Frye Fam Happenings

I haven't had caffeine or gluten (other than a couple things I started eating and then realized had it) in over two weeks. I feel incredible. My body, my stomach, my mind....I feel like a new woman. I'm seeing things more clearly, my thinking is more level-headed, I have energy!! With all of that, I have really been able to do things I enjoy. Decorate my house, take fun pictures with my fancy camera, make videos. I'm enjoying my life. In 2018, I really want to make it a point to do more fun things with my kids, my family, and my friends. There are so many activities and chores and lessons we need to get through this year, but all of those things can be sprinkled with FUN! We can throw something fun into the mix, we can make the "necessary"  fun  in and of itself. If I keep this word at the forefront of my mind, I can be sure to make it happen. I have never considered myself a "fun" mom, but with my newfound energy and clarity, it doesn't eve...

I just wrote an entire post, with bullet points of our current happenings and then lost it. One of those bullet points mentioned something about me being so frustrated with computers lately. The irony... I have been so bad lately about taking pictures with my camera. I'm going to try to remember to leave it out so I'll use it more. I really don't feel like trying to re-write everything I just lost... Suffice it to say everyone is good, I'm pregnant, and life is crazy :)  I'm working on uploading videos from our ten year anniversary trip to Costa Rica onto YouTube, but since we have a Sony handycam and a very fickle computer, it's taking awhile. Thanks for keeping up with our family! :) We are off to baseball!

I had to apologize to my kids today...and then I had to pray and ask the Lord to forgive me. It was awful. But also sweet and awesome at the same time. I have been working in the yard like a dog lately. Derek has been as well, but when I do my stuff during the day, I am on my own with the kids. (insert unsolicited advice here: Don't try to do tough yardwork when you are in charge of four small children. Wait until the weekend.) (meet my small yet obvious problem if you know me very well: obsessive personality. Once I set my mind on something, I have a hard time quitting!) Today I was laying a row of bricks to outline a flower bed, and on top of my frustration with trying to get the bricks in a straight line and level with the ground, my kids were driving me NUTS. The arguments amongst the three of them, the disobedience, the little ears that were ignoring my yelling from the flower bed...(ahem, my lazy parenting) I yelled, I got up to discipline, I sighed, I got up to help someone,...

This season, that is. No, I'm not over the REASON for the season!! That...Jesus...I celebrate every day. Call me Scrooge if you must, but this year (around our house) Christmas seemed like it lasted about a week. Now that Christmas DAY is over, I am just ready to take down Christmas decorations, put things back in their normal places, and go back to regular life. We didn't have family in town for Christmas. We didn't visit family for Christmas. My husband got a whole measly day off for Christmas. Don't get me wrong. Christmas was wonderful. I love buying things for my amazing husband and my kids. I love seeing their excitement, the joy they have on Christmas morning, their greed (! oh wait, that I don't like.) I have been a lazy bum this past week (and this week isn't looking much better.) I haven't wanted to cook, I've let the dishes get out of hand more than once, and we haven't done school in a long time. I told Derek last night I have been tryin...