Easter

We had a great Easter.   I love this picture of when we let the older kids finally go to hunt to those eggs.  They are practically flying across the yard.  I feel especially glad  that I got to video chat my husband in to see the twins first easter egg experience they were putting them in their mouths and crawling around it was just a really special moment. The kids had a great day at church and seeing the family followed by a game of baseball with all the cousins and a night of The Bible on tv and prayers. I really love slowing things down and having a good time. It reminds me how truly blessed I am even in between diapers, teething,  messes, yelling, and all... the good is very Good.  It may be the warm weather and getting to all go outside together but I want more days like these.

Ready For The Sun?

Today's going to be a coupon blog. I'm super excited because I found a ton of deals today and even scored some free items! I went to Kroger hoping to find a deal on my soy milk but I didn't so I headed to the yogurt and picked up the gogurt my sons been asking me to get for days.  It was marked down and I had a coupon so I got a deal and I'm gonna have a happy 3 year old. Score for this mom!  I also stopped by their clearance corner in the store and spotted some buys first was the cough syrup which I of course will use.  If you have kids and buy over the counter medicine of any sort you know they are usually no less than $5.00 and I found this one on markdown and I also combined that with a coupon I had.

I also spotted this tube of toothpaste still good till next year and even though I'm not happy I didn't have a coupon on me for it making my deal even better I went ahead and got it because I know we will use the toothpaste for sure with the mess the boys make when they brush their teeth. 

Now the real fun begins the reason I stopped was I saw a whole basket full of sunscreen. I thought wow sunscreen I'm in Texas and its March Il need sunscreen for the rest of the year nearly! With 4 kids to keep covered up and safe from the sun this means we will get to have some fun outside and I saved soooo much money!

I filled my basket up and then started checking expiration date then I put a few back and am glad to say the rest of these either expire in September this year or not even till over a year from now so they are all still very good and are all some really good brands. The picture below the ones on the left I had a $5.00 off any 2 Neutrogena and that means I got those for free and still got another .18 cents off! I also had 2 $1.00 off any Neutrogena making each of these just 1.56! and yes that's right I just paid 1.56 for a 100 + SPF! I plan on sending that one in a care package to my husband. 

I also grabbed all these for the kids and I only wish I would have some Coppertone coupons! but even though I didn't they were all marked down to 2.50 or less.  Ive got one for school/daycare one for home for each of them :)

So using the coupons on top of these awesome markdowns I only spent $6.65 on all these sunscreens below! I had coupons for all but just the one on the end and well that's like just paying for that one full price and getting all the rest free! but either way I did get the two free and all the rest were such good buys. I sure do feel blessed! And If your in the area theres still some left so grab your coupons and go get them. Were ready for the sun are you? :)

Oh The Difference a Day Makes

 

 

 

The weather has warmed up quite nice so nice in fact that when my son asked to go ride his bike I was knew that yes we could It was warm enough for all of us to go outside.  So I pulled out the play pen and put the girls in and they loved enjoying the sunshine and I took a couple pictures. The hard part was catching all four of them in the same frame, luckily two were stationary I just had to wait for the other two to run by and after a couple tries I got one!  As I sat there I thought about the beauty of it all, the kids were so happy it was so bright and warm outside, it was a great day.  I thought of the day before.  The day that I thought I would not make it through It had started out rather well seeing as how when I walked out the door I actually felt pretty which doesn't happen much anymore I remember thinking to myself and saying out loud wow I look pretty. But that very quickly faded away into frustration, short temper, bad thoughts, ugly words, and more.  I felt like I just wasn't going to make it through that day, nothing I tried made it better I knew this was a day that the depression had swung up and was trying to drown me.  Despite trying my best at different times in the day to change my focus and my thinking to something better it never happened.  I went to bed thinking wow if I die while I sleep I'm probably not going to go to heaven tonight.  Even though I know well and right that's not true.  I know God loves me despite my shortcomings and flaws and that by his Grace I am saved and I cant just fall out of his love that easily, or ever.  Then the next morning came. The morning which turned into afternoon and so on and come evening I found myself sitting outside with my kids enjoying the sunshine and knowing that I had made it. I felt like God kinda scooped me up and lifted me across the ground just to get through the previous day but the next day, this day had been just fine. No negative thoughts, no depression, no struggles. A day like most my days. Every day is a gift and I love to take note sometimes on what the difference just one day makes.

 

 

I just want to say if your reading this whatever your going through today just remember its just for today and tomorrow will be anew. You can get through whatever your challenges are, maybe not alone but always with a little help from the Father.

 

Id also like to add the rest of my week has gone fantastic, Ive been having great sunshiny days with the kids, being productive, and full of laughter.  

