As time quickly passes so does my chance to write here. So many hours of work and school and cooking and cleaning and exercise. Thankfully the weather has been 70 for the last few days and sunny too! After April 12th I will officially have 3 classes left and a practicum and internship to do before I graduate with my MA. There is light at the end of this tunnel! Andy is continuing to grow and succeed in his business as well. God has blessed us. We are healthy.

I thought I would post some recent birthday pictures: Above is my new nephew the day he was born (March 8). Also my dad's birthday was on March 10 and we celebrated the day after for his 60th at Bucca de Beppos.

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!

I know, I shouldn't be shocked especially since I wrote the last post... IT IS SNOWING OUTSIDE.... I AM NOT KIDDING! YESTERDAY IT WAS 70 degrees out. It was only supposed to drop down to 45 or so but instead IT IS SNOWING! I said it before and I'll say it again. This weather here is RIDICULOUS!
-Jenelle-

IN A TWO WEEK SPAN

From a blizzard to rain. From an earthquake to a tornado. From -8 degrees to 70 degrees. ALL IN A TWO WEEK SPAN. It's no wonder that 1/2 the people I know are sick that live around here. This Ohio weather is ridiculous!
-Jenelle-

Wordless Wednesday

At the time of this video my nephew was just past 2 years old. The fact that he has 4 older siblings must definitely influence his abilities at a young age.

Wordless Wednesday

Works for Me Wednesday

I was inspired by Shannon's post of Karate to include what I do for exercise. Since I live in Ohio, I can never expect to have nice warm, sunny days every morning to take a brisk walk in. One day it's a blizzard and the next it is raining. A few months ago I invested 29.95 (I used a 50% off coupon) for a computer game called Dance Praise. It is amazing. It is like DDR but using popular Christian songs. There is no profanity. On this program you hook up a mat to your USB port in your computer and you're good to go. You dance to the music and score points depending on how many times you step on the right spot at the right time. There are several different ways to play and they even have an exercise program. You can also play against a friend if you get an extra mat. It is a great indoor exercise. To me it works a little like Jazzercise because you're dancing to the music (except you'd have to add your own warmups and cool downs and/or weights). I figure even if I did have to pay the full price it still would equal about one month of any of those exercise gyms (not that they're bad but you do have to drive there). My family and friends love it too!

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Works-For-Me Wednesday

For the special kitchen edition of WFMW I would like to give an alternative way to clean the counters... espcially the wooden cutting boards. Since my hubby likes to stay away from using chemicals, I have discovered from doing research that vinegar cleans surfaces as well and if not better than most anti-bacterial sprays. I just splash a bit over the counters and wipe away. This is a great way to keep chemicals away from our bodies... as well as little ones who might like to get them out of cupboards. The little ones can't get into the chemicals if there aren't any there :)

Works-for-me Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

I saw this on the beach and had to capture a picture of this. Speechless I am!


Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Oh the life it must be for a snow egret in Fort Myers Beach, FL.

Wordless Wednesday

Amazing Grace

Go see the movie Amazing Grace. It was the best movie I've seen in a long time. Good, clean, movie where justice done.

http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/

No more fun & games

Wednesday night I went to the Chris Tomlin concert with Becki and we had awesome seats directly dead center on the floor in front of the stage at a perfect distance.
Thursday night Andy and I went to eat at his parent's house as one of the cousins was in town with his family.
Friday night we went to the Auto Show VIP preview at the IX Center...

Monday my class starts. Hmmmm...
I need to simplify my schedule.

-Jenelle-

Wordless Wednesday

This picture is a little over a year old taken at New Years of my nephew and I. He is quite a ham! He is facinated with digital cameras as he loves to look at pictures immediately after they're taken.
Wordless Wednesday

Works for me Wednesday

Since I have such a busy schedule with working a few different jobs, full time masters student, and a wife, I hardly have any time to relax. There are so many projects that could be finished and so many time sensitive things I need to do. What works best for me is to get the necessities done each day. I do not clean up the kitchen several times during the day but just once a day. I also do not do "work" or "chore" type tasks after 8pm. I set limits that way I'm not exhausted nor do I feel guilty for not having accomplished the bottomless pitt of tasks. Since Sunday is not really a day of rest for hubby and I we try to do something fun together either Friday or Saturday night. I also have one other day off in the week in which I rotate from week to week from either errands (groceries and shopping) or cleaning. Setting limits and knowing that I do not need to be stressed out is very helpful to me. There is no need to overextend my body.

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Youth Group tonight

More storm pictures...

We got more snow again today. It snowed all day today as if we didn't have enough snow. The two above pictures are from Wednesday.

VALENTINES DATE

We went to Olive Garden despite the raging cold winter storm. We ended up spending the night choosing the names for our twelve children that probably have not yet been born:
God willing that there are six guys and six girls the names are as follows:
Katerina Joy Morris
Madeline Faith Morris
Chloe Passion Morris
Nellie Cheerful Morris
Mercedes Charity Morris
Clarissa Grace Morris
James Peace Morris
Stephen Love Morris
Wesley Gentle Morris
Jacob Discerning Morris
Joseph Wise Morris
Johnathon Truth Morris

We are officially claiming these names. If someone else names their baby these first then there will just have to be two with the same name.
Andy

Still snowing at 9 am!

Have a snow day for Valentines Day!

Not going anywhere anytime soon...

photo of our car at 10pm tonight (or what's left of it)

Winter in Ohio...

Unfortunately this weather caused me to have to drive an extra 1.5 hours today to and from work. This is just the beginning of the storm. It is the worst since 1993 according to news channel 5. It is to continue until tomorrow night or later.

-Jenelle-

I know, it has been close to a month since I've last posted. A new job, a new nephew, another couple of birthdays later and it is today. I am pretty busy and need to simplify. Stress is present most definitely as Wednesday was my day off last week and I didn't even go to Bible study. Yikes! Pray for me as I have decisions to make.
-Jenelle-

Sam the Man!

It was a fun visit... that is for sure. I thought I would share some of the joyous times that occurred between Christmas and New Years :)