The Laffin Family

Is this my life?!

2009-07-17T11:07:00.000-07:00

I was really hoping to be catching up on my missed blogs but we have a crazy life. This week Hunter has learned how to climb out of his crib. This was not a battle I was very thrilled with loosing. Hunter has always been a great sleeper until we went to my sister's house for the 4th of July. I am not quite sure what happened but he wouldn't sleep there and won't sleep now that we are home!! We battled with him for several days trying to keep him in his crib and back onto a normal schedule but after he climbed out and ran into the dresser giving himself a mean black eye I decided I would give and get him a "big boy" bed. I was very excited to find a fire truck bed on craigs list, he loves it.... as long as he doesn't have to sleep in it!! We put come child proof things on the door handle so he couldn't come out of his bedroom since he's been coming out at all hours. Well, I'm convinced there is no stopping this kid, he figured out how to open his door like it was no problem, beaming at us he gave us a bring it on, what's next look. I'm not sure what we are going to do, hopefully it is a phase he gets over quickly!!

Kelsea also has had her own drama. She decided that it would be a good idea to give herself a haircut and have Rusty help. I was very sad (not as sad as Scott) to see her long hair go, but there just was no salvaging it this time. Yes, I said this time.... about a month ago she thought the same thing..."time for a haircut" and she cut her bangs, well the only thing to do with bangs is let them grow back.

Claire

2009-07-09T22:51:00.000-07:00

Claire's 1 month pictures. We had a hard first month but things are getting better as we settle into a bit of a routine.

Claire is 2 months old now and such a sweet baby!! She is a bit fussy since she has some acid reflux and has had a cold, but she is still just so precious. She smiles alot now, she loves to be talked to and watch her mobile on her swing and her rain forest music and light show. Claire had her 2 month check up yesterday and weighed in at 12lbs 2oz and 22 1/2 inches long!!

Seattle

2009-07-09T22:03:00.000-07:00

I know, I'm a big fat slacker, I can't seem to make time to get pictures uploaded let alone write about the events. We went to Seattle for the day a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of fun, I wish we could have stayed longer since it's almost a 3 hour drive, kind of long for a day trip!! We went to the space needle and pike place market. Hopefully I will get up the 4th of July pictures this weekend!!

Seattle from the top of the Space Needle

Kelsea and Rusty were being turds, they wouldn't look for the picture!!

Sitting on top of Rachel the pig in front of Pike Place Market.

Isn't he so sweet?!

Claire Darlene Laffin

2009-05-20T20:03:00.000-07:00

Well, since it has been awhile since I've posted anything I will skip to the main event.....

I had prayed pretty much the entire pregnancy for a smooth delivery and for family to be here. My mom and sister got into town on May 2nd and we went to a shower the ladies at the church had for me and another expecting mommy. We went to the hospital on May 3rd to be induced, I was absolutely ecstatic to be 4 centimeters dilated and 50% effaced, I thought "this should be quick." They started the petocin and we began to walk, walk, and did a bit more walking, then sat on the birthing ball, tried to rest in bed, and walked some more. This was not going as quickly as I had planned!! (My labor was 8 hours with Hunter and I was not dilated or effaced so I thought this should move quickly) Finally after about 6 hours my midwife got to the hospital and broke my water making me think OK, about and hour or so.... (since that was how it had been with my previous deliveries). Then as I was fully dilated and ready to go and Claire decided she would take her sweet time!! After about 45minutes of swaying and rocking trying to get her to drop she decided it was time and with a few good pushes she was crying before she was even all the way out. We cuddled for awhile Scott cut the cord then they got her cleaned up and weighed her. Claire Darlene Laffin was born May 3rd at 9:35pm, 9lbs, 8 oz 20 1/2 inches and her head was 13 1/2 inches.

Me, Claire, and my midwife, Tom

Kelsea sang "Rock a bye baby" as soon as Scott gave her Claire to hold, it was very sweet.

