Were You There?

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree

Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?

Thought it was fitting to post the words to this song this weekend

first communion

first communion is coming upon us. we have the dress and we know where to get her shoes. we have one more generation of faith class and holly will be ready for april 25. it will be an incredibly, special day for holly. she may not fully realize how important this day is now,but in years to come she will know and remember how hard she work to received our Lord in communion. tonight we are going to a pot luck dinner at church for the kids who are making their first communion and their families. looking forward to some good eating and fellowship.

this has been a word from nicole

oHIo

last saturday we were off to ohio bright and early and arrived at 11:00. after talking for a bit we decided to head out to the stores and get something to eat. first we went to piazzz it. loved this scrappin store. i found twilight paper and diecuts. the we went to get something to eat at the easton mall, which must be the coolest mall in the world. there is really no way to explain this mall. it is like a small town with no homes. the mall is inside and out. it was so cold the day we were there but there were so many people out shopping. i can't remember the last time i saw so many people out and about in the winter. after lunch we did some more shopping which included going to another scrappin' store, the container store and trader joes. trader joes has the best apple pie...hands down! once back at sonya's house we scrapped for about six hours. i worked on my mackinac book. micala started her disney book and sonya was working on some christmas pages. sunday morning we scrapped a little more until we had to leave. on the way out of reynoldsburg we grabbed some sonic. their club sandwiches are to die for. we got a little lost leaving, which i expected. finally arrived in ann arbor at seven at night to drop off micala and i was dead tired. then another twenty minutes and holly and i were home. so happy to see jay and matty but i just wanted to lay down. it was a great weekend!!! loved seeing sonya and her kids and seeing where she lives.

friends

it's a new year (in case no one knew) and i want something to change for me. last summer as i was sitting and chatting with heather and jodi at the def leppard concert i thought to myself, "what great friends i have. why aren't i spending more time with them." so, my wish for 2010 is to spend more time with my girlfriends. i have always have had the problem of leaving my kids. i take it so seriously that i must always be the one looking out for them, no one can do it better then me. you know, jay can look after them, steve and loleth can watch them-they will survive if i am not there. in the next couple weeks i will be going to ohio, granted i will be taking three kids with me but the fact remains i will be driving three hours to visit a friend so WE can scrapbook. will i be seeing heather this year...YES, will i make plans to go to ikea with julie...YES, make plans with shalena...YES, go to BC and spend the day with jodi...hell YEAH and nicole too...hell YES!!! going to visit becky in ohio...Yes sir, and it goes without saying seeing my awesome sista and going somewhere alone!!! you better believe it!! is it all about me, no. it's all about balancing some things in my life. i am grateful that God has given me such wonderful friends. please now all you ladies are never far from my thoughts and prayers.
this has been a word from nicole

Christmas

Our tree...which jay says is leaning because of all my gone with the wind ornaments that i insist on hanging up front. (he's probably right)

This is Norm my elf on his ladder, helping to decorate our already leaning tree.

This is the garland in the kitchen showing all the homemade ornaments that the kids made.

This is the garland above our front window with all of aunt Dee'd's Godchild ornaments.

yes, holly there isn't a santa claus

for the past couple of weeks holly has been noticing packages coming into the house. how many stories can i possible make up for each one. so i started telling her if she keeps asking questions she is not going to like the answers. so today while putting groceries into the back of the car she sees a present that is for matty. how do you explain that one. so i ask her, "do you want to know? do you want to hear the answer? what the truth really is?" i could tell by the look in her eyes she was curious to hear the answer but at the same time wanted to hold on to the magic of santa. so, okay, i told her that there is no santa. it is her dad and i who buy the gifts. that once long ago there lived saint nicholas and that is where we get santa claus. needless to say she was heart broken. she cried outside, she cried in her room. jay said i was mean but for pete sake she is 8 and a half and i am tried to telling stories to cover up the presents she finds. i knew in kindergarten that there was no santa claus. was i more jaded growing up than my children are now? so, the cat is out of the bag and i'm glad.

this has been a word from nicole

Curves

so i finally did it. i have joined curves with a friend. yesterday we went in for our first official workout and to be measured and weighed. i did not like my numbers at all. i weighed in at 167 lbs. and my upper measurements are 39-34-36. all i could think when they were measuring me was, "i'm no scarlett o'hara." scarlett had the skinniest waist in three counties for all those who have not read the best book ever, gone with the wind. they asked what did i weigh at my thinnest-100 lbs (just 17 years ago) and what was my heaviest-this is the heaviest i have ever been. any who, the workout goes by so fast. i just wish i had a little more coordination when it came to working those machines. i used muscles yesterday that have been dormant for sometime. i felt really good when i got done. really energized! my plan is to go three times a week with chris. my goal is to lose seven pounds the first month. i wanted to say ten but i would rather shoot low and then surprise myself with losing more. one good thing about going to curves me and chris are considered to be one of the younger women going there. 37 is young...loving it!!
this has been a word from nicole