Before - Boring Basement

 Notice the placement of the water heater and furnace, behind the treadmill, lovely decorating.....

 This may be my favorite picture as it shows the crazy amount of "stuff" we have collected in the background!

And then the first step in an exciting journey, the space is cleared and there are boards and drywall in the basement, ready to be used... woohooooo.............

Worry

Matthew 6:34

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Each day has enough trouble of its own."

Late is better than never right?  This past Sunday at church Pastor Camilla gave a sermon on worrying.  I know this sounds interesting, but I am not gonna lie, when I first saw it in the bulletin I thought, wow, I know that she likes football, but really do we need an entire sermon on worrying about the stinkin' Superbowl?

Well that was definitely not where she was going with this, but I once again had the feeling that Chad had put in a request for this sermon for me.  I am sure you have had that feeling before (I have even blogged about it before) that the speaker is speaking directly to you.  This was another one of those days, and as if I didn't already feel it Chad gave me a couple swift jabs in the side to say "hey you, this is for you."  If you want to hear what Pastor Camilla did have to say you can listen/download HERE through our church's website.

I am a worrier, I classify myself as that person and so do most people who know me.  I worry that everything will go wrong, it is not a great character trait by any means, but I do it anyway.  This verse from the bible tries to put it into perspective for us.  I have pondered this sermon and pondered worrying (I know, a little ironic right?) and in my thoughts (and time avoiding listening to playing tests) I found this site, I really really really like it!!!!
4 Reasons Not to Worry

Killian Performance

This video is from the Sonshiners choir final dress rehearsal before their performance today at church!

Update on Stats

Ok, I am VERY behind, don't act surprised, you know how I work, I operate a little behind, but when I am motivated WATCH OUT!  I have been cleaning while snowed in and found the stat sheets for the boys from their last appointment (on Dec. 29th, 2010) here is what you get:

Cohen: 2.5 years old
Height: 35 and 3/8 inches (75%)
Weight: 28 lbs. (50%)
BMI: 15.8

Killian: 6 years old
Height: 45 and 1/8 inches (50%)
Weight: 42.8 lbs. (50%)
BMI: 14.58

Healthy, happy little boys = Happy Parents:)

Being productive...

I will say that I haven't been a complete lazy bum on these days off, today I actually showered AND put on real clothes, I know, you are impressed right?  Three snow days is crazy, but I have really loved it, I needed some time.
Yesterday despite having to "make time" to play in the snow (wink, wink) we were also productive in the fact that Killian was focused enough to sit down and write all his Valentines himself.  (And they were even legible, we are definitely making progress with handwriting, thank you Mrs. Kauten.)  Today we continued getting prepared and made his Valentine's party mailbox.  Instructions were to cover a shoe box and decorate, making sure your name was on it.  Here is the final result!!!

Ready to play... Snow Storm 2011

Here are my VERY handsome boys ready to go out and play in the snow.  This is also a great picture for seeing how many teeth Killian is missing:)

Someone got crafty again....

Oh yeah, it was my friend Bobbie Dobill and I:)  Aren't these SO cute!!!!  They are for my friend Ruthie's baby shower, the party info is on the back in brown ink on a white label.