Rusty was excited to hold her but got over it quick and soon wanted to just run around.

Hunter is in love with his little sister, he loves to hold her or pet her head and is very concerned when she cries.

Rusty the Next John Popper

2009-04-17T23:32:00.000-07:00

So, I have this harmonica which I have been learning to play and the kids love to play it also. They love that it is so easy to make "music" with, all they have to do is blow or suck and wallah music, at least they think so. Rusty however is stepping it up a notch. He doesn't just want to make noise he wants to rock out. He totally spreads out his feet, leans over and enters the world of rock and roll with his tin sandwich. Watch out John Popper (the guy from Blues Traveler) Rusty is working his way towards pushing you out of the spotlight. He even has the look down.

Easter

2009-04-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

We had a great Easter, the kids were so excited they could hardly sleep, in fact they talked in bed until almost 10pm on Saturday night. Kelsea even opened the mini blinds so she could see the Easter bunny when he came. Unfortunately it was raining so the Easter bunny had to hide the eggs inside.

Dying Eggs

2009-04-17T22:14:00.000-07:00

Pretty self explanatory

Bunny Cake

2009-04-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

Kelsea saw a picture of a bunny rabbit cake and asked if we could make it for Easter. The kids had a great time and couldn't wait to eat it!!

Kelsea's wish for the world

2009-04-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

Kelsea is always concerned about other people. About a month ago Scott and the youth group participated in the 30 hour famine to raise money for hungry/starving kids all over the world. Kelsea has been particularly concerned with Africa because Scott gave her a bracelet which is suppose to remind her to pray for the starving kids in Africa. This evening she came to me and said, "You know what my wish for the world is? I wish that everybody would have food to eat, good water to drink, a house to live in so they don't have to sleep outside, and lots of lipstick for the girls to wear."

Reptiles

2009-04-07T16:22:00.000-07:00

I don't know what I've been up to lately, but it seems like I have been so busy I don't have time to do anything, even blog. My brain just isn't quite working properly.

Last week Kelsea had the reptile guy come to her school. Which she was so excited about since she remembered when he came last year. She insisted that all of us come which we did. Rusty was a bit timid at first but once he saw the other kids touching animals he joined in. Hunter was really excited to touch all the animals. The giant yellow snake the kids are holding was suppose to smell like popcorn, I don't know, I didn't smell it or check it out. They put a "diaper" on the one lizard because he tends to "tinkle" when startled. They even got to pet an alligator which was about 3 ft long.

Let's match

2009-03-15T21:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Kelsea wanted her toe nails painted pink and blue so we did. She was so excited she thought they looked like easter eggs. She wanted me to have matching toe nails, but since I can hardly reach my toes around my big belly we had to ask Scott to paint them. Kelsea has been beside herself with our matching "easter egg toes." She even has been thanking Jesus for our toes.

This morning she asked if I could get a dress to match her for church. I told her they don't make that dress in my size and she said, "just ask the person who made my dress to make a big one for you," as if it were that easy. We ended up wearing matching jewelry instead. She also insisted that we wear matching lip gloss and then proceeded to explain to me how to put it on, repeating herself 3 times.

Eggs Are Protein

2009-03-09T23:53:00.000-07:00

Kelsea has been learning about her body at school and what is good to put into it. She is learning about the food pyramid and what types of food she should eat and shouldn't eat. The other morning she came to the kitchen and asked, "can I have eggs for breakfast because they are protein and that is good for me." She comes to me constantly saying, "I can have a little of this (candy) because it is in the sweets category, or I can eat a lot of this (grapes, bananas, etc.) because it is in the fruit category." So it looks like we may have a nutritionist in the making. It is nice to see that she is learning something at school because she will never give us details as to what she is learning.

February 27th

2009-03-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

My mom came up for Rusty's birthday. We had a great time Mema took Rusty (and the rest of the family) to Safari Sam's for his birthday. It's kind of like a Chuck e Cheese except way cooler. They have the largest indoor jungle gym in Oregon, miniture golf, video games, jumpers, and of course pizza!!

