Disturbing

I find this disturbing... "Contains a bittering agent to help discourage inhalant abuse"

It's been over a month since my last post. Wow, it's been a busy month. On top of the normal work and parenting, I have had two papers due in my classes. One was a 10 page report on a topic of our choice, and I chose to discuss whether probation should be considered a punishment and I received a B on that paper. The other was a 5 page paper on Hezbollah and I haven't received that paper back yet, but I'm sure I did fine.

There was also Halloween, and both boys had a good time. Harley was Jason from Friday the 13th, and Kaden was a cute little dragon...

We have tried to soak up the last month of warm weather by playing outside as much as possible...
Kaden received his first haircut...And we can't forget the Sunday tradition of FOOTBALL and being lazy...

Now it is Thanksgiving time, and I am so thankful for everyone in my life!! I truly am blessed and wouldn't give up my family and friends for anything! I would however give up the 2 year old attitude that my little guy has been giving lately!! Jeesh, he is naughty. Harley had confrences and I recieved and awesome report, couldn't be prouder except for if he would lose his 9 year old attitude that he gives mom and dad! He too is very naughty!

Intelligent Conversation

So this Thursday is my baby Kaden's first haircut. I asked Dustin if he was going to come with that day?
He said "You really want all 4 of us to go just for his haircut?"
I said "Ummm, yeah!! It's his first ever haircut. You have to come watch."
He said "I was there for his first bowel movement, what could be more special than that?"
CLASSIC

October 7th marked the one year anniversary of my Grandma leaving us here on earth to join her father in heaven for eternal life. She decided to stop by and say 'hi' to me on this special day.

This Peace Lily has not had a bloom on it since her funeral one year ago. I find it fascinating that exactly one year later, it once again has a flower.

School & Buisness

I just received some amazing news. After this semester in school at MSU, I am officially done with all my required and elective classes for my major in Criminal Law. So now I get to start on my minor in Addiction Counseling, and all the classes look like they will be online, so no more missing family time in the evenings to attend class. YAY!!!
I honestly don't know if I will ever use this degree for a couple of reasons. The first being I don't want to move away to find a job, and the jobs are slim pickings here. The second reason is I enjoy being home with my kids. And the third being, when I do decide to go back to work, it will be at our family business, Signs & Wonders (Bismarck, ND), learning the ropes to take it over so my so deserving parents can retire :)

Signs & Wonders
(701) 222-3848

Vehicle Graphics, Trucks, Trains, Trade Show Displays, Striping and Graphic Kits, Portable Sign Rentals, Planes, Logo Design, Digital Prints, Cycles, Custom Signs, Custom Lettering, T-shirts, etc.

Kaden likes Football

Why go to Church??

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
When you are DOWN to nothing..... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!