Happy Thoughts Thursday

So you've made it through half the week, but it's still not Friday yet. Sometimes by Thursday you need a little lift to make it to the weekend.

Our solution? Happy Thought Thursday. On Tuesdays you can drop a pet peeve or an irritation. On Thursdays, give us a praise, a thankfulness, or something that just makes you happy. Your contributions on Thursday can be deep and spiritual, such as thankfulness for your salvation, or as shallow as a cup of coffee or a good hair day.  Here are our happy thoughts for this week:

Stephanie: I lost four pounds this week!

Kylee: beating my husband in an Xbox baseball game

Jill:   I have a grandfather clock!

So what about you? What makes you happy today?

A Friendly Competition

Everyone loves a good competition, don’t they?

Our daughter has been telling us lately that it doesn’t matter if you win or lose as long as you’re having fun. That may be true for some, but for her daddy you aren’t a winner unless you win. No one wants a “participation trophy” do they? Yes, you should have fun while you are competing but it is more fun to win than to lose.

She likes to race her daddy. If he announces that he has to do something or go somewhere, she says, “ I’ll race you” and tries to beat him wherever he is going. It’s hilarious! However, she doesn’t like to lose but also doesn’t focus on losing because she is enjoying her little competition with her daddy.

Monday, we planned on going to my in-laws house for family time and a cook out. From the time the girls went to bed the night before to the moment they woke up, they were asking to go to Nana’s house! They were so excited to see there cousins. Well, yesterday morning my mother-in-law stopped by to drop something off to us and the girls had been playing with basically every toy they own. I told them to clean up or we weren’t able to go to Nana’s to play. Nana had told them to clean up really quickly because if we beat her to her house then Stella would get to hold her new baby cousin first (after papa, of course!) The girls immediately started cleaning because they wanted to win, most of everything was picked up before my mother-in-law even left our house. When Nana left she had to run to the store so the girls quickly ran to daddy and told him about the race they were having. Our original plan wasn’t to go over until the middle of the afternoon. When he found out about their race, of course he wanted to help Stella win because he has that competitive gene! He told us if we hurried and got all of our stuff together he would take us all to Nana’s before he went to the gym. We loaded up our stuff and off we went.

The whole way to the house Stella was asking if we were going to beat Nana, I thought we would because when I talked to my mother-in-law on the phone, she said she was in the check out line and would still be awhile. It wasn't until we were turning down her street and I saw her car in front of us, that I thought we had lost. Just as I thought she was about to turn into her driveway she stopped at her mailbox,  My husband pulled right next to her car, rolled down his window, called her a “la-hoo-sa-her” and pulled in the driveway for the WIN! She had to wait a short time for her cousins to get there, but I wold say it was worth the wait!

That to me looks like the face of a Winner!

Teaching Stella that winning is more fun than losing might be a good lesson, but teaching daddy not to rub it in the “loser's” face might be a better lesson!

So, are you a competitive person, or are you happy just having fun?

Testy Tuesdays

It's that time again. Just below are the pet peeves that are driving us crazy this week. Add your own in the comments, or ditto someone else. Commiserate with each other, blow off steam and go on your merry way.

Kylee: waiting on people

Stephanie:   over packing ,then taking things out, then finding out you under packed. 

Jill:  When holidays are over and everyone goes home. 🙁

Now it's your turn. What's bugging you?

The Sixth Week

What is it with medical problems and a 6 week recovery??

  As mentioned in previous posts, I just had our third baby about 6 weeks ago.  

I left the hospital and I seemed to be healing, but about three weeks in I was having some horrible pain in my side. I had already gone in and my stitches had healed just fine, my incision was completely closed and healed up on the outside, so I wasn’t sure what was causing the pain.She was my third c-section baby. This time around the recovery was a little more difficult than the other two.

  My first thought was an infection, but I didn’t have any of the other signs of an infection. Second thought was a hernia. I was told at the hospital that I couldn’t hold anything heavier than my newborn because it could cause a hernia. Well, I have two other toddlers. I tried not to hold anything heavier than the newborn, but that didn’t quite happen. So, again, I wondered if it was a hernia, but again, I didn’t seem to have any other signs of a hernia.

  After another week and a half of the pain, it seemed to get worse one day when I felt like I had been punched in the side. So I called my doctor’s office. I explained the pain in detail. The nurse asked me if I had a fever. She ruled out the two things I had already wondered about. Then she said “Well, you’re still in your 6 week recovery time and it should be better in another week and a half”.

Seriously? 

