Safe Travels

Well if those meterologists are right and we receive yet another big snow storm stay safe. Get those shovels and plows ready; hope you didn't put them away. I will be very nervous traveling into work but I'll keep telling myself just take it slow and you should be alright. I will have you all in my prayers for safe travel this week!!! My kids are excited for more snow as it may mean no school. SAFE TRAVELS!!!!!

Survival

So hopefully you all survived the huge winter storm we received this past weekend and aren't as sore as I am today. Kelsie wanted to go to Sunday School and there was no way I was getting out of my driveway with my car with all the snow behind me so out I got to go out and shovel. Chad went out the night before and he obviously couldn't come out and help me so as I get almost done with the entire driveway he comes out and decides maybe it would be a good idea to get his Dad's snowplower. So he left as I continued to shovel because we all know how sidetracked he gets. I received three passes of help from a neighbor's plow on his four wheeler but the majority of it was done by hand by me oh and Kelsie. It was good exercise but I'm sure sore today. We stayed inside for the majority of the weekend. Joe had a friend over Friday night and Kelsie had a birthday party on Saturday. Joe had one Saturday too but was cancelled due to the weather. I had a Tupperware party on Saturday and Tastefully Simple party on Sunday but both were cancelled due to the weather. So we rented movies both Friday and Saturday night and the three of us spent time together indoors for the majority of it. Chad and Kelsie still had Dads and Dolls so off to River Falls they went to start learning yet another song for the recital. Have a wonderful day and evening. I have parent teacher conferences tonight at both schools; I hope I hear nothing but positive remarks.

Comfort

So if anybody lives in Hudson or will be in the area from 10am to 2pm the jail is holding a bake sale for Connor Dykes. They have a ton of stuff, raffles, massages for $1.00 a minute, pop and coffee. I did my part and bought some cookies for the family and brownies for my co-workers. My cute little daughter Kelsie made the front page of the Balwin Paper this week. She was taking her first bite into some cookie burgers that made in school. She was very excited to see herself in the paper and made Dad go buy a paper Wednesday morning before school so she could see it. I asked her for her autograph but she had no clue what I was talking about. I told her what that meant and she gladly gave me her autograph. Hope you all are having a wonderful day. I find comfort in my day knowing I helped out the Dykes family even though we are struggling ourselves.

Weekend

So our weekend was a good one overall. Saturday was pretty uneventful, Chad did some errands but the kids and I stayed home. Chad was nice enough to go get us a movie for the evening except he and Kelsie fell asleep right away and Joe and I shut it off because it was way stupid. Don't rent Running with Scissors!! Sunday Joe wrestled in Spring Valley brining home third place. Hid good friend Bryce got injured and got checked out to determine he badly bruised his shoulder. His friends Brody and Ben both brought home second. Way to go wrestlers!! Joe had a tough first match and lost by points, the second match he got pinned and the third match he won!! He complained his heal hurt so yesterday on my day off I took him to the clinic after school. He has torn his achilles tendon so he's out of wrestling, phy.ed, and other physical activities for awhile. Sunday Kelsie and Chad had their first Dads-n-Dolls dance practice. They learned one of the three songs they will learn for the recital. The first song they learned was Macho Man. Kelsie gave me a sneak peak on some of the dance moves and it looks pretty cute!! Monday I had the day all to myself. I did much needed cleaning and got the laundry caught up. Did some more packing of items that are just going into storage during our moving adventures. Tonight we will only be watching the boys at wrestling practice and turn in the donations I got yesterday from local businesses for the wrestling club. Kelsie has just her dance class tonight as well so Joe will have to sit and watch her dance this week.

At Last

Well at last we made it to FRIDAY!! Our title explains it all; Monday Joe thought it would be great to bring home a ton of homework from Spelling, English and Math. We made it through English and Math before Joe needed to do some piano practice. Tuesday is always a fun night; I have something for Joe to eat at 5:00 so it can digest and I get home with Kelsie at 5:30 so she can eat something quick before we run off for wrestling practice at 6:00. We drop off Joe at practice and watch him for a half hour until we have to bring Kelsie to dance class. I have another parent drop Joe off at dance and wait with me as he gets done with practice 15 minutes before Kelsie is done with dance class. Wednesday Joe brings home more homework this time we finished his Spelling and did more Math. It also brings more piano practice for Joe. Thursday we only have wrestling practice so we went early this week to watch the PreK through second grade practice. To think that is where Joe started seems so surreal. It sure was fun to watch them wrestle around on the mat; well except when they were crying. Tonight we get to go to the Varsity Girls basketball game because Kelsie is performing her basketball knowledge at half time. Saturday morning bright and early is basketball for Kelsie for an hour and then I suppose we'll go home and clean as my house has truly been neglected. Sunday we travel to Spring Valley for Joe so he can attend their wrestling tournament. The highlight of Sunday brings us to when Kelsie and Chad get to travel to River Falls. Chad is going to participate in Dads and Dolls this year through Kelsie's dance studio. Chad and Kelsie along with other Dads and Girls will perform at each of the three dance rectials in June. Hope you can come watch them dance away. This year's theme is Disco Fever. I can't wait to watch this one. Well hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'm fortunate to have Monday off so until Tuesday; Melissa

Prayer Chain

My cousin Tobie Anderson has a daughter Alex who was diagnosed with Polyarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in June of 2003. Alex has to give herself shots to ease the pain. Annually they walk for a cure; please check out the link to obtain more information about Alex or to make a pledge.

Also, I used to work with Ruth Spencer in the Clerk of Court Office. Her little six-week old grandson, Connor Dykes, has been diagnosed with Infant Congenital Glioblastoma. He is the fourth baby in the world to be diagnosed with this type of cancer. He also has a Caringbridge website as well as the link posted on my blog.

Please pray for a cure for both of the above named individuals when you are doing your daily prayers.

Who Needs Valentine's Day

So I have recently been impacted by one of my brother's nurses that recently lost her husband. As she was in the Hallmark store she witness two gentlemen cracking jokes about buying cards and gifts. She turned to one and told him to go home and write her a love letter. He replied that there wasn't enough time. She told him that was exactly her point and that her and her husband ran out of time as she buried him last week. Who says we have to take one day out of the year to show our significant others and our children that we love them. Shouldn't we do that everyday? I have decided that in the future there will be no more Valentine's presents (my kids may not like that idea) we don't need to buy our loved ones gifts to show our love. We should show our love everyday!! Sure go ahead and make them their favorite meal, write them a letter, do something extra for them you wouldn't normally do. Those are my thoughts for the day; hug and kiss your loved ones today because they may not be here tomorrow.

Melissa