Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! This is our Christmas Card this year.

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!

I love this time of year. I thought I would share my trees with you.

Tree on the front porch. (Only decoration left outside thanks to my dog, who had 6 light bulbs.)

Tree in my kitchen. One of my favorites.

Big Tree! Have added several new ornaments since taking this picture.

Duck Tree in Will's Bathroom.

Tree in Will's Room, he decorated it himself. Had to have a North Carolina Blue tree.

You Know Your'e a Mother when....

I saw this on another blog and couldn't resist not posting.

You know you're a mother when...

You Know You're a Mother When ...
-You count the sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they're equal.
-You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
-You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
-Your kid throws-up and you catch it.
-Someone else's kid throws up at a party. You keep eating.
-As you cling to the high moral ground on toy weapons; your child chews his toast into the shape of a gun.
-You hope ketchup is a vegetable, since it's the only one your child eats.
-You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into cute shapes.
-You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "NOT in your good clothes!"
-You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
-You donate to charities in the hope that your child won't get that disease.
-You hire a sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then spend half the night checking on the kids.
-You use your own saliva to clean your child's face.-You say at least once a day, "I'm not cut out for this job", but you know you wouldn't trade it for anything.

Wedding Pictures

Will was in my cousin Justin's wedding this past weekend. He did really good, considering it was outside and he had been in his tux for 2 hours prior to the ceremony. A few times my cousin Logan had to tell him to quit swinging the pillow but other than that he did fine. He thought he was something because he was dressed like the big boys.

Flip Flop Exchange

If you are interested in participating in a flip flop exchange please email your address at mistysanders@dctonline.net.

What you do is mail a pair of flip flops to one friend of mine, then you give 6 of your willing friends the papers, with my name on top and yours on the bottom.

Thanks!

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Will started t-ball and he enjoys batting and eating at the concession stand. He is not thrilled about playing outfield, but the more he plays the more he enjoys it.

Easter Part 2

Will had a great time this year at Easter. Coloring eggs, finding them, going to church, etc. At preschool they talked about the Easter story all week so both in Teamkids on Wednesday night and during Sunday School he helped the teachers with the lesson. He thought that he was something.

When I opened the Spider-Man egg coloring kit, all of the dye tablets were crushed into powder, so I had to use food coloring. Will tried opening it with his teeth, and he had it all over his mouth. Needless to say, I learned my lesson about never letting a 4 year old help with food coloring. It was everywhere. Evidently there was some on the floor that the dog licked up, because she had a green tongue.

Will with his basket from the Easter Bunny.

My future golfer, everyone at church said he looked like he was ready for the PGA tour. I was shocked that he made it to the car without getting dirty. Scott thought I was nuts for buying white pants, but oh well.

Easter Part 1

I know that I have been slacking on the blogging, so I promised Leanne that I would try and do better. Here are pictures from Will's preschool egg hunt at the Courtyard. They had a great time.

Prayer Request

Hey Guys, I need to ask to help me pray for one of my good friends Tara. She is miscarrying her baby and she and her husband Jason are totally crushed. They have been married 10 years and tried forever to have a baby. She miscarried 8 years ago and 3 weeks she had invetro (sp?). On Tuesday she found out she was pregnant and we were all so excited and today she went for bloodwork and her levels were dropping, they confirmed that she is miscarrying this afternoon. Please keep her and Jason in your prayers. If you know them or know anyone who may congratulate them please pass the word along. Thanks!

MUDDY MESS

Will has enjoyed the warm days recently. These pictures are from a couple of weekends ago, but I downloaded them onto the computer and then they were lost in some crazy file. I just found them. Will decided that he wanted to make mud pies and it turned into a mess, which he loved. In fact, this afternoon our nephew was over and when I got home from work they were covered from head to toe in mud. I will have to post those pictures later, Scott took those with his camera that he uses for sports and I can't even begin to tell you how to use it.

Will smearing mud all over Scott's face.

Making a mud pie!

Blood Work Results

Dr. says that Will's blood work looked good. The only thing that showed up was the virual (sp?) infection from the strep. She said that his legs should be fine in a few days, in fact he cried this morning because he was afraid he was not going to get to go to Pre-School so we let him go. Dr. said he would be fine as long as he did not have a fever.

Thanks to all of you for the emails and comments. Thanks most of all for the prayers.

UPDATE

Thanks to everyone for thier prayers today. We still don't know much, but the doctor does think it is part of the strep infection. She did blood work just to be safe and help calm my nerves. However, after a dose of Motrin this afternoon he is walking much better. He even rode the four wheeler and his bike tonight. I will update tomorrow after we here from the blood work.

PRAYER REQUEST

Please remember Will in your prayers today. He got sick Thursday night with a fever and complaining of leg aching, and the doctor said that he had a bacterial infection, probably the beginning of strep. He ran a fever until Saturday evening and seemed to be doing fine until last night and he woke up having leg cramps and this morning he can't stand on his leg without screaming. We have a doctor's appt. this afternoon. Please remember us in your prayers. You know how mommies go wild until something is found out.

ICE STORM 2009

Sorry for the late post but were have been having computer problems. Here are just a few pictures of the experience I never want to deal with again. I am just thankful no one was hurt. We are lucky enough not to have any trees close to our house, but our neighbors lost almost all of theirs.

For some reason I can't type under pictures. 1st - our road from HWY 62 entrance 2nd - back of Mom's house

3rd - front of Mom's house,

I have power!!!!

Our power finally came on today at 11 am. We have been enjoying ourselves since it warmed up enough to stay in the house. I am so thankful we were able to stay warm and have plenty to eat while staying with my aunt and uncle. They still have no power but they do have a generator. My mom is also still without power, one of the electric workers today said it may be Friday before she has it. I have a ton of pictures to upload but I have spent most of the afternoon cleaning out the frig and freezer.

Updating from Nashville

Hey, just wanted to check in on everyone. We came down to Nashville on Thursday night and plan on staying until Saturday. Scott has a doctors appt. today and after that we are going to enjoy the hot water and power here for one more night.

We were lucky to stay with my sister-in-law and Scott's brother at her parents house. They had a generator so we stayed warm. I have several pictures from our road and my mom's house that I will post at some point.

I'm Back

It has been a while since I last posted. It seems that since Christmas I have been very busy. Especially since school started back. We spend most nights at home or at North High Basketball Games. Will really enjoys watching the games. We have a desktop computer that I am still trying to figure out and our laptop is not working right, so I will try to get back into the habit of posting.