Saturday, June 20, 2009

Father's Day cookie!


My kids saw a table at the grocery store with one little girl sitting there decorating a cookie. My kids asked if they could do it too. This usually is a "free" table where the kids get faces painted or whatever during special occasions so I said OK. Then my son sat down and the lady whipped out a large cookie and gave him some blue frosting to start decorating. My son jumped right in without hesitation and started to decorate. It occurred to me that this was a Father's day thing and that there was no way they were going let us have the giant decorated cookie, free. The table never had a sign or anything telling you this, but, I just knew. My daughter wanted to decorate a cookie too since her big brother was doing it and I whispered to her that I did not know how much it would cost for one so they would have to decorate the same cookie. She was not thrilled but did it anyway. My son got up and my daughter sat down and started to sprinkle edible confetti onto the cookie. She then put a "Happy Father's Day" plastic thing-a-ma-gig onto the cookie and as soon as she did this the lady at the table whisked the cookie away and slapped a clear plastic lid onto it and then a price sticker. It was nearly eight dollars for this cookie. (It was not THAT giant!) I was a little surprised and I did not have the money for it so we discretely placed the cookie on a shelf in the store (Horrible, I know.) and bought a roll of cookie dough.

When we got home I knew that I had food coloring and I can make frosting. We made a giant cookie (Bigger than the one at the store.) and the kids decorated it nicely. It only cost me $2.50 plus tax. I am sure my husband will love it. :)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

33 weeks!

I am now 33 weeks along in this pregnancy and I am so sorry for not keeping up with my blog lately. I am so bad! I can't sleep well because of the leg, hip and back pain and the baby is getting so big now that when he moves about it disrupts what sleep I might be getting sporadically. :D
Anyway, I went to the park today with my other 2 kids and I felt so hot and tired that I had to go back home to the air conditioning. I feel like passing out a lot these days.

I have been working at the church doing yard work and weeding gardens when I feel up to it Even when I don't feel up to it I try my best and my kids help me. I should take some pics and post them. I will be there tonight as we have youth group and we, of course, are there for that.

It is hot and feels like it is getting hotter everyday. 95 today and the humidity makes it feel like it is over 100 degrees. Of course, I am pregnant and so I may feel hotter than normal.

My kids and I found a way to the park without taking the major road. We have lived here 3 years and never even tried to ride our bikes to the park before. I never wanted them on the main road. It may take a little longer to get to the park but it is a nice ride and it is a few miles. When the baby is born I will see about getting a bike attachment for the baby and me and the kids can all ride there. Or, I can take the jogger stroller (got it at the baby shower!!!! I registered at Target.com for it and my hubbies aunt got it for us!!) and my kids can ride slowly in front of me on the sidewalks.

I am so excited for this baby to come. I am anxious about the whole delivery part but I know it will go fast and it will be over before I know it. God will be there protecting me and the baby like he did with my 1st and 2ND. I should have died from the first but God took care of me even when the docs messed up and did not.

OK, I gotta see if my kids will watch a movie and let me take a quick nap. I am so tired. :) Then I will make an egg salad for supper. Cold dinners are best these days. :D

Monday, June 08, 2009

32 weeks pregnant!!!


here I am @ 26 weeks along.



32 weeks in this pic!! On the home stretch!


I am really huge and now 32 weeks along! I can not wait to have this precious baby and start exercising again like I used to!!!!Weight Watchers, here I come!!!!

I do think I need to bend my neck differently as I think I look a bit retarded here. :)

Thursday, June 04, 2009

too much faith?

No way! You can never have too much faith. It has been tough the past 3 months. I have no posted in a bit because I have been struggling with trying to pray without ceasing. My hubby had been out of any work for 3 months now. Recently he picked up a couple odd jobs but not enough to pay our bills. .We are behind in mortgage and medical bills. I am due to have the baby Aug 5 but the baby may come a little early so probably 6-7 weeks from now. It is been hard to pray thinking that I have been praying for 3 months now and no work has shown up. My husband is self employed so he does not qualify for unemployment and we used up our entire savings to pay our bills 2 months ago. We have been living on pure faith with some days being easier than others. today seems to be a good day but of course with the pregnancy I may start to cry in about an hour. :) *smile*

Husband has been trying to start up a new business of mowing lawns and that is big in FL. We will just add it on to his current business and that way we can use the Ins. and business name we already established.

God is so good and we know He will not leave us alone in all this. We have our human emotions and we feel alone and abandoned sometimes but that is not the case. It is our human side feeling this way but it is not reality.

We will continue to have faith and let God do His perfect work. I will keep everyone updated.

Monday, May 18, 2009

I'm thinking of writing a childrens book!

I have always wanted to do this. Even as a child I wanted to write a book. I think that I will start small and write a children's' book. I have so many ideas and I have a friend who can draw anything. I will write the story and ask her to illustrate to her hearts content. I will be sure to let you all now how it is going and let you know when it gets published. ;)

I am very excited about this and I want to get started right away. I will go sit in a quiet spot in the house and start brain storming before I start to write. I also want to send a note to my friend to see if this is something she would be interested in. :)

What do you all think? Have you ever written a book before? Was it published? How was the process?

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Fundraiser...Please help!!



We are doing a fundraiser for our Youth group. I will be taking orders for only a week. (til May 19) The proceeds from the sales will go to the youth group and help us to do a lot more activities with the kids this summer. We tend to have a lot of the teens fall off the attendance list during the summer months and we want to be able to have lots of activities to keep them coming to church.

We have 2 items for sale they are the Sea Salt Scrub and the Sugar Slush Scrub. I am adding photos of each in this email. There is a flat $4.00 fee for the shipping and tax. The sea salt scrub is $28 and the Sugar Slush Scrub is $22. Please let me know how many you would like to order. I will send the items to you as soon as they arrive. The items are all natural and from the company Arbonne and superior products. I use them and absolutely LOVE them!

Please support the Calvary Baptist Church, Englewood, FL youth group and our Summer Activities!! Please respond to me ASAP so I can place your order. ( I will need the money by the 22th of May) Send the money in a check written to me (Krystal Brobst) As soon as you know you want to order. Thank you. :) Send me an email for my address to send the money.

~Krystal

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Volunteering today..

I am off to the Christian school to watch a couple classes while the teachers have a meeting with parents. I am overseeing the K-5 thru 2nd grades. What fun!

I am also waiting for the exterminator guy to show up (between the hours of 10 and 12!) so I can leave here. I do hope they come soon so I can be on time to volunteer at the school. :)

I am also posting a request for anyone wanting to host a book party for me in my cupcakesandarbonne blog. Check out that blog for details. :)

Thank you to all those followers of this blog as well as my cupcakesandarbonne blog. I truly appreciate all of you!