Sunday, November 30, 2008

Thanksgiving weekend






We had a great long Thanksgiving weekend. Frank took all 4 days off and we got lots of time to spend together as a family. The actual holiday was great and this year we spent the afternoon with Frank's parents and enjoyed time in their basement with the kids watching Bambi and Mitch eating TWO pieces of pumpkin pie! On Friday we went to see Bolt and Mitch loved it. Now our poor dogs Mazie and Gordon are being retrained by Mitch to become super dogs like in the movie(once you see it you'll understand) and you'll her him tell Mazie "super jump Mazie, come on!" It's cute but I feel kind of bad for Mazie and Gordon who just look at him like, "seriously?!". The rest of the weekend was spent with family and relaxing before returning to the routine of the week. Our week will be a little different around here. Tonight Frank left for Seattle for a week on a business trip. He hasn't been gone on a long overnight in years and the kids are all messed up. Mitch has an attitude the size of Seattle and Megan just plain 'ol doesn't want to go to bed(she is up there screaming while I write this). I hope it gets better because we have 5 more nights to go. A hot bath and a book is sounding pretty good right now. Happy turkey (and stuffing) weekend to you all!




























Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to wish you all a quick Happy Turkey day! I hope your day is blessed with great memories, wonderful food and time to relax and enjoy your family.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.
Psalm 107:1

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

A splendid day

Today was a pretty great day, long but all in all pretty good. We had a great MOPS meeting and I got to meet Joanne Heim in person today and she spoke to our group about Simplifying our Holidays. She had some great ideas and I can't wait to incorporate some into our holiday traditions. So great in fact, that I may need to make a stop at JoAnne's Fabric store tomorrow. Then, after the meeting I went over to my friend Amy's for lunch with Joanne and a few other of the MOPS girls. It was a nice pleasant time of food and fellowship and the kids were all so good. MOPS days are usually pretty hectic and tiring so Megan took a great nap and I got time to read my new Wally Lamb book and chill out before tackling the adventure of grocery shopping 2 days before Thanksgiving. It wasn't too bad tonight and I went by myself so that made it even better. Now I am off to clean up the kitchen a little more and then read more in my book.

Psalm 16:8, “I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” (NIV)

Monday, November 24, 2008

Very excited

I feel like I am going to met a celebrity tomorrow! Our MOPS group is having Joanne Heim www.thesimplewife.typepad.com speak at our meeting tomorrow and I am so excited! I have my clothes all laid out, my purse, bags and Megan's things are ready because I don't want to be a minute late! And if that wasn't enough a friend has invited me to have lunch with her (and Joanne) and some other bloggy friends and our kids tomorrow! So fun! I'll let you know how it is tomorrow and it's a good thing I have a good book to read in case I can't sleep tonight!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

More new bracelets


All of my bracelets can be seen tomorrow at my sister's
Holiday Open House

Sunday, November 23rd
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Traci’s House, 13714 West 72nd Dr, Arvada, CO 80005
Cash or Check only please
for more infor contact me at erinwernlein@aol.com
Hope to see you there!

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Daddy is nocturnal

Mitch was helping me put laundry away this afternoon and I told him to please put Daddy's away neatly because Daddy leaves early in the morning sometimes and he likes his piles neat so he can find his clothes in the dark. Mitch said, "yea, I know Mom, Dad's nocturnal."! He was doing such a good job with the laundry that I had to go into the bathroom for a good laugh!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Busy Busy

Blogging has been the last thing on my mind lately. The first thing? Kindergarten! I am researching Kindergarten for Mitch for next fall and you would think I was trying to get him into an Ivy league school or something! Serioulsy! All I hope to do is open and enroll him at a school close to us that would meet his "intellectual needs" and it's all I can think about! Goodness gracious! lol Other than that I have been beading up a storm in hopes of selling lots of bracelets on Sunday and reading Jodi Picoult's latest book Change of Heart. Whew! I think I need a vacation, or maybe just a massage, or a night with some girlfriends! (hint, hint)

Saturday, November 15, 2008

New Bracelets

Come see my new selection of bracelets in a variety of sizes at :
Erin Wernlein, Traci Dorth and Gene Youngmann's
Holiday Open House
Featuring Stampin' Up Products
Gene's Illustrated Book Quack and
Erin's Bracelets
When: Sunday, November 23rd
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: Traci’s House, 13714 West 72nd Dr, Arvada, CO 80005
cash or check only
for more info contact Erin at erinwernlein@aol.com

Found...Mommy's lipgloss


Guess who I found hiding next to my bed this morning with my lipgloss? It was so cute that I ran for the camera before taking the lipgloss away.

