tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49733721427613014142011-10-06T11:29:45.222-04:00Pieces of MeaganWelcome to Pieces of Meagan, my blog, totally devoted to all the little things that fill up my life. Check out my profile to learn a bit more about me, and don't forget to become a follower of my blog so you can stay updated on what's going on in my life and get to know me a little better! Please comment on my posts! I'd love to hear from you and get to know you better.Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-11026248046738908582011-02-14T23:43:00.000-05:002011-02-14T23:43:13.624-05:00I'm Still HereOMGoodness!! It's been well over a month since I posted last. I've been working hard on business stuff, and this has been one of the things that's fallen by the wayside. Well, not totally. I'll still be posting, but not daily like I was. That was a little much, and it didn't seem that anyone was all that interested in the whole Hallelujah Acres thing. I guess I wasn't either or I would have stuckMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-7668019306498039232011-01-08T21:49:00.002-05:002011-01-08T21:51:56.399-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 17Okay, to those of you who are following along with me in this process, I've very sorry that I haven't been posting daily like I should. I've been very busy with my business blog, Baby Swank, and this unfortunately has been pushed to the back burner. I will try to continue to keep up when I can.
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Saturday, January, 8th, 2011
Day 17 - Good oils vs. Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-65789637969006851202011-01-05T11:35:00.001-05:002011-01-05T11:36:55.197-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 16Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Day 16 - Why cooked foods are important!
Cooked foods are essential for our health. Having a good mix of raw and cooked foods in your diet is important because you get benefits from both. Again, if you eat according to seasons, you'll be getting this in your diet. If you don't do that, you'll have to keep up with what you eat daily.
Children need more Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-2985547281770652552010-12-31T12:38:00.000-05:002010-12-31T12:38:19.420-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 14Friday, December 31st, 2010
Day 14 - Living Foods
Living foods are foods that are under 106-107 degrees. These are mostly uncooked foods, and they are full of vitamins and minerals. Mostly fruits and veggies! When we cook food we loose a lot of the vitamins and minerals from the foods especially in the water which more likely than not, gets poured down the drain.
They make a special type of Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-1744900423460157042010-12-30T13:42:00.000-05:002010-12-30T13:42:01.872-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 13Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Day 13 - Exercise
This is something we can probably all improve on! I'm the worst too! Exercising is so good for your body. Besides boosting your energy, metabolism, and moral it also does a couple other things. One - it helps in the detoxification process by allowing toxins to pass out of your body through sweat. Yes, sweating is good. And two - it helps Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-90066862041980215692010-12-29T14:57:00.001-05:002010-12-30T13:45:04.912-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 12Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Day 12 - Water
Did you know you need 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water per day. Well you do! For example, if you weigh 150 lbs you need 75 oz. of water a day. This is another area, along with sugar like I said yesterday, that I majorly slack on. I'm not normally thirsty all day. I usually only drink when I eat which isn't so good either because it Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-87503053316348090302010-12-29T13:57:00.000-05:002010-12-29T13:57:53.389-05:00Celebrating Christmas Christmas is always a fun time for our family. We love spending time together, celebrating each other and the birth of Christ, and giving gifts to each other. So here are some pictures of some of our Christmas celebrations this year! Warning - they are all blurry! What a disappointment!
The boys opening their jammies from Me-maw and Pa-paw on Christmas Eve.
My Dad always reads the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-7444125301708993412010-12-29T12:51:00.000-05:002010-12-29T12:51:22.505-05:00 Okay, I'm so excited I can't stand it. As some of you may know, my birthday is on Christmas Eve, so sometimes I get a combined b-day and Christmas gift from folks who have something in mind that's a tad more expensive than they'd like to spend on one gift. This year, my hubbie was the one who did this. It's been a couple of years since he's gotten me one big combined gift. Well, he actually hadMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-69471879409449753192010-12-29T12:48:00.001-05:002010-12-29T12:49:43.845-05:00Handmade Christmas - Finishing Up It seems like the week before Christmas is always a rush. I'm sure it's that way for everyone. Well, this year I had all my shopping and wrapping done early except for the handmade gifts I was working on. So the week before Christmas, all of us SIL got together and really worked hard on finishing Karen's Family Tree gift.
