Fillings... :0

Well, I had my first fillings on Wednesday!!! I have never had cavities until now, and I have been fearing this idea of going to the dentist!!! I have been experiencing weird feelings in my molars for a little while, but since I have never had cavities I didn't know how bad it would be! I kept telling Lee that worst case scenario would be dentures!!! ;) But...I really didn't think that I would be that extreme! Hahaha!!! I ended up having SIX cavities!!! Yah! I haven't been to the dentist for like 9 years (last trip was to get my wisdom teeth out)! We have recently been able to get insurance, and I have never had problems...well, until now! I am sooooo thankful to God for dental insurance!!! The dentist fixed 4 cavities on Wednesday and next week I GET to go again and have the last couple of cavities taken care of and my teeth cleaned! EEK!!! I don't really look forward to the horrifying screech of the drill!!! I was telling Lee and my sister that they really could make a horror film and use the drill as a sound effect!!! That one would be ONE SCARY MOVIE!!! :) Anyway, I was trying to pretend I was at the spa or something, since the kids were with Lee and all, but somehow it wasn't working...hehehe. I was also praying that I would not feel anything! And, you know, I didn't! And afterward, I still didn't feel or taste anything until like an hour or two!!! I was talking soooo weird and I felt like my right side of my mouth was the size of my whole head!!! :) I just kept telling myself how wonderful the LORD is that we have insurance!!! I really am soooo thankful, even though I have to go back this coming week! It's not so fun, but I know I need to get these teethies taken care of!!!
Thank you God for health and dental insurance!!! :) Lee's next!!! :)

Mother's Day In Real Time

Our Mother's Day this year was what being a mother is all really about! We had a sick little guy on our hands, so I didn't get to go with my family to church! I was disappointed since this is a special day for me as a mother, and since it is my one social activity that I have on a weekly basis!!! I had to remind myself that I was being a momma, and I still had a special mother's day. Zoe gave me a drawing she made and Lee watched the munchkins while I went to the store to pick out a few things for myself (alone time)! Then, Asher-baby started feeling better, so we made our way over to see my mom. It was a nice day, even though I was hoping to get to church that morning. Oh, well. We worshiped God by spending some family time together!
Thank you, Lord, for our family's health and for allowing me to be a mommy! I praise You for my family! It is a gift from You!

Our Pet...

Well, I think that the first "real" thing I will blog will be about our "pet". We recently transferred it because it is not what we thought it was. Yes, it sounds heartless...but...well...I thought I would pick some beautiful buttercups from our flower beds in the front yard. I pulled them at the root so that I could put them in a vase and they would last longer and be fresh in my kitchen. About a week later, they were still green, but most of the leaves were gone and I was just looking at them to see if I should throw them out and get new ones or what. All of a sudden I started feeling chill bumps come up on my arms...and there it was! I think my brain sensed it before my eyes realized what I was seeing...a caterpillar! A BIG GREEN CATERPILLAR!!! And when I say big...it was almost the size of my pinky finger!!! I still itch thinking about it! Okay, so, I decided that I would keep it and be a great mom by "raising" a butterfly! It was kind of cute, kind of...and when it became a butterfly it would be beautiful. Plus, the girls would be able to learn about God's creation! Wow, so I was pumped! I waited a day to show Zoe, and she was soooo excited! By then all of the leaves were gone. I went to the front yard to pick some more buttercups so that it would have something to eat. I had also forgotten to tell Lee about it, so I let Zoe call him to tell him the big news!!! I was telling my sister about the newest addition to our family, and she was all excited for us! She has taken part in family projects like this one, so she has experience! She came over the next day to see our little green creature and she said that the hair on the back of her neck stood up as well! It did not look like the pretty little monarch caterpillar...it was bigger...with a horn on it's tail...and ours was green as opposed to black and white and yellow. She called me the next day and we were looking for what this little guy was going to become...and she found it! I was in denial for about 3 or 4 hours! It was going to become a White Lined Sphinx Moth! Those things are comparable in size to a hummingbird!!! Okay, so I was REALLY freaked...and Zoe was all upset about the pictures of this huge moth (it gets like 6 inches, I think, in wing span). So, I thought I would try to keep it, but I only had it in a jar and I was having to feed the caterpillar everyday by picking new buttercups out of the flowerbed in the front yard. On our way out the door last week for church, I told Lee that we needed to get more buttercups for our little Mr. Caterpillar Friendy. Lee said we could wait until after church. We got home and I noticed Lee looking around. I knew it! The caterpillar had escaped and was looking for food!!! By this time, our little pet was the size of my middle finger in width and length!!! We found him in the threshold of the doorway, but that was when I decided that our little pet would have to go outdoors. So, we now have an outdoor pet caterpillar, after the agreement that the girls could hold Mr. Caterpillar Friendy and that they could be the ones to take him to the buttercups in the front yard! :) Soooo...I thought I could handle it, and now I know that I can, as long as he's in the front yard. ;) I will post the pictures of the girls and the release as soon as I can! Hahaha! What an experience!

Newby

Alright! I'm excited that I am now a part of the blog world in more than one way! I'm very new to this, so I'm not sure how frequently I will be writing or what I will write about...but we shall see! I will have to learn how to post pics and stuff on here. I look forward to being able to share our exciting life on a frequent basis! ;) I am going to try and figure this thing out a bit! Hooray!