Girls

People often ask me if I (or Lee) wish we had a boy...the answer: nope!  God blessed us with four amazing girls!  All different and unique in their own way!  Not to mention I kind of like this play salon phase they are going through.  Yesterday I got a "relaxation treatment."  Nice.  Yea, maybe someday the drama will come (it does on occasion now), but for now I'm going to enjoy all the girliness that comes with having girls.  I recently read in a book,"If he [God] is all-wise, then he's not going to do everything I want because I don't know what I need."  He knew I needed girls!  

The Very Hungry Caterpillar...

...read by Klara Jane

(this video I took a few months ago, but I just think it's the cutest thing of her "reading."  My favorite part..."zip zooped.")

Fall

Ok friends, don't gasp...fall isn't my favorite season!  I'm a full blown, "I love summer" girl...however, there things I do enjoy & love about fall.  One is our yearly visit to the pumpkin patch.  Mostly just enjoying how much the kids love it.  The animals, hayride, face painting, etc.  This year was a little sad because Lee had to work the night we went and we all missed him being in on the fun, but Grandma & Papa joined us and it was fun to have them along.

I also enjoy our annual small group pumpkin carving contest!  It's always fun to see how creative people get!  Not to mention the great fellowship with some of the people we love the most!  So Lee was out of town this year right before the contest, so the day of the contest was like an all day pumpkin carving, cleaning out, planning day!  It's a Nordine totem pole!:)  You can't really tell in the picture but each pumpkin has something unique about each own of us...Isabel (missing teeth), Ana (earrings), Klara (long eyelashes), Maya (paci), etc.  The end result turned out pretty cool...see for yourself.

Note Worthy

Lee and I celebrated being married 10 years this past June!  As I look back on the last 10 years of our life I think, "Wow!"  Never in all of my dreaming could I have dreamed up all the things, places, people, etc. that has made up our life together!   We have been truly blessed!  It makes me excited for the next 10 years (and hopefully many more) and how God will work in our lives!  And that is our desire, to keep serving Him together and see where He takes us!  

We were talking tonight with the girls about Job and all the things in life God gave Him, but all the things He allowed to be taken away.  And Jobs response through it all was that He still trusted God through all of it!  I want that to be my prayer for us.  No matter what, the good, the bad, and the ugly...we keep trusting The Lord in our marriage & in life.  

Lee is such an caring, awesome Husband who more often than not puts everyone else before himself, probably me the most.  This past week while he was home recovering from his surgery we had some of the best laughs, even though he kept saying, "don't make me laugh, it hurts."  Which of course made us laugh all the more.  We always say, "I love you more...than yesterday."  So thankful how true that statement is!  

I love you Lee!

Soccer

The girls have played soccer this fall.  It's the first sport we have put them in.  They both have had so much fun playing.  We've had to work with them some on not being such girly girls and getting in there and being aggressive...ha!  Each game I see them get a little better and it's fun to watch.  Their teams are the Panthers and the Cheetahs!  It's been stretching for me cause I'm pretty much a fair weather soccer fan!  You know, when it's warm and nice I'm loving it, but the 40 degree games, not so much!  Although, we all bundle up and still get out there and cheer!!!  I'm not gonna lie, I'm kind of excited the last game is this weekend.  It's gets a little bit colder each week.  Since last night was the last practice (they have practice once a week), the parents got to scrimmage all the kids, while playing with their left foot.  Fun times!  I might have been a tad sore this morning. 

It's a rough life cheering on sisters!  

Trying to get past Mom

Ana playing goalie

 

Maya Leigh - 6 months

Maya Leigh is 6 months old today. Her smile is contagious. She more than puts up with her sisters excessive affection, and thoroughly enjoys all the tight squeezes and being carried around here and there (most of the time). She has nick names when the occasions arise, "miss over-achiever, miss fussy pants, snug bug, maya papaya"...the list could go on. We love this just plain sweet baby girl!

Medical stuff

Yea, we have kind if been through the wringer with medical stuff lately.  My wisdom teeth out, followed by some complications from that, followed by Lee having surgery just yesterday to repair a hernia.  It seems like a whirlwind of activity nonetheless.  There have been times if stress, there have been times I wanted to pull my hair out dealing with girls, but despite all of that I see God in every step, in every hurdle, and for that I am grateful and truly blessed.  

I was talking to Isabel tonight about playing sports (she is playing soccer this season).  Telling her how growing up I played about every sport possible, yet despite that I never became a famous sports player.  And she said, "yea, good thing cause you wouldn't have time to be a sports player cause you have four girls to take care of."  My thoughts exactly.  The best job I could have.  Our conversation ended with saying you never know what direction God will take you, but whatever it is, we can know that He is in it and knows all the details.  

Best Job

With that being said, I'm exhausted!  Goodnight!