Rusty's birthday party

2009-03-02T20:07:00.000-08:00

We had Rusty's 3rd birthday party at a place called JJ's Jump. It's a big warehouse with about 5 jumpers. The kids were so busy and climbing through the jumpers/obstacle courses so much it made it practically impossible for us to get pictures of them in the jumpers. The kids had a ton of fun.

fun pictures

2009-03-02T15:51:00.000-08:00

We have been very fortunate to have kids that love to read. All of them will sit and listen to stories all day. They even get them out and read to themselves. Some of them are memorized and they will "read" to Hunter.

The kids all have computers and love to "work" together. This paticular time was especially sweet because Rusty wanted to use Kelsea's computer but Hunter had it. Hunter didn't want to trade with Rusty but he did trade with Kelsea who then traded with Rusty.

Jam Packed

2009-03-02T15:39:00.000-08:00

We got a new game to play with the kids. It's a bit challenging for them since it's acutally for older kids, but they love it. You have to pack a car (and get the trunk closed) with various items before the timer goes off and throws everything back out.

I love Rusty's face as the stuff gets thrown back out of the car.

Silly boy

2009-03-02T15:26:00.000-08:00

Hunter is such a silly boy. He loves to make us laugh. The other day he was picking his nose which looked so funny to us since he has such a short fat little finger. We laughed which I think was mistake because now he does this whenever he wants to make us laugh. I try to tell him yuck and move his finger but he has become very persistent.

Going Up!

2009-02-17T11:06:00.000-08:00

Our family is always looking for ways to do things together outside. We just started doing something which not only is a great way to build our family, but is also a great workout. What is it? We started climbing together as a family. The kids love rock climbing and since the first time we went they have been asking all the time to go "rock climbing." We even installed a workout wall in our garage. The kids just got a harness that we can use to help them as they climb they are so excited to use it, they always want to go to the garage and work on their "huge moves." Here are some of the photos we have taken, as the weather gets better we will be able to climb more and have more updates.

Growing belly

2009-02-15T14:57:00.000-08:00

I had my Dr. appointment this week. Everything is going well. I had to do my glucose test to check my blood sugar. I haven't gotten the results of the test yet so hopefully I don't have to go back for the 3 hour test. Thought I'd put up a picture at 28 1/2 weeks pregnant for everybody to see.

Valentines party

2009-02-15T14:43:00.000-08:00

Kelsea had her valentines party this week, she's been so excited about handing out her valentines. We got her ring pop valentines which really is the perfect thing for her, she loves jewelry and candy. I came to help out at her party which she was so excited about since her brothers could come to school. She kept telling Rusty, "You have to listen to Ms. Brandolf's words if you are going to school." The boys had a great time eating cookies and playing with all the new toys. Kelsea did a good job taking care of them making sure they had enough to eat.

Funny Stuff

2009-02-02T20:01:00.000-08:00

The other day Kelsea was laying next to me kissing my belly talking to Claire. She loves to rub my belly and tell Claire how much she loves her and how beautiful she (Claire) is. She suddenly got this really excited look on her face and said, "is that Claire's face?" she said pointing to my belly button which at this point is starting to be stretched and not so belly button looking. I laughed, and told her we can't see Claire until she comes out. I'm not even sure how she thinks her face could be so small. LOL, I guess kids don't have to make since.
Today we had been out running errands and had some extra time before we had to pick up Kelsea from school so I told the boys lets go to Old Navy. Rusty got really excited and said "Yeah! It's like the game we have at home" I was like what game? He said "I know, the one with the cards and the lady" I realized he was thinking about Old Maid. I laughed and tried to clear up the difference to which he replied, "Oh, I like to call it Old Maid." So as we walked around Old Navy he kept saying, "I love Old Maid, I'm just going to call it that."

