Update

Well, the wait is over... Jake finally got his Wii on Friday! He saved all his birthday money for it and then we could not find it ANYWHERE! Ed had been watching one of the game shops by where he works and he called Friday and they had 1 in! He went and got it directly and surprised Jake Friday night. Yay! We are talkin one happy boy!

We were supposed to start soccer practice today for both Jake and Sarah but the fields were too wet because of all the rain. Guess they'll start Thursday!

Tomorrow I start my job at St. Mary's. My hours will be 8:30-1:30 Monday through Thursday with Fridays off. How awesome is that? I'm looking forward to it! I went and trained last Wednesday. I think once I learn everything I am really going to enjoy it! Father Gary is super nice and my friend Mary Claire has an office there too for her work with Habitat for Humanity so it will be fun times! :)

I think I've finally caught up on my sleep since working the night shift at the hospital! My last shift was Thursday night. I came down with a cold and slept just about the whole weekend! Got up for important things like church and food, but other than that I just slept. Feeling MUCH better now! Even got to go to lunch with one of my favorite friends today! Being awake in the daytime is good! :P

Hope all is well in your world!

Melissa

More changes

So tomorrow I go train for my new part-time job at St. Mary's Episcopal Church. I'm excited and a little nervous as well. It's something I've never done before, but I really think I will like it. I will be working during school hours so I will be able to take the kids to school and pick them up too. I will still stay on PRN at the hospital, but won't be working any more nights...yay! I was really struggling with leaving the hospital and then ReGina (my boss) called and asked me to stay on PRN. I was like, "YEAH, great, wonderful, perfect". :) I love my life!

Happy Wednesday!
Hugs all around~
Mel

Easter pics

Jake and Sarah went with Daddy to hunt Easter eggs at Mr. Greg and Mrs. Dawn's house. Mommy had to sleep after working all night and staying up to go to church! I hear it was lots of fun!!!

HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter Everyone! Praise God! He is risen!

MATTHEW 28:6

"He is not here; He has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."

Well, it is 38 degrees in West TN... guess we'll be wearin sweaters to church! Hope you all have a great day!

HUGS ALL AROUND!

Melissa

College Road Trip

On Jake's birthday I took him to see "College Road Trip". Sarah was at Intersession so it was just he and I which hardly ever happens so that was nice. Also, I really embarrassed Jake which I think was totally appropriate for his 10th birthday. (Hehe) Well, I was already sad about him being in the double digits and growing up so fast and this movie is about letting go, so that mixed with me being sleep deprived made it an emotional time for me! I was either laughing out loud or had tears streaming down my face through the whole movie. At one point, I pulled him over in a hug and said, "Oh my baby!", evidently a little too loudly because he said, "Mom! Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Which made me laugh probably too loudly also. :) Then Raven Samone sang "The Double Dutch Bus" in part of the movie and of course I had to sing along! To Jake's chagrin they played the song at the end of the movie also so I had to dance out of the theater as well. As we left the building he said, "Oh yeah, we ARE NOT buying THAT movie when it comes out on video!" (Lol!)

LOVED the movie by the way! It is rated "G"! It was so refreshing to see a movie that was hilarious and touching without any of the junk!

Jake is 10!

Last Saturday...Snowday

Hi Sarah!

Jake...kickin back on the sled
My little snow angel

Abby, Sarah and Maeghan

Go Maeghan!

Abby goes down backwards!

Maeghan and Sarah

There goes Ms. Dawn!

Sarah and Mae

There goes Daddy! (Mom wasn't so brave.)

Hangin in there

I worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.... those every other weekend are the only 3 in a row that I have to work, but they may kill me! :P It snowed Friday night so I stayed up to play with the kids and friends untill about noon Saturday. Got about 5 hours sleep and then back to work. Sunday I skipped church and slept about 6 hours, but then wanted to enjoy some of the pretty day before going to work so that was all the sleep I got for Sunday. Had a really hard time staying awake the last of my shift on Sunday and then felt hung over after I got up yesterday in the afternoon! Went back to sleep last night around 11 and slept all night! Now I feel great, but have to go in for a half shift tonight... 1am-7am. So here we go again. EEEKKKS!

I will post pics of the snowday later. Ed and I took the kids sledding. They had a blast! The weather has been SO weird here! Snowday Saturday and then it was like in the 50's or 60's and sunny on Sunday!

Jake's birthday is tomorrow! He will be 10. :( (sniff, sniff) I so can not believe he's gonna be in the double digits.

Hugs all around!

Sweet Slumber!

So I worked Thursday night, got about 3 hours sleep Friday morning and then headed out to get errands done before our trip to Mom's. Left for Mom's after I picked up the kids from school, went to dinner when we got there, then CRASHED! I slept from 11p.m. Friday night till 5p.m. the next day! It was WONDERFUL! I did get up to go to the bathroom a few times, but other than that, 18 hours of sleep. So this is the only hard part about my new job. I love it when I'm there and I don't mind staying up all night, but my body gets SO discomboomerated! My sleeping's off, my eating's off, and "other things" are very off as well! :P Maybe it'll get better... ya think?