Before I left the hospital they gave me a whole list of “Do not Do’s”.  They told me to follow that list until 6 weeks after surgery. When you break a leg or a bone they generally put you in a cast for 4 to 6 weeks. What? Is 6 weeks a magical time period where all is healed?? You can be in pain right up to that 6 week mark, but at that 6 week date BOOM🧚‍♀️💫 🤩 you are magically a healed person. You can lift things, no more pain, you can run a marathon. Why? Because you made it to the magical healing date! If you look outside on that day, you could probably see a unicorn and a leprechaun running down your street as well.

I am happy to report that it only took another few days after that phone call for the pain to go away. That’s another miracle worker. You just want to feel better, make a doctor’s appointment, you won’t need to go anymore. You want to find something you lost, buy another one, the old one will show up later that day.

So, I reach my 6 week miracle mark on Wednesday. You’ll find me lifting things and running a marathon down the street with leprechaun and the unicorn. So who’s going to join me??

To Tell the Truth

Parents begin telling their children facts from the moment the child is born. Facts such as "I love you" and "you're the sweetest baby in the whole world" to "it'll be okay" and "Mommy's right here".  Truth is reassuring.

As they get older, you still tell truth, but sometimes you tell them things that they don't like as well such as, "No, you can't have that" and "Yes, you will go to bed now".

Then your children get older yet and you can live by the old adage that the truth hurts. Because it sometimes does. Truths such as, "It's not all about you", and "yes, you do have to be nice to them".

Most of these moments of truth come from questions the children ask such as, "Why?", or circumstances that they struggle with.

By the time your children are adults, you would think the situation would be different, but sometimes you still find yourself having to impart moments of truth to your offspring. The questions children ask at a young age are usually born out of innocence and naivete. Adult children, however, usually ask questions because they are challenging your judgment or your choices in life. At those moments, the truth you speak is your best defense. It's also the best weapon  tool for stopping these argumentative questions in their tracks. These moments of truth could be something along the lines of the following:

When you have unknowingly dropped a rule or guideline from one child to the next, you might hear, "That was never allowed when I was his age". The truth that protects you would be:  "You were our first child so we made all our mistakes on you."

Follow that statement with this truth to head off any complaints:  "If you have a problem with that, take it up with God. He's the One who made you the oldest. Apparently He felt you could handle it."

A similar problem could surface if one child complains: "You never let me do that".  Your answer should be, "Obviously we like him better than we did you." While not strictly true, it does divert the complainer. After all, they're not looking for you reasoning. They simply want to complain about FairPlay.

You may some day have a situation where one of your children is preparing pictures for a display on their graduation table. By the time you had this sixth child, you were often too busy living life to have time to capture it in photos. Your failure may be pointed out when the graduating child asks, "Why don't I have any pictures between the time I was ten and the time I was fifteen?" Rather than own up to your mistakes, you could answer, "I'm not going to lie to you. You hit an ugly phase."

It may not help the child's psyche, but it will absolve you of guilt.

Got any "truths" you've had to share with your children?

Happy Thoughts Thursdays

So you've made it through half the week, but it's still not Friday yet. Sometimes by Thursday you need a little lift to make it to the weekend.

Our solution? Happy Thought Thursday. On Tuesdays you can drop a pet peeve or an irritation. On Thursdays, give us a praise, a thankfulness, or something that just makes you happy. Your contributions on Thursday can be deep and spiritual, such as thankfulness for your salvation, or as shallow as a cup of coffee or a good hair day.  Here are our happy thoughts for this week:

Stephanie: sweet friends who text you just to check on you to tell you they're praying for you. 

Kylee: I'm not one to brag but I just changed our toilet seat for a new one!

Jill: I spoke at a Mother Daughter Banquet last week and the ladies gave me a thirty-one bag filled with stuff from Pampered Chef, Norwex, Lipsense, Mary Kay, and Plunder Jewelry!

So what about you? What makes you happy today?

One of Many Firsts

For as long as I can remember I have had long hair. I know of two times in my life that I have had my hair shoulder length or shorter, once in 4^th grade and the other just last year. I have always favored long hair and I think my oldest has taken to that as well. She loves her long hair. She always tells me she wants her hair as long as Rapunzel’s. I have asked her here and there if she is ready to get her first haircut and she always tells me no because she is scared. It was long over due for a cut so I told her the only way she could have “Rapunzel” hair would be if she got it cut so it could be healthy and grow longer. 

Well that seemed to work because yesterday this happened!

