It's amazing how time gets away from us. I really didn't think it had been that long ago since I blogged. Sorry to those of you who have been checking for an update. I'm sure by now you have all given up on me.
There seems to be so much to catch up on...I'm not sure where to begin.
Last weekend, was a busy weekend but fun! Last Saturday, while Jason ran the girls to and from their games (he's an amazing daddy and husband!), I spent the day (9 am to 8 pm) scrapbooking at a crop that my friend puts on. It's been forever since I have done this and it felt good to get some more pages completed in Ethan's album. The best part of the day was that it was my sister-in-law's birthday and my brother had surprised her and took the day off so that she could come scrap with me. She and I haven't scrapped together in a very long time. She was able to stay until just after lunch before she headed for home to spend the rest of the day with her family. We had a great time!! When she left, she let me keep the laptop so that I could work on my digital pages after dinner. I had told myself that I had to keep working on traditional scrapping until dinner and then I could switch over. I could let myself go wild with the digital scrapping and then I would never get my traditional stuff completed.
Anyway, I stayed at the crop until about 8:00 that evening along with about 15 other women. It was a great day and we all got a lot accomplished. It was fun having Janice and Kathi there to keep me company once Tanya left. It's always fun scrapping with them and they were working on a very special album. That's about all I can about the album for now because it is a gift for a very special person. It looks amazing and these girls were working hard to get the pages completed!
Sunday was a wild day! We left for church at 8:00 that morning because Jason was leading worship that morning and had practice at 8:30. We had a leave a little earlier than normal though because we had to make a stop at Tyler and Tanya's to put some things in their refrigerator. After church we headed over to Ty and Tanya's for about 30 minutes of down time and I quick threw together a salad before heading over to Grandma Silves' house for her 86th birthday. Because the party was at Grandma's, in Everson, and we go to church in Everson, it made no sense to go home after church for that short time. Thankfully, my brother and sister-in-law loves us enough to let us crash at their place on days like this. The birthday party was great. There were a lot of us there and the best part was going out to the field for pumpkins. My uncle plants pumpkins every year for the family to harvest. The kids love riding out to the pumpkins and being able to sit in the back of the pick-ups that drive us out. We came home with several pumpkins and now I just need to get my cornstalks up and the pumpkins placed. The kids also loved watching the pigs play and feeding them corn. Brenna and I went out to Grandma's dahlia garden and put together a bouquet to take home with us. I love all of Grandma's dahlias. Next year, I need to get there a little sooner though!
This week has been full of school, work, and sports activities. Jason has been working different hours because of meetings so it seems to make the days a little longer here at home. Ethan and I went to Bellingham this morning to run some errands before I had to have him at Preschool. While Ethan was at Preschool, I went to the Bakery to get some things done in my office.
By this afternoon, I was feeling pretty yucky! I have a cold. I woke up this morning feeling absolutely fine but by the time I got home from Bellingham, I was beginning to feel pretty stuffed up. Now, I just feel like my head is all fogged...so, if this post is a little all over the place, that is why! I am really hoping that this cold is short lived. I have so much to get done around here and no energy to do it. I've been drinking lots of water and hot tea. Although, I did throw in a coffee this afternoon. :)
Well, I guess that's it for now. I will try not to wait so long before blogging again. I'm hoping to have some good pictures of Brenna playing volleyball this weekend. I'm excited to watch her play again!!
**Oh yeah...does anyone know where I can find canned pumpkin? I can't find it anywhere and I am really craving pumpkin bars. I would like to make Janice's pumpkin cream cheese muffins also. Somebody told me to go to WalMart for Pumpkin. So, I went there today and guess what??? They don't have it :(
***Sorry I don't have any pics to go along with this post. I forgot my camera on Sunday. :(
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Weekend to Remember
If after watching this short video you feel this would be something you and your spouse would like to attend, head over to www.familylife.com\weekend to register. Use our group name: SCHEIB to receive a discount! We will be there Nov. 13-15 and would love to see you there too! (Be sure to mute the music on the sidebar before playing the video.)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
What have we been up to??
Wow...time really has a way of getting away from me. I'm sure some of you have been wondering where in the world we have been and what we've been up to. So, I thought I would take a moment tonight to share what's been going on! :)
First, I have to share the new wall decor in our main bathroom. My mom found these for me at Goodwill. They look so good that I had to share. So, here is a close up...
