isaiah, home depot apron, sunglasses, and puddles!

welcome precious meagan

julie and algebra brian with baby girl

just another entertaining kitchen conversaition. this continues to make me laugh

i hear my phone.
get to it, and isaiah has it.
me: who was it
z: i dunno
me: can i have my phone please?
z: sure
z: well, who was it *both hands palms up*
me: daddy
z: oh.
i return the call. have a short conversation. hang up the phone.
z: who was that mommy?
me: daddy
z: oh. why?
z: what did he say?
me: he needs to stop at walgreens on the way home.
z: why? *funny eye squinting*
me: he needs to get some medicine.
z: what medicine?
me: for a wart
z: what wart?
me: (sigh...) the one on his finger honey.
z: what finger?
me: this one (showing him)
z: OOOH NINJAGO!!!
charlie: is he going to walgreens or walmart?
me: walgreens?
charlie: well, i want him to get macaroni and cheese.
me:..sigh...

arg!

brian took the boys to see the ships yesterday.! great pictures daddy.!!! 

so blessed. aren't we!

isaiah said his favorite part was the cannons!

ahhhhh.....can you just pray for everyone. we can't make a list long enough...
just pray for the matchey family. auntie barb is not well. she's immobile. lost 80 lbs since her january appointment. back in the hospital...etc...
 and grandma (oma) is having a CT scan on friday to see what is going on..whatever that means....
grandma val needs prayers.
vanessa...
happy birthday tomorrow nathan...love you all

gigi and pepaw are okay!!

i have, in the background, kfor okc news  live streaming on the laptop. they have continuous coverage of the oklahoma tornadoes. it is so comforting to see the loads of goods being dropped off at the news station to help the community. i heard last night when i was watching, you can text in money too. salvation army, red cross, and a few others, you can just text in ten bucks. i think i will do that when i find the numbers again. maybe if i put it on facebook, a few others will do it too.  it seems the storms keep forming. not severe, but still complicates recovery in the downpours and lightning. (especially all the news cameras & trucks that are probably just bait for lightning!)  i can't fathom searching for my boys in rubble, not knowing.
grandma and grandpa's neighbors came over, opened their storm shelter. but grandpa wouldn't go in. grandma did (as hard physically as that is for her) but grandpa refused. said he wanted to "watch the weather"..OR...maybe  because of his dementia, he was anxious about crawling into a small box with strangers! (who are not really strangers, of course!)(he doesn't always recognize grandma).
check that weather. a new severe storm threat is forming in southwest ok.
how exciting! :( send your prayers please.

seattle waterfront

not sure what the occasion was, but a nice view from the ferris wheel of s parade of boats!

rub the piggy for good luck at pikes place market

i (we are) am so blessed to have two beautiful boys. i truly do enjoy them. of course they are demanding and clingy and noisy, messy and smelly, but i LOVE them! and i love spending time with them. i even miss them when i go to work! and when charlie goes to school! (sad, i know). 

sunflower monster!

izzy & i were admiring the garden, when we noticed entire (three inches worth) sunflowers missing! (this happened last year too...very curious!) he promptly states "maybe the sunflower monster got 'em"
 awwwwwww.
everything is up. garden is looking great! at least we got that going for us!
garage sale planned this weekend. will be super glad to have it over!

Pictures from jenn

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they have been soooooo whinny. ugh.
got over it this morning when charlie needed a tissue and it "got stuck" to my hand when i tried to give it to him. it became a huge fiasco/show. he ended up laughing himself to tears instead of crying like he's been doing all morning. then action took over the show by playing with a crayon, thank goodness for easy entertaining on days like today!
first rose is out. so that's great too!
charlie only wants to wear his "blue suit" to school with a japan shirt underneath. daily!

so blessed to be stressed

i am feeling overwhelmingly blessed to be stressed lately. the stresses i have are minute compared to the major issues of my friends & families. seems everywhere i turn, lives are being taken or life quality is plummeting. i am honored to be able to holler at charlie and send him to his room for chucking a shoe at me (WHAT?!). at least we are not fighting in a hospital.  or because there has been a death in our immediate family. and he isn't fighting in school. and isaiah is whinny and clingy, and wants to watch tv & the computer constantly if not "mommy, hold me". but we are not clinging for every breath. and we struggle financially, but we have a home and jobs!! and we are healthy enough to go daily.
prayers go out to all of you (and those who don't read this!). and i mean ALL of you.
 the angels are rallying!!