Christmas Party

2009-01-29T21:49:00.000-08:00

Kelsea with her teacher, Ms. Brandolf.

I just realized I forgot to post about Kelsea's Christmas party. She is always so excited for party days because she loves having us at school with her. It's amazing how when we are there she suddenly thinks she can't do things which she normally does as part of their class routine (i.e. cleaning up her area, sitting in her seat). Sometimes it drives me crazy the way kids listen to other what adults have to say better than their own parents. Although they say that's a sign of a healthy happy child.

Sleepy boy

2009-01-29T21:38:00.000-08:00

The other night Rusty wanted so bad to finish his dinner so he could have some ice cream. He wouldn't leave even though he was falling asleep. He did end up finishing his dinner after his short nap and getting ice cream.

Snow!!

2009-01-29T21:21:00.000-08:00

We had about 2 inches of snow the other day. The kids were so excited they wanted to be outside all afternoon, they love eating and playing in the snow. Hunter was being a stinker and wouldn't look at me while he was in the snow. I wish we would have been here for all the snow Scott had before Christmas.

Scott's families side

2009-01-22T21:48:00.000-08:00

I like the picture of Rusty & Hunter fighting over Rusty's new toy because it shows how they are everyday!! They get so jealous of each other, if one is sitting on my lap the other will come and try to push him off and even hit him (which they don't get away with) to get him away from his mommy or daddy.

My families side

2009-01-22T21:33:00.000-08:00

We had 6 different Christmas' this year. There is just so much family to see and we want to get everybody in, it makes it a crazy visit. My mom made Scott and I a gorgeous quilt for our bed, she also made Kelsea a new princess quilt which she loves. I love the picture of Hunter and Steven hugging, baby hugs are always so sweet.

High School Musical

2009-01-13T16:03:00.000-08:00

On Dec. 23rd we had the opportunity to go see High School Musical the Ice tour. I wasn't really sure what High School Musical was but my mom received some tickets so the 3 of us girls (my mom, Kelsea and I) went to see the show. In the beginning Kelsea just sat in her seat taking the whole thing in, but by the end she was standing up dancing. She absolutely loved it, she likes to sing the High School Musical song (we can only remember part of the song).

Christmas Play

2009-01-13T15:46:00.000-08:00

On Dec. 21st we had the opportunity to go see a Christmas play at the Candlelight Pavilion. We made it a 4 generation trip, Grandma Shari (Scott's Grandma), Mom Laffin, Kelsea and I. We had a great time. Kelsea really enjoyed the play and even got to go up on stage to hear Santa read some Christmas letters and sit on his lap for a bit. She also got a special homemade cookie made by Mrs. Clause which was probably her favorite part.

Bath Time

2009-01-12T14:41:00.000-08:00

I am so behind in what is going on in our lives. The holidays were so busy being down in California and then coming home and trying to get everything pust back into order. So I am going to attempt to catch up. Starting with our stay at my sister's house for a couple of days before we made the trip all the wasy to so cal. We decided to give Steven (17 months) and Hunter (16 months) a bath, they had a great time splashing and playing, plus we had to get a shot to show their size difference!! Hunter of course is the one with the rolls !! There are also a couple of pictures of Rusty and Corban playing at the park.

Winter Wonderland

2008-12-22T13:31:00.000-08:00

While my family has been in So. Cal. I have been stuck in the snow. This picture was taken from my front door, that is my car in the background. Some of the snow drifts are deeper than this one right here. This has been the biggest snow storm in the Portland area since 1980 and the most snow in December since the 1968 and it is still snowing. I came back up from California to work, but because of the snow the office has been closed all week and will probably be closed this whole week, so I basically came up here for no reason. Hopefully I can make it down for Christmas.

It's a girl!!

