Wind? Anyone?

Holy windy today! We had Becca's "Graduation" party from Preschool...she'll be getting on that bus in the fall for her Kindergarten debut! The party was at Keller Park, and very nice...great food, awesome company, kids played...and the wind blew...and BLEW...and BLEW! Seriously, I am dreading the idea of trying to comb through my mane tonight!
It was so nice to catch up with some of the other parents...we'll miss Miss Gamble, she's awesome and hopefully she will stay at Little Lambs so I can have her teach Adelyn in 2 years...then Somerville #4 when that time comes too! Man, I was thinking how "young" I would be when Sam graduated high school, and now I know by the time this one graduates high school I'll be 50! Yikes!
We're getting things ready for camping this weekend...looking forward to it, I better check the weather!
Oh, I got New Moon today, read just the first chapter from it at the end of Twilight and can't wait to get the kids to bed to read more! I can't believe I like reading! So unlike me!

What the???

Jason was on the road last night so they could get up early and finish the job they were on. It's been awhile since he's been gone overnight but I was actually looking forward to a "quiet" night as he tends to keep me up later than I usually would and he is quite "nocturnal" where he's up 10 times a night to snack. Since I've gotten this cold yesterday, I was thinking early bed for me. I tucked the kids in and hoped that they slept the night...Adelyn is still a 1-3 getter upper in the night!

I wanted to go right to sleep but the Twilight book next to the bed was calling my name so I read just a little of it. Then when I shut the light off, I zonked.

Then I heard something, strange. I just was opening my eyes to feel a cold, wet cat nose on my ear with the humming sound of Tucker's prrrr. Let me insert here that we have 2 cats, Milo and Tucker...who are NOT house cats...they belong in the shop and outside. So shocked, yes! I thought he had been in all night and wondered what I may find from his "containment". I took him to the front porch door and put him out and went back to bed as it was only 5:00 a.m. Just a minute passed and I heard my door open slightly against the carpet...Tucker, again! What the ??? So I picked him up and went to see what door was opened. The sunroom door had not been properly closed and the wind had blown hard enough to open it. Once again I put him out and went back to bed. Only to be wakened by Sam, then he crawled in bed with me, only to hear the TV go on from Becca. Sam left to watch TV, I tried to sleep, but no luck.

So now my hiney is dragging: making a baby is a lot of work, then put the cold on top of it (without any medications to assist) and you have ONE TIRED WOMAN!

This is Matt and Farrah (with Tori) at our company Christmas party the beginning of the year. She is pregnant with Colt in this photo, but you couldn't tell yet! It was a really fun weekend. We went to the Three Bears Lodge in Warrens, WI. The kids had a great time, as well as the adults. I only wished I had taken more photos, but it was a very busy two days with LOTS of people in the cabins!

Too Sad

So usually Mother's Day is a great day to celebrate, a day where the "mama's" can get a little recognition for their hard work throughout the year. This year was not so great. We got a phone call from our employee, Matt, that his wife, Farrah, had to be taken to the ER. Wasn't sure why exactly, but she had "kinda wacked out"...later to find out they are at Rochester. She was diagnoised with a brain tumor, and it came back cancerous. She was pretty much "comatosed" and was not able to function. They did surgery to drain the fluid from her brain. They also did an MRI to see the brain, and where going to do a biopsy to see what type of cancer they were dealing with.
Well, it seems to be one bad news report after another. Here we are only 3 days later and the good news is that Farrah is "back". The stint in her brain to keep the fluids draining is working and the pressure is off of her brain which has allowed her to function completely, talk, comb her hair, brush her teeth, pick on her husband...the bad news is that they found 3 tumors, and they are all at her brainstem. This location prevents removal, and even chemotherapy to try to shrink them is not an option as it would swell her brain and put her back to square 1 again. Today we learned the sad sad news that Farrah will only get to "ride it out" and the timeline was as vague as saying, "not sure if it is a few weeks or a few months." Jason and I are completely heartbroken. Matt and Farrah are such wonderful people. They both served in the military (her Army, him Marines), they fell in love, got married, and are the proud parents of 3 children. Tessa, who just is finishing Kindergarten, Tori who is 3, and Colt who will be 1 in June.
As a mother, I cannot begin to tell you the agony my heart and head are filled with when I think about all the things Farrah will miss out on. It's not fair. What possibly can I do for them? How helpless I feel. She is one of the nicest people I've met. Never negative, never rude. All I know is that she is one tough cookie and I hope she is with us a long, long time!
My days have been consumed by Prayers for her, and requesting Prayers from others for her.