Me - hand stitching the appliqués on
Holly - cutting out the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-17844933545840608022010-12-28T16:05:00.001-05:002010-12-28T17:47:18.875-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 11Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Day 11 - all about sugar replacement! Processed sugars that is. Processed sugars, white sugar and brown sugar mainly, can be very damaging to your health.There is no nutrition in sugar, just empty calories. When you consume processed sugars you body has to go to a lot of trouble to process it and get rid of it, including using a lot of minerals that you may need. Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-28948889882483359392010-12-27T15:46:00.001-05:002010-12-27T15:50:21.020-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 10Monday, December 27th, 2010
Well, today I'm on a roll. I started my morning with my Barley Max, followed by my fiber drink, and after that I juiced. I usually juice carrots with a tad of apple, but this AM I didn't have any apples so instead I added some asparagus and kale to my carrot juice. I was surprised at how good it tasted! I was afraid it wouldn't be sweet since there was no apple Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-58439554628857502422010-12-26T16:44:00.000-05:002010-12-26T16:44:55.537-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 9Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Day 9 - Juicing
What is juicing?
Juicing is taking a fruit or vegetable and putting it through a machine where it's squeezed or ground, depending on the type of juicer you have, and the juice and pulp are separated.
Why is drinking fresh juice so important?
Well when you eat something whole, your body has to spend time breaking down the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-8969699151072348382010-12-26T14:57:00.000-05:002010-12-26T14:57:13.338-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 8 Okay so I'm a day behind since yesterday was Christmas, but I'm gonna catch us up today! I'm on my second week, and it's going great so far. I've been consistently taking my green drink and fiber everyday, increasing my water intake, and I've had more salads during the week than I normally would. Yay! I'm sure this next week's gonna add even more good habits!
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-59172355982602534672010-12-24T09:33:00.001-05:002010-12-26T12:58:08.941-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 7Friday, December 24th, 2010
Day 6 - how to eat out at a restaurant.
This was a fun episode to watch. I don't know if I've said it before or not, but everyday on this challenge you have a video to watch, so you get to see them make the recipes or you see exactly what it is they're describing. Anyway, on todays episode they visited a local restaurant that's a chain and show you how they go Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-76861397815704410432010-12-23T17:26:00.000-05:002010-12-23T17:26:37.087-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 6Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
Day 6 - Food Storage!
How to store veggies so they last longer.
vacumn seal machines - Food Saver
green bags
different size glass or plastic containers with lids
Interesting tidbit about plastic and the concern with it leaching into your foods. On the bottom of plastic bottles or containers there's a triangle with a number in it. The lower the number the less the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-70400991404577353332010-12-22T10:52:00.000-05:002010-12-22T10:52:18.565-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 5Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Day 5 - how to read labels...bread, rice, pizza crust, and pasta labels to be exact. CARBS!! Everyone loves carbs! Not too many though! Whether you shop at a regular grocery store or a health food store it's important to look at the labels of the items you buy. The ingredients are usually in order from greatest to least as far as amounts go. So with bread the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-25820980726259766892010-12-21T12:02:00.000-05:002010-12-21T12:02:56.327-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 4Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Barley Max - check
Fiber - check
Day 4 is all about milk...or lack thereof actually. HA suggests replacing cow's milk with other milk substitutes such as almond milk, rice milk, hemp milk, or soy milk due to cow's milk being one of the more toxic foods that are eaten. Now I agree, but I disagree here.