And, here is a picture taken a little bit further back. I can't get the whole bathroom in the picture, sorry!
Ethan has been loving Preschool. We had a few days that he wasn't excited about me leaving him there and actually had tears one of those days but always had a great time and couldn't wait to tell me all about his afternoon once I picked him up. This past Thursday and Friday were his best days and didn't even have me walk him all the way in. He's growing up so fast. Any way, Friday, when we got home, he was sitting on my lap telling me all about what he and his buddy had done together at Preschool and one of the stations he was at was the computer. I asked him if his teacher helped him with the game and he informed me, quickly, that no she did not help him because he could do it all by himself now. I almost cried. You see, here at home, when Ethan is on the computer there is always a sister at his side running the mouse and he just tells them what to do on the game or site. Jason and I have tried to encourage him to do it himself but he always tells us to just do the mouse and he will tell us where to point it. So, this was a huge accomplishment. I told him he needed to have some special time on the computer at home so that he could show Daddy what he had learned. So, here he is folks...Ethan, on the computer, all by himself!!!
He was having so much fun with PBSkids.org!
And then today, we had volleyball and soccer. I'm still really bummed that I didn't get good pictures of the volleyball player but at least in these ones you can see her. So, they are brighter just grainy. :( I'm sure my camera expert will have a solution for me soon and I will have better pictures to share in a few weeks. (So, camera expert...and you know who you are...HELP!!) Side note...this was the first Saturday that Jason and I were able to watch full games for both of the girls. Finally, the schedules worked in our favor!!
Brenna has improved so much over the past couple of weeks. She was really moving around to get the ball and looked so natural out there. She was even able to serve the ball over the net once today. This is such a hard thing for these girls to do. It's so fun to watch all of them get excited when they serve the ball over. It is a huge accomplishment for them! Here she is watching the first serve of the game, ready to play!
And, here, she is taking her turn at serving. Unfortunately, this was not the one that went over but she was so close...it did hit the net, just not over.
Action shot!! Not a good one, but at least you can see that she really does go for it! It is so fun to watch Brenna play a sport that she actually enjoys and one that she chose! If you know of any volleyball camps out there, please let us know! We want to keep her involved as much as possible. We have been looking at the LHS volleyball schedule to find a game or two to take her to. I think she would have a great time watching the high school girls play.
Once Brenna's game was over, we headed over to Bender Field for Alyssa's soccer game. It was fun to see her play. It had been 3 weeks for me because I have been with Brenna at volleyball. She looked so cute out there.
For those of you wondering...yes, she actually runs up and down the field when she isn't playing defense. Here is a picture for proof! :)
And, another one!! :)
The girls were exhausted when they got home today so they had a little break before we got to our weekend chores. We got the house cleaned and then headed outside to help with yard work. Let me tell you...we had a lot to do out there! Jason got the lawn mowed and edged and then he pulled out most of our garden...at least the stuff that was no longer producing any veggies. The girls helped us keep track of Ethan, for the most part...ha! And me, well, I was the one with the electric trimmer in my hands. I actually had Jason tell me that I overwhelmed him with the amount of trimmings we have to pick up. (It had been awhile since we had pruned and there were some things that were out of control!!) We were so exhausted when finished that we just raked everything up into piles and will finish picking the piles up tomorrow afternoon.
Tonight, we loaded the kids up in the van, stopped at the McDonald's drive-thru for dinner and headed to Costco. We were hoping for no slow traffic because it was almost 5:10 when leaving McD's and Costco closed at 6:00. We made it there and were loading the van by 6:00. From there, we stopped at WalMart for a few things and then home to unload it all.
Once we got everything unloaded, I started in with the meat that we purchased. I was so excited because I was ready to get 8 meals in our freezer. This means that I have at least 16 meals that I don't have to plan for our family...we get at least 2 nights out of each meal!! This leaves me more time in my day to spend with my family!
Well, I've kept you reading long enough. Thanks for sticking with me. I realize that sometimes, when it's been awhile between postings, that things can get long. For now, it's time to get ready for bed so we can be up on time to get to church tomorrow. I'm excited to hear what Pastor Craig has to share with us! His messages have been absolutely great!!
First, I have to share the new wall decor in our main bathroom. My mom found these for me at Goodwill. They look so good that I had to share. So, here is a close up...
And, here is a picture taken a little bit further back. I can't get the whole bathroom in the picture, sorry!