Before:

After:

When we got to the salon she climbed up in the chair and you could tell she was unsure of it all until the hair dresser turned the chair around and she got to see herself in the mirror. She smiled the entire time after that. She got a sucker for doing a good job and practically skipped out of the salon when she was finished! I asked her when she was done if she was happy and she said,"yes". I said,”See that wasn’t so bad was it? There was nothing to be scared of”. She said, “I guess I’m just a scared-y cat”.

Here's to many more "firsts"!

Testy Tuesdays

It's that time again. Just below are the pet peeves that are driving us crazy this week. Add your own in the comments, or ditto someone else. Commiserate with each other, blow off steam and go on your merry way.

Kylee: When I order a sweet tea and am expecting it to be sweet so I take a big drink only to find out it is most definitely not sweet!

Stephanie:   starting a diet...but also, only have three outfits to wear because you haven't started a diet. 

Jill:  When someone borrows your car and backs it into a pole.

Now it's your turn. What's bugging you?

"How did it get so late so soon?" - Dr. Seuss

   Where did today go? Where did this week go? Or this month? Or this year? Or the last 10?

  It's graduation time, and our church always gives an engraved Bible to the graduating seniors. As I was watching those high school seniors walk up to get their gift, I felt old. I remeber their kindergarten graduation. I remeber it because it was also my youngest brother's kindergarten graduation.

  The kindergarteners at our school always do a little skit/presentation and my youngest brother played a fox the year he graduated. It was so cute. He was also in nyquil because he was pretty sick that day. I remeber because it was hilarious to see him sitting, zoned out, until it was his turn to get up and do his part. He got up and performed like a champ and then went back to his seat and zoned right back on. Five year old's can be so cute. And then they grow up."Cute is for babies" as my daughter says. She doesn't like to be called cute because that's what you say to babies. Apparently, you can grow out of cute. Go figure.

  Anyways, the point of all of this. I remember being single and thinking life was dragging on soooo ooo slowly. Now, our 5 year wedding anniversary is coming up this week. Just over two years ago we started deputation with a 9 month old.... One 9 month old. Now we have a 3 year old, an almost 2 year old, and a 1 month old.

Some parts of deputation felt like they dragged on forever. Like the parts in the van. Those were very, very long. Yet, here we are with three months left till we leave for Brazil. Where did the past two years go?

  We're going to leave for Brazil in just three months. I'm sure some parts of our first term are going to seem like they are dragging on. Like language school. School never goes by quickly. But before we know it, that first term is going to be over and we'll be flying back here wondering where the past few years went.

  We have a lot going on in our lives, as most people do. I'm pretty sure that most of us, especially women, can say that we spend most our day just trying to survive and get through it. Now, I know that there will always be days like that, but I'm learning that I don't want every day to be like that. If you're always trying to just survive and get through, then you're missing everything along the way and you'll end up at your babies high-school graduation saying "how did it get so late so soon?" (Dr. Seuss)

The Last One

This Sunday night after the service we're having a reception for the high school graduates. It just so happens that our youngest son is included in that group. It's hard to believe that our last child is going to graduate from high school.

Each of the graduates have to set up a display table filled with things that are important to them. Photos, awards, sports equipment ... items that have made up their lives for the past eighteen years.

I mentioned a few items to Nick that I thought he might want to have on his table, and I told him he needed to go through our pictures and see which ones he would want displayed. This could so easily be a sad time for me as I face the last one growing up. It would be easy to dissolve into tears, but my kids don't let me do that easily.

For instance, Nick traveled with his dad this week up to his grandparents' house. He won't be back until Saturday night, so most of the items for his table at the reception are kind of up to me. I told him that if he had any pictures on his phone that he wanted on the display table, he needed to send them to me. Here are some of the ones he sent:

And there you have the many faces of Nick, including the one he photoshopped onto John Cena's body. I'll probably do more laughing than crying come Sunday.

Thanks, Nick.

Happy Thoughts Thursday

So you've made it through half the week, but it's still not Friday yet. Sometimes by Thursday you need a little lift to make it to the weekend.

Our solution? Happy Thought Thursday. On Tuesdays you can drop a pet peeve or an irritation. On Thursdays, give us a praise, a thankfulness, or something that just makes you happy. Your contributions on Thursday can be deep and spiritual, such as thankfulness for your salvation, or as shallow as a cup of coffee or a good hair day.  Here are our happy thoughts for this week:

Stephanie: I sold three totes full fo old baby clothes. Now I have money to buy new baby clothes! 😁

Kylee: Girhadelli brownies

Jill: The sun was shining for two days in a row

So what about you? What makes you happy today?