Store bought milk isn't the healthiest of all foods dueMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-17886084528825315382010-12-20T12:01:00.000-05:002010-12-20T12:01:45.751-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 3Monday, December 20th, 2010
Well this morning I forgot to take my Barley Max before breakfast, but the good thing is, I can take it before lunch, which is right now. So I decided to make myself a banana yogurt smoothie, and OMGoodness it's soooo good. You can't even taste the Barley Max. The bananas mask the flavor. I'm sipping on it right now! I'm glad I froze all those bananas they told Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-20435990735357166042010-12-19T20:52:00.001-05:002010-12-19T20:54:42.334-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 2Sunday, December 19th, 2010
Well, it's Day 2 and yes, I remembered my Barley Max this morning. I drank it in juice and it was better that way then just with water. My guess is that it's healthier in water though. Oh well, just getting it in is my goal right now. Anyway, on a similar note, my MIL drinks Garden Of Life's Perfect Food green drink, and I tried that last night in some juice. It Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-56305586310114995772010-12-18T11:39:00.000-05:002010-12-18T11:39:24.303-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health - Day 1
Well I'm behind on starting Day 1. I was supposed to go get groceries on Thursday, but we had a nice little ice storm so I didn't go out. So I went yesterday! So, day 1 - here we go!
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
Okay, well, Day 1 on the 60 Days to Reclaim Your Health Challenge is all about green drinks. Yeah, I know, the name doesn't sound too appetizing. Oh well, they're super Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-80501873276644007112010-12-16T10:36:00.000-05:002010-12-16T10:36:56.747-05:0060 Days to Reclaim Your Health Okay, like so many of us I've learned about how important healthy living and a healthy lifestyle is. I've made a lot of changes in my diet for the better, but I have my ups and downs in this area just like in any other. In the recent months, the past 20 actually :/, I've not been doing as well as I'd like. I was all about being super healthy once I learned all the things I didn't know, but Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-28595719910538280082010-12-15T13:16:00.006-05:002010-12-29T12:49:33.853-05:00Handmade Christmas - Almost Done Well, I've finished the girls hats. I'm pleased! I think they look pretty cute. I can't wait to get them packaged, and then see them on! I'll try to remember and put a pic up of the girls wearing them.
The last thing that needs finished is the Family Tree Wall Hanging that my SIL's and I are making for our MIL. The biggest difficulty has definitely been trying to get together to work Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-2259317591334193322010-12-15T12:05:00.001-05:002010-12-15T12:15:32.591-05:00Judah's Schoolwork So Judah and I have been working on some schoolwork during little bro's morning nap time, and I'm so impressed with him! I don't know if it's because he's getting older and can just understand and comprehend more or what, but IMO he's doing well. Of course I'm biased and have nothing else to compare him to, but oh well.
We usually sit down at the dining room table, and I get out his Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-15886298326270165812010-12-05T19:41:00.001-05:002010-12-05T19:42:27.277-05:00Oh Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree So this year we had a big decision to make...should we get a real tree or an artificial tree. I grew up having an artificial tree every year, so no big deal, but Dean grew up having a real tree every year, so big deal!
Every year we've been married we've gotten our real tree from Dean's uncle's property for free, but the trees there are getting way big and not as easy to go get. So Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-33569280206215647002010-11-30T20:17:00.000-05:002010-11-30T20:17:32.729-05:00Baby Swank Blog Okay, so I've been debating on this for a long time, but I've decided to separate my Baby Swank posts from my personal posts. I've started a new blog for my business related posts. You can find it here at http://babyswank.blogspot.com . So for those of you who are following me because you want to keep up with Baby Swank, please go to the new blog and follow me there. For those of you who areMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-4488733015594514932010-11-25T11:04:00.002-05:002010-11-25T11:04:56.853-05:00GratefulWell with today being Thanksgiving, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about being grateful.
Gratefulness is making known to God and others in what ways they have benefited our lives.
Gratefulness is a character quality that many people lack now-a-days. We live in a materialistic society, and it's so easy to get everything we need and want immediately. That doesn't leave much room for Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-10685933649535762782010-11-20T16:43:00.002-05:002010-11-20T16:47:49.976-05:00Getting It Together - Part 3 - Planning Calenders, planners, and lists...oh my! Online or hard copy? There are so many choices it's almost overwhelming!