2008-12-11T21:14:00.000-08:00

We had our ultrasound today. Here are some pictures of our new little girl, her profile and her foot. She was a bit stubborn about having her picture taken so we didn't get many good shots. We are all so excited the kids have been thanking Jesus everytime we pray that we are having a "baby sister."

Christmas Program

2008-12-10T23:03:00.000-08:00

Kelsea had her Christmas program with school last night. It's amazing how they get all these little kids to pay attention enough that they are willing to attempt a program. Her school is from 3 year olds - 2nd grade. The 4 year olds sang 3 songs, Mary Had a Baby, No Room in the Inn, Holly Jolly Christmas. Of course, Kelsea was adorable. She told me before her program that she was going to sing really loud because some of the grandparents are so old they can't hear so she has to be really loud. The boys did really well, Hunter bobbed along with the singing, he got a bit squirmy when the groups were switching out, but he clapped at the end of songs and had a huge smile. Rusty sang along with the songs, making up most of the words and then clapping when each song ended.

I wonder

2008-12-06T00:52:00.000-08:00

How is it that the pregnant mommy ends up holding both boys while daddy stands back and smiles for our new picture? Also, notice Kelsea's eyes, she thought she was being so sneaky peaking through a tiny crack in her eyes. She said "everybody will think my eyes are closed ."Yesterday we went geocaching and it was really cold and windy, I carried Hunter in the backpack and at one point the wind was blowing so hard Rusty was falling all over so I picked him up. I don't really mind, I just think it's kind of funny.

Frustrated!!

2008-12-02T22:36:00.000-08:00

We have tried several times to get a picture of the kids for our Christmas card. I don't know what we are going to do with these kids!!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T18:50:00.000-08:00

The Girls (My mom, Sheryl, Kelsea and I) went to an afternoon tea where we had the chance to dress up in crazy clothes, hats and jewelry which Kelsea thought was cool. I think her favorite part though was the chilled strawberry soup which was kind of like yogurt.

We went to my sister's house in Sacramento for Thanksgiving. We had a great time with our family. My sister and I got up and went to Walmart at 5am on Friday and got some great deals. My mom bought our nephews a trampoline for an early Christmas present which we all enjoyed. The kids had a great time making gingerbread men and a gingerbread house. We went to see Bolt which was an adventure having 6 adults, and 6 kids (2 of which are only 1). We even had a chance to go geocaching with the family, one of the caches we found was in a rubber rat which of course the boys thought was cool!!

The Throne!!

2008-11-17T22:48:00.000-08:00

Scott and I have had a rather frustrating day and a half or so. To be blunt Kelsea was constipated yesterday and she didn't want to try to go to the bathroom because she said it was going to hurt. Scott decided to give her a pencil to bite down on (I was at the store) telling her it would make it easier. Well, she went and when she came out Scott asked her where the pencil was. Well, I'm sure you can guess, it was flushed. This was a full size almost brand new pencil so it was beyond us how it could even get past the curves. Well, come to find out after buying plumbing tools and taking the toilet apart sticking 25 feet of wire line down the toilet, we tipped the toilet and half the pencil falls right out. We ended up getting the whole thing out, thanks to Scott but only after several hours of fighting with this pencil and a couple trips to Home Depot!! I told Scott he has to remember she is only 4 years old and has to be specific about where to put things. Although she definitely should have known pencils do not go in the toilet!!

Like Father Like Son

2008-11-13T22:11:00.000-08:00

This will probably only be funny to those who really know me, or knew me when I was a young child. So, today we (Rusty, Kelsea, and I) were out treasure hunting and when we got back to the car I helped Kelsea get her boots off while Rusty began walking in the direction of our house. I told him to come back to the car and asked him what he was doing. He said that he wanted to walk home, alone. I told him that he could not do that and he responded by saying that he knew the way. I told him that I could not let him go because someone might take him. This is where he did something which totally reminded me of myself when I was little. He said, "me push them . . . if someone takes me, me push them into the grass." I sat back and laughed as I proceeded to put him in his car seat to drive home.