For the Love of Food

Does anyone else just love food? Um, I do! It doesn’t really matter what kind of food it is right now either, everything sound good! I haven’t had any specific cravings with this pregnancy yet, it’s basically  just been food in general!

I have never really been a fan of cooking, I know how to cook, and I have made some pretty mean dishes (not to toot my own horn, but, toot toot!) I do however, rely heavily on my Crock-pot. I seriously love it! We eat a lot of chicken in our house, with picky children and a husband who needs protein, it’s my go to for most meals because you can have it so many different ways. I have two easy Crock-pot chicken meals that I wanted to share with you because I didn’t feel like it was very nice to keep them to myself!

This first one I actually made last night. My three year old walked into the kitchen and said, “that smell is incredibly yummy!”

Crock-pot Lemon Chicken

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1/4 c. butter

2 c. lemon juice

1 packet of Italian dressing seasoning

1. Put the chicken in the Crock-pot and top with the butter.

2. Add the lemon juice and sprinkle with the seasoning mix.

3. Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3.

You can serve with rice or potatoes. Last night we made a big salad and added the chicken to it!

Shredded Chicken Tacos

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

10 ounce can of Rotel ( I use original)

1 packet of taco seasoning

1 1/4 cups of chicken broth 

taco shells

favorite toppings- lettuce, tomato, shredded cheese, olives, sour cream, queso, quacamole, etc.

1. lightly spray your Crock-pot with non-stick cooking spray.

2. place chicken in the Crock-pot.

3. In a small bowl mix Rotel, taco seasoning, and chicken broth. Then pour mixture over chicken.

4. Cook on high for 3-4 hours.

5. To shred, I use my stand mixer with the paddle attachment and my chicken is shredded super fast!

It's great served with rice, or chips and salsa!

Both of these recipes were found on Pinterest. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family has!

Do you have a favorite go to Crock-pot meal?

Testy Tuesdays

It's that time again. Just below are the pet peeves that are driving us crazy this week. Add your own in the comments, or ditto someone else. Commiserate with each other, blow off steam and go on your merry way.

Kylee: when people always have to be right

Stephanie:   buying something and finding out it went on sale somewhere shortly after. 

Jill:  When you’re getting ready for bed and you realize your sheets are still in the washer.

Now it's your turn. What's bugging you?

Outnumbered

     Well, everyone, I'm back. As most of you know, I've been on a maternity leave of sorts from blogging. It's been almost four weeks since we welcomed baby number three into the world. Most people told me that the third baby was the hardest because suddenly you were outnumbered. There are more kids than adults in the home, more kids than you have hands for, more bodies than can be carried. This is all true. The first time we were out and all three kids fell asleep, we realized that we had a problem when we got to where we were going. Too many sleeping babies and not enough people to transfer these babies from van to house. 

     However, this post is not about kids outnumbering adults. This is about girls outnumbering boys. I was a little worried at first about our little guy. He's now surrounded by girls and he loves to mimic his big sister. My worry didn't last long, though. I've been watching him closely lately and it just amazes me how God has made little boys. 

     You can't watch a little boy play and just interact without knowing that God made boys distinctly all boy. Every kid has there own personality, and some little girls can be more rough than other, and some little boys can be more tender than others. Our oldest little girl is a wild child. She's got an over abundance of energy and seems like she's always hyped up on sugar. Our little boy is quite the cuddler, and he can be a very tender little boy, but at the same time, there is not girliness in him. 

     Watching my son lately, there are just things that he does that little girls just don't do. They don't think that way. Little boys love to throw things. My daughter likes to play catch with a ball and she'll drop things, but now my son... he will throw EVERYTHING. He finishes his juice cup, he doesn't just drop it, or put it in the sink, he throws it across the room with a nice loud "WHOA!!!!!" as he watches it fly. He throws cups, and balls, and dinosaurs, and baby dolls, and diapers... yes, we have to work on throwing diapers away. He takes the phrase "Throw it away" too literally. 

     He also likes to play in the toilet. I caught our daughter dropping things in the toilet one time. She got disciplined and we talked about how yucky the toilet was, and it was never really an issue again. Our son, however, finds the toilet fascinating. He throws (yes, there's the throwing again) everything in the toilet. His toothbrush (we don't really need to talk about that one), his daddy's comb (yes, we threw it away), his toys, oh and his diapers. It just makes sense to him that dirty diapers go in the dirty toilet. He doesn't just put things in there, though, he also flushes. He loves to put things in the toilet and then flush and watch them disappear (or clog the toilet), and try to figure out where things are going. This toilet phase is not my favorite. 