Roller Coaster Week

Wow! What a crazy week...I have been advertising for my "first ever" thrift sale. This was because we are done having kids and I needed to get rid of TONS of baby/toddler clothes in boys and girls and all those big toys that take up too much space! Also the crib, baby bath, receiving blankets, diaper genie, potty chair, etc.
I was scheduled to get an IUD on Monday or Tuesday after the sale to make the "done having kids" thing final.
God works in mysterious ways. On Thursday, April 30th, I was working on bids and sneezed. That part is nothing strange, however, when I sneezed I felt a "pull" in my uterus. The same pull I felt with Sam, and the same pull I felt 2 weeks after conception with Becca, and the same pull I felt with Adelyn. So, as much as I was trying to make excuses (the way I was sitting, hard sneeze, PMSing)...I knew it...I'm pregnant!
Well, I guessed I had better take a test to find out for sure to see before selling ALL my baby stuff...so on Wednesday, May 6th at 3:00 a.m. (when Becca woke me up from her having a bad dream), I took a test. A very faint blue line, but definately a blue line. I was awake the rest of the night thinking of how this changes our lives, how we were "done" with babies at our house, etc. Wednesday was hard for me.
Then, after talking to my mom and sister, and Jason, I realized that this was in God's plan and all I have to do is except that. And "poof"! I was excited! I took another test on Thursday and the line was even more blue. So then I was really excited. I can't believe how your emotions can change from one day to the next. But we are now looking forward to our 4th child coming to our family in January. Jason always wanted four, and we all know he always gets his way! ha ha! We have told several friends, but we aren't saying anything to the kids until I'm about 3-4 months along.
SO...like I said on facebook when Adelyn was potty trained, "no more diapers at our house...but that is usually when we end up pregnant again!"

First Blog

So after my friend Theresa showed me how cool a blog is for a keepsake on our life, I said I was going to do one that week...that was several months ago, but hey, I've always been a procrastinator!
To summarize our life to date: Jason and I were married July 10, 1999. Our 10th year anniversary is this year! And it went FAST! We have 3 wonderful children, Sam is almost 7, Becca is 5 1/2, and Adelyn just turned 2. They are SO much fun...we just love their individual personalities and enjoy doing things together as a family from "movie night on the big screen" to a hike in the woods. This summer we will do a lot more camping. We got to camp a few weekends last year. I'm looking forward to it this summer as Adelyn is potty trained and not a "baby" anymore. Should be a lot easier (and a lot less to pack).

Jason has been building Post Frame buildings since 1998 and did many types of construction prior to that. I have a degree in teaching, yes it is a nice piece of paper that I barely used. We decided to go into business for ourselves and in January of 2004 we were incorporated: Custom Structures, Inc. I do the office work, taxes, payroll, advertising, bidding/drawing, and most the sales. Jason runs the crew and builds the buildings and helps with sales. We sell for Wick Buildings and love what we do. It gives us the perfect balance for raising a family. Although many times throughout the year we feel like we barely see each other or the kids! With each year, we improve our scheduling and it does seem to get a little easier.
This blog will be about our life, but I'm sure I will have some days where I just vent my feelings and/or opinions. I'm hoping to be able to print this off every so often so one day I can give the kids an entire "biography" of our life as they grow up!

Well, that's about all for my first post! Enjoy!