Whewww!

Do you ever feel like you are chasing your life?  This is what kind of week I have had this week.  So busy that I am trying to keep up!  We started our week with a birthday party for my sister-in-law and brother-in-law at our house on Sunday. (Good times with 17 family peeps)  Monday was President's day and we celebrated by singing Hail to the Chief and wearing our Patriotic pants....NOT REALLY, I don't have patriotic pants.  We met the Davissons for lunch at Chick-Fil-A and then went to see Gnomeo & Juliet. (Kevin decided to add to Monday by mounting two 60 inch flat screens at our church and rewiring the sound system with his brother and then taking kids to play Frisbee golf)  We got back in to the swing of things on Tuesday with school and work and dance lessons.  Today I went to an openhouse in Midland and then to an Education Committee Meeting at church tonight.  This weekend we are going to a hockey game Saturday night and Seussical the Musical Sunday afternoon.  (Time to take a breathe!)

Although I have been (will be) extremely busy, I don't know that it is really blog worthy.  Sometimes, it is hard to find bloggable stuff in daily life.  I just hit a brick wall of bloggers writer block, I think because I haven't had time to think this week.  I do have an exciting event coming up next week.  I am going on a girl trip with Kim to Norman, OK.  I got my OK brochures in the mail today from the visitors bureau.(Yeah, that's right, I am nerdy enough to request pamphlets)  More to come in future blogs about this little adventure, it is definitely blog worthy.

Meantime, desperate times call for desperate measures-a trip to Gigi's cupcakes to take the edge off. I am going for a sugar high rather than curling up in the fetal position!  Aww, happiness! 

              Sometimes cupcakes make everything better. 

Shout out to Kevin

This year I sent Kevin a tiny valentine for V day!  I don't know if it topped the year that Kim and I went in halfsies and sent a Barber Shop Quartet over to serenade our husband's at their jobs. (Men singing acapello & giving a rose to other men could give the wrong impression at the shop by the way)  When I say tiny I mean it, it came with it's own magnifying glass to read it. 

I am sure you were able to read it from the picture, not!
So as my Shout Out to Kevin, this is what it said:

Kevin,

I love you more than the cool side of a pillow.
More than an ice cold Dr. Pepper.
More than a day off or a holiday.  I love you when you are helping our kids with their homework.  When you are holding our dog on your lap.  I love you when you cook me dinner and when you bring me a glass of ice water to bed.  When you take my best friend to the movies on her birthday because I am sick and can't go.  I love you more than I love my purses! 

It seems like I find new things to love about you all the time and I can't imagine loving any one else.

I Love You,    

                                        Lainie

It may have been tiny, but it said a lot!  

Peyton, on the other hand, I am going the opposite way with.  Each year at her school, they invite the parents to come and make a Valentine to be delivered to them in class.  I have made one every year since she was in Kindergarten and they have gradually grown bigger and bigger each year.  Next year will be her last year at Reagan and I am thinking billboard size.  

An Explanation of my Exclamations!

So I have been writing my blog for a little over 6 months now, and in looking back at my titles, I noticed I have alot of exclamations!  In honor of my love of the exclamation, this entire blog will be written using only the exclamation as punctuation! (Say that 5 times fast!)  There are also alot of exclamations in my writing!  Let me explain!  By the way, I am not yelling at you, I am just really excited!  (IF I WERE YELLING AT YOU, IT WOULD BE ALL CAPS!)

This is my explanation for using the exclamation so much!
If you know me, you know I use my hands alot when I talk!  I get pretty animated sometimes when I am telling a story!  The exclamation lets me express that!  For those of you who enjoy a toned down blog, that's not me!

In review, I now have 12 followers (13 if I count myself)!
That's pretty awesome in my opinion!  I have been able to write at least one blog a week!  So far, blogging has been instant gratification for me!  You get to come up with something creative, that represents you, and it only takes about 20 minutes!  I hope you enjoy them and I appreciate each & every one of you reading them, even the silly ones like this!

Live life with exclamation!

Fearless

This last Sunday there where a plethora of Kidd's listed in
the program for church service.  Kidd's took over the joint.  Kevin made the announcement that our youth are selling Jackalopes tickets for $10 each. (Interested?)  My sister-in-law, Margie, lead the sermon.  (She was very good by the way)  Last, but not least, Peyton sang a solo for every one.  She sang a song by Jars of Clay called "Show Your Love."

This particular blog is about this little lady.  She is my fearless child, never afraid of standing on a stage or addressing a large group.  She has been this way since she was a toddler, she knows no strangers and will talk to every one.  I use to have to tell her when she was 4 not to talk to every one at the grocery store  because she would come out telling me, "I just love that guy."  She would be talking about the guy sacking our groceries, you don't know that guy. (stranger danger)  She is my over achiever who wants to be a part of everything--currently doing hip hop, tap, ballet, cheer, JSN club and church choir.  She still has the nerve to ask to participate in other activities!  We currently have a "you must drop one to get a new one" policy.

For a 10 yr old she has such a great understanding of her own spirituality.  We can discuss something from church or a bible verse and she can come up with the most profound analogy and pure understanding of it.  I would have loved to been able to have got it like she does at her age.  She has written things for different sermons as well as skits showing the Love of Christ wiping your sins away.  I am amazed by her brain.  She is my child that comes home from our vacation and researchers all the places she visited on the trip.  She is fearless in her thirst for knowledge. 

I hope she always keeps this fearlessness.  I hope she always asks questions and voices her opinion.  I hope she always wants to try new things.  I hope she always takes the stage and shines!