Survey 2010

My dear friend Emily posted this survey on her blog , and I thought it would be fun to try. It was a little harder than I thought it would be, but I think I'll try to do it each year and see how the answers change. I'm not sure if anyone but my sister reads my blog, but if so feel free to do a survey yourself.

Survey 2010

Ten Things I Wish I Could Say To Ten Different People Right Now:

1. Thank you for always telling me it will be OK, even when it's hard for me to see.

2. Please just stop crying, you make things really hard.

3. I am so happy for you! What a blessing this will be!

4. Please mold me into the person you created me to be!

5. I'm so sorry you are still broken from this. I wish I could take all the pain away.

6. You are so talented, creative, loved, blessed, and cherished! I believe in you my friend!

7. I wish you would return my phone calls. I miss you!

8. Thank you for trying your best! I think you did well!

9. I'm praying for you and your grandmother. I wish I could come get you and make all things better.

10. You bring so much joy to my life everyday!

Nine Things About Myself:

1. I am emotional, and feel deeply.

2. I am seriously addicted to Diet Coke. 5 a day is not bad right?

3. I love it when I make people laugh.

4. I gag on soggy bread, therefore I order my cheeseburgers plain and dry. I do not want an excess of pickle juice or condiments messing things up.

5. I love the Lord, and truly believe all prayers are answered.

6. I am a closet cleaner. I don't care if it's a mess if I can't see it.

7 I love to sleep! I mean LOOOOVE! My ideal amount of sleep in a day is 12 hours. For now, half that amount will have to do.

8. I wear a baseball cap every other day.

9. I Love being a mom, and try really hard to be the best I can be.

Eight Ways To Win My Heart:

1. Tell me why and how much I mean to you. Yep...lame, but my love language is words of affirmation. I don't have to have it, but I sure do love it!

2. Bring me a Diet Coke cold in a bottle please.

3. Send me a card or letter. I love mail surprises.

4. Compliment my children.

5. Offer to watch my kids so Casey and I can have a date night.

6. Bake me some goodies....or a meal.

7. Give me a big hug if I need one.

8. Tell me you thought of me.

Seven Things That Cross My Mind A Lot:

1. Are we done? One more? Am I crazy?

2. What will I do when Neen starts school?

3. Will I have any hair left when Anna is a teenager?

4. Am I doing enough?

5. Am I making a difference?

6. I should really eat better and exercise more.

7. Am I making great memories for my children?

Six Things I Do Before Bed:

1. check on each child and make sure they are still breathing

2. put on my night clothes

3. brush my teeth/put on retainer

4. rub Big Casey's back

5. talk to Casey about our days

6. Talk with Jesus one more time.

Five People Who Mean A Lot:

1. Casey- I LOVE you with ALL my heart forever and always!

2. Casey/Anna/Trinity-I'm glad God chose me to be your Mom.

3. Mom/Amanda/Taylor- I couldn't do it with out you!

4. Emily-My life is a better place because of you!

5. my friends- you make me laugh and feel loved.

Four Things I'm Wearing Right Now:

1. capris

2. t-shirt

3. flip-flops

4. ponytail

Three Songs I Listen To A Lot:

1. Anything and everything Third Day

2. Butterfly Fly Away by Miley Cyrus

3. Kids songs and Klove in the car.

Two Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

1. Meet Ingride who lives in Kenya.

2. Go on a mission trip as a family.

One Confession:

I ate whoppers for lunch two days last week.

Theme 3...birds

This was a theme I was super excited about, but it fell short of my expectations. I had planned to make these really cool birds nest with twine, but the week flew by so fast. I had also planned on going to a wildlife refuge where they save wild birds, but that didn't work out either.

The kids did each learn a poem about a bird. We went to the aquarium where we did see a bird. They had sea gulls with their sting ray exhibit. We also saw birds when we visited a feed store. They had geese, guineas, and turkeys. The geese were adorable with their fuzzy yellow down.

One interesting thing the kids did learn about birds is that hummingbirds use spider webs, and caterpillar silk to make their webs. It makes the inside of the web like plaster.

Hopefully next weeks theme will go more as planned.

Here is my favorite picture of the week. Neen is inside a little bird egg maze that we found at the Botanical Gardens.

Aquarium

Yesterday we went to the Aquarium. We met up with our friend LaMonica and her baby Kingsley. We met her niece Kyla, and her nephews Tre and Caleb. They have been in town visiting for about a month. They were all three wonderful children with smiles and hearts of gold!! We had such a wonderful time, and hope they come back to visit again next summer! If you would please keep Tre, Caleb and their family in your prayers. They lost an uncle yesterday, and could definitely be lifted up at this time.

Botanical Gardens

Just a few nature shots from the Botanical Gardens. I only had my point and shoot camera yesterday, so I will be going back early one morning before temperatures are in the triple digits to take more photos. Next time I hope to get a shot of the beautiful purple butterfly we saw.

High in the sky...

My Anna loves heights. She loves rock climbing, amusement park rides that go really high, and now she loves sky jumping. The last time we went to the mall she saw the sky jump and begged us to go on. The line was too long so I told her we would go back on a week day and let her fly. Hey, it also goes along with our theme of the week...birds. Well, kind of.

Someone got a new tattoo!

Neen Did!

Isn't that the cutest little tummy you've ever seen?

Anna put it on her, and she didn't quite get that it will take a few days to go away. She wanted it off just as quickly as it went on. That's a good sign right? ;)

Be AFRAID....be very afraid!!

Just a warning! If you come to the Hazelwood house on a summer evening, you WILL be involved in Nerf Warfare 2010.

We have a pretty tough bunch!! Don't ya think?