New Bathroom

We have needed to freshen up the look of our bathroom for the eight years we have lived in our home. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a bathtub freak. Jamie and I have top ten pieces of marital advice that we give out to newlyweds. The #1 is, when life gets rough take a bubble bath (together if possible)! The irony in this is that the first bathroom Jamie and I had contained a very large bathtub and each one since has gotten consecutively smaller. That doesn't keep us from cramming ourselves into our tiny little tub though! So, that's the long way to say that my bathroom should be my haven. Well...finally it is getting closer. I painted it and we changed out our old mirr0r for a new one with a cabinet. This leaves room for absolutely nothing to be left on the counters!!!! I have an orchid, candles and decorations. I am so excited. So, the pictures are below, but the colors didn't turn out so well. Anyway, you get the idea. It is just a special treat for me to have our bathroom uncluttered!

Our newest update photos

These are the newest photos of the girls. End of month updates are always bitter sweet. We are so excited to see another photo of them and how they have changed each moth. However, each is a reminder that another month has passed by and we still cannot go get them. We are sure they are receiving the best care possible in Haiti, however we feel this is no comparison to the love and care that their parents can give. We are praying for paperwork to be processed with lightening speed! In the mean time, I just listen to Elijah say he wants to see the pictures of his sisters with presents on their heads!

Quote of the day...

I have decided that sometimes small children are like a sticky booger that you just can't flick off your finger! That's when you have to go into the bathroom to hide and wipe them off.

My little carpenters...

A couple of weeks ago, when I was trying to avoid my first week of homework....I had this brilliant idea to put the boys' bunk beds together. I thought we needed a lesson in sharing, so now we are sharing everything! The boys put on their carpenters belts and helped out. Here are a few photos. I have included one showing them tuckered out and actually asleep in them. Hope you dont' mind all the underwear, Eli is potty training and...well...this is just what we look like around the house!

Long time no post

I had a feeling it would go something like this. "Hey, I have this great idea, why don't I start a blog so we can keep everyone in the loop?" and then, "Oh yeah, why don't I add one more thing on my have to do list?????" Hence, the title, we may just be crazy!

I have very much enjoyed posting when I have the time. As you can see, I posted a lot during the winter break. I had lots of time to do stuff then. This grad-school stuff is for the birds! I figured out that credit wise I'm half way there. However, it will take me more months to finish the second half than it has the first half. God has not yet informed me where the extra 10 hours a week are going to come from for my clincals yet. I'm trying to be patient while I wait.

I'm taking "Scientific Inquiry for Nursing." It's all about research theory and frameworks for designing good nursing research and being able to detect bad research when you see it. It is interesting, but extremely complex. My brain feels like oatmeal after about 5 minutes. Pray this stuff lands on whatever sticky brain cells still exist in the cavernous hole where my brain should be!