Treasure Hunt

2008-11-04T14:14:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday was Scott's birthday. He wanted some GPS man toy, for hiking trails. Well, as it turns out we can use it for Geocaching, which is fancy for treasure hunting. People hide these treasure boxes all over the place and register them online and you look at where they are and use the GPS thing to get the cordinates and find it. When you find the treasure you sign in the book that you were there and take a treasure and leave a treasure. At first treasure box Rusty picked a squirt gun and Kelsea picked a car,which was pretty easy to find and the second was a bit of a challenge. We had to hike through chest high grass (not on a trail) and found the treasure in a black berry bush, then hike out in the dark because we forgot how quick it gets dark during daylight savings!!

Halloween

2008-11-04T13:59:00.000-08:00

The kids had a great halloween this year. We went to a friends church where they had games and a giant bouncer. Most of the pictures didn't come out well of the games but we do have some....

Field trip

2008-11-03T15:50:00.000-08:00

Kelsea's school went on a fieldtrip last week to a pumpkin patch which I got to go on since Scott took her last year. We rode the bus which of course was an adventure. We went on a hay ride, Kelsea sat by her friend Trenton who she says she is going to marry. She picked a pumpkin (because we needed another one!!), they had a hay maze and she made a dirt baby. We had alot of fun.

Pumpkin Guts

2008-10-28T22:14:00.000-07:00

Kelsea was so excited about the pumpkins she immediately started asking when she could take out the guts. We waited until this past Sunday so the pumpkins hopefully wouldn't shrivel up much. The kids loved it! Hunter was absolutely beside himself, he loved eating the guts (even though he made an ugly face when he tasted it) and I caught him a couple of times chomping on seeds. Hunter wore himself out though, by the end he was asleep in the recliner.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-27T14:46:00.000-07:00

Scott's family came up for a visit last weekend. Since we moved here to Oregon his parent's have come up every October and we have gone to a pumpkin patch. This year we were also joined by Scott's Uncle Mike and Aunt Kathy and his brother Mike and wife Bria. We went to Kruger's Pumpkin Patch, we did the corn maze, the pumpkin catapult, the kids played in the kiddie area, we watched a puppet show, climbed the hay pyramid, and of course picked pumpkins. The kids got a little carried away grabbing pumpkins and picked 14!! Of course since Grandpa and Grandma were there they got all the pumpkins. We also went to see Multnomah Falls with the family and spent some time at the house relaxing.

I'm not a loser

2008-10-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

We were sitting at the dinner table eating meatloaf, green beans and mashed potatoes. For anybody who knows Kelsea very well you know she does not like potatoes in any form (other than french frys of course). Kelsea tells us that to make good potatoes you need to put milk and broccoli (which she hates) with them and fold them like a pancake. She says, "I know this because God made me so smart." We told her to try a bite because the potatoes have milk in them, which she did gagging it down. She said, "I am not going to eat anymore potatoes because I don't want to be a loser, only losers eat potatoes." I asked her where she learned that word. She explained that Violet the girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory calls Charlie Bucket a loser as she grabs an apple off the tree in front of him. I had to then have a talk with her about using loving words but listening to her explanation of why she wouldn't eat potatoes was funny.

Balls Balls Banana's

2008-10-23T16:14:00.000-07:00

Rusty started his class through the parks and recreation called Balls Balls Balls Bonanza which he refers to as Balls Balls Banana's. He loves it, he is running around the whole time and sweaty when it's time to go. The class is not structured, they call roll and stretch when we get there then it's free play. Rusty runs from activity to activity playing basketball, tee-ball, lacrosse, hula a hoop, hockey and much more!!

Rusty strikes again!!

