Sad to say....

Well I quit piano today. I am very sad about it. Olivia is in such a needy stage that my practice time just wasn't happening. It was one of those just one more things to stress about, so I let it go. I plan to keep memorizing what I have been taught and hopefully be able to revisit the idea of lessons in 6 months.

In other news....

Sparky Sprite had her cast removed. She is healing very well and runs around as if it never happened. She is a whopping 2 lbs and so that makes me think she will end up somewhere around 4 lbs. WOW what a difference. I am pretty sure Xerxes poops were bigger then she is. She continues to do very well with being paper trained. We just take one of those potty pads wherever we go and show her where its at and that is where she pottys. SOOOOO NICE!

We just got back from Camping up by Disneyland for 5 nights. It was exhausting, and fun all at the same time. We took Sparky with us and that was neat. I have never taken a pet on vacation before her, and after 2 trips now I wouldn't leave her at home unless we were flying somewhere.... she travels so well.

Olivia and David are both super needy right now. Neither is sleeping through the night and neither will stay in their beds. It is exhausting, and I just keep praying and trying new things. David is also in a very fit throwing age.... trying to teach him patience is certainly testing mine.

School unscheduled continues to be the best for the older kids.

Thats about it for me.....

Puppy, kids, me... just a little update about us all.

Sparky Sprite is the best dog ever! I am in awe I really didn't know having a dog could be this easy. I, ts been 6+ weeks now and other then being the most expensive dog ever because of her broken foot and all that has cost us she really is amazing! She adores me and is definitely a momma's girl, but she is super friendly and will share her love with anyone. Her little poo's are so small that the rare occasion she forgets to go on her puppy pad (very rare) it is no big deal to clean. Her pee is well perfect because she only goes on her puppy pads. No one has to take her out, she gets winded just running around the footstool, she sleeps in her little crate and other then being an early riser she is perfect (yep I said it again). She is a whopping 1.7 lbs at 12 weeks old (a little of that might even be her cast and a lot of it is her hair) and I have been told to double that and we will get her approximate full grown weight. She travels well with us and doesn't yap or bark unless I haven't given her a small bite of my evening snack.

The older kids are doing well at school. They really do work hard and I am blessed by them daily. They have their moments when they argue and I temporarily forget just how good they are, but really I do know I am blessed. They all serve in the family ministry at church and the 2 older boys help lead worship for the youth... really I am so proud!

The littles.... SIGH..... They are in such a needy age. They need my constant attention and rarely will play on their own. I find most days I am putting Olivia down for a nap and then struggling to get a days worth of chores done in what I hope will be 2 hours and what lately has been 1 or 1.5 if I am lucky. I remember when Stephan was 3, Robert was 19months and Abigail was a newborn..... I somehow cleaned the house and had everything done... I don't get why 2 little ones is so hard right now. Sometimes I think it is technology that has made things so hard for me. As a pastors wife and partaking in several ministries at church I really do answer emails, calls, texts, all day long. Yet I love that, and yet I see how it has made this time with the littles extra hard.

Well despite having some really hard personal things going on at the same time as everything else in my life... I am blessed, I am joyful, and I wouldn't change a thing.

Not sure if any of this is even interesting... LOL but I have been meaning to