It's not hard to go online and find a ton of people out there who are willing to give you their advice on how to be a more organized person or to offer their organizational services to you...for a price of course! You can get advice on room by room organization, meal Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-29333830400094463942010-11-18T15:17:00.001-05:002010-11-30T10:57:16.872-05:00Handmade Christmas - Getting there Well, I'm almost done with the girls hats, and I'm gonna have tons of yarn left over though. Enough to make four more hats! Here's my progress so far...
Three down, one to go...plus four more if I want to use up my yarn. Maybe I'll make matching scarfs...who knows! Let me know what you think!Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-29818280141108249692010-11-13T21:05:00.001-05:002010-11-20T16:45:29.878-05:00Getting it together - Part 2 - Decluttering Okay, so in my quest to get my stuff together I've come to the conclusion that I'm not the only mom with this problem. Who would think that a SAHM would feel like she doesn't have time. It sort of sounds crazy to me. I mean, I'm home all day, no outside job, and yet I feel like I'm behind on tons of stuff and that I'm sacrificing my kids in order to get it done. Now those of you who are Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-6630427941032865852010-11-13T17:46:00.002-05:002010-11-13T17:50:00.196-05:00My newest cake!"Quiet Memories" Anniversary CakeSo my MIL asked me to make a cake again this year for the Grandparent's 58th Wedding Anniversary, and of course I said yes! My MIL is great! She always loves my cakes, and asks me to make them whenever something comes up that needs celebrating. She knows I want practice! She pays for the materials while I make the cake, and she always encourages me to try new Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-19751919001159237812010-11-11T10:30:00.000-05:002010-11-11T10:30:11.638-05:00Getting it together (Part 1) Do you ever have those days where you feel like you can't get it together? Whatever "it" is? It seems like I have those often...at least here lately. I like organization and structure, but it seems like the more I pile on my plate, the less organization and structure there is in my life. This isn't always true. There are days where things click along as they should, I get a lot done, and at Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-65011187834551459972010-11-04T19:11:00.001-04:002010-11-30T10:58:07.096-05:00Handmade Christmas Christmas is beginning here in Visserville. It's beginning everywhere it seems, but this year the family has decided to try having a handmade Christmas so we have to get going on it earlier than usual. We usually draw names at the Grandparents Anniversary party every year, and that's coming up in two Sunday's.
This year we SIL's are making a family tree wall hanging for Greg and Karen..Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-64944693867180915322010-11-01T15:21:00.000-04:002010-11-01T15:21:30.576-04:00Trick or Treating! Halloween
This year we had a lot of fun taking the boys out Trick or Treating. I LOVE making costumes each year, and so this year I got to make two!! I saw a costume suggestion in a magazine for a knight and a dragon, and I thought that would be perfect for my two boys so I decided to give it a go. I pretty much just look at other similar costumes online then decide how I want to make mine. Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-30975614223469338652010-10-29T11:06:00.006-04:002010-10-29T14:36:33.596-04:00Life Lately It seems like there are times when so much is going on in my life that I can't seem to keep up with everything, and then there are the times that are dreadfully slow. Do any of you feel that way??
Lately has been one of those almost overwhelming times. It seems like something is going on every day of the week. Not really, but it seems that way. Fall is here, and with that cold weatherMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-84107335160187524442010-10-29T10:53:00.002-04:002010-11-05T08:49:38.059-04:00Phonics Shmonics So what's next?? Super smartie is a little over two, and pretty much knows what he should as far as basics go. So, what now? Well, we constantly go over our Scripture verses, and Daddy is always pointing out new countries on the globe. But, sometimes I think I should add something else for him to learn.
We are learning all the time. The Bible says in Deut. 6:7 and Deut. 11:19, "And thou Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-76367396542932181672010-10-29T10:53:00.000-04:002010-10-29T10:53:42.954-04:00Early Homeschooling My hubbie and I decided that we were gonna get a headstart on our kiddo's education when we had our first son. A family member intoduced us to an advertisement for the Your Baby Can Read program, and so we decided to go for it. I faithfully followed the suggestions for the program, and our little one did very well with it. Now, God has blessed us with a super-smarty for a kid! I honestlyMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-36491896794899427262010-10-29T10:52:00.010-04:002010-11-08T14:58:39.323-05:00Making Butter and Baby Food RAW MILK!! I love it, and so does my family! We get 2-3 gallons a week, and we use it for lots of things. We drink it and cook with it, and I make butter, yogurt, and keifer out of it.
