Simply Heidi

1. What do I always say to you?

Bryce- Be a good example for your brothers and sisters
Chandler- Be obedient
Ben- Be careful with the girls

2. What makes me happy?
Bryce- When i am obedient
Chandler- when I decorate your pancake plate pretty
Ben- when we get to spend time together

3. What makes me sad?
Bryce- when I disobey you or break rule
Chandler- when I disobey you
Ben- if I disobey you

4. How do I make you laugh?
Bryce- when you wake up in the morning and your hair is all frizzy
Chandler- by doing funny jokes, and tickling me
Ben- tickle me, and make funny faces

5. What was I like as a child?
Bryce- a spoiled little girl
Chandler- you were very obedient
Ben- you had blonde hair mom, and you got spanked from your mommy!

6. How old am I?
Bryce- 21, then he laughed really hard, and said old
Chandler-30
Ben- 29

7. How tall am I?
Bryce- 5’12”
Chandler- I have no idea…then he laughs
Ben- 100 feet

8. What is my favorite thing to do?
Bryce- drink coffee
Chandler- go shopping and having special times with me
Ben- Spending special times with just me

9. What do I do when you’re not around?
Bryce- drink coffee
Chandler- have fun with the other kids, but it does not make me sad mom! (okay I feel bad)
Ben- if know one is around I guess you spend time with yourself.

10. If I were to become famous, what would it be for?
Bryce- drinking the most coffee in one day.
Chandler- getting money from AdvoCare
Ben- the best singing voice

11. What am I really good at?
Bryce- saying no
Chandler- Spelling
Ben- loving me

12. What am I not very good at?
Bryce- saying yes
Chandler- drinking Spark very fast
Ben- basketball and football…you throw really bad mom

13. What do I do for a job
Bryce- being the best parent
Chandler- AdvoCare
Ben- AdvoCare

14. What is my favorite food?
Bryce- anything at III Forks
Chandler- Pancakes
Ben- nachos and taco salad

15. What makes you proud of me?
Bryce- winning awards at AdvoCare and when you stand up for me
Chandler- there are so many good things mom I can’t tell them all!
Ben- because you like to do good things for people

16. If I were a cartoon character who would I be?
Bryce- Velma from scooby doo
Chandler- a red,… someone…, but I dont remember who
Ben- Cinderella

17. What do you and I do together?
Bryce- we talk about EVERYTHING, sometimes you like to talk to much mom
Chandler- Have fun
Ben- read together

18. How are you & I the same?
Bryce- we pick our nose (what???)
Chandler- our eyes
Ben- same eyebrows

19. How are you & I different?
Bryce- we just are mom, sometimes we just dont understand each other and that is different
Chandler- well we have different hair
Ben- well you are a girl and I am a boy

20. How do you know I love you?
Bryce- because you quit your teaching job to home school me and take care of me.
Chandler- because you always tell me that I love you
Ben- because you are nice to me

21. What do I like most about Daddy?
Bryce- he snuggles you
Chandler- you have always loved him, even when you were in high school
Ben- you really care about him mom

22. Where is my favorite place to go?
Bryce- to bed
Chandler- Ice Cream Shop
Ben- Ice Cream Place and stores

So I am back. Have so much to blog about, but I am going to bed for the night. I have to get a good nights rest and stick to my new schedule. But I am going to post LOTS tomorrow. So stay tuned.

I am going to be taking a blogging break for the next 10 days. We will be gone for half of that, but to also regroup. So if you need me…call me…wow…imagine if we all picked up to call our friends instead of just reading about them or texting them or instant message them, or email them. I wonder if our friendships would be better. I dont know. Just a thought.

On another note…still not packed and ready to go. And my frustration has rolled on over from yesterday!

Okay on to make my cup of coffee.

I hope everyone has an incredible Easter. What an incredible time of year…one of my favorites!

F…frazzled
R…ready to hit the road
U…udderly stressed out
S…stomach ache
T…tired
E…excited to see family
R…racing to get it all done
A…ambitious
T…totally not packed
E…endless things still to do
D…downright done with the day

Well that basically sums up my day…I still have SOOO much to do to get ready to go. Is it going to get all done, probably not. I need to let some things go on my list, other words I will just get more frustrated. Why do I have to be such a perfectionist, when it comes to trips and organization…

So we are heading out tomorrow. I am trying to clean and get laundry done, and business done, and keep my sanity! We will be gone till Sunday night. Oh and we are taking the dog too….oh my stars, I think I might go crazy in the car….5 kids and a dog. I really think I must be nuts. I am hoping Tony can get off early so we are not driving into the weee hours of the night. I “not so kindly” asked. Then was feeling bad because I “not so kindly” asked. I guess I am a bit overwhelmed with all that I have to get done before we head out. Packing for 7 is, well, a lot of work.

Lets keep this family in our prayers…they need it!

Time. WOW. where does the time go. My last post was 3-31. And it seems like I just blinked, and bam we are going into Easter weekend. Where has the year gone. We will be putting up Christmas stuff before we know it. Well that does excite me a little since I love the fall/christmas season so much.

So we have been dealing with sickness. My oldest has had bronchitis. I have been having headaches. Trying to home school. Please note the word, trying. We are doing it, v e r y s l o w l y.
We have painting different rooms, moving rooms around. Setting up a new office. Trying to keep up with AdvoCare. Can I just tell you I know that economic times right now are not the greatest, but AdvoCare, well it is just rockin and rolling. It has not SLOWED down at all due to the times. And really it is only by his grace that we keep up with all we do. Because I dont know how we do it, other than the fact that God has his hand all over it.

I have just been taking deep breathes in and deep breathes out.

Adoption stuff going well. We need a little more money for it though. Everything has been filed, except for one document. We need to meet with that attorney, and then we can get the last of it filed, and then a court date will be given to us. So hopefully by, the end of May it will all be official. She has been with us a year now. Can you believe that. Her mom is doing so good. She will be finishing up her last contract in the bible part, then will move on to the re-entry part, and she is planning on being there a year. So next June it is looking like she will move on. We will see, plans change. We are really proud of her. She has done a program, that not everyone finishes. Honestly, I dont know if I could have finished. Teen Challenge is not a walk in the park. It is hard. Disciplined structure. But she has done it. We are planning on attending her graduation, and going to her party there. It will be a very special time I am sure. To see completion come to pass. I feel so incredibly blessed to be part of all that.