Ethan has been loving Preschool. We had a few days that he wasn't excited about me leaving him there and actually had tears one of those days but always had a great time and couldn't wait to tell me all about his afternoon once I picked him up. This past Thursday and Friday were his best days and didn't even have me walk him all the way in. He's growing up so fast. Any way, Friday, when we got home, he was sitting on my lap telling me all about what he and his buddy had done together at Preschool and one of the stations he was at was the computer. I asked him if his teacher helped him with the game and he informed me, quickly, that no she did not help him because he could do it all by himself now. I almost cried. You see, here at home, when Ethan is on the computer there is always a sister at his side running the mouse and he just tells them what to do on the game or site. Jason and I have tried to encourage him to do it himself but he always tells us to just do the mouse and he will tell us where to point it. So, this was a huge accomplishment. I told him he needed to have some special time on the computer at home so that he could show Daddy what he had learned. So, here he is folks...Ethan, on the computer, all by himself!!!
He was having so much fun with PBSkids.org!
And then today, we had volleyball and soccer. I'm still really bummed that I didn't get good pictures of the volleyball player but at least in these ones you can see her. So, they are brighter just grainy. :( I'm sure my camera expert will have a solution for me soon and I will have better pictures to share in a few weeks. (So, camera expert...and you know who you are...HELP!!) Side note...this was the first Saturday that Jason and I were able to watch full games for both of the girls. Finally, the schedules worked in our favor!!Brenna has improved so much over the past couple of weeks. She was really moving around to get the ball and looked so natural out there. She was even able to serve the ball over the net once today. This is such a hard thing for these girls to do. It's so fun to watch all of them get excited when they serve the ball over. It is a huge accomplishment for them! Here she is watching the first serve of the game, ready to play!
And, here, she is taking her turn at serving. Unfortunately, this was not the one that went over but she was so close...it did hit the net, just not over.
Action shot!! Not a good one, but at least you can see that she really does go for it! It is so fun to watch Brenna play a sport that she actually enjoys and one that she chose! If you know of any volleyball camps out there, please let us know! We want to keep her involved as much as possible. We have been looking at the LHS volleyball schedule to find a game or two to take her to. I think she would have a great time watching the high school girls play.
Once Brenna's game was over, we headed over to Bender Field for Alyssa's soccer game. It was fun to see her play. It had been 3 weeks for me because I have been with Brenna at volleyball. She looked so cute out there.
For those of you wondering...yes, she actually runs up and down the field when she isn't playing defense. Here is a picture for proof! :)
And, another one!! :)
The girls were exhausted when they got home today so they had a little break before we got to our weekend chores. We got the house cleaned and then headed outside to help with yard work. Let me tell you...we had a lot to do out there! Jason got the lawn mowed and edged and then he pulled out most of our garden...at least the stuff that was no longer producing any veggies. The girls helped us keep track of Ethan, for the most part...ha! And me, well, I was the one with the electric trimmer in my hands. I actually had Jason tell me that I overwhelmed him with the amount of trimmings we have to pick up. (It had been awhile since we had pruned and there were some things that were out of control!!) We were so exhausted when finished that we just raked everything up into piles and will finish picking the piles up tomorrow afternoon.Tonight, we loaded the kids up in the van, stopped at the McDonald's drive-thru for dinner and headed to Costco. We were hoping for no slow traffic because it was almost 5:10 when leaving McD's and Costco closed at 6:00. We made it there and were loading the van by 6:00. From there, we stopped at WalMart for a few things and then home to unload it all.
Once we got everything unloaded, I started in with the meat that we purchased. I was so excited because I was ready to get 8 meals in our freezer. This means that I have at least 16 meals that I don't have to plan for our family...we get at least 2 nights out of each meal!! This leaves me more time in my day to spend with my family!
Well, I've kept you reading long enough. Thanks for sticking with me. I realize that sometimes, when it's been awhile between postings, that things can get long. For now, it's time to get ready for bed so we can be up on time to get to church tomorrow. I'm excited to hear what Pastor Craig has to share with us! His messages have been absolutely great!!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The silence...
Listen...do you hear that? What? You can't? That's because there is no noise! The t.v. is off, the stereo is off, the kiddos are all at school, Jason is at work, and me...I'm hear in the silence! I'm loving it! This is the first day since school, and Preschool (Ethan won't let us call it school), started that I have been home in the afternoon to enjoy this thing called SILENCE! This morning Ethan was home with the t.v. on and all of his animals out (so he was making animal noises) and I had my niece. I was busy caring for Paige, until she went down for her 2-1/2 hour nap, and freezing blueberries and beans.