So I collect the cream off the top of the milk during the spring and summer when the cows (Jersey's - A1 milk!) are eating lots of fresh green grass to make our butter. I leave the cream in the milk Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-51904346516089339332010-10-29T10:52:00.009-04:002010-11-05T09:13:03.827-04:00August Happenings
Well, it's been a while, as usual. We've been busy here in Visserville this last month it seems. Our family battled our first of I'm sure many (God please help us!) childhood illnesses...Hand, foot, and mouth disease. I'm not sure why it's called a disease because it's just a virus. Anyway, like everything else in our family, what goes around comes around. The little cousins all pass things Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-29054362159451134852010-10-29T10:52:00.007-04:002010-11-05T08:54:30.596-04:00North Carolina Zoo We have some friends who live in North Carolina, but we don't know for how much longer. They are planning on moving to Florida and at some point want to be missionaries to Haiti. We've all been friends since before we were all married...in fact, we were all in each others weddings in some form or fashion. Anyway, since having kids, we don't make it together too often, so we decided to get Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-21557637852254969122010-10-29T10:52:00.004-04:002010-11-01T16:07:28.170-04:00Time to catch up! It has been so long since I've written anything on here. It seems like sometimes life just gets so busy all at once...it's a ride, but you miss a lot at the same time. Anyway, what have we been up too???
Well, for starters, gardening! Our garden did excellent this year for the most part. As always we learn what things to do and not to do for next year. For instance, this is the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-76298072865563686642010-10-29T10:51:00.007-04:002010-11-05T09:01:27.682-04:00Judah's Two!! My little man turned 2 on May 23! I can't believe he's two. I feel like he's still just my little baby.
So, we had Judah a little birthday party at Mom-mom's and Pop-pop's. We only had family because the big Cousin's Party was coming up. That's where we celebrate all the Visser grandchildren's birthdays at once. If we did an individual party for each one...that would be a lot of Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-82642147140712264172010-10-29T10:51:00.006-04:002010-11-05T08:56:56.155-04:00Cousin's Party! When Spring rolls around, so do all of the kiddo's birthdays. There are nine grandkids so far, and their birthdays range from February - September...most of them in the spring. So because there are already nine grandkids, and more to definitly come, we celebrate all of their birthdays on the same day with a big bash called "The Cousin's Party"! There would be way to many parties if we did Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-58385089678122767932010-10-29T10:51:00.004-04:002010-11-01T16:08:15.612-04:00Garden Time Well, it's been a little while since I've written on here. I've been a bit busy...or maybe not much has been going on to write about! Anyway, it's time to get our gardens going here in East TN. Some people start planting root crops (potatos, carrots, beets, etc) and brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, califlower) around Easter, but a lot of people wait until Mother's Day weekend.
Speaking ofMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-91601367691252121202010-10-29T10:51:00.003-04:002010-10-29T10:51:43.807-04:00Summer Vacation This years vacation was to Charleston, South Carolina. We have some friends that used to go to church with us that now live there, and what a better way to vacation than to stay with someone you know! We had an awesome time!
Our first day there was to the beach...Folly Beach. It was so hot. I can't remember the last time I've been in weather so hot and humid before. We settled under Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-5898774106958375812010-10-29T10:50:00.003-04:002010-10-29T10:50:57.891-04:00Fun in the Sun
This week we've had some friends in from PA with their little boy. We've been having fun doing different things everyday, and coming up with some new stuff for the kiddos. It's been really hot here in East TN lately, so we went to WalMart and got a little kiddie pool with a slide for them to play in. Some of Judah's cousins came over to play too. We filled the pool up with water from the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-73967101012713599482010-10-29T10:50:00.002-04:002010-10-29T10:50:42.840-04:00Easter This year's Easter celebrations, or Resurection Sunday as my pastor says, were very busy, but we had a great time. We got everything done that we needed to so we could enjoy the day and what it represents!
