Yes i am alive

After nearly a three week hiatus, i am back and blogging (does that even make sense?). It is nearly the new year and 2009 went by way to fast. My kids are getting so big and i am feeling older (That seems to happen every new year). I had a great year and i look forward to what 2010 will bring.

We had a great Christmas day. Isaiah got a gun that shoots foam discs and he thinks its so fun to shoot me 10 times in the back while i am trying to do something els. He also got "sonic unleashed" for the 360. He got a car that you have to build too. it is made of wood and had screws and everything, so he keeps asking if we can build it, one day we will. Adriana got a stroller again for Christmas. this is the 3rd year in a row that she has gotten a stroller for her baby dolls. Every year that she has gotten one the boys play with it and crash it into the wall or try to ride it. by mid summer it is usually broken. She also got a foam shooter but she is not as into it as Isaiah is. Julean got a big play dinosaur that walks around and growls. We thought he would like that the best but he plays with this little car that he also got the most. He got a Mater from the movie "Cars" and he loves it. We bought Matthias a toy phone that lights up and he has really like playing, or slobbering on it. We bought a game for all the kids called 'Later Mater' also from the movie "Cars." Mater has a bunch of parts that you have to put on him before he brakes all apart again. Well the first time we did it i was showing them and Mater "popped" and the pieces all went flying and the kids all jumped. It was hilarious.

Kristi got my Halo 3 and it isquite fun to play. I got her a gift card to the antique store and she seamed to really like that. It is nice to have all the family here for the week. however, it seems like my moms house is getting smaller. I wonder if over time the house has shrunk due to CO2 and global warming. Our kids have had a ton of fun playing with their cousins. They just get so warn out by the end of the day they are out in a matter of seconds.

That's all for now, Have a happy new year

- Rick

the daily...

Today is supposed to be the day off but things aren't quite working out as planned. We were going to go to pt huron to pick up our vacuum but it isn't done yet so i might switch my day off with another day. This week has gone by fast. I have gotten quite abit done though. I have started lifting weights and that makes me very sore. hopefully by next week i will have gotten used to it. It snowed here the last couple of days. The first snow of the year.

all the kids are doing great. Adriana is getting very good at reading, she might even pass Isaiah. Matthias is not crawling yet but he gets up on all fours and wiggles back and forth.

- thats all for now

-Rick - Taco salad

The Daily grind XIII

Its monday and here is the schedule:

8 thankyou and christmas cards
10 candy bars
1 h & R Block study
3 unload cement blocks
5 dinner
6 plan fundraiser dinner

i had a nice Sunday. We went to Croswell and the service was very nice. I went running yesterday for 8 miles. it was nice. I didn't time myself or try to push it real hard, i just had a nice leasurly run. This morning i went to weightlifting and i think i am going to be sore tomorrrow.

The kids are doing good. I got my Lionel train out and they are just lovin it. Julean thinks its so cool to push the whistle button. I made it go behind the couch and Isaiah really likes that.

-thats all for now

- Rick - Roast and potatoes

The Daily Grind XII

Three days in a row! maybe i'll keep the 'daily' in my title after all. Today i am moving cement blocks out of my drivway, again. Hopefully this will be the end and i will finish.

Isaiah got knex for Christmas from his grandma lawhorne. He has been playing with them and me and kristi and him made a glider and he has been flying it around the house.

-thats all for now

- Rick - Chicken burgers - they were very good

The Daily Grind XI

heres the schedule:

8 Finances
1 Thanks yous
3 Planning
5 Family time

Somewhere today i have to find time to unload 2 trailers full of cement slabs (watch out thumb!) I also have alot of financial work to catch up on.

My in-laws made it to Word of life last night. They traveled all day. Isaiah and Adriana did very well in school yesterday. Things are starting to go back to normal around our house. Julean started peaing in his diaper at nights during the last couple of weeks but the past 3 days he has woke up with a dry one. I think he needed things to go back to normalcey (is that a word?).

thats all for now

-Rick - home made pizza

The Daily Grind X

Yes, its called the daily grind but i havent written for over a week. MAybe i should take the word 'daily' out of the title. We had a great holiday. We went to Pennsylvania for thanksgiving and then Kristi's parents came to our house for about 5 days. It has been fun but it seems like time went by really fast.

Last Saturday i smashed my thumb on a concrete slab that i was moving. It hurt.

Yesterday we went to Saginaw and the kids went to a Xtreme fun. This is in the mall and it is a large room with about 10 huge inflatables. They had a blast.

Anyway, today i have alot of planning to do for Chamber Ministries. We don't have any activities planned for December so I am going to try and get the activities planned for Januray - Apiril. I also have to get some things done before we get a big winter storm. Things like getting a wood stock pile and staining my deck, and Removing all the concrete from my drivway.

Thats all for now

- Rick - Qdobe (a mexican grill)