Latest Projects

I have been trying to keep up on bow making and some project stuff since I have brought the supplies, I want to use them.  So since I had another order, I made a couple of extra bows for my Bryleigh Girl! 

This is one of my favorites! 

And since I am running out of room to keep Bryleigh's bows in her drawer, I made a bow hanger using a hanger and some ribbon.  It will do until I can enlist the help of my friend, Jenna, who knows how to sew to make me a fancy one!  

Today has been pretty low key.  Bryan was able to get caught up on some lawn work since our yard was looking kind of like a hayfield :)  And I was finally able to record the book that the kids got about a month ago from my mom! 

And they loved it!  Christian enjoys showing Bryleigh how it works! 

Wisconsin Brain Injury Conference

On Monday and Tuesday, I had the 23rd annual Wisconsin Brain Injury Conference at the Wilderness Lodge in Wisconsin Dells.  My work paid for the conference and hotel and since its had a waterpark, I enlisted the help of my mom and brought the kids.  So I wasn't able to enjoy the waterpark at all but my mom and kids sure had fun!  She wasn't able to get any pictures in the waterpark because she definitely had her hands full, but I'm glad they enjoyed it.

And I learned a lot at the conference and met a lot of great individuals both professionals and brain injury survivors.  I have to say that my favorite presentation at the conference was the keynote speech on Day 1 given by Steven Benvenisti, an attorney in New York and it was entitled, "The Most Significant Case of my Entire Career." It was an amazing story and you can find it HERE. And as I was checking into our hotel room, he was waiting for his taxi to the airport so I was able to compliment him on how inspiring his story was.  He was a very nice person! 

For Dinner, we were able to go to Christian's favorite restaurant: Buffalo Phil's.  We discovered this restaurant last year and it's great!  I mean what little boy wouldn't love a train delivering your food!  

The train blowing bubbles at the kids!

And I just love this picture:

 The kids were enjoying the nice morning on the patio, when a duck came over and must have assumed they had food! 

It was a nice couple of days but I can tell that I was away from my office for 2 days because today was very busy for me at work! 

Tutu Cute

I completed my FIRST Tutu the other day!  And needless to say, I'm excited!  Like I have said before,  I am not a crafty person but this adorable little girl of mine makes me want to be crafty so I can keep her in bows and tutus!  So, although I have some perfecting to do, I was happy with how it turned out!  Although I did run out of tulle when I was almost finished and since I bought the first 3 yards at Hancock Fabrics and I didn't want to wait, I purchased another 2 yards at Walmart and its not quite identical.  So I figure it will be fine for Bryleigh to play in! 

And of course, our little Bryleigh girl had to model it for us!

 

We are going to be having an early night tonight because both the kids are tired from a fun couple of days in at the Wilderness Lodge Waterpark in the Dells!  And I was bummed that I couldn't join in the fun ( I was in my conference for work) but at least they had fun!  Pictures to come soon :)

Mom's are the best!!!!

What a beautiful Mother's day! I woke up to the sun shining which started off the day great!  And of course,  I can't go without saying that my mom is the greatest!  She has truly taught me everything that has made me the mom that I am today!  I love you mom! 

And I also love that I get to be called "mom"!  By these two beauties...

 And after church and an early morning nap, we met Bryan's family at the Casino for some Lunch!  It was very good!  And of course, you can't see Uncle Gimpy without sitting on his Harley!  And as you can tell, "Harley" dudes don't smile for pictures!

And I have to share the Mother's Day card that Christian made for me at school this past week!  It was so funny and sweet! 

 I also came across this prayer and I have to share:

Small Blessings

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day
With little time to stop and pray
For life's been anything but calm
Since You called on me to be a mom
Running errands, matching socks
Building dreams with building blocks
Cooking, cleaning, and finding shoes
And other stuff that children lose
Gitting lids on bottled bugs
Wiping tears and giving hugs
A stack of last week's mail to read
So where's the quiet time I need?
Yet when I steal a minute, Lord
Just at the sink or ironing board
To ask the blessings of Your grace
I seen then, in my small one's face
That you have blessed me
All the while
And I stop to kiss
That precious smile.

It definitely is the most difficult job, I have ever had but being a Mom is the best and I wouldn't change it for the world!  

Bryan's Beats

Bryan has been talking for months about the new headphones that Dr. Dre came out with that are supposed to be amazing!  And myself, being a little behind on technology, could not understand what could be so great about these headphones but since Bryan has been working at the marsh and it was money we weren't really expecting, I told him to buy something he's been wanting!  So he came home with these the other day...

 They look like any other headphones but I really had to stop dissing on them because when I put them on, I could not believe that the sound/bass was coming from those!  Its crazy, the technology these days!  But I guess for the cost (a whopping $300.00), they better do more than just sound good :)

And I do have to say that kids also loved them! 

So my guess is that Bryan is not going to be hearing much of what I tell him for the next couple of days until the newest of these wear off :)

Sunshine is here!

Wow, today was the first day in a long time that it actually felt like Spring!  And from what I hear, its not supposed to get down past freezing anymore!  Do we believe it?  Well I hope so!  I couldn't wait to get done with work that I could go outside and play with the kids!

And play outside we did!

It was a very fun evening!  I even got the kiddos to help me pick up sticks in the yard!  We probably should have done that before the city came to pick up brush but oh well!  It was way too cold for me to do that until now! I hope everyone else enjoyed the beautiful day also! 

Poor Baby

I took Bryleigh and Christian to daycare at 7am this morning and received a call from Chris at 9am informing me that Bryleigh had a 100.1 fever.  Not even 20 minutes later I get a call that Bryleigh's fever went up to 102.  So I left work but having my 45 minute commute home, I wasn't able to get Bryleigh to the walk in clinic until 11:30am.  Poor little girl had a fever of 104.5 and that was after we had already given her Tylenol.  She was shivering but yet still so hot! 

They tested her for strep throat, checked her ears, and decided that it must be a virus and sent us home.  Although the doctor and nurses were very nice, I'm not happy with that answer.  That high of a fever makes me so nervous!  So Bryleigh finally calmed down after we got home and fell asleep on me! I hate not being able to soothe her!  She was just crying for about 1 1/2 straight :( 

So now we are at home, Christian is napping in his room and I have Bryleigh napping on the couch so I can keep my eye on her!  Hopefully she feels better soon!