ROAD RAGE

Last night we were hit with a HUGE storm....HUGE! So today, we wake up (with 10 mins to get out the door) and there is NO power! so there were no alarm clocks. no lights, no electric shaver, no microwave for a bottle, oh, and NO hot water for quick showers! so we all get ready as fast as we can, with what we have. well christian does. i opt to stay in jammies with the kids until we get back, hoping for electicity and water once we are home. what a pain it is to have one car! so we take christian to work (he LOVES his new job,btw) usually takes about 15 minutes to get there. it took an hour! in case you dont already know this, i am one of those people who cannot have any type of bumper sticker on my car proclaiming my faith in God because of my "behavior" in traffic. ok, its not that bad, but....people cant drive. i am forced to think i am the only one who should even have a drivers license and its expired! it wasnt even traffic, all the street lights were out from the power lines down. but it made me think of the last time i was in traffic, and some guy cut me off, i yelled and the boys say "mom, why are you yelling?....he cant even hear you!" i laughed, and then lectured them that its not nice to do that and that mommy shouldnt have done that. its a bad habit i really need to learn to control. or my children might turn into one of those people you see on the news pulling some guy out of his car in the middle of an intersection because he didnt use his blinker!

needless to say, we came home to power! yeah! got the kids ready and ran off to school. and we still made the carpool on time. what a morning! the day has somehow mananged to stay at that pace, i just have a minute while grace is taking a nap thats way too late, and im sure i will regret it, but the girl is sick, and needs it bad!....is it bad to say that i need it too??? anyway. there you have it. gotta get back to the boys!

HERE YOU GO SARAH....you asked for it!

So, we have been VERY busy these past couple weeks, thus leaving some of you out on whats happenng with the Creane family. I must say though, its nice to know you miss us!

Lets back track. We left off at open house. So that means Spring Break was next. We didnt go anywhere, of course. But we did have some fun. We flew kites, had a trip to the ice cream shop, went to the movies (courtesy of nana and papa) we even had our first sleep over with bella. That was fun - they managed to take out EVERY toy they own, and i have been cleaning up their mess ever since! but it was so worth it. they loved having her over, and now want to have a sleepover with ALL their friends. Dont think I'm ready to take that one on yet. We had picnics, and bubbles, movie night, we pretty much did everything that we could do! It was just nice to get some quality time in. A break from the day to day running around! I love my boys, and grace was happy to have them home from school too!

Easter was the perfect ending to our break. We had a blast! The kids had so much fun preparing for the Easter bunny, who they call "Easter." We tried to explain that that is the name of the day, and the bunny is just referred to as the "Easter Bunny" because he comes out at Easter. They, however, did not like this explanation! They insist that his name is Easter and that we are wrong. Apparently they were right! The Easter bunny left a note that night, and at the end wrote "P.S. you can call me Easter." Ive never seen such big "I-told-you-so" expressions on a kids face as the ones they displayed. It was pretty funny. Anyway,we had fun dying eggs,(and thankyou Jacob for finding a hard boiled egg that grace must have run off with under the couch!That would have been real nice to find a week later!) and getting loaded up on sugar. We set out a carrott, and the kids rushed off to bed willingly, for once, to wait for him to come. It was such a nice day. We had a nice breakfast, the kids hunted for their baskets and eggs, everyone got ready for church with no tantrums! The church service was beautiful! I really felt the Spirit, as I listened to the talks and reflected on the days true meaning. And if the day wasnt already good enough, Grace stayed in the nursery all by herself! Allowing Christian and I to enjoy our class together, and not have to worry about who had to walk the halls with her the last hour. It was really nice to be able to go to class together, and learn more of our Savior and the Resurrection. I love any opportunity that we have to grow with one another, spiritually. I just love the feeling it gives me, and makes me want to have more moments like that. So, thats one of my new goals. The boys love their Sunday school class. And I couldnt be more proud, as they memorized their 1st Article of Faith! Of course, they are totally smitten with their teachers, and the teachers just love them to pieces. At the end of church, we picked up Grace, and she DID NOT hate me! WOW! I was very surprised. I thought for sure she would let me know how mad at me she was for leaving her, and that she would never forgive me. But she loved it! Then off to nana and papas for another egg hunt, more sugar, and a story of the Savior presented by papa. He past around thorns for them to feel, rope, and nails. They really got into it, and surprised me at how much they listened (considering they were on their second basket of candy) Later that evening we went to my parents house, mimi and papa, and they were telling them about the story of Christ and His Resurrection. They were telling them about the nails that they got to feel. The ones that were in His hands.....Jacob proceeds to say "but there wasnt blood on them." Drew adds " yeah, papa wiped it off first." So I guess they took the props literally! I couldnt help but laugh. A third basket of candy later, and it was time to call it a day!

Oh, and yes!!! I am ANOTHER year older! We celebrated my bday, with me in bed. I was sick! Ugh! I felt better though a couple days later, and my mom took me shopping for SHOES! I got the most fabulous, wonderful, amazing black patent super high peep toe heels. they are a knock off of marc jacobs! i could sleep in them. im in love with them. i was just born to wear heels. i heart them! (sigh) then my other mom (vicki) came over with all types of goodies! and we are supposed to do lunch, but i had to keep rescheduling, because the kids then got what i had and it circled around once more, before finally seeing its way out. so hopefully we can still go. i need to call her! so yeah, that was my bday. and to all of you that missed it, dont worry about ever calling me again, i dont want anything to do with you. hahahahaha. i am TOTALLY kidding!

The best news is: CHRISTIAN GOT A NEW JOB!!!!! AND HE LOVES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so great. He is so happy, and it has really been an answer to our prayers. I feel so blessed, and know things are only going up from here! (about darn time)

I think thats the best way to end this post, that has turned into a novel! I will try not to wait so long to post again, so i dont get this far behind!