These are just a few things in the last couple of weeks that I have caught on camera. These pictures to me are all boy.

Why wouldn't you put your nasty dirty feet on the table we're about to put our food on. 

When I was in school, this was the standard guy response to a picture being taken. "oh, a camera? Make a goofy face". Who knew it started this young??

There's a whole couch. Why are you laying on the arm? "Because I can get comfortable and prop my leg on the wall, that's why."

He loves to take things apart just to figure out how it was put together.  Side note: That was the best behaved he's ever been at a restaurant. Kept him occupied the whole time! 

Then, of course, daddy's influence. "How to torture your sisters 101" 

   

Happy Mothers' Day?

Since we're all mothers here at lolinministry, we thought we'd share a post in honor of Mother's Day. Here are a few of the Mom Stereotypes that exist, not that these apply to any of us. 

Overprotective Mom

(New driving teenager going to the store alone for the first time) 

Stephanie: Because you can't actually lie through text. 🙄

Jill: No need for the texting. In this day and age there's an app for that. 

Clean freak Mom

(You walk through this house wondering if anyone even lives there) 

Kylee: ain't nobody got time for that.

Stephanie: not gonna lie.. I do feel this way about my kids toys. 

Experienced Mom

(the all too honest ones at the mommy and me dates) 

Kylee: so encouraging 

Crier Mom

(she's only watching her kids' kindergarten graduation... When they're twenty-five) 

Kylee: don't judge. This would probably be me. 

Stephanie: this is not planet fitness. We are not judgment free. 

Kylee: it's the graduation song. It makes you feel all emotional inside. 

Optimistic Mom

Jill: Clearly this is her first child.

Cool Mom

(at least, she thinks so) 

Stephanie: what's wrong with cake for breakfast??

Rage Mom

(when they dumped out their crayons for the 47th time) 

Kylee: or when they put their daddy's headphones in the full bath tub. 

Jill: or when they think the kitchen table is their bedroom. 

Germophobe Mom

(she just found a reptile in the pocket of her son's pants whole she's doing laundry) 

Jill: Boys will be boys. 

Stephanie: you don't have to be  germophobe for that to gross you out. 

Kylee: ditto

Smother Mom

Jill: if they never feel that way, then you're not doing a good job. 

Just for the record, we don't personally identify with any of these moms. Do you?

Happy Mothers' Day from all of us here at lolinministry! 

Happy Thoughts Thursday

So you've made it through half the week, but it's still not Friday yet. Sometimes by Thursday you need a little lift to make it to the weekend.

Our solution? Happy Thought Thursday. On Tuesdays you can drop a pet peeve or an irritation. On Thursdays, give us a praise, a thankfulness, or something that just makes you happy. Your contributions on Thursday can be deep and spiritual, such as thankfulness for your salvation, or as shallow as a cup of coffee or a good hair day.  Here are our happy thoughts for this week:

Stephanie: my hubby has been awesome and done quite a bit of the cooking since this baby was born! 

Kylee: our daughters!

Jill: Joel is coming home next week!

So what about you? What makes you happy today?

Baby Update

Things are moving along in Gerwitz-land. Baby is three weeks old today, and already busy experiencing new things.

Here's her first trip to Catos because priorities, people!

 

And she's already applied for her passport. She'll be a jet-setting baby before she can even sit up by herself!

So seriously, what have you done this week?

Testy Tuesdays

Congratulations! You made it through another Monday. It was tough and things may not have gone well, but you did it! The only problem is, you woke up this morning and it's not Friday yet. It's still the beginning of the week.

Don't you just hate when that happens?

We do too, so here at lolinministry, we've come up with a solution to help you through those first difficult days of the week.

On Tuesdays we'll each list one pet peeve or annoyance. No explanations. Just put the annoyance down. Once you've vented, you can go on your merry way. Kylee, Stephanie and I will each list one annoyance or pet peeve in the blog. You can list yours in the comments. Or you can simply "ditto" someone else's annoyance. The idea is to share a few laughs, commiserate a little and have a lighter heart through the rest of the day. Are you ready? Here's our pet peeves:

Kylee: Clutter

Stephanie:   when they ask the oldest person possible to take passport photos. I felt like I was in the sloth scene from zootopia..

Jill:  When you take a big drink of your soda and realize that the person at the drive through got your order wrong. 

Now it's your turn. What's bugging you this week?

