Details of Me...

Well you can probably tell that we have been quite busy by the fact that I haven't updated in a while. We had a normally busy week last week with doing things around the house and Nathan working on campaign stuff from home. Saturday I spent the day helping the family get ready for my cousin's graduation party. That afternoon we had a great time at her party. They had a wonderful idea of doing it a bit different...which was fabulous!!! For food they had a make-it-yourself taco bar! YUM!!!! Then, instead of a cake, they had delicious sugar cookies! They are my grandma's recipe and of course terrific! Wow! You can so tell we are pregnant!!! Anything mentioning food sounds great to me! I was on 2Peas website a little bit ago and they had a crock pot recipe thread. I was reading along thinking...man...I want to try everyone of these! They all sound so good! The funniest part is that I am thinking all of this with a VERY sore throat!!! Yep, all 4 of us now have Strep Throat. NOT fun! The girls came down with it yesterday morning and poor little Emma had the Strep rash all over her chest. We got everyone on antibiotics and we hopefully should be back to normal soon. The girls are acting much better today and thier fevers are gone but Maddelyn still says her throat hurts some. Of all the times to get sick!!! We are actually on the road to PA right now. No, literally I am typing away as Nathan drives up I-71 to Erie, PA for a couple of days. His younger sis is graduating this week. We will then be leaving there on Friday to head out for our family vacation in TN. We have a cabin rented for a week in the Smoky Mountians. Everyone is so excited to have a little time off. Well, Nathan will still have to work some from the cabin but at least he will be there with us!! The kids all seem excited as well. Maddelyn tells everyone we meet that she is going to the cabin. So cute! So the past couple of days have been quite busy with 4 sick-ees....packing for a week and a half....and preparing to do all the silly stuff that has to get done before you can leave your house for that long. It's been interesting to say the least!!!

So enough about the silliness of our lives.....here is a challenge that Heather Preckel had on her blog this week.http://heatherpreckel.typepad.com/blog/

I AM: a wife, a mommy of 2 1/2 childern, a child of the King, a daughter, a sister, a scrapbooker, a friend, a blogger, lover of history, and politician's wife in the making???

I WANT: a new digital camera (Cannon Rebel would be nice! :D ), a new mattress set...my parents will understand, a clean house, my scrapbooking room organized, to be caught up on my custom orders, to read more, to spend more quiet time with the King, quiet time in general would be nice too!

I HAVE: been bless by God! He has given me such a wonderful husband and two great daughters with another baby on the way. I also have an amazing support group of extended family as well as a great dog...even thogh she runs off sometimes! Who could ask for anything more than this!

I WISH: that I could protect my daughters form the hardships in life that are yet to come. I know that these are all great learning experiences that will make them better women, but it is so hard to watch themg o through the tough times.

I HATE: when people grind there teeth! Ohh that just hurts my jaw!!!, onions, clutter of any sort, and not knowing what's going on...part of my control freak issues!

I MISS: some of the friends we left behind at Lee. I also miss my dear friend in Va especially now that she is pregnant!

I HEAR: Maddelyn humming to herself as we sit at a truckstop filling up gas. Yes...it's 12:06 am and BOTH girls are still awake!

I WONDER: why do pregnant women have to scratch all the time? It's like an uncontrolable habit to scratch...anywhere...just to scratch! UHHH! 8 more months of itching! LOL!

I REGRET: the stupid things done in life, taking the little things in life for granted such as family and day to day events with the girls, and not coming out of my shell more often to experience life to it's fullest.

I AM NOT: afraid to follow God's will for our lives, a bold person, mean, satisfied easily (or so hubby says after he spens 30 min in the gas station trying to get the lady to refill the nacho cheese so the pregnant wife can have chips and cheese at 12 am...lol!)

I DANCE: with my children when Kaytie's blog comes on or infront of the TV with the Doodlebops.

I CRY: when I get stressed out, at the end of romantic movies, at the end of a good book, and more often when I am PG,

I AM NOT ALWAYS: perfect even though I try way to hard to be, in control of things which is also hard for me to handle, and the best with going up to new people and introducing myself.

I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: anything scrapbook related, except I can't sew on layouts.

I WRITE: on my blog; in my emails; and on 2peas message boards

I CONFUSE: hmmm? prbably a lot of people?

I NEED: security..in many different forms, but I just need to know that it IS all going to be ok

I SHOULD: spend less time scrapbboking and more time being silly with my girls, read more, and deepen my level of quiet time with God.

I START: too many things at one time!

I FINISH: off every box of popsicles or carton of Breyer's strawberry icecream that enters our house!