I just got home a few minutes ago from taking Ethan to Preschool and Paige went to spend the afternoon with Grammy. I walked in and this feeling of calmness came over me. Don't get me wrong. There is plenty to do around here and I will be getting to that list of to-do's shortly. But for now, I am just enjoying the silence and the noise of the keyboard as my fingers are typing. This is the life! I love my kids and I love having them with me but this time to be alone and do the things that I need to do is great! I don't remember the last time that I was home, during the day, alone. Alone to do whatever it is that I need to do or even want to do. I can choose to do my chores that are waiting for me OR I can choose to just sit here on the computer...catching up on the outside world or digi-scrappin'.
What will it be like when Ethan is in school full days? Imagine all that I will be able to do...coffee with friends, get my chores finished without a child interrupting me, enjoy the quiet of the home before everyone gets home and the evening rush begins. Wow...things around here are really starting to change.
I just got home a few minutes ago from taking Ethan to Preschool and Paige went to spend the afternoon with Grammy. I walked in and this feeling of calmness came over me. Don't get me wrong. There is plenty to do around here and I will be getting to that list of to-do's shortly. But for now, I am just enjoying the silence and the noise of the keyboard as my fingers are typing. This is the life! I love my kids and I love having them with me but this time to be alone and do the things that I need to do is great! I don't remember the last time that I was home, during the day, alone. Alone to do whatever it is that I need to do or even want to do. I can choose to do my chores that are waiting for me OR I can choose to just sit here on the computer...catching up on the outside world or digi-scrappin'.
What will it be like when Ethan is in school full days? Imagine all that I will be able to do...coffee with friends, get my chores finished without a child interrupting me, enjoy the quiet of the home before everyone gets home and the evening rush begins. Wow...things around here are really starting to change.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The weekend re-cap...
Saturday morning started out with me working at 6:00 am :( and then getting home in time to get the girls ready for their morning of sporting events. Alyssa had to be at the soccer field at 9:00 for pictures so of course, I had to make sure she was looking cute, and then her game was at 10:00. So, she and Jason headed out the door by 8:45. Then, it was my job, with Ethan in tow, to get Brenna to the middle school in time for volleyball practice before her 10:00 game. Needless to say, this was a morning of "divide and conquer". When we got home, we each had to re-cap the games for the other parent. This is going to be so hard...not being able to see every game for each of the girls.
Anyway, Alyssa had a great soccer game...even though her team lost this week. From what I hear, she ran most of the game and kicked the ball 3 or 4 times!! This is such great progress and I can't wait to watch her play. Brenna had her first game this week and was very nervous about not being able to serve the ball over the net. I reminded her of what her coach had said, "I don't care if we win or lose, I just want us all to have fun." She felt a little better. And then, during the game, she realized that most of the girls couldn't get the ball over the net. And, guess what! She did it! She served the ball and it went over and her team scored a point from the serve! She was so excited and the whole team had a lot of fun! I only wish I had some good pictures to share with you. The lighting in the Lynden Middle School gym is awful for taking pictures with. They are all turning out dark...doesn't seem to matter if I have the flash on or off :(
We spent the rest of the day getting things done in the yard...mowing, edging, pruning, harvesting from the garden, etc.
Then, last night, Paige came and spent the night because Todd had to work today and Trisha had to go do a Farmer's Market down in Seattle and was leaving very early. She was such a good little girl. She slept all night for auntie and so happy when she woke up this morning. We headed off to church, had a great time at the Hot Dog BBQ after church, and then came home for a relaxing afternoon.
Tonight, we had our first official start-up of Christ Group. We took the summer off from meeting and it seemed like forever since we have seen each other. It was great to get back together and get things figured out for meeting on a regular basis again. We have been with most of the families in our group for 5 years (others have joined later on) and absolutely love everyone in it! It's just another family for us!! The kids were all so excited to see each other. They were completely wound up and it didn't help that we had brownies and ice cream for dessert tonight.
Now, we gear up for another week. In fact, it's the first full week of school for the girls and it will be Ethan's first 4-day week of Preschool. There are lots of things on the calendar this week to keep us busy. I'm just hoping for no meltdowns along the way!