Imperfectly Perfect

 

 

 

Today we went and took pictures because its a big day my girls turned 9 Months old today! They are sitting up, Grace says momma, Faith likes to stand up while Grace army crawls everywhere :)

While taking pictures in itself is not easy with two 9 months old and a 3 year old who just didn't want to sit down where he was told because of course that's no fun, I even rallied in a helping hand but there were still stressful moments where the shot we were going for just wasn't gonna happen.  Nap time was coming up and I was starting to sweat by the time we called it quits but during all the chaos we got this pic and I just marvel at the imperfect perfectness of it.  This is us. This is the Robertson's. This is me with my kids.  I know no other way to put it. I absolutely love this pic. I was looking down at trying to get Jeremiah to scoot over so he wasn't blocking his sister and also kinda kneel so he wasn't all up in my face but he thought it was just hilarious that we were moving him all around. Even though my stress was growing I was still smiling!

I like the pop art but wanted to include a regular pic also because well its just perfect.

 

 

March 2013

Imperfectly Perfect

Day 4 of Deployment

Today I went and washed and cleaned out my husbands car. He's gonna love it. This is actually his car his work car so I cant even explain the amount of grit and grime there was in there and not to mention all the dirt on the outside that was there but now it looks all shiny and new.  I scrubbed the inside with the vehicle cleaning wipes but that didn't clean to my specifications so next il try to actually use a spray and some paper towels or even better I might bring out my old dandy magic scrubber that usually works on everything! I'm sure it will work like magic as usual and then if that doesn't work il have to call in the professionals before he gets home because I want it looking sparkly and new for him.  I really put some time into this car today I was probably vacuuming and scrubbing for 1 to 2 hours but I loved it the whole time I was just thinking about him and that this is one of his possessions he depends on and I'm doing the best job I can at taking care of it for him.

Her Hair Is That Long Already!

So today I went to pick my kiddos up and was surprised when I got to see my youngest sporting a new do! She had decided not to take a nap so got to have some alone play time and had her hair done. I think it's just darling and after the shock of sheer cuteness staring at me I thought wow I didn't even know her hair was long enough to do that yet! These girls are growing so fast I can barely keep up but now I'm ready to break out the brush and start playing! More pics to come in the future I'm sure!

 

 

 

 

Grace

8 Months

Day 1 of Deployment

Well I started off the day with my toilet deciding it was gonna say ha ha your hubby's not home so I will now do the magic trick of flooding your bathroom for no reason.....yay! Luckily for me since our washer and dryer hasn't been delivered yet I had plenty of towels at the ready.  So that and a quick response from my mom crisis diverted.  Then I didn't realize it was so windy and went to go open the back door to feed the dog and the wind threw open the door so hard it ripped the lil metal thing clear out of the door jam! well while that is all splintered and looks like crap not really such a big deal nothing I cant fix with the drill.  While maybe the day seemed to start off a bit unfriendly I've spent the rest of the days in my pajamas with my kids watching cartoons and playing. Which is a great way to spend the day! I love that I had all of them in the living room on the floor and they were all just playing away and enjoying themselves and each other.  I am also grateful to be back up and on a computer Ive done most of my blogs and everything else on my phone since last year but now with a new computer at the ready for Skype and emailing this year it sure is going to make my writing very quick and easy to do also.  So once again yay for today its been a good one and I cant wait for a brand new week to start tomorrow already started my to do list and updating my calendar for the rest of the month. Gotta stay on top of things so I can keep them in order as best I can.  And Yes I already miss him but that's alright.

Walking In A Daze

Well it's been a whirlwind of a week getting back home from the yellow ribbon ceremony was just the beginning. I've been so busy no laundry has been done but we have got to make it to Jeremiah's first tball practice and take both boys out to the movies we've been trying hard as we can to squeeze in any last minute memories inbetween running from store to store getting the necessities he needs to take with him. I thought I got it all yesterday only to be greeted with a new list today. I realized while usually shopping cheers me up and energizes me this has not been the case while i walked through walmart i felt so detached like i was walking in his footsteps for a minute, almost like for a minute i was seeing through the eyes of a soldier and not the civilian I am. I was walking past register after register of civilians, just ordinary everyday people in line after line just doing part of their routine waiting somberly with baskets piled high. I thought how nice it is that they can do that and how lucky they are to not be me. I had been on a mission get in and get out grab what items my man needed eagerly wanting to help him get squared away while still knowing what the outcome is, knowing this meant he was leaving us because this deployment time had finally reached us no matter how slow we tried to keep things. I thought all this as i kept just looking at everyone as i passed them taking note of their expressions and demeanor till i finally reached the door and the strong cold wind was a breath of fresh air brisk enough to make me snap to but not enough to make me want to retreat. Then i was off to the next task once again driving fast down the road just another civilian taking care of her family. Oh how fun it is to now be filling the army wife role on top of my others but il take it in stride and lean a little more on my God and a little less on myself.