Bavaria

Okay, you have all inspired me and with my new mac I am going to create a Mike Stinchfield family blog. Is it up yet? No. I currently have an e-mail swishing through the air to my husband asking for name suggestions. It is 11:00 and I am not creatively in-tune. The book convinced me. I have always wanted to scrap book for the treasure it would be but have never had enough desire to pull everything out. It has seemed way too daunting. So I am hoping between the blog and doing old stuff through I-life I can make up for years of being so negligent.

I will still contribute to this blog however because as I scanned back through the years tonight while I was nursing Sawyer (Mindi's comment that she couldn't find the first blog sent me on a search) I reflected once again on what a treasure this will be. Mindi, I didn't look close enough, does it publish comments too? How cool to see the interactions of such a close family. It also really made me miss some of our former bloggers. I also realized that I have evidently lost any sense of humor I once had and that my life used to be soooo much more carefree. I am happy now though, just with more cares. I also realized when I published more often I was able to tell cute little stories instead of an overview. I'm going to attempt to do this. That being said I cannot think of any cute stories at the moment. Stop, I have one. The night before last Ellyn was in her room crying up a storm. Sadie asked if she could go lay down with her. I said she could try but Ellyn still didn't stop crying. I told Sadie to go ahead and get back in bed, she came down and got something-can't remember and headed back upstairs. Then I hear Ellyn go silent and I hear Sadie singing in her highest (she thinks the higher the prettier), sweetest voice "I am a Child of God." That is Ellyn's favorite song at bedtime. Ellie started rubbing Sadie's ear and calmed down, Sadie stayed with her for a few minutes then climbed back over the gate and went to bed and Ellie went to sleep.

Another cute story- last night Jane was up all night with a stomach ache. It was the third night in a row that I had been up through much of the night with one of the kids and then before that I had had one good night sleep after two nights of going to bed at 3 am after driving home from Paris and staying up with Mike the night before he left. So...when the alarm clock went off I crawled out of bed and found Jane and Sadie at the dining room table. Sadie was completely dressed and Jane was helping her with her make up work. They were so cute together. It is days filled with my beautiful kids that keep me going.

So everyone, thanks for the blogs, old and new. You are all amazing and I love you all to death. Blog on peeps, blog on! Hey, Chels, remember you were the one that started ending with funny little sayings- if you blogged you could do that again! Love ya!