I wanted to bake an Easter cake for our get together that our church always has on Easter, so on Friday night, I had to get started with that. Dean had Friday off work, so we Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-35037788960779361912010-10-29T10:50:00.001-04:002010-10-29T10:50:28.202-04:00Passover Celebration Every year our church holds Passover celebrations where a couple families from the church volunteer to host Passover at their homes. My MIL and SIL are the two that always volunteer. It's kind of become a tradition for them to host this meal. There's a lot involved, and they both do an excellent job.
This year my family attended the meal at my MIL's home since she lives right down the Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-76468947117894960622010-10-29T10:50:00.000-04:002010-10-29T10:50:10.131-04:00Judah the Fisherman Big Daddy loves to fish. This is something that has become a new past-time to him. He likes the idea of being somewhat self-sufficient, and being able to catch, clean, and cook fish is a part of that. Last year he got all his gear and his license so he could really get going. So, because Daddy likes to fish, Judah likes to fish. Judah's been going fishing with his daddy since he was around 1Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-1760892852556428162010-10-29T10:49:00.002-04:002010-11-01T16:09:19.703-04:00The last 3 weeks!Well, it's been a while since I've had time to post anything. Life with 2 babies is keeping me busy. I can't wait until I get into a good routine and life gets a bit more predictable!
Brothers
Judah and Isaiah...so far...are getting along great, although, Isaiah doesn't have much to do with that yet. All he does is sleep, cry, or look around at whatever's got his interest. He's very patient Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-66504662267420812812010-10-29T10:49:00.001-04:002010-10-29T10:49:53.271-04:002010 Worship Team Dinner It's become a yearly tradition for our pastor, Ron, and his wife, Nancy, to take the worship team out to dinner to show their appreciation. We look forward to our night out every year. It's a fun time, and we always go somewhere different. This year our dinner was a bit different than in years past. We typically go to a restaurant to celebrate, but this year we had some friends of ours Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-3073748920317354752010-10-29T10:48:00.002-04:002010-10-29T10:49:05.745-04:00He's Finally Here!! Well, all the waiting is finally over. Anthony Isaiah Visser was born February 24, at 3:57am at the Johnson City Medical Center. He weighed 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and was 21 in. long. That's almost a pound bigger than Judah (7.4)! As I said in my last post, I had a Drs. appointment on Tuesday (41 weeks), and Dr. C wanted me to pick a date to be induced if I hadn't gone into labor on my own by Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-88320601634469562492010-10-29T10:48:00.001-04:002010-10-29T10:48:41.682-04:00Good news! Well today I'm 40 weeks, and I went to the OB. As I said before, I'm measuring small, but my last ultrasound estimated Isaiah's weight to be 8 lbs. 10 oz. which I think is big. I was a little concerned about what my Dr. might think of his estimated weight. I wasn't sure if she'd want to induce me or not since I'm now considered overdue now with maybe a big baby. Anyway, all went well, and Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-21639665501486122332010-10-29T10:47:00.001-04:002010-10-29T10:47:22.013-04:00Getting things going... Well, here I sit, Saturday morning, with still no sure signs of labor starting. Little "maybe it'll be soon" stuff, but nothing really convincing. I've never had the typical it's getting close signs anyway. I don't know why I get so stressed out about being overdue. (BTW: your not really concidered overdue until your past 42 wks.) Anyway, this must be normal for me. Judah was born at 42 weeksMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4973372142761301414.post-17916847163610068032010-10-29T10:47:00.000-04:002010-10-29T10:47:06.172-04:00Any day now! Well, here I am, posting my first time ever on this blog I just decided to create. I have a friend who's always telling me I should blog (here you go Brenda!), but I've never really thought about it much. I'm sort of a spur-of-the-moment type person (well, sometimes) so I just decided I'd go for it.
Anyway, it's about lunch time, and Dean will be coming home soon to have lunch with Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05506926841037553746noreply@blogger.com0