The Gift That Keeps on Taking

It has come to my attention recently that society in general, and people specifically (because people are what actually make up society in general) have lost the art of gift-giving. Actually, maybe they never had the knack in the first place.

I think we all should realize that no one should just give out gifts willy-nilly. There are certain rules that aren't covered all that often, but they need to be followed before anyone ever decides to give a gift to someone else.

The first rule is the most simple, but also the base for every other rule.

Rule #1:  Once you give the gift it is no longer yours.

This may seem a little obvious to you, but there's a lot of nuance to this rule. The very second you hand the gift to someone, it becomes their possession and not yours.

Once you understand this basic rule, you can understand several other rules.

Like the fact that, once the gift is no longer yours, you have no say in how the one who receives the gift uses the gift. For instance, you may buy a centerpiece for your sister and tell her, "I thought it would look perfect on your dining room table."

You may be the most wonderful person in the world for thinking of your sister at all. You may have exquisite taste. You may actually be right in thinking that it would look perfect on your sister's table.

But since the centerpiece no longer belongs to you, you have no right to say where your sister keeps it. She may want it on her end table. Or nailed up over the door like a swag. Or decorating the top shelf in her closet. It's her choice because of Rule #1.

Rule #2 is a variation of Rule #1. Rule #2 says that you can't put conditions on the gift. For instance, you can't give a rug or sweater or a kitchen pot to someone and then tell them, "But if you ever get tired of it, I want it back." Once again, Rule #1 says that you can't say what happens to that gift. It no longer belongs to you. This means that the receiver can use the gift. Or they can put the gift in a closet and never look at it again. Or they can sell the gift on eBay or stick it in a garage sale.

Rule #3 says you can't keep reminding the gift receiver of how much time/money/effort you put into their gift. That's just rude. Don't do it.

All of this might seem a little frustrating, especially if the person who received your gift doesn't seem to use it or appreciate it properly. If that's the case, know that there's no rule that says you ever have to give them another gift.

So with these rules in mind, how good of a gift-giver are you?

Family Fun

Tuesday’s are typically my husbands day off so that means most of those are our family days. We do anything from a fun activity, going out to eat, or simply staying home and watching a movie or playing games together.

This week we got out of town and went out to eat together. Most of the time restaurants are busy and the staff doesn't seem like they have enough time to take care of basics needs such as refills, or getting extra napkins. Truthfully they seem less than pleased to be serving you, especially the younger waiters. This week we had a much different experience than what I just described. We went to eat at around 1:30 p.m. or so. I’m sure some of you are thinking that’s a late lunch. Well it was our day off, so we did sleep in. Anyway, there was maybe 5 tables full in the whole place, it was nice and quiet. Yes, even with our girls there. There was a waiter that kept passing our table and talking to us, it wasn’t too much and he was still doing his job.

He stop by the table and tell the girls a joke. He would hear them laugh as he walked away, as he passed again, the same thing. I’m actually pretty glad he gave Stella some new material because she has been telling the same joke for a while now. So, I thought I would share some of the humor.

What kind of key opens a banana?
- A monkey

Knock, Knock
Who’s there?
Owls
Owls who?
Yes, they do!

Why can you not play cards in the jungle?
-There’s a lot of Cheetahs

What do you call fake macaroni?
-An Impasta

So, now if you see our Stella and she tells you one of these jokes. Play along and act like you don’t know the answer.

For his last trick he took one of our full drinks and flipped it with his hand without spilling. I would have taken pictures but it really was unexpected and I was too interested. I didn’t know we were getting dinner and a show but it was quite entertaining!

So, what kind of fun do you and your family like to have?

Happy Thoughts Thursday

 So you've made it through half the week, but it's still not Friday yet. Sometimes by Thursday you need a little lift to make it to the weekend.

Our solution? Happy Thought Thursday. On Tuesdays you can drop a pet peeve or an irritation. On Thursdays, give us a praise, a thankfulness, or something that just makes you happy. Your contributions on Thursday can be deep and spiritual, such as thankfulness for your salvation, or as shallow as a cup of coffee or a good hair day.  Here are our happy thoughts for this week:

Stephanie: I got to sleep 3 whole hours in a row last night. 

Kylee: Family time

Jill:  Time with my southern grandkids!

So what about you? What makes you happy today?

Baby Shenanigans

Thanks for stopping by lolinministry! Stephanie usually posts on wednesday, but she’s taking a few weeks off to recover from having a baby. So instead of a post, here’s a few pics from her day-to-day life right now.