Queenies Little Kingdom

A few weeks ago, I had a bout with the allergies. My left eye was the focus of the problem. It felt like I had a stick in it. I rubbed it, I rinsed it….I peered into it searching for sticks or rocks or whatever it was that was causing me such pain. Nothing! Just misery! It took days to recover from it. It was something in the air and I had to ride it out…well, me and some allergy medicine that is!

Today, it’s hurting again. Something is aggrevating it and it’s feeling similar to the last episode. Itchy and annoying! I just want to cover it with a pirates patch and go to sleep for days or at least until it’s all better!

This eye problem joins a few other nagging issues I’m having. My stomach has been hurting for almost a week. (No, it’s not a tumor!) It’s an ulcer thing. I have been eating the Zantac like candy and have only felt a little relief. Many small meals seem to help too. And, if all this weren’t enough to kill a man….I have a crazy sore or fever blister under my tongue! Everything I say (I feel pain) everything I try to eat or drink (yea that hurts too) and I’m ready to drink lidocaine!

M I S E R A B L E !!!!

I want to go to sleep and wake up feeling brand new. Minus any old lady ailments!

Oh…and my in-laws are here for a visit and I have to work everyday! I’m so bummed! I wish I could be around to entertain and visit. They will be here through the weekend. I’m so glad they could get away and stay with us….we’ve missed them! 🙂

So, see why I need to feel better?

The end of the school year is fast approaching and I couldn’t be more thankful. Life is so busy! It never seems to slow down (except in the summer). I need time to regroup and relax. I know folks that aren’t in the education business think we’re pretty wimpy since we “ONLY” work 9-10 months out of the year. But, I’d have to say…..if you worked with teenagers everyday and put forth what it takes to make an impact on their lives…..you might need a little time off too!

It’s hard work! Of course it’s not brain surgery….but it is heart molding and that’s very important to someone’s forever. Right? I can remember the teacher’s that influenced me over the years. I’m so thankful that God put them in my life. I’d like to think that they would be proud to know I turned out as well as I did. Even though, it may have looked hopeless! 🙂

I’ve taken the day off today. I don’t usually do that but I really needed it. The weekend was jammed pack full and my in-laws are visiting. I didn’t want to miss spending a little time with them. They haven’t been able to come up for the last few years and we’re loving having them here.

Time flies.

Let’s hope…..the next 31 school days does just the same!

My kids are dramatic! I mean it. They are totally into anything that puts them onstage. They get it honestly! I’ve been the very same my entire life. I have a flair for…..putting on a show! Really! I was in every play and musical put on by my school while growing up. I loved it!

This past weekend, my girls were actors in a mock accident created by our county emergency workers. Their job was to be injured students on a bus that collided with a small car then overturned. It was a gruesome sight. I walked up to the scene (I live behind the school property) and ended up having to do some role playing myself. I had to run up to the scene as if I had just gotten the frantic call that my kid was in an accident.

Easy! I’m one of those mom’s that Lysa Terkeurst blogged about last week. I worry about my kids to the extreme that I imagine crazy stuff like…..funerals! Yea, healthy….I know! But, it’s true! I’m not a fearful person usually. Except when it comes to my children. They are where satan snags me and pulls me in.

I KNOW THE TRUTH!! GOD IS IN CONTROL (NOT ME) !!!

I’m probably not abnormal in my thinking. I cannot do anything to add days to my children’s lives. I do not have that kind of power. God has given me a spirit of discernment and of love for them….filtered with His wisdom so that I can trust Him with each of them. I know they are only on loan to me. I’m simply a caretaker!

Thank you Lord. Help me do my job well.

I wanted to share some photo’s of the event. They were great! I heard so many compliments from the entire emergency crew. My daughter Ally was actually transported to our local hospital while our youngest daughter, Gates was trapped on the bus (she was the LAST one off….along with the one deceased student). Talk about eerie?!!

{remember: click on the photo to enlarge}

Brad, Ally & Gates before the accident

Ally trapped on the bus

Gates being loaded on the ambulance (those tears are real)

See, both of them should win the Oscar!  They are working it!  Great job, girls!

You’ve been sitting on pins, wondering about our family photo sitting haven’t you? Ok, maybe not. But you’re going to hear about it anyway. Cause, I’m crazy like that.

Gavin blasted into town about an hour before the 1:45pm appointment. We dressed similar and purtied up (covering all blemishes) and headed to the church. We arrived and had to wait. The guys decide to play a game of battleship and the girls and I parked it in the waiting area. Two families were ahead of us and both were big (as in number) families. Behind the photographer’s curtain we could hear the busyness. Pose after pose, move after move….people were up, down and all over. It took forever!

We were cracking up. 🙂

Finally, it was our turn. We head over and she asks the kids their names. Then she puts a tiny little box on the floor and tells me (THE MAMA) to sit on it. Which means I have to get on the floor. This was the beginning of many floor positions for the entire family. We were laughing so hard…these pictures are certainly going to show we were having fun! The poor lady (she had to be exhausted) must have thought we were the Goofball family. Every pose was hilarious! I couldn’t help but ask, “Where are the twister dots?”. We were contorted into some pretty funny positions.

It was great! We laughed through the whole ordeal. And I couldn’t help but admire my kids. They are so precious to me. Each one of them…so unique and special. Not only are they beautiful on the outside…..they’re beautiful inside too.

We hurried back home to meet with Brad (a hotshot photog for the high school) and have some candid photo’s taken while we were all together. Of course we had to rush because the girl’s and Brad had another photo shoot to be at by 2:45 for the high school musical, Grease! It would be safe to say, that today was a photo mania kind of day!

Here are some of the results. I hope you like em!

And one from the Grease photo shoot