It's My Job

Yesterday, Aidan came to me and said "Mom, it's my job to protect you and Téa when Daddy's not home." Just at that moment Coda chimed in "Me, Me". Which in Coda language means he too is suspose to protect me and Téa when Daddy isn't home. I just love my boys. They are so loving and in the same sentence they are so "boy"! I still haven't asked Nick if he told Aidan that, I am sure he did, because I am not sure where Aidan would have gotten it otherwise. And by the way, Papa Kent we no longer need a dog, I have two toddlers protecting me!

A Brief History

A Brief History

20 years ago I was...........
1. Welcoming my baby sister into the World.
2. Losing my dog, Tasha, while my parents were in Tahiti
3. Falling off my bike and getting a good-sized pebble stuck in my forehead (again while my parents were in Tahiti)

10 Years ago
1. Dancing with the Santa Rosa High Dance Company and with Redwood Empire Ballet in the Nutcracker
2. Spending time with my boyfriend of the week
3. Living for summer camp at Westminster Woods
4. Meeting my Nick for the first time at summer camp, he let me wear his silk jacket, I let him wear my Mossimo baseball hat

5 Years ago
1. Attending Santa Rosa Junior College
2. Getting engaged in Bodega Bay on the beach
3. Working at Westminster Woods as a Lead Counselor of Sherwood Forest
4. Moving to Eureka for the first time

3 Years ago
1. Having Aidan's first birthday one week and finding out I was pregnant with Coda two weeks later
2. Living in Santa Rosa
3. Watching my Aidan walk for the first time
4. Eating tons, usually with my best friend Kristy

1 Year ago
1. Finding out I was pregnant with Téa and her twin (who we lost at 14 weeks)
2. Trying to figure out how I was going to do it with three
3. Enjoying spending tons of time with my sister "E"

So Far This Year I........
1. Welcomed Téa into our family and the world
2. Heard Coda talk for the first time, which has been a long time coming
3. Found out Nick got a promotion and we are moving...even further North

Yesterday I....
1. Didn't get to take a shower until 4pm
2. Went tanning, yes I Fake&Bake
3. Watched Alias on DVD
4. Helped Coda go potty on the big boy potty about a bazillion times
5. Did laundry and talked to Kristy

Today I...
1. Woke up and realized there were five of us in a queen size bed
2. Hung out with Kelly, Ammon and Cohen...which doesn't happen often enough
3. Spent time with my friends on CWFO, Hi Girls!
4. Fell asleep with Coda, accidentally
5. Need to figure out what we are having for dinner
6. Stressed out some more about our move and lack of a for-sure place to live
7. Will do and have done laundry and talked to Kristy

Tomorrow I will
1. Take the kids to the Discovery Museum
2. Try to pack some more
3. Do laundry and talk to Kristy(do you see a pattern)

In the next year I shall....
1. Move, hopefully only once
2. See Téa walk
3. Start Aidan in Kindergarten, not necessarily in a school
4. Turn 25 (wow I am getting old)
5. Go on my Honeymoon (only 5 years late)

Thanks Kelly for this post!

Love

Aidan is almost 4 and he has learned what it is to love! He and Coda were playing outside the other day, when he brought me two flowers, one for me and one for Téa. Him bringing me flowers is a regular occurance, but before this it was only me. When he hands me a flower I always tuck it behind me ear and he says, "Momma, you are pretty." So when he gave me my flower I tucked it behind my ear and laid Téa's flower next to her. He said, "Make her pretty like you Momma, put it in her hair." So I did. "Momma, she is so tute! We need to take a picture of her." Here is Téa with her first flower from a boy and sensing from Nick and the boys she won't be getting flowers from any other boy for a long, long, long, long, long time. FINE BY ME!!!

Scratch that!

We are not moving to Oregon. We ARE still taking the job promotion and we are still moving, but not to Oregon. It is a LONG LONG LONG story. But when it is all said and done it will definately be for the best. It is just really stressful at this point...still not knowing exactly what is happening, exactly where we will be living and when we will be moving. Please keep us in your prayers, we need them! :)

Brookings, Oregon it is.

Our new house, it is 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom,
HUGE, well I think it is, it's about 1800 sq. feet.
And it is about 4 blocks from this park



Our new address:
Lende Family
805 Pioneer Road #3
Brookings, OR 97415

 

It's official

In about a month our Lende Family Five will no longer be residents of Eureka. Nick was offered a major promotion within his company, Advanced Security Systems and we will be moving. We are not sure exactly where, but he will be working out of Crescent City, which is about 1 1/2 hours North of Eureka, and about 20 minutes South of the Oregon Border. We are heading up this weekend to try and secure a dwelling, but we did this last weekend and did not have much luck. So please keep us in your prayers.