Anyway, Alyssa had a great soccer game...even though her team lost this week. From what I hear, she ran most of the game and kicked the ball 3 or 4 times!! This is such great progress and I can't wait to watch her play. Brenna had her first game this week and was very nervous about not being able to serve the ball over the net. I reminded her of what her coach had said, "I don't care if we win or lose, I just want us all to have fun." She felt a little better. And then, during the game, she realized that most of the girls couldn't get the ball over the net. And, guess what! She did it! She served the ball and it went over and her team scored a point from the serve! She was so excited and the whole team had a lot of fun! I only wish I had some good pictures to share with you. The lighting in the Lynden Middle School gym is awful for taking pictures with. They are all turning out dark...doesn't seem to matter if I have the flash on or off :(
We spent the rest of the day getting things done in the yard...mowing, edging, pruning, harvesting from the garden, etc.
Then, last night, Paige came and spent the night because Todd had to work today and Trisha had to go do a Farmer's Market down in Seattle and was leaving very early. She was such a good little girl. She slept all night for auntie and so happy when she woke up this morning. We headed off to church, had a great time at the Hot Dog BBQ after church, and then came home for a relaxing afternoon.
Tonight, we had our first official start-up of Christ Group. We took the summer off from meeting and it seemed like forever since we have seen each other. It was great to get back together and get things figured out for meeting on a regular basis again. We have been with most of the families in our group for 5 years (others have joined later on) and absolutely love everyone in it! It's just another family for us!! The kids were all so excited to see each other. They were completely wound up and it didn't help that we had brownies and ice cream for dessert tonight.
Now, we gear up for another week. In fact, it's the first full week of school for the girls and it will be Ethan's first 4-day week of Preschool. There are lots of things on the calendar this week to keep us busy. I'm just hoping for no meltdowns along the way!
Friday, September 11, 2009
"I see the cloud maker!"
So tonight, we were downtown Bellingham running some errands. As we were driving down Cornwall towards Holly Street (and the water), Ethan gets all excited and says, "Mommy, I see the cloud maker." At first, Jason and I were puzzled. "Did he just say what I think he said?" We immediately start looking around us and there on the water front was a bunch of steam coming from the GP area. We asked him if that's what he was seeing and he said, "Yes! The cloud maker." We got such a good laugh from this. Oh these little creative minds. I guess in his mind, something needs to make the clouds and send them up in the air.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
1st day of Preschool
Today was Ethan's 1st day of Preschool. He was so excited! We were at McDonald's this morning with some friends and he was telling everyone that he was 4 and going to Preschool. He couldn't wait to get there. I was able to get a quick picture of him before getting in the van. I told him I needed a picture of him before school just like the girls did on their first day of school.
We got to the school and he hit the ground running. He couldn't wait to get in the door.
He immediately found his cubby and got things put away...as if he had been doing this forever.
Here he is handing in his very 1st book order...we received it on registration day so that's why he had something to turn in already. He can't wait for his books to arrive. Hate to tell him this, but it's going to be a couple of weeks.
He sat down and got right to playing. He was so in to these "new" blocks that I couldn't even get him to look up at me for a picture. I guess this is a good thing!
He had a great day at school today and is very excited to go back again tomorrow to see all of his new friends. He has Preschool Tue-Fri from 12:15-2:45 this year. It's weird to think that I will be childless 4 afternoons a week. It was hard leaving him today but I was so happy that he didn't have any problems with me leaving. Last week for registration day, he was glued to me and not wanting to leave my side so today was a bit of a relief. I had visions of him holding on to me and not wanting me to leave. You just never know with him.
We got to the school and he hit the ground running. He couldn't wait to get in the door.
He immediately found his cubby and got things put away...as if he had been doing this forever.
Here he is handing in his very 1st book order...we received it on registration day so that's why he had something to turn in already. He can't wait for his books to arrive. Hate to tell him this, but it's going to be a couple of weeks.
He sat down and got right to playing. He was so in to these "new" blocks that I couldn't even get him to look up at me for a picture. I guess this is a good thing!
He had a great day at school today and is very excited to go back again tomorrow to see all of his new friends. He has Preschool Tue-Fri from 12:15-2:45 this year. It's weird to think that I will be childless 4 afternoons a week. It was hard leaving him today but I was so happy that he didn't have any problems with me leaving. Last week for registration day, he was glued to me and not wanting to leave my side so today was a bit of a relief. I had visions of him holding on to me and not wanting me to leave. You just never know with him.
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