as we prepare to get information in people's hands, spreading Christian words to not only people in church but to the community. I love being in a country that I am not afraid to sit at the feet of God to worship and praise Him *and* be able to spread His word to everyone I come into contact with.

After going to the church we all headed to the eye doctor's office. Nathaniel's glasses broke, for the second time since August, just before we went to TX . We put off taking them in until we got back and then they just got back on Thursday. We all went though because all six pairs needed some kind of adjustment. Noah's were stretched and crooked, I thought that since he has been wearing them since he was 3.5 that he would be easier on them by 10 but not so. Emerald's were missing a nose piece, she lost it in TX, don't ask ME how because I have NO idea. I am just the momma :-D Mine needed tightening behind the ears, William's were crooked(happens when you fall asleep wearing them) and lastly Rebekkah just felt left out(her's weren't bad at all) and said she needed her nose pieces adjusted. So we are all six in business and can see clearly now. I am trying to give my eyes a day without contacts, I believe they need that every so often.

Then it was off to Walmart for a few last things for the bookstore, price tags, etc), the $1 store for Em to find something and to the grocery store for marshmallows for hot cocoa(tastes better this way) and then home. Home is where I intend to spend the rest of my day, trying to stay warm!!! Yesterday was near 60 and today is in the 20's. I am done with winter and ready for spring and summer. I love warm weather!!! Guess I will have to bide my time here in the cold for this week though, it is supposed to get to below freezing later this week and highs in the 10's blech!!!

Ever since I got home I have been under blankets and just hanging out. Spending time on the computer and talking to the kids. Well, until a little bit ago when I shut the office door, three tv's are on and I can't handle all the noise that three different programs make. Makes me wish we only had one tv sometimes, *sigh*, oh well life goes on.

Ok, enough babbling from here. I am off to nap(hopefully the kids will cooperate, even at their ages they have to ask important stuff like.....Mom, is it Saturday?? and Mom, what are you doing lying in your bed?? and Can I get a drink??) You know all the important stuff they can't possible ask daddy, because he is awake and watching a John Wayne movie on tv. I guess that stuff never ends. Oops, here is Rebekkah needing love since she hurt her finger so I better go put on my nurse and counselor hat.

Michelle