We’ll Still be Crying When the Morning Comes

We have a house full of sad Bronco fans tonight.

1551563_10153765221070335_914274848_nObviously, as Coloradoans, we were rooting for our boys, but we’re also BIG Peyton Manning fans.  He’s just such a good guy, ya know?  He’s a man of character and professionalism…despite this horrible game, he’s the best quarterback in history…and he kinda looks like my hubby.  😉  We also can’t count out Wes Welker, a Red Raider alum – who wouldn’t love him!?

It’s just hard to watch the good guys lose, ya know?!  After Sherman’s classless tirade after the NFC championship, who WASN’T rooting for the Broncos?  Plus, we live in such a fickle world and that makes me sad for Peyton; he’s had the greatest season of his career (save for a Super Bowl win) and I can already hear the chatter.  This one bad game will overshadow his whole, incredible season.  Needless to say, after this horrific loss, we’re a little speechless…dumbfounded…teary-eyed…

IMG_3709And?  Little Wryder has a fever.  He woke up crying this morning (unusual) and was pretty cry-ey and grumpy at church (unusual).  He then woke up from nap with a 100 degree fever, hence all of the crying shots I’ve gotten of him.  We gave him a little Tylenol and sent him back to bed right after half-time.

He doesn’t know the Bronco’s lost yet, though he had to have a good idea.  He might wake up crying again in the morning…

On the Mend

This (ruggedly handsome) man…

1424326_10153446389340335_806608494_nis my hero.  I have no idea what I would’ve done without him the past 11 years!  He makes me whole.  He’s patient and kind and loving and encouraging…he’s a voice of reason in my not so reasonable existence…he leads us in the ways of the Lord and prays for us and with us and over us…he works hard to provide for our family so that I can stay home and raise these babies…he’s a selfless servant in the truest of forms.

I for sure have no idea what I would’ve done without him this past month.  I have been ILL.  (I’ve written about it a few times but in an effort to spare you of boredom and more self-pity, we’ll just leave it at that.)  And he?  He has MORE than picked up the slack around here.  He’s played games and read books and changed diapers and fixed meals and washed dishes and bathed babies and folded laundry and let me sleep and bought medicine and bought more medicine and cleaned bathrooms and taken kids to church and helped with projects I started and and and and and…

And?  As I’ve been typing this, I got to thinking that I’m not so sure how out of the ordinary this stuff REALLY is regarding him.  Even when I’m well (or as well as I can be – ha!) he does these things.  He is, bar none/hands down/no competition, the best husband and daddy anyone could ever ask for.  He shows love to me in every kind of way I can even think to imagine, even through helping with housework.  I hear women talk about their husbands and how they wished he’d help more with the kids or help more around the house or be more involved/romantic/loving and I’m thankful I know nothing of that world.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I have NO IDEA how I landed such a man.  I am blessed beyond measure by the way he loves me.

163432_181295991894117_6762074_nHe’ll probably be happy to know that I think I’m on the mend!  I scrubbed the kitchen floor this morning and then cleaned the rest of the house…so I guess I’m either getting well or I’m CRazY.  (No comments on that one.  Please and thank you.)   I can’t walk…but my house is clean.  Maybe he’ll carry me to bed…

DIY: Red Hot Applesauce Jello

In the midst of all this sickness, this yummy goodness sounded tasty to me yesterday so I ventured off the couch and made a quick batch.

Red Hot Applesauce Jello
Red Hot Applesauce Jello

The first time I ever had this was at Wrex’s family’s house for Christmas one year and I fell in LOVE.  It’s like Christmas in a bowl!  We have perfected the recipe and its consistency over the years so here is the official recipe.

Red Hot Applesauce Jello – Makes 12+ servings

  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup Red Hots (you can use Cinnamon Imperials if you can’t find Red Hots.  They work….they’re just sugarier, where as the Red Hots add some spice!)
  • 1 packet Knox Gelatin
  • 6 ounces Raspberry Jello
  • 1 large jar of applesauce (5-6 cups)

IMG_30581.) Bring 2 cups water to a boil in a large pot.

