Maggie's Button!

Here is the button for sweet Maggie. Feel free to paste it on your blog...this little girl needs our prayers. Clicking on the photo will take you to her CaringBridge site, which her parents are updating regularly. Thank you so much!

<a href="http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maggiejernas" title="maggie by JodiPolhemus, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3313233848_92594997fd_o.jpg" width="140" height="140" alt="maggie" /></a>

Hi/Lo Thursday

This post is part of "Hi/Lo Thursday" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check out their blog to read everyone else's "Hi/Lo" posts and get your link on their site.

This is my first time posting one of these, but I really feel like I need to today.

I'll start with the low, so that my high will make more sense.

Lo -- Learning on Tuesday that a little girl from our church has been diagnosed with cancer (neuroblastoma) and has a couple of very rough chemo treatments coming up...the first of which started today. Her name is Maggie and she is 3. Could you all remember her and her family in your prayers? Here is her Caringbridge site if you want to learn more about her. I will be putting up a blog button shortly that I would love for you all to put on your sites, so that we can get as many people praying as possible.

 

Hi -- Simply the fact that all 3 of my girls, though very, very ornery, are incredibly healthy. I take their health for granted, and I have been reminded this week that I should not.

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

I LOVE MY GIRLS!!!!!

Swimming, pictures, and a new baby!

Where to start?! It has been a while since I have updated, and I have lots of pictures to share :)

Last Friday night my parents stayed at a hotel, so we took the girlies over to go swimming. They had so much fun! Looks like we're going to have a few waterbugs this summer!

This one is quite blurry, but the look on Adelle's face is priceless!

This is a common sight...Grandma loves to take pictures as much as Mommy does!

  My nephew Isaac, sister-in-law Jemima, and the teeny-tiny yet unseen peanut who will make me an aunt again in September :)

 

Some of my first photoshoots took place this week...a few of the results are below:

of course, my girls don't want their pictures taken unless I'm trying to take them of other people!

 

 

As I said before, I am going to be an aunt again! I'm so excited for my little Isaac to get a baby brother or sister.

And now, I need to get this posted and tend to my 2 year old who has decided to take off her diaper and wear panties (for the 15th time today). Think she might be trying to tell me something?!

Laughter Lives Tuesday

This post is part of "Laughter Lives! Tuesday" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check our their blog to read everyone else's "Laughter Lives!" posts.

 

 

 

Last night around 2-2:30 AM, our 4 year old daughter Adelle climbs into our bed. Here's the conversation that follows:

Daddy: "Adelle, why are you in our bed?"

Adelle: "Daddy, does everybody make mistakes sometimes?"

Daddy: "Well, yes, everybody does make mistakes. Why? Did you make a mistake?"

***Silence***

Adelle: "Umm...yeah, I peed in my bed."

I was trying so hard not to laugh! At the same time trying to pretend I was still sound asleep so I wouldn't have to get up and change her bed ;)

Potato Stamping!

Last week I decided to be brave and let the kids paint. Trust me, it doesn't happen often! I made stamps for them out of potatoes and they had so much fun!

 

I have been trying lately to get a nice picture of the girls, because we really need a new one for up on the wall. But do you think I get a decent one of all 3 of them?! I've done good at getting individual ones...but here is the only one out the bunch that I almost sort of like of all 3 of them. We'll be trying again tomorrow!

And here are the 3 individual ones...

Actually, now that I'm looking at them all side by side, I may go with this one of Abbie

What do you think?

And I am really trying to get into photography now, so if you or anyone you know needs pictures taken, send them my way! Well, if you're within a reasonable distance! :)

 

 BJodi

Yay God!

This... is me and my friend Pam. Pam is the wonderfully blessed recipient of the $100 from the Riggs Family Blog Hi/Lo Thursday post. But wait, not just $100...Brent heard about her being a totally awesome single mom of 6 kids, and doubled the amount! And he's also asking his readers to help her out as well. I am amazed at the way God works! He is forever providing for, encouraging, and loving on us! I am so thankful for this reminder of God's love.

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Lately Adelle has been on a singing kick. Her favorite radio song at the moment is Brandon Heath's "Give Me Your Eyes". Too cute to hear her singing that one. The other day she sang this one to me:

Baa baa black sheep

Have you any wool

Yes sir yes sir

3 bags of wool

One for the mister and one for the man

One for the little boy who lives down the drain.

 

Love it!!

 

 

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And some recent pics of my girls

 

   A little annoyed with new camera :)

My New Baby!!

I got a new camera!! It is a Canon 300D digital Rebel and it is amazing! It came with a Canon 18-55mm lens and also a Canon 75-300mm lens. I am so in love with this thing :) My kids however, are not so thrilled...they're getting a little tired of me following them around with the camera aimed in their direction! Here are some pictures I took this weekend.

  I know, I'm cruel! My mom and dad This girl is so photogenic! (and please comment on the fresh yarn braids :) It only took 8 hrs this time! ) What a goofball!

Natalie's Bronchitis

Natalie is pretty much on the mend, but I wanted to share a couple pictures of her in the dr.'s office the other day. She takes her treatments like such a big girl! I am very proud of her!

         

 

 

And this was from a few days before she got sick...why do kids insist on doing this?!

 

   jodi