Look what fell into our window well last night

Okay so it was 10:30 at night last night and I was downstairs on Facebook, the little kids were in bed and the two older ones were spending the night at friends house. I hear this crash against the basement window facing the backyard. Well just a couple of minutes before that the basement window that faces the front yard had some commotion in front of it but the time the other window had some commotion I was freaked out, got off my computer and came upstairs and said something to Jason about it. He said that it was probably one of the little ones. I am like no it came from the back yard the second time so I go out the back patio door to the deck and this is what I found in my window well!

End of the first week!

WOW, hard to believe that it is Friday already! This is our 3rd day home and so far it hasn't been too bad! There was a little drama in the afternoon yesterday but nothing to earth shattering!! I think it has helped a little bit that Briana has been at driver's ed every day since school got out! She is gone from 8-2pm. Next Wednesday is her last classroom session and then she will have to go the middle of June to do the driving portion! She will not be getting her "official" license yet. She will get her little slip of paper that says that she can only drive with a licensed adult! I don't see her getting a "real" license until next summer when she is 15 or maybe when she is 15 1/2. I don't know. That will depend on if she gets a job this summer or not. She is going to be doing some babysitting for a friend of Colby's who lives not far from here. That should help with the shoe fetish!!! UGG!!! I am heading to the Cities tomorrow night for a couple of days with a couple of dear friends of mine! I am so looking forward to getting out of dodge, spending some time with girlfriends and leaving my family behind so that I can recharge!!! We have started a small portion of our homeschooling already but nothing real big. About 10 minutes a day on phonics with the 3 younger ones! They have been enjoying it! Our math curriculum arrived in the mail yesterday and I am totally overwhelmed! I am not sure that this is the right math for them. But I am going to give it a fair shot and go from there and see if it will work after all! We have begun our baseball/softball season already! Briana has had 2 games this week and has won both games, her team is looking very promising this year, so that is a plus! Colby has had 2 games also, and he is lovin' it!!! Mikayla's first game was suppose to be last night but it had to be postponed, so her first official game will be Tuesday night. Then let the rat race begin! Anyway....I have my days where I don't think reality has set in yet that I am no longer employed! It is so weird! I think it won't sink in until after school resumes for the Garretson kids in August, then I might need a reality check!!! Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend! God bless you all!

Cathi

1st Baseball game of the season....

Tonight was Colby's first baseball game. He did so great! He is so much smaller than the other boys on his team but that is okay! He moved up from T-Ball this year into coach pitch! He did AWESOME!!!! Enjoy the pictures!

Cathi

Mother's Day Photos

Here are a few photos from Mother's Day! I had to pick and choose didn't feel like putting 52 pics on my blog. The rest are on Facebook! Enjoy! I sure had a wonderful Mother's Day, hope you all did, too!!

Cathi

Getting started on the deck








It is going to be so nice when it is all done! I am pretty excited! Just in time for summer :)










Colby made me something at school and it made me cry!


This is what made me cry!

Facebook

I have uploaded a buch of photos from today to Facebook! Go there and check out my photos, if you don't have Facebook, what a great time to get a profile! Request me as a friend: Cathi Enright Bottelberghe! I will try to get some photots uploaded onto Blogger! Until then.....check out Facebook!!! Happy Mother's Day!!!

Cathi

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all my family and friends! I have had a great mother's day so far and it isn't over yet! I think the best news of all came from my friend, T. The one that I had asked for prayers for. We got the news awhile back that she didn't have cancer even though she was initally given that diagnosis so they have been trying to figure out what is going on with her and why the mass on her liver was there and what it was not to mention she hadn't been feeling well at all. She just had a liver scan recently and the mass in her liver is no longer there and she's almost off all the meds she was on for her BP! I sat and cried at my computer when I read that. What an answer to prayer! My little babes have been praying for her to be healed and healed she was! So for all of you that were praying for her, those prayers have been answered! What an AWESOME GOD we serve!
Today was a productive day in the Bottelberghe household. Heard a great message at church this morning. We got started building our back deck and I helped Briana get the kids' playhouse cleaned up and ready for summer. The kids are chomping at the bit right now to open presents, but many things to get done before that happens. I have pics to post but that may come at a later date. I got a phone call today from Briana's "boyfriend" wishing me a happy mother's day. I thought that was so sweet, for him to call and wish me a happy mother's day. You don't find many boys like that anymore. He really made my day! Noticed how I put quotes around the word boyfriend. They are not officially dating, but he has asked her out (whatever that means anymore), she just hasn't answered him yet. Nice kid, they talk on the phone some and he really seems interested in her but.......well I am just not ready for this stage in life. They hung out together yesterday at the coffeehouse in Garretson, he took her to meet his grandparents. She seemed to enjoy herself. That girl is so hard to read sometimes. She rolls her eyes when he calls but you can tell, she likes him. Man, what am I in store for........
Anyway....I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day! Blessings and love to each and every one of you!

Cathi