There Goes the Kitchen Sink

...Well as the title suggests we had an incident with our kitchen faucet yesterday... it broke off...

 (Please excuse the DIRTY dishes in the sink... I was about to clean up after lunch....)

Lucky for me there was no leaking involved in this break... it just fell apart...

It literally just snapped off.... Daddy came home from work a little early, stopped by the local "big box store" Riley was very excited to help Daddy... he is very into his play tools right now and was VERY willing to help out with his tape measure.

 After:

Momma has a new faucet... yesss! so thankful or my Husband!

Recently on facebook one of my friends posted the question "What if you woke up tomorrow and only had the things you thanked God for today" Its embarrassing when I think about it really what do I thank God for daily.. I have so many blessing I truly take advantage of.... from simple "necessities" like indoor plumbing. to the obvious like My Husband, my kids and my freedom to worship publicly. Its simply amazing to me how facebook can be so challenging at times.

Thank you Jesus for  every blessing you have given me, please forgive me for not always seeing the gifts or acknowledging you in the everyday things in life. Amen

~Momma

Missing Summer Already...

Our yard is finally looking better... I say better because there is STILL a HUGE pile of sticks and branches *anyone form anywhere is welcome to come get them!*

Its about this time of year when I need to remind myself that in the summer the tree's are awesome...

... the blisters on my hands tend to disagree... but my fond memories of summer win out..Hopefully...

...speaking of summer.. we went to the pool today!

and the boys had a BLAST... I am so lucky I have water babies!

I had fun too actually the water was warm and it was a nice change from yard work I was excited to go!

It was a good beginning to the week... I have a bunch of projects to get ready for Christmas this year... more on that later

Sunday night

It's been a LOOOOONG weekend.... I have been out of the house most of the weekend... and when I was not working 12 hour shifts! We were visiting family...

....needless to say when we got home today... I KINDA went into a cleaning frenzy...MY HOUSE WAS CRAZY!... as soon as dinner was over, me and the boys swept the dining room and moped... we also did the kitchen and I was vacuuming the playroom and living room... Still going strong... Husband kindly reminds me that it is bed time.. OOPS!...so I type this as my husband kindly takes the boys up to bed...

Hope everyone had a nice relaxing long weekend... let's kick CHRISTmas into high gear!

Penn State update:

Who would have thought that when I went to the Penn State game in September that it would be the LAST game I saw where Joe Pa was the coach. If you read the sign it counts me as someone who has attended a game coached by Joe Paterno...

sad....
very sad... that is how I feel about this enter situation...
sad for the boys that were involved...
sad for the non-profit organization that was (unaware?) of the situation.
sad for the by standards who were rocked by the situation coming out in the open...
sad because people KNEW and said nothing!
Would I send MY boys to Penn State?    YES!
Would I let Joe Pa coach my boys?    YES!
Would I let Jerry Sanduskuy coach my boys? NO!
Who do I blame in this situation a lot of people... mostly those who were on the board of trustees...
But this isn't about me... who I blame...
It's so easy for Me to sit in the court of public opinion and preach about what I think is right.. What I would have done. and what I would like to see happen...
That solves nothing..


From sadness to healing that is my prayer

Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. Romans 12:19

I am happy that I was able to attend a game in Joe's last season as head coach of the Penn State football program.

Connor and the Eye Doctor

My big boy went to the eye Dr again today.. and things went MUCH smoother this time.. . This visit was much shorter...
Less than an hour compared to two hours
Riley did not fall and cut his lip 5min into Connor's exam like last time
We did not have to have drops put into Connor's eyes
And I think most importantly after the last visit where Connor angerly told me that he was never ever going to the eye Dr. again... I have been constantly praying for him in this specific situation.
My big boy at the eye Dr. (I don't know if you are allowed to take pictures at the eye Dr. or not so I only snuck this one :)

This is what we learned... Yes his one eye crosses... and no his vision isn't bad... No there is not imporvemnt in his vision when glasses were added... He does have poor depth perception... The Dr. explained that for him watching a 3D movie just wouldn't be as impressive to him .... So no to the glasses (for now as long as his vision remains good).. and apparently no to the new 3d tv's (not that we were EVER going to get one anyhow ).... Just a BUNCH more practice catching a ball :)

After the eye Dr. we went to Toys R Us just to look around... in Connor's words " an entire store for just TOYS?!?" he was VERY excited to say the least. We also got a special treat of Fast Food uck... But to them it was special.

I love when I feel well taken care of,  I felt the Lord providing Connor with a peace about this trip to the eye Dr. ( I could tell by his skipping back to the exam room)... SUCH a change from the conflict he felt about going back to the Dr. even a week ago...

Thank you Jesus!

A Good Use of Leaves

There is a definite chill in the air... in the past two days the leaves on our tree's have come down, and where we once had green grass we now have lovely red and yellow carpet of leaves...

Riley had the idea to run his combine up and down the driveway .. Connor's imagination took over and he yelled look he's making roads! he would follow Riley as he made a path down the driveway.. Then Connor would take his turn with the truck and Riley would follow him around...

Both the John Deere and the CAT loader got a lot of use today clearing leaves creating roads...

we a found a terrific use of leaves

Gods Artwork

I often stop and take pictures of the sky... tonight was one of those nights...

 I just enjoy God's artwork...

How much wood can a Woodchuck chuck?

Since our freak snowfall we have been very busy cleaning up our yard and trying to get things put back together...It is over a week later and we are STILL working...

I Learned how to use a chain saw.. And I successfully learned how to stack piles and piles of wood...

... What you don't see is there is a pile stacked just as high behind this one...

Yesterday was a lovely day we cleaned out our garden...

....Tore out all the old tomato and pepper plants...and piled them in the compost bin...

The boys decided to "paint" with mud while I cleaned up sticks and leaves...at first they used sticks... then they used their hands.. and at some point it looks like they just used their whole bodies....

Somehow I can't help but think he still looks super cute <3... Now Connor was just as messy but he did not want his picture taken...

I also worked hard with Connor to get the "cabin" back together...He had dreams of building a real Log cabin from our sticks, but instead we build a "fence" around the bottom of the cabin.

All in all it was a good productive day.. Riley basically had a bath in the kitchen sink.. but he laughed the whole time... maybe he should always get his hair washed in the kitchen sink...

~ Momma