The End of Soccer Season

The end of soccer season happened this week. All three of the kids scored goals this year. Jenna and Joshua scored at least one goal in every game. Joshua was really challenged last night by a good team. They jumped ahead of us 2-0 and then we came back and one by 3. I was proud of how he worked to get that first goal. The opposing team was really good and protected their goal. After that his other two came easily and some others scored as well. It makes me proud to see how much passion he has for the game and he puts everything into it.

A Day Off

I have the day off today and tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm going to field day with the boys at their school. Today, I have nothing planned!! Yeah!!! I need a day off! I had one day that I didn't use and she does not let us roll it over or take it with pay, so it is take it or lose it. I decided to take a Thursday since my 3's wear me out most of the time and can be difficult. I wish now that I would have gone on another field trip with one of the boys, but you never know when you will need a day!!! So on my day off, here is what I hope to do:

• clean house
• change sheets on the bed
• get a few clothes ready for a uniform consignment sale Saturday
• shower
• rest
• make/take meal to a friend
• clean some misc areas that need special attention
• catch up on laundry

That ought to keep me busy for awhile!!!

Mom's Taxi......

My "taxi" service will slow down a little bit this week as soccer comes to an end (if we don't get rained out). I've enjoyed the season and I have really enjoyed watching all three of them play, but I'm glad to have a break again too. I'll probably be begging for all these things once summer starts and I have nothing to keep them occupied!

Stand Proud

I had a nice mother's day. I went to church, came home and the family took me to Lone Star for lunch! Wow, it was so good! We then headed to my moms and took the kids to the park to feed the ducks and then let them play on the playground. We also got to see some old friends.

The title of my blog is "stand proud". Every mother's day, I think of my friend, Stephanie. (she doesn't read my blog). My friend Stephanie is very unique in the fact that we never met! There was a time where I was trying very hard to get pregnant with Joshua. It really hurt me every year to sit there on Mother's Day when they would ask the mothers out there to stand, and I was still sitting. Everyone around me was getting pregnant, except me. I remember stumbling on this website (don't even ask me how I got there) and finding comments of other women trying to get pregnant. Some of these women were rude and mean, but there was one comment from a girl named Stephanie. Again, don't ask me why, but I felt moved to make a reply to her comment. She emailed me back and we started talking and connecting. Come to find out she went to BJ the same time I did, was a Christian, etc....so we became instant friends. We would email one another and she became such a help because she knew the pain I had. she also struggled to get pregnant. Long story short, I obviously got tripled blessed and she ended up having two of her own. Every mother's day I tell her to "stand proud" Stephanie!! What a miracle that God sent her into my life! To all my mom readers....stand proud every mother's day and to all my readers without children, may you know that I know how you feel.

Mothers Day Tea

Jenna had mother's day tea at preschool Wednesday and today we had it for the 3's. Jenna made me a nice book, a tote bag with handprint, a placemat and card. She was very excited to spend time showing me the stuff she made, and I enjoyed spending our last mother's day tea at preschool together!

So, what is your mother's day wish? A gift? An act of kindness?

Options???

Monday morning I got a call from Jenene Davis asking me if I would come in and be a sub for Joshua's class in the afternoon. I agreed, found a place for Jenna, and went straight in after preschool. I LOVED it!! The kids were very polite and all thanked me, and they did try to "push things", but I did it, I enjoyed it and it built my confidence. It also got me thinking about next year. Here is what is going on. Pardon my thoughts....they start going crazy and faster than I can type.
1. Right now we don't have enough kids for the 3 year old class, and if we don't get about 8 more kids before August, I may not have a T/TH job.
2. I could run with this and just work M/W/F....enjoy my T/TH around the house and be on the more "permanent" sub list for the kid's school.
3. I could pray that God would somehow need to take Miss F. away so that there would be an opening in the K4 group.
4. I could go back to school to get a teaching certificate
5. I could try to get a job in the public schools as a sub teacher or a teacher's assistant.
6. I could stay at preschool 5 days a week if I do still have a job.

I don't think not working is a choice. First of all, the extra money helps us do extras.....eat out, pay babysitters, etc. I also know that I would probably go crazy doing nothing but cleaning this small house. I know even though I don't have enough faith, God could do number 3 for me if he really wanted me there. I like number 2 a lot, but would need to check to see how much money we would have. Number 6 would keep my life like now. Please pray with me concerning next year. I want things to be perfectly clear for me. I want doors to open and close so that I have no doubt.

Durham Bulls Fun

Friday night we met Jack in Durham and went to the Durham Bulls game. His company had a reserved section where the kids could run around and we could still watch the game. I like that because it's hard for the kids to sit still for 9 innings. His company fed us all the soft drinks we could possibly hold (and the kids loved getting their own cans), chicken, baked beans, mac and cheese, potato salad, hot dogs, hamburgers (with all the fixins) and Goodberry's for dessert!! I love things like that. After the game, there was an impressive firework show.