Big day for Megan

Yesterday was a big day for Megan. Each night before she takes a bath I have been asking her if she wants to sit on the potty and try and go potty. Some night she tries and other nights not. Last night she was all excited about it and sat on the potty and sure enough she went! Frank and I made a huge big deal out of it, clapped, hurray-ed and said "yay Megan!" She was so proud of herself, got off the potty and announced to all of us, "I went twinkle twinkle in the potty!"

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Sharing

I had a conversation over the weekend with another person that blogs about blogging everything in our lives or thinking about things during the day and thinking, "should I blog about that." For those of you who don't have a blog you all think I am nutso about now but I totally got what she was saying, so for the past few days I have been editing my thoughts and really truly wondering if what I post is what I want going out on the web for everyone to read. And then I thought, you know, I am a mom, I am funny, my blog is about how crazy funny my life is and how I make it all work and still try to teach my kids about God. I guess if I post something and it doesn't work or fit that's what they made the delete button for. I sure do overthink things too much!

So...on with the funny story because funny is what keeps me going. Grocery shopping with Megan
This is not an event I enjoy, but every week I seem to have to participate in the olympic mommy event. Mitch always was and still is a great shopping partner. To this day I would still choose him to go shopping with over Megan(sorry Meg) but today I had both of them with me. And today was like no other day and Megan is like no other girl who goes to the store, she wants it all and she is hungry!! This morning she even wanted the bananas! Everything I put into the cart should have to pass through Megan and be inspected by her before it is then passed to the large cart if she had her way. Then there is the free cookie. To Megan why get the free cookie when you could have a donut instead and they are just in the next case over and she doesn't understand that they don't count as free so that usually ticks her off and starts a tantrum that lasts throughout half of the store. The tantrum is going on while I am trying to shop and cross things off my list and I pass by other things she wants like, candy, cereal, chips, ice cream, gold fish, Christmas decorations. Once we get to the check out line she usually gets impatient there too and then things start flying OUT of the cart. Really this is not a fun time. Then we get home, I unload as fast as I can because she is now starving(even f I brought her snacks at the store and she did eat the free cookie)and she starts looking for the food we bought but I would not let her open. Oh, Megan! Really, if I could I would love to leave her at home but sometimes I just have to take her with me and when she has a 2 year old I will tell her this story and what an olympic event it was to take her to the grocery store.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

6th file 6th pic

I got this idea from another bloggy friend...you are suppose to go into your picture files and post from your 6th pic file and the 6th picture. Mine is much more random than hers. This is Megan at the petting zoo that we went to around Easter. Cute. It was fun to anticipate what might pop up : )

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Getting ready to Stamp it up!

I just did a whirl wind clean sweep of the house and am ready to have some girls over for a Stampin Up party tonight. My sister is a demonstrator so every so often we all get together, stamp, laugh and just generally have a good time. Right now the house is pretty much clean, the kids are sleeping/resting, the dishwasher is running and I could really use a few minutes of peace to regroup before everyone comes over tonight. The kids have been battling World War III all week over here so just a few minutes to myself is a blessing. I am really looking forward to seeing some of you! Till then...

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Coffee Convert

I have to admit that I have become a coffee convert. I made it all the way through years of college and marriage to a man for 8 years who drinks a pot a day without touching the stuff until the last month. Oh, I could always enjoy a cup of decaf but lately the need for a little extra caffeine has lured me more than once to my husband's stash of very rich Gevalia coffee. I am on a new medication for my migraines and of course one of the side effects is extreme drowsiness. I take it at night so around 11am I find myself needing a pick me up before I go get Mitch from preschool. And now I know why all of the coffee drinkers out there buzz around...that stuff has kick! And you can put milk, creamer, sugar, honey, all sorts of stuff in it. Who knew you didn't have to drink it black and dark as night like my sweet husband likes it! All the possibilities!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Election Day 2008

So I will be the very last person to tell you to get out and vote today because if you don't know what today is all about then you have been hiding under a rock and I promise not to spout off my political views on my blog because I am a firm believer in the right to a secret ballot. Even my husband won't know for sure who I voted for until the election is over and done with. You see, one of my hopes and dreams is to raise my children in a world where we can all respect each others beliefs and not force our opinions down each others throats. It's a dream, and on this day that we elect many new people into office it's one that I hope we consider when we watch the polls come in tonight and tomorrow when the person that we voted for did or did not win because what matters most is that we have each other, our freedom, the right to vote and God loves us first.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Halloween Pics

Megan drawing a face on her pumpkin
Mitch dressed as Walle and ready to go Tick or Treating
He went out twice...once with Frank and again when our neighbor's grandson came over. We have a ton of candy! Megan absolutely refused to wear a costume but she did go out Trick or Treating when Mitch and his friend Anthony went out the second time. They had a great time and bounced around the house until the sugar rush ended around 9:30pm last night! Crazy kids!