Of Good Report

I got to spend the day with Spencer at the State Capitol.  He got to participate in a mock committee hearing where he along with other teens from around the state heard other teens argue for and against a real bill that will passing through our state legislature.  I got to observe.  It was great. Spencer was on the committee who voted unanimously to kill the bill; a wise choice on their parts.  It was great to hear the arguments and watch them learn as they tried to abide by the Robert's Rules of Order.  We then heard a wonderful motivational speaker and had a delicious lunch while we were entertained by members of the State House and Senate who played "Family Feud" against one another.  The youth city councilors were the surveyed and the host was none other than Chuck Woolery, an actual "Family Feud" host.  In spite of the technical difficulties it was fun.  Spencer and I left at 6:00 this morning which meant that the rest of the family was still sleeping.  E

A couple of weeks ago Sarah was sick and missed a day of church and a few days of school.  I don't usually take kids to the doctor until they have been sick for at least two weeks, but after ten days I felt like she needed to go.  She did have a sinus infection as I suspected, but also the beginnings of pneumonia; I'm glad I didn't wait any longer!  She got on an antibiotic and is doing much better.  However, she is having a hard time going back to school.  It has been a struggle to get her ready in the mornings and she has been crying at school too.  So today her teacher and I decided I would make her a chart so that she can earn happy faces each time she gets ready for school without a fuss and when she is happy at school.  She will earn a Lalaloopsy doll she has been wanting when the chart is filled with happy faces.  I hope it works.  She is generally happy and I don't know what has gotten into her.  She shared her germs with her sisters who now have stuffy noses, c

I'm a little slow, but as they say, "better late than never."  Taylor Hasting Crump was born on December 14, 2000.  He was my smallest, earliest baby weighing in at 7lbs. 5 oz. and arriving 18 days before his due date.  I was not fully prepared when I began feeling labor.  We had purchased an unfinished dresser for him that my dad was going to finish for us. It wasn't ready yet, so I hadn't washed any baby clothes since I didn't have a dresser to put them in.  But when I thought that didn't necessarily matter to him I began washing and placing them back into the boxes.  When I went to bed on December 11, I started to feel contractions.  They lasted all night, but were not very strong and were gone by morning.  So I just went about my day, but again when I went to bed on the 12, the contractions began again.  This time they didn't go away and on the 13 I decided to get things in order.  I went to the hospital at around 8:00 that evening and was dilate