New address for blog

I don't know if you have noticed but I have officially changed the name and address of my blog, due to a bunch of reasons many need not be mentioned. I hope you are able to get in and see everything. I love blogging but don't have much time for it. I have been also working on understanding face book. Not much luck there. If you know someone who reads this blog please pass on the information as to the new address. www.theemerickway.blogspot.com Thanks

face book woes/wows

I just joined facebook only because Jacob our oldest boy started facebook. I thought to myself, I better get on so I can keep an eye on him and be able to check out his facebook wall(is it called wall?) and just to be a good mom. Isn't this was good mom's do? You know snoop in their kids lives. Well he was on for two weeks and was doing preaty well reconecting with family in the west that he doesn't know very well and chatting with friends he knows back here in Pennsylvania. I opened my account on Monday and low and behold Who knew I was this popular in highschool, because I have become inundated with people wanting to be my friend. I hope people don't think I'm a snob but I really didn't want to get too involved with something that would take more of my time. I am a busy enough woman, with everything that I do. I would also like to follow the prophets council and to only do things that value and meaning to my life. This has created a wierd reaction in Jacob. He is jealous of all the people trying to be my friend. Who Knew? I guess it's a status thing with his friends as to how many "friends" he has on facebook. Well we will see how long this lasts for me. Who knew I was sooo popular.Jealous?

Mouse in the house v.s. our fat cat

The first thing my mom yelled is there's a mouse in the house. Everyone jumped up and ran into the kitchen. Everyone yelled, as a gray small field mouse ran across our tile floor. For my mom this was a first! She has never had a mouse in her house before! We chased it under the fridge and then the stove. After both were pulled out we couldn't find it. Apparently it was behind the dishwasher. We couldn't move that. Mom decided to clean behind the stove while it was out, and just when she was almost done out pops Jerry. (tom and Jerry) Ha Ha! Not as cute in real life. When we took our cat to the scene, she just looked at it and didn't do much to kill it! We could tell our cat was just too fat and lazy, and a true princess, to do anything about it.As my mom said "eee!, eee! C'mon cat! Earn your Keep!" Eventually mom took a mop and pounded the little mouse till its nervous system was completly destroyed. John then finished the job by crushing it with dad's shoe. I then picked it up and threw it outside. The cat THEN went outside and ate it.

Your Favorites (29 photos), by Jason Emerick

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Your Favorites (12 photos), by Jason Emerick

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Happenings

Lots of things have happened since I last wrote. We as a family went to Philidelphia. We decided to go due to the fact that my job as the janitor for our church(the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) is being discontinued. Subsequently I had a meeting in a town called Broomall, which is outside of Philidelphia. Well to make a long story short we stayed the night after the meeting, and spent the following day in Phili. It was so fun. We got to see the Liberty Bell, which is much smaller than you would expect, and got to visit the continental congress. It was neat to see where our country first was started. Our family is into history and it was fun for us to contemplate what our for-fathers went through in order for the United States to become what it is today. I wonder how many of them would roll over in their graves with shock at how far away from the constitution many laws in this nation have become. We met a lot of people, not all of them old people. Which is what we thought we would see. It seemed like everyone there felt the same way we do about the constitution and our freedom. We are proud to be Americans. We had Phili cheese steaks, yum, yum (I think Dolly Subs were better). We had fun as a family and it was nice to get away and think of us and only us.

Are you like me?

Do you ever feel that you can't do anything really well. That is where I am in my life. I work and work at things and can never get things done to my satisfaction. I can work all day at cleaning my house and it still never looks like I want it to at the end of the day. I can do the dishes right after dinner and when I get up in the morning there is a pile of dishes sitting in the sink. I can work all week at the laundry and put everything away and yet I still have a certain little boy who says he has nothing to ware. I can work at weeding the garden and there is never enough time to get it all done to my satisfaction. Things are getting done, but just not quite good enough. Half of my problem is I have someone in my house (I don't know who) undoing everything I do. I folded all the washcloths the other day and someone unfolded them all. Sooo... I have updated the look of my blog hoping that it can look just a little bit more proffessional and give me and only me a little bit of satisfaction.

More spring things

James created this picture and it was sent to the Laurel arts center ( a comunity art center) It was on display with other kids art from his grade in the community

John was chosen to participate a district wide 5th grade song fest. Only 6 kids from his grade were chosen to participate. It was at a high school near Johnstown called Windber.

As you can see the snow got really high this year. We thought it would never end. We are so glad it got hot. We seem to have skipped spring.

Spring things

Jacob was recently in the musical Grease! He stole the show as the Teen Angel. He loved being in the play with his cousin Dylan Dively who played Danny Zuko. He sang and danced with girls and loved every minute of it. He did a great job in spite of the fact that his voice decided to change right after he got the part. We couldn't have been more poud of him. His younger brothers can't wait until they can be in the play with him.

Musical Practice

Jacob here, if you've been wondering about how MY life has been going, let me fill you in. My solo part in the musical "Grease" has been coming along very well. I play the "Teen Angel" and sing "Beauty School Dropout". At first when I got this part I thought It was going to be a train wreck, but I guess that song has been stuck in my head. Well, It's been a long time since I posted anything. The last 3 months have been pretty busy. Later.

James is the youngest of the boys and the quietest. He loves to read and has close to 200 AR points in school. His favorite t.v. show is Phineas and Ferb. His favorite food is my meatloaf. He loves the playstation and his brothers and sister. He has a quiet personality. We will all be having fun and I will notice all of a sudden that he is missing. 9 times out of 10 he is upstairs by himself watching t.v. , reading or playing by himself. He says the most profound and funniest things I've ever heard. When Kaitlynn was born I begged him to come to Walmart with me, he said no Kaitlynns your favorite now take her. He was very matter of fact with no jealousy. We love him for his sillyness and his down to earth attitude about life.

Baby Kaitlynn (78 photos), by Jason Emerick

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Life with Kaitlynn

Life with Kaitlynn has certainly change our lives. I haven't had enough milk to keep her happy and healthy, but she is now slowly gaining some weight. We are in the process of checking my thyroid to make sure that isn't the problem. I've always been able to nurse my children without any problem so this is a new experience. I certainly sympythize with women who work hard to feed their children with little success and a lot of trial. Kaitlynn will be blessed on Sunday and we are looking forward to this milestone. Jacob will be able to hold the microphone and is looking forward to participating. He was just ordained a teacher. Has it been that long? Life goes way too fast.

She's here! She's here!

Kaitlynn Marie Emerick was born on January 4th 9:38 p.m. She was two days overdue. She wieghed in at a healthy 9lbs 2 oz. and measured 21 1/2 inches long. She has curly brown hair and were not sure as to her eye color. One thing is for certain she has captured the heart of all who surround her.