2.) Add in 1 cup of Red Hots and boil and stir until dissolved. 

This will make your house smell DIVINE!
This will make your house smell DIVINE!

3.) Slowly add in 1 packet of Knox gelatin to dissolved Red Hot mixture.  Make sure to remove any clumps that may not get dissolved well.  They don’t taste good.  🙂

This will help the recipe not be so soupy.
This will help the recipe not be so soupy.

4.) Mix in 6 ounce of raspberry Jello until dissolved.

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Wrex’s mom says you can use any red Jello, but we prefer raspberry.

5.) Remove from heat and then add jar of applesauce and mix well.

You can use either original or unsweetened.
You can use either original or unsweetened.

6.) Pour mixture into a serving bowl and place in freezer for about 2 hours.  After 2 hours, place in refrigerator.  Don’t forget about this lovely stuff in the freezer; if it does freeze, the ice crystals later melt and it gets soupy and not as good.

There's a LOT of volume here so it really needs freezer time to set it.
There’s a LOT of volume here so it really needs freezer time to set it.

7.) Try not to eat the whole bowl in one sitting.

Seriously, this stuff is delish.  I have a certain pregnant bestie that loves this stuff.  And? I love her so much that when she came to see Wryder the weekend after he was born AND told us she was pregnant herself, I made some in my 5 day postpartum stupor.  She MUST be loved.  Haha

Enjoy!  Let me know how you change it up and what you thought!

 

Ugh.

Remember this post?  Yeah, I took a whole prescription of antibiotics and my sinus infection was still here AND, on Wednesday, I woke up with my chest hurting, coughing up junk.  Lovely.  I know.  Ugh.  So, I went back to the doctor and got a z-pack, some steroids and a steroid nasal spray.  I got to sleep 12 hours on Wednesday night (thanks to my fabulous husband) and I up woke feeling pretty good…until about 11:30…a.m.  Today?  I feel worse.  WHAT THE HECK?!?  Please pray for me…

Being a mommy and being sick is TOUGH.  I don’t think it’s been a very fun day around here but we all survived.  I am VERY thankful for this today…

The circle of neglect
The circle of neglect

He spent a little time in here.  At least he likes it.

I’m thankful for this little holiday house thing-a-ma-jig that one of Sawyer’s cow buyer grandpas got her a while back…

It's not QUITE Christmas
It’s almost Christmas, can you believe it?  Hope I’m well by then…

This provided an hour or so of play.  I’ll take it.

IMG_3024IMG_3023IMG_3026They also spent an hour doing this…

Magazine shredding is fun
Magazine shredding is fun

and I didn’t even care.  I have yet to pick it up because bending over feels like my head and face might explode, but I figure I can make a game out of it tomorrow.  Or something.  You know I must feel bad if this isn’t even bothering me 3 hours later.

PRAYING I can turn a corner tomorrow with all of this mess…and PRAYING the whole winter isn’t like this.  Ugh.

It’s Sick Season, Eh?

Yep.  It’s here.  In full force.  Ugh.

IMG_2871Sawyer had a runny nose this week, but we didn’t think to much of it…until she woke up crying Wednesday night saying her chest hurt.  By Thursday morning, she was ILL.  Poor baby has a pretty nasty case of bronchitis.  Having a sick kiddo is really hard on a momma’s heart.

We let little miss snuggle with us yesterday morning because she was flat miserable and struggling to breathe.  She ended up falling in and out of sleep and I snapped this picture as I clung to the edge of the bed for dear life.  (How do such small things take up so much space?!?)

IMG_2825This one of many reasons we don’t allow kids in the bed.  HA!

If you read this, pray for her healing and for protection for little Wryder Roo. 

Sickness flee, in the name of Jesus!  Breathe Your breath into her, Lord.