2008-10-10T18:14:00.001-07:00

This is so bad but I was laughing so hard I started crying!! We just finished dinner and Scott was playing catch with Rusty and Kelsea wanted to join in being the monkey in the middle. Scott said "sit down" and made sure she did my giving her a little push. Rusty thought that was a good idea and grabbed handfuls of Kelsea's hair and yanked her back and forth by her hair. She was screaming and Scott and I were saying "stop it Rusty." Then as I had the look of her face flashing through my mind I started cracking up, I couldn't stop, Scott also was laughing. Kelsea is balling and looking at us completely heart broken, because of our laughing saying, "It's not funny!!" I held her on my lap laughing so hard I was crying and trying to talk to her, she saw Rusty's bread and forgot what she was so upset about and said, "I'm sick and somebody told me that when I'm sick I need to eat alot, so can I eat Rusty's food?" Here are some dramatic reenactments we did after everybody was feeling better. Rusty even wanted to have a picture with his hair being pulled.

Gymnastics

2008-10-09T16:21:00.000-07:00

Kelsea started gymnastics today. She was very excited to get her exercise and she got a lot of it!! They ran around the gym finding different colors to touch, she walked the balance beam, learned cart wheels and lots of other fun stuff. They even did an exercise in which the teacher shook the mat and the kids had to try to stay standing, which they all thought was hilarious. Next week they get to do the "big trampoline." Rusty was pretty disappointed that he didn't get to participate in the class. But he did try out the balance beam.

Cubbies

2008-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

Kelsea started Awanas a few weeks ago. She is in the Cubbies class (3-4 year olds). It's kinda like a co-ed girl/boy scout thing. They meet weekly, memorize bible verses, make a craft, sing songs, have snack, all the things kids love. Kelsea especially loves it, when we are on our way there she says, " I am going to be the best cubbie ever." During the week as we are learning her new memory verse I usually have to give her a hint with the first word then she waves her hand in front of me and says "Don't say it, don't say it, I know it now." She was very excited tonight because she got her first "real" patch last week which I put on her vest and she now thinks she is "the coolest cubbie." As you can imagine she doesn't really have a self-esteem issue at this point!

Needles

2008-09-21T15:39:00.000-07:00

I went to the womens retreat with our church this weekend. It was nice to have a chance to get away. I missed my family so much though. I haven't had the opportunity to leave the kids much so it was hard to think that they would be ok without me. It was wonderful to be around other christian women even though I was the youngest by 15 years. We worshipped, had messages, ate together, and played games, I was kind of disappointed that it was raining so we didn't get to have a camp fire, but such is life in Oregon. I had a chance to build some realtionships with the women and get to know them a little better.
The other day Scott had our little sewing box out fixing his camera bag. The kids were interested in what he was doing so he decided to show them a "magic trick." He stuck a needle through a callouse on his hand showing the kids the needle could stay without him holding it. Rusty was really excited by this, holding his hand up he said "my hand daddy, my hand." Scott proceeded to to poke him trying to find a callouse, he didn't have any but he finally got it under a single layer of skin and Rusty was beside himself, only to be disappointed when it fell out a second later because it was barely in his hand at all. Scott said "no more" and continued fixing his bag. A minute later we hear Rusty saying "ouch, ouch, ouch," He had a needle and was sticking himself all over his chest he kept saying "my skin." Later, (while I was at the women's retreat) he somehow got ahold of another needle and stuck it repeatedly in Kelsea's head, she said "ouch, Rusty is stabing me with a sword."

Holy Kelsea

2008-09-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

Tonight as we were getting ready to go to church for our young adult Bible study, Kelsea asked if she could bring her Bible so that the kids could have Bible study. She ran upstairs and got her Bible out of her room (which lead Rusty to want his Bible also).

On the way to church Kelsea was "reading" her Bible to her brother. We heard her telling him something about Mary and Joseph and that they were disciples. I attempted to correct her about Joseph and God both being Jesus' dad but Kelsea must have had no idea what she was talking about and responded "God is always with us, but he is not always with the wicked." After our laughter ended I asked her where she was taught that. Her response was, "It's in the Bible."